Welcome to the 2025 Track season!

Practice will begin on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 after school in the RMMS gym.

In order to practice, you must complete your Physicals and Consent forms and return them to Coach Morris by Tuesday, March 11^th. The Middle School Extracurricular Form required by the district for particiation can be completed at https://lff.d93.k12.id.us/Forms/EPForm.

Coaches & Events:

Head Coach, Administrative, Athletic.net, and High Jump Coach: Rob Morris: morrisr@d93mail.com

Long Jump/Hurdles Coach: Briggs Judd

Sprint/Relays and Strength and Conditioning Coach: Derek Stephens: stephend@d93mail.com

Throws Head Coach: Brandon Mecham
Throws Assistant Coach: Hallie Lowe: loweha@d93mail.com

Distance Coach: Mindy Rees
Distance 800m and 1600m, Boys and Girls Medleys.

Stinger Swag/Cold Weather Gear:

Parents may order sweatshirts, sweatpants, shirts and beanies at the RMMS clothing website from Fuel’d Apparel. This way, athletes can receive their warm Stinger clothing before the season. We will be using a local supplier for quick turnaround, and you will be able to pay for everything online and pick it up yourself.

The web link is:  Fuel'd Apparel Website Link

*Remind App for Parents/Athletes:

We will be using Remind (the app) to inform athletes and parents of practices, meets, and other news. To join the RMMS Track Remind app,

Please TEXT @rmms25 to 81010

Athletic.net team page

Rocky Mountain Middle School has its own page. All meet results will be posted on the RMMS Athletic.net page as soon as we have them. The Athletic.net page code is Team Code MVRR2TKF2. To connect to the team, go to https://anet.io/MVRR2TKF2
You can also look over all the team records and the results of pretty much any meet in the U.S., junior high or high school.

Team and Individual Photo Day with Bell Photography:

We will be taking team and individual photos through Bell Photography Thursday, March 20 at 4:00 p.m. The Bell photo packets will be handed out at the parent meeting and will be available to students in Coach Morris’s room.  Options range from $25 to $55, and include different photo sizes, as well as photo magnets and even a magazine cover.  The packages can also be found at the Bell Photographers webpage at www.bellphoto.com.  The web code for Rocky Mountain Picture Day is RMMS93Sports. Questions can be directed to Bell Photographers at pictures@bellphoto.com or the local office (Payson) at 208-221-4601.

What to Wear To Practice and Meets:

Students need to report to practice with good running shoes (not basketball or street shoes), warm sweats, gloves, and a water bottle.  Students should go to meets with warm sweats, a blanket, a beanie, plenty of water, and food.  Meets in Idaho get very cold. 

Track Meets:

Order of Events

Track                                   Field

Hurdles                               Shot put (Boys then girls)

4 x 200 Relay                      Discus (Girls then boys)

100 m dash                          Long Jump (Girls then boys)

800 m run                            High Jump (Girls then boys)

4 x 100 Relay

Medley Relay

200 m dash

1600 m run

4x400 relay

Parent Information for Track Meets:

• Track meets can last four or five hours on some occasions.  Contributing factors include the number of athletes participating in the meet and cooperation of the automatic timing system.  Athletes should bring a backpack that includes hat, gloves, warm sweatshirt and sweatpants, food/snacks, water/drinks, and if possible, a blanket.
• Athletes will walk to Thunder Stadium at Bonneville High School for all home meets.

• Students will be released early from school for meets and are responsible for missed classwork.
• Students must ride the bus to away track meets unless otherwise arranged with the coaching staff.
• Students must ride the bus home from away meets unless they are checked out in writing or in a direct phone call.  Athletes may only be checked out by their own parents.  Athletes may not leave with any other adult without the permission of that athlete’s parent, preferably in writing. 
• Parents are expected to remain in the stands during meets for all track events.  Parents are allowed to stand in approved areas at most field events.  Parents are expected to model excellent citizenship at all times.

*Eligibility Requirements:

Meet Eligibility:  To participate in a meet (an athlete must be academically eligible (see below) and have missed no more than one practice that week.  If you are not at school on meet day, you may not attend the meet.

Academic Eligibility:  Per district policy, athletes must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0.  We take academics seriously.  Coaches will run grades before every meet.  Ineligible students will not be allowed to participate in the meet or ride the bus. To participate you cannot have any D’s or F’s, and cumulative GPA of 2.0. This will be checked before every track meet. If you don't meet these requirements you will be ineligible for the meet that week. When your grades have improved you may participate in the next track meet.

RMMS Track received $17,600 in grants and matching funds last season (grant from Dick’s Sporting Goods and Brooks, Matching funds from District 93). We will have a throws circle with safety net on site this season, as well as a high jump pad and all accessories. Also new will be indoor hurdles, indoor starting blocks, shot puts and discuses, conditioning and training equipment, and more. We have also built a positive relationship with the Bonneville High School track program and are working together to make a smooth transition between our program and theirs.