Track & Field News (12- 25-2012)

REVIEW:  It was a lot of fun to finally have a meet at Woodbridge and show off our team and talents (first time in 2 years).  There were a lot of people watching our team dominate.  We enjoyed much success at this past week’s competitions: League opening meet against Beckman and the Azusa Pacific Distance Meet of Champions.    In the league opener against Beckman, all five teams came away with victories:  VB:  98-29, VG 112-14, JV B 103-23, F/S 94-29 and JV G 120-7.  At the Azusa Pacific Distance Meet of Champions all six of our athletes registered PRs for their careers and they all earned meet medals.  Individual athlete results (for the season) can be accessed from:  http://www.gvarvas.com/ under the Track & Field page.  To view photos and videos of our meets, use these links: 

 http://www.facebook.com/find-friends/browser/?ref=ler#!/pages/Woodbridge-High-School-Cross-Country/170525689683198  also on the track and field photos link.  This is the main photos link for all the track team meets.

 

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.296480667087699.64611.170525689683198&type=3&l=f3499ea49e  Also on the track & Field photo link for some of the meets.

In the Beckman meet, our athletes performed well.  The boys’ varsity athletes place first in 13 of the 15 events.  Scott Patton (100, 200), Patrick Ingram (SP, DISC), Jeffrey Azuogu (LJ, TJ) and Austin Rouk (400, 300 IH) were double winners while TJ Rogerson (HJ), Dragan Simic (1600), Brandon Ferguson (3200) and Jared Klopfer (800) placed first in their respective events.  Our JV boys and the frosh/soph boys also enjoyed

The girl’s varsity athletes placed first in all 15 events.  Double winners included Hannah Heising (100 HH and 300 LH), Madeline Franklin (SP, DISC), Maia Craver  (200, 400) andMadeline Bradford  (HJ, 800).  Other first place finishers were Coco Evans(3200), Brina Jablonski (LJ), Natalie Woodings (TJ), Molly Babcock (1600) and Kelly Hwang (100).  The JV girls dominated every single event as the scores indicate.

At the Azusa pacific Distance Met of Champions, our athletes enjoyed much success against some of the best distance athletes in the State.  Dragan Simic broke the school record for the 1600 (4:12.06) and the mile (4:13.68) in the same race.  Brandon Ferguson also broke the school record in the 1600 (4:14.81) and the mile (4:16.41) but….  Jackson Marshall broke the school record in the F/S 3200 (9:42.16).  Career bests were registered by Molly Babcock (4:54.20 in the 1600 and 4:55.96 in the full mile), Madeline Bradford in the 800 (2:20.21) and Jared Klopfer in the 800 (2::00.97).  To view

It seemed that everyone had a good time at the meet (as it should be).  It is very important to our coaches that our athletes enjoy the meets.  By enjoying the successes, fun and competitions at these meets, our athletes should be more motivated to work harder during the week in order to continue the fun.  Easy meets (as this one was) sometimes give a team a false-sense of security and can lead to big disappointments in crucial meets down the line.  Our goal at our practices is to improve each day and to keep in mind who the real competition for the league championships and post season championships.  CDM and Irvine high schools will be very formidable opponents for both the boys’ and the girls’ titles.  Those meets are coming up.  In reality, the marks we achieved vs Beckman, will not hold up against these teams.  If we liked the success we enjoyed against Beckman, then we need to continue improving (as we have thus far this season) and working hard in our practices.  Make no mistake though, defeating any team (weak or strong) is always much more fun than losing; even if the loss comes against a very strong team.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK:   Nadia Sine (she took a nasty fall in the 100 HH but came back without hesitation to compete the rest of the meet including the 300 LH) and Gabe Warner (excellent all around work and relay leg) for the sprint and hurdle events.  Jackson Marshall (new school record in the F/S 3200) and Coco Evans (strong 1600 and 3200 vs Beckman) for the distance events.  TJ Rogerson (first varsity victory with a 5’ 10” HJ) and Natalie Woodings (solid jumping in both the LJ and the TJ not only in this meet but for the entire season)

