Track & Field 2019 Season
May 6th, 2019

Greetings!
Please see the correction on the schedule, sorry for the confusion!
We saw the best of the Western and Eastern League compete this week. Our athletes did awesome and we came away with many new Storm records and League and record at this meet. We have a total of 91 Storm athletes going to the meet! A special shout out to all the hard working Coaches!! This week we will be at Simi Valley High School. 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 . Shot Put will start at 8:30. This 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.

Please ask if you are unsure of your athletes events We will send out he performance tomorrow!

If you are interested in continuing on in track for National all-star Valley United competition please read more info below. All IEC athletes are invited to join.

Please remember NO parents are allowed on the field at anytime for Championship meets!!

Ribbon boxes will be at practice Thursday only this week!!
This Week's Practice Schedule
May 11,2019 IEC Athletes only
Please note the correction sometime the calendar is not updated please be sure to check the front page of the website for changes!

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

Distance Athletes
Monday – Saugus High School – 6:00 – 7:45
Tuesday – Canyon High School – 6:00 pm – 7:30 pl
Thursday – 6:00 -7:45 - Saugus High School
Saturday – 7:45 am - Individual Event Championships Simi Valley High (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 2 and next 5 from sprints and field or top 2-next 8 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. Please make sure you listen for the awards so they can get up on the podium!!
There will also be event t-shirts for sell. There will also be a concession stand.

Parents and Coaches will not be allowed on the field except to volunteer. Please sign up to help!
Pictures and Ribbons
Pictures and ribbons will be available on Thursday 7:00 pm only this week or at the end of the year picnic on May 19th the pictures were fantastic this year, please pick them up!!
Championship IEC Meet

Individual Event Championship Meet (May 11th) This is the final event of the year at the conference level. The top two (2) finishers from each event from both leagues (East & West) and the next fastest time/mark will be invited to compete in this Conference wide Championship meet to be held this year at Simi Valley High School on May 11. 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 of our relays have advanced too!! All advancements to this meet comes from Saturday May 4th. There are no pass-through athletes, you must have attended the meet on May 4th. This is the best of the Conference championship meet. If you need more information please be sure to ask your coach. All athletes will receive medals at this meet!!

Team Picnic & Awards - May 19 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 59 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!!
Team Picnic & Awards
Sunday May 19th We will be celebrating our end of the year team picnic at Newhall Park at 11:00, with food served about 12:00 We will be giving all athletes a trophy and awarding some special trophies and academic medals too. This will be a potluck picnic with Storm providing the paper goods, hamburgers and hot dogs. We will send out a list of what each age group should bring and an invitation soon.  Please mark your calendar and plan to attend!
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. Please visit the Valley United website for more information. This is not a Storm meet but the allstar VYC team!! There are additional cost, uniform, and travel expenses as there is a meet in Las Vegas and Sacramento if they qualify to go.