Hi Youth and Intermediate Families,

In lieu of us not having practice on Monday 2/13, we are sending out a suggested run for your athletes:

Distance:

3-minute easy run

Warm-up drills

20-25 minute run on the trails in Arroyo 

Cooldown

Stretch and mobility at home

Sprints:

3-minute easy run

Warm-up drills

10 x 8-10 second hill sprints on the grass (walk down the hill), 20 seconds rest between each

Cooldown

Stretch and mobility at home

If you have questions, Coach Jason and I will be at the park on Monday around 4:30.

We hope you have a great weekend!

Coach Kristin

Hi Families,

Unfortunately, due to the VUSD holiday on the 13th, our next team practice is on Wednesday the 15th. The good news is that specialties will start next week!  The available options are listed on the Tigres website under practice schedule and also listed below for your convenience. Remember, your athlete can come to both specialty days or none, it depends completely on their schedule and desire to try some of the events (i.e. shot put, hurdles, long jump, and high jump) that they will not experience during our team workouts. 

As an FYI, we gave them the athlete code of conduct and goal setting worksheet and asked for them to bring these back to us on Wednesday. Hopefully, your athlete had a great time tonight and a good introduction to our upcoming season 🙂

We will send out a suggested workout in lieu of Monday’s normal practice in the next couple of days.

Please reach out with any questions! 

Coach Kristin

youth@venturatigres.org

February 6, 2023

Hello, Youth and Intermediate Families!

Coaching staff:

Kristin and Jason Daw – Head Youth and Intermediate coaches

Nicole Boucher

Karisa Curtis

Jeff Fassett

Sean Fisher

Brian Guevara

David Hampton

Leah Kahler

Ryan Kaiser 

Torrey Kightlinger

Jared Kuebler

Omar Solis

Spencer Taylor

Amanda Verboomen

Crystal Wilde

Ellie Windsor

AND 14 High School coaches!!! 

Goals for the season:

1. Safety
2. Fun and an appreciation for the benefits of sports and exercise
3. Good Sportsmanship
4. Developing your athlete’s abilities and helping them to achieve their goals.

Questions and information:

The most efficient way to communicate with me is through email on the website. I am also available for questions after practice. I will email regularly, especially once the meets begin in March. You can text me as well, but I am a teacher and am, therefore, slow to respond during the school day. 

Practice:

Youth and Intermediate will have team practices on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30-6:00 at the Buena High School track. 

Parents are welcome to stay and watch, but only athletes and coaches are allowed on the field. Please be on time for pickup; a coach must stay with your athlete until you arrive.

Athletes will work with specialty coaches on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

Preparation for practice:

Please have your athlete dressed and ready to go. They will need a bag to carry their belongings:

1. Sweatshirt and bottoms
2. Small towel (dish towel size)
3. Water bottle (NO food/Gatorade on the track – water only)
4. Spikes (if they choose to use them)

Our athletes LOVE their Tigres gear, which means many have the same water bottles, bags, and sweatshirts. PLEASE label everything!! 

Attendance:

We understand that other sports, illnesses, and injuries may conflict with practice. You do not need to email me if your athlete does not attend practice, but I would appreciate knowing if they are injured and if they are not going to attend a meet. Please do not send them to practice if they are injured.

Meets:

Youth and Intermediate athletes can participate in all of the events:

Field – Hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, and Shot Put  

Relay – 4X100 and the 4X400

Distance – 3200, 1600, and 800

Sprints – 100, 200, and 400

Youth Athletes (2009-2010) can participate in 4 events at each meet with a maximum of 3 running events. Intermediate Athletes (2008 and older) can participate in any 4 events. The 4X100 counts toward their running event total, but the 4X400 is free 🙂

Some athletes know what events they are interested in, while others are still deciding. We will encourage them to try everything until they decide which events they like the most. Event sign-ups will be on Mondays and Wednesdays by my bag on the field. 

