April 9th and 10th are the dates for 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.
It is very important that we get their event sign ups prior to the end of practice on Monday. We will have the clipboards all week this week, starting on Tuesday. This meet is unlike our normal dual meets where athletes can be added on the spot or we can take sign ups up until the meet. If we don’t receive the athletes events prior to the end of practice next Monday (April 4th), they will not be able to compete in the meet. If you will be missing practice this meet, please email the events to midgets@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 or so and the second day typically finishes around 2:00.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email midgets@venturatigres.org or call me at 650-678-3681.