The year has certainly gotten off to a great start!
This Saturday’s Fairview Invitational proved another chance for our Sparkman Runners to shine.

2013 Fairview Invitational CC meet.

(complete SHS results and scoring can be found by clicking here)

Clearly the Highlite is the FIRST PLACE TEAM finishes for the JV Girls and Varsity Boys but you can’t overlook the individual performances that got us there. These include SEVEN top 10 finishes (with a third and a FIRST), 15 NEW PR’s and a NEW SCHOOL RECORD!

It’s exciting to think where this season may go if we can continue to build on these PR’s!

Noteable –
On the Girls JV team, 8th graders Savanah Wilson and Renita Vander Schaaf both had NEW PR’s and Renita’s was good for an individual FIRST PLACE finish!

The Boys JV finished just outside the a podium position. 9th grader Steven Underwood set a NEW PR as he finished 10th leading the JV squad to a Team, 4th place finish.

The Varsity Girls put in a good showing as well but with only 4 girls entered, they did not qualify for team scoring. None the less, all 4 of our girls set NEW PR’s for the 5k distance and front runner Kelsey Johnson finished with an individual 5th!

The Varsity Boys were on fire!
All 9 of our SHS runners entered in this event set NEW PRs with Bailey Herfurth, bailey placing 9th, Jake Russell placing 7th and Anthony Parameswaran taking 3rd place and setting a NEW SPARKMAN RECORD in for the 5k distance.

The Scottsboro CC Meet was a great one for our JV Girls and over-all, saw improvement among all our squads.

Complete results can be found on our 2013 CC Schedule/Results page.

In the JV Girl’s 2 mile we had 4 girls set NEW PR’s and 8th grader Renita Vander Schaaf took back her School Record from Emilia Poole with a 13:50.07 in the 2.1 mile race. This time was good enough for an individual 5th in the field of 123 entries.

JV Team Members included –

• Renita Vander Schaaf      8th
• Mary-Frances Burch        7th
• Emilia Poole                      7th
• Brooklynne Gallimore     9th
• Savanah Wilson                8th
• Makenzi Coley                  9th
• Hailey Brown                    9th

Over all we had 15 athletes set NEW PRs and 4 others who ran a new season’s best time!
Good going Senators!

JV Boys 2.1 mile, new PRs –
Jake Maier,    Kyler Waters and    Isaiah Vasquez

Varsity Girls 5k PRs –
Kelsey Johnson,    Lauren Reza and    Erin McNabb

Varsity Boys 5k PRs –
Jake Russell,    Seth Graham,    Kaden Nichols,    Brandon Curry and    Harrison Myers

Here is some SPECIFIC information regarding start times for Saturdays CC events.

Junior High Girls: 8:30am CHECK IN AT 8AM
Junior High Boys: 8:45am
(large school) Varsity Boys: 9:25am
(large school) Varsity Girls: 9:45am

All Athletes need to arrive at least one hour before his/her respective race. Give yourself time to find the venue, get parking, check in with the coach and get warmed up!
Also, remember to bring bottles of water (and fruit/snacks)…It is important that runners stay hydrated.

Coach Jones would like you to inform her via email (njones@madison.k12.al.us) if you will not be attending the meet this Saturday, Sept. 7th. This will help us in knowing who to expect, and the meet registration info will be modified accordingly. (Unless otherwise notified, She is expecting to see all CC athletes this Saturday).

Below is the meet address and instructions to get the site.

Oakville Indian Mounds Address: 1219 County Rd 187, Danville, AL

– Take 565 to Decatur
– Turn Right onto Hwy 20
– Drive 4 miles, Turn Left onto Hwy 67
– Drive apr. 1 mile, Exit Left onto 24 West (toward Moulton)
– Drive apr. 18 miles to Hwy 157
– Drive apr. 8 miles, Turn Left onto County Rd 187
– 1 mile down, arrive at Oakville Indian Mounds

Cross Country Team & Parents,

Just a reminder that we will be collecting Spirit Wear Orders at the end of practice tomorrow. If you have not already turned in your order, this will be the last chance.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Thanks,

Lori Underwood – lorinunderwood@bellsouth.net
SHS Track Program Booster Club
President

Some weeks back we were introduced to Mr.Joe Lemery, one of the Huntsville Hospital TOC provided trainers that are available in the SHS training room for any SHS athlete. Not only is this expert “sports medicine” assistance but it’s FREE!

