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												Track 2010 
												  
												  
												
													Develop your speed 
												 
													  
													Build your Endurance 
													  
													Improve your Technique 
													  
													Events: 
													  
													Running Events: 100m, 
													200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 
													3000m, 4x100m, 4x400m, 80m 
													Hurdles, 100m Hurdles 
													  
													Field Events: 
													Long Jump, Shot Put, 
													High Jump 
													  
													Track is the one sport 
													that is good training for 
													all sports, whether 
													its Football, Basketball, 
													Soccer, or Baseball, Track & 
													Field will improve your 
													speed, endurance and 
													coordination. 
													  
													  
													Practice will begin on 
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															I am sorry that this 
															newsletter is late 
															this week, There are 
															a lot of item coming 
															up next week, and I 
															wanted to make sure 
															to cover all of 
															them, and traveling 
															to the east coast 
															last week has 
															thrown my schedule 
															off this weekend.   
															  
															Alan Bingham 
															President |  |  
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														Pictures Next week 
														Next week we will be 
														taking pictures for the 
														2010 season, There will 
														be another email coming 
														out later in the week to 
														discuss the details of 
														the picture taking. I 
														can say that due to team 
														size we will spread the 
														pictures out over 
														several days. |  
												
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														This Weeks Track & 
														Field Practice  
														
														
														This week our 
														practices will be held 
														on Monday, Tuesday, & 
														Wednesday 6:00 - 7:45pm. 
														Same as last week due to 
														Valencia HS meet on 
														Thursday. 
														We ask 
													that athletes attend at 
													least 2 practices per week.
															 All Athletes will need 
														to bring with them a 
														bottle of water with 
														their name on it. A 
														light jacket with their 
														name clearly marked 
														inside next to the 
														collar label. and a good 
														pair of running shoes. 
														 RAIN POLICY 
														 If 
													it's raining practice is 
													canceled. However we will 
													practice in a light 
													sprinkle. This makes it 
													tricky, many times it is not 
													raining at the Track when 
													it's raining at home. Do not 
													drop your athlete off if 
													there is a chance of a 
													canceled practice, please 
													stick around. 
														 I am unable to take your 
													calls on Monday April 12th, 
													you'll have to make your 
													best judgment if we'll be 
													having practice, Best advice 
													I can give you is, "if your 
													wipers are on, Practice is 
													canceled". if they are not 
													on, then park the car and 
													walk up to the track and 
													please do stick around, it 
													can end up being canceled 
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														Lap-A-Thon Fundraiser 
														
														
															Tuesday April 20th 
															is the last day to 
															turn in funds to get 
															a lap-a-thon shirt, 
															you can still turn 
															in funds, but the 
															order for shirts is 
															going on on 
															Wednesday.  |  
												
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														PR 
														Award Ribbons 
														
														
														PR Award Ribbons Stands 
														for Personal Record 
														Award, when an athlete 
														beats themselves, we 
														recognize them by giving 
														them a PR award ribbon. 
														A tie does not count, 
														they must beat 
														their prior mark in an 
														event, and the marks 
														must come from a season 
														meet, not the mock meet. 
														These ribbons show the 
														athlete's improvement, 
														also at the end of the 
														year the athlete with 
														the most PR's in their 
														age group (based on 
														gender) will be awarded 
														a PR plaque. 
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														Invitational Meet 
														The 2010 VYC Track & 
														Field Valley United 12th 
														Annual Invitational 
														Where: College of the 
														Canyons Date: April 24 & 25, 
														2010
 
 
														Event limits: Gremlin 
														any 3 events. Bantam, 
														Midget, & Youth may 
														participate in up to 2 
														individual events plus 1 
														relay, or 1 individual 
														event plus 2 relays; 
														Intermediates/Young: up 
														to 3 individual events. 
														Strictly enforced 
														(sanction for over-eventing 
														is DQ for all events 
														participated in). 
														 
