Jackson Jaguars Cross Country 2017!!

Welcome to Jackson Middle School Cross Country 2017! We are excited for you to be part of the Jackson Cross Country team! Both of Jackson’s Cross Country coaches are new to the program this year and are eager to meet the runners and coach them through an exciting season.

Mikayla Goscha is a teacher at Jackson and has coached track at Jackson as well as Nordic skiing at Champlin Park High School. Mikayla ran track at the collegiate level and has been a nordic skier her whole life. Athletics has played such an important role in Mikayla’s life and has taught her many valuable life skills such as the value of hard work, perseverance, commitment, and community with others. Mikayla loves introducing kids to sports, helping them become life-long athletes, and hopefully sharing some of those same values that have impacted her. Mikayla is looking forward to meeting each of the Jackson athletes!

Michael Harralson helped coach the Oxbow Creek Run Club in 2017, where he still plans to spend some time as he has a daughter and son still running at Oxbow. Running has had a tremendous impact on Michael’s life and he is excited to motivate others to find the joy of running. Michael is an avid runner who runs multiple races every year and volunteers as a run mentor for Mile in My Shoes in Minneapolis. He believes that running is the cornerstone to a healthy lifestyle and he loves setting an example by running with his own children and the kids at Oxbow and Jackson.

The coaches will be in touch in the coming weeks about details for the season.

You can reach Mikayla via email at mikayla.goscha@ahschools.us and Michael can be reached at mpharralson@gmail.com

2017 Rebels Summer XC Training

Coach Crandall has resigned as Jackson Middle School Cross Country coach due to his running injuries.

Summer Running!  Please read on and contact the high school coach, Coach Kevin Moorhead, with your questions and concerns about the Summer Running Program.


Rebels Cross Country Summer Running Program
Weekly Training Runs: Monday - Friday @ 8:00am 
June 12 - August 13th

• Monday, Wednesday & Friday @ :"The Forum"...LifeTime Fitness
• Tuesday and Thursday @ Jerry Ruppelius Park

The Summer Running Program is a pre-season training program for the Rebels Cross Country team, which is made up of incoming 6th - 12th graders. We invite all that may be interested in running XC this fall with either the high school program or our middle school program to join us this summer. For more info contact Coach Moorhead at kmoorhead@comcast.net
Keep a daily "Running Log" for the Summer, recording how far, how it felt and what trail you ran. At the conclusion of the summer the coaching staff will award "Summer Mileage" t-shirts to those who put in the miles!
We encourage all to attend at least 3 running sessions a week at a minimum.    Attending at least 3 sessions allows for your own personal flexibility with summer activities.  The greater the attendance during the summer, the greater chances you will have a break-thru season this Fall !

• Summer Mileage T-Shirts will be awarded at the end of the summer training season.  Those who have reached 200, 300, 400+ will receive the 2017 Summer Mileage "T"!

• Washington Lake Training Camp will take place TBA.

• July 4th Week:  Captains Practice   July 3-7th
• Captains Practice Date(s):  Aug. 1-12th
• 2017 Season Start Date:  August 14th    @ The Forum

Contact:  Coach Moorhead     kmoorhead@comcast.net     ~or~  763-595-8944

2016 Race Analysis and Offical Results

2016 race analysis and official results have been updated for the close of the 2016 cross country season. Please find the links to the documents on the blogsite under "Meet Results".

10/27 Section 5AA Championships Race Entry Due Now

7th and 8th graders can run with the high school JV team in the Section 5AA Championships on 10/27.  Race entries are due by tomorrow morning (10/19).  Please let Coach Crandall know via email (crandallcraig@msn.com) before tomorrow morning if you want to run in the race.  Here are the details per Coach Moorhead's blog site (http://rebelscrosscountry.blogspot.com/):

Preview Schedule for Section 5AA Championships5AA Section Champs   Early Release: 1:15, Bus @ 1:30
Oct. 27th,  2016
Anoka High School

Race Schedule: 2016
2:45 Coaches Meeting 
3:15 Girls' Varsity Race 
3:55 Boys' Varsity Race 
4:35 Boys' JV Race 
5:05 Girls' JV Race 
5:45 Awards Ceremony

1010-10/18 Schedule and 10/27 Bonus Race

Monday Through Wednesday - Practice after school in Victory Gym
Thursday - No practice due to Parent Teacher Conferences
Friday - No practice
Saturday - Morning run with the Rebels at Champlin Ice Forum at 8 AM.

Monday, October 17th - "Big Meet" at Northwoods Park in Brooklyn Park

• Meet in Victory Gym after school, ready to run/walk to Northwoods Park.
• Students must be picked up at the park after the team cool down.
• Meet details are HERE.
• This is our last race!

Tuesday, October 18th - Pizza Party and Uniform Turn In

• Meet in the cafeteria after school.
• Pizza money $4 due on Monday 10/17 or sooner.
• We'll be done before 4:30 pm for the 4:30 activity bus.

