Thank you to many of you for responding to my request for event preferences for your athletes. We just have several more to complete. If you haven’t reached out to me, then please do so today.
A few things to know for this weekend at Moorpark High School.
1. For the second away meet in a row, there will be no team camps on the infield. Athletes should only be on the infield for warmups and competition. We’ll have two tents in the stands, and another two tents on the grass at the end of the track between turns 3 and 4.
2. Except for water, no food or other beverages are allowed on the track or infield. Please help monitor the athletes.
3. There will be shaved ice available, but otherwise, their snack bar is going to be closed. Pack a healthy snack for your kids, please. They will get hungry if they are running in the later events.
4. Keep in mind that Moorpark, like us, is known to run an organized meet and therefore expect the meet to be running on-time if not quicker. If you are showing up later in the meet, give yourself enough time to not have your athlete miss his event.
5. Please help clean up your team camp at the end of the meet.
On a different but important topic for those kids striving to earn a golden or platinum baton this season, they need to make sure that they will have their requirements completed by the last regular season meet. After tomorrow, they will only have two qualifying meets left. The Golden Baton is for an athlete who competed in 10 of the 12 available events. The Platinum Baton is for those athletes who participated in all 12 events over the season. It is very important that some of these events require a specialty coach to approve the athlete in order to compete in the event. This means that your child must attend the specialty practices on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, in order for the coach to assess their ability and ensure they are safe to go, especially in high jump, hurdles, and shot-put categories. I mentioned this to the kids at our last regular practice, but not everyone was there, so make sure that your kid knows and understands the procedure. Thank you!
~ Coach Brian
