Glendora Track and Field

This Thursday, the Tartans will travel to Claremont High School to face the Wolf Pack and San Gorgonio High School in a Triangular or three-way meet.  This meet will be for our returning athletes and a few select newcomers who earned a spot through their performances last Saturday.

In last year’s meet, the boys won the meet in the final 4×400 relay, as Chris Ramsey (‘09) anchored the team to follow up his wins in the 1600 and 200.  The girls were led by strong double wins from sprinter Shaun Miller (‘09) and thrower Catherine Chidester (‘09).  (All three athletes are competing in college, btw, at Yale, Citrus, and Mt.Sac, respectively).

The athletes taking part in this meet will be excused from class at 1:40pm and the bus will leave at 2:00.  Athletes must be dressed to compete – uniforms on, sweats/warm-ups on, athletic shoes on – to get on the bus.  We expect the athletes to stay for the entire meet, and athletes wishing to ride home from the meet with their parents rather than on the bus must present the coaches with a written request to do so from their parents at Wednesday’s practice. [Read more →]

Here’s what our athletes need to take care of to be ready for the season.

1. Complete the team online sign-up form so we can get your phone number and email
2. Commit to being at practice on time, and every day. We will not go the full time every day, but you should never plan on leaving before 5:30.
3. Come prepared for practice – athletic shoes, spikes or event shoes, sweats, and something to drink. Dress like a track athlete – go to the Gear Advice page on our site for links to track oriented web suppliers.
4. Learn to love our sport. Go through this site and read last year’s meet reports. Become familiar with our team stats page and set your goals for the season. Familiarize yourself with the many great websites that cover our sport: Track and Field News, Flotrack, and DyeStatCal – the ultimate website for California high school track and XC. Follow our program’s alumni/ae as they compete – fifteen former Tartans will compete in college track and field this year – five on the NCAA Div 1 level. Watch track on TV.
5. Learn how to take care of your body – and start by reading Sleeping+Eating+Drinking = Success on our website.
6. Commit to becoming an expert in your event. Learn the drills, techniques, vocabulary and strategies needed for success.
7. Become a fan of your teammates.

2010 is going to be a great year for GHS Track and Field – make it great for you.

Nearly 100 Tartans officially began their track careers today at the Claremont Novice Trials.  We were really fortunate with the weather, with the predicted rain holding off until the end of the day, but coming just in time for our 200 meter runners to learn the true meaning of competing on an “all-weather” track.

Frosh Sean Williams and Rocki Bartholomew were the winners in the boys 100 and girls shot.  Rocki followed up with a 7th place in the discus, while Sean was 4th in the 200 and his 100 time (11.92) was the best by a GHS freshman boy since 2004.  Frosh Cade Lindsay had top ten placings in four events: 8th in the 100, 9th – 200, 2nd – 110HH, and 8th – 300IH.  Ashlyn Salgado (Fr) was 5th in the 300LH and =5th – high jump. [Read more →]

With the districts decision to drop funding for the Middle School Track programs, we were happy to host a group of athletes from Sandburg and Goddard on Thursday, topped by Kayla Sok’s win in the girls 100m and Damon Payne’s excellent boys 800m.

We hope to host our middle school athletes again in several weeks, pending confirmation of dates.

You can view complete meet results (which reflect the difficult to read name tags) here: Glendora Middle School Meet

Our 2010 season officially begins with Saturday’s Claremont Novice Trials.  This meet is exclusively for athletes competing in their first high school meet, regardless of their grade in school.

At last year’s meet, Makayla Jacoub, Shawn Miller and Dillon Downard first showed the talent that would make them Sierra League finalists.

Because this will be new, all participating athletes should download, read and bring with them a copy of our teams Meet Day Guide (here) and the meet’s Order of Events (here)

Our district does not provide transportation on Saturdays so athletes are responsible to get themselves to Claremont High School (directions here).  There may be rain, so dress and plan accordingly.

On arrival, look for the red Glendora EZ-Up tent on the field to the west of the track.

All field event athletes and any running the 1600 should arrive no later than 8:40, hurdlers by 8:55 and every one else by 9:10.  The meet will run until about 3:00 pm, and athletes should plan on staying at least 45 minutes after their final event to support their teammates.

Over 200 GHS athletes kicked off the season in our annual inter-squad meet.  The size of our group and the late start meant we had to leave a few events off the schedule, but it was a great start to the day.  You can view results (which are missing the 1600’s and the girls long and triple jumps) here.

You can view a photo gallery of the event, courtesy of Steve Brunett, here.

And here’s a mini-gallery – click on the photo to embiggen.

Our returning athletes who have been training at least three weeks, and that means at least 15 training sessions, are encouraged to compete in this Saturday’s All-Comers meet at Azusa Pacific.

This is an unofficial competition – the athletes pay their own way into the meet ($5), and may not compete wearing GHS uniforms.  Athletes should show up in time for their events (include time for warm-ups), pay, find out how to check in, and then go do something awesome.

Even though some rain is predicted for Saturday, APU has a very nice all-weather facility, which means we can compete in the rain.  So dress accordingly and have a great meet.

You can download the meet information sheet here: APUAllComers-1.pdf