Hi Bantams and Bantam Parents,
I hope you are all enjoying your Spring Break. We had a great turn out for shot put this Monday and several athletes plan to continue exploring this event. We will have another opportunity this coming Monday to work with the shot put coaches again.
This weekend’s meet will be at Thousands Oaks High School located at 2323 N Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360.
This meet will be a three team event. We ask that all athletes arrive by 8:00 a.m.
If you are out for Spring Break this week and will NOT be at the meet, please send an email to bantams@venturatigres.org and let me know.
If you are out on Spring Break and are missing practices this week and you WILL be attending this weekend’s meet, please send an email to bantams@venturatigres.org with your athlete’s choice of events.
April 9th and 10th is the Southern California Youth Invitational, held at Royal High School in Simi Valley.
This meet is a “can’t miss” experience for all athletes. It is NOT an “elite only” meet, but is a great chance for all of our athletes to set PR’s. There are over 2,000 athletes of all levels that participate and most athletes are placed in heats with competitors very close to their own ability, which means great competition. Great competition usually equates to great performances! It gives our athletes a chance to see what a major high school invitational is like.
It is a two day meet and athletes can choose up to 3 events. They can do up to 2 individual events (running and field events both count as individual events), plus one relay or they could do 2 relays and 1 individual event. They can also do less than 3 events if they choose. The 4X400 is NOT a free event at this meet.
Event sign ups must be completed prior to the end of practice on Monday, April 4th. A separate clipboard with yellow paper will be at practice tomorrow to sign up for this meet. This meet is unlike our normal dual meets where athletes can be added on the spot or right up until the until the meet. If we don’t receive the athlete’s events prior to the end of practice next Monday (April 4th), they will not be able to compete in the meet.
If you are missing practice this week and want to be sure to get signed up for this meet, email me at bantams@venturatigres.org
The events and their order are listed on the flyer found here:
http://www.vcytc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2016-7th-Annual-Southern-California-Youth-Invitational.pdf
Please look over the order of events and the days carefully to be sure you understand if you will be there 1 or both days. Some events have prelims and finals, so please keep that in mind. The first day typically lasts until 4:00 and the second day typically finishes around 2:00.
Thank you all, happy running.
GooooOOOOO Bantams!