Grades: 6/7/8

Sabish Cross Country Information for Upcoming Fall Season 2024
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Contact Information: 

Coach Hammer - Email Coach Hammer
Coach Treleven - Email Coach Treleven

What is Cross Country?
Cross country is a sport that competes in fall - teams/individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. We run through woods, prairies, trails, and along lakes. We have one to two meets each week, and the other days we practice/train through running and playing fun games. At meets, 6th and 7th grades run 1.5 miles - 8th grade runs 2 miles.

Fond du Lac Middle School Cross Country includes runners from all Fond du Lac middle schools including Sabish, Woodworth, Theisen, and STEM Institute. Although teams practice separately at their home school, they often run together at meets as a Fondy team.

Girls and boys grades 6-8 are welcome to join! It’s unlike any other sport where you have to compete to get playing time - everyone gets to run every race and ALL speeds are celebrated :)

FDL Cross Country teams believe every student should be challenged based on his or her abilities while fostering a love of physical activity, building healthy habits, and teaching proper running techniques. Through positivity and a strong work ethic, we will have an amazing season! 

Preseason - Optional Summer Practices
We will have a couple of Open Gyms to get our athletes active through game play AUGUST 19 - 21.

Monday, August 26 is the first day we can officially practice. Since this is still during the summer, it is optional, but would be extremely beneficial to your conditioning and fun. 

Regular Season - Practices Once School Starts September 3 - October 8

Practice will be every weekday starting the first day of school (September 3) 

• Until 4:30 Monday thru Thursday

• Until 4:00 on Friday

We will have 1 or 2 meets a week - most are away and will require bussing

• Bus will pick up from Sabish and drop off at Sabish, expect will only get bussed to the Fondy invite

• Bus typically returns to Sabish between 6pm and 7pm, return time will be communicated more precisely for each meet

• Guardians may sign a waiver for each meet to have their athlete drive home with them instead of the bus

Requirements as the season starts 

• Forms: Athletic code, emergency info, concussion form (all of these will be handed to student)

• $20 Athletic fee: contact Coach Hammer or Coach Treleven if you could use some assistance

***Doctor physical is no longer required but is highly encouraged***

Sites and Addresses for our meets:

• Neenah - Memorial Park - 1131 Tullar Rd

• Kimberly - Kimberly High School - 1662 East Kennedy Ave

• Fondy - Rolling Meadows Golf Course - 560 W Rolling Meadows Dr

• St. Mary’s - Winagamie Golf Course - 3501 Winnegamie Drive Neenah, WI 54956

• Menasha - Jefferson Park - 988 3rd St

• Kaukauna - Grignon Park - 1313 Augustine St

• Greenville & Hortonville - Hortonville High School - 155 Warner St

Other potential locations for practices besides Sabish: Surrounding neighborhoods, Parkside hills