Stormwatch for April 30, 2012

Santa Clarita Track Club Newsletter

April 30, 2012

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Open Championship Meet

The open final meet is for all athletes who did not get a qualifying mark in any of the individual events, OR ranked top 8 in the league & all Gremlin athletes. It will be held on May 5th at Valencia High School. This is the final meet of the season for those athletes. (No Intermediates at this event)

If an athlete has a qualifying mark in any event or is an intermediate they may not attend this meet.

League Championship Meet

All Intermediate Athletes plus all qualified athletes and a select few athletes in the top of the league will be invited to the Western League Championship meet to be held at Valencia High School on May 12th. Click Here to See a List of Qualifiers Athletes who are seeded into the May 12th event may not Compete on May 5 at the Open Championship Meet at all.

This week the coaches will attend a seeding meeting of the League to finalize the seeding of the championship meet. Non-qualified athletes will fill any open positions in any events by the top 20 list of the league.

The top 4 and best 5th athletes in each event of the League Championship meet on May 12 will be advanced to the Individual Event Championship meet (IECs) to be held May 19, 2012 at Santa Barbara City College. This is the best of the Conference championship meet.

If you need more information please be sure to ask your coach.

Individual Event Championship Meet

This is the final event of the year at the conference level. The top four (4) finishers in each event from both leagues (East & West) and the best fifth mark will be invited to compete in this Conference wide Championship meet to be held this year at Santa Barbara City College on May 19.

Practice Schedule This Week

Practice this week will be on:
Monday Apr 30 - Valencia HS - 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm

Tuesday May 1 - Valencia HS - 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm

Wednesday May 2 - All Day Menchies Frozen Yogurt Fundraiser

Wednesday May 2 - VHS Special Guest Speaker 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Thursday May 3 - Valencia HS - 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm

Thursday May 3 - Valencia HS - Juice It Up Night

Menchies Frozen Yogurt Fundraiser:

The Storm will be hosting a fundraiser at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt at the Valencia Town Center on Wednesday, May 2nd - ALL DAY! There are no time constraints, anytime you come into Menchie's on Wednesday, 5/2 and present your flier - The Storm will receive 20% of the proceeds. Tell all your friends and family to visit Menchie's (located in the outside patios by Lazy Dog Cafe & Wokano off of Valencia Blvd) The more participation we have, the more successful our fundraising event will be. Thank you for your support!

Please download the Menchie's flier and bring with you to the event.

Juice It Up Night

Each year near the end of the track season we like to reward the kids a free Juice It Up Smoothie. We purchase these for the Storm Athletes & Coaches. Siblings and Parents may purchase for $5.00 after all athletes & coaches have received their.

Special Guest Speaker Scott Rigsby Wednesday

We want to invite each of you to an extra night out at the track to hear from one of the most inspirational athletes you will ever get a chance to meet. We're at the end of the season and could all use a little extra motivation to achieve those goals we set back in February. This coming Wednesday night you won't want to be anywhere but at the Valencia track. We are pleased to invite Scott Rigsby out to amp you up and get you mentally ready to race. Take a look at his website to get familiar with him: http://www.scottrigsby.com.

The date is Wednesday May 2nd

The time is 6pm-7pm

Bring anyone and everyone you know who wants to be inspired.

Coaches Thank You Dinner

In Lieu of gifts for your coaches we ask that you donate to the coaches thank you dinner. Michele will have a decorated gift box to collect your donation. The thank you dinner is planned for early to mid June.

GO STORM!

Alan Bingham
Santa Clarita Track Club