2016 season analysis is always posted on the blog and can be found HERE. This file is updated throughout the season, so check back for updates after all the races, including the bonus races.

Finally, the official last day of the running program is 10/18, however there is a bonus JV race open to 7th and 8th graders on 10/27, the Section 5AA Championships at Anoka High School.  We believe the races will start at 4:30.  Please let Coach Crandall know via email (crandallcraig@msn.com) by Sunday night, October 16th, if you want to run in the JV race.  Please do not text.

Bus Finally on the Road Back to Jackson ETA 6:33pm

10/3-10/8 Schedule

Monday through Wednesday - Practice after school, meet in Victory Gym

Thursday - Blaine Invitational (everyone runs!)
Meet details HERE.

• Early release at 2:50 PM.
• You will miss some of your last class of the day, so let your teacher know.
• Meet near the swimming pool parking lot, not in Victory Gym, ready to run.
• Bus leaves Jackson at 3:10 PM.

Friday - No practice, run with a friend for 30 minutes at a slow pace.

Saturday - Morning run with the Rebels. Time and place to be determined.

9/26-10/1 Schedule

Monday through Thursday - Practice after school, meet in Victory Gym

Wednesday, 9/28 - Team Pictures in Uniform
Wear your uniform
Bring your completed order form (forms were distributed last week, check your backpack!)

Saturday, 10/1 - Swain Invitational, 7th and 8th grade only
If you would like to participate in the Swain Invitation in Duluth, please contact Coach Crandall via email (crandallcraig@msn.com) before noon on Monday, September 26th.  Race entries are due Monday afternoon.  At this time we do not know if  there is room on the high school bus, so you may need to provide your own transportation to the meet which is in Duluth.  Races start at 10am.  More details via email if you are interested.

Jackson Bus Has Left Milaca ETA is 1:20 pm at Jackson Middle School

9/19-9/24 Schedule

Monday through Thursday - Practice after school, meet in Victory Gym
Friday - No practice, please jog (easy does it) for 25 minutes with a friend, then stretch.
Saturday - Milaca Mega Meet...details HERE.

Jackson Girls Win Rum River Invitational "C" Race

The trio of Atley Schreiner, Hayley Jiracek, and Anna Marsolek finished 2, 3, and 4, respectively, to secure the win over 8 teams at yesterday's Rum River Invitational girls "C" race.  Lilly O'Connor and Caitlin McArdle placed 16th and 44th, respectively to round out the top 5 scorers.   The team score was 59, 19 points better than runner-up St. Louis Park which had a team score of 78. In cross country, the team with the lowest score wins based on the team's top 5 finishers.

The boys were lead by Ben Fischer who placed 3rd overall and was the first middle school participant to finish.  Kyle Ostendorf (32), Keegan Poston (33), Garrett Doty (45), and Clayton Klema (62) were the remaining team scorers, resulting in a team score of 134 and good enough for 4th place in a 13 team race.  But this was a "C" race which means the competitors where not just middle school students.  The race also included 9th-12th graders.  If the meet were to be rescored to include only 6th-8th graders, the Jackson boys would win!

Congratulations to all the Jackson participants.  This was a very challenging event due to the weather and the coaching staff is very proud of everyone's positive attitude and effort.  Well done!

Full meet results HERE.

Bus is at Jackson Pool Parking Area

Craig A. Crandall, CPA CVA

Sent from my mobile phone

(763) 360-8912

Jackson Bus Delayed Back To Jackson

Bus is NOW leaving Anoka.

ETA to Jackson is 6:20pm.

Sorry for all the confusion

Craig A. Crandall, CPA CVA

Sent from my mobile phone

(763) 360-8912

Rum River Invite Race Time Change

Due to the weather, the race director changed the start time from 5:55 pm to 5:16 pm, possibly earlier.

Thursday's Race - Rum River Invite

Our first race is Thursday, September 15th.  The Rum River Invitational.  Please find all details regarding the meet HERE.

Meet in Victory Gym BEFORE 3:25, ready to get on the bus and race

We cannot leave any valuables in Victory Gym

As a group we will walk from the gym to the pool parking area

Bus leaves at 3:30 from pool parking area

No valuables can be left on the bus

A different bus will return the team to the Jackson pool parking area 7:00-7:15pm

Parents/guardians can take their kids home from the meet after they notify one of the coaches

Bring clothing appropriate for the weather, running shoes, uniform and shorts, extra dry t-shirt.

Bring a full water bottle and a healthy snack.

9/12-9/17 Schedule

Here is the schedule for this week (9/12-9/17):

Monday - Practice after school, meet in Victory Gym
Tuesday - Practice after school, meet in Victory Gym
Wednesday - Practice after school, meet in Victory Gym

Thursday - Rum River Invitational (our first race!)

