I hope all is well with everyone reading this blog! I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas (nearly over) and Happy New Year...
Be back soon...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
2008 UIW TRACK SCHEDULE NOW POSTED
I have finished the uiw track schedule and it is posted on the uiw website.
Here it is:
Date Meet Location
February
1, 2 Houston Indoor Invite Houston
9 Houston Bayou Classic Houston
16 UH All-Comers Meet Houston
23 Trinity Invitational San Antonio
March
1 Border Olympics Laredo
7 Texas State Invitational San Marcos
14, 15 Indoor Nationals Mankato, MN
22 UT Invitational Austin
28, 29 Victor Lopez – Rice Univ. Houston
April
3, 4, 5 Texas Relays Austin
19 UT Twilight Austin
25 Rice Twilight Houston
May
9 ACU Last Chance Meet Abilene
22, 23, 24 Outdoor Nationals California
Here it is:
Date Meet Location
February
1, 2 Houston Indoor Invite Houston
9 Houston Bayou Classic Houston
16 UH All-Comers Meet Houston
23 Trinity Invitational San Antonio
March
1 Border Olympics Laredo
7 Texas State Invitational San Marcos
14, 15 Indoor Nationals Mankato, MN
22 UT Invitational Austin
28, 29 Victor Lopez – Rice Univ. Houston
April
3, 4, 5 Texas Relays Austin
19 UT Twilight Austin
25 Rice Twilight Houston
May
9 ACU Last Chance Meet Abilene
22, 23, 24 Outdoor Nationals California
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Track Team Christmas Party 2007!!!
Well, we decided to do something different for our XMAS party this year so Coach Bree and Coach Candace went to work earlier this week to put together a great party for the team. We are heading into finals this week so we wanted to send everyone off for finals and the break with a fun fellowship as a team.
Everyone had a good time (although about 20 people couldn't come for various reasons)...it seems as though we will have to make this type of inside party a tradition. The outside bar-b-ques haven't always worked because of weather and lack of things to do.
I am going to attempt to post some of the memorable pictures on this post. The others will be posted on facebook and our photobucket account. Once I have them posted to photobucket I will post the link to a post.
Team, good luck with finals. Let's go after that top GPA in the nation!
Everyone else (incoming freshmen, recruits, parents, family, friends, and anyone else reading this blog), have safe and happy holiday season and remember the reason for the season! :)
Until next time...
Friday, November 23, 2007
Thanksgiving in Abilene
This Thanksgiving Mary and I went to her parents house in Abilene. We were surprised to have a white Thanksgiving with over four inches of snow. Here's me with the snowman I made. This is the first snowman I have EVER made! Yes, it hasn't snowed in San Antonio since 1984 and I did make a snowman that year, but had help and I don't remember it much. I went to school in Abilene and every time it snowed my friends and I spent our time sliding down the hills around school. It never dawned on us to build a snowman! So, here it is...
Monday, November 19, 2007
A Poet Among Us...
I want to share this with people who read the blog. This poem was written by Yvonne Rodriguez. I had no idea that she wrote poems...pretty good from my perspective!
A SEASON TO BE THANKFUL
We share our laughs, we share our smiles.
We gather our thoughts, when we run those long miles.
We are all runners, and different in each and every way.
So hear my words and thoughts, for why I now pray.
This season is now over, the one and only that I will never forget.
At least now I can leave and not have any regrets.
I’m so thankful to have met each and every one of you.
Why this season turned out this way, no one knew.
Even though we tried to do the damn thing.
I hope you all know that I will always carry you all, under my wings.
We pushed each other and cheered others on.
It’s sad to say that it’s all gone.
I now pray to hold the good memories, and pray we will still be strong.
But wait I have one more thing to add, this won’t be long.
You all don’t know how thankful I am to be here.
Just thinking about it brings a teer.
There are so many things to say.
But maybe this could wait another day.
Please remember that everything happens for a reason.
And I hope to be seeing you all next season.
So share your thoughts to family and friends, and always remember to thank the Lord.
After all, this is the season to be thankful, so Happy Thanksgiving Incarnate Word.
-Yvonne
UIW is closed this week from Wednesday-Friday for Thanksgiving holiday. The distance runners are off this week as we transition to the track base building phase. We just finished two weeks of good base building as an active recovery transition from the cross country season.
Track practice is going well. We only have one day of practice this week - today as we give everyong time to travel home and spend time with family.
Here is our preliminary 2008 track schedule:
Date Meet Location
February
1, 2 Houston Indoor Invite Houston
16 UH All-Comers Meet Houston
23 Trinity Invitational San Antonio
March
1 Border Olympics Laredo
7 Texas State Invitational San Marcos
14, 15 Indoor Nationals Mankato, MN
22 UT Invitational Austin
28, 29 Victor Lopez – Rice Univ. Houston
April
3, 4, 5 Texas Relays Austin
19 UT Twilight Austin
25 Rice Twilight Houston
May
9 ACU Last Chance Meet Abilene
22, 23, 24 Outdoor Nationals California
Some things might change in the next few weeks as I wait approval from certain meets. This should be the schedule for the spring.