Setting up the relay teams for the 4X100 and the 4X400 takes time. Once your athlete selects the relay, they commit to three other team athletes. Relay teams will be created based on times and attendance. Sometimes, we cannot build a full relay team due to numbers, but we will do our best to ensure it is a fair process. 

I will send out more information regarding meets as the dates come closer, but for your future planning, the meet schedule on the website is accurate, and meets typically go from 8:00 – 3:00ish.

We look forward to greeting former and new athletes on Wednesday!!

See you soon,

Kristin Daw (805) 766-7171

Jason Daw (805) 766-1775

youth@venturatigres.org

Time Correction for those who did not make the picnic that wish to pick up your athlete’s team picture/ribbons/gift. I will be at Buena Track Parking lot from 5:15 to 5:45.

I forgot about Boogie Nights…

-Spencer

Hello, All-
One last time I’d like to thank you all for a fantastic season! But… I wasn’t quite sure what to do today at 4:00 🙂

I put together an end of season video, which can be viewed via this Vimeo link:
https://vimeo.com/710627131/1add946b6e
Please share with or download for your athlete. Apologies ahead of time to any athlete that is not pictured – no slight intended. The link should be good for a few weeks.

To those several that could/did not make yesterday’s picnic- I have your team photos, ribbons, and athlete gift! I will be at the Buena Track parking lot Wednesday from 5:45 until 6:15 if you would like to come pick up the package.

Keep up the fitness!


-Spencer

Regular Season is over, on to CHAMPIONSHIP Season!

There is at least one Championship for your athlete left – Conference JV Finals West at Buena on Saturday 4/23. Athletes may have also qualified for the Varsity finals which will be held on Saturday, 4/30. I have separately emailed the Varsity qualifiers.  Practices will continue as normal this week.  Below is a description of the JV finals, Varsity finals, and Co-Conference meets so as to help with any confusion regarding the events.

JV finals: April 23 at Buena High School
The JV finals are open to all athletes. In order to participate in an event in the JV finals the athlete needs
to:
1) have participated in that event at least once during the regular season (except for relays, an athlete
need not have competed in a relay during the regular season to compete in a relay at conference finals).
2) have NOT qualified for that event in the Varsity Finals. If an athlete qualifies for an event at the
Varsity Finals, they can NOT participate in that event at the JV finals. Also, the same event limit applies
at the Varsity Finals (maximum of 4 events, a maximum of 3 running events, and 4×400 is excluded from
the total).

Varsity Finals April 30 at Moorpark
 The Varsity Finals are for the athletes that run the fastest, jump the farthest and highest and put the shot the furthest. For each event in each age/gender group the top athletes in the conference qualify for the championships. For sprints and field events the top 9 athletes qualify. For the distance events (800,1600, and 3200) the top 12 athletes qualify.

Each club gets to send 1 relay team per age/gender group for each relay (4×100 and 4×400). A relay team member need not have run on any relay or competed with the other members of any relay prior to the Varsity Finals meet.

Note that each club gets to send relay teams for EVERY age/gender group including intermediates. A relay team counts as an intermediate team if it has one intermediate member. Therefore, a youth and intermediate age group, gets to send a youth team and an intermediate team as long as at least one intermediate athlete participates.
There is no event limit at the Varsity Finals; an athlete can compete in all of the events for which they qualify.

Co-Conference Championships May 14:
Qualification at co-conference is based on the results from the Varsity Finals. For laned events and field events the top 5 athletes from VCYTC (our conference) and the top 4 SCYTFC qualify. For non-laned running events the top 8 from each conference qualify. If an athlete is not available to participate, they will take the next best athlete.

Hello, Tigres Families!
I cannot believe that our final regular season meet is upon us! It’s been a great season, but it doesn’t end this weekend with the late afternoon Newbury Park meet. Practice as normal next week – Nearly everyone can compete in the Conference Finals at Buena on 4/23, where all the VCYTC Clubs will converge. Other reminders:

Picture Day is tomorrow, Wednesday, 4/13 – please have your athlete (and coaches) wear their uniform!

