We hope this early-February update finds you all safe and healthy. This is an exciting time of year with the official start of the track & field season just over three weeks away. Below you will find many updates on behalf of the IATC.
IATC Indoor Meet: The seven member IATC Board of Directors met earlier this week and held comprehensive discussions concerning the 2021 IATC Indoor Championship Meet. Due to facility unavailability and COVID regulations & concerns, the Board voted to cancel this meet for 2021. We are hopeful to host the event again in 2022.
IATC Mike Henderson Middle School State Track & Field Meets: These meets are tentatively set for Saturday, May 8th at locations to be determined. We will release more information when we have host sites finalized.
IATC Sr. Spotlight Meet/MS & HS Pentathlon: Both of these events are tentatively set for Saturday, June 5th at Iowa City West High School. We will release more information as it becomes finalized.
Membership Update/Awards: Just a friendly reminder that in order for your student-athletes and coaches to be eligible this spring for Academic All-State, All-State, Elite All-State, and Coach of the Year awards; your school must be a current and paid member of IATC. Schools that have paid for their 2020-2021 IATC Membership can be found HERE.
College/University Membership: The IATC currently has five college/university level members for 2020-2021 We would like to thank the University of Dubuque, Wartburg College, Simpson College, St. Ambrose University, and Loras College for their membership. We are working to build a specific webpage/link to highlight these programs that can be found HERE.
Looking for teams/Looking for a meet: If your school is needing more teams to compete in a meet you are hosting or if you are looking for a meet to compete in on a specific date; please click HERE to complete the form on our website. We will get these posted to our website once your request has been submitted.
Looking for a Coach: If your program is needing to fill a coaching opening at the middle school or high school level, please click HERE to complete the form. Those that have been submitted have been posted to our website.
Varsity Bound Update: You enter your schedule and results in Varsity Bound, but did you know Varsity Bound provides a built-in team messaging tool that makes it simple for you to compose and send messages that reach athletes and or parents in the Varsity Bound app, text, and email. Varsity Bound team messaging is super easy to use and setup. Plus your parents and athletes will love it because they’re already using it to find:
- Schedules
- Meet Results
- Leaders Boards
- Driving directions to the meet
- Links to articles about your team
- Information of schools that you compete against
This is available to you for FREE. All you need to do is schedule a quick 10-min call with Varsity Bound, use Varsity Bound team messaging, and then you get full access to Varsity Bound Pro features which includes stat importing from VB Meets.
Click Here to Schedule Your Meeting
Championship Productions Virtual Clinic: Anyone who registered for the Iowa Track Coaches Virtual Clinic that began in December; it is being extended online, due to high demand, through March 1!! Also, if anyone missed it, it is still available for purchase at trackclinic.championshipproductions.com
New registrants will have until March 1 to register and view the sessions they want to watch. IATC members should have received two emails about a discount coupon code to use. If you did not, please email me at jared.fletcher@carlislecsd.org.
Don’t forget to check our website (https://www.iowarunjumpthrow.com) as it is updated with information on a frequent basis. Thank you for being valued members of the IATC and best of luck to all this upcoming season!
