Very exciting news! We applied for a grant through Pepsi Refresh and were accepted as a finalist. What that means is we need to finish high enough in the voting to have a chance at the $5,000 grant. There are 2 very easy ways to vote and you can do BOTH of these everyday for the month of November.
1- Sign up for a free account on www.refresheverything.com. Search for Meridian High School, or Track and Field. We show up as options on both. You can vote once a day this way.
2- Text to #73774 and in the subject line text 109280. That’s all it takes. You will get a text back saying thanks for voting from Pepsi. You can do this once a day as well.
Please put forth the effort and help the program win $5,000 so we can finish up our uniform and warmup purchase. This will drastically limit the fundraising we have to do.
Parents and Athletes- Our banquet will be Friday, November 4th @ 5:45 PM in the cafeteria at MHS. Each grade level will be responsible for bringing food/drink items.
Freshman- Desserts
Sophomores- Drinks
Juniors- Entrees
Seniors- Sides
Uniforms will be due on Nov. 4 at the banquet. Please make sure they are washed. If uniforms are not turned in by then, you will receive a nice bill for them 
See you all on Nov. 4th!!!
Congrats to the boys varsity team for qualifying for the state championship meet. This is the 1st time a Meridian boys team has qualified since 2002. The boys lowered their 1-5 pack time to 24 seconds. Come cheer them on at state this Saturday at 2:30 PM as they race at Eagle Island.
The JV boys ended their season on a high note with Connor Hewitt leading the way, followed closely by Stephen Berkheiser. Many of the boys had huge season bests. We look forward to see how these guys improve over the off-season and can compete for varsity spots next fall.
The ladies ran a courageous race, but fell a little short of their goals. Sarah Walsh ended her senior XC season with a huge PR. Mikayla Grigg and Molly Nesbitt also had nice personal improvements. A big “nice job” to the 3 JV girls who finished out their season with a competitive effort. Hannah Uhlenkott is going to be HUGE for the Warriors next fall.
Stephen’s father took more great photos of the race which can be seen under Brice’s coaches profile.
Congrats again and we hope to see all you supporters at state on Saturday to cheer on the boys!
In case you weren’t at practice Saturday and didn’t get a week schedule from me here you go.
Monday- 3 PM, brief meeting after- Runners of the Week
Tuesday- 4 PM- speed development
Wednesday- 3 PM- recovery run- 7 PM Team Meeting to discuss districts @ cafeteria
Thursday- 3 PM- recovery run, strides
Friday- District Championships @ Eagle Island
You will get out of school at 1 and bus will leave at 1:15.
Race Schedule- Girls JV- 3 Pm, Boys JV- 3:40, Girls Varsity- 4:10, Boys Varsity- 4:40
Awesome team effort on both sides Wednesday as the girls took 1st place overall and the boys dominated the field placing 6 runners in the top 9 overall. Austin Murphy had a breakout performance on varsity while many jv runners made huge gains. Rachel Brown stepped up with the absence of Savannah Combe and had her best race of the season thus far. Both teams will rest, stay confident, and be ready to race next Friday at Eagle Island for the district meet.
Monday- 4:00 Speed Development @ MHS, team meeting after
Tuesday- 3:00 Recovery Run, 30-35 min, Pre-Race
Wednesday- West Park Invite- 2:30 Bus Departs from MHS, out of school at 2:15, 4:00 Girls Race, 4:40 Boys Race (both races are combined jv and varsity)
Thursday- 3:00, Recovery Run, 30-35 minutes
Friday- 3:00, Recovery Run, 40 minutes, 6 x strides
Saturday- 10:00 AM- Mandatory peak workout @ MHS
Thanks to an Ambrose School parent we have lots more pics of the race. Follow the link- http://web.me.com/steve_roser/Warrior_Mtn_Classic/Home_page/Home_page.html
You’ll have to use wmc2011 as the password and username
Great job to all those who raced at our home meet Saturday. We had some very good things happen both with the team and many individuals. The girls team won on the 6th runner Mikalya Grigg. That is why EVERYONE counts in a XC race. The boys followed with a victory of their own led by Dylan Refaey with a 2nd place finish. The boys JV team ran great placing 3 guys in the top 10 led by sophomore Stephen Berkheiser. Stephen’s dad also posted a bunch of pictures under the “comments” on the Warrior Mnt Classic post.
The upcoming week schedule is as follows.
Monday- 3 PM- 45-50 minutes, 4 x strides, TEAM MEETING
Tuesday- 4 PM- Itty Bitty of Terror @ Sawtooth
Wednesday- 3 PM- 30-35 minutes, Nacho night @ the Moore’s after practice
Thursday- 3 PM- 40-45 minutes, 6 x strides, DST
Friday- Time to be determined (I think there is no school for everyone???)- Short speed session/Relay
Saturday- 60 minutes on own
It’s going to be cold in the morning for the first couple of races. Make sure to bring some warm running clothes and maybe some running gloves.
We will be condensing the girls race into one race since there are only 49 entries. The boys will remain in 2 separate races. The new schedule is below.
10:00 AM- Girls Combined
10:45 AM- Boys JV
11:30 AM- Boys Varsity
