Change is a coming...

Last week it was discovered that starting practices at 6:30 pm offers a significant improvement to the temperature for the athletes.  So, unless starting later ... all practices will begin at 6:30 pm beginning tonight.  Reminder that the 7-8 & 9-10 age groups only need to train on Monday & Thursday.

No practice on the Monday (May 27) of Memorial Day weekend!

First week of June RETC begins holding practice four days a week.  If you are in the 7-8 or 9-10 age group you only need to train on Tuesday & Thursday ... exceptions made for those athletes in these age groups that need to train all 4 days.

First week of June ONLY ... practices will be held at Buljan Middle School.

End of season party - Sunday, July 28 in the afternoon.  We are trying to reserve the Antelope HS swimming pool / water slide area. 

Spring, summer or doing both?

All currently training athletes are members of the RETC spring team.  This team ends their season with the summer PAC meet at Whitney HS on June 8-9. 

If you want to extend for the summer season (practices continue through third week of July) the additional registration fee is $100 plus meet competition fees. The first meet will cost $24 to compete in.

Joining RETC for just the summer?  These are athletes typically coming off their middle or high school season.  They can begin practicing as soon as their school season ends.  See the "Join RETC" link on the left nav for details about registration fees.

Memorial Day meet is a 2-day meet

Needed: 

• 1 family to take team banner and Ez-Up on Friday night or early Saturday morning to secure team area
• 1-2 volunteers to collect team results & awards
  • NOTE:  Coach Maura K. won't be at this meet but Coach Kent will (although he'll be the meet starter)

Link to the meet flier:

• http://www.pausatf.org/data/2013/youth/ytf2013sched.html

This is our last regular spring meet before the Pacific Association Championship (PAC) meet in June.  The PAC meet will round out the spring season for our team.

Registered entries:

• 8U Boys
  • Chase (100m, mini javelin) ... Sunday only
• 9-10 Girls
  • Paige (200m, Shot Put, Long Jump) ... Saturday only
  • Tilan (100m, 200m, Long Jump) ... both days
• 9-10 Boys
  • Drake (400m, 800m, Long Jump) ... Saturday only
  • Keegan (400m, Shot Put) ... Saturday only
• 11-12 Girls
  • Jessica (200m, Long Jump, Mini Javelin) ... both days
  • Rebecca (200m, Long Jump, Mini Javelin) ... both days
  • Mercedes (800m, 1500m, High Jump) ... both days
  • Makena (Shot Put, Long Jump, Discus) ... both days
  • Angela (200m, Long Jump) ... Saturday only  
  • Robyn (200m, Shot Put, Long Jump) ... Saturday only
• 11-12 Boys
  • Chris (Discus, Mini Javelin) ... Sunday only
  • Charlie (200m, 400m) ... Saturday only
• 13-14 Girls
  • Amaya (Javelin, Shot Put, Discus) ... both days
  • Paige (Javelin, Shot Put, Discus) ... both days
  • Meaghan (200m Hurdles, Long Jump) ... Sunday only
• 13-14 Boys
  • Ryan (400m, 800m, Javelin) ... Saturday only
  • Cody (Javelin, Discus) ... both days
  • Gavin (200m, 400m) ... Saturday only
  • Caleb (?)
• 15-16 Boys
  • Liam (100m, 200m, Javelin, High Jump) ... both days

July Oregon Track City Classic meet details

• Date:  July 13-14
• Location:  Hayward Field, University of Oregon
• Meet Website:   http://www.trackcity.org/classic%20primary.html
• Qualifying Standards:  http://www.trackcity.org/classic%20qualifying%20standards.pdf

RETC Athletes who plan to attend:

• 11-12 year olds:  Mercedes, Angela, Robyn
• 15-16 year olds:  Liam
• 17-18 year olds:  Collin

Pictures, pictures ... lots & lots of pictures

 New pictures added to the bottom link from the Classic Relay meet in Oakland on May 11.

• http://stockphotography.sacandbeyond.com/revolution-express
• Password:  revolution

Or you can go here: 

• http://expresstrack.shutterfly.com  

Done - 6th meet - a RELAY meet (May 11)

About 400 youth athletes attended this meet so it ended early.  Yeah!

Highlighted below are RETC athletes who broke a previous PR or set a Top 10 RETC best mark.   

• 8U Boys
  • Chase
    • 400m (1:19.30) ... PR by :05.89 / #2 on RETC Top 10
• 9-10 Year Old Girls
  • Paige
    • 100m (15.82) ... PR by .49 / #6 on RETC Top 10
    • Shot Put (17' 3") ... PR by 2' 6" / #2 on RETC Top 10
    • Mini Javelin (34' 10") ... PR by 1' 4"
  • Audrey
    • 100m (16.03) ... PR by .11
    • 400m (1:18.85) ... PR by :03.29 / #7 on RETC Top 10
    • Long Jump (10' 2") ... PR by 1' 3"
• 9-10 Year Old Boys
  • Drake
    • Long Jump (10' 11.25") ... #6 on RETC Top 10
• 11-12 Year Old Girls
  • Sprint Medley (2:23.75) ... 2nd place 
    • Mercedes (400m); Jessica (100m); Angela (200m); Rebecca (100m)
  • 4x100m Relay (1:06.00) ... 3rd place 
    • Jessica, Rebecca, Robyn, Angela
  • Jessica
    • Long Jump (9' 5.5") ... PR by 3.5"
    • Mini Javelin (40' 9") ... PR by 2" / #6 on RETC Top 10
  • Mercedes
    • 800m (2:51.05) ... missed PR by :00.29
  • Angela
    • Long Jump (9' 5.5") ... PR by .5"
  • Robyn
    • Long Jump (10' 3.5")
• 11-12 Year Old Boys
  • Chris
    • 100m (14.27) ... PR by 2.77
    • Shot Put (23' 9") ... PR by 1' 2"
• 13-14 Year Old Girls
• • Jocelynn
    • Shot Put (26' 3") ... PR by 1' 1"
  • Meaghan
    • 200m (28.79) ... PR by 3.25
    • 400m (1:10.10) ... PR by :12.88
    • Long Jump (14' 10") ... PR by 1' 6.5" / #8 on RETC Top 10
• 13-14 Year Old Boys  
  • Gavin
    • 400m (1:03.13) ... PR by .47 / #7 on RETC Top 10
    • Long Jump (14' 1.25") ... PR by 5' .5" / #8 on RETC Top 10 

How to contact RETC

To learn more about our club contact:

• Head Coach:  Coach Kent
  • rktrainer@yahoo.com
  • 916-412-7280 
• Administration:  Coach Maura K.
  • bookoutgen@yahoo.com
  • 916-412-7288

RETC keeps all meet results on Athletic.Net.  See how you are improving from one meet to the next or year-over-year.  Check out the RETC Top 10 best all-time performances ... have you made the Top 10?  Club record holder yet?

• http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/School.aspx?SchoolID=28809