For those of you at the League Finals ,we had a great meet, with most qualifying for the IEC meet next Saturday in Santa Barbara! It is hard to believe we are at the end of the 2024 season! This has been one of our best seasons yet, and we are very proud of our Coaches, parents and athletes, in our Storm Family! Thank you all for the awesome support. We still have 2 great events left, The Individual Events Championship (IEC) May 11th, and our Awards Picnic for all on May 18th.

If you competed May 4th, please check with your Coach to see the events you qualified for. It is very important that you be there for your relay team! All the athletes have worked hard and are very excited to compete with the best of the best of the Valley Youth Conference (VYC) at the beautiful Santa Barbara Stadium!! This is a great meet to watch, so come on out to see it! We hope to see everyone at the Awards Picnic May 18th at West Creek Park, details below, we will send out a sign up list next Monday!

POST SEASON - For the athletes that qualified for the IEC meet we offer post USATF National competition opportunity to join the Valley United Track team. This is a travel team comprised of all the top VYC athletes to compete on the National level. They are very strong and become one team from the Conference. The practices are mostly at Burbank High School.There are additional cost and uniforms involved. This is not a Storm event but we strongly support the team and any of our top athletes that want to join it. More information about how to join will be sent out in a few days. The first practice will be May 13th at Burbank High at 5:45. This will be a parent meeting and introduction to the team and events going forward. There is travel involved also. There will be 3 simi-local meets and one Regional meet in San Diego and the National Jr. Olympics will be in College Station Texas Here is the preliminary meet schedule and date.

Registration will open later this week on the Valley United website and I will send that out. Athletes will need to get a USATF card also and we will send more info on that later. This is a very big commitment for the summer, but it is an awesome experience for the athletes that make it to Nationals. Feel free to call Coach Elaine for more info 661-373-6897

Here is the meet schedule, the first 2 meets are not mandatory but recommended.

May 25th-26th, 2024                  LA Jets Invit.                                 TBD

May 31st - June 2nd, 2024        Pacific Coast Shockwaves       TBD

June 7th - 9th, 2024                   USATF-SCA Youth Champs         TBD

June 20th - 23rd, 2024               USATF-Region 15 Champs          San Diego

July 22nd-28th, 2024                 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships,  Texas A&M University - College Station

Weekly Schedule For all May 4th Athletes Only

Monday May 6, -6:00 -7:15 Gremlins

6:00 -7:30 for all other age groups

Tuesday May 7, - 6:00 -7:15 - Gremlins

6:00 -7:30 for all other age groups

Thursday May 9 - 6:00 -7:15 Gremlins

6:00 -7:30 for all other age groups

Saturday May 11th - 8:00: am - IEC at Santa Barbara City college for all qualifiers, check with your coach for events!