2009 Cross Country Captains

Areas of Responsibilities

1.             All Captains are expected to Know and Understand all rules involving Poway Cross Country.This would include the Poway High School Athletic Department Handbook and thePoway High School Cross Country Handbook. Wewill enforce each and every disciplinary rule with ALL Cross Countryathletes.

2.             All Captains will assist in all Poway CrossCountry sponsored activities. Including meetings, home meets and fund raisers.

3.             All Captains willpresent themselves at all times with a positive image of Poway High Schooland Poway Cross Country. This image should be a neat and clean, looking toperform the task at hand to the best of your ability.

4.             All Captains will ride the team bus and leadyour teammates by example.

5.             All Captains must commit to attending and completing every practice session withtheir teammates. “Be there early, stay there late!”

6.             One of the most difficult tasks of any Captainis communicating with the coaching staff. Youare responsible to inform the coaches of any problems within the team structure. This will require each Captain to knowand understand all Rules of Discipline as stated in the Poway High SchoolAthletic Department Handbook as well as the Poway Cross country Handbook. TheCaptain will work with the Coaching Staff to resolve any problems. No problemis too small. Captains sometimes will be asked to update the web site. It willbe their responsibility to post only information provided by the coaches.

7.             All Captains will communicate with the CoachingStaff following the Lines of Communication as stated in the Athletic Handbook.

8.             All Captains will assist the Coaches in theselection of the post -season awards.

9.             All Captains willlead their team in daily warm up and cool down routine. If you can’t fulfillthis task, you can’t stay in the middle of the team circle.

10.         All Captains should understand that maintaining Team Discipline is their hardesttask.  Together with theCoaching Staff we will establish a well-disciplined competitive Cross CountryTeam.