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