We have an exciting and busy week coming up!!

The VYC Championship race is at Central Park this Saturday. We will be scoring the teams and awarding the top 3 teams after each race. Please plan to stay a little longer. All athletes will also receive a medal, and the top 3 athletes will get a trophy. The top 8 individuals and top 3 teams will be called up to the awards podium about 20 minutes after each race. When the Coaches talks about having fun, this is it!! Please make sure you stay and cheer all the team on and be ready to take lots of pictures on the podium.

Speaking of that I am looking for a parent with a truck to help me pick up the podium on Friday afternoon and put it together at the park. I will have a truck full of start line stuff. We will meet at our storage and then take it and assemble at the park. Please let me know if you can help.

Meet Volunteer on Race Day-We will need 6 people to arrive at 7:00 am to help set up the start line !!

Storm Last Day of Practice Event 

We will have a fun last regular season practice on Thursday October 23rd . We hope you all can help make it fun! We will be having a "Glow Run" We will be providing some glow sticks for each athlete and many like to bring their own special glow jewelry! This will be a special practice for all of us!!

End of Season team Banquet and Awards- This Sunday at 6pm. See details below. You will receive a sign up link to bring your dish later this week!

Post Season- Valley United Striders

As we go into our final meet, many are thinking about the Post Season with Valley United Striders. If you look on the cross country page at the bottom of the page is a "Ranking File" If your athletes has been coming in the top 40 of the races they may want to considerer the all star team. We take the top athletes from all the VYC teams and form A,B and some times C teams to compete in the Junior Olympic competition that could end up at the Jr. Olympics in Knoxville Tennessee. Teams must qualify through a series of races. There will be an additional team fee and travel expenses.

You can visit the valleyunitedstriders.com for more information.

If you are interested in more information I will have a quick meeting this Tuesday before practice to answer your questions

Meet Information- League Championship at Central Park-

This will be our final regular season meet and we hope all athletes will attend.There will be awards after every race for the top 8 finishers abd top 3 teams!!

Meet Schedule: -

7:30 -arrive and pick up tag- 

8:00 - Coaches meeting

Approximate Race Times:

Sub Gremlins Girls and Boys - 5/6 - 8:30 

Gremlin Girls – 7/8 Race Time -8:50

Gremlin boys 7/8- Race Time 9:10

Bantams Girls 9/10- Race Time 9:30

Bantam Boys 9/10 -Race Time 9:55

Juniors Girls 11/12 - Race Time -10:20

Junior Boys -11/12- Race Time -10:45

Youth Girls 13/14 and 15-18 - Race Time -11:05

Youth Boys13/14 and 15-18 -Race Time -11:30 

Coaches Corner- Please share with your athelte!

And just like that, it's the last week of the regular season.

There's no magic workout or secret truck that will make you race better this weekend. The truth is, if you've been coming to practice, working hard, sleeping enough, eating enough, taking care of your body, and if you truly want to do great...you're ready!

Over the season, you've built everything you may need:

• Catch a Guy taught you how to chase, defend, and actually compete in a race
• Long runs gave you the strength to go the distance.
• Tempo runs trained your body to run fast for a longer time.
• Speed workouts helped you push through tired legs and find yourself some faster legs.
• Hills made you tougher, both physically and mentally.

If you've been practicing with focus and effort, and you want it, then you already have the tools to do great. Now if you haven't been showing up, or if yo've been goofing off, that's on you and we can't fix that in just one week. But no matter where you're at, this week is about getting ready, staying focused, and getting excited to run FAST.

Rest up, fuel up, show up, and believe in yourself cause I do if you put in the work. This Saturday we give it all we have. Let's finish strong!

Coach Jimmy

Parent Reflection for races and practice

This is our final week of regular season practice! Please be sure to be there! Thursday will be a special fun practice- The Glow run. We will have glow sticks for each athletes and encourage you to bring more for your child!!

Post Season- If you are interested in Post season please see Coach Elaine - You must get a membership card form the AAU website https://aausports.org/join-aau-2025/ Please make sure you affilate to our team, Valley United Track Team #AAU team Number is W387CD there is a $20.00 fee

You will also need to get a USATF membership also, but that will open on Nov. 1st. -We will have a parent meeting this Tuesday before practice at 6:15!

Practice Schedule for October 20th - 25th

Monday -October 20th - 6:00 -7:15 - Central Park (meet near the Stairs/Pavilion)

Tuesday - October 21st - 6:00 - 7:15 - Central Park (meet near the Stairs/Pavilion)

Thursday - October 23rd - 6:00 - 7:15 - Central Park (meet near the Stairs/Pavilion) - Parent information meeting for post season. at 6:15

Saturday - October 25th - final Meet of the Season at Central Park

Sunday - Storm Award Banquet- Canyon Country Community Center -18410 Sierra Hwy - 6pm-9pm

End of Season Banquet

Team Banquet 

Our awards Banquet is Sunday Oct 26th, 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm!

This will be at the Canyon Country Community Center Each family is assigned an item to share. Alan will be sending out a separate sign up. Please respond to the invite by Thursday October 23rd. Storm will be serving Rattlers and pizza!

We will be sending out a separate gign up Genius that you can RSVP too later this week! We will supply the Rattlers and ask each family to bring items from the list below.

SET-UP: 6 people to arrive early (5:15) to help put on table cloths, and table decorations. 

Servers: 7 people to help from 6:00 - 7:00 with serving the food. 



Food and Drink Items

Sub Gremlins and Gremlins - Desserts for 10  

Bantams -Water bottles, soda's, or individual bottles of juice, Please bring individual serving items such as cans, bottles or boxes, NO LITER BOTTLES

Juniors and Youth  - Appetizers, finger food, for 10



There will be a donation box at the party for you to contribute to take our Great Coaches out for a nice dinner!