Dear Track Parents,

There just never seems to be a dull moment in track season!

• Tomorrow is the LAST day to RSVP for the Findlay meet this coming weekend. SEE NOTES BELOW for VERY important information regarding RSVP’s.
• MINI MEET: St. Joe’s track team is hosting a 2^nd annual mini meet THIS WEDNESDAY at 5:30pm at Timberstone Jr. High for both cadets and juniors. Events will be the 100meter dash, the 800meter run, high jump and shot put.
• PARENT VOLUNTEERS: Please show up about 5:10pm and see a coach for directions. We will need about 10 parent volunteers to assist with timing, recording times, and field events.
• PICTURE DAY: will be TUESDAY APRIL 28^th during regular practice time.
• Saturday April 25^th from 11-12:00pm, there will be a sprinters clinic at Olander Park (meet at the open air shelter). We will work on handoffs, starts and other techniques.
• Monday May 4^th and May11th: Will be additional regular practice days. These were originally set up for field events only, but this will now be a regular practice days for everyone.

I appreciate everyone’s patience with the Tiffin meet line-up. It was very difficult to make sure which of the 120+ kids on the team were coming, which events they wanted to run, which one’s they would excel at, and then make sure they have all been placed into three events. So I thank you for your understanding as to why the line-up was so late coming out on Saturday.

With that being said, the following changes below are being put into place:

-        PRACTICES: ALL ATHLETES are expected to make a minimum of TWO practices a week. Athletes cannot be placed on the “A” team for that weekends meet, if they have only come to one practice. Example: Jane Doe only made one practice this week, at the meet; her relay team suffers a bad handoff because Jane didn’t get to work on handoffs at practice. Result: Jane’s relay team and the entire track team will lose points.

-        The deadline to RSVP for a meet is the TUESDAY 9:00pm prior to the meet. Sorry, no exceptions.

-        CANCELLATIONS: If a child cannot make a meet, an email or phone call needs to be made to Laura Frye firefrye5@yahoo.com or 419-824-4496 (h), 419-276-2998 (c)  NO LATER THAN Thursday by 8am, prior to the meet. After Thursday, if a child is signed up to attend the meet and does not come, it will be considered a “NO SHOW”. It is simply impossible for the coaches to continue to handle last minute changes to the line up. It takes several hours for the coaches to create the line-up.

-        NO SHOWS- If a child has a “NO SHOW”, they will NOT be able to participate in any relay events at the next meet they attend. They will only be signed up for individual events. If this happens more than once, they may also be subject to being only signed up for two events instead of three.  This is a very serious problem in track, for if one person doesn’t show up, three other athletes may have to sit out their race. For example, if John Doe says he is coming to the meet, but calls the night before the meet to say he won’t make the meet, coaches then must spend significant time re-arranging the line-up. Worse yet, if a child simply doesn’t call, or show up, coaches are then looking for that child at the meet, and the other three kids on John’s relay team DON’T get to run. It is not fair to the athlete that has done all he/she was supposed to do, and not get to run because another athlete didn’t show up, or cancelled at the last minute. Sorry, no exceptions.

Please be sure to mark down the upcoming events on your calendar!

We had a great first meet and hopefully these changes will help us work out some glitches.

As always, feel free to call/email me with any questions or concerns. My goal is to have a safe, fun and successful season and to bring home another CYO CHAMPIONSHIP trophy!

Laura Frye

Dear track parents,

We are moving into the busy part of track season.

UNIFORMS: I have a few that were not picked up at practice, the parent meeting or were ordered late. Call me and we can set up a time for you to pick them up! 419-824-4496 or 419-276-2998.

TIME TRIALS: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of the parents that were able to lend a hand timing, organizing, etc…. Time trials went very smoothly thanks to all of the parents and coaches!

RELAY FOR LIFE: We are at $1100 with a goal of $6000!! We did awesome at our kickoff and if we meet our goal…. we will have a fun day at practice with some “surprises”!! Donations can be collected until April 29^th. All donations get turned in to Joyce Augenbaugh.

MONDAY APRIL 13^th: Field event ONLY practice from 6:30-7:45pm

TUES. April 14^th: DEADLINE to sign up for Tiffin meet. Email RSVP to Coach Frye at firefrye5@yahoo.com

Tues.-Thurs.: regular practice from 6:30-7:45pm. Field events will be worked on during practice.

