Welcome to the website of Lassiter Junior Cross Country.
The club is for boys and girls from school grades 6-8 who are interested in running both cross country and track. There are two seasons, cross country in the fall and track in the spring. The purpose of the club is to introduce children of all abilities to distance running in an atmosphere that is fun, competitive, and one that will teach them about the sport. The program is supported by Lassiter High School, however you do not need to be a future Lassiter student to participate in the program.
The coaches hope that they will provide an environment that you and your child will find rewarding. It is very much our hope that each parent will become involved in supporting the coaches at practices and at the meets. In this way we believe that we will develop a very successful club for your child.
The club formed in 2008 in time for the cross country season, starting with a roster of 39 children, we held three practices a week and participated in 6 meets finishing the season by participating in the Georgia State meet.
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Hello,
We hope all of you are off to great new year in 2010. We plan to start our 2010 junior track season with an informational meeting and brief practice on Sunday Feb 28th at 3 pm at the Lassiter HS Track near the CC office and concession stand. See a link below to the registration form and jersey order form. Please bring these with you to the meeting/practice.
We intend to have practices on Tuesday & Thursday from 6 to 7 pm at McCleskey Middle School, located at the corner of Shallowford Road and Maybreeze Road, and on Sundays from 3-4 at the Lassiter HS Track. However, we will try to get on the track during the week as well when available. There will be approximately 4 meets usually on Saturdays during the season which lasts from mid-April to mid-May. Post-season USATF Jr Olympics area meet is tentatively scheduled for June 5th.
We are a USA Track & Field sanctioned youth club. Our training focus is on distance events 400, 800, 1500 and 3000 meters, but your child can participate in any of the meet events such as 100, 200, relays, long jump, high jump, mini-javelin and shot put.
Please encourage your young athletes to run 20 minutes 2-3 times per week until the first practice. This will help to get everyone off to a good start and reduce injuries as we ramp up our training. Don't forget to stretch after running.
Always bring a water bottle and a good pair of running shoes to practice. Big Peach Running Company on Johnson Ferry Road offers 10% discount to our team. Please read the attached parent guide, noting that this has information intended for Lassiter HS CC.
http://www.lhsxc.org.
Our goal is to introduce middle schoolers to running sports and serve as preparation for high school.
We are a volunteer organization and need your support. Please consider helping out as coach, practice chaperon or meet helper. We also need help maintaining our website.
Hope to see you on Feb 28th.
President and Head Coach Jim Lambert
770-518-0676
If you are interested in joining the club then please contact Coach Jim Lambert at lassiterjcc@gmail.com
