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Organization of this site
This site is currently "organized" into four sections. You'll find the league schedule in the left column, general links in the right column, current info at the top in this middle section and archives from prior years below.
Practice
Practice begins after school at 3pm and ends when you're done with what your coach(es) have in mind for the day. If you can't make practice we're flexible. Showing-up randomly won't be tolerated. I'll have my cell phone with me every day, so if you can't make it on a day when we expect you.... call or text (619) 869-6873. Because of their work schedule some coaches may not be availabe at 3pm and for certain events we may have to hold practice later.
The Events
For those of you who are new to west coast high school track there are 16 standard events contested at all meets. The running events start with the 100 meter dash (basically the length of a football field) and double in length through the 3200 meter run which is about 20 yards short of 2 miles (100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200). There are two hurdle events which are slightly different for boys and girls. The boys run 110 meters over 10 hurdles set at 39 inches and 300 meters over 8 hurdles set at 36 inches. The girls run 100 meters over 10 hurdles set at 33 inches and 300 meters over 8 hurdles set at 30 inches. Two standard relays are run, the 4x100 and the 4x400. The field events are the long jump, triple jump, pole vault, high jump, shot put and discus throw. In any meet, by CIF rules, an athlete can compete in no more than 4 events. The current records for each event can be seen via the link at the top of the left column.
Varsity vs JV
For track at most Central League schools there's a blurry line between who's varsity and who's JV because our team isn't divided-up into Varsity and JV squads. In fact the boys and girls coaches for all events are generally the same people. In every dual meet we must specify no more than three competitors in each event who will be eligible for scoring in the varsity match-up. That doesn't mean that only three can run, however, as they'll run in "JV" heats. The logic for this is that points are scored for the first three places only (5 for 1st, 3 for 2nd and 1 for third) and we want the scoring runners from each team to compeat head-to-head in the same heat. Often a athlete will run "Varsity" in one event and "JV" in another.
Letters
Because we don't have Varsity and JV teams Varsity and JV letters are based on three factors, attendance, points and performance. I'll be uploading these guidelines prior to the beginning of the season. Basically to earn a varsity letter you must attend most of the workouts or have a valid excuse for the ones you missed, you must score a minumum number of points, and your marks must be in the "top half" of all central league athletes (not hard).