WEEKLY SCHEDULE/ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. University High School League Dual Meet # 2:  (WHS to Culver and left to Campus and left)

a.       The buses will leave at 1:00 pm.  All athletes in good standing will be excused from 5^th period.

b.       This is a very important meet for us in many ways.  University has talented athletes in the boys’ and girls’ distance events as well as in the jumping and girls’ 400 events.  We have enjoyed some very intense competition with Uni in the past in the past and in different Invitationals.  I expect them to be the toughest team we have faced thus far this year.  Competing on their track and in front of their school mates and parents should prove to be a big motivation for us to remain undefeated in league competition.  Each of our varsity athletes would have to rise to the occasion and perform at their highest level.

c.       Hurdle Crews for the 100 hurdles and the 300 will be the same as for the Beckman meet. 

d.      Block Crews will not be needed this week as Uni is going to be in charge of them.

e.       Score books will be taken care by Reddy, Dean, Swanson, Opre and Ledina

f.        Woodbridge will officiate the LJ, SP and HJ events.  We will also need 3 timers for the finish line

7.       Trabuco Invitational on Friday & Saturday (WHS è Jeffrey  and left.  Jeffrey èWalnut and right.  Take the toll road (133) going north to 241 towards Santa Margarita.  Exit on the 2^nd

Portola Road

and go right.  Stay on this road to Los Alisos.  Turn right here and park at the track area.  Meet time schedule:  http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=title&title_id=555&event_id=824

1. This is two-day meet this year.  Friday evening will be the distance open 800’s, 1600’s and 3200 and Frosh/Soph field events.

2. Entries will be posted on the web and the storage shed.

3. The bus on Friday will leave at 2:30.  Sat transportation will be on an individual basis

4. Great opportunity for some high-level competition in this meet.  I expect that our top-level athletes will hit some impressive marks.

Enjoy the week!!

Warrior Track & Field Smoke Signals (3-12—12)

Review:  We enjoyed a most exciting, enjoyable and successful meets this past week.  On Thursday, we outscored Laguna Hills H. S. in all five divisions contested.  The boys varsity won by the score of 64-63 (the victory was sealed with a 1,2,3 finish in the 3200 and the victory in the 4x4 relay), while the girls varsity won 101 – 26;  JV girls won 79 – 57, the F/S boys won 72-64 and the JV boys won 60-42.  On Saturday (at the Irvine Invitational) we registered many impressive performances and  picked up some nice hardware (including a 3^rd place finish for the girls’ varsity in the 30+ team field).

I thought the setting for both meets could not have been better.  The weather was very good for both meets  for the majority of the time the competition was amongst the best we will see all year, the enthusiasm was high (especially at the dual meet) and all of the athletes competed with heart and determination.  Our team demonstrated great support and enthusiasm for each other and our performances were impressive. 

We enjoyed improvement in many of our events (jumps, relays, hurdles, sprints) and we keep adding some new talented athletes each week.  High school sports and especially H.S. track cannot get much better than this.  I hope all of you will have some special memories from this week besides the medals that were won.  The will to do your best for the team was obvious.  It is will such as this that helps young teams progress quickly to the top level of their sport.  Let’s keep this attitude and go-get-them attitude in all of our season.  You made us proud!

Among the high lights from the Invitational:  Molly Babcock’s victory in the 1600 (4:54.80 and the # 72 best time ever in CIF), Jeffrey Azoughu’s 41’4” in the Triple Jump,  Jackson Marshall’s (9:50.8 and 4:35.6) and Jake Suiste’s (4:43.8 & 10:04.6) PR in the distance races, frosh Scott Patton’s sub 12  and 24.4 sprints (against the wind) in the 100 & 200, Gabe Warner’s (another frosh) over 19’ LJ,  Brina Jablonski’s 60.2 (also 16’1” in the LJ) and Austin rouk’s 51.26 in the 400s, Jared Klopfers, 1^st place finish and a new PR in the 800, Madie Franklin’s (29’6”, 87”8”) and Morgan Johnson’s (33’7”) throws (both earned medals for heir efforts, Patrick Ingram regaining his pop in the throws (41’1”, 139’6”),  Dragan Simmic (4:18.8) and Brandon Ferguson (4:19.8 & a Pr 9:24.1)) were the only athletes to break 4:20 from the same school and Hannah, Heising’s sub 16 and sub 49 hurdling,

