Hello Track and Field Families,

We are fast approaching the Spring 2020 season! We will officially start Track and Field Practice on February 10, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.; athletes will meet on the Rio Track. Practice should end by 5:00 p.m.

We are building our distribution list for weekly email communications as well as use of the Remind App to keep you informed. It is important to sign up for the 2020 list as we create a new distribution every year to make sure we a reaching the right audience.

IMPORTANT: Sign up to be on our 2020 Rio Track & Field communication list

We will be using a weekly email as well as our website at riotrackxc.com for updates. The Remind platform will be used for time sensitive communications!

**If you do not sign up for the 2020 email distribution you will NOT receive future emails this season.**

We have returning coaches and several new members to our coaching staff this year

• Head Coach: Pole Vault / Jumps / Hurdles – Coach Trevor Boler
• Assistant Coach: Sprint Distance Runners – Coach David Becker
• Assistant Coach: Mid / Distance Runners – Coach Anton Escay
• Assistant Coach: Mid / Long Distance Runners – Coach Stacey Worthen
• Assistant Coach: Throws – Coach Kyle Carrillo
• Assistant Coach: Mid Distance / Jumps – Coach Tristin Thompson
• Assistant Coach: Hurdles / Sprints – Artearra Coffey
• Assistant Coach: General Support –  Coach Jorge Prieto

Rio Americano will be having its annual Spring Sports meeting on February 25th at 6:00 p.m. in the Performing Art Center (PAC). This meeting will cover general Rio sports info and then break out into a short meeting with individual teams. We look forward to seeing you there!

With the season fast approaching please make sure your athletic clearance is current! You will not be able to participate if you have not been cleared!  If you are participating in athletics for the first time this school year, you will need to sign up on SportsNet Inc. You can find instructions on the clearance process here.

If you need to have a physical and can’t get a timely appointment with your doctor, Dr. Sockolov on Scripps Ave (916-927-1114) takes walk-in appointments for Rio Athletes daily at 4 p.m. at a reasonable price (we believe $40).

Uniforms…Athletes can purchase a uniform online starting Feb 11th. The link for ordering uniforms will be found on our team website riotrackxc.com starting on February 11th. We will provide athletes with a uniform flyer and sizing at practice. If athletes do not wish to purchase a uniform, we have school provided uniforms available to be checked out for the season.

We are working on finalizing our season meet schedule. The preliminary schedule is currently available at athletic.net. Please note, not all athletes participate in every meet. Many of the meets are invitational or event specific meets which have entry requirements. All athletes will participate in the CAL League meets and CAL Championship meet. We will have a finalized meet schedule in the near future which will indicate which meets are all athletes or invitational only…please stay tuned.

We are looking forward to a fun and successful 2020 track season!

Thank you,

Rio Track & Field