Track and field programs guide

The Tomball Kings track and field program is open to high school, junior high, and elementary school student-athletes, in partnership with the Missing Element Track Club. Registration is open for the spring/summer 2025 season.

Track and field programs guide

The Tomball Kings offer high school, junior high, and elementary school track and field programs in conjunction with Missing Element Sports and the Missing Element Track Club.

Homeschooled student-athletes may participate in our interscholastic as well as our club meets.

Student-athletes in traditional public or private schools may participate in our club meets, but are not eligible for our interscholastic meets, as they will typically be running for their own schools in interscholastic meets.

The program provides:

  • both interscholastic and club competition for high school and junior high student-athletes; and,
  • club competition for elementary school student-athletes.

Interscholastic competition takes the form of dual- or multi-school meets during the spring, commencing in mid-February and culminating with the Texas Homeschool State Track and Field Championships in early May. Interscholastic meets prior to the homeschool state championships feature public school, private school, and other homeschool opponents.

Club competition typically takes place within USA Track and Field ("USATF") or Amateur Athletic Union ("AAU") meets, commencing in mid-March and running through mid-July.

Some meets, particularly larger ones, welcome both interscholastic and club entrants.

Typically our interscholastic opponents are governed by University Interscholastic League ("UIL"), Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools ("TAPPS"), and Southwest Preparatory Conference ("SPC") rules. For eligibility purposes for interscholastic competition, we adhere to UIL, TAPPS, and SPC standards.

Registration

Please complete this form to register for track and field:

Register for track and field

Schedule for Spring/Summer 2025 season

Please review our schedule for the remainder of the spring/summer 2025 track and field season:

Noteworthy dates

  • Monday, March 10, 2025 will be the first practice for the combined interscholastic and club student-athletes.
  • The first club meet will take place on April 19, 2025.
  • The Texas Homeschool State Track and Field Championship will be held May 2-3, 2025 at Marion High School, Marion TX.
  • The USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Meet will be held July 21-27, 2025 (location to be announced). Athletes must qualify for the Junior Olympic meet, by age group.

Training schedule

  • From March 10 through April 12, 2025, training days will be Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 PM until 7:00 PM and Saturdays from 9:00 AM until 10:30 AM.
  • The last Saturday training session will be April 12, 2025, as the following Saturday (April 19, 2025) we will run our first club meet.
  • Commencing Monday, April 14, 2025, training days will be Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 5:30 PM until 7:00 PM.

Meet schedule

We will release the schedule for club meets at 6:00 PM on Saturday, March 8, 2025.

  • KT Express, April 19
  • Afterburners, April 26
  • Texas Homeschool State Track and Field Championship, May 2-3
  • Texas Storm May 10
  • NW Flyers May 23-24
  • Track Houston TBA, but probably the Saturday and Sunday after NW Flyers
  • Championship meets TBA, for those who qualify

The Texas Homeschool State Track and Field Championship will be held May 2-3, 2025 at Marion High School, Marion TX.

Training locations

  • On-track training will be at Klein Memorial Stadium, 16607 Stuebner Airline Rd, Klein TX 77379 [map] or, sharing the same parking lot, the track at Kleb Junior High.
  • In-season, facility training will be at Missing Element Sports, 7315 Five Forks Dr, Spring TX 77379 [map].

Costs

Please budget for these costs for the Spring 2025 season:

  • If you have been enrolled in the Athletic Performance Program for six months or more, your only incremental costs are for your track uniform and meet fees.
  • Otherwise, your training costs for the track season will be $300 for the first student, $250 for the second student, and $200 for each additional student from each household. Athletes in the 17U to 18U competition category pay only $200.
  • Between $10 and $30 per track meet. Please budget for up to six meets. We will firm up those costs once we have the schedule completed, as different meets have different entrance fees and not all have posted their fees as yet.
  • $40 each for Tomball Kings and Missing Element Track Club uniforms. Only high school and junior high students need Tomball Kings uniforms.
  • $35 per year for USA Track and Field ("USATF") membership, per student.
  • $20 per year for the Tomball Kings Track and Field Program Fee.

You will pay (i) Missing Element directly for its coaching and training for the season, along with the club meets it schedules, and your Missing Element Track Club uniform, (ii) USA Track and Field for its annual student membership, and (iii) the Tomball Kings for the interscholastic meets it schedules, the Kings uniform, and the Kings annual program fee. The Kings will invoice you. You will pay online for Missing Element and USA Track and Field. We will provide payment links after registration is complete.

Meet entry fees will be as set forth by the meet hosts. In some cases these are set on a per-entrant basis. In others they are on a per-team basis, with separate charges for boys and girls rosters. For meets with team entry fees, we will apportion the costs on a pro rata basis among participants, but do not expect these to exceed $30 per meet.

Some meets require entrants to pay directly on an individual basis (typically, small entry fees). We will advise you of these as we schedule them.

Volunteers

We will need volunteers to serve as coaches and coordinators at the interscholastic meets, for both high school and junior high. Please indicate on the Kings registration form if you are able to serve as a volunteer coach or coordinator on interscholastic meet days.

Coaching and training

Missing Element provides all coaching and training for Kings track and field athletes (boys and girls), both for interscholastic and club competition. Athletes must comply with the rules of the Missing Element Track Club and the Tomball Kings organization. Missing Element coaches will determine in what events athletes may compete, when meets impose a per-event limit.

Eligibility

Athletes must be at least seven years of age to receive track and field instruction and training from Missing Element.

Only high school and junior high athletes are eligible for interscholastic competition.

Kings athletes of elementary-school age will not be eligible for interscholastic competition and will only be able to compete in meets as part of the Missing Element Track Club, with the approval of Missing Element coaches. They will wear Missing Element uniforms when they compete in such meets.

Kings athletes of junior high and high school age may compete, with the approval of Missing Element track coaches, (i) in interscholastic meets or (ii) in club (AAU, USATF, or other sanction as determined by Missing Element coaches) track meets. When competing in club meets, they will wear Missing Element uniforms. When competing in interscholastic meets, they will wear Kings uniforms.

Interscholastic competition

All Kings athletes must be homeschooled and in compliance with the academic standards of their homeschools. Those of junior high and high school age must also meet the eligibility standards of UIL, TAPPS , and SPC for interscholastic competition (must not have graduated; no more than four years of high school or two years of junior high competition; for high school, must not be over eighteen years of age on September 1; for junior high, must not be over fifteen years of age on September 1; cannot have more than six years combined of junior high and high school competition).  All Kings athletes must comply both with Kings standards and Missing Element standards.

The Kings athletic director will be responsible for booking the interscholastic meets. He will do so in consultation with the Missing Element track coaches so as to comply with their training schedule. The Kings will also supply day-of-meet volunteer coaches, but their job will be primarily “adult supervision.” They will not provide coaching that conflicts with the coaching provided by Missing Element, and will follow warm-up routines and other meet guidance as directed by the Missing Element coaches.

Relationship to other programs at Missing Element

The Kings track program is not a substitute for the Athletic Performance Program or even the weight training program in which some TCW players participate, nor are those programs substitutes for the track program. In the case of the Athletic Performance Program, it provides year-round, generalized athletic instruction and training that builds a foundation for competition in baseball, track, football, soccer, or other sports. Its purpose is not to teach sports-specific skills such as pitching, kicking, free throws, or running hurdles.

Communications

We use the SportsYou app for in-season communications. Having this app on your phones is imperative. To use the app:

For more information please call John Harris at 512-470-0915 or email support@tomballkings.org.