Midgets  and parents,

It has been an awesome start to the 2019 Tigres season.

The Midget coaching staff has been impressed by your athletes’ attitudes and effort!  

And the fun has just begun…..

Saturday March 9th will be our Tigres Practice Meet at Buena High School. Arrival time 8:00a.m.  Meet Start time 8:30 a. m.   Estimated end time ~noonish:).

This meet will be just as the name implies- Practice.  Practice for athletes, coaches, and parent volunteers.  It is an opportunity to work out any kinks before the season kicks off on March 16th and to allow new (and seasoned) athletes and coaches to understand/remember the flow of track meets.

The practice meet is only for Tigres athletes and we will not be competing with any other team at this meet. Each group (Gremlin, Bantam, Midget, Y&I)  will only be running select events and not the full list offered at regular meets.

For the practice meet only, the events offered to Midgets will be as follows:

Hurdles- need to be cleared first which occurs at specialty practice

4×100

800

200

Shot put (field event)

For the practice meet only the maximum number of events any Midget athlete can participate in is 2 running events and 1 field event.

This does not mean that each athlete must compete in 2 running events and 1 field event.  There is no minimum number of events they must compete in, there is only a maximum number of events they can compete in.  They can compete in 1 running event and 1 field event, only 2 running events, only 1 field event…etc.

Sign up sheets for the practice meet will be available to athletes on Monday and Wednesday during practice.

If your athlete can not attend this meet, they will draw a single line through their name on the sign up sheet.

If your athlete is unable to attend Midget practices this week, please email me at midgets@venturatigres.org with their event choices.  If they plan on running the relay, I need this information by Thursday early evening or there is no guarantee that they will be on a team.

More information regarding the meet will follow later in the week as needed.

If you have questions, please email me or catch me or any of the other coaches at end of practice this week. 

With the rain and cold predicted this week, check your emails regarding practice.  No email means practice is on.  However; if it is a bit drizzly like last Wednesday, plan on practice ending at 5:30 as the rain makes relay practice, core, and other post workout activities challenging.

Thank you all!

Carol

Go Midgets!!!!!!

Parents and athletes,

What a wonderful start to our season!  Thank you athletes and coaches for your enthusiasm and effort last week.  I hope everyone had as much fun as I did.

This week we will begin our regular practice schedule (see below) with our Midget team practices on Monday and Wednesday and specialty practices on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Remember to send your athlete with plenty of (labeled) layers as it gets cold quickly out there.

Please check your email throughout the week for any potential cancellations due to weather.

Go Midgets!!

Warmly,

Coach Carol

Thank you to all parents that were able to attend the meeting tonight.

Here is a PDF link for all that we covered tonight and more:)

2019 Midgets parent meeting.pages

It is going to be a great season!!

Goooo Midgets!

Welcome athletes and parents to the 2019 Tigres Season!

We are excited to catch up with all of the returning athletes and meet all of the new athletes joining this year.

Please make note of the following important dates and times for this week:

Parent Meeting : Monday, February 4 at 7 pm at the Buena High School Auditorium.

First Midget Team Practice:  Wednesday, February 6th 4:30-6:00 at Buena High School Track.

More information to follow after the parent meeting.

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Warmly,

The Midget Coaches

Midget athletes and parents.
What an awesome end to our 2018 season! Our Midget athletes once again gave 100% effort in their races, relays, and field events. They set 15 PR’s, shared more laughs, cheered each other on and supported one another when outcomes were less than hoped for. As a parent, a coach, and an athlete, I find myself equally impressed with the way this group of Midget athletes handled both successes and failures. It has been both a pleasure and an honor to share their journey this season! Thank you!

For athletes that have not yet picked up their gifts from the picnic and for athletes that did not receive their medals from the CCC meet yesterday,  they will be available at Buena on Monday (5-14) from 4:30-5:30.