Athletes of the meet:  Maddie Franklin for her throws (she is getting closer and closer to the 30-90 double) and Nick Sine in the TJ (just barely below the impressive 40’ level)are the field athletes of the week;  Brina Jablonski and Michael Scarlett (both excellent 400s and relay legs for the team) are the sprint/hurdle athletes of the meet; Jared Klopfer (first place finish in the 800 with a PR) and Alyssa Cerminara-Gutcher (nice PR 1600 of 5:24.5) were the distance athletes

Week’s Schedule

Edison H. S. Dual Meet on Thursday at Edison H. S. (21400 Magnolia St, Huntington Beach, CA 92646),  WHS to 450 N to 55 S to Newport Blvd to 17^th and right to PCH and right to Magnolia and right,

1. Bus leaves at 12:50

2.  The first event will be the JV Girls 1600 at 2:45 p.m.  (Check the order of events at our web page (http://www.gvarvas.com/ and the track & field link) to review the order of the other events.

3.  Food, drinks, sunflower seeds, gum etc. are not allowed on their nice infield surface.  No glass bottles or containers. We are fortunate to be able to have our meets on the all-weather tracks and we need to help keep these fields in top shape

4. 3/16” spikes or 1/8 “ spikes only.

5. Tuesday’s workout at Irvine Stadium is at 3:15.

6. Varsity practice  on Saturday (possibly at Irvine Stadium)

7. We are making good practice towards our league competition.  There are a few events still that we need to strengthen if we are going to challenge Irvine and CDM for the league title.  Keep training with focus.

8. We have uniforms for those of you that have the older version.  Please take you old uniforms to the equipment room and exchange for the newer ones.

Have a great week of preparation for our meet and our league opener at University H. S. next week

Coach Craver/Coach Varvas

Track & Field Newsletter (3-05-2012)

REVIEW:  We enjoyed a most wonderful, and in some cases, spectacular start to the 2012 season.  Our athletes enjoyed themselves and they competed with enthusiasm, determination and tenacity.  Our results were impressive!   Varsity Boys:  WHS 69 – Tesoro 66; Varsity Girls:  WHS 89 Tesoro 47 (WHS placed 1^st in 12 of the 15 events); Frosh/Soph Girls:  WHS 78 Tesoro 58; Frosh soph boys:  WHS 48  Tesoro 88.

The weather was excellent, the facilities were real good and the follow through by our athletes made this meet a most fun meet. We enjoyed very nice performances from our veteran athletes and many of our first-time tricksters.  Some of the top performances by our boys were:  Very impressive double victories by Brandon Ferguson in the 1600 & 3200;  first ever varsity victories by Jared Klopfer  in the 800, Scott Patton in the long jump, Shayaan Naik in the triple jump; sweep of the 800, discus and long jump; an outstanding anchor leg in the 4x400 (to seal the victory for the boys) by Austin Rouk and a double frosh/soph victory by Jake Suiste in the 1600 and 3200.

For the girls:  Double victories by Hannah Heising in the 100 HH and 300LH, Molly Babcock in theh 1600 & 3200 and Brina Jabloski in the 100 and 200; event victories by Maia Craver in the 400, Erin Oefelein, Morgan Johnson in the shot put, Natalie Wooding sin the triple jump and Maddie Franklin in the discus; and souble victories by Lillian Hollar in the high jump and 400 for the frosh soph girls.

