William Peace University Cross Country - Junior and Senior Open House on March 25th

I received the following e-mail from the head XC and track coach at William Peace University in Raliegh this past week.  Read below.  If you are a junior or senior and interested let me know.

Junior Day (and Seniors Too!) - March 25th in Raleigh! Coach Josh Williams, On behalf of the Cross Country program and the entire athletic department at William Peace University, we hope you had a successful indoor track and field season!  A lot has happened at William Peace University in 2017. In December of 2016, Athletic Director Phil Rowe announced the construction of the Athletic Performance Center and the new Athletic Performance is now ALREADY complete. No other NCAA D3 in North Carolina will be able to match the strength and condition program offered at Peace. Since my hire in November, we have had incredible talent come on campus for visits because of the goals I've been committed to: Build the foundation to get William Peace to the NCAA D3 Cross Country National Championships and start the track and field programs. Even though I have talented commitments for next fall, I am still recruiting senior men and women for Cross Country. Well, in addition to great junior and senior visits, Track and Field is poised for launch in the 2018-2019 school year. With the great possibility of adding Track and Field, I want to begin reaching out to all the schools in North Carolina and invite any interested senior distance runners and all junior cross country and track and field athletes (in all events) to the next #PeacePreview Open House on March 25th.

Heart of a Champion - Free Sports Physicals

FYI from Elizabeth Abernathy

 It’s that time of year again and Heart of a Champion will be here before we know it! The date of the event this year is May 20^th. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this program, it provides comprehensive sports physicals (including ECG, Orthopedic Screening, Vision exam, etc.) FREE of cost to our Student Athletes. The physical is valid for one whole year, meaning no worries about physicals expiring before tryouts or during the season next year!! More information can be found on the website associated with the link below.

Registration will begin April 10^th and end May 14^th.  Current 8^th graders (rising 9^th grade) through 11^th graders are encouraged to participate!!

http://www.carolinashealthcare.org/heart-of-a-champion-students

If you could, please pass this information along to your student athletes and parents I would greatly appreciate it!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

Thanks for your support of this program,

Elizabeth

Elizabeth D. Abernathy, MS, LAT, ATC, CEP

Athletic Trainer, Lincoln Charter School

Sports Medicine

Carolinas HealthCare System

Cell-(704)774-7403

elizabeth.a.abernathy@carolinashealthcare.org

BC Meet 3/16 Details

Our next meet is this Thursday, March 16th at Bessemer City.

We will leave LCS - Denver at 1:45 p.m. and pick-up LCS - Lincolnton at 2:30 p.m.  After the meet we will drop Lincolnton athletes back at LCS - Lincolnton.  That time is TBD.

Field events will begin at 4:00 p.m.  4 x 800 will begin at 4:10 p.m.

Our entries are due at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 14th.  If you are unable to attend Coach Schild and I need to know ASAP.

I heard through the grape vine about some "grumbling" about events some of you were entered in.  We will not place you in an event OR will we give you event schedule that we don't think you can handle.

Just a reminder from our team guidelines...

Events
● Like any other sport, the head coach will make the final decisions on what
events you will participate in.
● Just because you sign up for something, doesn’t mean you are guaranteed to
do it.
● In an emergency situation, you may be asked to fill-in, particularly in a relay.
Be a team player and help your team out in such situation .

Scratching
● Under no circumstances are you allowed to scratch from an event without
permission from the coaching staff.
● Reasons had better be of “epic proportions”. “I’m tired’ really isn’t a legitimate

excuse…

Practice/Meet Schedule 3/13-3/18 Week Five

WEEK FIVE 3/13 - 3/18 - TRACK PRACTICE/MEET SCHEDULE

Day	Time	Location	Transportation
Monday, March 13	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Tuesday, March 14	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Wednesday, March 15	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Thursday, March 16 MEET @ Bessmer City HS	Field Events 4:00 pm 4x800 - 4:10 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Friday, March 17	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Saturday, March 18	OFF	n/a	n/a

Weddington Invitational Details

Below are instructions for coaches for the Weddington Invitational.  There are 35 teams in this invite ranging from 1A to 4A schools and some private schools.  With all of that being said this will be a very competitive meet!  Coaches will be making decisions on who will be attending/entered in the meet and those are not guaranteed based on entry standards set forth for this meet by the meet directors.  Please read these below and keep this in mind as our coaching staff moves forward with entries.

There is a limit of 3 athletes per open event & 1 relay team per event for each school but there are a few other limitations in some events:

3200m- Top 24 entries per gender will be accepted. These must be from performances verifiable on MileSplit from the past calendar year.

1600m- Top 50 entries per gender will be accepted from verifiable performances from the past calendar year.

Shot Put, Discus, Long Jump & Triple Jump- Top 35 entries per gender will be accepted from verifiable performances from the past calendar year.

EL meet rescheduled for 3/20

Our meet at East Lincoln for 3/1 is now rescheduled for 3/20.

Practice/Meet Schedule WEEK FOUR 3/6 - 3/11

WEEK FOUR 3/6 - 3/11 - TRACK PRACTICE/MEET SCHEDULE

Day	Time	Location	Transportation
Monday, March 6	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Tuesday, March 7 MEET @ Bessmer City HS	3:45 p.m. Field Events 4:30 p.m. Running Events	Bessemer City High School	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Wednesday, March 8	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Thursday, March 9	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Friday, March 10	3:20 - 5:15 pm	LCS - Denver	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website
Saturday, March 11 MEET @ Weddington Invite Weddington HS	8:30-9:10 AM Weigh-in for throws & PV 8:45 AM Coaches Meeting 9:30 AM  Start Time	Weddington High School	Linc Athletes Check Athletic Website