Upcoming Games
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PARENTS WHO MISSED THE PARENT MEETING
Here is a link to the slideshow that was presented
Key Items:
-Please check the website for all communications: Practice, meet info, fundraisers, general announcement and changes in practice
-The ASK is $150 for the season. It helps pay for meets, general items, training equipment and team functions. Scroll down on page to see more info. It’s crucial to our program but it’s also tax deductible
-Be on the lookout for emails from Sage Creek Track and Field Parent Liaison on how to help and volunteer for meets. It’s all hands on deck for help at meets.
-We will be having 4 restaurant night fundraisers and a Schoolfundr fundraisers to raise money for new Pole Vault Pits and New Hurdles
-Spirit Wear Sales are going on until Sunday March 2nd. We only do 1 sale a year so don’t miss out!
2025 TRACK AND FIELD TEAM ASK
*An ASK is not mandatory to play, but is high suggested to help cover our costs for our season as we have a big team and would like to provide them with the best/most opportunities to compete.
Please check to see if your work company matches donations, I have a handful of families who have already had their donations matched!
Our suggested Team Ask is $150 per athlete, however if you want to give more or less you are more than welcome to. Everything helps!
Please go to the link below, select ASK Track and place in the appropriate amount.
This is for credit cards.
Click Here Donate your ASK Here
Click athletics on the top bar and then Look for Track ASK and click on it
REMEMBER THAT ALL ASKS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS TEAM FOR BRINGING HOME 2 CIF DIV II RUNNER UP TEAM TITLE THIS PAST SEASON
THE ONLY TEAM IN SAN DIEGO TO BRING HOME A TITLE FOR EACH TEAM!
Link to Senior Night Photo: Click Here
Also photos from Duals Meet have been added to the links on the bottom of the webpage!
Click on it and find pictures of yourself or you athletes
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
UPCOMING MEETS
Thursday May 1 @ 3:45pm
***SENIOR NIGHT***
Early release is at 1:30pm and be in the stadium at 1:45pm for Senior Night/Warm ups
Dual meet vs. Carlsbad @ Home
Entries: Click Here
Heat Sheets: TBD
TEAM RESTAURANT NIGHTS & FUNDRAISERS
May 1st – Menchies: 2659 Gateway Rd #107, Carlsbad, CA 92009
TRACK AND FIELD INFO
Days for field event practice is as follows but practice for everyone is every day
Pole Vault: Mon/Wed
High Jump: Mon/Wed
Long Jump/Triple Jump: Mon/Tues
Throwers/Hurdles: All Days
Congratulations to the Boys and Girls team for a phenomenal 2024 Track Season.
2024 Highlights Include:
– 14 School Records-
-24 Top 3 Coastal League Finishes –
– 22 Top 6 Finishes at CIF-SDS Div II Finals –
– 7 Top 6 Finishes at CIF-SDS Sectional Finals –
– 3 Athletes were State Qualifiers –
**Girls 2nd place CIF-SDS Div II finish**
**Boys 2nd place CIF-SDS Div II finish**
Coaching Staff Bios
Head Coach: Danny Kung
Assistant Coach: Jason Jacobson
Assistant Coach: Erl Cabanas
Assistant Coach: Megan Mattson
Assistant Coach: Kelli Hancock
Assistant Coach: Whitney Johnson
Volunteer Coach: Randy Hixon
Volunteer Coach: Lavanya Pandey
Head Coach: Danny Kung
Events: Hurdles, Sprints, Jumps, & Relays
Coach Kung enters his 11th year with the program and 8th year as head coach specializing in the hurdles, sprints and relays. Throughout his 16 years of coaching, he has coached numerous CIF-SDS individual champions and state qualifiers as well as winning 2 CIF-SDS Div. II Team Championships at La Jolla High, 2 CIF-SDS Div III Team Championships and 2 CIF-SDS Div II runner up titles at Sage Creek . He has helped Sage Creek build a reputation for great long sprinters, hurdlers and relay teams.