One last thing I forgot to mention at the picnic – If any athletes and/or parents are looking for more opportunities to run/race this summer, I encourage you to come out to the Boogie Nights Series at the Ventura Beach Promenade. The series is put on by Josh Spiker of Mile26 and supports Buena High cross country. You can run an individual race or join the series. More info can be found here.

https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/Ventura/BoogieNightsSummerRunSeriesVentura?remMeAttempt=

Chance and I will be there most weeks. If your athlete wants to run but is unsure about the distance, drop me an email or text and I will happily pace them (if I can:)).

Again, thank you for a great season and I am already looking forward to next year.

Warmly,
Coach Carol

Enjoy

Here is the current list of CCC qualifiers. This list is pre-drops. We have a few athletes as well as 2 relay teams sitting in the next available slot if anyone drops. Hopefully that information will be out by tomorrow evening.

Please review the following list and if your athlete will NOT be competing in any of their events, let me know ASAP

100
Lovi
Josilyn

Merric

200
Lovi

Merric

400
Taylor K

Zac

800
Sadie
Brody

Diego
Braden

1600
Sadie
Brody

Chance

3200
Brody
Maddie

Diego
Chance
Brandon
Braden

Hurdles
Lovi
Josilyn
Mekaela
Olivia

Justin
Merric
Ty

Shot put
Josilyn
Olivia

High Jump
Luke Ortiz

Long Jump
Josilyn

4×100
Lovi                               Jaiden
Jocelyn                           Brody                          Alternate- Mekaela V
Taylor M                        Olivia
Sierah V                       Amelia

Ty
Ben
Merrill                 Alternate- Justin
Oliver

4×400
Taylor K
Sadie                  Alternate – Brody
Mekeala
Olivia

Justin
Ty
Zac                   Alternate- Oliver
Diego

Text ASAP with any drops or questions 805-320-6544

Thank you
Coach Carol

Parents and Varisty athletes,

Because there are drops and event limits in the Co-Conference Championships, we will not know who has officially qualified for this Saturday’s meet until some time on Tuesday.  So, if you came to practice last week, please plan on coming to practice on Monday.  Once we have a list of those who are able to compete on Saturday, we will publish the list.

See you all tomorrow.

Warmly,

Carol

Midgets families,

It was wonderful to see so many of you at our end of season picnic today.
Thank you for the kind words, hugs, smiling faces, and gifts.

For athletes who were unable to attend, your athlete gifts and packets with ribbons, medals and team picture will be at the Buena track on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30 to 6:00. Please come by to the pick them up.

I will publish our Midget movie in the next few days, look out for an email with the link.

Warmly,
Carol

Championships/Varsity Athletes:

Saturday’s Championships meet will take place at

Moorpark High School
4500 Tierra Rejada Rd.

Meet start time is 8:30. 3200 runners arrive 7:45-8 for warm ups.

A few things to know about this meet:

Athletes are seeded by name therefore – no stickers

For all field events, if an athlete checks out they need to indicate what event they are leaving for. They then must report back to the field event within 5 minutes after completing the event they left for.

Coaches are not allowed on the field- but we will be on the sidelines for cheering and advice if needed:)

Once a field event is closed, a competitor may not compete in that event.

Warm ups may be done on top field or on infield.

This meet should run rather quickly as the heats are pre-seeded and there is only one heat per gender/age group so plan to arrive earlier than you think you should and enjoy watching the competition.

Order of events.

3200 meter (MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB)
100 meter hurdles (IB. YB, IG, YG)
80 meter hurdles (MG, MB)
400 meter/relays (GG, GB, BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB)

1600 meter (GG, GB, BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB)
400 meter/dashes (GG, GB, BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB)

100 meter (GG, GB, BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB)
800 meter (GG, GB, BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB)

200 meter/dashes (GG, GB BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB)
1600/Mile relays (BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB) –

Long Jump: GG, GB, BG, BB, MG ,MB, YG,YB, IG, IB
High Jump BG, BB, MG, MB, YG, YB, IG, IB
Shot Put IG, IB, YG, YB, MG, MB, BG, BB

Questions:  Midgets@venturatigres.org  or 805-320-6544