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Track & Field 2020
February 17, 2020
Opening Day was awesome! I hope you all enjoyed the first practice and we are looking forward to our first week. Please remember we have a 2 day a week minimum practice requirement. We want to make sure all athletes and getting the training they need to be ready to race!! Please make sure your athletes has warm ups and a large bottle of water with their name on all items!!

Starting Tuesday we have a "No Parents" on the track during practice policy! We really need all the available space for the kids and our coaches are all fully background checked for safety reasons. If you have questions or need to talk to a coach please arrive early or talk to them. or after practice so the coaches can focus on the athletes during our short time. I am sure you will have a lot of questions in the beginning, many can be answered in our handbook!

We are finalizing our roster so if you have not paid or ordered your uniform please complete by Feb 22nd!!

We need birth documents for all NEW athletes if you have not uploaded it, you can bring a copy to practice. We will need to certify our team so please turn in by Feb 22nd. Some has turned in hospital records, these are not sufficient, please see our list below.

Coaches needed! If you are interested in being a Storm coach please see the details below. We are in need of assistant coaches in all areas!, but especially in High Jump and Shot Put Please email or call Coach Elaine if you are interested in helping out!! It is so fun and rewarding and we will teach you all you need to know, there is a link below to add your application! Storm is an all volunteer program!!

Uniforms- Please order and pick up asap they will be available for pick up on Tuesday and Saturday only this week!!
Practice Schedule
Age Group / Sprints
Monday 2/17 – No Practice – Holiday
Tuesday 2/18 – COC Track – 6:00 – 7:45
Wednesday 2/19 – Castaic HS – 6:00 – 7:45
Thursday 2/20 – Castaic HS – 6:00 – 7:45
Saturday 2/22 – Castaic HS – 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Distance Athletes
Monday 2/17 – No Practice – Holiday
Tuesday 2/18 – COC Track – 6:00 – 7:45
Wednesday 2/19 – Castaic HS – 6:00 – 7:45
Thursday 2/20 – Castaic HS – 6:00 – 7:45
Saturday 2/22 – Castaic HS – 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Sub Gremlins and Gremlins will be released at 7:20 on week nights and 9:20 on Saturdays. Parents of these age groups must remain at practice, no drop off"s, All others please arrive 15 minutes early for pick up, in case practice ends early.

RAIN POLICY
If it is raining practice is canceled. However we will practice in a light sprinkle. This makes it tricky, many times it is not raining at the track when it’s raining at home. Do not drop off your athlete if there is a chance for a canceled practice, please stick around
Please be sure to text STORMTF to 41411 to be added to our urgent alert system, in the event of a canceled practice, we will send a group text alert out telling parents to pick up their athlete.
or text “follow @stormtrackclub” to 40404
2020 Track & Field Sign Ups
Please visit our 2020 Track and field sign up page on our website Registration Closes Feb 22nd!
Jelly Beans and Jolly Ranchers
Jelly Beans
Parents please donate a large bag of jelly beans or jolly ranchers!!

At the end of every practice we give out a small scoop of jelly beans or a jolly rancher to each athlete. We need 3-4 Parents to volunteer to give them out daily. this is a very easy job and a lot of fun!

Coordinator Needed
We are looking for a parent who can be our Candy Coordinator!! This job
entails you to collect the candy and bring it daily to practice. You can also ask parents to help if you can not be at practice
Storm Merchandise Store
The Storm store is your one stop shop for everything from sweats, warm up suits and t-shirts, You can also buy your 25Score Card! Click the button to check it out. All orders for special warm up items must be in by Sat Feb 22nd !

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!!
Coaches needed!!
We are still in need of a few assistant coaches and field event coaches. No experience needed, we will train you. We have a great staff of volunteer coaches but can always use more help. All coaches need to be background cleared. Our training is set for Feb 8th, 8:00 am -12:00. Please come to the Meet the Coaches event on Jan. 25th to get more information, or contact Coach Elaine with any questions you may have 661-373-6897 coachelaine@runstorm.org You can fill out the application with the link below!
Valley United Pre-Season Meet!
There w ill be a pre-season USATF meet at Simi Valley High School on Feb 29th starting at 8:00 am. If you are interest you can sign up on athletic.net Most of you will not be ready to race hard on this day but you may want to go just to try an event. There is a $2.00 per event fee. This is not a Storm event but it is open to all athletes. Valley United is our Post Season National team that will compete for the Jr. Olympics through the summer!
Fund Raisers for 2020 Season
We will be holding a few fundraisers during the season. Theses are crucial to our program. Please be sure to participate. We have a great program and we want to continue to offer low cost registration and top training equipment. Our faculty and light costs have more than doubled this year.

25Score Cards - We will be selling 25Score cards for the next 3 weeks They are a great community discount card to hundreds of local business's the cost is $20.00 per card and with each purchase you get a free express car wash at Valencia or Canyon car wash. A $7.00 value!! They will be available at most practices and you can also purchase from the Storm Storm( 2 fee will be added) will have them at the parent meeting and at practice for the first month. Most families save aprox. $200.00 in a year of use!

Team Raffles/ Lap- a-Thon - We will be holding a major raffle at the end of the season but we will also be holding pop-up practice raffles. Please be sure to look for more details about the great prizes in the newsletter. We will also host a fun lap-a-thon night with raffles and snacks!

GlowHouse Gaming!! We will be holding a fun event at the Glow House Gaming Room on March 8th! This is a very fun event for all athletes that enjoy games!!

11:00 - 1:00 P.M. Gremlin & Sub Gremlins
2:00 - 4:00 P.M. Bantam
  • 5:30 - 8:30 P.M. Midget and Youth Specifications

Single Entry: $20.00

  • Light snacks & water.for all athletes !

In Addition:  

Glowhouse Gaming is willing to donate:

1.20% of any Storm Family Parties booked during this season.

GlowHouse Gaming Inc
The Newest Interactive Gaming and Entertainment Events!
25061 Avenue Stanford, Suite 40 | Santa Clarita, CA 91355

Social Media:  @glowhousegaming
Phone:  (855) 348-GLOW
Track & Field is a competitive sport, all athletes must attend three meets on Saturday, to be on the team. There will be no practice only athletes.

We will close registration on Feb 22nd

Please click the following button to register for the 2020 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 or cross country 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 2019 Track & Field or 2019 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