MEMS Track & Field

"Taking it easy won't take you anywhere!"

NEWS (2/12/26)

"Medical Update" forms are due to the health office by Feb. 20.

Anyone NOT in attendance at the meeting on 2/10 MUST see Coach Mayer or Coach Greitz ASAP in order to determine their current medical status.

All candidates MUST be medically cleared through the health office and failure to meet the deadline of 2/20 to return the necessary paperwork will risk your eligibility to tryout

Be sure to join your respective team's Google Classroom. See Coach Mayer or Coach Greitz for the code.

All news and updates regarding tryouts will be communicated through the Google Classroom.
Check the Google Classroom each day as information may change before tryouts begin.

Boys tryouts: March 11, 12, 13

Girls tryouts: March 18, 19, 20

S.I.S.T.F.L. website: CLICK HERE

Eligibility

In order to tryout a student must (1) Be academically eligible, (2) Submit a parental consent form to the coach, and (3) Receive medical clearance from the MEMS health office

Team Selections

The Track & Field team is a competitive, interscholastic team and NOT and intramural activity. Everyone does NOT make the team
Selections are based on the candidates performance during each day of the tryout period
Final determinations about team selection will consider the following criteria: attitude, commitment to team events, and motivation to work hard

Track & Field Events

100 meter (shortest racing distance at 1/4 of track length)

200 meter (1/2 of track length that includes a curved segment and final straight segment)

400 meter (1 full length of track that includes 2 curves and 2 straight segments)

800 meter (2 full lengths of the track)

1600 meter (4 full lengths of the track)

Long Jump (jump forward for distance after a running approach)

High Jump (jump with height in order to clear a bar set at measured distance from the ground)

Shot Put (propel a 9.2 lb "shot" for distance using one arm)

Discus Throw (propel a weighted disc for distance using one arm)

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