Santa Clarita Track Club
Santa Clarita Track Club Newsletter
  February 20, 2012
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March 3, 2012
We are now accepting signups for the 2012 Mardi Gras Madness 5K, please visit the event website at www.mgm5k.com
 
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Track 2012
Justin Baltau
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 Feburary 18, 2012
   

Dear Parent,

 

What a great first practice he held on Saturday, The team looks fantastic.

 

Below I corrected the dates to the practices, from the last newsletter, I had the days correct, but not the dates.

 

Stormwear orders this week! See below.

 

Jelly Beans & Jolly Ranchers please bring 2 bags to first practice.

 

Paperwork, we need child's signature on both players contract and medical release/code of conduct form. This paperwork is required for us to certify our team roster with the conference.

 
Track & Field Sign Ups
Storm Kids Running
Track & Field sign ups.
We know that a few people will be bringing in paperwork this week due to the holiday, so we will extend registration until Tuesday and then the registration will be closed.
Please see Michele Ewing or Alan Bingham at practice.
 
Stormwear Order
We have lots of items that you will want to wear to your child's meet and practice, Hats, Sweats, Bling Tops, Bags for your kids. You can order items by downloading this order form and bringing it to the Parent Meeting or practice. Turn it into Bettie Jo or Michele or Alan. All orders are due March 1, 2012

 
Click here to download the Stormwear Form
Click here to download the Bling Order Form
 
Practice Schedule

Please be sure your child brings a jacket & bottle of water.

 

Practice this week will be on:

 

Monday Feb 20 - Valencia HS - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Tuesday Feb 21 - Valencia HS - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Thursday Feb 23 - Valencia HS - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Saturday Feb 25 - Valencia HS - 9:00 am - 11:00 am

 

RAIN POLICY

If it is 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 off your athlete if there is a chance for a canceled practice, please stick around

 

Please be sure to text STORMTF to 41411 to be added to our urgent alert system, in the event of a canceled practice, we will send a group text alert out telling parents to pick up their athlete.
 
JUICE IT UP - COUPON BOOK FUNDRAISER
Juice It Up coupon books will be available to purchase at upcoming practices. Coupon books are $10 each (Over $80 value in savings). 30-page coupon book includes Free Smoothies, Buy One Get One Free coupons, discount coupons on smoothies, frozen yogurt, juice, muffins, bagels and more! The Storm Track Club earns 50% on all sales. Coupon books make great gifts for teachers, babysitters, friends and family. Contact Christine Hupalo at cmhupalo@yahoo.com or buy at upcoming practices!

Remember that Juice it up is located just down the street and makes a great after practice treat!

 
Jelly Beans & Jolly Ranchers
Jelly BeansParents we ask that you bring 2 bags of jelly beans or Jolly Ranchers. At the end of each practice we give the kids a few jelly beans as a treat. For the kids with braces, we give them a Jolly Rancher. The kids must be heading out the gate in order to get them.
 
Mardi Gras Madness 5k Run
Mardi Gras Madness LogoJoin us as we put on our second annual 5k run to raise funds to support our Students Off And Running (S.O.A.R.) Program.
 

The Santa Clarita Track Club's SOAR program establishes running groups at participating SCV high schools and implements a six month 380 mile training program at no cost to participants or their families.
Produced by the Santa Clarita Track Club with the generous support of the City of Santa Clarita and Bridgeport Marketplace, this 5K/1K event is open to walkers and runners of all abilities...and their canine companions, too!

Date: Saturday - March 3, 2012
Time - Registration/Check-in Opens: 6:00am
Time - Race Start: 8:00am 5K, 7:30am 1K
Location: Bridgeport Marketplace
Address: 23951 Newhall Ranch Rd Santa Clarita CA 91354

Go to www.mgm5k.com for more information about the run.

and Visit www.soar-sc.org for more information about our SOAR program.
 
Paperwork
 
Too Much Paperwork
Attention Parents some athlete's paperwork is incomplete and certification is just around the corner, if your child's name is highlighted on the sign as you enter the track area, please find out why by asking Michele or Alan.
 
Have a great summer,

Alan Bingham
Alan Bingham
Santa Clarita Track Club