Holland Christian Cross Country: October 2017

Monday, October 30, 2017

The FAMOUS Energy Bites Recipe !!!!

Thank You !!!

Alex's Mom for Making these for the TEAM

they were so Yummy

Pictures !!!!

If you have Pictures that you would like to Share, you can add them to my collection !!
Thank You

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzW0vacI8JAlQ09kbFZEVVNidnM?usp=sharing

Well.... how to put into words such an exciting weekend !!! We loaded the bus at 8 AM and made our way south to Red Bud Motocross Park. It rained, snowed, and sleeted all the way there and continued pretty much all morning. It was COLD !!! We went from 80/90's to cold and rainy.. Only in Michigan, Right ? Ok.... well here is the EXCITING part !!! Girls WON Regional's (first time in 25 years) and we are super excited that Jacob Deboer qualified for the State meet as an individual placing 14th.

So Next weekend we are off to state taking the Girls team and Jacob. So what does State look like for us this year? Well if we keep running like we have been we are expected to do very well at the State meet which is really exciting for the Team and the School.

As Coaches we couldn't be more excited. We are so Proud of the Team and the hard work that they have put in this season. They are an AMAZING group of students and we are so blessed to be able to share this with them.

If you have any pictures that you would like to send me to include in the end of season Slide show just email them too mj.schrotenboer@gmail.com

Results
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=131999#/13032

Girls Pictures
https://hollandchristian.smugmug.com/Athletics/Girls/Cross-Country/17-18

Boys Pictures
https://hollandchristian.smugmug.com/Athletics/Boys/Cross-Country/17-18-Cross-Country

In the News
http://www.milesplit.com/articles/225726/michigans-kayla-windemuller-commits-to-baylor#.Wfcosx7XZyQ.facebook

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/20171028/five-area-xc-teams-win-regional-titles

http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/girlscrosscountry/?pg=1

http://www.mlive.com/sports/2017/10/the_top_25_indiviudals_from_bo.html

MORE PICTURES TO COME !!!!

Congrats Holland Christian Cross Country! 2017 Regional Champs! #GoMaroons

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

All Conference Jamboree, Championship Meet

-> Results

Greetings,

I seriously can not believe that we are this far along in the season already. The season is just flying by so fast. So far this season we have had most of our races in some pretty warm temperatures. So yesterdays 68/69 felt great. The athletes still got warm while running but they were not over heating. There were a lot of great times and a even a few more PR's Yesterday !!!!

Next week we look forward to some very specific training for the varsity and the upcoming regional meet and on Tuesday the JV will have a Last Chance PR meet.

Today- 10/19/2017 - We REST !!!

Friday- 10/20/2017 - Morning Run 8:00 Am Meet at Good Earth

Holland Sentinel Articles

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/photogallery/MI/20171018/PHOTOGALLERY/101809995/PH/1

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/sports/20171018/holland-zeeland-east-west-tie-for-ok-green-title

Girls - Conference Champs

Girls Honorable Mentions- Bridget Rozeboom, Skye Thompson

Girls All Conference- Lizzy Bruxvoort, Megan DeMeester, Michelle Kuipers, Kayla Windemuller

Boys- 6th Place in the Conference

Boys Honorable Mention- Jacob Deboer

From Coach Dave:

David DeKruyter Well Done! Congratulations to the girls team for the win and conference champs (6 years in a row). Also, boys team ran well and were only 15 pts away from Hamilton. Take a day off or easy 3 miles. If time - go stand in Lake MI (seriously).

Race Day! Conference Meet for Cross Country! #GoMaroons @MaroonsAD pic.twitter.com/52oNyTLPeX
— HC Sports Live (@HCsportslive) October 18, 2017

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Workout Nutrition

We get quite a few questions every season about Nutrition. We try address many of them as best we can. I came across this article and thought it was a good read, worth sharing. It pertains to all Athletes in general.

Workout Nutrition

Dear HCXC runners

Dear HCXC runners, October, 2017

We are nearing the end of our season and it has been a good one. We started with a win at Orchard View for our girls - a first in our school history. Boys also started the year strong and over the season dropped minutes off their PR’s. Coaches have the amazing responsibility of leading you through a season of training (rigorous and sometimes not so) that will eventually bring you to your personal best (or peak) at just the right time. We also have the awesome privilege of walking along side you through those victories, defeats, injuries, bad days, heartache and laughter. This is a journey for sure. But we don’t want you to remember only the workouts, runs and races. We want you to remember the bus rides, waiting for your race, ice baths, Laketown, Peachwave, laughter, ice cloths a lot this year, talks on your runs, bonus 5, uniform malfunction…the ordinary, everyday.

Boys and Girls are both good teams this year. We push each other to be better by challenging each other. And we are good because we care. Care about running and doing well and care about each other. We know you care because you have all shown up and worked hard for us this year and it reflects in your races and times. We are good because XC is more to you than running. It is doing our best for ourselves, our team and most important, for our God.

We are a team and together we will run confidently, putting any fears or negative thought we have to death and focusing only on the positive and giving our absolute everything. All of us will be at conference, but we hope you will come with us to Regionals and State even if you don’t run. You are part of this team and still have an important role to play in getting our team as far as it can go. Plus, we love your company.

Thank you for all your effort this year. We are blessed to be part of this wonderfully hilarious team.

Your coaches.

Blauw, DeKruyter, Melissa and Deb

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Portage Invite

Results

Check out my Instagram- Video of all the Starts

Greetings,

I hope that everyone had a fantastic weekend enjoying this warm weather that we have been having. Saturday at the Portage Invite we probably would have liked to have a little cooler temps for racing but it is what it is. Not much we can do about the weather. We raced well considering the temperatures again pushed their way into the upper 70's on Saturday and all our races were in the afternoon.

This week we are taking a few days for recovery. We are feeling a little beat up after having so many warm tiring meets. These easy days will help us recover and get ready for the last few races coming up.

All the STARTS !!! 🏃🏼‍♀️#crosscountry #hcxc17

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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Conference Jamboree #3

-> Results

Smug Mug- Boys XC

Smug Mug- Girls XC

Good Morning,

I hope that everyone is having a fantastic day so far :) We are very happy this morning :) The Girls team remains undefeated in the the OK GREEN Conference!!! We have had a strong season so far and we are super exited to see what happens in these next few weeks of the season. We are looking forward to MORE PRS's and exiting Races.

Mini Devo/Words for the Day from Coach Deb and I's Devotion time this morning.

"Remember that God Promises to catch every tear that you cry an carry every burden that is weighing you down, so if you feel as though you need to cry, just do it. Release each and every burden that you are carrying as your pour out your heart to God, for he is your refuge. Pslam 62:8.

Portage Invite INFO

Divisions 1 & 2

1:00 Division 2 Women (report 12:50)

1:30 Division 1 Women (report 1:20)

2:00 Division 2 Men (report 1:50)

2:30 Division 1 Men (report 2:20)

3:00 Division 2 Reserve Women (report 2:50)

3:30 Division 1 Reserve Women (report 3:20)

4:00 Division 2 Reserve Men (report 3:50)

4:30 Division 1 Reserve Men (report 4:20

Monday, October 2, 2017

Otsego Invite

Otsego Invite Results

What a Fantastic Day for RUNNING :) The weather was Cool and Comfortable all morning long. Otsego is a great course for PR's it is flat, smooth, and FAST !!!! Over 1/2 of the Team got a new season PR on Saturday. We are so excited and proud to see how all of our runners are progressing this season. They are working hard in practice and its showing when it comes time to race. :)