On Saturday, we competed in tough division II in the Earl Engman Relays and our athletes earned medals in practically race.  Woodbridge placed first in many of the events contested including the boys’ Distance Medley Relay that set a meet record.  Some of the other victories included the girls in the shuttle hurdle relay, the 4 x 800 relay for the boys and the girls, the girls’ high jump (all three of the girls jumped a PR 5’0” with Hannah O’Connor jumping a PR 5’2”), the girls’ shot put team, the girls long jump team, the boys and the girls’ 4 x 400 relay,

We hope that the enthusiasm of the team, the successes our athletes enjoyed and the efforts put forth will serve to motivate more of our athletes to want to contribute and be part of something special for this season.  We want to congratulate our athletes and challenge them to continue to work hard so that these successes would be repeated at even more competitive meets than the ones we had this past week.  Our future opponents and meets will offer stiffer opposition for us.  If we continue to work hard and get our new athletes in better racing form, the results will continue to turn out in our favor.  Let us not be satisfied being good.  Let us strive to become great!

ATHETES OF THE WEEK:  Brandon  Ferguson and Erin Oefelein for the distance events, Scott Patton and  Hannah O’Connor  for the field events, Austin Rouk and Hannah Heising  for the sprints.

Week’s Announcements

1. Track Meet on Thursday against Laguna Hills H. S. at Laguna Hills H.S.:   (WHS to 405 S to 5 S to
   Alicia Parkway
   and right.  Go to Paseo de Valencia and turn right then take the first left into the school.  The meets starts at 2:45 with the JV girls 1600.  The order of events is posted on our web page.

1. The buses will leave at 12:50.  You will be excused from 5^th period.

2. Check the entries on Wednesday to see what events you are scheduled to participate in.

3.  Be sure that you are in school uniform in order to board the bus.  Stay in school uniform for the entire meet. 

4. Laguna Hills could be as tough an opponent as Tesoro was.  They have strong hurdles and sprints and relays (from what we saw on Saturday).  Our overall balance and quality should help us reamin undefeated for the season though

2.    The Irvine Invitational on Saturday at Irvine H.S.

a.       The schedule is listed on the following link:  http://www.irvinetrackandfield.com/irvine_invitational.html

b.      Each athlete needs to provide his/hers own transportation and to be at the meet at least one hour and thirty minutes before their event is scheduled to start.  The meet can run ahead of schedule and we do not want to miss the event nor not be properly warmed up for it.

c.       Entries will be posted on Wednesday.  There will be four divisions (varsity boys and girls and frosh/soph boys at this meet).

3. Next week’s meet will be Edison High School (first time in our school history that we will be competing agaains the Charges).  It will be at Edison on Thursday. 

4. No Saturday Invitational next week as the Laguna Hills Invitational was cancled and the coches decided not to attend another meet at this time.

5. Practice at Irvine on Tuesday at 3:30.  Be ready to get onto the track at 4:15.  we will need to vacate the track at 5:30

  

 “Food for Thought” compliments of Mrs. Babcock!

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:
What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?  We have all been in situations where someone wants you to give over 100%.
How about achieving 101%? What equals 100% in life? Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Is represented as:
   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K =:  8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%    

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E =
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,   A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E =
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

Want to be and demand (from yourselves) to be the best.  Good in not good-enough

Coach Craver
Coach Varvas

Track & Field Announcements (2-27-2012)

REVIEW:  We shared a most beautiful day as a team at our time-trials meets on Saturday.  We felt that we had a great follow through by our athletes, the enthusiasm and support for each other was high, the efforts were honest and strong and the results were very impressive.  A huge thank you to the parent helpers for doing such a terrific job with the timing and the breakfast. 

We felt that the performances were very encouraging!  We registered some pretty outstanding results and in some cases even better than we expected at this time of the season!  We have begun the process of setting up the athletes in events that we feel these athletes can contribute points in our league meets (4 weeks away).  What remains now is to use the next three weeks of practice, dual meets and invitationals to continue to improve our fitness, strength and speed, to sharpen up our mechanics and skills, and to develop the younger/new athletes into varsity performers.   

