I know it was cold, but what a great job by all of the athletes!  Great effort and great attitude by the entire team.

There are no more practices this week, but next week (weather permitting), we will have a full week of practices, including Y/I team practices on Monday and Wednesday, along with a full schedule of specialty practices on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  Please check the practice schedule for what is offered on each of those days here:

Practice Schedule

We also asked the athletes to do a couple of things between yesterday and Monday.

Go to the Tigers Website, on the Youth/Intermediate team page and:

Download, print and fill out a goal sheet (if you didn’t get one at practice) and bring it on Monday.

• Click on the Tigres Y&I Training Program 2019 and read it over.  They should be checking what the workouts are ahead of practice each day.
• For the most part, great job wearing warm enough clothes (please remember to label everything with their name).  It looks like next week will be a cold one as well.

Please let me know if you have any questions/comments/concerns – youth@venturatigres.org or call/text 650-678-3681

HERE WE GO!  The season is officially here!!!

Today is the first day of practice and the biggest thing we would like to stress is; IT IS GOING TO BE VERY COLD!!!  Please have your athletes dress accordingly with comfortable clothes to run in, and also VERY WARM clothes that are labeled with their name.  We are going to be spending more time talking than normal, so the athletes will be sitting around more than usual.  We want to make sure they stay warm.

Please be on time for both drop off and pick up.  As mentioned in the parent meeting, a coach needs to stay with any athletes that have not been picked up, so please be considerate.

If you have any questions, please email youth@venturatigres.org or you can call/text 650-678-368.

Us coaches are looking forward to an amazing year!!!

Hey Youth and Intermediate!  Tigres season is ALMOST here!!!  It would be fun to see as many of you as possible this Saturday at Ventura College.  There is an all comers meet that is VERY low key where you can just jump into events that you find interesting.  Sorry, there are no field events and the running events are mostly distance focused (800 meters is the shortest individual race).  Even if you aren’t up for running, come say hi and bring a friend that might be interested in signing up for Tigres this season.  Here is a link to the info:

Reminder — Tuck & Judy Mason Distance Classic — Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018

If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call (650-678-3681) or email youth@venturatigres.org.

Looking forward to seeing you all out there!

Happy Mother’s day to all the Tigres mothers!

As the 2018 season came to an end after yesterday’s unbelievable CCC meet, we wanted to say thanks to all of the parents and athletes.  We hope you enjoyed the season as much as all of us coaches.  It was great to see all of the improvements in performances along with all of the friendships that were made.

For all of the Youth/Intermediate athletes that are moving on to High School, we can’t wait to see what the future has in store for you and hope to see you on your High School track teams next year.

For the rest of you, see you in Tigres next year for another great season!

The list has been finalized – please congratulate the CCC qualifiers who will be competing on Saturday at Buena High School!

If you can not attend or think we may have missed someone, please email youth@venturatigres.org or call/text 650-678-3681.

Austin Gambill – 3200, 800

Koy Mortensen – Hurdles, High Jump, 4×100, 4×400

Ashton Day – 800, 400, 4×100, 4×400

Jacob Jeffris – High Jump, 4×100, 4×400

Daniel Ortiz – High Jump

Aiden Harvan – 200, 100, 4×100, 4×400

Grant Baysinger – 800, 1600, 4×100, 4×400

Mason Jekogian – 1600

Michael Torres – 1600, 4×400

Henry Hammel – 3200, 4×400

Aiden Haggerty – 3200, High Jump

Ethan Trone – 4×100

David Reyes – 4×100

Lucas Imbler – Hurdles, 4×100

Sam Ronk – 4×400

Karinn Washington – 100, 200, 4×100

Donnea Prehn – 100, Hurdles, 4×100, 4×400

Asia Pocaigue – 100, 4×100

Kayla Washington – 200, 400, 4×100

Isabella Ramos – 200, 1600, High Jump

Ryan Mendez – 400, 4×100, 4×400

Jailyn Batis – 400, 800, 4×400

Lily Shadden – 800, Hurdles, High Jump, 4×400

Gabby Ortiz – 800, Shot Put

Chelsea Ochoa – 1600, 3200, 4×400

Alice McCoy – 1600

Sofia Stepan – 1600, 3200, 4×400

Ryan Maquinalez – 3200, 4×400

Angelina Grey-Reyes – 3200

Kimberly Baragan – Shot Put

Maycie Duston – Shot Put

Isabella Beltran – Long Jump

Kayla Poole – 4×100

Kalaiyh Brown – 4×100

Taylor Sommars – 4×100

Cailyn Mobley – 4×100, 4×400

Tiernan Phillips – 4×100, 4×400

Savannah Sprinkle – 4×100, 4×400

Hannah Christopherson – 4×100

Sofia Prieto – 4×400

Martha Reyes – 4×400

Avery Kightlinger – 4×400

Esja Moore – 4×400

Lauren Padilla – 4×400

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.

It was great to see so many families at the End of Season Picnic.  What a great season!

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.

Here is a link to the Youth/Intermediate Season Movie as well.

Tigres would like to invite all athletes and their families to celebrate the conclusion of our awesome season with a team picnic held this Sunday, May 6th, at the Ventura Unified School District office, located at 255 West Stanley Ave.  It starts at noon and will last until about 3:00.  There will be pizza provided, but each age group is responsible for bringing something to share with everyone – Youth and Intermediate is providing water.  Each athlete needs to bring 6 bottles (a few athletes can go in together and provide a case). After some socializing, eating and some general announcements, the Youth and Intermediate team will have our own meeting where we will hand out any ribbons/medals that have not been distributed, along with a team picture and a couple of gifts to remember the season.

We will also be playing a season highlight video, so as a bit of a teaser, here is the trailer for the movie.  Can’t wait to see everyone there!!!

What a great meet on Saturday!  The PR’s piled up as the season came to an end for many of our athletes.  We are really looking forward to celebrating the season with the entire team at our end of season picnic on May 6th.  Please be on the look out for more information regarding the time, location and what to bring.

So, for athletes who have qualified for the Conference Championship, practices are now going to be on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30-6:00.  There will be no practices offered on Tuesday or Friday.  We will be doing our team workouts together, but athletes will have the opportunity to work on all of their specialty events on each of those days (typically after the running workout).  If you are uncertain whether you have qualified for the Conference Championship meet, please see the previous posts:

Championship qualifiers – https://www.venturatigres.org/vcytc-championship-qualifiers-yi/

Conference Championship Relay teams – https://www.venturatigres.org/youth-intermediate-conference-championship-relay-teams/

We would also like the following athletes who competed on relays Saturday to attend practices as there is a good possibility their performance could earn them a spot in the Co-Conference Championship meet on May 12th (we will know after this Saturday’s meet).

Cailyn Mobley

Esja Moore

Tiernan Phillips

Hannah Christopherson

Below is the first cut at our relay teams for the Conference Championship (May 5th @ Moorpark High School).  If any athletes listed can NOT attend, please notify by email (youth@venturatigres.org).