OTC Bulldog Cross Country
The OTC Bulldog Cross Country team includes runners from Battle Lake, Henning and Underwood. In 2010 there are four runners from Underwood and 30 runners in the whole program. Those from Underwood include:
Seniors |
Juniors |
Sophomores |
Coaches |
John Glesne |
Alysse Friedrich |
Clayton Mertz |
Mrs. Christianson |
Morgan Frederick |
For CC practice, the team either practices at the Battle Lake track or at Glendalough State Park. Most pratices start with a half mile warm-up jog, followed by stretching and plyo's. We have a variety of main workouts to choose from (listed below). After we run our main workout, the team cools down with a half mile jog, and stretching. Twice a week we do Ab workouts at the end of practice. We try to get in between 4-7 miles every practice, depending on the workout.
Main Workouts We do:
- Hill Sprints (once a week)
- Long Distance Speed Workout (in preseason or in a week with no meets)
- Middle Distance Speed Workout (once a week)
- Short Distance Speed Workout (once a week)
- Long Slow Distance (days before and after meets)
At meets, Junior High Boys and Girls (grades 7-9) run a 2 mile (3200 meter) race. Varsity and JV Girls run a 4k (2.5 miles) and the Boys Varsity and JV run a 5k (3.1 miles). Meets tend to take place on golf courses. The wind, temperature, rain, snow, and terrain of the course can adversly affect a meet and the times the runners get.
Click Here to see pictures from our Fergus Falls meet and from our Cross Country Banquet.