You’re On Athletic Track & Field Summer Team 

Age Range for You’re On Athletic team members.
Our club’s primary focus is going to be on kids in grades 9-12 and some freshmen in college who still make the USATF and AAU age limit.  We are also going to be taking 8^th grade kids that REALLY want to spend time improving and who REALLY want to run during the summer.  Many summer club teams take kids of all ages.  But for many reasons, too many to list here, we’re not trying to field a large team filled with pre-middle school kids. There are NUMEROUS teams in the state who do cater to the younger age groups and I highly recommend The Ann Arbor Track Club if you are looking for that.   

What regional and national meets can we compete in? USATF & AAU.

All summer meets that we will run in will be either sanctioned by the USATF (U.S.A. Track & Field) or The AAU (Amateur Athletic Union).  You will need to get both a USATF and an AAU membership Card BEFORE you start practice or you are entered into a meet.…Do this right now, DON"T WAIT!  You will need both of these cards to compete in meets AND having your AAU card also assures the schools or city owned tracks we rent from that you are insured and will not file suit against them if you are hurt on their track.  The cards assures this insurance coverage for ALL parties involved, you, the rented track facility and You’re On Athletic Development. You can sign up online at: www.aausports.org Go to the tab on the top page on the top left that says, “Join AAU” The club code you will enter is: miatcdxkbo  If they ask, our club name is You’re On Athletic Development Your cost will be $16. 

To sign up for your USATF membership card, go to http://www.usatf.org/ if you have trouble finding the membership site, then go to: https://www.usatf.org/membership/application/index.asp and this will take you directly to the site.  I am pretty sure the entry fee is $20.00.  Please note our club number is: 1009  and is now on the USATF.org website. Type in the above number for the club.

All summer meets that we will run in will be either sanctioned by the USATF (U.S.A. Track & Field) or The AAU (Amateur Athletic Union)


You're On Athletic Track & Field Summer Club Team Coaches

Gary Bastien Athletic Stats
*1984 Olympic Trials qualifier
* 11-time U.S., NCAA and USOC national qualifier
* Two -time NCAA Division I All-American
*Four-time MAC Conference Champion & record holder
*All-Time U.S. Decathlon List, 1983* Third highest score in the United States, decathlon, *1983 & top 25 score in the world as high 15th that year*
*27th highest  score ever by a U.S decathlete up to 1983
* Pan American Games team member 1983
*Bronze Medalist, U.S National Track & Field Championships 83
* U.S Junior Champion, 1978* U.S.A. Vs. USSR Champion 1978
* Drake Relays Champion 80 and runner up 81 & 85* Penn Relays Runner-up 79* Florida Relays, Dogwood Relays, FSU Relays Champion.* School, conference record holder in the decathlon and indoor multi-event, going underfeated all four years indoors and outdoors on a conference basis. *Voted 1980 EMU Athlete of the year, all sports* Member of EMU and Grandville High School Hall of Fame.

 

Gary Bastien Coaching Stats:

*Coached at Auburn University under Olympic team Coach, Mel Rosen 8 years.
* 8 years total coaching at NCAA Division I programs, coaching throws, multi-events, pole vault, hurdles, high jump, sprints, long jump.
*Coached SEVERAL NCAA Division I national qualifiers while at both Auburn & EMU.
* One NCAA All-American, serveral regional placers, qualifiers.
* Coached several kids from Ann Arbor Track Club and Hershey Track club to state, regional, and national births and several athletes went on to earn college scholarships *Coached high school state shot and discus champions to state births including several champions and other and All-State Athletes.

 

 

Mark Gardner

*Dearborn High School 76'
*All city, All league, All State 76'

*Regional Triple winner - 440 yd dash, 880 relay, mile relay

*Eastern Michigan University - All conference-79',81'(400 relay), Conference runner up- 80', 81', (400 and 1600 relay)

*Eastern Michigan University co-captain 81'
* Coached youth sports in Dearborn 28 years

Jack McIntosh

* Edsel Ford High School 77'

*All city, all league, All state, 77'

*4 time Division 1 All American, 79', 82'-*800 meter runner-up 79'-82'

* 8 United States Track and Field teams

*3-time Olympic trials qualifier

*Member of Western Michigan Hall of Fame-1996

*Currently a police officer in Westland

Joe Knisely
* Dearborn High School 77'
*All city, all league, All State 76', 77'
*Western Michigan- All conference- 110HH- 80', 81'
*NCAA Division I qualifier-1980-60HH
*Currently Northville High School Head Track Coach, coaching this years state hurdle Champion. 
*His State Champion IM hurdler won the Midwest meet of Champions in 2010, one of the fastest times EVER by a Michigan athlete.

Gordon McIntosh
*Edsel Ford High School 78'
*All city, all league, all state, 78'
*2 time Division 1 All American, 81', 82' (4x800 relay)
*Currently assistant track coach at Northville *High School
*Retired Dearborn Police Officer

Carl Myler 
*Over a decade of coaching area Dearborn kids in CYO and other youth track & field and other youth programs
*Dearborn Divine Child Junior High coach, nstrumental in building feeder program for 2010 Divine Child Women's State Champion team
*Father & Jr. high coach of four event state qualifier, Mallory Myler.(only a froshwoman)*40 plus years, Divine Child member & Dearborn resident.

 

 

 

How much does it cost to be on the You’re On Athletic team?
*$80.00 (9-12) ($50 4th-8th grade)  

Other costs: 
Hotel costs are paid by the athletes, as well as scheduled by their parents. In instances when people can share rides or athletes ride to meets with coaches, gas costs can be shared.  Coaches will enter all athletes and a bill will be given BEFORE each meet. (usually $6-$20 per event) Other expenses would be your AAU and USATF membership cards and must be paid by the athlete BEFORE entry and BEFORE they are on the team. (see left column)

Coaches responsibilities
If you have an athlete younger than 8th grade, please come to the meets to watch your child perform.  Watching younger kids when parents choose to "drop kids off" at meets is a safety issue. 

