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SPRING TRACK & FIELD!!!!

Your Coaches:

Head Coaches:  Jason Russo (Distance)  & Tyler Mills (Sprints)

jrusso532@yahoo.com (please include “track & field” as your subject)  tmills@haddonfield.k12.nj.us

Bill Seaman -  Sprints and Jumps

Shane Dooley – Throws

Kyle Williams – Hurdles and Pole Vault Coach

Emily Carson – Sprints and Jumps

Katie McCalley

Taylor Oskowiak

Practice Schedule:  Practice will begin Monday 3/4 and will be
Monday – Friday from 3:00 – 5:00

Saturdays – Times will vary, but will typically be in the morning. 

• Athletes are expected to attend all practices.  Early departure, late arrival, or missed practices should be discussed with Coach Russo, or Mills, well in advance (preferably through email.)  
• Communicated missed practices may or may not be excused, this will be at the discretion of Coaches.
• Excessive missed practices may lead to sitting out of a meet or dismissal from the team.
• When injured, you must communicate daily with Coach Russo, or Mills, and Ms. Ricker regarding your workload and progress.  You will not be excused early due to an injury.

Meet Schedule: 

• The meet schedule is on the front page of the website.  All athletes are expected to attend all home meets (whether or not they are competing.) 
• Athletes are asked to remain for the entire meet to support their teammates. 
• Practice may or may not occur for athletes that are not scheduled to compete in an away meet. These practices will be held at HMHS and athletes not competing are expected to attend.
• Athletes should communicate all potential conflicts with the head coaches (through email) well in advance of the meet so that line ups can be appropriately adjusted – however conflicts are not necessary excused.  Absence from repeated competitions may result in dismissal from the team.

Varsity Letters:  All members of the team that complete one or more of the following will earn a varsity letter:

• Earn points from dual meets equal to the number of dual meets the team competes in. 
• Earn the team points in a Championship meet.        

Transportation to or from a meet:

            Should a conflict occur, athletes can be driven to or from a meet by their parents, if this has been communicated to a head coach, through email, before the day of the meet.  Notification given the day of, may not be honored, expect in the case of emergency. 

            Athletes may be driven home by another athletes’ parent ONLY with written permission from their own parent, communicated to a head coach, through email, before the day of the meet.

            Mr. Banos does not need to be included in any emails regarding transportation.

Meet Lineups:

            Coaches will determine line ups for each meet based on the following:

                        Line ups will be made to maximize the teams’ chance of winning the meet or event.

                        Relay decisions will be made based on:

                                    Performance /   Chemistry among Relay runners /  Coaches’ Discretion

            The coaches of HMHS Track and Field very much appreciate the support given to our girls by their families and the community.  We appreciate the opportunity to coach your daughters and provide for them an atmosphere in which they can have fun, challenge themselves, and become better at their craft. 

            We appreciate the trust you have in us as coaches. It’s the patience you show that allows us to handle any issues with coaching decisions and conflicts with our athletes.  Please encourage your daughters to come to us first with any problems or competition discussions, to embrace their teammates after races, and to be role models and supportive teammates ON and OFF the field. 

Congratulations! 

You’re making the commitment to be a member of a very competitive program with an awesome tradition of success.

Do your best to make yourself and this team better EVERY DAY!

And most importantly:  HAVE FUN!!!!!!