• Meet in Victory Gym BEFORE 3:25, ready to run and race
• We cannot leave any valuables in Victory Gym
• As a group we will walk from the gym to the pool parking area
• Bus leaves at 3:30 from pool parking area
• No valuables can be left on the bus
• A different bus will return to Jackson pool parking area 7:00-7:15pm

Friday - No practice (buddy run with a friend)

Saturday - Morning run with the Rebels at Champlin Ice Form at 8am

T-shirt order form and payment is due at practice on Monday 9/12.  Make checks payable to "CPHS XC".  Coach Crandall (763.360.8912) will be ordering the t-shirts very early Tuesday morning.  Order forms where given to the students last Thursday.  Here are the form details:

Price $14, make checks payable to "CPHS XC".
T-shirt is made of 100% polyester and is a moisture-wicking performance t-shirt
Men's and Ladies sizes are available (XS, S, M, L, XL)
Sorry, no youth sizes available.
Ladies t-shirt has a V-neck and is gently contoured.
Men's t-shirt has a crew neck and is not gently contoured.

Location Change for the First Day of Practice

On the first day of practice the Jackson Cross Country Running Club (Jackson Cross Country Team) will meet in the cafeteria before going as a group to the Victory Gym (wrestling room), not in classroom J151 as previously communicated.  After the first day, we will always meet in the Victory Gym to start practice.

If you haven't registered for our fall running program, please do so as soon as possible.  First day of practice is Wednesday, September 7th. (REGISTRATION WEBSITE).  Space is limited!

A Minnesota State High School League Sports Physical is required (FORM).

To see our meet schedule, where to buy running shoes, coaches contact information, results, pictures, and other great stuff, view this blog site in the "web version" (not "mobile version").  The links are listed on the right.

About the First Day of Practice (9/7/2016)
First Day of Practice Handout
Proper Running Shoes
2016 Meet Schedule
Volunteer to help Jackson Cross Country (WALKERS NEEDED!)

Revised Schedule for the Week, 8/29 - 9/5

Revised Schedule for the Week, August 29th Through September 5th Monday - LifeTime/Ice Forum @ 8 Tuesday - Champlin Park Track @ 8 Wednesday - Eastman Nature Ctr @ 8 Thursday - ABC/Early Bird Invit.@ 8 Friday - CR Dam (Brooklyn Park/Champlin side) @ 8 Saturday - LifeTime/Ice Forum @ 8 ABC/Early Bird Invitational Thursday, Sept. 1st Bus leaves Champlin Park @ 8    Door W-6 Boys' Race @ 10am Girls' Race @  10:40am Labor Day Practice:  Monday, Sept. 5th   8am or 2pm

August 29th Through September 3rd Schedule...MANY CHANGES!

We are continuing to run with the high school team this week and we can race on Thursday, September 1st.  Please see the high school blog site for more details HERE, but here is a summary:

Monday 8/29 8am - Champlin Ice Forum
Tuesday 8/30 8am - Champlin Park High School Track (intervals)
Wednesday 8/31 8am - Champlin Ice Forum Eastman Nature Center
Thursday 9/1 8am sharp- Champlin Park High School - team bus to Anoka High School for meet.
Friday 9/2 8am - Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park (Brooklyn Park/Champlin side)
Saturday 9/3 8am - Champlin Ice Forum

9/1 meet - ABC Anoka Early Bird Meet at Anoka High School
5K Race (two loops)
10:00am - Boys 5k
10:40am - Girls 5k

Reminders:
Get registered now for our fall running program which starts Wednesday, September 7th. (REGISTRATION WEBSITE).  Space is limited!

A Minnesota State High School League Sports Physical is required (FORM).

To see our meet schedule, where to buy running shoes, coaches contact information, results, pictures, and other great stuff, view this blog site in the "web version" (not "mobile version").  The links are listed on the right.

About the First Day of Practice (9/7/2016)
First Day of Practice Handout
Proper Running Shoes
2016 Meet Schedule
Volunteer to help Jackson Cross Country (WALKERS NEEDED!)

Official Results from Northwoods Invite (8/26/2016)

Rebels Northwoods Park Invitational Schedule Update

This year's invitational includes 7 or more teams so JV races will be added to the race schedule.  The middle school runners will run in the JV races.  Here is the updated schedule for Friday's (8/26) Northwoods Invitational at Northwoods Park in Brooklyn Park:

9:00 Varsity Girls’ (Top 15)

9:30 Varsity Boys’ (Top 15)
10:00 JV Boys’ (includes middle school)
10:30 JV Girls’ (includes middle school)

Middle school athletes are still encouraged to arrive at Northwoods at 8 am and be apart of the whole Rebel team and morning's excitement.  Otherwise, please show no less than 1 hour before your race time.  Coach Crandall will have Rebel race tops for the middle school runners.