State Sectionals

The order of events and list of athletes competing tomorrow has been posted. Athletes will be excused after their fifth period classes and the bus will leave at 12:45, those who aren't competing will have the day off. Also, for everyone interested in spring track, there will be a meeting on Friday February 8th after school in the LGI. 

Athletic forms are posted on our athletic website for you to print and fill out. https://mhs.montclair.k12.nj.us/athletics/mandatory_athletic_forms

Forms should be submitted to Ms. Covello in the Main Office of the Main Building on the following dates during lunch periods.

• February 5^th, 7^th, 12^th and 14^th
• Physicals will be on February 12^th from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the Main Building – LGI Room.
• You must have a Parent/Guardian permission slip in order to have a physical.
• Completed sports forms will be accepted on February 12^th starting at 2:45pm in the Main Building – LGI.  

1/31 Update

We will still meet in the freshman building after school, the pipe burst did not affect the heat in the building.

No Practice

Due to potential weather conditions, all after-school and school-based evening activities are cancelled. YMCA aftercare will still operate on a normal schedule. Due to this there will be no practice today. Tomorrow throwers and JV/Freshman will meet in the freshman building at 3pm, athletes who lift/go to ocean breeze will meet at woodman field at 2:30. All athletes are asked to do the workout posted below;

Warm up 

10 sets of 20 California jumping jacks

Followed by runner warm up on the Nike app

Workout 

6 sets of 1 min high knees, 1 min squats, 1 crunches, 1 min A skip 1 min rest.

Core

4 sets of 50 crunches, 40 russian twist, 30 toe touches, 20 sprinter crunches, 10 leg raises minute plank, squat jumps. Rest for 2 minutes

Cool down: 

5 sets of 20 California jumping jacks

Followed by runner flexibility on the Nike App

1/29

Tomorrow throwers will leave from Midland ave for their meet at 2:45, athletes who practice offsite will also be leaving from Midland ave at 2:45. Everyone else will meet on the second floor of the freshman building. Also, for those doing spring sports and in need of physicals, the athletic department will be providing physicals in the LGI from 5pm to 7:30pm.

• You must have a Parent/Guardian permission slip in order to have a physical.
• Completed sports forms will be accepted on January 29^th starting at 2:45pm in the Main Building – LGI Room. 

1/28

This week all athletes will have practice at 2:30. We understand that school gets out earlier but this gives athletes the time to meet with teachers, eat and study. Tomorrow throwers will meet at the freshman building and everyone else will meet at woodman field. Again athletes will meet at their training areas at 2:30.

Bullis Invitational

The list of who is competing and their prospective events has been posted. The bus will be leaving from woodman field at 2pm tomorrow, below you will find admission fees for this event as well as the tentative schedule.

ADMISSION FEE
$5 per student - - General Admission
$12 per person - General Admission
$20 per person -  finish line seats rows 3 & 4
$30 per person -  finish line seats rows 1 & 2 

TIME SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)

Invitational events WILL BE RUN ON TIME! Other events will be run around these schedules and on a rolling schedule. All Invitational Events will be run slow to fast, all non-invitational events will be run fast-slow unless otherwise noted.

Running Events (Boys follow Girls) 5:00pm: Shuttle Hurdle Relay, 4 sections 5:20pm: 60m Hurdles, 8 sections  5:40pm: 60m Dash, 8 sections 6:00pm: Mile Run, 3 sections 6:45pm: 500m Dash, 3 sections 7:00pm: 4x200m Relay, 6 sections 7:25pm: 800m Run, 5 sections 7:50pm: 400m Dash, 10 sections 8:15pm: 600m Dash, 10 sections 8:15pm: 60m Hurdles Final 8:25pm: 60m Dash Final 8:45pm: 300m Dash, 10 sections 9:05pm: 200m Dash, 15 sections 9:45pm: Sprint Medley Relay, 4 sections 10:25pm: 4x400m Relay, 4 sections

1/25

After team pictures throwers will go to the freshman building and have practice at 2pm, hurdlers will not have practice until 3pm in the freshman building everyone else will be informed about their practice time and location after team pictures are done. The schedule for tomorrows meet and the athletes who have been accepted will be posted by noon today.

Team Photo & Spring Track Info

Tomorrow at 1:30pm we will be taking our team photo in the main gym, all athletes are asked to wear their team long sleeve shirt that they received for this season. If you do not have the shirt please wear something that has Montclair on it. Please see the information below in regards to registering and being cleared for spring sports.

As you all know there was a meeting on Tuesday, January 22^nd at 6:30pm in the auditorium at the main building to explain the registration process and begin accepting sports forms.  Forms are posted on our athletic website for you to print and fill out. 

https://mhs.montclair.k12.nj.us/athletics/mandatory_athletic_forms

Forms should be submitted to Ms. Covello in the Main Office of the Main Building on the following dates during lunch periods.

