Hello everyone--

It was wonderful to meet the new Cross Country (XC) team members and their families last Tuesday evening. As always it's great to welcome back the returning team members and their families too. From the response of everyone that attended an informative evening was shared by all. Thank you for attending and all of the delicious food that was brought to the potluck.

The XC Booster group is all parents and girls on the team. Jane Keeran and Delores Groh are Co-Presidents. Steve Keeran is the Treasurer. Sue Blakely is the Secretary. Coach Suttle works directly with Karen Wedinger who leads the Fundraising. He works with all of us to meet the needs of the team. It is a cooperative group. First and foremost we are here for the girls! From time to time you'll receive e-mails from us with requests to help out the team. More will be shared in August with the Meet the Coach night held at DSHS.

As promised, if you have follow up questions for Sarah Wick, the presenter of the nutrition portion of the evening, please e-mail her at swick@columbus.rr.com, It's a generous offer and I encourage you to send her any questions you may have. If you weren't able to attend coach has extra copies of the handouts that he'll give you.

Coach encouraged all of the girls to get their Iron/Ferratin levels checked and e-mail or call him with the numbers given by the doctor. There are several choices whether it's your family doctor (important to have Ferratin checked), Childrens Close to Home center or a sports medicine doctor. My daughter goes to Dr. Hospel @ Max Sports Medicine located on High Street in Dublin. Their telephone number is 764-0057. Sarah Wick is affiliated with their office. As always if you have questions or concerns please contact Coach.

Helpful reminders: The sciotogirlscc.com website contains all of the latest information for the team. A great resource and from the round of applause we all gave Keith Wedinger we can tell it's greatly appreciated! Please check the website often.

The Physical form can be downloaded in the forms section of the website. Please note it is the same form located at the scioto.dublin.k12.oh.us. From that site it is under Athletics and Physical Exam form. It is a 4 page document. The completed form must be given to Coach by the first official day of practice at DSHS August 9th. It can be turned in to Coach at any time.

Coach sent an e-mail and listed on the website about the July 10th Mile Race @ Columbus Running Company (CRC)-Dublin store. It begins at 5:00pm. You can pay that day. It's $10.00 per person. The CRC staff recommends you arrive around 4:00pm if you are paying on the 10th. No early arrival needed unless you sign up online. As coach suggested anyone and everyone is welcome! Imagine placing first for the team with a generous monetary reward!!

The Dublin CRC Camp will be held July 12-15th. Coach will be helping out at the camp. The cost is $50.00 per girl. Pay $60.00 for camp plus a t-shirt. Coach gave the girls a form. It's a lime colored short form. If you need another copy please ask coach. The check can be given with the form in advance or on July 12th. If getting to the camp is an issue please consider carpooling. Most of you have carpools already set up for practices.

My daughter, Lindsay, shared with everyone at the Meet & Greet how important each and every girl is on the team and the collaboration they form creates a strong team bond. That also extends to the parents on the team. We truly are here for each other and will gladly listen to concerns you may have especially to our new girls and their parents. Many times I reached out to other parents throughout the past few seasons. We are Irish strong!

Thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail. Future e-mails will be shorter!

Run. Irish. Run! (A tagline created by Karen Wedinger--we love it!)

Jane Keeran and Delores Groh