Members of the Central Valley Roadrunners track and field team, four Escalon siblings are headed to the Los Angeles area, where they will take part in the Junior Olympics.

Events are scheduled from July 27 through Aug. 2 and the Krumeich foursome will be there, along with their parents, Peter and Erica.

Young athletes in the family are Elias, 12, who will complete in the javelin and discus events; Amaya, 11, competing in javelin, high jump and long jump; Isaiah, 10, competing in javelin; and Julius, 8, competing in javelin and long jump.

“They practice out of MJC,” dad Peter Krumeich said of the siblings, with their mom Erica one of the coaches for the Roadrunners.

“The kids are already ranked nationally, which is kind of cool,” Krumeich added. “I did javelin at Fresno State, I taught the kids how to do it and they’ve really excelled at it.”

The Junior Olympics are actually being staged at Cerritos College in Norwalk, roughly 15 miles from downtown L.A.

All four of the Krumeich siblings placed in their regional meet, hosted at Monterey Peninsula College.

“They all qualified in the top five of their events, which allowed them to advance to the Junior Olympics,” Krumeich explained.

The children are not only coached by but are also home schooled by their mom, and are in seventh, sixth, fourth and third grades. Balancing school work with their athletics is something they have learned to do, just as their parents did in college.

“If they get top eight (at the Junior Olympics) they’re considered an All-American,” Krumeich said. “We think they all have a shot.”

For the young athletes themselves, they are grateful for the opportunity and are looking to do their best.

Elias, 12, will compete in the 13-14 division.

“It’s pretty exciting, my first time going,” he said. “My favorite event is probably discus but I’m on the younger side so I’m not as good. Javelin is probably my best event and even though I’m on the younger side I’m pretty good at the javelin.”

And as far as how he prepares for each meet?

“Just relax before the competition, clear my mind,” Elias shared.

For 11-year-old Amaya, she will compete in the 11-12 division.

“I’m really excited this year because I’ve been able to go both years but my brothers, this is their first year going; they qualified last year but they didn’t go,” she explained. “It’s cool to compete against people that I know could be better than me but (I) still end up being pretty good … I really want to make All-American this year.”

Having just turned 10 this month, Isaiah will compete in the 9-10 division.

“I’m feeling good because we’ve been practicing a lot and I think I can throw my PR (personal record),” Isaiah said.

He added that he typically takes 15 steps and then throws the javelin, focusing on sending off a straight throw. He also said he isn’t feeling too many nerves as the competition nears.

“I’m just excited,” he said.

Youngest sibling Julius, 8, will compete in the 7-8 division.

“I like javelin, it’s fun and you just throw it,” he said, adding that the long jump event is actually his favorite.

“You run up and then you do your jump, try to reach for your legs and try to keep your legs up so you can jump really far,” Julius said of focusing on each jump.

Krumeich said track and field has always been part of the family’s life.

“Erica and I met on the track team at Fresno State; my first sport was obviously baseball, hers was track, basketball, volleyball, she did a lot of stuff,” he said. “But we met on the track team and we’ve tried to take that love of the sport to the kids and teach them the various different events; track as far as running events, field events for throwing, and they’ve all excelled very well and we’re very proud of them.”

For her part, Erica definitely has to balance being a mom and being a coach.

“I have to go into coach mode, yes,” she shared. “It’s been a joy, though, to see them excel and to be able to coach them as well.”