CYO Track and Field for Grades 4-8

CYO Athletics is excited to announce that registration for Grades 4-8 Virtual Track and Field Spring 2021 is now openThe deadline to register is April 30.  Read below for more details about grade-specific events, practices and meets.  Practice Starts Monday, April 26, 6:00-7:30pm.

Grades 4-8 Track and Field     Parent Volunteers Needed!  CYO sports are parent-lead and cannot happen unless parents commit as volunteers for each grade level.  Please contact Jonna Skokan, jskokan@st-johnschool.org, if you can help manage or coach your student’s grade level track team this year.  We need timers, COVID-managers and parents to help lead practices.  Thank you to parents,  Nelle Steele and Lorna Luebbe, who have volunteered to coach the Grade 8 Team!

If we have coaches, CYO is holding in-person practices and virtual meets at Ingraham High School.  Optional practices will be on Mondays and Wednesdays 6-7:30pm.  Runners can practice in-person or train independently and report times/distances for events by the end of each Saturday in May (only one set of times is required to make championships, but runners are welcome to submit times each week), and Championship results must be submitted by June 5.  Events include the following:

4th/5th Grade Events 6th Grade Events 7th/8th Grade Events
  • Softball Throw
  • Choose 1 – Softball Throw or Shot Put
  • Shot Put
  • Long Jump
  • Long Jump
  • Long Jump
  • 50m
  • 100m
  • 100m
  • 100m
  • 400m
  • 400m
  • 400m
  • 800m
  • 800m
  • Shuttle Relay (4 x 60m)
  • 4 x 100m Relay
  • 4 x 100m Relay

Grade 8 Pentathlon     CYO is planning on one in-person track event this spring:  Grade 8 Pentathlon on May 23.  No former track experience is required.  The events for the pentathlon include:

  • Shot Put
  • Long Jump
  • 100m
  • 400m
  • 800m

This is a great opportunity to get together with students in your grade!  We will host voluntary training sessions starting April 26, Mondays and Wednesdays in April and May at Ingraham High School from 6-7:30pm.  Participants can also train independently.

Please let Jonna Skokan, jskokan@st-johnschool.org, know if you are able to coach your student’s grade level team.