Stafford Itinerary and Rosters

Top varsity and certain runners will be doing a basic unit/longest day on Saturday. You will run the mile before we leave then do your long cool down at the course. You will travel with the team.

6:30 - Timed Mile
7:30 - Bus leaves for Stafford
8:30 - Varsity Boys (3 Miles)
9:00 - Varsity Girls (2 Miles)
9:30 - Junior Varsity Boys (3 Miles)
11:00 - Lunch

Timed Mile
Zelda Abadom
Hiba Kreidie
Briana Gifford
Katherine Toy
Lisette Bogdan
Hannah Selesky
Angela Cortez
Chris Ysais
Kevin Kapke
Marcos Anaya
Abel Simie
Jonathan Miller

Varsity Boys
Juan Trujillo
Kyle Muscarello
Christian Salazar
Jonathan Silva
Jonathan Amadio
Ronnie Stroud
Evan Bogdan

Varsity Girls
Gina Keidel
Jena Deitrick
Macy Ramos
Sahar Halim
Lillian Dominguez
Chelsea Nelson

JV Boys
Shiraz Ali
Jimmy Luong
Joe Green
Sergio Bautista
Mukhtar Owais
Nelson Fuentes
Tom Duecker
Aharown Sparrow
Scott Vilas
Jose Vilche
Danillo Arcane
Nathan De Jesus

Scott Vilas: continuing the family tradition

Freshman Scott Vilas joined the team early in the summer. He steadily dropped his mile time and went from running just under 7 minutes to running 5:47. He also PR'd in the mile with a 5:28 during the 2 mile race at Humble. Scott's dad ran cross country in college and has been one of the factors that is contributing to Scott's success this year.

KXC: How did you find out about the team and the summer workouts?

Scott: My dad found a paper about it on the internet.

KXC: What did you do for your first workout?

Scott: 4 miles around the ditch in front of the school. It was pretty hard because that was the first time I ever ran 4 miles.

KXC: How has your training gone since that day?

Scott: I think it has progressed a lot. My times have gotten a lot faster.

KXC: Do you think you could handle more than 4 miles now?

Scott: Without a doubt.

KXC: Saturday you will run a 3 mile race at Stafford with district only about a week and a half away. What are your goals for this Saturday and then district?

Scott: I'd like to break 18 minutes for 3 miles this week and I'd like to win district.

KXC: What do you think it will take for you to accomplish those goals?

Scott: Doing my best and giving it everything I have. Coach also thinks I need to maintain a positive attitude before the race.

KXC: How do you prepare for a meet the night before?

Scott: I have a big dinner and a good night's rest.

KXC: What do you eat?

Scott: Nothing in particular.

KXC: How many days in a row have you ran?

Scott: Like 7 because when I hurt my leg I had to stop. I had 40 something before that.

KXC: Thanks Scott have a great week and good luck Saturday and at District.

Travis Landreth 1976-2001

ASICS decided to name a shoe after Travis, this is from Letsrun.com when Travis died:

Former University of Connecticut distance running star Travis Landreth, 24, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, suddenly died while on a training run in Palo Alto, CA on Friday. Landreth, the first Big East champion in cross-country ever for the University of Connecticut (victorious in 1997), will be greatly missed by all.

Landreth was heading out on a tempo run with other members of the Nike Farm Team when he went down without warning. He was pronounced dead 2 hours later at the hospital and either died from an aneurysm or possible heart attack (For more info, see a story from Landreth's home-town paper.) .

Travis' Friends Remember

I hope that every individual out there that has laced up a pair of spikes and thrown on a singlet has the chance to run alongside somebody like Travis Landreth. This was the guy that showed up as a freshman at UConn and ran the shorts off of everybody, but we couldn't help but love him because he was laughing and talking your ear off the entire time.

When coach sent us off in no particular direction, we knew that Travis was headed straight for the deepest mud he could find, and he was bringing us with him. He was the crazy one, the guy that would drive to Boston in the middle of night to help me cover a marathon story for the school paper, or who would run a naked quarter without even a double dare.

My best image of Travis: When he returned from the World Cross Country Championships in Durham, England, Travis strutted around in our dorm for a month in a pair of obnoxious green Jamaican National Team tights, and a teal jacket that he had traded away from a New Zealand runner. He thought he looked great.

Those years, when the quick splits came easy and the best part of the week was the bus ride home from the meet, were some of the best of our lives. I was lucky, so extremely lucky, to share mine with someone who shone as brightly as Travis.

Please keep Travis and his family in your thoughts. I don't run anymore, but today, I'll take one for Travis. It's raining here in Illinois, and the mud should be perfect.

Run on, Travis. We love you.

Eric Goodwin, UConn Huskies, 1993-96