Beleieve that it was at Arcadia. Those are very good marks, and they have the two longest legs covered, and a solid 800 and 400. They may never be #1, but that it is always a great time for a girl's DMR.
Beleieve that it was at Arcadia. Those are very good marks, and they have the two longest legs covered, and a solid 800 and 400. They may never be #1, but that it is always a great time for a girl's DMR.
Penn Relays
3rd overall at the penn relays. 4:54, and 5:01 miler. 2:24 800 meter runner and 56 400 metere runner. lay off the 800 meter runner. she was not a 800 meter runner but someone had to do it. These are the times that Andy Leong has coached and if anyone knows anything AT ALL about san francisco public schools and Lowell children, they would understand that he does this without parent support, a 50 dollar cross country budget, and kids that don\'t sleep. Jin - 1:54, 4:12Jenny - 4:54, 10:20 (9th,10th california cross country state meet, 3 mile state meet)Susan - 5:01, 10:58 (9 california state meet)Paul (9:46)Michi (10:52, 5:11) Myesha (56)AND:5th in the nation DMR.Good coaches are NOT easy to come by. If you have coached 80 14-17 year old children and never raise your voice or get angry, you should be the next Dalai Lama.
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Penn Relays
Okay - you just said it all! thank you!
some of you might remember a previous thread about whether kids being cut from a cross country team because they are slow. that was actually directly related to XC team at lowell. unconfirmed rumor has it that this is what is going to happen.
You know damm well that is a lie bold in in our face.
This is interesting. It's from Lowell High School alumni association webpage, came out before this whole cross country issue came up.
http://www.lowellalumni.org/list_teachers.shtml
ANDY LEONG, an accountant by profession and a walk-on coach for 18 years, deserves a place of honor among his Lowell teacher/coach colleagues. His long service may be unique among SFUSD coaches. For 18 years he has been assistant to Coach Jim Thomas of the girls' basketball team, sharing the excitement of seven AAA championships. His record as Track & Cross Country coach is remarkable: Sixteen years (14 as Head Coach) with the track team - 16 Girls' Varsity Championships and 8 boys Varsity titles (AAA champs, a record 7 years in a row). Andy has been Cross Country Coach for 13 years - 13 Girls Varsity Championships, and 12 Boys Championships. Three times at the Calif. State meet, the Girls' team has been the top NorCal Division One team. (Lucky LHS. Thank You, Andy, on behalf of the entire Lowell community. Ed)
ANDY LEONG, an accountant by profession and a walk-on coach for 18 years, deserves a place of honor among his Lowell teacher/coach colleagues. His long service may be unique among SFUSD coaches. For 18 years he has been assistant to Coach Jim Thomas of the girls' basketball team, sharing the excitement of seven AAA championships. His record as Track & Cross Country coach is remarkable: Sixteen years (14 as Head Coach) with the track team - 16 Girls' Varsity Championships and 8 boys Varsity titles (AAA champs, a record 7 years in a row). Andy has been Cross Country Coach for 13 years - 13 Girls Varsity Championships, and 12 Boys Championships. Three times at the Calif. State meet, the Girls' team has been the top NorCal Division One team. (Lucky LHS. Thank You, Andy, on behalf of the entire Lowell community. Ed)[/quote]
I fully and completely concur! Thank you for sharing those(what should be quite obvious) sentiments.
MF
10 years later, everything turns out alright.
lmao
Seriously, ten years later, it's understandable that Prutz wanted this job. Prutz is the equivalent of an arrogant jerk and he does nothing with the XC teams - it basically runs itself after Andy left. Prutz just sits in his office and lets the accolades collect while the team runs itself well. He's produced zero great runners on his own - Lowell has only earned ONE T5 at state in XC recently - and it was an Andy coached runner. Before, Andy led Lowell to challenge at state. Now, Prutz is just complacent with City titles.
It's true that the team is good enough on its own. Prutz just saw an opportunity to take over something that wasn't his, and has led it to an even worse state. Too bad he's protected by tenure and knows every trick in the book to intimidate administrators and his students.
Don't blame the union (and all unions) for this crappy part of the contract that BOTH the union and the administration signed. You make it sound like this union was holding everyone hostage. Not all unions want, or have, this kind of thing in their contracts.
I agree this is a pretty bad thing to have in a contract and this coach should have rights and protections as a school employee.