Near Regional Record Performances at Victoria Day LETS RACE
Next LETS RACE on Monday May 31 at 5PM
May 24, 2010, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, London, ON
Today was 50m, 110m, 200m and 1500m day at LETS RACE. Please note, the 100m distances were actually 110m. A quick review of results indicate near regional records for several age groups. Well done. Even with the weekend holiday, we had near record attendance. Everyone is welcome, including new members to the best fun in London, every Monday evening at 5t Thomas Aquinas High School. Thanks again to Bud Willis, Sally Chamberlain, Dave Dessureault, and Val Kelley for managing this meet and to all our volunteers, we greatly appreciate your help. CLICK HERE FOR ALL MEET RESULTS.
Record number of heats (26) for May 17 100m, 200m, 400m night.
Next LETS RACE on Monday May 24 at 9 AM due to Holiday
May 17, 2010, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, London, ON
Another record number of elementary athletes attended week 2 of LETS RACE 2010. It was 100m, 200m, and 4800m night with over 26 heats completed in under 1.5 hours. Thanks again to Bud Willis, Sally Chamberlain and Val Kelley for managing this meet and to all our volunteers, we greatly appreciate your help. CLICK HERE FOR ALL MEET RESULTS. We had a great evening...great weather and a perfect timing system. See you next Monday at 9 AM at St. Thomas Aquinas High School for Meet 3 in the series. New members are welcome to join us anytime.
LETS RACE 2010 starts with record numbers
May 10, 2010, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, London, ON
A record number of elementary athletes attended the opening twilight meet of LETS RACE 2010. It was 50m, 200m, and 800m night with over 21 heats completed in under 1.5 hours. Thanks to Bud Willis, Sally Chamberlain and Val Kelley for managing this meet and to all our volunteers, we greatly appreciate your help. CLICK HERE FOR ALL MEET RESULTS. We had a brief power outage, so not all results are published. See you next week at 5 PM at St. Thomas Aquinas High School for Meet 2 in the series. New members are welcome to join us anytime.
MAY 2010
Dear Parents & Athletes
May 2010
London Elementary Track Series starts Monday May 10
What: London Elementary Track Series
Who: Grade 1 - 8 Club Members and non-members
Where: St. Thomas Aquinas High School, London
Cost: $10 (one time registration) $2 per race
When: Every Monday night starting May 10 for 9 weeks except June 7 due to June 8 Thames Valley Meet
Starting Time: 5:00 Race Model Warmup. 5:30 Races Start Post Race Warm Downs.
Description: Up to 4 races per evening. Fully automated timing with Photo Finish results. All photo finish pictures published with timing results (great keepsake).
I have had a number of requests to provide more information about LETS Race, our program to help elementary athletes prepare for their upcoming Elementary T&F Championships. When we started London Legion, we had numerous requests from families to help prepare elementary athletes for track & field championships. We applied for a grant from the London Community Foundation for a fully automated timing system, because we had some ideas on how to best provide quality services to athletes and their families. We thank the London Community Foundation every time we run a race with this incredible equipment.
A bit about our philosophy on these competitions. First, these meets are designed to teach and coach elementary athletes how to race. Great coaches like Bud and Sally and our student athlete volunteers help athletes with preparing for a race, running a race and cooling down after a race. Race preparation is so very important. I can't tell you how many times, I have heard from parents that London Legion athletes are among the best prepared athletes in the Province. Thank you coaches.
Second, our major emphasis is on personal bests. We do not encourage or even recognize winning or losing. We do these meets to give elementary athletes a chance to learn. We recognize times only, and work together as a team, athletes, coaches and parents, to better those times as much as possible. We publish only pictures, without names, so that families and athletes can have a record of performances over time. These records help our coaches determine which events our elementary athletes are best at, over time. These finish line pictures use the same technology that is used in the Olympic Games and are sold for over $20 each at most meets. We publish these pictures for free for families to view and download off of our website or email to family members anywhere in the world. These pictures are great keepsakes for athletes and families.
Third, these meets are open, to all of our members and to non-members. Non-members need to register,one-time, for $10 and then each race is $2 after that each week. The $10 goes to the Minor Track & Field Association for insurance purposes. Invite your friends, and family, everyone is welcome
Finally, these meets are meant to be fun. We have a very social group of elementary athletes. We are thrilled that they like to train together, compete together and have fun together. It is a tribute to our coaches that our athletes do so much hard work, yet have fun in the process. These meets are designed to help our youngest athletes feel very comfortable competing. Everyone is invited to provide encouragement for all athletes and especially for our very young participants.
I can't say it enough, these meets are the most fun events to watch in all of track & field.
I hope this backgrounder helps our newer families with some additional information
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 652-9477....
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