Congratulations to all of you on your performances at the time trials.  You can all look at yourselves in the mirror and be proud of what you did on Fri/Sat.  We want to wish all of you a most successful (improvement defines success in our program), meaningful, worthwhile and enjoyable season.  Lets all move forward in a positive way by taking advantage of our individual talents and the expertise of your coaches to reach your potential.    Please check your results on our web page (http://www.gvarvas.com/) and let us know if we might have mistyped your results. 

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Mai Craver ( sub 60 in the 400 and 12.5 in the 100) and Michael Maylish (excellent hurlde debut) are the sprint/hurdle athletes of the meet;   Morgan Johnson (32'5" shot put start) and Shailen Naik (19'6") and Scott Patton (19'5") are the filed event athletes; Molly Babcock and Dragan Simic were the distance athletes of the meet    Congratulations to all for being a wonderful example for the rest of the team.  Your efforts and marks should inspire all of the other athletes to match your achievements.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

1.     Track Meet on Thursday against Tesoro H. S. (1 Tesoro Creek Road  

        Las Flores, CA 92688 - Directions:  WHS è 405 S è 5 S to Oso Pkwy and left è Felipe Rd 

        and left. Take the 1st left onto Aprico Dr and then right onto Fieldcrest Dr.Take the 2nd right onto 

        Rosings and finally 1st right onto Tesoro)

           

a.     The buses will leave at 12:50 sharp.  You will be dismissed from 5^th period.  Dress at home and bring a lunch as you will not have time to get it at school.

b.     Warm up as a team (all events) at 1:40

c.     Dress at lunch (or come to school in your track uniform and sweats) so that you will not be late.  Do not go on the Tesoro campus once we get there.  They have school in session.

d.     Entries are posted on our web page and on the shed!

e.      Even though this is not our home meet, we all help during the meet so we can have it in such a nice facility.  Runners will need to help with the hurdles

f.        Order of events will be posted on the shed and can be found on our web page.

2.     Earl Engman Relays (Running and field events) on Saturday.

a.       Earl Engman will take place at Kelly Field at El Modena H.S. (3920 E Spring St
Orange, CA 92869).  WHS è 405 N è 55 N è Chapman East è N. Prospect and left è Spring and right. 

b.      This meet runs the shuttle hurdles relay (4 athletes), the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400,4x800, 8x100, 8x200 and the distance medley relays for the running events.  The HJ. LJ, Discus and shot put for the field events.  Many frosh/soph athletes will have a chance to participate in this varsity event.  Additionally, we will be having second teams in the hurdles, distance medley and the 4 x 800 so that our younger athletes will get some experience in these types of meets.

c.       Entries will be posted on Friday (we will use the results of Thursday’s meet to make the final selections for the relays.

3.     Weather notes.

A  At this time of the year, weather can change the schedule of all that is planned.  Be flexible!  Don’t be naïve about a little rain or cold and windy conditions.  It is something very common at this time of the year.  Dress appropriately. 

b.      In case rain comes our way during the day and our track is too muddy to workout, our workouts will be on the bike path for the majority of the athletes

c.       All athletes are expected to come to school with their workout clothes and be ready for training.  At minimum, we will be working out in the weight room,

d.      The coaches will determine if the workout will be altered.

4.     T-Shirts 

a. We have 6 XL shirts left.  E 202 if you or your parents would like one

5.     Uniforms 

a.       The few of you that have not picked up the uniforms yet, be sure you do so before Thursday during snack or lunch.  Pick up the permission to get your uniforms from the equipment room.

6. Missed Time Trials

a. A few individuals did not attend Saturday’s activity.  Very disappointing!  All of you that did not attend the meet on Saturday (and were not excused from the meet by the Coaches) will need to speak with Coach Craver to clear this absence and be eligible to compete at our next meet.

8. Laguna Hills  (Thursday at LHS) and the Irvine Invitational (Sat.) are the meets next week.  More info will follow.

Have a great and productive week of training and racing. 

