As many of you may have heard the Missouri Valley AAU has officially canceled the 2020 track season. The main reason is that the school district’s facilities that were scheduled to be used for the track meets will not available until July at the earliest. This late date would not allow us to hold the qualifying track meets required to progress to the Jr. Olympics.

Nationally, the AAU’s plans are still to hold the Jr. Olympics if at all possible. The normal path to qualify for the JO (District, Regional, JO) might be allowed to be altered and the AAU is in discussions about how to proceed. One other way to qualify for the JO is to place in the Top 8 at the West Coast JO, formally Unity Games, or place Top 8 at the Club Nationals. Club Nationals is also in jeopardy of being canceled due to COVID-19 and its location.

It is our hope that a few high-quality meets will still be held. The Kansas Sunflower Games and the Missouri Show-Me Games are two such meets. Other meets may become available and a few coaches are in discussions with school districts about holding such meets.

If it is decided that KC FIRE can hold a season we feel it only appropriate to reduce the younger athlete’s membership fee to $200 since this is the same fee that our high schoolers would pay when they join us in June.

Below you will find a link to a survey to help us gauge how to proceed with a possible track season. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out.

https://forms.gle/sPDrpPtLhSyHwc5Y9

For those that missed the introductory meeting due to weather or would like to review the information again, we’ve posted a presentation video below.

IMPORTANT: Our uniforms are custom designed and ordered and require a 5 to 6 week lead time. If you are planning on registering and ordering a uniform please note uniform orders are due by March 1st if at all possible. If meeting the March 1st date is not possible please contact Coach Mat at the email below immediately. Please contact Coach Mat (coachmat@kcfiretrackclub.com) or Coach Bethany (trackmom@kcfiretrackclub.com) with questions regarding uniform ordering/fitting.

Due to the cold weather practice is canceled today. We will begin practice this Wednesday at 6 pm at Discovery Middle School. See you then!

Parents, below are the detailed instructions for entering the YES Athletics 2018 National Youth Indoor Championships. As with many indoor meets, there are unique details for entry into this meet. They are not difficult, but there are specific steps that MUST be taken on your part and that of the team. In order to ensure everyone gets entered into this meet please complete the registration this week (Feb. 5 -9) in order to account for any signup difficulties. Please read the instructions in their entirety BEFORE attempting to complete any of the steps.

From the YesIndoor.org site:

What Club-Parents MUST do online on the ENDURO USA™ (Registration) website AFTER setting up an account.

Club-Parents do NOT “upgrade” your ENDURO USA™ account to complete these steps. Simply login click on “My Roster List” (in the left navigation panel) then click on “Club-Parent’s Roster”.  SEARCH for and add your student(s) to your roster, then complete these 3 steps. It’s just that simple.

(1)  Process online Parent Authorization;  (must be completed by the parent – NOT by the “Coach of Record”)

(2)  Process YES-Athletics™ Individual Membership;  (If you ran fall XC for Brocaw Blazers then you do NOT need to pay to acquire another YES Membership)

IMPORTANT: Once you have completed the above steps please email Coach Mat at CoachMat@KCFIRETrackClub.com with your athlete’s desired events. Only a team coach can actually enter the athletes into their respective events.

(3)  Once your athlete has been entered into the meet by Coach Mat please return to the EnduroUSA.com website to process the Indoor Championship Meet Entry Fees.

KC FIRE Track Club is on FIRE! We are sending 19 different athletes in 56 events to two different Jr. Olympic Games.

We are so excited for our athletes and to see all the hard work paying off. We have athletes in almost every category of Track and Field from throwers to sprinters to distance runners.

The USATF Jr. Olympics will be held at Rock Chalk Park, a short drive from the KU Campus in Lawrence, KS.

The AAU Jr. Olympics will be held at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI