It’s Championship Season–time to lace our spikes tight, and see where all the work we have done this year has taken us!

For those of us that are new to the local championship structure, here is a summary of what is coming our way…

April 29/May 1:  El Camino League Meet (Trials and Finals), Cupertino High School.  This is the championship meet for our division. The El Camino League Meet is the highest level that junior varsity and frosh-soph athletes will compete (with one exception below).  For Varsity athletes, the top 16 marks from the El Camino and De Anza divisions will advance to the…

May 10: SCVAL Championships, Los Gatos.  This is a BIG MEET, with all 14 teams from Milpitas to Palo Alto sending their best!  The SCVAL meet will winnow down to six athletes per event who will advance to the…

May 18:  Central Coast Section Semi-Finals, Gilroy.  Over the course of a day, the top athletes from over 130 schools from San Francisco to Monterey will compete to make one final heat or flight that will race under the lights at the…

May 24:  CCS Championships, Gilroy.  Last year, we had three athletes make the finals!  From this meet, finally, there are three athletes from each event that advance to…

May 31/June 1:  The California State Championship Meet.

But back to next week!  Here is the schedule and information for next week’s meet.  You will all have appropriate early release times from class.  You will all be responsible for your own transportation to and from the meet.

Parents…there will be a small admission charge for this (and all further) meets.

Trials Schedule – Monday, April 29th

1:30pm Coaches scratch meeting

3:00pm Trials begin.  Rolling schedule for events below.  Know the order and be ready!

110 HH VB

65 HH FSB

100 HH VG, JVG

400M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

100M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

3200M JVG (Final)

300 IH VG, JVG, VB, FSB

3200M FSB (Final)

200M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

Field Events (all are finals) (4 attempts only, except HJ)

2:00pm JVG HJ, JVG DT, JVG LJ, FSB TJ, FSB SP

3:15pm FSB HJ, FSB DT, FSB LJ, JVG TJ, JVG SP

Finals Schedule – Wednesday, May 1st

1:30pm Coaches scratch meeting

3:00pm 4x100M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

3:20pm 1600M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

4:00pm 110 HH VB

4:05pm 65 HH FSB

4:10pm 100 HH VG, JVG

4:20pm 400M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

4:40pm 100M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

5:00pm 800M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

5:30pm 300 IH VG, JVG, VB, FSB

5:50pm 200M VG, VB, JVG, FSB

6:10pm 3200M VG, VB

6:40pm 4x400M JVG, FSB, VG, VB

Field Events (LJ, TJ, SP, DT, 3 attempts, then top eight 3 more attempts)

2:30pm VG TJ, VB HJ, VB DT, VG SP, VB LJ

4:30pm VG HJ, VB TJ, VG DT, VB SP, VG LJ