Season Schedule
Note: K-Bell Invite on Saturday, 3/16 has been moved to Westmont Highschool in Campbell. The downloadable file for Chrome mobile on Android can be found here.Regular Practice Schedule
Practices will be held 20 minutes after the last bell, at the track shed:Odd Days: 3:55 PM
Even Days: 3:10 PM
Please come ready to run! Check your email for practice info on special schedule days/holidays.
- 3.4 miles, flat, paved road and paths
- 3.3 miles, flat, paved road and paths
- 4.0 miles, flat, mostly paved road
- 4.2 miles, flat, paved road and dirt path
- 4.8 miles, flat, paved road and paths
- 4.9 miles, flat, paved road and some dirt path
- 5.5 miles, flat, paved road and some dirt path
- 5.6 miles, gradual hills, paved road and paths
- 5.6 miles, paved hills, paved road and some dirt path
- 6.3 miles, flat, paved road and dirt trail
- 6.3 miles, flat, paved road and dirt path
- 6.4 miles, moderate hills, paved road and paths
- 6.7 miles, flat, paved road and paths
- 7.0 miles (from Kent's house), hilly, gravel hills + sidewalk
- 9.2 miles, hilly, paved road
- 9.4 miles, mostly flat, paved road and dirt trail
- 10.8 miles, 900 feet climbing, paved road and dirt paths
- 11.6 miles (from Kent's house), 1,400 feet climbing, paved road and dirt paths
- 15.5 miles, 4 fences, an overpass, a deer skeleton, and a guy with a shotgun
Important Links for Athletes and Parents
Daily Use
- Absence Form
- Pasta Feed Signup Spreadsheet - coming soon
- Team Sign Up Form
- P.E. Prep Form
For Meets
Miscellaneous
Welcome to the home of the 2019 Palo Alto High School Track and Field Team!
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Sprints & Hurdles 
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Important Links for Parents
Paly Running History
1952 Coach Forrest Jamieson founds the first XC team at Paly. Paly's XC teams were consistent North Coast Section Champions in the 50s.1956 Paly's Ron Larrieu, America's first teenage distance running prodigy races 2miles in 9:39 breaking the national high school mark of 9:44 set 31 years earlier. Larrieu will attend Cal Poly and go on to race the 10K in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
1956 Stanford's new head coach of track and field Payton Jordan reinstates XC as an intercollegiate sport.
1957 First CA State Meet unsanctioned - boys only
1965 First CCS XC Championships - boys only
1972 Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program receiving federal money. Only 7% of high school athletes are girls.
1977 CCS allows girls to compete for the first time
1980 Paly's Mike McCollum wins CCS, still holds the Paly 3200 record 8:59. McCollum goes on to run at Cal and co-found PowerBar
1985 Impostor James Hogue runs with Paly XC for 2 weeks before being exposed as a 26 yr old at the Stanford Invitational
1987 First CA CIF state meet - both boys and girls
1989 Paly boys win CCS and compete at States. The McFarland movie took place in the late 80s but no records can be found for Paly and McFarland competing against each other.
In the 90's and early 2000's, Paly girls were very successful winning CCS 3 times and qualifying for States 5 times.
1997-1998 were Paly Girls best team finishes at States led by Katie Brizgys who also wins CCS. Brizgys goes on to run at Stanford and still holds the 1600 and 3200 records at Paly
2007-9 were resurgence years for the boys ending an 18 yr dry spell led by Phil MacQuitty who goes on to run for UCLA. MacQuitty holds the 1600 and 800 records for Paly.
2014-2016 Paly boys qualify for States 3 years in a row led by Lucas Matison and Kent Slaney.
Paly XC Day 1-Aug 9th, First Sat Practice Aug 10th@9
Parent Info! Please Read Carefully
- The team has a google calendar with all important dates. If you want to subscribe, you can do so here.
- Participation donations funds the majority of the T&F team expenses (equipment, travel/buses, meet entry fees, meet timer & officials). Every family is encouraged to donate to support the team. The suggested amount for T&F is $250 which is $200 for the base participation donation and $50 for the team account (to be used for equipment & travel, etc). The point is to donate whatever amount (large or small) you feel comfortable with.
- We would like at least 80% of families to participate because if we fall short of that goal, the team has to make up the shortfall. The donations are handled by Paly Sports Boosters.
- There is a form to track parent donation participation that can be found here. It was also sent out via email, and please have your child return the form to the coaches during practice.
- We need parent volunteers throughout the season (especially for field events during home meets). The signup page for all Paly volunteers is here (thanks to Becky Bull for managing the volunteer signup).
- There may also be a need for drivers to/from meets this season. The district is apparently short of bus drivers and some transportation assistance may be needed.
Absence Form
If you will be absent from practice, please fill out this absence form.Also make sure to inform a coach that you will be absent in addition to filling out the online form.
Website designed by Kent Slaney
Maintained by Supreme Leader Ayush Gupta & Lesha Seletskiy