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Practice This Week will be:
Monday - Lapathon 6:00
Wednesday -
Pictures 5:15
Thursday. 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
"You
can't climb up to the second floor without a
ladder....When you set your aim too high and
don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to
bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable,
and then gradually raise it." ~Emil Zátopek
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Dear Alan,
What a great day! The weather was
perfect! I want to thank everyone for
chipping in and helping out! I saw a lot
of people working hard at hosting this
meet and it was a great success!
Thanks!
We have a very busy week ahead!
Please take a look below at Lap-a -Thon
on Monday, Team Pictures on Wednesday
and our Saturday /Sunday Invitational
Meet to name a few of the things that we
are going to be doing.
Alan Bingham
Santa Clarita Track Club President
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Here's this weeks reminders
to help you
"lap" into a "picture
perfect" week!
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optional Invitational Track
Meet This Saturday and Sunday
Our track meet is at Birmingham HS, in
Van Nuys.
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Two day
meet
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No
Gremlins
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Pre
registration required
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$5.00 fee
and parent commitment to volunteer at
the meet.
This meet is called the Valley United
Striders Invitational. It is the only
chance we get to see the entire
conference (13 teams) in one meet. It is
a two-day meet, and due to the
size of it, Gremlins are excluded, and
competition is limited to two events and
a relay per athlete.
You can
read more about in the flyer.
Please check the schedule of events
carefully some are on Saturday and
others are on Sunday.
A relay
team must be coordinated in advance with
team members and coaching staff. Please
see the flyer for start times especially
if you are competing in a field event .
Registration for your events, parent
volunteer sign-ups, and fee collection
will all be handled at the sign in table
with Liz during this weeks practice. You
must remember to bring the $5.00 fee to
enter this meet! Liz will not register
an athlete without money and parent
volunteer commitment. Failure to provide
adequate volunteers for both days of the
meet will result in a hefty fine levied
against our team by the Conference. Your
cooperation is appreciated. We would
like the distance families to arrive
early to assist with the setup. The 200s
and 100s and 4x400 relay families will
be scheduled to assist with the clean
up. All others, which include field
event athlete's parent volunteers, may
be used as gate monitors. There will be
more discussion and information after we
determine who registers from our team to
participate.
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Lap-a-thon is set to Rock'n Roll
Today, Monday~April
23rd!
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A SCTC
Storm tradition
is set for tonights
practice!
We are excited about
each and every athlete
participating. During the practice
athletes will run laps on the track
for one hour. This is a very fun
event for the kids and an important
fundraiser for our team. Money from
this event keeps our registration
fee low and helps us provide
important track meet and training
equipment for our athletes.
This is a music-motivated
event; singing along, running to the
tempo! Oh WAIT! YOU'RE NOT A
DISTANCE RUNNER!? NOT important!
This is a fundraiser not a race
~ run or walk/dance, create an
hour-long relay team! Challenge
yourself! Just recruit your
donations accordingly!
The more per athlete
sponsors you get the more
donations! There are 2 ways for
sponsors to support our
athletes, one is a per lap
donation such as $2.00 per lap
for you distance runners; the
other is simply a flat donation
of any amount, for example
$35.00.
Our team will acknowledge
who runs the most laps, what family
raises the most money and all
participants in this event. Prizes
are still being solicited, but movie
or Disneyland tickets are
anticipated for the top 3 athletes
who raise the most funds for the
club.
If for some reason you are
unable to participate the night of
the event, families are encouraged
to OPT OUT by giving a
tax-deductible donation of $35
payable to the SCTC. This is our
only team fundraiser and requires
our team family's support.
Your effort will be recognized and
appreciated. Participants (athletes
collecting donations from their
sponsors for $40 or more) in past
years have received a Storm
Lap-a-thon tee shirt or
runner's water bottle.
When turning in money, we ask that
only ONE CHECK PER FAMILY,
payable to SCTC, be
written for the entire amount the
athlete has raised.
(Sponsor check donations written
directly to the club by
non-members may not be
credited to your child.)
You can download a pledge form
here,
the due date to turn in the
funds is May 3rd. Flat donations
can be turned in immediately.
Prizes will be awarded based on
the most funds raised
and turned in by
May 3rd 7:45pm. Funds will still
be accepted after that date but
won't count towards the grand
prizes.
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Team Pictures this Wednesday !
April 25th 5:15 - 7:45
Team pictures will be taken by Phil from the
Falcons this week. Each athlete will get an
individual picture package in addition to a
whole team picture.
Please make sure that your
athlete wears their team uniform to
practice!
We have a lot of athletes to be
photographed ~ please arrive
early ~ so pictures are taken
in the daylight. We will be starting at
5:15.
Each team member will receive "package
A". But there are additional optional
picture packages available for sale by
downloading the form.
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Board Elections
The club is seeking
nominations for the board of directors, we
will be having a general membership meeting
next month to elect a slate of candidates to
the board of directors. If you are
interested in any of the positions Please
contact Alan Bingham
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Event Results at track meets
Thanks to all of you for your terrific
response to this article. Your support is
what being a team is all about!
We try to have accurate results, however it
has been noticed that some athletes at some
of the meets have been given incorrect
results. Please review your child's results
and make sure that they are correct, if we
have an incorrect result please let us know,
we can fix it. (example, an athlete has ran
an event, and is not listed in the results)
we need to know this ASAP so we can get it
corrected. Alan is still working on
the first 2 meets. We have had several
errors to correct. So please help us out by
looking at the results and
reporting any mistakes that you find. In
most cases with 2500 athletes in the
database it's just a typo and someone else
has been credited with your child's
result. We do have in most instances the
data to find out exactly who
should be listed. But your
review guarantees our accuracy and success.
Note that at our home meets we will be
posting event results on the electric
panel box across from the finish
line. Your reviews are very helpful
because we are setup and can fix
problems on the fly.
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Protect Your Enthusiasm...
Work is either fun or drudgery. It
depends on your attitude. I like fun.
"You can't climb up to the second floor
without a ladder....When you set your aim
too high and don't fulfill it, then your
enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a
goal that's reasonable, and then gradually
raise it."
~Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek (1922-2000) One of
the greatest runners of the 20th
Century, Emil Zátopek achieved legendary
status when he won the 5,000, the 10,000
and the marathon at the 1952 Olympic
Games in Helsinki.
"The Locomotive" or the
"Bouncing Czech" as he came to be known,
dominated long distance running from
1948 until 1954 when he won a remarkable
38 consecutive 10,000 meter races,
including 11 in 1949 alone. He set 18
world records over various distances
including every record from 5K to 30K,
and won four Olympic gold medals and one
silver. He was the first to run a 10K
under 29 minutes and the first to run
20K in one hour.
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Find the fun! We're going to have a
great week!
Heidi I Gierard - Public Relations
Santa Clarita Track Club
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