Greetings!

It was so nice to have the sun shine last week! As it warms up please make sure your child has plenty of water! Also they tend to start leaving their bottles and their sweats. Please check the front fence daily. Be sure to label names on all items, especially spikes and bags as many athletes have the same shoes. I will keep lost and found items for one week and then donate or give them away on each Thursday. We do not have space to store lost items

I am hoping ordered merchandise will be in this week We will have them at practice for pick up starting Saturday.

Picture Day - This Saturday we will be taking team pictures- All athletes receive 2 wallets and a team picture for free. If you would like any buddy pictures or specialty pictures Anthony Calderon can take any other picture

Please send your athletes in full team uniform. This will be the last week to order uniforms. Please see the schedule below for the time your athletes needs to be at the track.

If your child is not able to be there for their age group picture you can come at anytime by 11:00 to take the individual picture.

Sub Gremlins - arrive @ 8:45 -Group picture 9:15

Gremlins - arrive @ 9:00 Group picture 9:30

Bantams - arrive 9:15 Group picture 9:45

All Coaches and Board Members Picture @10:00

Juniors - arrive 10:00: Group picture 10:30

Youth & Inter. Arrive - 10:15: Group pictures 10:45

We have started our specialty events. Age groups will get a chance to try some of them. They will all be on a rotating basis, so if your child wants to try them it is best to try and come all practice days. Coaches will try to rotate all athletes to try these events:

High Jump,9/10 and up

Long Jump, all ages

Shot put- 9/10 and up

Javelin -7/8 and up

Hurdles -11/12 and up

Blocks - 9/10 and up

Reminder, all Sub Gremlin and Gremlin parents must remain at practice and stay close to the gate in case your child needs you during practice! Please do not wait in the car, we will not release them to walk out alone!!

All other parents are welcome to stay and watch, or many parents like to walk around the outside of the track.

Parents are not allowed to be inside the gate unless your Sub, or gremlin child needs you or you are assisting the coaches.

Make sure you bring your child ready to go!

Each athlete should have:

1. A Large bottle of water, please -put a name on it
2. Wear loose fitting work out clothes-
3. Warm up clothes, top and bottom -please put a name on everything
4. Appropriate running shoes

Spike Shoes -We have a small supply of used spike shoes, that can be borrowed for the season! You will need to purchase the spikes.

If you have any spike shoes that no longer fit, please consider donating to the club and we can give them to those who need them.

Reminder if you bought new spike shoes this year, the spikes that came with them will not be the correct size. All of our tracks use 3/16 pyramid spikes only. I will have a supply of them for sell at the table for $5.00 per set. Please be sure to throw away the longer spikes that came with your new shoes. Many athletes will have the same shoes and bags, please make sure you put a name on them. Have your athletes bring them to practice and on the field with them. Please be sure to have good training shoes this week. If they do not they will not be allowed to practice for the day.

Newsletter - If you would like to add another email to receive our Newsletter, please click on the "join our newsletter" link on the website and add the email to our 2026 track and field list. We use this for all our important communication

Practice End Time- We ask all parents to be back for pick up no later than 7:00, It can be very cold out and the coaches will not leave your athletes alone. Please be on time for pick up!!

Uniforms - will be available for pick up on Tuesday this week Please pick

Jelly Beans - Please keep them coming !!We are in need of a lot of Jelly Beans, We can give you bags to fill or just bring them to practice. Each family needs to bring 2 large bags or jars if you have not done so yet! We have plenty jolly ranchers for now!

We offer this to all athletes only, if you would like siblings to take one please bring extra so that we make sure we have plenty every day!!

We ask that parents do not get the candy as we would not be able to have enough for all of you!!

Practice Schedule- March 2 - 7th - All Practices at Castaic High except Monday for Distance athletes

Monday March 2 - 5:30 - 7:15- Sprint age groups @ Castaic High

6:00- 7:15- Approved Long Distance only @ Central Park

Tuesday March 3 - 5:30 - 7:15 Sub Gremlin and Gremlin ends at 6:4-5 All athletes

Thursday March 5- 5:30 - 7:15 Sub Gremlin and Gremlin ends at 6:45- All athletes

Saturday March 7- 9:00 am -11:00am Team Pictures - All athletes

Important Upcoming Dates

March 7th - 9:00-11:00 am Picture Day - Castaic High School

Picture Schedule Saturday March 7, 2026

Sub Gremlins - arrive @ 8:45 -Group picture 9:15

Gremlins - arrive @ 9:00 Group picture 9:30

Bantams - arrive 9:15 Group picture 9:45

All Coaches and Board Members Picture @10:00

Juniors - arrive 10:00: Group picture 10:30

Youth & Inter. Arrive - 10:15: Group pictures 10:45

March 10th and 11th - Team Fundraiser- Lazy Dog Cafe- all day - Have a great dinner at the restaurant or order to go and the team earns 15% of all proceeds!! This will be our only fundraiser for the year!! Please print the flyer to show when you order. You can order for take out and pick up but if you use a delivery vender Storm will not receive the 15%.

[Download Flyer Here]

March 14th - Mock Meet 8:00am -1:00 pm - Castaic High

Jelly Bean and Jolly Rancher Parent Still Needed - We are in need of someone to take control of our Jelly Bean collection, and distribution at the end of each practice. We would like for someone to handle this each day and if that person can't be there to coordinate with another to help with the passing out of these little rewards each day. We would also like for this manager to coordinate with parents to bag the jelly beans into the little baggies that we use to hand them out in. Please Contact Elaine Bingham

Storm Spirit Merchandise

All items ordered will be shipped to the team and should be here in about 3 weeks. 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. 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. [Click Here to visit our Store]