| 2011 Track & Field | |
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April 5th - May 24th, Tuesday & Thursday @ 5:00-6:30pm We are excited to start the 2011 Track season of the Mid Peninsula Middle School League including La Entrada, Hillview, Corte Madera, Woodside, and Oak Knoll Elementary Schools. This year we are lucky to have two facilities to use; Corte Madera in Portola Valley and Foothill College in Los Altos Hills right off 280 at El Monte Avenue. Your child will receive a wide variety of track and field experiences including high jump, turbo javelin, shot put, discus, sprints, hurdles, distance running, and relay races. We have an excellent group of coaches with a wealth of experience coaching children in track and field. Our goal this season is fun for all while learning new things and improving on previous skills. Our focus is on the personal best for each child, this keeps competition fun and friendly. Practices and meets start at 5:00 p.m. each time and end at 6:30 p.m. Please make sure that you have rides to and from practice organized in advance. If you are carpooling, (a great idea!) please make certain the parents and children know who is picking everyone up. We have had problems in the past with children getting picked up very late or not at all. As a result, each school will now be assessed a financial penalty if students from their school are not picked up on time. If you know you are going to be late please call Sheri Mulroe (Head Coach) at 408-431-8155*** as soon as possible so that we are prepared before practice is over. Failure to pick your child up at 6:30 p.m. will result in a warning the first time, and removal from the team the second time. Getting your athlete to practice on time each day will help them be happier and more successful during track and field. ***Please respect that this is a personal cell phone number. We would appreciate it if you would only call Sheri if you are going to be late for a pickup. Non-emergency communication should happen via email or a call to the school contact number. Thank you! On Tuesdays we will meet at Corte Madera School in Portola Valley to work primarily on field events. On Thursdays we will meet at Foothill College to work on running events on their beautiful, new all-weather track. At each practice your child will have to opportunity to participate in two or three events of their choosing. At each practice or meet your child will get to participate in as many events as they like. We do require that they compete in at least three events during each practice meet. This gives the other children plenty of athletes with whom to compete and keeps everyone busy. We end our season with a relay meet and pizza party, this will take place at Foothill College on Tues. 5/24. Nuts and bolts
o This will be an informal meet and greet with the coaches. Thank you in advance for your support. We look forward to a great season! |
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