Paly Running

Season Schedule

Date	Day	Meet	Meet Type	Location	Participants	Important Times	Results, Pictures, and News
3/9	Thursday	Los Altos	Dual Meet	Palo Alto	Everyone	Team Meeting: 2:45 PM Meet Start: 3:15 PM	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) Pictures (Rebecca) Pictures (Patricia) News (Campanile)
3/14	Tuesday	Lynbrook	Dual Meet	Lynbrook	Everyone	Dismissal: 1:45 PM Bus Leaves: 2:15 PM Meet Start: 3:15 PM	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) Pictures (Sam) News (Palo Alto Online)
3/18	Saturday	Saint Francis Invitational	Invitational	Saint Francis	Qualifiers	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) Pictures (Zoe) Pictures (Sam)
3/23	Thursday	Homestead	Dual Meet	Homestead	Everyone	Dismissal: 1:45 PM Bus Leaves: 2:15 PM Meet Start: 3:15 PM	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark)
3/25	Saturday	Fire Bird Relays	Invitational	Fremont	Running qualifiers	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm)
3/25	Saturday	Serra Throwers	Invitational	Fremont	Throwing qualifiers	Schedule	Results
3/28	Tuesday	Milpitas	Dual Meet	Palo Alto	Everyone	Dismissal: 1:30 PM Team Meeting: 2:55 PM Meet Start: 3:15 PM	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) Pictures (Sam) Pictures (Karen) Pictures (David) News (Palo Alto Online) News (Palo Alto Online)
3/31-4/1	Friday-Saturday	Stanford Invitational	Invitational	Stanford	Qualifiers	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) News (San Jose Mercury) News (San Jose Mercury) News (Palo Alto Online)
4/7-4/8	Friday-Saturday	Arcadia Invitational	Invitational	Arcadia	Qualifiers: minimum marks Boys entries Girls entries	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) News (Palo Alto Online) News (Campanile)
4/13	Thursday	Los Gatos	Dual Meet	Los Gatos	Everyone that fits on the bus	Meet Start: 3:15 PM	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) Pictures (Sam) News (Voice) News (Campanile)
4/26	Wednesday	Gunn	Dual Meet	Palo Alto	Everyone	Meet Start: 3:15 PM	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) Pictures (Patricia) Pictures (Karen) News (Palo Alto Online) News (Palo Alto Online)
5/2	Tuesday	De Anza League Trials	CIF Qualifier	Milpitas	Top 3 varsity, top 3 frosh/soph per event, plus those with one of the 8 best seeds Paly entries All entries	Dismissal: 1 PM Bus Leaves: 1:15 PM Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm)
5/4	Thursday	De Anza League Finals	CIF Qualifier	Milpitas	Top 1 per heat (3) + 5 by time from De Anza qualifiers or at large time for finals Top 3 varsity, top 3 frosh/soph for distance, plus those with one of the 8 best seeds Finals Qualifiers	Dismissal: 1 PM Bus Leaves: 1:15 PM Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) News (Palo Alto Online)
5/12	Friday	SCVAL Championship Meet	CIF Qualifier	Los Gatos	Top 16 from De Anza and El Camino combined or CCS at large time Qualifiers	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) Pictures (Many) News (Palo Alto Online)
5/20	Saturday	CCS Semifinals	CIF Qualifier	Gilroy	Top 6 from SCVAL or at large time Qualifiers	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark)
5/26	Friday	CCS Finals	CIF Qualifier	Gilroy	100-400m: top 1 per heat + to 8 by time 800m: top 2 per heat (3) + 6 by time 1600-3200m: top 4 per heat (2) + 4 by time Qualifiers	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) News (Palo Alto Online) News (San Jose Mercury) News (San Jose Mercury)
6/2	Friday	CIF State Trials	CIF	Buchannan, Fresno	Top 3 from CCS or at large times	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark)
6/3	Saturday	CIF State Finals	CIF	Buchannan, Fresno	100-400m: top 1 per heat (3) + 6 by time 800m: top 3 per heat (3) + 3 by time 1600m: top 4 per heat (3) + 4 by time 3200m: top 3 from CCS or at large time	Schedule	Results Pictures (Malcolm) Pictures (Mark) News (Palo Alto Online)

iCal Google Calendar

Dual Meet Event Order

Track	Field (when not an open pit)
4x100m 1600m 100m/110m HH 400m 100m 800m 300m IH 200m 3200m 4x400m	Long Jump Discus Triple Jump High Jump Shot Put

Practice Info

Practices will be held 20 minutes after the last bell:
Monday: 3:45
Tuesday: 3:15
Wednesday: 3:45
Thursday: 2:45
Friday: 3:45

