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It’s
track time again! Welcome back to another
great and exciting year with the Our Lady
of Mount Carmel’s Track and Field
program. We are now in our 20th year
of providing a healthy, competitive, but
most importantly a fun program for athletes
in grades 4th through 8th grade. For those
of you signing up for the first time, we
welcome you and look forward to having
you as part of our team.
Our
program begins Monday March 10 (except for
8th graders who begin March 5) and ends Saturday
April 26th for most runners. However,
if you qualify for the post season, the season
continues and ends with the CYO Championship
meet in early June. (See Post Season Qualification
Criteria for more details).
This
information booklet contains all the pertinent
information you will need during the season. It
has “tentative” schedules, practices
times and sites, directions/maps to track
meet locations, and special events. We
ask that you keep this booklet handy at all
times for future reference. Please
note that dates and times may change during
the course of the season. We will inform
you or your child of all announcements, and
changes at the end of our practices. If
you miss a practice or leave early, it is
your responsibility to seek out any missed
announcements. We will do our best
to announce changes several days in advance. Also,
if you have an E-mail address, please list
it on the application. We will send changes
through E-Mail accordingly.
Parents,
the success of our program has been a result
of your involvement. This includes
your time at meets cheering for the team
and volunteering. We can always use
more parents assisting at the meets as timers
and recorders. If you’re interested
in assisting during the meet as a timer or
recorder, please let us know. Also,
any of you interested in coaching or helping
out during practices? We have approximately
20 plus coaches. We have a large team
and the more coaches we have assisting is
a benefit to the kids. No experience
is required. If you enjoy running,
jumping, or shot putting,
we would love your enthusiasm and efforts. If
interested, or you have any questions, please
see Mr. Lafferty or Mr. Losorelli.
Also,
please note these important requirements
for being part of the team. First, you must
be in grades 4th through 8th grade. Second,
you must be a registered parishioner
at any of the local Catholic churches. We
encourage all children, regardless of parish,
to run with us. However if your local
parish has an organized CYO track team, you
are obligated to run for that team. The
Our Lady of Guadalupe runners will continue
to be part of the OLMC team. Next year
2004, Our Lady of Guadalupe will start it’s
first year as an organized team.
It
is very important that you ensure that you
are registered with the parish. Any
runner that participates with the team, and
is not registered, will disqualify the entire
team during the post season.
Again,
welcome to Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s
Track and Field 2002.
Sincerely,
the OMLC Coaching Staff
Mission Statement
CYO
Sports is one component of a parish’s
comprehensive youth ministry program which
enables the partnership of parents, coaches,
priests, religious, teachers, and adult leaders
to manage and support a sports program that
allows youth to grow in their relationship
with God and come to better understand themselves
and the Catholic Faith.
Such
a program:
 Employs
healthy and enjoyable competition to promote
the sharing of gospel values among athletes,
parents, and coaches.
Assists
parish leadership in nourishing the emotional,
spiritual, social, and physical needs of
young people.
Encourages
young people to appreciate the gifts that
they possess, and challenges them to share
these gifts with their community.
Allows
youth to witness the life of Christian discipleship
in their coaches and adult leaders.
Encourages
youth to become responsible members of their
faith community.
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