At bigger meets like regionals and national meets, the coaches would love to be able to stay the whole week to watch the kids compete.  Please realize this is not monetarily possible because we all have "day jobs". At these five day meets, coaches should not be expected to skip an entire week of work in order to be at each and every team member's national or regional championships event. Please note that at You’re On Athletic that our coaching job is DONE and ACCOMPLISHED at the practices.  There should NOT be an expectation that we will stay the entire week at a hotel to coach each and every athlete while at a meet. Many of the larger meets run for a 4-7 day period and staying the entire week at these meets would represent an exorbitant cost that would have to be passed on to parents and would be reflected in our cost per athlete fees.  Therefore, it is important for parents to realize our plan in practice is to make your son or daughter fully prepared and self-sufficient at a meet. It would cost the parents, $2-3,000 to put three coaches up for a week for these week-long national meets.  Most parents DO NOT  want those kind of costs for a summer track club.  It will be your responsibility then to get your sons and daughters to their scheduled track events at these multi-day meets.   

There will be times when there WILL be a coach, either myself (Gary) Mark Gardner, Gordy McIntosh, or Carl Myler at a meet for more than one day... when that occurs, we will do ALL we can to stay to observe and assist one of the team members, but please don’t expect it is required we are there. 

Other Expenses
You’re On Athletic Development (the coaching business, not the track club) has a pricing list that goes pretty much like this: If you have never worked with us before, the first time you work with us and you want help in your specialty whether it is pole vault, block starts, running advice etc. , it cost you $125.00 for  4 hours of our time.  95% of the kids that have told us they will be on our team have already gone through this necessary training and have paid this fee and all they would owe to be on the team would be th $80.00 which covers our coaching time for the entire summer.  For (older kids who have not gone through this training, we will give you the regular $125.00 training session for a discounted rate of $90.00. (in addition to the $65.00 summer team fee) For this $90.00 you will get 4 hours of training instruction in your specialty.    

The Summer team fee of $80.00 covers the coaching costs for the entire staff of four coaches (three are more full time (gary, mark, gordy), one are part time…Carl M.)  By the end of the summer the $80 in fees will basically cover our gas to and from practice from our homes. We want to keep the fees low in order to build a team in the next three years that has a real elite presence that will be noticed by collegiate recruiters as a team to watch when looking for future college scholarship athletes.

One last thing about elite athletes and coaching.  When it comes to elite athletes, the ones that do go to the national championships, these athletes will at times be getting additional coaching. This year, we will have 1-3 athletes who are going to be competing on that level. There will not always be equity in the amount of time we spend with the elite athlete versus an athlete of lesser skill. (on an occasional day) Whoever the elite athletes are, he or she has earned the extra attention. Please don’t be put out by this.  I can tell you right now, we have freshmen in high school who are on the team I KNOW will be on this same level and when their time comes, they too will get this extra attention. (Simply because competing on that level requires it.)

Any questions, Call:
info@youreonathletic.com Or call Gary at 734-904-9857. 

Gordie McIntosh, Jack McIntosh, Joe Knisely Mark Gardner and Gary Bastien have incredible coaching and athletic backgrounds. We challenge any club to match the experience you have available with the staff at You’re On Athletic. We have on our staff coaches, that as athletes, collectively have: 9 NCAA Division I All-American awards among them, four Olympic Trial births, 14 NCAA Division I national championship births/qualifications, 2 U.S. Junior Champions, 2 NCAA DI runner up, 1 top three USATF bronze medalist, over 20 (USATF, U.S. Olympic Committee, NCAA Division I Championships & USA track & field teams births)  In addition, as a coaches the staff have produced, multiple NCAA Division I top 15 ranked athletes, school record holders and legions of conference champions (both collegiate & high school) and most recently coached high school state champions, both as individuals and on team championships.

***TRAVEL NOTICE: All travel to and from meets is done as individual families traveling on interstate roads and NOT as members of the You’re On Athletic Development, LLC. Even if traveling in a van or car with a You’re On Athletic Development or coach, the person in the car or Van does not become a member of the You’re On Athletic team until he or she enters the fenced area of the stadium he or she competes in. Traveling to and from meets is done at the own risk of the athlete.  Families traveling to the meet travel also to and from venues voluntarily and at their own risk. The same holds true for any overnight accommodations., the person attending a meet attends, sleeps and eats at hotels, restaurants, pools as citizens/pedestrians and are not considered members of the You’re On Athletic Development team until they enter the fenced stadium area and are in active competition. All travel and lodging time between an athlete’s home residence to the interior area of the stadium of competition are done voluntarily as a pedestrian/citizen of the United States and not as a representative or athlete or team member of You’re On Athletic Development.  You’re On Athletic Development will not be held responsible for any accident, including  accidental death or other crime, hazard, or misfortune that develops while athletes on the team travel to and from meets.  Citizens who travel to meets with the intent of competing for You’re on Athletic development ONLY become members, or remain members of the You’re On Athletic Development team while in the confines of the stadium in which their competition occurs. The moment an athlete leaves the stadium, either during or after a competition, he or she becomes a pedestrian/citizen and  is no longer a member of the You’re On Athletic Development LLC track & field team. All athletes and parents understand the above and releases You're On Athletic Development from any form of liability related in any way to attending these meets or practices.   

We'll need volunteer timers and officials to help run off track the meet in Manchester, Michigan for children 4-14 who's parent's work as migrant workers at DuRussell Potato Farm in Manchester, MI. It is a great, feel good experience and you will love the kids and the work everybody does to make it happen.