Track & Field

General Information

Lakewood Catholic Academy Track is open to all LCA and PSR students in grades four through eight.

Current physical must be on file before participation
Optional conditioning sessions begin in February
CYO regular season practices begin the second week of March
Practices are split by grade, with 4th/5th practicing as a group immediately followed by 6th/7th/8th practicing as a group. Practice for each group lasts one hour.
Practices are typically held at Lakewood High track, Monday evenings through Thursday evenings, with the younger group starting at 5:30pm. The younger group is expected to participate in at least 2 practices a week and the older group in at least 3 practices a week.

LCA will provide a uniform for all athletes.
LCA will take orders at the beginning of the season for personalized hoodies ($13 each). These will be the athletes to keep at the end of the season.
Athletes need to provide their own running shoes/spikes.

The CYO meets run for seven Sunday afternoons over March, April and May (no meet is run on Easter Sunday).
The first meet is typically the last Sunday in March.
The younger group runs from 1pm to 2:30pm and the older group from 3pm to 5pm.
Meet sites rotate between Padua (Parma), Brecksville and Westlake High.
Athletes are permitted to participate in up to four events and all LCA athletes are encouraged to fully participate at the meets.
Track events include: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m and 4x100m relay.
Field events include: shot put, running jump, standing jump, discus (older group only) and high jump (older group only).