Hi Midgets,

Here is the scoop for tomorrow:

Ventura vs Oxnard Stars

Where:      Oxnard High School
3400 W. Gonzales Rd.
Oxnard, CA 93036

When:     8:30 start time.  8:00 arrival.   Arrive 7:45-8 if you are running the 3200

What to bring:  Water, sunscreen, extra clothes in case of a chilly morning or wind- please label them, snacks, your amazing attitudes.  Remember that we are guests and to act accordingly as I know you will 🙂

See you in the morning.

Warmly
Coach Carol

GOOOOO Midgets!

This Saturday we will compete against the Oxnard Stars in Oxnard.

I still need event sign-ups for the following athletes:

Amelia
Avery
Juliette
Laura
Lena
Liliana
Lily
Mekaela
Mia
Olivia
paige
Sadie
Sierra
Taylor
Ben
Braden
Ethan
Henry
Kadyn
Moritz
Oliver
Owen
Nic
Ramsey
Ty
Vincent

Please email or text me by Thursday night if your athlete plans to run relays.  midgets@venturatigres.org  or 805-320-6544

Thank you!

Parents and athletes,

Practice is cancelled today due to rain.

I will post the names of athletes that have not yet signed up for this weekend’s meet later today.

Enjoy the rain and we can call this a recovery day.:)

Warmly,
Coach Carol

Gooooo Midgets!

Here is the scoop for tomorrow:

Where : Moorpark High School
4500 Tierra Rejada Rd.
Moorpark, CA 93021

When: 8:30 start time. Be there at 8:00 for check in.

3200 warm ups start by 8:00
Hurdles warm ups start by 8:15

Remember warm, labeled clothes for the morning.

Should be a fun, exciting meet.

See you all in the a.m.

Goooooo Midgets!!

Well that was a wild and wet Warrior Wednesday!

Thank you for letting your kids play with us in the rain.  It was a bit too wet to bring out the sign up sheets so I am missing quite a few signs ups for this weekends meet.

I need sign ups from the following athletes:

Anthony
Blake
Braden
Brandon
Dominic
Griffin
Henry C
Henry F
Kadyn
Kyle
Moritz
Owen
Oliver
Nick
Ramsey
Amelia
Charlie
Darla
Jaiden
Jordyn
Josilyn
Juliette
Laura
Lena
Lili
Mia
Olivia
Paige
Sadie
Serena
Sierra
Tristan

Please email me at midgets@venturatigres.org  or text to 805-320-6544  If your athlete plans on running a relay, please let me know by Thursday night

Thank you all

Warmly,
Coach Carol

Hi Parents,

Please remember to visit athletic.net to follow your athlete’s achievements.  It is a great way to see their progression and look beyond just the outcome of individual races.
On the athletic.net website, every performance is tracked and recorded from youth track, all the way through high school and sometimes even beyond.

For those who are unfamiliar with athletic.net, when you go to the site,  you can enter in an athlete’s name in the search bar at the top of the page and  find all of their results. You can also enter Ventura Tigres (or other clubs) in the same search bar and see our team’s meet results.

The results from Saturday’s meet have been posted in athletic.net! Typically, it takes a day or two after our meets have been completed for results to find their way to the website. While results are usually pretty accurate, occasionally mistakes are made. If you happen to see anything incorrect, please let me know. We will do our best to get it corrected.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Warmly,
Coach Carol

Midgets, Coaches,  and Parents- You ROCK!!!!

Thank you all for your enthusiasm, effort, patience, sportsmanship, and athleticism on a chilly wet day!
Parents thank you for supporting your athletes and allowing them to stay and get a tad soggy.
A special thanks to the Timing and Staging volunteers who kept the meet moving very smoothly despite the weather.

From my perspective:
What went well:   huge improvements in relay handoffs resulting in no DQs and significantly faster times, distance athletes’ improved pacing, sprint athletes’ improved form, Midgets cheering on  not just fellow Midgets but everyone, and 5 full teams running the 4×400 at the end of a wet and cold day – that is 20 athletes- roughly 1/4 of our Midget team out there until the very end:)

What can we work on: remembering gear:)  I have a bag of (now dry) clothes and water bottles that I will bring on Monday and improved communication with our field athletes on how to best handle multiple calls, duck tape to make those darn stickers stay put.

I am so impressed with this group of athletes and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Warmly (now),

Coach Carol

Our first official meet of the season is finally here!!!!
Your athletes have been working hard and hopefully having fun too!

Here is the need to know for Saturday:

Tigres hosts Heritage Valley
Saturday March 10th
Buena High School
Meet start time 8:30 – please have your athletes on the field by 8:00
If your athlete is running the 3200, I recommend being on the field by 7:45 at the latest to have sufficient time for warm ups and staging.

What to bring: Tigres uniform- Labeled, warm clothes- Labeled, water – Labeled (see the theme here), snacks (stands only), extra socks in case we get some rain.

Questions: please email me at midgets@venturatigres.org

Looking forward to some great competition on Saturday.

P.S. I need one more boy to make up a full third team for the 4×400 🙂

Warmly,
Coach Carol

GOOOOO Midgets!

Hi parents and athletes,

We are missing sign ups for the following athletes.

Juliette
Kasey
Mia
Rachel
Serena
Shayna
A.J.
Anthony
Blake
Ethan S
Ramsey

Please email midgets@venturatigres.org your athletes’ event choices. If your athlete wants to run in a relay, we need to know by Thursday evening.

Thank you!

Athletes, Parent Volunteers, Coaches,

Thank you for your energy, enthusiasm, effort, patience and attitude.  I think that was a great start to what I see is going to be a great season.

Parents, we are asking our athletes to share what went well in practices and meets and we will begin to take it a step further and share what we can work on too.  Reflecting back on yesterday here is how I see it:

What went well:  We had most, if not all of our athletes stepping out of their comfort zone and trying new events, new distances, and for many their first races on the track.  Our Captains lead their groups in efficient and effective warm ups, we bonded with cheers, silliness, and games on the infield, we even set some PRs.

What can we work on: relays (and we knew this coming in), giving our Captains attention and respect, because leading warm ups is not an easy job.

This week expect practice to end at 6:00 to allow us more time for relay practice, including the 4×400- YAY!

This Saturday will be our first official meet (more to follow throughout the week).  What you and your athletes need to know now (please share with your athletes):

Meet sign up sheets will be at practice all week.  Athletes can sign  up before practice, during practice breaks, after practice and during specialty practices.
*  All of our regular Midget events will be available at this meet.  That means all events except the 100m hurdles.
*  Athletes are allowed to compete in a maximum of 4 events and of those 4 a maximum of 3 running events.
*  Hurdles and high jump require clearance from the event coaches prior to competing in meets
*  There is not a minimum number of events that they must compete in.
*  The 4×400 relay is a free event and does not count towards event maximum or running event maximum.
*  If an athlete over events, all their events for that meet will not be counted

Questions?  Please email me at midgets@venturatigres.org

Warmly,

Coach Carol

GOOOOO  Midgets!