•  Track Announcements:

     **Important:  Parents, please do not arrive before 2:30 p.m. for the County Meet at CFHS.  The parking lot is under construction and there is limited parking before school and buses leave that afternoon.  Thank you for your patience!

     

    **There is a cost of $5.00 for this meet.  SCPS employees must also pay the fee.  Thank you!

     

    **County Track T-shirts are on sale on a first come first serve basis.  $10

     

    Athletes were given an information sheet at Monday's practice.  It is also posted on the left side of this page for your reference.

     

    Week of May 6th - 8th

         May 6th:  Practice - County Participants ONLY (3 - 4:30 p.m.)

         May 7th:  Practice - County Participants ONLY (3 - 4:30 p.m.)

         May 8th:  County Championship - Colonial Forge High School - 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.

         May 9th/10th:  Turn in your washed uniform to your coach!

     

     

     
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  • TRACK & FIELD 2019 

    Welcome to the 2019 Track & Field season!  We are excited to have you on the team and look forward to working with our athletes!  If you have any questions please reach out via email to the following coaches:

    Mr. Dunneback (dunnebackjm@stafford schools.net) & Mr. Flaherty (flahertyjk@staffordschools.net) - Boys Track Coaches

    Ms. Stankiewicz (stankiewiczla@staffordschools.net) & Mrs. Wilson (swilson@staffordschools.net) - Girls Track Coaches

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    Practice:

    Monday - Thursday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. and Friday mornings  7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.

    • Athletes are expected to attend all practices.  If an athlete is absent from a practice, the coach must have a note before or immediately following the absence in order for it to be excused.

    • Three (3) unexcused absences is cause for dismissal from the team.

    • A disciplinary consequence such as after school detention or out of school suspension is automatically considered an unexcused absence and student is not allowed to stay for practice that day.

    **Bring appropriate practice attire:  sneakers, shorts, sweatpants, t-shirt, sweatshirt, jacket as appropriate for the weather.  Always bring a water bottle to practice.

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    Meets:

    All HOME meets will be run at Dixon-Smith.

    • For AWAY meets students may be picked up at the school where the meet is taking place.  There is no carpooling allowed from away meets. There will be bus transportation back to DSMS for AWAY meets ONLY!  Athletes should be picked up at DSMS by 6:15 p.m.

    • Meets will begin at approximately 3:15 p.m. and will last until approximately 6:00 p.m.

    • Meets begin with field events and then move to running events with the 2400 M usually run during the field events.  The order of events may vary.

     

    2019 Meet Schedule

    April 2nd:   HOME vs Stafford Middle School

    April 4th:    AWAY at Rodney Thompson Middle School

    April 9th:    AWAY at Drew Middle School

    April 11th:  HOME vs Shirley Heim Middle School

    April 25th:  HOME vs HH Poole Middle School

    April 30th:  HOME vs AG Wright Middle School

    May 2nd:    AWAY at Gayle Middle School

    May 8th:  County Meet - all events - Colonial Forge High School 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

    **Due to inclement weather meets may be postponed or canceled.  A decision to cancel or postpone a meet will be made by 1:00 p.m. the day of the meet.  Call the school or check the webpage for updates.

     

    Order of Events

    Field Events will begin at approximately 3:15 p.m. using an open pit method.

    The 2400 Meter Run will take place towards the end of the field events.

    Order of the running events:

         110 Hurdles 

         100 Meter 

         1600 Meter

         4 x 100 Meter Relay

         400 Meter

         4 x 200 Meter Relay

         800 Meter

         200 Meter

         4 x 400 Meter Relay

    Runners