GREGORY TRACK 2014

1. GREGORY TRACK 2014 Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the finish line

2. Coach Wes 8th Grade Girls Shot and Discus

3. Expectations • You represent all of Gregory Middle School, past and present • We expect the best: your behavior, your performance, your level of respect for competitors, spectators, officials, concession workers…everyone! • Inappropriate behavior/language at a practice or meet will lead to your dismissal from the track program • You are a student first, an athlete second, you must maintain passing grades to be a part of the Gregory program

4. Philosophy • We are ONE track program that competes at 4 different levels. We support each other at all times. • TEAM Sport: We will put you in a position to be successful as well as for the success of the TEAM. Be flexible and coachable. • 2nd, 3rd, & 4ths are just as important, if not more important, than 1st Place • Attendance is vital to your individual success as well as the success of the team

5. Philosophy Continued…… • Athletes MUST be a participant in practice prior to a meet to be eligible to participate in the meet (Exception: absent from school day before a meet) • Participating in another sport during Gregory track is possible. It takes a great deal of organization and time management. Please see your individual coach with conflicts/concerns. We want success for you as an individual as well as the team. That success comes from daily participation with your teammates.

6. Coach Sheehan 7th Grade Girls High Jump

7. Coaching Staff 7th Girls: Miss Sheehan 7th Boys: Mr. Kill 8th Girls: Mr. Wesolowski 8th Boys: Mr. Park Distance for All Teams: Ms. Schaefer

8. Running Events • 100m • 200m • 400m • 800m • 1600m • 100m Hurdles (practiced with field events) • 4 x 100 Relay • 4 x 200 Relay • 4 x 400 Relay • 800 Medley • 100, 100, 200, 400

9. Field Events • Shot Put • Discus • High Jump • Long Jump • Triple Jump

10. Coach Schaefer Distance Coach

11. Equipment Needed Running shoes • Comfortable running shoes • Don’t need top of the line!!!!! • Spikes are optional • 1/8” spikes only

12. Equipment Clothing • CHECK THE WEATHER! • School appropriate practice clothing • Dress warm!!!!! • Spring in Illinois (could be 90º could be 20º…on the same day!!!) • Dress in layers, you can always peel layers off. Better to be overdressed then underdressed. • Gloves, Stocking cap, Jacket, Blanket • All meets are outdoors for several hours • You may be sent home from practice if you are not properly dressed!

13. Equipment Continued……. Gregory Track Uniform • Grey tank top; black shorts (mandatory for all track meets) • You will be issued a Gregory sweatshirt for practice and meet use only (not for daily wear to and from school) • Water bottle for practice & meets (athlete provided)

14. Coach Park 8th Grade Boys Hurdles

15. Typical Practice Day • 3:10 Attendance/stretch • 3:20 Agilities • 3:30 Running work out • 4:00 Field events • 4:30End of practice *Please have your rides here at 4:30 P.M. *If you do not participate in a field event, please have your ride here by 4:15 P.M.

16. Issues that Arise • If you are going to miss a practice or meet: your coach needs a written excuse in advance of the absence, e-mail addresses are on the school website • You need to make contact with your coach in person; NOT “I told Johnny to tell Susie to tell you that I had to go to _____” • If you have a medical condition such as asthma you MUST have your inhaler with you at all times in order to participate; coaches will not hold medications

17. Typical Meet Day • 3:10 Attendance/Meet Line Up • 3:35 Usual bus pick up • 4:30 Field events begin • 4:40 Running events begin • 6:00-7:00 End of meet (varies based on number of teams) • **Students must have parents sign them out on their coach’s respective clipboard. • ** If you wish to transport another child, the coaches MUST have WRITTEN permission from that child’s parent granting permission to do so.

18. Open Meet vs. Invitational • Coaches assign participants • Top 2 or 3 participants in each event will attend based on past performance & attendance • 4 events maximum • Scored meet • We make the effort for everyone to participate in at least one event • 4 events maximum • Coaches assign events • Not scored

19. Invitational Meet Specifics MOOSEHEART INVITATIONAL • There is a 7th grade chorus event on the same night as the Mooseheart Invitational (5/1). 7th grade chorus students will attend the chorus event and will not be allowed to run in the meet. BOYS/GIRLS CONFERENCE HIGH JUMP • Boys Conference High Jump will take place on 5/21 at the Girls Conference Track Meet • Girls Conference High Jump will take place on 5/19at the Boys Conference Track Meet

20. Coach Kill 7th Grade Boys Jumps – Long & Triple

21. Preparation During Spring Break • Stretch thoroughly every day • Build up endurance gradually • Ladders: run 100, walk 100, run 200, walk 200, run 300, walk 300, run 400, walk 400

22. Preventing Shin Splints • Walking backwards • Towel stretch • Come to a gradual stop when running

23. “What Do I Need to Do?” • Turn In signed parent consent form, concussion form, & athletic rules sheet signed by parent and athlete • Have a current physical on file with the school nurse • Pay the $125 athletic fee (3rd sport free) • Checks payable to GMS • Saturday, April 26th Little Red Ribbon Meet @ WVHS • Thursday, May 1: Mooseheart

24. QUESTIONS?????