Continental League Frosh/Soph Championships
When: Wednesday, April 29th
Where: Sports Authority Stadium, Parker
Entries: 3 entries, plus 1 relay per event
Transportation: Athletes will be let out of class at 1:15 on Wednesday. The bus leaves at 1:30. Athletes will need to arrange their own ride home after the meet. 
Meet Information and Schedule-of-Events (link)

Pueblo Twilight Meet 
When: Friday, May 1st
Where: Dutch Clark Stadium in Pueblo
Meet Schedule and Information (link)
Entries: 3 per event, 4 for the 1600 and 3200 
Accepted Entries: This is a qualifying meet, you must have achieved marks during the season to be accepted into the meet. 
Transportation: Athletes cannot drive themselves to Pueblo this week. Athletes will be let out of class at 9:15 on Friday. The bus leaves at 9:30 for Pueblo. The bus will return to Vista after the meet.
1600/3200 Runners: You do not run until the evening. If you would like to make arrangements to ride down with an adult please talk to me. 

Highlands Ranch Memorial Invitational
When: Saturday, May 2nd
Where: Sports Authority Stadium, Parker
Meet Schedule and Information (link)
Entries: 4 per event, plus 1 relay
Transportation: Please provide your own ride to and from the meet.

Banquet and Uniform Turn-in Dates

• Uniform turn-in day will be on Monday, May 11th at 3:00 in the cage. Uniforms, and other fines, not taken care of by this time will be turned into the office. Seniors will not be able to check out until uniforms have been turned in, and fines have been paid. 
• The end of the season track and field banquet will take place on the evening of Tuesday, May 19th in the MVHS Commons. Please check the blog over the next few weeks for additional information.

Distance Runners Workouts for the Week

• Workouts for April 27th-May 3rd (link)
• The "Miracle Mile" is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5th at 4:00 up on the Vista track. 

Current 5A State Rankings
In order to qualify for the Colorado State Track and Field Championships individuals and relays must achieve one of the top 18 performances in the state by the end of the regular season (May 9th). As of March 29th here are the current state 5A rankings. 
5A Boys State Track and Field Rankings
5A Girls State Track and Field Rankings
What Did it Take to Get to State in 2013 and 2014: Boys
What Did it Take to Get to State in 2013 and 2014:  Girls 
          

Kansas Relays and Dakota Ridge Invitational Results
Dakota Ridge Invitational Results 
Kansas Relays Results, Videos, and Articles

• In order to access the KU Videos you will have to have a paid subscription to Milesplit. 

Picture Day
Team pictures are being taken on Wednesday at practice. Please bring your uniform. Athletes that do not have a uniform will not be able to be in the picture. New uniforms will not be handed out for pictures if you forget to bring them.

• Lifetouch Picture Ordering Information 

Continuing Season After JV Championships
Most Jr/Sr athletes competing in the JV Continental League Championships will be done competing after Thursday's meet. However, all athletes on the team are welcome to continue their season even if you are no longer competing. 

All Freshman and sophomores on the team will be eligible to compete next week in the league frosh/soph championships. However, we are limited in how many entries we are allowed into the meet (4 per event, plus 1 relay). Athletes not competing will be considered alternates into the meet. 

Summer XC and Track & Field Camps
Information for summer camps will be up on the website next weekend. Please check back at that time for information about practice times and locations, costs, XC camping trip, Junior Olympic summer track meets, pole vaulting opportunities, and more. 

Banquet and Uniform Turn-in Dates

• Uniform turn-in day will be on Monday, May 11th at 3:00 in the cage. Uniforms, and other fines, not taken care of by this time will be turned into the office. Seniors will not be able to check out until uniforms have been turned in, and fines have been paid. 
• The end of the season track and field banquet will take place on the evening of Tuesday, May 19th in the MVHS Commons. Please check the blog over the next few weeks for additional information.

