Ben Glauser of Athens Academy signs with Harvard University. Front: Parents Edward and Ann Glauser with Ben Back L to R: Bob Chambers, Headmaster; Richard Patterson, Throws Coach, Tom Pee Head Track Coach. Luis Navarro of Kennesaw Mountain HS signs to run with Nationally Ranked, Darton College. Taylor Harrington of Bleckley County signs a letter of commitment with Valdosta State University to run XC.  Taylor has been region 3AA cross country champion for two years in a row, as well as region champion in the 1600 and 3200 meters. Pictured(left to right):  Gloria Harrington, Taylor Harrington, Mac Harrington. (Back row) Betty Harrington and Coach Shelly Cranford. Flowery Branch Track Star Erika Rucker signs w/ South Carolina and Distance Specialist Maurice Riden signs w/ Mars Hill U. Anna Bowles signs with the UGA DAWGS! Pictured in front row : Mother Connie Bowles, Anna Bowles, Father Ken Bowles  Back row Assistant CC coach Jennifer Bieller, Head CC coach Jerry Meitin       Joshua Jenkins of Athens Christian School, signs with Kennesaw State! Caroline Evans from Starr's Mill High School signing with United States Naval Academy.  She will be pole vaulting. Peter Rhodes signs with Brown to compete in the Decathlon and Parker Whitlock signs w/ Kennesaw State to run XC and Track Josh Pendley of West Hall HS signs w/ the Mercer University-Macon Bears to run XC.

  A great first weekend of HS Outdoor Track will begin with 4 large meets including "The Big Orange Relays" at Parkview, The Statesboro Invitational, The Panther 8 Way at Starr's Mill and a nice small school meet at Landmark Christian!

ATLANTA, GA - February 14, 2011 The USATF Georgia Association Track & Field Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations from its Georgia members and the general public for the inaugural USATF Georgia Association Hall of Fame Class of 2011. Nomination forms can be emailed to gahof@usatfga.org in order to be considered

These 1A rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings  and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. Relays are not calculated due to the program not recognizing what relay team members have graduated.  Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list.

These 2A rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We scored 10 deep for individuals. For example,  individuals 1st place received 10 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 10th place. Relays are not calculated due to the program not recognizing what relay team members have graduated.  Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list

These 3A rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We scored 10 deep for individuals. For example,  individuals 1st place received 10 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 10th place. Relays are not calculated due to the program not recognizing what relay team members have graduated.  Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list. ( I urge Team Admins/Coaches go to your Team Page and add grad dates for each athlete)

These 4A rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We scored 10 deep for individuals. For example, for individuals 1st place received 10 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 10th place.  Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list.Relays are not calculated due to the program not recognizing what relay team members have graduated.  Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list.

These 5A rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We scored 10 deep for individuals. For example, for individuals 1st place received 10 points for their team, on down to 1 point for 10th place. Relays are not calculated due to the program not recognizing what relay team members have graduated.  Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list.

Ben Glauser of Throw1deep and Athens Academy poses in front of the Performance Indicator after his 70-04 bomb at KTC Indoor. Photo Courtesy of Jasen Parks of http://tn.milesplit.com       Athens Academy’s Ben Glauser surprised a lot of people in the track world last season.  He came from nowhere to win the Georgia State meet in class A in both the shot and discus.  He then placed 5th at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the Shot Put.  He went on the win the USATF Outdoor Age Group Nationals in the Shot Put and ended the year ranked 5th in the World by the IAAF for 17 year old throwers.        Ben started this year off with many lofty goals.  He has three goals for the Indoor season,  to win Indoor High School Nationals in two events (the Weight Throw and the Shot Put), and qualify for USA Indoor Open Nationals.    Saturday he achieved one of his lofty goals....  In the College/Open Niswonger Invitational in Johnson City, TN Ben threw 60’ 1 ¼ “ with the 16LB shot  to make the qualifying mark for the Open USA National meet.             About an hour after Ben made the qualifying mark with the 16Lb shot, he competed in the high school shot and threw 70’ 4”.   That mark is the farthest throw by any Georgia athlete ever and #6 all –time Indoors for a USA high school athlete.   The most surprising thing about this mark is that Ben has not trained for the 12Lb shot this season.   He has been training for the heavier 16 Lb shot since August.   Glauser  said “ I knew I could hit over 70’ with the 12 indoors, but I did not think we would see it this soon.”    “I was a little tired after throwing the 16LB shot and I was hoping for 68’ with the 12Lber.”    When asked if this big throw changes any of his goals Ben replied “I still have the same goals. Even with the 70’ throw I am still not the top US thrower this season.   I know I will have to stay focused and work hard all the way through Indoor Nationals.”   Great attitude and great job Ben!      (contributions by Coach Judge)

 Coverage from the KTC Indoor  **Keep Checking as I will update through out the day**

The Union (Tenn.) University women’s cross country team has signed Whitney Sweet of Roswell, Georgia. Sweet will enter Union this fall as a freshman and will major in early childhood development as she works to become an elementary teacher.(via www.uu.edu)

2011 Signing Day has finally arrived. If you want your signing pic here on gatfxc.com. Please resize it to no larger than 400 x 300 and e-mail it in a file attachment.  We will post the 3 most current submissions on the homepage and roll the older pics over to the Article Header page. Taylor Dupont of Starr's Mill High School  will throw the Hammer at Harvard University Nathan Loe signed a track scholarship to attend Illinois University. He is a member of Throw One Deep and attends Woodland High School, Cartersville GA. Nathan is currently ranked 3rd in the nation in the Hammer Throw. Mill Creek's Austin Boetje signs w/ Georgia State. Pictured are Coach Andy Christie, Austin and AD Gary Long Rachel and Rebecca Greenwall, formerly of North Oconee HS, sign w/ Georgia Southern to compete in Track and Cross Country. The Greenwall twins were part of the "Fab Four" at Baylor School in Chattanooga that swept the top 4 places un the State XC Meet. Pictured (l-r) are mom Michelle, Rebecca, Rachel and dad Bruce.