Storm Track & Field 2023 Newsletter January 23, 2023

Track & Field 2023

January 23, 2023

Greetings Alan,

We are excited to have so many new families this year. We also have a lot of returning families too, Welcome all! As we get closer to the start of the season, please make sure you have ordered your uniform if needed and

If you are new, and have not uploaded your birth documents please do that right away. We will need to certify all new athletes.

If you have not made your payment please make sure that is competed also.

All ordered uniforms as of now will be available for pick up at the Parent orientation Feb 7th.If you wait to order, the uniform may not arrive until the meets start as they are custom made to order.

Starting Feb 1st we will have a on- line Storm spirit merchandise store There will be warmups , T- shirts, Tech shirts and hoodies available. Show your team spirit!! This store will close after Feb 11th and will not be open again for this season. We will send the link as soon as it opens. Many of these items are custom made and take 3-4 weeks to arrive.

We will also have a surplus of inventory we will be selling at a discount at the parent meeting!

Get on the right track!

Important Dates:

Saturday Feb 4th - Coaches Orientation - 8:00 am - Sequoia High School

21445 Centre Pointe Pkwy 91350

If you are considering helping out Please come! We will also have Kevin Smith from the L.A 84 Foundation presenting a mini clinic for us.

Tuesday Feb 7th - Parent Orientation - Santa Clarita Sports Center

20880 Centre Pointe Pkwy 91350

5:30 pm for Sub-Gremlins 5/6 and Gremlins 7/8

6:30 p. for all other ages groups

Saturday Feb 11th- First Day of Practice - Castaic High School 8:00 am -9:30

Monday Feb 13th- 6:00 -7:15 for Sub-Gremlin 5/6 and Gremlins 7/8

6:00 -7:45 for all other age groups

Tuesday Feb 14th - 6:00 -7:15 for Sub-Gremlin 5/6 and Gremlins 7/8

6:00 -7:45 for all other age groups

Thursday Feb 16th- 6:00 -7:15 for Sub-Gremlin 5/6 and Gremlins 7/8

6:00 -7:45 for all other age groups

Saturday Feb 18th - 8:00 am -9:30

All practices are at Castaic High School 31575 Valley Creek Rd. Castaic 91384

COACHES NEEDED

Track and Field is a very unique sport and needs many different area's of coaching events! We can train you and help guide you in any one of those area's. We are still in need of and Shot Put Coaches. No experience needed, just a willingness to learn and care for the athletes! Storm is a family of many different backgrounds! If you would like to coach for our great organization, please contact Coach Elaine at coachelaine@runstorm.org. We are an all volunteer organization and completely rely on volunteers to make us great!!

Parent Meeting

We will have The Parent Meeting on February 7th @ Santa Clarita Sports Complex - 20880 Centre Pointe Pkwy 91350

5:30 Parents of Sub-Gremlin & Gremlin age group athletes

6:30 Parents of all other age groups.

We would like the parents of the gremlins to attend the 5:30 meeting, you may bring older siblings to this meeting.

You are welcome to attend either meeting if you have a scheduling conflict.

Please take a moment to review our Parent Packet before the meeting, this will help with questions you may have.

Fleet Feet Shoe Store will be there with training Shoes and spikes

Storm uniforms will be available for pick up and purchase.

Spirit Items - We will have a small inventory of various sizes and styles of our Storm merchandise available.

Coaches Orientation

We will have a Coaches orientation Saturday Feb 4th, 2023 for all returning and new coaches. We will also have a speaker from L.A. 84 at our training. If you a interested in helping Please save the date!

Coaches needed -

Assistant Sprint Age group coaches - all ages

Long Jump- all ages

Shot Put- ages 9/10 and up

Hurdles- ages 11/12 and up

Sign ups for the 2023 Track & Field Season are OPEN

Track & Field 2023 Registration is now OPEN.

Please read carefully the instructions below on how to sign up. we are so excited to hopefully be back to a full regular season in 2023!!

The price is $300.00 each for the first and second athletes, and $200.00 for each athlete in the same family after that, up to 4 of the same household.

Price

1 = $300.00

2 = $600.00

3 = $800.00

4 = $1000.00

5 = $1000.00

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) 2017-2018

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) 2015-2016

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) 2013-2014

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) 2011-2012

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) 2009-2010

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) 2005-2008

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

OPEN , Director Storm Track & Field

Alan Bingham , President, Santa Clarita Track Club

Please visit our 2023 Track and field sign up page on our website

Our Track and Field Sign Up Page

Track & Field is a competitive sport, all athletes must attend at least three 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. Saturday Meets are mandatory

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.

2023 Track and Field Sign Up Form

The payment option is a separate option.

Pay Registration Fees

Uniform purchase is also a 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).

Order Uniforms

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 2022 Track & Field or 2022 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

Proof of Age Submit Form

Sincerely,

Alan Bingham

Santa Clarita Track Club