Coach Craver and Coach Varvas

Track & Field News and announcements (2-19-2012)

Our athletes are making outstanding progress towards the start of the 2012 season.  Each day, we are getting a clearer picture of where each athlete will fit into the scheme of things for the 2012 squad.  That picture will become even clearer with our Time Trial Activity this coming Friday & Saturday.  We are very excited to find out what the Time Trials will unveil and what is in store for the season!  We hope you also share in this excitement!

On Saturday, a number of out athletes participated in the Marina H. S. all-comers meet. A number of Prs and impressive performances were recorded. Hannah O'Connor (5'0") and Maddy Bradford (barely missing 5'0") matched or surpassed last year's best efforts, Dragan Simic ran 4:23 1600 and 51.0 400, Brandon Ferguson ran 2:01 (PR for him) 800, Jared Klopfer matched his best ever in the 800 with his 2:06, Josh Thatcher ran 5:03 ( PR by about 15 seconds), Molly Babcock ran 2:29 800 and 63.3 in the 400, Coco Evans ran 5:34 as she is getting back into running, Alexis Abad ran well in the 800 as did Ana-Paola Laveaga and Olivia Rodgriquez. These were only some of the our better marks. Our younger athletes showed nice improvement from the last all-comers meet we attended two weeks ago.

We want to thank all of you that have made a donation to secure the funds for the extra coaching stipends and the entry fees needed for our teams to be able to participate in the planned invitationals.  We are making progress towards this goal but we are still a long way off.   If your family can make a donation for this, it will be greatly appreciated.     

Please review the following announcements:

1. Time Trials on Friday and Saturday:  Athletes will need to be in team uniform in order to participate.  All athletes (in good health) are expected to participate in order to be included in meet against Tesoro
1.  Field Events (HJ, Discus and either the LJ or TJ) on Friday starting at 3:00 pm at WHS
2. Field Events (SP and either the LJ or TJ) and running events (300 H, 1600, 100, 800, HH, 400) on Saturday starting at 9:00 am at Irvine Stadium.  Athletes are to report at 7:45 am with team warm up at 8:00 sharp.
2. Uniforms:  Team uniforms will be issued this week (Tuesday for the varsity athletes, WED, Thur for the frosh/soph and JV athletes and Friday for anyone who did not pick up the uniforms on the previous days.  Each athlete needs to take the uniform slip issued by the coaches to the school equipment room.  To secure this uniform slip, each athlete needs to have the personal information and signature forms found in our Track Guide book brought to the coaches.  The Track Guide book can be found on our web page (http://www.gvarvas.com/ in the track & field link)
3. Team T-Shirts:  We will have the remaining team T-Shirts at our time trials on Saturday.  Any parent or athlete that would like one of these T-Shirts, they can be purchased for $10.00.  As we have mentioned previously, we would love to have all of our athletes in one of these shirts when we go to the meets.
4. Team Night at Road Runner Sports:  On Monday, February 20, 2012 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Road Runner Sports (
   1835 Newport Blvd, Costa Mesa
   , 92627) will host a special evening for the WHS Track & Field team.  They will have food, drinks, shoe education, shoe raffle, 10-20% discount on purchases and will make a donation to the WHS Track & Field program based on attendance.  This will be a great opportunity to find out get information of track shoes and maybe save some money.   If possible, please plan to attend.
5. Track & Field Meet Help: 
1. For the time trials, we will need at least 8 Timers (Saturday) and 3 field event judges (Friday) and 2 field event judges on Saturday.  Please let us know if we can count on your help.
2. For each of our dual meets (check our schedule on our web page) we will need 4 Timers and 4 field event judges.  We hope to fill these posts with volunteers so that we do not have to assign families for these needs.

6.  Practices on Monday are as follows:  distance (8:00 am) at Shady Canyon, all others at WHS at 10:00 am

Thank you for your support and assistance with our team!

Coach Craver and Coach Varvas       

Track & Field Season Just around the corner:

Our team is building momentum towards the start of the season.  The coaches feel the excitement in our athletes with the way they are getting sharper and stronger in our work outs.  Our roster is just about set as we have more and more of the winter sports athletes join the rest of the team in our workouts.  It won't be too long before the coaches come up with the entries for each event in the different team divisions. 

