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GARDNER TRACK XC

Tri Meet Wins for GHS XC boys' & girls' teams 2021

10/17/2021

Congratulations Gardner High girls' XC team on their tri meet wins Friday, Oct 15, 2021 @ Dunn State Park Gardner, MA.
Final: Gardner 15, Fitchburg 45
Final: Gardner 19, Quabbin 40
(low score wins)
GHS Krista Bettez placed 1st with the overall win in the tri meet with a time of (17:59), 3rd Leilani Markley (19:05) and 4th Kaylee Bettez (19:08)
( Wildcats now 7-3)

Congratulations Gardner High boys' cross country team on their
Tri meet Wins
Friday, October 15, 2021
@ Dunn State Park
Final: Gardner 17, Fitchburg 38
Final: Gardner 19, Quabbin 36
(Low Score Wins)
GHS Junior Tyler Meunier won the tri race overall with a time of (15:36), Senior Captain Alex Lucier 2nd (16:07), Sophomore Noah Johnson (16:45) and Senior Captain Gino Di vito (16:57) (Wildcats are 7-3)

Seniors class of 2022 XC

10/17/2021

XC Senior Day

10/15/2021

Happy Gardner High Cross Country Senior Day,
Celebrate with us Captains Alex, Gino and Leilani
Meet starts at 3:30pm today (10/15/2021)
at Dunn State Park Vs Quabbin
Followed by a Thank you to the XC GHS Seniors class of 2022
# Wildcats 1-2-3 GO CATS!!!!!
Luck to the GHS XC boys' & girls' teams in the meet this afternoon!!!

Senior Captain Alex Lucier
GHS Varsity XC 2 years ('20,'21)

Senior Captain Leilani Markley
GHS Varsity XC 4 Years ('18,'19,'20,'21)

Senior Captain Gino Di Vito
GMS XC Team,
GHS Varsity XC 5 years
('17,'18,'19,'20,'21)

20th Girls XC Quabbin Invitational 2021

10/12/2021

Congratulations Gardner High Placing 2nd overall at the 20th Quabbin Cross Country Invitational in Barre MA.
Freshman Krista Bettez 3rd place overall (21:17.30)
Junior Kaylee Bettez 12th (22:50.03)
Senior Leilani Markley 14th (23:07.86)
Freshman Olivia Powers 17th (23:18.96)
Sophomore Elaine Schaffer 22nd (23:59.68)
Freshman Avah Zelesky 28th (24:44.92)

Gardner Total time: 1:54:33.83 Average: 22:54.77 (65 points: 3, 12,13,16,21,27 )
GHS was 6 point from the winning team Tahanto had 59 points 1:53:19.98 Average:22:40.00 (4,5,6,19,25,26,34)
Awesome Job Ladies

Left to right: Kaylee, Elaine, Leilani, Krista, Avah, Olivia

Club Monthly Meeting Notice and Agenda - 10/14/2021

10/11/2021

The Board of Directors have scheduled the monthly meeting of the GHS XC Track Booster Club to be at 6:30pm EST, on Thursday, October 14th, 2021. It will be held in the basement of the Bethany Baptiste Church at 72 Ryan Street, Gardner, MA 01440.

The agenda for this meeting was emailed, tonight, October 11th, 2021.

The agenda is also located on our website at: https://www.gardnertrackxcboosters.org/meeting-agendasminutes.html

The draft meeting minutes for the last meeting on 09/29/2021 were sent out in an email on 10/06/2021, along with the final approved minutes of 08/17/2021. If you did not receive said email with the meeting minutes, please email the Secretary to have your email added to the mailing list (gardnertrackxcsecretary@gmail.com)

2nd place Wachusett Inv

10/6/2021

Congratulations Gardner High boys' Varsity Cross Country Team
placing 2nd overall at the 63rd Annual Wachusett Invitational X-C Meet at Wachusett Regional High School in Holden on Saturday Oct 2 2021
4th place GHS Jr. Tyler Meunier (18:46), 7Th place SR. Alex Lucier (19:31), 10th SR. Gino Di Vito (19:53) 12th place Sophomore Noah Johnson (20:01)

left to right: Wildcat Cade, Santoe, Jaden, Noah, Tyler, Gino, Alex

September Monthly Meeting Agenda Posted

9/27/2021

The Monthly Meeting Agenda for the Booster Club has been sent via the Secretary's email (gardnertrackxcsecretary@gmail.com).

If you did not receive the email, you can also download the agenda packet here: https://www.gardnertrackxcboosters.org/meeting-agendasminutes.html

Club Monthly Meeting Notice - 09/29/2021

9/26/2021

The Board of Directors have scheduled the monthly meeting of the GHS XC Track Booster Club to be at 6:30pm EST, on Wednesday September 29th, 2021. It will be held in the basement of the Bethany Baptiste Church at 72 Ryan Street, Gardner, MA 01440.

The agenda for the meeting will be emailed and posted in the next few days.

The draft meeting minutes for the last meeting on 08/17/2021 were sent out in an email on 08/24/2021, along with the final approved minutes of 06/01/2021. If you did not receive said email with the meeting minutes, please email the Secretary to have your email added to the mailing list (gardnertrackxcsecretary@gmail.com)

September 10th, 2021

9/10/2021

The 42nd Greater Gardner Turkey Trot Early Registration is open.
Greatergardnerturkeytrot.racewire.com
Thanksgiving November 25, 2021
Walkers 8am / Runner 8:30am
5 miles
Route 68 Gardner to Baldwinville

New we are selling a 2021 commemorative shirt this year!

Early race registrations we have a limited giveaway for the 2021
G.G. T. T. commemorative shirt.