I have since had the need for them to look at my daughter and can highly recommend them. In her case, she had developed soreness in her knees and it was the sort of thing where it didn’t seem bad enough to warrant making an appointment with our family physician but nagging enough to make me worry. I sent an e-mail to Mr. Lemery and they had my daughter and I meet with them at SHS the next afternoon. We now can continue training without worrying that she is damaging herself.

If your student has any sort of questionable muscle/ligament/joint pain I recommend getting in touch with these guys and if you are dealing with a definite injury, check with them first as they can refer you to a physician specialist and get you in to see them in the shortest time possible.

Contact Information:

Joe Lemery, SHS Trainer
email: Joseph.Lemery@hhsys.org
phone: 256-541-5493

Note: If you call the Sparkman office, just ask for “Trainer Joe”.

It’s Here !!!!
Cross Country Season is upon us and our Sparkman Athletes are hard at work, getting ready to compete.
Check out the header at the top of the page for LAST season’s best times. I hope each athlete will commit those times to memory and set their goals to beat them!

Here is this year’s 2013-2014 Cross Country meet schedule. Please keep in mind that the times listed are approximate times. Actual start time for the individual events will vary so check with the coach (and here closer to the event dates themselves) for the start times of your event. –

Date                     Meet                               Location                           APROXIMATE Time

Sat. Sept. 7          Chickasaw Inv’t          Oakville                                    8:00 A.M.
Sat. Sept. 14        Scottsboro                    Scottsboro H.S.                      8:00 A.M.
TUES. Sept. 17  Randolph Mud Run    UAH 4:00 P.M.
Sat. Sept. 21       Fairview Inv’t               Fairview Town Park               8:00 A.M.
Sat. Sept. 28       Arab Inv’t                     Arab City Park                         8:00 A. M.

Sat. Oct. 5          Jesse Owens Inv’t        Oakville                                     8:00 A.M.
Sat. Oct. 12        Dew It on the Trails    Point Mallard                           8:00 A.M.
TUES. Oct. 15   Metro                              John Hunt Park                      4:00 P.M.
THURS. Oct. 17 Athens Bible Invitational Athens Sports Complex  4:00 P.M.
THURS. Oct. 31 AHSAA 6A Section     Bob Jones High School         10A.M.

Sat. November 9 AHSAA State Championships Oakville Indian Mounds 8:00 A.M.

Our official Track season wrapped up with an Awards Ceremony and cookout on May 8th.
It was a chance to show our appreciation to our hard working and dedicated Track Coaches and to recognize our athletes for their accomplishments this past season.

In the State Decathlon we had Rob Russell and 5th place finisher, Ben Dailey.
In the Heptathlon we had Briannca Trammell and Kelsey Johnson.

Qualifying for the State Track Meet were Myles Johnson in the 300m hurdles and Ben Dailey in the 110m Hurdles, Polevault AND Javelin.
Women’s qualifiers were Gabrielle Griner in the Polevault, Kelsey Johnson 100m Hurdles, Briannca Trammell 100m Hurdles and Cicely Seldon in Discus Throw.

Brianca Trammell, Myles Johnson, Ben Dailey, Kelsey Johnson, Gabrielle Griner, Cicely Seldon (not pictured)

The “Runner’s Award” was given to Kelsey Johnson.

“Most Improved Athlete” Awards were given to boys Rob Russell and Anthony Parameswaran and for the girls, Gabrielle Griner and Kelsey Johnson.

“Most Valuable Runner” was given to Briannca Trammell who scored a total of 58.5 varsity points for the girls team this season (2nd was State Qualifier, Gabrielle Griner with 38pts) and for the boys, Ben Dailey. Ben scored a whopping 126pts varsity points this season! To put that in perspective, our 2nd highest scorer for the men was State Qualifier, Myles Johnson with 29pts.

The Coaches’ Award went to Kelsey Johnson and Montel Troupe.

Finally, we got a chance to recognize all of our Graduating Seniors.

From the men’s team – Alex Byam, Ben Dailey, Jaquez Gaines, Myles Johnson, Joseph Tafari, and Melik Watkins
From the women’s team – Cicely Seldon, Chandler Shields and Briannca Trammell.

The 2013 Sparkman Track Team