FRIDAY APRIL 17^th: Junior high (7^th and 8^th grade) meet at Timberstone. Sorry for the late details, as I just received them yesterday. They will have all of the events plus a pentathlon. Juniors participating need to let me know ASAP and need to be at Timberstone by 3:30 if they are doing a field event, 4:30pm if they are ONLY doing running events.

SUNDAY APRIL 19^th: Meet at Tiffin Frost –Kalnow stadium.

WED. APRIL 22^nd- We may be hosting a CYO mini meet at Timberstone. Plenty of help will be needed. More info to come.

GENERAL NOTES: Our first week at Timberstone went fairly well. Please remember that kids are NOT allowed to jump the fence, nor are they to be dropped off before 6:20pm. Please make sure they are coming home with the clothes they came with as well as water bottles. Please also make sure they are picked up on time at 7:45pm.

You will find some important changes to the website. Check in often for the latest info.

-        MEET INFO: has the flyer for each meet as well as directions to the meets that are out of town. The flyers have the order of events on them. It is highly recommended that you print one and take to the meet.

-        PARENTS CORNER: In this section of the website you will find a copy of the agenda from the parent meeting on April 7^th in case you need to refer back to this for information. I have also attached a copy of the  Parent info packet that was passed out at the beginning of the season.

-        MULTIMEDIA: This has been around, but certainly needs updating. Please forward your track practice/meet pictures/videos to me and I will post them here! (I am on the hunt for a picture of each of the coaches…any snoops up to the task???)

-        RECORDS: Some kids are pretty close to breaking records, others are interested in knowing what the records are. You will find them here!

-        TRAINING TIPS: Check here soon as I hope to have more tips loaded here before too long. If you have ‘em, share ‘em, if you share ‘em, I’ll post ‘em!

TUESDAY MARCH 31^st: Practice for ALL RUNNERS will be 6:15-7:30pm. We will be combining the cadets and juniors for practice. Any additional parents available to lend a hand keeping an eye on the kids would be greatly appreciated.

TIMBERSTONE: Practice will be moving to Timberstone Jr. High NEXT WEEK on April 7^th.  Practice will be from 6:30-7:45 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for BOTH cadets and juniors. NO DROP OFF’S BEFORE 6:20pm. Please check your email daily for weather cancellations.

Monday’s FIELD EVENT ONLY practice will be from 6:30-7:30pm  on Monday April 13^th .May 4th and May11th

We will be having a parent meeting this day as well to answer questions and discuss the rest of the season. The parent meeting will be held at 7:30pm.    

 JAGUAR RELAY FOR LIFE APRIL 4th:  The Jaguar Relay for Life is this coming Saturday April 4^th from 12:00-2:00pm. Here are the details in short:

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-        The track team is raising money for the Sylvania Relay for Life on May 2^nd. The Jaguar Relay for Life is on APRIL 4^th. We will be collecting money from now until the end of April to turn in to the Sylvania Relay for Life committee on May 2^nd.  Last year we raised $6000. If each kid has a goal to raise $100, we can beat last year! With the incredible families we have…I have no doubt we can do it!

-        ALL MONEY WILL BE DUE IN BY APRIL 30^th. Checks are made payable to the American Cancer Society.

-        APRIL 4^th - We will need all the parent support we can get. Please pass on the attached flyer of our event to family, friends, co-workers etc. Again, donations can be collected throughout the month of April.

-        We will be selling baked goods on April 4^th. Please bring in items individually wrapped ready to sell. Contact Lisa Thebes for more information on the bake sale.

-        We will need all the extra set of hands, eyes and ears we can get. Contact Joyce Augenbaugh or myself, if you can help with collecting money, being on the coaches team, running a table, or please just show up if you can help with the kids.

-        POSTERS: I told any juniors that would like to make posters, to come to practice 15 minutes early next week. We need parents to help supervise this. We would also like to make a large banner if anyone has the time/ability to do that. Long roll of paper/paint is just fine.

UNIFORMS: Will be in shortly!

TEAM SWEATSHIRTS/ T-SHIRTS: Order forms will be coming home shortly.

FIRST MEET: The first meet is April 19^th in Tiffin, Ohio. Deadline is MONDAY APRIL 13^th to participate in this meet will be. Sorry, we will not be able to accommodate late RSVP’s. 

See you all at practice!