He hopes to continue building up the reputation of excellence as a full track and field program in San Diego.
Email: Dkung@carlsbadusd.net
Assistant Coach: Jason Jacobson
Events: Distance
Coach Jason Jacobson begins his 5th year with the program. He has been coaching cross country for over 20 years in California and in Oregon. His cross country teams have won multiple league and section titles. He has had athletes and/or teams advance to the XC State Meet 20 years, including 8 straight team D-IV state meet appearances and winning the 2010 D-IV Boys State Meet. He has helped many of his athletes advanced to the State Meet in Track & Field.
Assistant Coach: Erl Cabanas
Events: Throws
Coach Erl Cabanas enters his 6th year as an assistant throws coach. A former collegiate sprinter, himself, he has coached 3 national champions and several medalist in the javelin, as well as a multiple athletes to the CA state championships. As well as sent 2 Bobcats to the CA State Track and Field Championships.
Assistant Coach: Megan Mattson
Events: Hurdles/Sprints
Coach Megan Mattson enters her 1st year as an assistant hurdles coach. A Bobcat alumni, she ran from 2015-2018 as a hurdler/sprinter. She was the CIF-SDS DII Champion in the 300H in both her junior and senior years, holds 3 school records (100H, 300H and 400m) as well as the first female Bobcat to qualify for the CIF State meet. She continued her hurdle career at UC San Diego, where she is ranked #7 in program history in the 100H.
She is excited to continue to build upon the reputation of excellence Sage Creek has established.
Assistant Coach: Kelli Hancock
Events: Hurdles/Sprints
Coach Kelli Hancock enters her 1st year with the program as an assistant coach specializing in the Sprints and Hurdles. Previously, she coached sprints and hurdles for 5 years at La Jolla High School where she helped the Vikings secure 5 CIF-SDS Div III team and 1 individual state championships. In her high school athletic career, she was a 2-time CIF-SDS champion (300h, 4×4) and 5-time CIF State qualifier (100h, 300h, 4×4). In college, she studied Biomedical Engineering and earned 10 NCAA DIII All-American accolades as well as 4 national championship titles with her team at Washington University in St. Louis. Kelli is eager to share her love of track and field and the lessons it has to offer with Sage Creek student-athletes.
Assistant Coach: Whitney Johnson
Events: Horizontal Jumps
Dr. Whitney Johnson enters her 1st year with the program as an assistant coach specializing in the Horizontal Jumps. She had an accomplished collegiate career as a former UCSD Triton triple/long jumper with numerous All American accolades, a Div II National Champion, school & conference record holder and an inductee into the San Diego Hall of Champions. What better way to pay tribute to all of her wonderful coaches and former teammates than to share that experience to shape the rising jumpers at Sage Creek High.
Volunteer Coach: Randy Hixon
Events: Pole Vault
Coach Hixon coached pole vault in high school and club programs in northern California for 12 years and at Carlsbad and La Costa Canyon high schools in the 2021-2022 season. He has coached vaulters that successfully competed in qualifying and final competitions at the California State Championships between 2013 and 2019. He vaulted in high school and college at Santa Monica City College and San Fernando Valley State College (now Cal State University, Northridge) and since retiring has competed in the pole vault at various Masters Track and Field competitions in Idaho, Oregon and California.
Volunteer Coach: Lavanya Pandey
Events: Distances
Coach Lavanya Pandey enters her first year with the program, supporting as an assistant distance coach following a season of assistant coaching Sage Creek Cross Country. She’s a Bobcat alumni, having co-led her team to multiple 1st place finishes (2018, 2019) at CIF State DIV Cross Country Championships. She continued her athletic and academic career at UCLA, running for their cross country and track programs for two years while studying biophysics.
Coach Lavanya looks forward to bringing her expertise, built from great coaches and mentors and teammates over the years, back to support student-athletes where it all started—at Sage Creek!
If you have any questions, please e-mail Coach Kung.
