<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Hi Brendon,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We have cross country and support the current guidance. </span><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">This is from our AD, "There is research that has proven running changes oxygen intake especially with a mask. When wearing a mask during anaerobic exercise, carbon dioxide levels reach dangerous levels. After a few deaths and many close calls most schools and clubs banned hypoxic training."<div><div><br></div><div>We believe requiring that they keep masks on prior to and after race is reasonable, especially when we are also doing temperature checks prior to competition.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Christina</div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif"><b>Christina Castorena, M.Ed. </b>(she/her/hers)<br></font></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Vice President for Student Success<br></b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">425.640.1668</b></div><div dir="ltr"><font style="color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:inherit"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/PwhMpje2CLq4d6RwwCC-qK9GrJ3CgIYD1dVBKnkDT3sJuJiu62jWe9ACe3MHxns5R9wF73D_MFpTmx5ImO_rQ7vHubiSiZGv7QVUtpOipxaRt-AtMopnG5u97C4T3GvVir0lGu-n" width="139" height="57" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:50 PM Taga, Brendon via wsssc <<a href="mailto:wsssc@lists.ctc.edu">wsssc@lists.ctc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">I have a question for you all regarding your institution’s approach to cross-country mask usage. Consistent with state guidance, NWAC isn’t requiring masks to be used during cross-country
competition; athletes must wear masks up until competition, can remove it while competing, and then must put masks back in place.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Given my conversation with my athletic director, who is in regular contact with Marco Azurdia (NWAC director who joined us a few weeks ago), essentially all cross-country programs are moving
forward to NOT require masks during cross-country competitions, but I wanted to check-in here to confirm or temperature check any issues.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">If you have a cross-country team, are any of you considering a different approach?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Thanks for considering this request!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Brendon K. Taga, Ph.D., J.D.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:btaga@olympic.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">btaga@olympic.edu</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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