Thank you for registering your student for the upcoming View Ridge Track and Field season.
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Please either log in to FinalForms and remove Track and Field from your students registration or email chelsea.jenkins@ridgefieldsd.org to notify us that your student does not plan to participate.
Tryouts:
With 140 students already registered, we wanted to clarify some expectations for the upcoming season. To ensure a high-quality experience for all, we will be limiting the total number of participants to 120, as we did last year.
All approved registrants will be eligible to attend the first practice session on April 14th.
During the first five days of the season, each participant will be evaluated to determine if they will remain among the 120 participants selected to continue. Evaluations will be based on the following criteria, in order of priority: attendance, active participation, effort and attitude, academic performance, and overall track performance.
Due to league regulations, only 100 participants will be eligible to travel to away meets (four total), while all 120 participants will have the opportunity to compete at home meets (two total). Weekly assessments will be conducted to determine which participants will travel to away meets.
Attendance/Participation in Spring Club Sports:
While we fully support multisport athletes but must follow WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association) guidelines. According to WIAA rules, students cannot receive regular accommodations (like early dismissal, late arrival, missed events) for non-school programs more than once per week. If your child is playing on a club or tournament team during the View Ridge track season, accommodations cannot be made for them more than once per week. For example, if they need to leave track practice twice a week for baseball, they will need to choose one sport to focus on for the season.
Schedule:
The first day of the season is April 14th. Practice is daily after school from 2:45- 4:30pm. Track meets begin on 4/28 and are on Mondays/Wednesdays (full schedule posted below). Most meets begin at 3:30 or 4pm.
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Thank you-
Brynan Shipley-Athletic Director
Chelsea Jenkins-Athletic Secretary
Zach Phelps-Head Track Coach
2025 Middle School Track Schedule
Monday, 4/28 home meet (hosted at RHS)
Wednesday, 4/30 at Cascade (Longview)
Monday, 5/5 at La Center
Wednesday, 5/7 home meet (hosted at RHS)
Monday, 5/12 at La Center
Wednesday, 5/14 at Hockinson
Tues, 5/20 Finals at Kelso High School (for those that qualify)