What do I need for practice? Dress for success: bring workout clothes appropriate for the weather and your events. Everyone needs basic trainers (aka running shoes), but event-specific shoes like spikes and throwing shoes are also recommended. Bring a towel, a water bottle, and a positive attitude.
Where do I change my clothes? Though we use the track barn as our meeting space, our assigned locker room is the one used by the football and wrestling teams during the fall and winter seasons. What if the weather is bad? First, to quote a tough old Swede, "There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes." But the reality is, when necessary for the sake of safety and training quality we can adapt our practice plans for indoors. So, athletes should be ready for every possibility. How does practice begin? At 2:49pm at the Track Barn on the south end of the track. After a brief meeting we proceed to the track and infield for a rough team warm up. Training groups are then directed to their respective coaches and locations to continue their warm ups and workouts. How and when does practice end? When the day's training is done you'll checkout with Coach Sponsler. This will happen at 4:30pm at the latest. After that, coaches are usually ready to stick around until about 5pm for athletes who want to work more on technique (usually throwers or vaulters). What days are practices? Practice is Monday through Friday. Here are two notable exceptions: 1) distance runners have Saturday morning group runs (Coach Sponsler will talk about this with the distance crew), and 2) not everyone competes in every meet, so except for the JV invite at Jackson we won't hold practice if we have an away meet. Do we practice over spring break? Yes. Spring break practices start in the Commons and will run from 8:49am to about 10:30am. Check the team guidelines and expectations for how to handle it if you'll be out of town. We typically have about 1/3 of the team at the workouts. Training goes quickly and it's a good opportunity to work on technique.
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