• January 22^nd, 24^th, 31^st and February 5^th, 7^th, 12^th and 14^th
• Physicals will be on January 29^th from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the Main Building – LGI Room.
• You must have a Parent/Guardian permission slip in order to have a physical.
• Completed sports forms will be accepted on January 29^th starting at 2:45pm in the Main Building – LGI Room.  

PHYSICALS ARE VALID FOR 365 DAYS

ALL FORMS ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 14^TH.  IF FORMS ARE SUMBITTED AFTER THIS DATE, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE CLEARED FOR THE FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE.

If you played in a fall and/or winter sport this school year and your physical is dated after March 1, 2018, the only form you need to turn in is the 90 day update form.  If your physical has expired, you will need to hand in a new physical (4 sheets of paper).

If you did not register on Family ID this school year you will need to submit the following forms:

• Valid sports physical (4 sheets)
• 90 Day Update Form (If your physical was prior to November 30th, 2018)
• Opioid Use and Misuse Fact Sheet Sign Off
• Steroid Release Form
• Sudden Cardiac Death Sign Off
• Impact Test Date (If completed)

Thank you for your continued support!

Any questions please do not hesitate to call the athletic office at (973) 509-4072.

State Relays

Athletes competing tomorrow will be excused from their 6th period class. This will give you enough time to eat and change before getting on the bus, which will leave from Midland ave at 1pm. Throwers will have practice right after school in the freshman building; everyone else will have the day off. All athletes will meet on the second floor of the freshman building on Thursday after school.

Spring Sports

The athletic department will be holding a spring athletic registration meeting tonight at 6:30pm in the auditorium at MHS. The registration process for the spring season will be changing temporarily and this meeting will give you all the information you need to register your child. Tonight is for any parent/guardian that would like to come and register their son/daughter for a spring sport.

1/22

Tomorrow the group of athletes who go to Ocean Breeze will leave from Midland ave at 1pm, throwers will meet at the freshman building at 3pm. JV and freshman runners will have no practice and should do the home workout below. Also, please see the updated list for state relays, only these people will be excused from class on Wednesday. We are looking to get a 1pm bus so athletes will be excused from 6th period on so they will have time to change, eat lunch and make it to the bus. Once we finalize the bus details it will be posted on the blog.

Nike App
1) Runner Warm up
2) Glute and hip Strength
3) Floor to core
4) Core Control
5) Runner flexibility

County Championship

The start time for County´s has been moved back to 11am due to this change the bus will be leaving from woodman field at 8:50am. The event list has been posted, athletes competing tomorrow please bring extra water, the last time we were at Ocean Breeze they were having a water issue. Also, for those athletes not competing there will be no practice tomorrow; please do the home workout below and keep an eye on the blog in regards to practice on Tuesday.

Warm up 

10 sets of 20 California jumping jacks

Dynamics or Light stretching if there's no room for dynamics

Workout 

6 sets of 1 min high knees, 1 min squats, 1 min push ups, 1 min A skip 1 min rest.

30 crunches, 25 toe touches, 20 reverse crunches, 1 minute plank (30 sec elbows/30 sec hands), 50 jumping jacks. Rest and repeat 4 times.

Cool down: 

10 sets of 20 California jumping jacks

State Relays

Due to the state of emergency declared for Saturday the Group 4 State Relays have been postponed to Wednesday January 23rd at 3:45pm. All athletes who were expected to compete should meet at woodman field for 8am practice. Throwers will have the day off.

Meet and Pep Rally

The pep rally has been cancelled. For those athletes competing, the bus will leave from Midland avenue at 2:45, the first race goes off at 4:30pm. The order of events for tomorrow has been posted, for the athletes competing on Saturday the order of events and those running has been posted as well (some relays are subject to change). As of now the bus is leaving at 7am on Saturday however, keep an eye on the blog just in case the meet start time changes due to incoming weather. If your name is not on the list for Saturday you are running tonight.

Throwers will have practice today from 3-4pm in the freshman building; runners competing on Saturday should do the workouts below on the nike app;

1) Runner Warm up
2) Quick Core Crunch
3) Runner Stability
4) Runner Flexibility

1/17

Athletes who competed last night have the day off, you all should do the sprinters home workout that was posted yesterday. Throwers will meet at 3:30 today in the freshman building and the group that goes to Ocean Breeze will leave from Midland at 2:45.

1/16

All athletes competing today; the bus will be leaving from Midland avenue at 2:45. For the athletes not competing please see workouts below.

Distance: easy 4 mile run followed by runner flexibility on the Nike app

Sprinters: Nike App
1) Runner Warm up
2) Glute and hip Strength
3) Floor to core
4) Core Control
5) Runner flexibility

1/15

All athletes not going to ocean breeze for practice should meet in the freshman building after school. Those of you going to ocean breeze the bus will leave at 2:45, please be on time.

Please see below for a message from the booster club;

The MHS Winter Track & Field Booster Club Committee welcomes new and returning parents to the Team.  

