Learn All About our Team!
In the Fall, our team competes in several cross country competitions in and around the Atlanta area. Our team has been very successful over the years, but our philosophy is to run to have fun...and if we happen to win - even better!
While most of our meets are termed "middle school" meets, certain younger runners (dependent on ability) are able to take part too. Cross Country is a great way to experience running competitively as well as to expose the kids to the sport before they join High School.
There are qualifying standards to join our team. They are as follows:
Must be able to run 2 miles without any walking at all and be able to run a mile in under 8 minutes (boys) and under 8:30 (girls).
Registration is done offline. The fee is $200, which covers meet entry fees, team shirt, admin costs, club registration and fees, team Insurance, etc. Uniforms (singlet) are an additional fee.
The Great Strides kids train 3 times a week during the season: twice with the GRK kids (they will register for Fall GRK; training is differentiated at these practices) and one day which is exclusively for team members.
Our season starts toward the end of summer and runs through October.
At this time, we do not officially participate in track, although we do train our team to prepare them for running track on their middle school teams.
While most of our meets are termed "middle school" meets, certain younger runners (dependent on ability) are able to take part too. Cross Country is a great way to experience running competitively as well as to expose the kids to the sport before they join High School.
There are qualifying standards to join our team. They are as follows:
Must be able to run 2 miles without any walking at all and be able to run a mile in under 8 minutes (boys) and under 8:30 (girls).
Registration is done offline. The fee is $200, which covers meet entry fees, team shirt, admin costs, club registration and fees, team Insurance, etc. Uniforms (singlet) are an additional fee.
The Great Strides kids train 3 times a week during the season: twice with the GRK kids (they will register for Fall GRK; training is differentiated at these practices) and one day which is exclusively for team members.
Our season starts toward the end of summer and runs through October.
At this time, we do not officially participate in track, although we do train our team to prepare them for running track on their middle school teams.
