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Santa Clarita Track Club Newsletter
 
April 20, 2015
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Dear Storm Family,

 

Up coming news and events: 

 

April 25 Storm Home Meet 

This is the final regular season meet of our competition,  We then will have 2 Championship meets,  This is the last chance for athletes  to "Qualify" for the league championship meet on May 9th.  All other athletes will go to the May 2nd Championship race. So this is a very important meet for the kids, they will need to put their best effort in to get their best marks. The coaches are working hard to help them find the events that they are best qualified for or  are on the bubble and will be focusing on them qualifying this week. 

There are 2 ways to qualify they must hit the mark or may be invited if they are in the top 8 positions of the Western League.

 

Open Final Meet (May 2nd)

The open final meet is for all athletes who did not get a qualifying mark in any of the individual events, OR ranked top 8 in the league. It will be held on May 2nd. This is the final meet of the season for those athletes. (No Intermediates at this event)


 

If an athlete has a qualifying mark in any event or is an intermediate or older, they may not attend this meet.

 

League Championship Meet (May 9th)
All Intermediate Athletes plus all qualified athletes and a select few athletes in the top of the league will be invited to the Western League Championship meet to be held on May 9th.

 
The coaches will attend a seeding meeting of the League to finalize the seeding of the championship meet. Non-qualified athletes will fill any open positions in any events by the  top 20 list of the league. If you are interested in being advanced to this meet, please let your coach know. 

 
Individual Event Championship Meet (May 16th)
This is the final event of the year at the conference level. The top four (4) finishers in each event from both leagues (East & West) and the next  fastest times marks will be invited to compete in this Conference wide Championship meet to be held this year at Valley College on May 16.

 
This is a 10 lane track, so in the sprint events we will advance up to 10 athletes.

 
The distance events advance 12 athletes, and the field events 8.

 
All advancements to this meet come from the meet on the 10th there are no pass-through athletes, you must attend the meet on May 10th.

 

This is the best of the Conference championship meet.

 

If you need more information please be sure to ask your coach.

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Practice Schedule April 20 - April 26
April 20,  6:00 - 7:45 pm Saugus HS on the Track

 
April 22,  6:00 - 7:45 pm Saugus HS on the Track

 
April 23,  6:00 - 7:45 pm Saugus HS on the Track
 
Lap-a-thon  
The deadline to turn in funds has past but you can still turn in the funds and the kids will still get the reward if they meet the minimum donation for prizes. 
 
This years grand prizes will be awarded at the Picnic on May 17th. The grand prize awards will be awarded for the athletes that raised the most funds by April 9th. All athletes that raise at least $40.00 regradless of when it was turned in will also be awarded the lap-a-thon participant prize. 
 
You can download the Pledge form by clicking here or by visiting our website. Click here to see how many laps your child ran.
  
 
Photos - Thanks Ted!
Each week Ted Ng takes photos of the athletes competing.  I make a slide show of them, and put it on our website, There are also some videos!
Please click here to view each weeks  photos.
 
Thank you Ted!
 
This Weeks Track Meet

This is the final meet of what I refer to as our regular competition season, that does not mean we are done yet, but this is the last chance athletes have to "Qualify" for the league championship meet on May 9th. So this is a very important meet for the kids, they have to put everything they got into their competition this week. The coaches are working hard to find the events that the kids are on the bubble and will be focusing on them qualifying this week. 

 

Any events that are not full (there must be at least 8 qualified athletes in an event to be considered full) the next athletes will be invited up to fill those empty places. 

 

I'll send out a link for volunteering later. 

 
Coach's Email Address
We have set up the following email address for the coaches: 
 

Gremlin Coach Beckie Warloe gremlins@runstorm.org

Lisa Haugen & Marvin Perkins bantam@runstorm.org
Chris Schauble midgets@runstorm.org
Rockey Turner youth@runstorm.org
 
Lost and Found 
We have a huge amount of lost and found, we have no place to store it. Please check along the fence for any items that might be yours. 
 

All items will be donated to Good Will at the end of the week every week.

 
Communication Boxes
The communication boxes will be at the track on Wednesday and Thursdays. Your athletes meet ribbons will be in them and any items that we have for you. Pictures are also in the boxes  to distribute to you.  
 
Sincerely,
  

   
Alan Bingham
 
Santa Clarita Track Club