Weekly Update

Post date: Jun 27, 2017 9:00:32 PM

Hello Awesome Track Parents,

Here are a few announcements, updates and reminders for the week:

• Due to a lack of participation, we will no longer be hosting afternoon high jump and pole vault practices (NO HIGH JUMP PRACTICE TONIGHT). 

  • If you are interested in pole-vault coaching, please contact Coach Luke Arnold: ArnoldLukeJ@hotmail.com

• NO MORNING PRACTICE THURSDAY, JUNE 29. As a team, we are going to the Eagle Track Meet. 

  • Meet Instructions:

    • Please arrive at 4:00PM to register- Eagle Valley High School (641 Valley Rd, Gypsum, CO 81637)

      • Springers is paying for the meet so DON’T PAY, just register for your events when you get there

      • Wear your uniform!

      • We will do a team warmup at 4:30PM

      • Bring a water bottle - we will have the water jug for refills and a tent set up for the team

      • Bring a snack

      • Stay until the end and cheer your teammates on (the meet should go from 5:00-8:00ish)

      • LISTEN TO ANNOUNCEMENTS- it would be such a bummer to miss an event.

      • Please take all stickers off of your uniform when you are done! If you wash your uniform with stickers on, the uniform will be ruined :(

  • Events (athletes can do 4):

    • 100M hurdles

    • 100

    • 200

    • 400

    • 800

    • 1600

    • 4x100 (all athletes should do this for fun)

    • High jump

    • Long jump

    • Shot Put

• Congrats to all of the JO State participants!! We had We had 25 athletes compete at the meet and 18 athletes qualify for the regional meet! Very exciting. I am so proud of all of our athletes. I am composing and article for the newspaper and will post it on the website when it is published.

  • A big shout out to the coaches and volunteers who traveled to the meet (several competed too!)- Travis Baptiste, Kuba Bartnik, AJ Crowley, Alex Cutright, Jenny Cutright, Anne Swanson, and Kai Uyehara. I was bummed to miss it, but the kids were in GREAT hands!