 
														Running Event 
														Schedule 
 
														  
														SATURDAY, April 
														24, first event starts 
														8:30 am 3000m Final (MG, MB, YG, YB, 
													IG/YW, IB/YM)
 80/100m Hurdles Semi-Finals 
													(MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, IB/YM)*
 Presentation to the 2009 
													Valley United Striders 
													National Medalists
 100m Semi-Finals (GG, GB, 
													BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, 
													IB/YM)* Semi-finals run on 
													front and back side
 800m Finals (GG, GB, BG, BB, 
													MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, IB/YM)
 4x100m Semi-Finals (GG, GB, 
													BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, 
													IB/YM)*
 200m Timed Finals (GG, GB, 
													BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, 
													IB/YM)
 *Any Saturday Semi-Final 
													event which has 8 or fewer 
													participants will be run as 
													Finals on Saturday
 
														
 
														
														
														SUNDAY, April 25, first 
														event starts 8:30 am
														1500m Final (GG, 
														GB, BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, 
														YB, IG/YW, IB/YM)
 80/100m Hurdles Finals 
														(MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, 
														IB/YM)
 4x100m Finals (GG, GB, 
														BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, 
														IG/YW, IB/YM)
 400m Timed Finals (GG, 
														GB, BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, 
														YB, IG/YW, IB/YM)
 100m Finals (GG, GB, BG, 
														BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, 
														IB/YM)
 4x400m Relay Final (BG, 
														BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG/YW, 
														IB/YM)
 
														 
 
														Field Event 
														Schedule 
 
														
														
														
															 SATURDAY 
 Long Jump: 
														Timed Open Pit Format 
														(Athletes are to start 
														and finish between hours 
														indicated)  
														8:30 am - 10:30 am BB - 
														Pit 1, MG -Pit 2  
														10:45 am - 12:30 pm MB 
														-Pit 1, BG -Pit 2 12:45 
														pm - 2:00 pm YB -Pit 1, 
														YG -Pit 2  
														2:15 pm - 3:00 pm IB/YM 
														-Pit 1, IG/YW -Pit 2  
														Shot Put: Timed Open Pit 
														Format (Athletes are to 
														start and finish between 
														hours indicated)  
														8:45 am - 10:00 am YG, 
														YB, IG/YW, IB/YM 
														Concurrently  
														10:15 am - 1:15 pm BG & 
														BB Concurrently  
														1:30 pm - 3:00 pm MG & 
														MB Concurrently  
														High Jump: Timed Open 
														Pit Format (Athletes are 
														to start and finish 
														between hours indicated)
														 
														8:45 am - 10:15 am BG
														 
														10:15 am - 11:45 am BB
														 
														12:00 pm - 1:30 pm MG
														 
														1:30 pm - 3:00 pm MB 
													 
														
 
														
														SUNDAY
														High Jump 8:45 am Start 
														IG/YW, IB/YM, YG, YB: 
														age groups may be 
														combined at the 
														discretion of meet 
														officials
 Long Jump: 8:45 am Start 
														GG, GB
 (For more Information & 
														Results visit web-site 
														www.valleyconference.org)
 
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														Scholastic 
														Achievement Award 
														In an effort to 
														emphasize the importance 
														of maintaining 
														scholastic ability in 
														conjunction with 
														athletic ability, the 
														Santa Clarita TrackClub, Inc. in 
														cooperation with local 
														school districts, awards 
														a Scholastic Achievement 
														plaque to all active 
														athletes that maintain a
 'B+' (3.5) grade point 
														average or better during 
														the season. The plaque 
														is engraved with the 
														student's name, year and 
														symbol of the
 sport in which he/she is 
														participating. A special 
														President's Award is 
														presented to players 
														that maintain straight 
														A's.
 
														  
														Scholastic Forms are due 
														on April 22nd, Please be 
														aware that if your child 
														does not have a 3.5 or 
														above they are 
														ineligible for this 
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														Sincerely, 
														   Alan Bingham
 Santa Clarita Track Club
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