Newsletter for January 11, 2021
Greetings!
Track & Field 2021

It has been a long year since our program was shut down last March! We have missed our Storm Track Family!! We were able to have a successful Cross Country Season in the fall with 120 athletes! Although there was a lot of modifications to our season, we were still able to offer a great conditioning program for the athletes! We hope to now offer a conditioning program at Central Park for our spring program. We will have fields to do drills and conditioning at least 2 days a week. We feel it is very important to help the athletes both mentally and physically get back to a regular routine.

Our plan for 2021 will be to create a training and conditioning program for the spring. We expect that track usage won't be available until the early summer months, therefore our program will not include track use or competition, If in the event we are able to secure a track, we will be looking to put on competitions as a separate program. 

Our training program will be limited in size due to cohort limitations placed on us, however we will try to accommodate as many children as possible . We hope to start our program in Feb. and it will run until May 20th. This all depends on the City giving us permits. Right now the days will be be Monday and Thursday evening. We hope to add mores days in April! We will be following all Heath Department guideline and rules for participation. Masks will be mandatory and we will include one Storm Mask for each athlete! Practice will look very different but we will have the same great coaches to help your child get in top physical shape!

We are excited to be back!!!

Click the Button Below to sign up for our training and conditioning program.

Our SOAR Program has also been able to start. This is a program that is training at risk high school student to run a Marathon. This is free program for the students. There are 21 currently training. The main fundraiser for this program is our Mardi Gras 5/10k race, there is a Storm team and we hope you can join in the virtual fun!!

Please check out our Mardi Gras Madness. We are still accepting sign ups for the
2021 Mardi Gras Madness! 5 & 10 K run - It is now a virtual event!

IMPORTANT COVID UPDATE FOR 2021 - PLEASE REVIEW

*****12/28/20 Update******

To Our Mardi Gras Madness Loyal Followers,

After the development and submission of a comprehensive COVID safety management plan to the City of Santa Clarita in support of hosting our 11th Annual event live in late February as is tradition, we have been advised that continued public health concerns have forced the City to suspend all Special Event Permit applications until further notice. Since Mardi Gras Madness represents a significant portion of SOAR's annual fundraising efforts, this latest development requires us to implement our communicated contingency plan and shift the event to an entirely virtual offering for 2021. 

CLICK HERE for full virtual event details and feel free to direct inquiries to Race Director Kevin Sarkissian at 661.877.7024 or email to info@mgm5k.com.
On behalf of SOAR and the 2021 Mardi Gras Madness Executive Steering Committee, our eternal gratitude for your continued support! We all hope to return to live racing soon, and wish you and your families continued good health!

Kevin Sarkissian 
Race Director - Mardi Gras Madness 
Head Coach / Director - SOAR