Presenting .... The Etrain Oscars!

EDIT: If you want to check out the first post in The Etrain 11 for 2016, Click Here
EDIT #2: After some serious YouTube searching, I've got some potential relay splits for the states AAA 4x8. Working on AA next, but you can check out all the work on LXV+ 

Well, there’s not a ton of buzz right now with the sport transitioning into down time, so I thought we’d try and create some! Introducing the first (sort of) annual (maybe) Etrain Oscars! This will be an awards show to honor some of PA’s best performances from the past 12 months including Cross Country, Indoor Track and Outdoor Track.

If all goes well, we will have a proper fan voting that will (hopefully) be anonymous yet keep the voting a secret until the final results are announced. If things go really well, we will have some type of “Oscars Awards Show” through our high tech google technology. If things don’t go as well, we will still share the results on the blog for everyone to appreciate.

Below, I’ve outlined the categories for the awards show. We are looking for nominations from you for each category. We have some of our own picks in mind and will likely include those as well, but we want to hear your opinions and give our readers the best possible opportunity to be involved in all stages of this event.

So comment, message or email us with your nomination ideas (@TheRealTrain11 on twitter, email jarrettfelix1130@gmail.com, comment on the blog) and tell your friends about this upcoming event! We want to create some genuine excitement for this thing!

P.S. Worth noting, due to the nature of our blog, it will likely be a distance heavy awards show. For those who enjoy the other events in our sport, feel free to reach out and join our writing staff. A more well rounded group will produce more well rounded content.

Best Picture

Best Race of the Year
Awarded to the best race, from either Cross Country or Track and Field, featuring a PA athlete. This is not best performance, meant to highlight an individual’s performance, but rather best race meant to highlight an exciting, impressive or particularly memorable event.

Best Actor

Best Individual Performer
Awarded to the best runner in the year. Voters can choose to consider an athletes full body of work over three seasons or one particularly exception performance or season. It’s up to each reader’s own interpretation of “best”.

Best Actors

Best Performance by a Team or Relay
Similar to Best Actor, this is open to interpretation as well. Voters can select a relay, a XC team or a track team. They can also consider a team’s entire body of work over three seasons.

Best Supporting Actor

Best Performance by a #2 Runner on a Team or Relay
This award is meant to highlight the efforts of a runner who may not be the “star” of a team, but made important contributions towards a school’s achievements during the year, whether that be on relays or in team scoring for track and cross country.

Best Animated Feature

Best Performance by an Underclassmen
This is essentially the “Best Actor” award, but for freshman and sophomores. Again, the voters can interpret exactly what constitutes “best”.

Cinematography

Best Meet of the Year
Awarded to the best meet of the year. This award is similar to best race of the year, but considers all the events contested at a given meet and the total drama, excitement and experience of said meet.

Costume Design

Best Uniforms
Pick your favorite uniforms that you’ve seen this season! It can be as a simple as listing a high school or, if you want to go in depth, feel free to get specific.

Best Directing

Best Coaching Performance
This award highlights the coaches who help each team and athlete hit their potential. Feel free to list a school or program even if you don’t know the coach who is operating behind the scenes.

Best Documentary Feature

Best Post of the Year
Highlights the best blog post or news article you’ve read over the year. It could be a serious, dramatic story or a funny, humorous piece. Again, you can choose for yourself what constitutes “Best”.

Best Documentary Short Film

Best Comment of the Year
This award is the same as the best blog post, but is meant to highlight your contributes as commenters. If you can’t think of a specific moment or are having trouble skipping back through posts to find something, feel free to just give a commenters name or nickname or highlight a particular prediction or topic that was covered that you particularly enjoyed.

Film Editing

Best Upset of the Year
Which race produced the most surprising result of the year? There are plenty to choose from this year, but don’t feel limited to just state meets or just track. Any meet could have produced the biggest upset.

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Non-Distance Performance
This gives you a chance to highlight some of your favorite moments that weren’t covered on this blog. You can nominate a team, individual or race for this award. Feel free to get creative.

Make Up and Hair Styling

Best Cross Country Course
Pick your favorite course of the 2015 XC season.

Music (Original Song)
Best Running Song of the Year
What song was your go to for this season? Whether it be while training or trying to get pumped up before a big race, it all counts. We will even accept songs that weren’t released this year. Drake songs are recommended by Jarrett.

Visual Effects
Most Exciting Runner of the Year
Who did you enjoy watching the most? Maybe someone with a big kick or maybe a runner who was particularly gutsy and aggressive by setting a fast pace?

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Most Improved Runner
Which runner would you like to highlight for making big strides during the 2015-2016 season? It doesn’t have to be literally someone with a big stride.

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Best Story Line of 2015-2016
What’s the #1 story of this past year? Which story line made you want to tune into the blog, comment and discuss? Which storyline warmed your heart? Again, it’s all what you as the voters feel defines the 2015-2016 season. So feel free to get creative.