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Track Fact Sheet
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Holy Family CYO Track & Field
Stuff You Need to Know
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CYO Coaches:
We need some! Our team needs help with Roadrunners (3rd & 4th graders), distance runners, and all field events. You do not need to be an expert to help our team practice these skills. There are lots of YouTube videos showing how to coach these skills.
**Please contact Rebecca to help: 503-860-7422 (cell) or email rebecca.brandt@comcast.net.**
Your coaches are volunteers wanting to help young athletes gain a love for this sport and set them on a path to an active lifestyle. CYO requires us to undergo a background check, concussion training, Called to Protect (child abuse prevention class), and the American Sports Education Program.
Expectations of Athletes:
Coaches expect athletes to respect themselves—come to the track ready and willing to practice.
We expect athletes to respect each other—track is both an individual and a team sport, so we encourage, mentor, and lift up our teammates. We are aware of others who are training and don’t get in their way.
We expect athletes to respect the facilities and equipment—wherever we are training or competing, we are guests of that facility. We don’t mess around with equipment that is not ours, and we treat our own equipment with care.
Age Groupings:
Athletes are grouped for competition by grade level:- Roadrunners are 3rd and 4th graders
- Cubs are 5th and 6th graders
- Cadets are 7th and 8th graders
Practices:
Practices are at La Salle High School, 11999 SE Fuller Rd, Milwaukie, OR 97222
We are on the track Monday and Wednesday, 5:30-6:30 pm, in all weather except lightning.
Be aware we will practice at the same time as the La Salle lacrosse team. Netting will be up around the turf field to keep the balls in and our kids safe!
Another safety item is bathroom visits. La Salle is a relatively safe campus, but it is an open campus, especially after school hours. There is a porta pottie by the track, as well as girls’ bathrooms accessible in the gym building. Girls should visit the bathroom in pairs.
Athletes should eat a snack after school, bring a water bottle, and dress in layers for the weather of the day; we practice rain or shine. Layers are best. PARENTS: WRITE YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON CLOTHING THEY MAY REMOVE (water bottles, too.)
Athletes need proper running shoes. If buying running shorts or tights, get black. Rules require relay teams to wear the same color bottoms at meets , and our team will wear black.
Roadrunners generally do running workouts together unless there is a long distance prodigy in the group, in which case he/she may enjoy running with the distance group.
Cubs and Cadets are grouped into sprinters (400m & below) and mid (800m) and long distance (1500m & 3000m). These athletes will have similar practices, particularly during conditioning, then each group will have workouts particular to their needs.
Field events are practiced after running workouts are finished.
**We need parent coaches to help with field events!**
Parking for Practice - MUST READ:
La Salle has asked that parents NOT drive down the side of the building next to the track for drop off and pick up of athletes. The area has limited parking and turnaround space, many athletes for many different sports are walking around, and safety is the first priority. Please drop your athlete at the gate on the corner of the building and the track to let them walk in, or park your car in the large parking lot and walk your child to practice.
Athletes will be walked to the front of the building near the gate by a coach for easy pick up, or you can park in the lot and come to the track to pick up your athlete. Please stress to your athlete to stay with a coach until his driver/parent has arrived. We do not leave until every athlete is picked up and we need to know who is still there.
Track and Field Events:
Roadrunners can compete in- turbo javelin,
- long jump,
- shot put,
- 100m,
- 200m,
- 400m,
- 4x100m relay,
- shuttle relay (each athlete runs 60m w/ a hand slap for handoff, back & forth along the 100m stretch),
- 800m, and
- 1500m.
Cubs and Cadets can compete in- turbo javelin,
- long jump,
- shot put,
- high jump,
- 100m,
- 200m,
- 400m,
- 4x100m relay,
- 800m,
- 1500m,
- 3000m, and
- 4x400m relay.
Athletes can compete in a maximum of 3 individual events (running and/or field events); four events total (e.g. Johnny can do javelin, 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay; Susie can do long jump, 100m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay). A relay is a team event, not an individual event. We like athletes to participate in 3-4 events each meet.
The week before a meet, athletes will let us know what events they are interested in doing. They can indicate an interest in being part of a relay. Each team may only enter two relay teams per event per meet. Relays will be structured by the coaches based on providing opportunity to those wishing to try it. (Example: Johnny may do shuttle relay at Meet 1 but might not at Meet 2 even though he signs up for it, in order to give an opportunity to other Roadrunners.) Closer to the championships, coaches will pull together the relay teams that will be the most competitive.
Meets:
The four meets during the season are called “developmental” meets.
The 2018 dates are: April 14, 21, 28, and May 5.
Plan on being at the meet from approximately 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Locations will be announced.
Roadrunners have their own championship meet on May 12, 2018 at La Salle HS. All Roadrunners may compete.
Cubs and Cadets must qualify to compete in their championship meet on May 19 and 20 at Jesuit HS. Note: this is a two-day event!
PARENTS: PUT THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW. Nothing kills the buzz of great improvement all season like a conflict preventing them from competing in the championship.
Parent Participation at a Meet:
Holy Family appreciates its parent volunteers! Team parents are expected to volunteer at least once during the season at a meet. Many parents volunteer more. Sometimes it’s because no one else is stepping up. A meet without volunteers in place will stop. The offending CYO club will be called out over the loudspeaker. Meets will take longer than they need to. Please don’t let Holy Family be the club getting embarrassed over the PA system.
**Sign up, show up, and keep the meet rolling.**
Uniforms for Athletes:
Athletes will be provided a red and white singlet for competition. The singlet is checked out to an athlete before the first meet and must be turned in at the end of the season.
We recommend black running shorts or running tights for your athlete in competition. Rules require relay teams to wear the same color bottoms at meets , and our team will wear black.
Questions:
Coaches are happy to answer questions, but please know that we have 100 athletes to herd at practice, so feel free to contact us at times other than practice.
CYOHolyFamily@gmail.com
Keith Ruud (503) 793 1446
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