Thanks Parents!

Here is feedback from the Severna Park Girls Cross Country Coach:

"good afternoon,

thank you for hosting this meet on your truly excellent course. i thought it was run very well, the course was marked well, & the chute was run well. all in all just a great day. congratulations & we look forward to returning next month.

mambu badu,
ed purpura
sev. park girls cc coach"

Without parent involvement, this would not be possible!

Thanks Again,

-Coach Ellmore

Summary of 9/5/2008 Home Meet Results

Southern HS
5k Cross Country Meet
9-5-2008

Girls Event
(74 Finishing Runners)

Place Team Totals
1st Severna Park 15
2nd Chesapeake 72
3rd South River 75
4th Southern 86
Arundel INC
Northeast INC

Place Name Time Team
1 Katherine Seibel 22:55 Severna Park
10 Kerry Kramer 24:48 Southern
27 Kyber Rooney-Rabdau 27:14 Southern
42 Michelle Steele 28:27 Southern
44 Meredith Ellmore 28:51 Southern
67 Kaitlyn Schwartz 33:59 Southern
72 Shannon Norcante 37:19 Southern
73 Lauren Kelley 38:17 Southern

Boys Event
(99 Finishing Runners)

Place Team Scoring
1st Severna Park 15
2nd Chesapeake 76
3rd Arundel 105
4th South River 108
5th Northeast 108
6th Southern 116

Place Name Time Team
1 Thomas Brus 19:26 Severna Park
29 Eric Gollup 22:31 Southern
31 Terry Walgren 22:36 Southern
43 Max Spiers 23:15 Southern
44 Robbie Hardesty 23:18 Southern
50 Kyle Carrier 23:34 Southern
54 Ben Cottrell 23:40 Southern
68 Louis Fratino 24:51 Southern
79 Tyler Henninger 25:57 Southern
85 Trevor Morissey 27:11 Southern
94 Henry VanEngen 30:44 Southern
96 Will Pickart 31:17 Southern

Positive Athlete Journal Drill September 2-4, 2008

Each day we will prepare our minds for becoming a postive athelete. Much of what we do is based on mental frameworks or mindsets. We want to develop a mindset for becoming successful athletes. During the season, we will work on mindsets that address attitude, responsibility, self-image, character, leadership and goals. Each day we will have a vocabulary word and a short discussion around the word. Research shows that by improving our vocabulary we can improve our IQ. Who doesn't want to do that? So, let's get started.

We will work the following topic over the next three days.

September 2

The word of the day is "sacrifice-to suffer loss, give up, renounce, or endure for an ideal, belief, or an end."

Review the definition given here, then in your journal write down the word "sacrifice" and use it in a sentence.

"Deffered joys purchased by sacrifice are always the sweetest."
- Mike Doyle

Next we will read the poem:

"The Cold Within."

Six men were trapped by circumstance in bleak and bitter cold
Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story's told
The dying fire in need of logs, the first man held is back
Because of faces 'round the fire, he noticed one was black.

The second man saw not one of his own local church
And couldn't bring himself to give the first his stick of birch
The poor man sat in tattered clothes and gave his coat a hitch.
Why should he give up his log to warm the idle rich?

The rich man sat and thought of all the wealth he had in store
And how to keep what he had earned from the lazy, shiftless poor.
The black man's face spoke revenge and the fire passed from his sight,
Because he saw the stick of wood a chance to spite the white.

The last man of this forlorn group did naught except for gain,
Only to those who gave to him was how he played the game.
Their logs held tight in death's still hands was proof of human sin.
They didn't die from cold without; they died from The Cold Within.

- Author Unknown.

1. What is the most important lesson from the poem, "The Cold Within."


September 3

We will read the poem "The Cold Within."

2. How can you puth this lesson to work in your life today?


September 4

We will read the poem "The Cold Within."

3. What can you do as a team to help you remember the importance of teamwork?