Continental League JV Championships
When: Thursday, May 23rd @ 3:30 p.m.
Where: Highlands Ranch HS
Entries: Unlimited Entries
Pole Vault: The Vault will take place at Heritage HS. Athletes in the pole vault will need to arrange their own ride to Heritage, or talk to Coach Whitlow. 
Out-of-Class and Transportation: Athletes are out of class at 2:00. The bus is leaving at 2:15. Athletes should arrange their own ride home after the meet. 
Schedule of Events (link)

Stutler Bowl Twilight Qualifier
When: Friday, May 24th. Vista athletes competing should be at the meet by 3:00
Where: Stutler Bowl at Cherry Creek HS
Entries: 3 entries per event, unless qualifying standards have been achieved.
Transportation: There is no bus to this meet. Please provide your own ride to and from Cherry Creek HS. 
Schedule of Events (pdf)

Distance Runners Schedule for May 20th-26th

• Workouts for May 20th-26th (link)
• Meet at Redstone Park on Tuesday by 3:20

The Dakota Ridge Invitational at JeffCo Stadium is still on for Saturday. Below is the most updated information on the meet. There were a few changes so please take a look through the information below. 

• Heat Sheets for the Dakota Ridge Invitational (link)
• The Meet is at JeffCo Stadium tomorrow, not Dakota Ridge HS. 
• All Heats are finals against times, no prelims for track events.
• Field events will be 3 attempts, and then the top 9 athletes will move on to finals and be given an additional 3 attempts. 
• The meet begins at 10:30 a.m. on the track with the fast heats of the 3200
• There is a rolling schedule of events now, no official time schedule. The times listed below are VERY tentative after the 10:30 a.m. start time. Every attempt will be made to run the meet ahead of schedule. 
• All Vista 3200 athletes are in the 10:30 and 10:45 sections of the 3200
• If it snows overnight, Dakota Ridge will be there early in the morning to clear the track. The word from the meet director is that the meet will happen, regardless of snow.

Dakota Ridge Schedule of Events 
(TENTATIVE!!!!!!! Every attempt will be made to run the meet ahead of schedule if possible)
10:30 Girls 3200 M Run (Finals-Heat 1-Invite)
10:45 Boys 3200 M Run (Finals-Heat 1-Invite)
11:05 Girls 800 M Medley (Finals Heats v Time)
11:15 Girls 4 x 800 M Relay (Finals-1 Heat)
11:30 Boys 4 x 800 M Relay (Finals-1 Heat)
11:40 Girls 100 M High Hurdles (Finals by time )
11:50 Boys 110 M High Hurdles (Finals by time)
12:05 Girls 100 M Dash (Finals by time)
12:15 Boys 100 M Dash (Finals by time)
12:30 Girls 4 x 200 M Relay (Finals-Heats v Time)
12:40 Boys 4 x 200 M Relay (Finals-Heats v Time)
12:50 Girls 1600 M Run (Finals-Heats v Time)
1:15 Boys 1600 M Run (Finals-Heats v Time)
1:35 Girls 4 x 100 M Relay (Finals-Heats v Time)
1:45 Boys 4 x 100 M Relay (Finals-Heats v Time)
1:55 Girls 400 M Run (Finals-Heats v Time)
2:10 Boys 400 M Run (Finals-Heats v Time)
2:25 Girls 300 M LH (Finals-Heats v Time)
2:35 Boys 300 M HH (Finals-Heats v Time)
2:45 Girls 800 M Run (Finals-Heats v Time)
3:00 Boys 800 M Run (Finals-Heats v Time)
3:15 Girls 200 M Dash (Finals-1 Heat)
3:35 Boys 200 M Dash (Finals-1 Heat)
3:55 Girls 3200 M Run (Finals-Heat 2)
4:10 Boys 3200 M Run (Finals-Heat 2)
4:25 Girls 4 x 400 M Relay (Finals-Heats v Time)
4:35 Boys 4 x 400 M Relay (Finals-Heats v Time)

10:30 AM Field
Girls Pole Vault, Girls Triple Jump, Girls High Jump,, Boys Long Jump, Girls Shot Put, Boys Discus.

12:30 PM Field
Boys Pole Vault, Boys Triple Jump, Girls Long Jump, Boys Shot Put, Girls Discus, Boys High Jump

Results From Last Week
Ponderosa Frosh/Soph Results (link)
Pomona Invitational Results and Articles (link)

Current 5A State Rankings
In order to qualify for the Colorado State Track and Field Championships individuals and relays must achieve one of the top 18 performances in the state by the end of the regular season (May 9th). As of March 29th here are the current state 5A rankings. 
5A Boys State Track and Field Rankings
5A Girls State Track and Field Rankings
What Did it Take to Get to State in 2013 and 2014: Boys
What Did it Take to Get to State in 2013 and 2014:  Girls 


Kansas Relays Final Information
Here are final reminders for the Kansas Relays Trip.

