Track & Field 2018 Season
May 7th, 2018

Greetings!

We saw the best of the Western League compete this week. Our athletes did awesome and we came away with many new Storm records and League and Conference record at this meet. A special shout out to all the hard working Coaches!! This week we will be at Moorepark Community Collage. Please note that the events will start earlier than most meets. Bantam girls will start High Jump at 8:00 sharp so all age groups will be effected. Gremlins will start long jump at 8:30, so Intermediate will be very early too . As you saw last week the events go very quickly as there is only one heat per event. we will run separate girls and boys events in the 3000's, so hurdles will come up a little later than usual.
If you are interested in continuing on in track for National all-star Valley United competition please read more info below. all ICC athletes are invited to join.

Ribbon boxes will be at practice Thursday only this week!!

This Week's Practice Schedule
May 7, 2018 – May 12,2018

Age Group / Sprints
Monday – Saugus High School – 6:30 – 7:45
Tuesday – no practice
Wednesday – Saugus High School - 6:30 - 7:30
Thursday – Saugus High School - 6:30 - 7:45
Saturday – 7:45 am - Individual Event Championships (I.E.C.) High Jumps will start at 8:00 am sharp!

Distance Athletes
Monday – Saugus High School – 6:30 – 7:45
Tuesday – College of the Canyons – 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Wednesday - - 6:30 - 7:30 - Saugus High School
Thursday – 6:30 -7:45 - Saugus High School
Saturday – 7:45 am - Individual Event Championships (I.E.C.) 3000 starts at 8:30
 
Track Meet This Weekend
This week is our Individual Events Championship ( I.E.C.) Meet!! This meet is for athletes that are qualified from the meet on last Saturday ( top 4 or 5 from sprints and field or top 4- 12 in distance with both leagues combined) If you competed please check with your coach to see if you qualified to go! . We will compete with the top Athletes in the VYC!!

All athletes will be awarded medals at this meet. There will also be event t-shirts for sell. I am not sure if we will have concession so please bring plenty of food and drink. Ventura county is very strict with how they allow it so please be prepared!!

Parents and Coaches will not be allowed on the field except to volunteer. Please sign up to help!
Pictures from Track Meets
If you visit our website and scroll down the page you will see slide shows of pictures taken at the track meets. The photos are taken thanks to Anthony Calderon & Peter Martinez (PW: SCTC2018). Both of these photographers have their pictures available for download. Please click their names to get to their photo galleries. You can purchase copies of the photos from these websites as well. 
Championship Meets

Individual Event Championship Meet (May 12th)  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 time/mark be invited to compete in this Conference wide Championship meet to be held this year at Moorpark College on May 12. This is a 9 lane track, so in the sprint events we will advance up to 9 athletes. The distance events advance 12 athletes, and the field events 9. All advancements to this meet come from the meet on the 5th at the Western League meet. There are no pass-through athletes, you must attend the meet on May 5th. This is the best of the Conference championship meet. If you need more information please be sure to ask your coach.

Team Picnic & Awards - May 20 Will be at Newhall Park on Newhall Ave. We will give you more details about this in the next 2 newsletters.
Coaches Gift
All season our wonderful coaches and Board members have given countless hours to coach your athletes and run our fantastic team! We have 57 Coaches and 8 board members and we would like to treat them to a dinner at the end of the season. Please donate a small amount to help us treat them. Any amount is appreciated. You can drop at practice or bring it to the Picnic!!
Post Season Valley United !
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All athletes that have qualified for the IEC meet is invited to join the Valley United Post season team. This is an all-star team of the Valley Youth Conference athletes . This team is our USATF team that will compete to go the the USATF National Jr. Olympics . It is a very high level team. There is a separate registration for this team . Please visit Valleyunitedstriders.com for more info and registration. There is a few meet requirement and practice could be in different places in Santa Clarita and the Valley. You will need to get a USATF membership card to register. You can do this at usatf.org/membership PLEASE make sure to select team #15 Valley United Track Club when you sign up. You will then need to send in a copy of the birth certificate in info@usatfsca.org to get it verified before you can run.