Manatee High Track & Cross Country

Have you heard the great news? The new Manatee High School XC coach has brought back the Labor Day Canes Classic 5K at GT Bray!

Website is still CanesClassic.com

But they are doing registration on race roster this year.
The race is open to all ages and abilities. Your registration helps support the MHS cross country teams.

Let’s support the new coach and Canes Cross Country:
https://runsignup.com/Race/FL/Bradenton/canesclassic
Click “registration” and it takes you to their race roster page for 2024.

MHS is hosting the Bradenton Runners Club XC Invitational this Saturday, 10/8 at GT Bray Park 7:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. at the amphitheater. We need a few more adult volunteers to work on the course directing the runners. Instructions will be given. Please contact Rae Ann at 941-586-9375 today if you are able to volunteer. Thank you.

Manatee High School is looking for a boys cross country coach. If you know anyone who might be interested please have them contact Athletic Director Matt Bowling at (941) 301-7843 or [email protected]

Ty Barclay and Paul Lespasio preparing for the FHSAA 4A state finals on Saturday up at the University of Florida. Ty qualified by winning Region 2 girls shotput and placing 3rd in Discus. Paul placed 3rd in the 3200M breaking the school record!

Very proud of our throwers who performed awesome at our home Hurricane Invite on Friday. Many Personal bests, 1st places and gritty performances. They brought home some serious hardware! Our sprints, distance and jumpers all did great as well and are showing great growth as we near the championship season..

Congratulations to our Senior Shotput and Discus Thrower Tyniece Barclay on her signing with Florida International University!

From one of our "cultures of excellence" , Coach Josh Stewart and the Lodge Grass Indians basketball team... Crow Nation in Montana
Excellence is never an accident

To all the HS seniors experiencing the Monday blues thinking “you just ran your last xc race ever” remember:

1) according to google: In the United States, there are approximately 5,300 colleges and universities (maybe not all these have athletics but that’s a big number). Five different division levels: NCAA Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, NAIA and NJCAA. You never know how big of an impact you could make on their team and how big of an impact that team can make on you.

2) if your state championships didn’t go as planned, one race does not defy who you are as a person or athlete.

3) you’re not going to peak in HS. Trust yourself, enjoy the sport & don’t give up after loving it for four years in HS.

4) how many schools recruiting you & how much they are offering does not defy how successful you can be. Know you are worth more than letters & numbers.

5) I’m proud of you.

To all the HS seniors experiencing the Monday blues thinking “you just ran your last xc race ever” remember:

1) according to google: In the United States, there are approximately 5,300 colleges and universities (maybe not all these have athletics but that’s a big number). Five different division levels: NCAA Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, NAIA and NJCAA. You never know how big of an impact you could make on their team and how big of an impact that team can make on you.

2) if your state championships didn’t go as planned, one race does not defy who you are as a person or athlete.

3) you’re not going to peak in HS. Trust yourself, enjoy the sport & don’t give up after loving it for four years in HS.

4) how many schools recruiting you & how much they are offering does not defy how successful you can be. Know you are worth more than letters & numbers.

5) I’m proud of you.

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So proud of these guys! 10th at Region.

Let’s go guys! 4A Region 2.

Sunrise before the Regional meet.

Paul took home a top 15 medal by finishing 9th. And then we celebrated our amazing seniors: Beatrice, Paul, Bruce, Noah, Trenton.

Hurricanes had quite the day at 4A D4. Tons of PR‘s, season bests, and the boys team finished seventh and advance to region next week. Way to go Canes!!!

Time for 4A District 4 at North Port. Go Canes! Live results at elitetiming.net

http://elitetiming.net/event/fhsaa-4ad4-north-port-2021/

This might be a new record!
16 PR bars and 3 season bests coming off the Tri-County Championship on Saturday. My XC bag is definitely heavier today! Way to go Canes!!!

Girls at Tri-County

Boys at Tri-County

Girls team - 2nd Manatee County. Ella, Trenton, & Chase finished top 10 All County for Manatee County. Trenton was also top 20 for Tri-County. Go Canes! Tons of PRs today!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Girls finished 2nd for Manatee County Championship portion of Tri-County.

Tri-County

Live Tri-County results at elitetiming.net

http://elitetiming.net/event/tri-county-championship-north-port-2021/

Get more sleep! It’s all the performance enhancement you need right now.

“The comment below refers mostly to the college coach that comes to watch an athlete practice and not tell them they are there. If this is what that coach sees, this is the conclusion many come too.” -From

Warm ups, good form, and giving your best effort daily is what matters.

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Boys team photos.

Girls team photos.

Boys sprinting to the finish at Holloway Park.