SHS Cross Country 2023-2024

Required Paperwork

Student athletes must complete this paperwork every year.

Athletic Paperwork: All paperwork must be completed and approved prior to participation.

Student Insurance: All student athletes must purchase school insurance.

NFHS Certificates: All athletes must complete the 4 required NFHS Course videos. Certificates must be issued in the athlete's name and the current school year.

1. Concussion in Sports
2. Heat Illness Prevention
3. Sudden Cardiac Arrest
4. Concussion for Students

Search the terms: Heat Illness, Concussions, and Sudden Cardiac Arrest independently to register and complete the courses. You may have to create an account to do so. All courses are free for student athletes.

Homeschool/Non-traditional students: Homeschool/Non-traditional students are required to fill the co-enrollment paperwork in addition to all required paperwork.

Upload all the paperwork as PDF documents to the Athletic Clearance Site (This site will be ready for uploads in mid-July. We will send out a notification as soon as it is open.):

• 2023 FHSAA participation form
• Valid student physical (good for 1 calendar year)
• Required Student Insurance
• HFHS Certificates (4)

Paperwork Tips:

• All paperwork must be uploaded in PDF form. JPEG/word documents, etc. will not be accepted.
• Genius Scan is a free app to convert paperwork to PDF for uploading.
• Physicals must be up to date (physicals are valid for 1 year).

Clearance for participation

• Athletes can not participate in practice or meets until all paperwork has been cleared.
• Athletes must have a 2.0 unweighted GPA
• If an athlete's physical expires during the season, they are no longer eligible to participate in practice or meets. PLEASE let a coach know when an updated physical has been uploaded. Clearance may take a few days.
• You will receive an e-mail that your paperwork has been submitted. This is NOT approval or clearance.
• You will receive an e-mail at a later date indicating if paperwork has been approved or denied. If paperwork is denied, you will receive information indicating the corrections that need to be made. You will need to re-upload your paperwork.
• Coaches are not able to approve paperwork. All paperwork must be approved through the Athletic Clearance Site. Coaches do not have control over paperwork turnaround.

Team information

• Seminole Warhawk Cross County
• Class 3A
• Region 3
• ​District 5

Pre-School Practice:

• All paper work must be completed and approved prior to participating in practice.
• First practice: Saturday, July 29th at 7 AM at the entrance to the Warhawk football stadium.
• Practices will continue Mon, Wed, Friday of the following week same time/place.

First Day of School

Team Gear

Athletes will be required to purchase team shorts and uniform shirts this year. More information will be given out at first practice.

Expectations:

• Arrive at practice prior to the start time; be mentally prepared with the day’s specific and general goals in mind.
• All athletes are required to have a water bottle at every practice. Athletes without water will be sent home.
• Follow all directions.
• Disruptive conduct will not be tolerated. Infractions will result in team members being removed from practice/meet until a conference has been completed.
• If a team member is absent from school because due to illness, please have a parent/guardian e-mail a coach.
• All athletes are expected to stay for the entire meet, this is a team event.
• All athletes will exhibit good sportsmanship to ALL student athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, parents, and spectators.
• Failure to follow these expectations may result in dismissal from the team.

Practice

Meets

Meet Volunteers

Attendance

Practice and meets are mandatory

If an athlete is going to miss practice due to doctor's appointments or illness, the parent or guardian must contact a coach a coach prior to practice. Absences will not be excused for meetings, conflicts with other extracurricular activities, after-school jobs. If in doubt-please contact a coach to discuss.

• Two unexcused absences from practice will result in sitting out at the next meet
• Third unexcused absence will result in dismissal from the team.
• Unexcused absence from a meet will result in dismissal from the team.
• 2 tardies to practice (without speaking to a coach prior to the tardy) will result in 1 unexcused absence.

Remind

2023 Cross Country Schedule