2019 Braddock Relays: Info

Saturday, September 14, 2019

The bus will depart from DeMatha promptly at 2:30pm. It is, approximately, a 60-minute drive to Burke, VA.

Note the following meet details:

Location

Lake Braddock Secondary School

9200 Burke Lake Road

Burke, VA 22015

Meet Schedule

4:30p - Coaches Meeting

4:45p - Open 2500m Race (parents/coaches/etc)

5:05p - 8th grade & under 2500m Race

5:25p - 6th grade & under 800m Race

5:35p - 3rd grade & under 400m Race

5:45p - Extras Men's 2500m Race (Section I)

6:00p - Extras Men's 2500m Race (Section II)

6:15p - Extras Men's 2500m Race (Section III) [9/13 Edit: The meet director has placed us in the third section of the Extras race]

6:30p - Extras Women's 2500m Race (Section I)

6:50p - Extras Women's 2500m Race (Section II)

7:10p - Extras Women's 2500m Race (Section III)

7:30p - Men's A/B/C Championship Relay Race

8:25p - Women's A/B/C Championship Relay Race

9:45p - Awards Ceremony

Open Race

You do not have to register to run in the open race, so if any parents would like to run the course your sons will be running, feel free to come out and run at 4:45pm! Same goes if any of our athletes have younger siblings who would like to run in one of the pre-High School races!

Entries

Fifteen of our athletes will run in the relay race. There will be three teams, each consisting of five athletes. Each person will run the 2500m loop once (so I expect team times will be, approximately, in the 45-55 minute range).

The following athletes will run in the relay: Samuel Cockrell, Gavin Foran, Julius Gamble, Dawson Grogan, Desmond Holt, James Hudson, Jayden Keels, Tariq Lewis, Michael Metz, Jaiden Mosley, Ian Parsons, Thomas Parsons, Hayward Smith-Cassidy, Langston Stovall, Christopher Toomer. I will determine teams later in the week.

The following athletes will run in the Extra's Men's 2500m Race (the meet director will determine which section we will run in later this week): Lucas Arzayus, Jaden Davis, Michael Duarte, Bodior Elliott, Andrew Foreman, Caleb Ghatt, Jon Kasner, Jonah Lyke, Jackson McCormick, Yaphet Negussie, Cameron Polk, Jacob Robertson, Mathias Roy, Ronald Rucker, Georges Tadonki

In the event somebody from the relays is unable to attend, Jonah, Jaden, and Michael Duarte are our first three alternates.

Instructions for Athletes who are not entered next week

Anybody whose name is not listed above has not yet met their qualifying standard. You are encouraged to attend the meet with the team if you can, but your primary focus is to meet your goal time. I will be at the College Park parkrun next Saturday morning. The race begins at 9:00am and I will be there by 8:30 to be there for any of you who choose to go. You are certainly welcome to attend a different parkrun if there is one closer to you. If you go there to run, please remember to bring your barcode so you get an official result (it is the same barcode for any parkrun you attend, but if you go to a different once, please email me your result since the College Park one is the only one I check weekly.

If doing one precludes you from doing the other, I would prefer you run at the parkrun than go to the Braddock Relays. My priority is to ensure all of you get to race with the team this season, preferably even before we get to the championship meet on October 26.

Awards Ceremony

If it appears that we earned any awards at the meet, we will plan to stay for the awards ceremony. If that is not the case, I don't plan for us to stay for the extra hour and a half after the conclusion of our relay.

Estimated return to DeMatha

9:45pm (if we do not stay for the awards ceremony) or 11:00pm (if we do stay for the awards ceremony)

Please send a bit of money with your son for food. If there are concessions, they should get something to eat before we leave the meet. If there are not concessions, we will make a brief stop for food on the way back and I'll have trash bags so we can eat on the bus and not delay our return any more than necessary.

Athletes:

• • Wear your racing uniforms (if you met your qualifying standard this weekend, you will be issued on this week)

    • SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPRESSION GEAR WORN UNDER THE UNIFORM: Compression shorts, if worn, MUST be the same BLUE as our school color (ROYAL BLUE) and stop above the knee. Compression shirts may be short or long sleeve (though I recommend no compression shirts unless the weather is exceptionally cold) but MUST be WHITE . If a logo is visible on either piece of apparel, it must be Under Armour.

  • Wear your team gear (if you did not order any or if yours has not arrived yet, you must wear Under Armour clothing to warm up in; do not show up in just your uniform).

  • Wear your training shoes. No flip-flops until after you've cooled down.

  • Pack your racing spikes. These should not be your primary shoes for the course walk and warmup/cooldown; these are only to be worn during the race.

  • Additional Note: The meet director recommends flats for this course, so it is possible that, after the course walk, we will determine that your training shoes will be better for this race than your spikes. You should still pack them just in case, but be prepared to race in your training shoes.

  • Everyone must pitch in during set-up and/or take-down in regards to the tent, tarp, etc.

Additional Important Details:

• • For the relay: Fifteen (15) athletes will be divided into three (3) teams. The five athletes on each relay will each run a 2500m loop while carrying a baton. The Extras race will be one circuit of the same 2500m loop.

  • Parents and relatives are encouraged to attend. However, please note that I expect athletes to stay with the team until the conclusion of the meet to support their teammates. This is non-negotiable. In the event that you absolutely must leave the meet early, you must check in with me first because I need to remain aware of each athlete's location until either I dismisses them to leave with their guardian or until we arrive back at DeMatha. Please do not leave the meet location with your son unless I have dismissed him.

    • IMPORTANT: If you intend to bring your son home from the meet (whether he rode to the meet with you or not), you MUST sign the Return Trip with Parents form and return it to coach before you leave the meet.

    • IMPORTANT: If your son will drive to/from the meet, or if your son will leave the meet with another athlete or parent, you MUST sign the Transportation Verification Carpool form and return it to coach before we depart for the meet.

  • Athletes will be told to call/text their ride when we leave the school. I will also send an alert via Remind with an estimated time of arrival at the school.

If you have any questions, contact Coach Puffett directly.