If you are new to the team, attached are some useful links to keep you up to date with what is happening. This is where the coaches will post any changes to schedules/workouts etc. PLEASE HAVE YOUR ATHLETE CHECK THESE REGULARLY.

http://montclairtrackandfield.blogspot.com

https://www.facebook.com/RunningMounties/

Track & Field Gear Sales & Donations

The Track & Field Booster Club does not collect Booster Fees from families, all money is raised by gear sales and donations.  If you would like to Donate to the team please click the link below (same as gear sales) or through Zelle @ MHSTRACKANDXCBOOSTERCLUB@GMAIL.COM (please insert your name in the comment space provided). 

All athletes are given a uniform, which will be worn for Meets only.  The Booster Club sells our very own branded MHS Track & Field Gear (all proceeds go to the team).  Please click the Link below to purchase. As you will see we do have many items on SALE (while stocks last)

https://squareup.com/store/montclair-high-school-track-booster-club

Photography

We all love to see photos of our athletes, especially if you are not able to attend the Meets.  If you take ANY photos throughout the Season, please upload to the following SmugMug Account and add to the respective MEET tab (password: goblue).  At the end of the Season we put together a slideshow for the Banquet.

https://tracknfield.smugmug.com/share/MHS-2018-XC-Season

If you have any questions or would be interested in helping the Booster Club in anyway please email us directly @ MHSTRACKANDXCBOOSTERCLUB@GMAIL.COM

Thank you

Tommy Lee - President

John Urquidi - Vice President

Darryl Lammin - Fundraising and Parent Communication Chair

Yoon Kim - Treasurer

1/14

Tomorrow throwers will meet in the freshman building, all other athletes will meet at woodman field.

Stanner Games

The schedule for the meet and athletes competing has been posted. The bus will be leaving at 6:30am, athletes from Woodman field, please be on time. This will be one of the longer meets on our schedules so make sure to bring food, snacks, water and money so if you need to you can purchase items from the food court at the armory.

For those of you not competing please do the workout below;

Warm up 

10 sets of 20 California jumping jacks

Dynamics or Light stretching if there's no room for dynamics

Workout 

6 sets of 1 min high knees, 1 min squats, 1 min push ups, 1 min A skip 1 min rest.

30 crunches, 25 toe touches, 20 reverse crunches, 1 minute plank (30 sec elbows/30 sec hands), 50 jumping jacks. Rest and repeat 4 times.

Cool down: 

10 sets of 20 California jumping jacks

1/11

Today throwers and hurdlers will meet in the freshman building after school; everyone else will meet at woodman field. Parents, athletes meeting at woodman (except for those who lift) will be done by 4pm the latest, please plan accordingly. Also, the list of athletes competing this weekend will be posted later this afternoon.

1/10

The group that travels will be leaving from Midland ave at 2:45, please be on time. All other athletes will meet on the second floor of the freshman building after school for practice tomorrow.

1/9

Athletes will report to woodman field for practice today.

1/8

Runners will meet at woodman field today after school. The group that travels for practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays should meet on midland avenue immediately after school. Throwers report to the freshman building.

1/7

We will be meeting at woodman field for practice today. Also, reminder for parents and guardians, there is an information meeting tonight at 6:30 in the LGI at the main building.

January 5th

Reminder for athletes competing tomorrow, all runners should be at Woodman field by 6:20am, all throwers should meet at Midland avenue by 8am. Also, there will be a parent meeting on Monday evening at 6:30 (we would like all parents on hand, not just those new to the team). It will be held in the LGI in the main building. Athletes not competing please do the following workout below.


Home workout

Warm Up

3 sets of;
- 20 Jumping Jacks
- 1 minute plank
- 5 push-ups
- 1 minute plank
Rest 1 minute between sets


Workout on Nike App

1) Core crunch 2.0
2) Lunges and length
3) quick hit abs
4) Glute and hip strength
5) Runner stability
6) Opening time

January 4th

Reminder; there will be no parent meeting tomorrow, it has been moved to Monday at 6:30pm in the LGI. The list of athletes competing this weekend has been posted; tomorrow we will all meet at woodman field for practice. Make sure you have layers

Parent Meeting

The parent meeting scheduled for Friday has been moved to Monday (January 7th). It will be held in the LGI at 6:30pm, parents will be caught up on the season and how things will go moving forward. Information in regards to our booster club and fundraising ideas will be addressed, as well as any questions or concerns parents may have.

Happy New Year

Just a reminder that there is no practice today. Take the time to rest, recover and get ready to go back to school tomorrow. For athletes competing the bus will leave from midland avenue at 1:30pm; you will be excused from your 7th and 8th period classes. Athletes competing tomorrow do not just lay around all day today, the workout below isn’t too hard just something to get the blood flowing (active recovery.... all athletes should do the workout below today. For those not competing there will be no practice tomorrow and we will see you all on Thursday after school at woodman field.

On the Nike App:
1) fresh on the circuit
2) core control
3) Runner flexibility
4) runner cool down