We have added New Team Awards (first & second place overall)

The traditional Individual running awards we added more age groups.

If you register on a team YES you are still be eligible for individual awards as well.

Early bib pick-up 4:30 pm - 7pm 11/24 Perry Hall @ Gardner City Hall
Race day bib pick-up 7AM - 8AM 11/25 Perry Hall @ Gardner City Hall

If you like to sponsor the 42nd Turkey Trot accepting new sponsors
until Oct 20, 2021 when the Banner / Shirt order goes out to print.

Need a volunteer to sign the national anthem @ 7:50AM 11/25 in Perry hall

If your interested in volunteering on race day please reach out!

you can contact me @
Greatergardnerturkeytrot@gmail.com
or Justice @ Gardnertrackxcsecretary@gmail.com

See you at the race,
-Candace Graves
G.G.T.T. Race Director
GHS cross country track booster club

Race Committee (42nd Annual Greater Gardner Turkey Trot) August Meeting Agenda and Draft Minutes Posted

9/5/2021

The Clerk of the Race Committee has uploaded and posted the agenda and draft minutes from the recent meeting of August 29th, 2021. All members of the Club and interested volunteers should have received that email this afternoon. If you wish (especially if you are a part of the communities of Templeton and Phillipston) please email the Secretary of the Club (gardnertrackxcsecretary@gmail.com) to state your interest in helping in the Turkey Trot and to receive updates on what you can do to help, and when the second (and final) planning meeting will be held.

All recent meeting agendas and minutes can be found on the Club website, here: https://www.gardnertrackxcboosters.org/meeting-agendasminutes.html

August 29th, 2021

8/29/2021

Reminder:
The Turkey Trot meeting This Afternoon @ 4:30pm
Sunday, August 29
Dunn State Park Pavilion .
Please spread the word and feel free to bring a family member or friend

FALL BOYS', GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY

8/16/2021

Registration for Fall Gardner High / Middle School boys', girls' Cross Country is open!
Please follow the link below to register your 5th-12th grader Cross Country,
Students register based on the school building they attend school.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to High School X-Country Coach Ken Pelletier -KP Pelletk@juno.com or The Middle School X-Country Coach Mike Lawrence lawrenm@gardnerk12.org
ALL Student Cross Country Athletes must have a current updated physicals on file with the school nurse in the building your student register school.

NO Student runner can Practice or participated in Cross Country meets,
(Invitationals, championships) with out a up to date physical on file with GHS,GMS.
All sport user Fees & any additional required paper work must be done/made by the first XC meet or Invitational.

Practices TBA
Schedule TBA

https://gardner-ar.rschooltoday.com/

August Monthly Meeting Agenda Posted

8/14/2021

The Monthly Meeting Agenda for the Booster Club has been sent via the Secretary's email (gardnertrackxcsecretary@gmail.com). You may also view the agenda items as sent below, presented in .jpg format:

Club Monthly Meeting Notice - 08/17/2021

8/2/2021

The Board of Directors have scheduled the monthly meeting of the GHS XC Track Booster Club to be at 6:30pm EST, on Tuesday August 17th, 2021. It will be held outside at Dunn State Park at 28 Pearl Street, Gardner, MA 01440. If it is raining, we will shelter in the center pavilion to hold the meeting, and will provide updates as necessary.

The meeting minutes for the last meeting of Fiscal Year 2021 - held on June 1st, 2021 - were sent out in an email in June. **If you did not receive said email with the meeting minutes, please email the Secretary to have your email added to the mailing list (gardnertrackxcsecretary@gmail.com)**

Registration for 2021 Cross Country

7/21/2021

This is the link to fall sports registration for
the cross country 2021 season
gardner-ar.rschooltoday.com

Need Volunteers for MA. State Triathlon

7/7/2021

This year we are invited to volunteer for the Massachusetts State Triathlon.
Sunday July 11, 2021
At Lake Dennison Recreation Area · Baldwinsville / Winchendon, MA
(275 Baldwinville State Rd Winchendon MA. )
The Triathlon is Olympic Distance needs a lot of volunteers.
The Club need both adult & student volunteers.
We will receiving a donation for our services to use for the GHS / GMS XC/TF Teams. High School Students can use the volunteer hours towards their community school service hour requirement.
If you like to volunteer Contact Booster President Carrie Powers
before Sunday.
Thank you!

maxperformanceonline.com/mass-state-race/

UPDATE SUMMER RUNNING

7/1/2021

Date Change for Summer Running
Summer Running will be held on
TUESDAY Nights, from 6:00-7:30 at MWCC Track.
All middle school and high school athletes and families are welcome to join us.

June 30th, 2021

6/30/2021

Summer Walking / Running

6/23/2021

Join the Fun Tuesday nights this Summer!
Summer Running 6:00-7:30 at the MWCC track.
Anyone interested in running or walking, for any age, sport, band and fitness
can join us.
444 Green St. Gardner MA.
Near the wall near the Mount Wachusett Community College Track.
Fun to workout with Friends , Walk Or Run, meet up with us Tuesday nights!

We still run in the rain!
only in the event of storms of lightning & thunder at night will we cancel.

**Come prepared with a bottle of water, towel.
wear running, walking shoes and workout clothing.**

Date Change for Summer Running -

We will return back to Tuesday nights' the following week!

Thank you from the club

6/20/2021

Thank you to the Indoor & Outdoor Coaches you did some great work this year with the student Athletes! To all the volunteers / Boosters, GHS staff that help make a unlikely seasons' a success Thank you so much!
To the all the GHS Track & Field fans & the city of Gardner thank you for your support!
Thank you to All the wonderful Student Athletes in both Indoor & Outdoor GHS Track & Field you all rocked it! Have a Fun summer!