Earning a Varsity Letter

TO EARN A VARSITY LETTER, YOU MUST SATISFY AT LEAST ONE OF
THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
SCORE 7 POINTS IN DUAL AND CHAMPIONSHIP MEET COMPETITION

RUN A FASTER TIME THAN FOUR (4) #5 RUNNERS IN BSC VARSITY
MEET
• FOR JV RACE CONSIDERATION ONE MUST FINISH IN TOP 25
OF FINISHERS IN THAT RACE AS WELL AS RUN A TIME FASTER
THAN FOUR (4) # 5 RUNNERS IN THE VARSITY RACE

POINT SYSTEM

• Dual Meets – 3 Points Maximum Each Meet
▪ 1 point for finishing in the Wellesley Top 7 (does not apply if we have
seven or less finishers)
▪ 1 point for finishing in the Top 7 in the overall race results
▪ 1 point for finishing ahead of the fifth runner of the opposing team (does
not apply if the opposing team has 
less than five finishers)

BSC Meet – 6 points maximum


3 points for winning individual championship
1 point for finishing in Wellesley top 7
2 points for finishing in top 1/3 of all finishers
1 point for finishing in middle 1/3 of all finishers

State Division Meet

All finishers earn varsity letter
Alternates who train for Divisional Meet earn 1 point toward varsity
letter.

State Meet
• All finishers earn varsity letter
• Alternates who train for State Meet earn 1 point toward varsity letter

Other Considerations
Seniors not meeting these criteria will be awarded a letter at the discretion
of the coaching staff only if they have been on the team for at least two/
three consecutive seasons and have remained in good standing.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
▪ To earn a varsity letter, you must be at all meets, barring extenuating or
extraordinary circumstances. This 
includes all championship meets.
▪ You will not receive a varsity letter if you are not working your hardest and
giving your fullest effort.
▪ You must participate in varsity-level workouts or workouts prescribed by
your coach in order to be considered for a varsity letter.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS:
▪ Will I earn a varsity letter if I come to practice everyday?

No. A varsity letter is not a certificate of participation. Giving varsity letters
for coming to practice everyday would be analogous to naming students to
the high honor roll for having perfect attendance in school. A varsity letter
is something to be earned, not something to be given. It needs to represent
achievement. If everyone gets a varsity letter, a varsity letter won’t mean
anything to anyone.

▪ Is there a maximum number of letters that will be awarded?
No.

▪ Is there a minimum number of letters that will be awarded?
No.

▪ What if I earned a letter last fall?

Having previously earned a varsity letter has no bearing on whether you will
earn a varsity letter this fall or not. You must earn your letter every season.

10/29 workout

October 29-November 4
	29-Oct	30 minute easy
	30-Oct	40-50 minute farlek
		10 minute easy -6 minute temp-6 min. easy--4 faster temp- 4 easy -2 faster temp-2easy-1min fast- 10-15 minutes easy
31-Oct	Halloween Treat
		1xmile (3:30 int)-1x1200 (3:00 int)-1x800(2:30 int)-1x600(2:00 int)-1x400
Boys	77/400(5:10) - 75/400(3:45) - 73/400(2:26) - 71/400(1:46) - 69
Girls	96/400(6:25) - 94/400(4:42) - 92/400(3:04) - 90/400(2:15) - 88
1-Nov	25-30 minute easy to moderate
2-Nov	25 easy
	3-5 strides
3-Nov	800s/400s at Larz Anderson
	tentative 9:00am departure from high school

FOUND from the Baystate meet earlier today:
- 6 baystate shirts that were not picked up (the $15 ones preordered last week)
- Grey Chatham Cape Cod sweatpants
- Mens grey and blue Nikes shoes
- A track and field black nike spikes bag
- A drawstring bag with the initials B.C. on the front (containing a watch and other various items)

PLEASE let me know as soon as possible if any of these are yours! Only if you preordered a baystate shirt and did not come today/did not pick it up, please let me know. If these baystate shirts are not picked up by the end of this week, other people who did not preorder will be able to buy them instead.

ALSO, if you still have your uniform and you season has ended, stop by at the track after school this week with your uniform labeled in a bag. If the managers do not receive your uniform you will need to pay to replace it. 

Thank you and great job today!

Race Times BSC

10:00am         Boys FR            2.5K
10:20am         Girls  FR            2.5K
10:40am         Coed JV            2.5K

11:00am              Boys JV        5K
11:25am          Girls JV            5K
11:55am          B Var                5K
12:20pm          G Var               5K

Girls Entries

Chow	Alyssa		Gates	Katrina		Barnhill	Taylor
Cunningham	Lynn		Reddy	Pooja		Broholm	Tessa
Diana	Angeline		Siedman	Isabelle		Collins	Valerie
Frazer	Olivia		Wen	Amy		Geselle	Carolin
Hanron	Olivia - Mgr					Griffin	Kylie
Harris	Lindsay					Monagle	Eileen
Hein	Elizabeth					Pedersen	Katherine
Huddleston	Grace					Richards	Betsy
Leibowitz	Alison					Roth	Mara
Mahdavi	Sabina					Waisel	Betsy
Megan	Julia					Zhang	Maggie
Schill	Rebecca
Sizing	Nicki
Stephens	Savannah
Sullivan	Delaney
Vargas	Sara
Wadja	Julie
Yuan	Molly

BSC Entries

JV			Freshman			Varsity
Reid	Gabriel		Badertscher	Stuart		Chicoski	Jacob
Alexander	Kenyon		Brown	Caleb		D'Anieri	Thomas
Frontero	Michael		Chiu	Nathan		Freniere	Christian
Gillooly	Andrew		Ellis, Jr	Corson		Golob	Theodore
Griffith	Christian		Forte	Christopher		Griswold	Ben
Lehner	Connor		Freniere	Matthww		Palladino	Daniel
Peretti	Nicholas		Gill	Harrison		Scammell	Benjamin
Scott	James		Gomez	Seth		Segall	David
Weinberg	Benjamin		Kovacs	Andrew		Ulian	Christopher
			Lee	Alexander		Wink	Andrew
Blenko	Nicholas		Mahoney	Finn
Carlson	Evan		Mykrantz	Christopher
Crow	Duncan		Pfaff	Stephen
Himstead	Conor		Posnik	Jackson
Levesque	Alexander		Reddy	Vinay
Mahlenkamp	Philip		Snyder	Matthew
Maley	Peter		Stock	Winston
Mazaheri	Nasser		Tambone	Christopher
Moriguchi	Haruki		Wolkoff	Joshua
Salvucci	Jack
Shields	Kyle
Smith	Andrew
Livingston	William

Conference Info

Bay State Conference Meet:  

·        10AM - Saturday, 10/27/12 @ Norwood’s Coakley MS

·        race order:

 FR Boys*

FR Girls *

Co-Ed 2500M*

JV Boys,

JV Girls

V Boys**

V Girls **

*freshman and co-ed races will be contested pending weather

**10 entrant maximum per school for Varsity Races

Needham Course

Norwood Course

Workout 10/8/12

October 8-14

8-Oct

35 minutes - 10 min. easy - 5x3minute tempo/2 minute easy-10 min. easy

9-Oct

25 easy - 5 strides

10-Oct

@Brookline/Milton

Buses depart 3:00

11-Oct

30-45 minute recovery/fartlek

12-Oct**

400-800-1200-(1200*)-800-400 at RP or 85-95% of RP

jog half distance just run/reps

*could do ladder without this 1200 and possibly up the pace

13-Oct

45 easy/tempo

14-Oct

OFF/rest

Brookline Map