Spring Track & FIeld information

What’s Spring Track all about? Watch this video!

Preliminary meet schedule has been posted.  

Bay State Conference meet information

  • Competitions on Wednesdays are with other Bay State Conference schools.
  • Home meets take place at Natick High School’s track.
  • The bus for all meets leaves from the back of the high school at 2:40 pm.

 

It is strongly encouraged for the purpose of team-building and supporting other athletes, that runners stay at the entire meet and ride the bus back to the high school. However, athletes may ride home with a parent/guardian – please tell coach when leaving.

To ride home with another athlete’s parent, an email must be sent to the athletic director (tcollins@natickps.org) giving permission.

 

* League meets that are mandatory for all athletes to compete in (or attend if injured). 

* *For invitational meets, not all Natick athletes will compete. Athletes will be notified if they qualify. Runners participating in meets later in the season, based on performance and season-long effort, will continue to practice until their last competition.

what do you need for practice?

  • Water bottle
  • Running shoes
  • Weather appropriate clothing. 

All runners should hydrate properly with water prior to arriving at practice, and should have their own water bottle at practice. 

Practice schedule information

  • Practice is every day, rain or shine, beginning at 2:45pm and are held at the high school outdoor track.
  • All runners are expected to be at every practice.
  • Excused absences include sickness, doctor appointments, and family commitments.
    • Coaches should be sent an email as soon as possible notifying them of an upcoming absence. Being absent from practice without communicating with the coach is an unexcused absence.

Please be aware that one unexcused absence will result in a one-week suspension from competition. More than one unexcused absence may result in removal from the team.

Practice policy: vacation & Early Release days

  • April Break: If athletes are in Natick and don’t have previous commitments, they are expected to be at practice during the vacation.  Likely practices will be during the morning at the high school track.  More information about practice dates will be available as we get closer to the holiday.  If your athlete has a family commitment or other acceptable reason for not being at practice, they should inform their event coach prior to the holiday. 
  • Early Release Days: Practice or meets will go as regularly scheduled on Wednesdays. Athletes will be responsible for getting back to the high school for practice or the meet bus.

General scoring information

All individual performances are important and recorded on athletic.net

  • For team purposes, only the varsity meets are scored.
  • The varsity runners all compete at the same time, but there is a separate score for each pair of schools at a meet.  For example, if three schools are present at a meet, Natick, Brookline, and Wellesley, all of the varsity runners will run the varsity race, and then scoring will be calculated for Natick vs. Wellesley, Natick vs. Brookline, and Brookline vs. Wellesley.
  • The top five runners from each school are counted in team scoring.
  • Individual places of the top five runners are used.  The lowest total team score for all five runners is the winning team.