2014 Boys Track & Field Teams

Congratulations to the following boys who have made it onto the Vikings Track & Field teams this year.

Thank you to everyone who tried out for the team. If your name does not appear on the list below, you should still be proud of trying out for the team, and please try out again next year.

8th Grade
Next practices are Tuesday 4/8 and Thursday 4/10

Aguirre, Cesar

Beltran, Fabrizio

Brown, Mitchell

Calvert, Malik

Carstens, Chris

Catanus, David

Coleman, Napolean

Cupay, Kelvin

Delgado, Fernando

DePalma, Joey

Donato, Alex

Ellis, Branden

Filipiak, Brendan

Getchius, Gavin

Howard, Keyante

Johnson, Jaylen

Keegan, Noah

Krause, Taylor

Murillo, Carlos

Rice, Jaylan

Underwood, Cody

Victorian, Ambrose

Wells, Nathaniel

White, Shaun

7th Grade
Next practices are Wednesday 4/9 and Friday 4/11

Burton, Cray

Escamilla, Nick

Euring, Shannon

Granatelli, Sam

Mitrovic, Nolan

Ramirez, Israel

Sanchez, Jonathan

Starnes, Avante

Sturtevant, Cameron

Wilkins, Matthew

Ugwu, Sydney

 

6th Grade
Next practices are Wednesday 4/9 and Friday 4/11

Ackler, Logan

Alferez, Alexander

Catanus, Matthew

Gregerson, Jaden

Jacobs, Trinate

Kocen, Michael

Nisipeanu, Andrew

Patton, Chris

Raidart, Raine

Sorge, Collin

Tangellamundi, Mani

Turner, Josh

Valadez, Christian

Wroten, Marcellous

Girls Rosters will be posted Monday.

2014 Viking Track & Field

Welcome to the 2014 Track & Field season at Viking and River Trail Schools! 

BOYS: SIGN UP HERE!

GIRLS: SIGN UP HERE!

We will offer some optional conditioning workouts before Spring Break for students who would like to prepare for tryouts. These workouts will take place in the Viking gym. Please have a ride waiting outside the gym at 3:30. 

Tryouts will begin after Spring Break. Arrive with comfortable clothes and shoes to run in. There is a good chance we will hold tryouts outside, so bring comfortable outerwear also!

If you cannot attend one of the tryout days, please let your coach know ahead of time to insure that he can give you enough attention on the day(s) you are there. Please be picked up at the gym entrance at 4:00 during tryouts. There will be no phones available in the gym to call for a ride. A complete calendar will be given to athletes who make the team. The final team rosters will be posted at several locations in Viking and River Trail as well as this website as soon as possible after tryouts end. There are four teams in track: 8th grade boys, 8th grade girls, 7th grade boys, and 7th grade girls. The 6th and 7th grade are combined and run as one team at the 7th grade level.

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
3/17 Optional conditioning for Girls until 3:30.	3/18 Optional conditioning for Boys until 3:30.	3/19 Optional conditioning for Girls until 3:30.	3/20 Optional conditioning for Boys until 3:30.	3/21
SPRING BREAK
3/31 Tryouts until 4pm for: • 8th Grade boys • 6th and 7th Grade girls	4/1 Tryouts until 4pm for: • 8th Grade girls • 6th and 7th Grade boys	4/2 Tryouts until 4pm for: • 8th Grade boys • 6th and 7th Grade girls	4/3 No tryouts	4/4 Tryouts until 4pm for: • 8th Grade girls • 6th and 7th Grade boys
4/7 No Practice    (Tryout Rain Date)	4/8 Practice to 4pm for those who made the team: • 8th Grade boys • 6th and 7th Grade girls High jump stays until 4:30	4/9 Practice to 4pm for those who made the team: • 8th Grade girls • 6th and 7th Grade boys High jump stays until 4:30	4/10 Practice to 4pm for those who made the team: • 8th Grade boys • 6th and 7th Grade girls Hurdlers stay until 4:30	4/11 Practice to 4pm for those who made the team: • 8th Grade girls • 6th and 7th Grade boys Hurdlers stay until 4:30

The 2013 Viking Track & Field Video

Watch the 2013 Track Video here.

Sectional Results

Congratulations to our track teams who performed exceptionally at the sectional meet on Saturday against 14 other schools. 

•The 7th Grade Girls team took 3rd place. 

•The 8th grade girls and 8th grade boys teams each took 2nd place.  

•The 7th grade boys team took 1st place. 

•This is the 2nd consecutive sectional championship for our 7th grade boys team. 

25 Viking athletes qualified for the State Track Finals next weekend, which is a new record for Viking. Visit the IESA website to see the State Qualifiers.

Click here for a guide to the State Meet.

Sectional Information

• There is no practice Friday, May 10th.

• The Sectional Meet will be held at Antioch Community High School on Saturday, May 11th.
• The bus will leave Viking at 7:45 AM. 
• Girls running events and boys field events will go first, starting at 9am, followed by boys running events and girls field events.
• Parents should park at the high school and not at the track.
• The meet is expected to end at about 5:00 and the bus should arrive back at Viking at about 5:30.
• The 1st and 2nd place finishers in each event will qualify for the Illinois State Track Finals in East Peoria next Friday and Saturday. You can also qualify by meeting the qualifying standards on the back of this sheet. If you qualify, don’t leave the meet without getting a State Track Finals packet from Mr. Elman or Mr. Piha.
• Sectional t-shirts will be sold at the meet for $17.
• Concessions will be available at the meet. If you eat there, be sure to leave enough time to digest before you run!
• If you do not qualify for the State meet, please return your uniform to your coach within the next week.

Please be aware of the following rules:

• No jewelry allowed, including bracelets and watches.
• For relay teams, if any number of runners wears anything under the uniform, the color must match. Three with and one without or two with and two without or one with and three without are all ok.  It is supposed to be a single solid color, but stripes are ok, even if they are different.
• The only spikes allowed are 1/4” pyramids.
• Runners should relax at the starting line until they hear “On your marks”. Then runners should step up to the line or in their blocks. At the command “Set” runners should move to their final starting position and HOLD STILL and MOTIONLESS.
• Runners should stay in their lane after making a relay exchange.
• For the 4x100 and 4x200, runners may use the acceleration zone before the triangle. For the 4x400, runners MAY NOT use the acceleration zone, and should line up ON OR IN FRONT OF THE TRIANGLE.
• During the 800 and 1600, runners will be lined up in alleys and not on the waterfall line. They must stay in their alley until they pass the cut-in line.
• After finishing a relay, HOLD YOUR BATON. Then hand it to an adult. DO NOT DROP IT EVEN AFTER YOUR RACE.
• Finals will be held for the long jump, discus, and shot put after the regular competition. The top 8 competitors will each get 2 additional attempts.
• Participants may not be coached by any adult inside the fenced track area.
• No electronic devices (cell phones, cameras, iPads, etc.) are allowed inside the fenced track area.

Conference Team Photos

ALL VIKING TEAMS WIN 1ST PLACE AT CONFERENCE!

All of the Viking teams were named Conference Champions at the Conference Meet on Saturday!