Until next time...
A SEASON TO BE THANKFUL
We share our laughs, we share our smiles.
We gather our thoughts, when we run those long miles.
We are all runners, and different in each and every way.
So hear my words and thoughts, for why I now pray.
This season is now over, the one and only that I will never forget.
At least now I can leave and not have any regrets.
I’m so thankful to have met each and every one of you.
Why this season turned out this way, no one knew.
Even though we tried to do the damn thing.
I hope you all know that I will always carry you all, under my wings.
We pushed each other and cheered others on.
It’s sad to say that it’s all gone.
I now pray to hold the good memories, and pray we will still be strong.
But wait I have one more thing to add, this won’t be long.
You all don’t know how thankful I am to be here.
Just thinking about it brings a teer.
There are so many things to say.
But maybe this could wait another day.
Please remember that everything happens for a reason.
And I hope to be seeing you all next season.
So share your thoughts to family and friends, and always remember to thank the Lord.
After all, this is the season to be thankful, so Happy Thanksgiving Incarnate Word.
-Yvonne
UIW is closed this week from Wednesday-Friday for Thanksgiving holiday. The distance runners are off this week as we transition to the track base building phase. We just finished two weeks of good base building as an active recovery transition from the cross country season.
Track practice is going well. We only have one day of practice this week - today as we give everyong time to travel home and spend time with family.
Here is our preliminary 2008 track schedule:
Date Meet Location
February
1, 2 Houston Indoor Invite Houston
16 UH All-Comers Meet Houston
23 Trinity Invitational San Antonio
March
1 Border Olympics Laredo
7 Texas State Invitational San Marcos
14, 15 Indoor Nationals Mankato, MN
22 UT Invitational Austin
28, 29 Victor Lopez – Rice Univ. Houston
April
3, 4, 5 Texas Relays Austin
19 UT Twilight Austin
25 Rice Twilight Houston
May
9 ACU Last Chance Meet Abilene
22, 23, 24 Outdoor Nationals California
Some things might change in the next few weeks as I wait approval from certain meets. This should be the schedule for the spring.
Until next time...
Monday, November 12, 2007
Shayn Weidner Blog on Track Shark
For those of you that may be interested, Shayn now has a blog entry on Track Shark.com. Go to www.trackshark.com and then blogs in the upper links. Once in the blogs scroll down until you see Shayn's picture (beard with a red jacket).
Track Shark Blog link: http://www.trackshark.com/blogs/home.php
He talks about his training, his thoughts on running, and life as a college distance runner.
In one of his latest entries, read his mathematical equation for converting cross training to running mileage to make sure you keep your mileage effort up while cross training.
I plan to publish the men's and women's track schedules by December 3 along with Spring track rosters for both squads. We will give the indoor thing a shot on an interim basis with the women's team as we work to see if it is feasible for our program. Most of the athletes don't ask about indoors and prefer to concentrate on the outdoor season. Most of the women will travel to the minimum required meets as will a few select men as we see if we can qualify anyone for the national championships in Minnesota.
In track, we are concentrating on strength and endurance right now with the sprinters and jumpers. They are working hard and struggling through some difficult workouts while we expand the aerobic base for the sprinters - something many of them have not done before. The extensive weight program and running seem to be paying off as they continue to get into shape for the spring season.
He talks about his training, his thoughts on running, and life as a college distance runner.
In one of his latest entries, read his mathematical equation for converting cross training to running mileage to make sure you keep your mileage effort up while cross training.
I plan to publish the men's and women's track schedules by December 3 along with Spring track rosters for both squads. We will give the indoor thing a shot on an interim basis with the women's team as we work to see if it is feasible for our program. Most of the athletes don't ask about indoors and prefer to concentrate on the outdoor season. Most of the women will travel to the minimum required meets as will a few select men as we see if we can qualify anyone for the national championships in Minnesota.
In track, we are concentrating on strength and endurance right now with the sprinters and jumpers. They are working hard and struggling through some difficult workouts while we expand the aerobic base for the sprinters - something many of them have not done before. The extensive weight program and running seem to be paying off as they continue to get into shape for the spring season.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Correction
The two men transfers would give us 12 under 50 seconds in the open 400m:
George Alicea
Christian Alicea
Taylor Echevarria
Marcus Edwards
Chacho Madera
Lalo Flores
David Martinez
Everrett Rusher
John Zavala
Michael Moszee and
2 Spring transfers
George Alicea
Christian Alicea
Taylor Echevarria
Marcus Edwards
Chacho Madera
Lalo Flores
David Martinez
Everrett Rusher
John Zavala
Michael Moszee and
2 Spring transfers
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