DO NOT WASTE GOOD TIME – MY REFLECTIONS ON SARAH SUMPTER, BY CHRIS PUPPIONE

If you have a few moments today, please read the following article written by former UC Davis coach Chris Puppione about former Aggie, Sarah Sumpter. She ran at Healdsburg HS and then continued her highly successful running career at UC Davis. She sadly passed away on September 12th, 2015 after a brave battle with cancer. UC Davis holds an annual race in her honor called the Stump Invitational that was held this morning. Here is a LINK to the results of that race.

https://empirerunnersblog.org/2015/10/03/do-not-waste-good-time-my-reflections-on-sarah-sumpter-by-chris-puppione/

Stinson Beach Relays - the MCAL Season Opener!

https://www.marinij.com/2021/09/08/archie-williams-boys-tam-girls-win-as-stinson-beach-relays-return/

BE the G.O.A.T. XC Invite October 2

The meet will take place on Saturday, October 2nd hosted by Piedmont HS at the Pinole Multi Use Trails. All the info for the meet can be found at the following link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u5jJBSmyP0INXe-qZETdVk3OS3ivD4KpoLO9iFppJRs/edit

Northern California Results

Cal, Dougherty Valley, Carondelet scrimmage
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Division/List.aspx?DivID=59525&d=4828

Lagoon Valley Invitational
https://timerhub.com/get_web_index.php?page=redcaptiming.com/2021/lagoonxc/

First cross country meet at Casa Grande/Newark Memorial

 Boys: https://redwoodempirerunning.com/9-1-boys-meet-at-casa-grande/

Girls: https://redwoodempirerunning.com/9-1-girls-meet-at-casa-grande/

Also, MVAL opener at Newark Memorial results are posted here:
http://www.diablotiming.com/results/2021-09-01/

If you have results that you would like me to post, send the link to albertjcaruana@gmail.com.

Montgomery High School track coach Bryan Bradley dies suddenly at 43

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/montgomery-high-school-track-coach-bryan-bradley-dies-at-39/

Another article here:
https://redwoodempirerunning.com/big-lose-for-empire-running-bryan-bradleys-passing/

If you would like to help support his family in any way with a kind donation, please go to this GoFundMe LINK.

Show your support for the Crystal Springs course

Wednesday evening, the Board of Trustees for the San Mateo County Community College District will be meeting to discuss specifics regarding the reopening of the Crystal Spring Cross Country Course.  

PLEASE take 5 minutes before Wednesday afternoon to write a short message explaining how important the course is to you and if you gave up your time on a recent Saturday to work on getting the course to a race-able condition.

Here are the email addresses for the Board members:

nurist@smccd.edu

rholober@yahoo.com

goodman.smccd@gmail.com

petridesl@smccd.edu

jpimentel2020@gmail.com

trustees@smccd.edu

A few things we suggest when you write your message:

1. BCC all addresses.
2. Be very polite and professional.
3. Give a proper heading, such as "Dear San Mateo County Community College District".
4. Keep your message short and to the point.
5. Include a subject line such as "Crystal Springs Cross Country Course", or "Keep Crystal Springs Open to Racing".
6. Make sure to tell your relationship to the course.
7. Sign your name at the end.

Share this with your teammates and family who can also write messages.  The more support they see, the more they will realize how important this course is to the greater community.

If you would like to virtually attend the meeting Wednesday evening at 6:00 pm (support with numbers is always a good thing), here is the link to the agenda that has the Zoom link (while the agenda item for Crystal Springs is not specifically scheduled right at 6, it could be moved up from where it has been placed because of the increased attendance at the meeting having to do with this: 

http://downloads.smccd.edu/file?s=/sites/downloads/BoT&du=/sites/downloads/BoT/Agendas/2021-08-25%20Agenda.pdf

Thank you again for your help with the course.  After not hosting racing for nearly 2 years, the course looks to be back in very good shape (other than being very dry).  Best of luck on the upcoming season and I hope to see you at a meet soon!

Future of Crystal Springs Cross Country Course in Belmont to be decided soon

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/sports/local/future-of-crystal-springs-cross-country-course-in-belmont-to-be-decided-soon/article_37cc74ae-fefb-11eb-98bc-ebf7c443a05a.html

In today's SM Daily Journal. There will be a board meeting which will help determine the future of the course next week. More info will be posted as soon as I find out specifics.

Thank you to all the people that showed up today!

Thank you to Serra coach Jim Marheineke for coordinating this cleanup that included a lot of athletes and coaches over two weekend days.

There is an upcoming Board meeting on Zoom that will take place on Wednesday, August 25th starting at 6pm that will determine the future of the course. More info will be shared as we get closer to the meeting. 

Crystal Springs Course clean up Day 2 (This Saturday)

Thank you to the volunteers that worked on the course this past Saturday. There will be one more clean-up scheduled for this Saturday (info below in the previous post). Please sign up sometime this week so they know how many numbers to plan for on Saturday.