Runs

Lake and Back3.4 miles, flat, paved road and paths
Campus to Lake4.0 miles, flat, mostly paved road
Lake and Around4.2 miles, flat, paved road and dirt path
Frenchman's4.9 miles, flat, paved road and some dirt path
Campus5.5 miles, flat, paved road and some dirt path
Raimundo5.6 miles, gradual hills, paved road and paths
Lower5.6 miles, paved hills, paved road and some dirt path
Short Creek6.3 miles, flat, paved road and dirt trail
Gerona6.3 miles, flat, paved road and dirt path
Nixon6.4 miles, moderate hills, paved road and paths
Long Creek6.7 miles, flat, paved road and paths
Coyote Hill7.0 miles (from Kent's house), hilly, gravel hills + sidewalk
Backside9.2 miles, hilly, paved road
Stanford to Creek9.4 miles, mostly flat, paved road and dirt trail
Extended Dish10.8 miles, 900 feet climbing, paved road and dirt paths
Saddle11.6 miles (from Kent's house), 1,400 feet climbing, paved road and dirt paths
SLAC15.5 miles, 4 fences, an overpass, a deer skeleton, and a guy with a shotgun

Important Links

Absence Form

Athlete Numbers

Paly athletic.net
Paly XCStats

Malcolm Slaney's 2017 Paly Track Photos at Flickr
Search Malcolm Slaney's 2017 Paly Track Photos at Flickr
Lynbrook Sports
Pasta Feed Sign Up
Sports Boosters
Fleet Feet

Cookie Recipe

Archive

About

Welcome to the 2017 Palo Alto High School Track and Field Team. This season's coaches are:

Michael Davidson
mdavidson@pausd.org
Head Coach

Michael Granville
Middle & Long Distance

Ed Givens
Horizontal Jumps

Victor Hudson
Sprints & Hurdles

Kasey Fields
Sprints & Hurdles

Tim Hagen
Vertical Jump

Wendy Smith
Middle & Long Distance

Jennifer Thie

Arlando Brown
Throws

If you have logistical question (not coaching) contact team parent Malcolm Slaney (malcolm@slaney.org).

Parents

Parents driving form

De Anza Entries

The De Anza entries have been posted here. The qualifying standards can be found under the meet info tab.

Annual Track and Field Banquet on 5/17

The annual track and field banquet will be from 6-9 PM on May 17^th in the Paly student center. It will be a potluck format, so if you're coming, bring food with you. There will be coachs' and senior awards given out.

Practice Times for Monday, 4/17

Runners (sprint and distance): 1PM
Throws: 3:30PM
Long and triple jump: 3:30PM
High jump: 1PM

Practice during Spring Break

The practice schedule during spring break is as follows:
Runners (sprint and distance): 10AM
Throws: 9:30AM
Long and triple jump: 3:45PM
High jump: 10AM with sprints

In other news, the Stanford Invitational just concluded, and one of the officials reminded us why you should pay attention while you're on the track. After a trip to the hospital, it looks like like he's alright.

Lynbrook Entries

The male lynbrook entries can be found here, and the female ones can be found here. Dismissal is at 1:45, so you are excused tutorial, but not any of 6th period. The bus leaves at 2:15, and the meet starts at the normal 3:15. Remember your numbers; they can be found here. Those who are not going should do a run instead with normal warm up and dynamics.

Distance Crew
1 & 2 milers - 45 min run & 8x100m strides & core
800m runners - 35 min + 8x100m strides & Core

Sprinters
8 x 150m w/ 100m walk recovery & Core

Sign Up

You can now sign up for track online here

Spikes at Fleet Feet

Fleet Feet Sports is going to hold a shop day for Paly Track and Field on Sunday, February 26, 11am-1pm. Fleet Feet will give you 10% off of the purchase price, and will also donate 10% of your purchase to Paly Track and Field. Fleet Feet is located at 859 Santa Cruz Ave. in Menlo Park. If you're coming, please fill out their form here.

No Practice on 2/20

Coach Michael suggests taking the day off and staying dry.

Paly 5k Fun Run

As was mentioned earlier, Paly is hosting a 5k fun run on March 25^th. You can sign up ~~here~~.

Paly Sports Boosters

Paly Sports Boosters pays for almost all of the sports expenses, except for coach's salaries. As a result, Paly Sports Boosters asks families to consider a $200 participation donation each season their Paly student athlete competes. We need at least 80% participation, so if $200 is too much, give what you can. Of course, if you can give more, that would be very welcome. You can donate online here

Team Rules

The team rules are here. Please print them out, sign them, and bring them to practice along with your green card from the athletic office.

Fun Runs

There are a few 5k fun runs coming up. Paly sports boosters is hosting one on March 25^th from 8 to 12 AM (link), and there is another one being hosted on January 28^th by Carb DM, a non-profit working to combat diabetes (link). For the latter, you can contact malcolm@slaney.org for a $10 discount.

Preseason Info

Welcome to the 2017 Paly track and field website. You can find the preliminary meet schedule under the meet info tab, and the preseason schedule here. There is a team info meeting on January 18^th, and practice starts on January 30^th.