Track & Field 2019
December 10, 2018

Greetings!

Storm families, Track & Field 2019 Registration is now open. Please read carefully the instructions below on how to sign up. We are at the 200 mark right now!!
Our team will fill up quickly so please register quickly.

Congratulations to the 97 Valley United Athletes, 34 of which are Storm, that competed in the snow in Reno for the Junior Olympics Cross Country National Championship Meet this past Saturday. We had a great day and a full report will be sent when all results are complete.

Action needed!!! Storm has been a dominate team in the Santa Clarita Valley for 15 years. We have grown to be the largest team in all of our conference and possible the whole Country. We started out will full use of Valencia High and when they added new programs the last 5 years we have been moved out of the school and moved to Saugus High. Now with the addition of a new program at Saugus we are facing the loss of that facility too. The Saugus High administration has tried very hard to keep our program there, and as of now we will most likely have our practices and meets at Saugus High, but that is still being worked out. We have also secured Canyon High for 1 day a week, but they have not approved any other days. We have tried to secure all other schools but have not been given any dates. We will now go to the City and request help with getting a track for our 400 athletes. Track and Field needs a place as the original Olympic sport and most prestigious event in the Olympics. We are set to host the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, and across the state youth and high school teams are being removed from their tracks.

On Tuesday some of us will be going to the City council meeting and make our concerns known. Some of us will request to speak, but we are asking as many people as possible to come to the meeting wearing your Storm Spirit colors. The meeting starts at 6:00 pm and if you would like to address the City Counsel please send an email to me or call Coach Elaine so we can make sure we all have the correct agenda and coordinate our topics . We are going to inform them of the crises we are facing in the future for our families! If you would like to send an email with your concerns that is good too. In the first plan for Central Park a practice track was on the plans, but when the schools all got their new tracks it some how was revised. Our ultimate goal is to let the City know that we need a facility for our team!! You can find all the emails for our Council People and and City Manger Kenneth Striplin and Assistant Manager Frank Oviedo on the City of Santa Clarita Valley's website. Both of these people have children on our team and family members that are coaches so they know the value of our program to the community!

Hope to see you there!!

City Counsel Meeting
Tuesday – December 11 @ 6:00 pm  – City Hall Council Chambers 1st floor 23920 Valencia Blvd. Arrive early if you would like to address the council. You will need to fill out a card.
2019 Track & Field Sign Ups
Sign ups for the 2019 Track & Field Season have started
 
AGE GROUPS
Athletes compete in a variety of running and field events
according to their year of birth: 
 
SUB-GREMLIN
5-6 Girls and Boys (SG/SB)
(Year Born) 2013-2014
100 Meter, 200 Meter, 400 Meter, 800 Meter, 1500 Meter, 4×100 Meter relay, Long Jump
 
GREMLIN
7-8 Girls and Boys (GG/GB)
(Year Born) 2011-2012
100 Meter, 200 Meter, 400 Meter, 800 Meter, 1500 Meter, 4×100 Meter relay, Long Jump
 
BANTAM
9-10 Girls and Boys (BG/BB)
(Year Born) 2009-2010
100 Meter, 200 Meter, 400 Meter, 800 Meter, 1500 Meter, 4×100 Meter relay, 4×400 Meter relay, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put
 
MIDGET
11-12 Girls and Boys (MG/MB)
(Year Born) 2007-2008
100 Meter, 200 Meter, 400 Meter, 800 Meter, 1500 Meter, 3000 Meter, 4×100 Meter relay, 4×400 Meter relay, 80 Meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put
 
YOUTH
13-14 Girls and Boys (YG/YB)
(Year Born) 2005-2006
100 Meter, 200 Meter, 400 Meter, 800 Meter, 1500 Meter, 3000 Meter, 4×100 Meter relay, 4×400 Meter relay, 100 Meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put
 
15-18 Girls and Boys
(Year Born) 2001-2004
100 Meter, 200 Meter, 400 Meter, 800 Meter, 1500 Meter, 3000 Meter, 4×100 Meter relay, 4×400 Meter relay, 100 Meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put
 
Please be sure to read the    Parent Handbook    it will answer most questions anyone should have. (It should be posted to our website in a couple of days).
 
The above paperwork files require   Adobe Acrobat Reader   , Click here to download a free copy.
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Elaine Bingham   , Head Coach Track & Field
Mark Cruz   , Director Storm Track & Field
Alan Bingham   , President, Santa Clarita Track Club
Please visit our 2019 Track and field sign up page on our website
Track & Field is a competitive sport, all athletes must attend meets on Saturday, to be on the team. There will be no practice only athletes.

We have reached the point that we just can no longer accept athletes who only want to practice on our team, that takes away our coaches time in training our athletes who do compete, so our policy is that we do not accept practice only athletes. 

Please click the following button to register for the 2019 Track & Field Program. Please note that the terms and conditions to registration belong to the Valley Youth Conference. This form is an exact electronic copy of the paperwork we had last year which was on paper.
The payment option is a separate option.
Uniform purchase is also separate option. (Every athlete must compete in a uniform, but you are not required to buy a new one every year, if your uniform from last year is still good you may use that one, if your child has out grown it, you might want to purchase a new one).
New athletes we must have a copy of the proof of age (see below).

A proof of age document must be uploaded using the form on the runstorm.org website for each athlete that is New to the club. If you competed in 2018 Track & Field or 2018 Cross Country for Storm we have your proof of age document still on file.

The following items are acceptable:
1. Birth Certificate.
2. Photocopy of Birth Certificate.
3. Military Birth Certificate.
4. Passport.
5. Foreign Birth Document or Green Card.
6. Copy of School Record with documented date of birth.
7. Court decree.
8. Valid California Identification Card
Storm Merchandise Store
The Storm store is your one stop shop for everything from sweats, warm up suits and t-shirts. click the button to check it out.

Remember it will take a few weeks to get items from the store. Now is a good time to order warm ups or sweats for the colder weather. Also parents can show their team spirits and order shirts!!