Greetings!

Our first practice went great! The returning athletes were excited to be back and the New athletes did very well ! It is very important that you read the weekly emails so you will know any changes from the schedule. This week all athletes will practice at Castaic High, even long distance but there is no sprint/ age group practice on Saturday Feb 14th or Monday Feb 16th due to the school being closed for Presidents day. Approved Long distance runners will practice at Central Park on those day, see the schedule below. If your athlete is interested in running the distance races, primarily the 1500 meters and 3000 meters they need to let us know right away. We will do an evaluation to see if they are safe to run off campus.

JellyBeans / Jolly Ranchers- At the end of every practice we give the kids a treat of either a jolly rancher or a small bag of jellybeans. We ask each family to bring 2 large bags for the season. We also need parents to help bag, them and bring them to practice each day. We provide the bags and a small scoop. This can be done during practice or at home. We will need parents at the end of each practice to help give them out!!

Please be sure you bring them next few week so we have plenty for the athletes. If you have sibling that would like to take one please bring a little extra.

Registration -We will be closing registration next week so if you have not completed the registration, paid your fee, or ordered your uniform please do this asap. Also if you are new to the team we need your birth documents uploaded or bring a copy to practice. all items need to be completed by this week to stay on the roster

Uniforms - will be available for pick up at practice on Monday this week Please pick them up!

Parent Packet Handbook please review!

Important Upcoming Dates

Feb 9th - Fleet Feet shoe store will be at practice with spike shoes for sell. Cell reception is really bad at Castaic so please be prepared to pay with cash, check, venmo, or zelle

Practice Schedule-First Week All -Practices at Castaic High

School,

Monday Feb. 9th - 5:30 - 7:30 ( Sub Gremlin and Gremlin ends at 6:45)- Fleet Feet will be at practice 5:00- 7:30

Tuesday Feb. 10th - 5:30 - 7:30 ( Sub Gremlin and Gremlin ends at 6:45)

Wednesday Feb 11 - No practice

Thursday Feb 12th - 5:30 - 7:30 ( Sub Gremlin and Gremlin ends at 6:45)

Saturday Feb. 14th - No practice at Castaic Presidents Day Holiday - Approved long distance only athletes will practice at Central Park 8:00 am-meet near the basketball courts

Monday Feb.16th - No practice at Castaic Presidents Day Holiday-Approved long distance only athletes will practice at Central Park at 6:00 pm-meet near the basketball courts

Coaches Needed - Track and Field is a very unique sport and needs many different area's of coaching events! We can train you and help guide you in any one of those area's.

We still need assistants coaches for our Junior age group and High Jump! No experience needed, just a willingness to learn and care for the athletes! Storm is a family of many different backgrounds!

If you would like to coach for our great organization, please contact Coach Elaine at: coachelaine@runstorm.org. We are an all volunteer organization and completely rely on volunteers to make us great!!

Storm Spirit Merchandise

Our spirit merchandise store is now open! We have shirts, hoodies, warm up gear, and many other items are available to purchase! Show you team spirit! All items are made to order so please be careful with your sizes as there are no returns! Items will take a few weeks to arrive after practice starts. All items will come to the club and will be given out at practice when they are ready. do not choose the shipping method as that will be an added cost. the Storm will close on Feb 17th for the first orders. [Click Here to visit our Store]

Track & Field is a competitive sport, all athletes must attend at least three meets on Saturday, to be on the team. There will be no practice only athletes.

We have reached the point that we just can no longer accept athletes who only want to practice only on our team, that takes away our coaches time in training our athletes who do compete, so our policy is that we do not accept practice only athletes. Saturday Meets are mandatory

Please click the following button to register for the 2026 Track & Field Program. Please note that the terms and conditions to registration belong to the Valley Youth Conference. This form is an exact electronic copy of the paperwork we had last year which was on paper.

New athletes we must have a copy of the proof of age (see below).

A proof of age document must be uploaded using the form on the runstorm.org website for each athlete that is New to the club. If you competed in 2025 Track & Field or 2025 Cross Country for Storm, we have your proof of age document still on file.

The following items are acceptable:

1. Birth Certificate.

2. Photocopy of Birth Certificate.

3. Military Birth Certificate.

4. Passport.

5. Foreign Birth Document or Green Card.

6. Copy of School Record with documented date of birth.

7. Court decree.

8. Valid California Identification Card