• Final permission slips will be handed out at practice on Monday, and should be returned to Coach Dalby by Wednesday. 
• Please provide your own ride to the airport on Thursday morning. You will be able to check yourself in at the Southwest ticket counter. We will meet in the terminal before boarding the plane. 
• You will need to arrange a ride home on Saturday, after we return to Denver. 
• The coaching staff will finalize our relay line-ups for the meet on Monday, and will let athletes going know which relays you are in by Tuesday.
• If you received entry into an individual event you will be allowed to run it. 
• Checks for the trip should be made out to "MVHS Track and Field" in the amount of $300, and brought to Coach Dalby at practice. 
  
• Kansas Relays 2015 Information Sheet (pdf)
• Accepted Entries into the 2015 KU Relays have been posted (link)
• Meet Information from KU (link)

Home JV Meet Information
When: Wednesday, April 15th @ 3:30
JV Schedule of Events (pdf)
Teams: Vista, Highlands Ranch, Rock Canyon, Heritage 
Entries: Unlimited
Arrival Time: Please come up to the track as soon as school lets out

Dakota Ridge Invitational
When: Saturday, April 18th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: JeffCo Stadium in Lakewood
Entries: 3 per event plus one relays
Meet Schedule and Information (link)

Distance Runners Schedule for the Week

• Workouts are only partially completed right now. I'm a little behind with the KU trip, and will get this finished for you by Monday night.
• This is a bit of a recovery week for some of you. If you have been running over 40 miles a week this season you will notice a dip in your volume this week. 
• Workouts for April 13th-19th (link)

Meet Recaps from Last Week
There were a lot of things for us to get excited about last week. As a team, we performed very well. At the JV meet team scores were not kept, but we did our best in some very adverse conditions.  On Friday, our girls were meet champions at the Palmer Frosh/Soph meet, and the boys were 2nd. On Saturday, our girls finished 3rd, only a few points from second, and our guys 7th in a 20 team field at the Legend Track Clash. Here are the results form last weeks meets that have been posted on Milesplit. 
Palmer Frosh/Soph Invitational Results
Legend Track Clash Results

Current 5A State Rankings
In order to qualify for the Colorado State Track and Field Championships individuals and relays must achieve one of the top 18 performances in the state by the end of the regular season (May 9th). As of March 29th here are the current state 5A rankings. 
5A Boys State Track and Field Rankings
5A Girls State Track and Field Rankings
What Did it Take to Get to State in 2013 and 2014: Boys
What Did it Take to Get to State in 2013 and 2014:  Girls 


Kansas Relays Update
If you have received an invite to attend the Kansas Relays trip please email Coach DalbyASAP to let him know you are attending. Checks for the trip should be made out to MVHS Track and Field in the amount of $300 and brought to Coach Dalby at practice. 

• Kansas Relays 2015 Information Sheet (pdf)

Ponderosa Freshman/Sophomore Meet
When: Wednesday, April 8th starting at 2:45
Where: Sports Authority Stadium 
Entries: We are allowed 3 entries per event
Out-of-Class and Transportation: Athletes will be excused from class at 1:15. The bus is leaving at 1:30. There is no return bus after the meet, please arrange a ride home after the meet. 
Schedule of Events: Ponderosa Frosh/Soph Invitational (doc)


Chaparral JV Track Meet
When: Thursday, April 9th starting at 3:30
Where: Chaparral High School
Entries: We are allowed unlimited entries.
Out-of-Class and Transportation: Athletes will be excused from class at 2:00. The bus is leaving at 2:15. There is no return bus after the meet, please arrange a ride home after the meet. 
Schedule of Events: JV Order of Events (pdf)


Pomona Varsity Invitational
When: Friday, April 10th and Saturday, April 11th
Where: JeffCo Stadium
Entries: We are allowed 3 entries per event
Out-of-Class and Transportation: We are out of class at 1:15 on Friday, the bus leaves at 1:30. The bus is coming back to Vista after the meet. We would like all athletes participating at Pomona to be on the bus both to and from the meet.

On Saturday, athletes are responsible for providing their own transportation to and from the meet. Please be at the track by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. 

Schedule of Events: Pomona Invitational (doc)


Distance Workouts for April 6th-12th

• There will most likely be some changes to this weeks schedule as Coach Palmer and Coach Dalby discuss the weeks workouts.
• 800, MD, and Distance workouts for April 6th-12th (link)