Track & Field

Coaches Sugrue, Germann and Frost will have an informational meeting on Monday, April 24, 3:05pm - 3:15pm in the main gym.

Practice will begin Tuesday, April 25.  Students must have a completed Permission Slip to Participate in Afterschool Athletics on file with the coaches before or on their first day of practice. 

Students participating in Track & Field should join the 2023 Track and Field Google Classroom.  See one of the coaches for more information.

Practice Schedule:  3:15-4:30-5 (if doing field events)

• Tue- 4/25
• Thurs- 4/27
• Fri- 4/28
• Mon- 5/1
• Tue- 5/2
• Thurs- 5/4
• Fri- 5/5
• Mon- 5/8
• Tue- 5/9
• MEET (Thurs 5/11) - Andrew Hill High School
• Mon- 5/15
• Tue- 5/16
• MEET (Wed 5/17) - MacDonald High School
• Thurs- 5/18
• Mon- 5/22

Meet Schedule:

• Thursday, May 11 at Andrew Hill High School (San Jose)
• Wednesday, May 17 at MacDonald High School
• Wednesday, May 24 at Wilcox High School
• Track meets begin at 3:30pm.  We have a school bus taking us to the meets and bring us back to Peterson.  Meets usually run until about 6:30pm.  Parents need to arrange for rides either from the meets or you may pick up your child at Peterson if they ride the bus back to school.

• Events at the meet will run in the following order:
  *Field events (jumps and throwing) take place throughout the meet.
  
  65m Hurdles
  100m dash
  1600 (mile run)
  200m dash
  400m run
  4x100 (relay team of 4 people)

• Events usually will include Triple Jump, Long Jump, High Jump, Mile Run, 400M Run, 200M Sprint, 100M Sprint, Hurdles, Shot Put, Discus and a relay. 
• Past meet results may be found on the Wilcox High School website, Track Link under Middle Schools.

Information about Peterson's track season: 

We usually have approximately 125 kids come out for track.  Although there are no cuts, and every student is allowed to practice and train with the team, we are only allowed to take so many kids to the track meets.  The top three (3) kids in each grade level / gender per event will be allowed to attend the meets.  Example, if your student is an 8th grade boy and wants to long jump, there are probably twenty (20) 8th grade boys trying out for three (3) positions.  Also each athlete may only compete in three (3) events total.  Thank you for your support.  We look forward to another great season in 2023!

• Each participant is allowed to participate in 3 events.
• Each school will sign up only 3 participants to represent their school per event/grade level.
• Each school will be assigned an event to work.

1. Students must have a completed emergency contact form turned in in order to participate in practice or meets
2. Practices will normally end around 4:30 if you do not plan on doing any field events.  5pm at the latest if you do both running and field events.
3. There will be NO track practice on Wednesdays (teachers/coaches have meetings)
4. If you will be absent, please let a coach know
5. Keep your grades up. Remember, you are a STUDENT athlete. 
6. We have a school bus taking us to the meets and bring us back to Peterson.
7. Parents may take their student home from the meet, but the student must check out with a coach before leaving the meet.