We want to thank all of you for taking the time to attend our team meeting and hear the coaches' goals and expectations for the season. 

Also, we want to thank all of you that have made donations to cover the costs of the extra coaches working with the athletes on the team and to cover the entry fee for the invitationals we would like to have our athletes attend this season.  We are about 1/5 of the way there already.  We appreciate your help with these two special, special projects aimed to help our athletes achieve their best during the season.

Please review the following:

1.  Monday, February 13, 2012 workouts as as follows:
      a.  Distance:  8:00 am at Shady Canyon (WHS to Alton and left to Sand Canyon and right.  Go past the turn-around and make the first left into the parking lot.)
      b.  Throwers:  11:00 am at WHS
      c.  Sprints/hurdles/jumps:  11:00 am at WHS

2.  Woodbridge Track Team night at Road runner Sports in CM (1835 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92627)will be on Monday, February 20, 2012  from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 

      a. Road Runner Sports will  donate up to $500 to our program based on athlete/parent attendance

      b.  They will have a Shoe clinic and 1-on-1 running analysis for everyone

      c.  They also will have free Pizza,  Shopping discount (10-20%) and shoe raffle

3.  All Comers meet:  The last all-comers meet for the year will be at Marina H. S. in Huntington Beach on Saturday, February 18, 2012 (15871 Springdale Street Huntington Beach, CA 92649).  $5 per athlete, field events at 8:30 am and running events at 9:00 am

4.  T-Shirts:  Our team T-Shirts for our athletes and parents can still be purchased for $10.  We have about 40 left.  Bring the money to room E-202 to pick up the shirt(s).  We would like to have our parents and our athletes in these t-shirts when we do to our meets.

5.  Uniforms will be issued on Tuesday (2-21-12 for the varsity athletes), Wed (2-22-12) and Thur (2-23-12) for the frosh/soph and JV athletes and Fri (2-24-12) for anyone that did not pick up the uniforms on the other days.  Pick up the uniforms during lunch time and before practice on 6th period .  You will need the permission slip issued by the coaches in order to be give this uniform.

Thank you for your help, support and efforts on behalf of our team.

Coach Craver

Track & Field Making News

Important Notes on what is going on this week


1.  Molly Babcock has chosen to attend U. C.  Berkeley on an athletic scholarship.  She has been considering Cal Poly SLO and University of Washington as well.  She signed her letter of intend  on Friday (2-3-12).  She plans to complete in cross country and track & field for the Golden Bears of U. C. Berkeley.  She visited the Berkeley campus and met with head coach Tony Sandoval the previous week.

2.  A number of the track athletes participated in all comers meets this past week end.  Some of the athletes traveled to West LA College to participate in the 5x8x200 relays and did a great job.  Others attended the individual event all-comers meet at Huntington Beach H. S. where a number of impressive performances were registered.  Brandon Ferguson won the varsity 1600 m race with a most impressive 4:25.7 time.  Jackson Marshall ran 4:57 and Jake Suiste ran 5:01.  On the girls' side, Molly Babcocok won the girls' varsity race with Maddie Bradford, Alyssa Gutcher &Alexis Abad taking 2-4.  Maddie Bradford (4'10") and Hanna O'Connor (4' 6") placed well in the High Jump.

3.  A reminder that the Parent Sprint Sports meeting will be help at WHS Gym from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm

4.  Also the Athlete/Parent Track & Field meeting will take place in the WHS Theater from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm.  All athletes and at least one parent are expected to attend this meeting. 

5.  Team T-shirts will be available to be picked up at the Athlete/Parent meeting.

6.  Uniform slips will also be available at the Athlete/Parent meeting for the athletes that have completed all team expectations.  Athletes are asked to download the forms from this web page and bring them to the meeting.

7.  The last all-comers meet will take place on Saturday 2-11

8.  All our athletes are expected to be present in the practices on Monday 1-13 and 1-20 even though these are school holidays.

We will see all of you at our meeting.

Coach Craver