E-mail: dkung@carlsbadusd.net
2025 Preliminary Roster & Extended
TRACK INFORMATION
2025 Lettering Criteria
ADDITIONAL LINKS
PHOTOS FROM 2024 MEETS
Photos from Dual Meets (From Mr. Frankel)
2025 DISTANCE SCHEDULE
Thurs 2/27: vs. San Marcos @ San Marcos
Sat 3/1: Elmer Runge Invite @ Patrick Henry
Thurs 3/6: vs. Vista @ Vista **Cancelled due to rain**
Sat 3/8: Irvine ASICS Track and Field Invitational @ Irvine HS
Thurs 3/13: vs. University City & Clairemont @ University City **Cancelled due to rain**
Sat 3/15: Bronco Invite @ Rancho Bernardo
Thurs 3/20: vs. Canyon Crest Academy @ Canyon Crest Academy
Sat 3/22: Adidas Meet of Champions @ Azusa Pacific College (Selected Individuals)
Thurs 3/27: vs. La Costa @ Sage Creek
Sat 3/29: Mt. Carmel/Asics Track and Field Invite @ Mt. Carmel HS
Thurs 4/3: vs. El Camino @ El Camino
Fri-Sat 4/11-4/12: Arcadia Invitational @ Arcadia HS
Fri-Sat 4/18-4/19: Mt. Sac Relays @ Mt. Sac College
Sat 4/19: Jaguar Invite Afternoon Session @ Valley Center
Thurs 4/24: vs. Torrey Pines @ Sage Creek
Sat 4/26: Dick Wilkins Frosh-Soph Championships @ Del Norte HS
Thurs 5/1: vs. Carlsbad @ Sage Creek
–– From here on out is Varsity Only–
Sat 5/10: Coastal League Finals @ Torrey Pines HS
Sat 5/17: CIF Divisionals (III) @ TBD
Sat 5/24: CIF Sectionals @ Mt. Carmel
Fri-Sat 5/30-5/31: CIF State Championships @ Buchanan HS
2025 SPRINTS/FIELD SCHEDULE
Thurs 2/27: vs. San Marcos @ San Marcos
Sat 3/1: Elmer Runge Invite @ Patrick Henry
Thurs 3/6: vs. Vista @ Vista **Cancelled due to rain**
Sat 3/8: Irvine ASICS Track and Field Invitational @ Irvine HS
Thurs 3/13: vs. University City & Clairemont @ University City **Cancelled due to rain**
Sat 3/15: Bronco Invite @ Rancho Bernardo
Thurs 3/20: vs. Canyon Crest Academy @ Canyon Crest Academy
Sat 3/22: Jim Cervany Invite VII @ Mission Bay HS
Thurs 3/27: vs. La Costa @ Sage Creek
Sat 3/29: Mt. Carmel/Asics Track and Field Invite @ Mt. Carmel HS
Thurs 4/3: vs. El Camino @ El Camino
Fri-Sat 4/11-4/12: Arcadia Invitational @ Arcadia HS
Fri-Sat 4/18-4/19: Mt. Sac Relays @ Mt. Sac College
Sat 4/19: Jaguar Invite Afternoon Session @ Valley Center
Thurs 4/24: vs. Torrey Pines @ Sage Creek
Sat 4/26: Dick Wilkins Frosh-Soph Championships @ Del Norte HS
Thurs 5/1: vs. Carlsbad @ Sage Creek
–– From here on out is Varsity Only–
Sat 5/10: Coastal League Finals @ Torrey Pines HS
Sat 5/17: CIF Divisionals (III) @ TBD
Sat 5/24: CIF Sectionals @ Mt. Carmel
Fri-Sat 5/30-5/31: CIF State Championships @ Buchanan HS
2025 CIF-SDS QUALIFYING MARKS & State At Large Qualifiers (must be done at Sectionals):
DUAL MEET TIME SCHEDULE (ROUGH ESTIMATE):
