2019-20 Winter Track & Field Interest Meeting

Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Chantilly Track & Field team, one of the region’s best combined boys and girls teams. We have historically been the District Champions and constant winners at all levels of competition. We intend to maintain our reputation.

1) COACHING STAFF

• Jason Franks - Head Coach - Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps, Pole Vault
• Dr. Gilchrist - Associate Head Coach, Distance
• Danielle Hicks - Associate Head Coach - Sprints/Jumps
• Anver Ansari - Asst. Coach - Throws
• Miles Ransom / James Steck - Asst. Coaches - Pole Vault
• Nora Raher - Asst. Coach - Distance

2). FORMS - DUE BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1^ST

3). UNIFORM / SPIRIT PACK - Students are responsible for purchasing a singlet and shorts as well as a team shirt. All athletes must wear all three parts of this team issued uniform to every meet. Estimated total cost is around $180 with proper running shoes. Uniforms and additional items will be available for purchase after you have made the team.

4). TRYOUTS - As we have done in cross country and spring track, we will be using a tryout system.  It is our thought that we wish to limit participation of the track team only to those people who have taken the care to condition themselves, and who can meet a performance standard.  It is important to us as coaches, and indeed, hopefully to you as athletes, that this team be acknowledged as a competitive group, and not simply as a running club that is open to anyone who feels like doing a sport, but not willing to prepare. 

The tryouts will be held over a four-day period, Monday-Thursday, 11/11-15.  You must tryout in three “consecutive” events, which include: 100m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, 800m run and the 1600m Run.

Tryout Standards

You will run one event, for time, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. If you do not make a time on any of the first two days, you may re-do it on Thursday.

You must meet a standard in at least two of the events (and must run in all three), and will be placed in your group, depending upon which event you qualify in (100m, 200m, 400m = sprinters) & (800m, 1600m = distance runners).

Freshmen athletes must meet at least one standard to make the team and may be held from competition until a second standard is met in practice. Upperclassmen who do not make the tryout standards in two events will not make the team. 

For those athletes who are planning on being shot-putters, you will be having a tryout.  It will involve a throws test and a weight test, following a few days of learning proper technique. We will talk with throwers as we get closer to the season to discuss the guidelines of the tryout.

5). DATES TO REMEMBER

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1^ST - PAPERWORK IS DUE TO COACH FRANKS.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11th @ 3:15 pm - FIRST DAY OF THE SEASON – Please meet in the CAFETERIA. After meeting we will be heading out to the track, be prepared for the weather and ready to WORK!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11th – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15^th - Tryout week.  (Note:  Tryouts may be moved to accommodate potential conflicts with cross country state meet preparation).

6). COMMUNICATION / WEBSITES

Please check regularly the CHS track & field website: www.chargercctrack.com for announcements, forms, results and records.  Most communications will be done through the web, Remind text messages, or weekly emails.

All forms can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/chargercctrack/winterforms.

In addition, we will be maintaining our Facebook page, under the group: Chantilly HS Track & Field/Cross Country.