• Paly Running
  • Meet Info

    Season Schedule


    COMPETITIOR TYPE LEVEL DATE HOME/AWAY START TIME LOCATION
    ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL Scrimmage ALL Friday, 2/28/20 AWAY 3:00PM ST. FRANCIS HS MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
    BELARMINE INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL ALL Saturday, 2/29/20 AWAY 3:30PM BELLARMINE HS SAN JOSE, CA
    MILPITAS HIGH SCHOOL Meet ALL Wednesday, 3/4/20 AWAY 3:00PM MILPITAS HS MILPITAS, CA
    LYNBROOK Meet ALL Tuesday, 3/10/20 HOME  3:00PM PALO ALTO HS PALO ALTO, CA
    K-BELL INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL ALL Saturday, 3/14/20 AWAY VARIES WESTMONT HS CAMPBELL, CA
    HOMESTEAD Meet ALL Tuesday, 3/17/20 HOME 3:30PM PALO ALTO HS PALO ALTO, CA
    ST. FRANCIS INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL ALL Saturday, 3/21/20 AWAY VARIES ST. FRANCIS HS MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
    LOS ALTOS Meet ALL Thursday, 3/26/20 AWAY 3:30PM LOS ALTOS LOS ALTOS, CA
    FIREBIRD RELAYS Meet ALL Saturday, 3/28/20 AWAY VARIES FEMONT HS CUPERTINO, CA
    STANFORD INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL VARSITY Friday, 4/3/20 HOME VARIES STANFORD UNIV. PALO ALTO, CA
    STANFORD INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL VARSITY Saturday, 4/4/20 HOME VARIES STANFORD UNIV. PALO ALTO, CA
    ARCADIA INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL VARSITY Friday, 4/10/20 AWAY VARIES ARCADIA HS ARCADIA, CA
    ARCADIA INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL VARSITY Saturday, 4/11/20 AWAY VARIES ARCADIA HS ARCADIA, CA
    GUNN Meet ALL Thursday, 4/16/20 AWAY 3:30PM GUNN HS PALO ALTO, CA
    CCS TOP 8 INVITATIONAL INVITATIONAL VARSITY Saturday, 4/18/20 AWAY VARIES LOS GATOS HS LOS GATOS, CA
    LOS GATOS Meet ALL Wednesday, 4/22/20 HOME 3:30PM PALO ALTO HS PALO ALTO, CA
    DE ANZA LEAGUE TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL Tuesday, 4/28/20 AWAY 3:00PM LYNBROOK HS SAN JOSE, CA
    DE ANZA LEAGUE FINALS CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL Thursday, 4/30/20 AWAY 3:00PM LYNBROOK HS SAN JOSE, CA
    SCVAL CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL Friday, 5/8/20 AWAY 4:30PM SANTA CLARA HS SANTA CLARA, CA
    CCS TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIPS VARSITY Saturday, 5/23/20 AWAY TBD GILROY HS GILROY, CA
    CCS FINALS CHAMPIONSHIPS VARSITY Saturday, 5/23/20 AWAY TBD GILROY HS GILROY, CA
    CIF STATE TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIPS VARSITY Friday, 5/29/20 AWAY TBD BUCHANAN HS CLOVIS, CA
    CIF STATE FINALS CHAMPIONSHIPS VARSITY Saturday, 5/30/20 AWAY TBD BUCHANAN HS CLOVIS, CA

    Dual Meet Event Order

    TrackField (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

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    Maintained by Lesha Seletskiy

  • Practice Info

    Regular Practice Schedule

    Practices will be held 15 minutes after the last bell, at the track shed:
    Odd Days: 3:50 PM
    Even Days: 2:55 PM
    Please come ready to run! Check your email for practice info on special schedule days/holidays.

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    Maintained by Lesha Seletskiy

  • Runs
    • 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

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      Maintained by Lesha Seletskiy

  • Important Links

    Important Links for Athletes and Parents

    Daily Use

    • Absence Form
    • P.E. Prep Form

    For Meets

    • Athlete IDs
    • Paly Athletic.net
    • Paly Track XCStats
    • Paly Cross Country XCStats
    • Lynbrook Sports

    Miscellaneous

    • Fleet Feet - Get Good Running Shoes
    • Malcolm's Cookie Recipe
    • Website Archive

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    Maintained by Lesha Seletskiy

  • About
    Welcome to the home of the 2019 Palo Alto High School Track and Field Team!

    Michael Davidson
    mdavidson@pausd.org
    Head Coach
    Ed Givens
    Horizontal Jumps
    Victor Hudson
    Sprints & Hurdles
    Kasey Fields
    Sprints & Hurdles

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    Maintained by Lesha Seletskiy

  • Parents

    Important Links for Parents

    • Sports Boosters Participation Donation
    • TimeToSignUp - Parent Volunteer Signups
    • Parent Driving Form

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    Maintained by Lesha Seletskiy

  • Paly History

    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.

    2019-???? Paly girls qualify for States.

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  • Latest News
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    Parent Info! Please Read Carefully

    Parents, please fill this form out.
    • The team has a google calendar with all important dates. If you want to subscribe, you can do so here.
    • We need parent volunteers for home meets. The signup page for all Paly volunteers is here.

    For additional information check the palysports T&F website

    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.

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    Maintained by Lesha Seletskiy