“Varsity” – The Top Athletes in the conference (Top 9 in Hurdles, 100, 200, 400 & Field events, Top 12 in 800, 1600, 3200) compete in a Championship Meet on the 30th. Want to know where your Athlete stands going into the final weekend? Use the Filters (Boys, Girls, Grade=13-14 or 15-16) on the following page VCYTC Track & Field Rankings (athletic.net) OR if you want to know about your athlete’s season in general… The Tigres Page, click here: Ventura Tigres Club Track & Field Statistics (athletic.net) You can search your individual athlete for their results from here.

Witness some quality High School Track & Field featuring several Tigre alum- Buena @ Ventura, 3:00 tomorrow in a showdown for the PVL team titles! Most of it will conflict with our practice, but you may be able to catch an hour before and perhaps after!

Gearing up for a sprint to the finish!
-Spencer

Hello, All-
One more Fantastic meet in the books… almost.
Our athletes were IMPRESSIVE, the support was AMAZING, and the hosts were TOP NOTCH. BUT…

There are a few reported instances of potential timing issues. Specifically, times may have been mis-assigned to the incorrect runner/jumper in the same heat or event.
If you are aware of any such mis-assigned times, please let me know ASAP! Our athletes work hard to earn their times – they deserve to get recorded properly.

Also- an upset athlete is missing a fleece Patagonia jacket- likely taken home mistakenly by another in our group. Please check your bags and let me know if you have it! Contact me at youth@venturatigres.org

Already looking forward to our first HOME meet!

-Spencer

Hello, Tigres-
We had very exciting and successful night meet at T.O. last week. A fun time was had by all the athletes and many, many Personal Records were set! We move on to our first daylight meet at Moorpark tomorrow, officially beginning at 8:30.

***3200 Runners, Hurdlers, and Shotputters– please arrive no later than 8 to get checked in and warm up properly.
***4×100 teams run next- no later than 8:30AM arrival, please.
***All other athletes should arrive shortly thereafter to root on their teammates and get ready for their events.

Please remind your athlete to get their bib sticker from the coaches first thing after arrival.
Bring/use Sunblock and Water.

Looking Forward to another Great Meet!
-Spencer

p.s. The times of athlete arrival will remain the same for all normal, daytime conference meets. I will let you know of any changes.

For the first time in nearly 3 years, our Tigres get to compete in an OFFICIAL MEET! Nearly half of our athletes last truly competed as 10u Bantams! I can’t wait to see what they can do out there…

A few words before I get into details. We have no idea on how the meet will run. Individual events have no starting time after the official 4 PM start – they are run in order and the start times will depend on the completion of the prior event. Be ready for hours and hours of cheering and fun! Temps are anticipated to drop into the low 50s as the night progresses. Bring blankets and jackets for those of you in the stands. Sweats and maybe jackets for the athletes on the field. The meet clashes with dinnertime, but only water on the field – have your athlete eat lightly (off the field) until after their events. YuckBuckets are usually provided at the finish line, but…

www.venturatigres.org splash page has pertinent details but here is some additional info:

****The 3200 is the first track event, starting promptly at 4. SHOTPUT, LONG JUMP, and HIGH JUMP could start at 4, too. Those athletes need to arrive @3:15 to get their bibs, warm up etc.

****HURDLES and 4×100, must arrive @ 4:00

****I strongly recommend all other athletes to arrive no later than 4:30 to help cheer on their teammates! As a veteran Tigres parent, I know that 90% of this experience for the gang is being on the field, wearing the uniform, cheering, and being cheered for!

****Relay teams are not guaranteed 🙁     I will do my best to get everyone that signed up onto the track, but we need multiples of 4 for that to happen- the assistant coaches and I will scrape and scramble. That said, if your athlete signed up, please be sure to get to the track on time!

First of at 7+ starts tomorrow! Our TIGRES will ROAR!

-(Coach) Spencer