Campbell High School Track Athletes signing their letters of intent to run in college. In the photo From L-R" Coach Terrance Davier Brewster- Butler Community College (KS), Kelli Hardnett- University of Houston, Tyshawn Smith- Kennesaw State University (In rear L- Coach Terrance Wilson/ R- Coach Brian Smith)
Jordan Thomas from Luella HS inks with The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to compete in the Decathlon. Featured in the photo:(From left to right)Coach Kim Batten, Father Vincent Thomas, Mother Jocelyn Thomas, Head Coach Luella High School Richard Westbrook, Sister Kelli Thomas, and Grandfather Loyce Thomas Sr.
This was a great meet held at Starrs Mill's Panther stadium which produced some outstanding times and marks with the the top 6 from finals qualifying to the Regionals in Newport News, Virginia on July 5-8
Middle School age Recap coming soon....
St. Pius X grad Shelby Ashe was named the USATF 'Athlete of the Week' http://USA Track & Field - Ashe named USATF Athlete of the Week Shelby dominated the Women's Hammer Throw at the USATF Junior Nationals this past weekend after breaking the American Junior record and establishing a new meet record in the hammer throw at USA Junior Championships on Saturday of 223-06 which also gave her an automatic qualifying mark for the Olympic Trials beginning Thursday.
Another group of track stars from Georgia traveled to Greensboro NC for the New Balance Prep championships and brought home plenty of hardware. Throw1deep had the power this weekend garnering 2 National titles and 2 runnerups in the Girls Hammer Throw! Avana Story of Woodward won the National title and rising Frosh Kamryn Brinson of Marist won the Emerging Elite division. Also winning a gold was Alan Frye of Campbell in the 400 Hurdles Emerging Elite race. Bailey Roth is back injury free after his silver medal effort in the Boys Emerging Elite 2 Mile clocking a sweet 9:22.98. Javianne Oliver from Monroe Area also had herself a great meet placing 2nd in the 100m and 3rd in the 200m. Here were the Top Performers from Georgia.......
Georgians had an OUTSTANDING weekend of competition on the national level at the USA Track & Field Junior National (19 & under) Championships. Winning National titles were Coffee County sensation Tyreek Hill as he doubled in the 100 and 200m races clocking impressive times of 10.28 (-1.8 headwind) and 20.57. Hill automatically earned a spot on Team USA at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Kirubel Errassa formerly of Grayson also captured a title winning the 5000 meters in 14:28.00! Shelby Ashe (also a St. Pius grad) continued her domination in the Hammer Throw taking the gold with a sling of 223-06. Morgan Snow had the meet of her life as she slashed her way over the hurdles to a National title against a headwind (-1.8) 13.26 in the 100h. Nikita Kirilov of Ga Tech (a St.Pius grad) won the Pole Vault competition with a clearance of 5.54m (18-02).....
UGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta State University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will begin sponsorship of track and field, according to an announcement Wednesday from ASU Director of Athletics Clint Bryant. Bryant indicated the Jaguars will sponsor women’s and men’s track & field beginning with the fall, 2012 semester.
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A good number of Georgians will be headed to Greensboro, NC this weekend for New Balance Outdoors. MileSplit will have a large team there on-site coverage through our MileSplit national team, including our own Todd Grasley, Jeff Adams, and Chris Sumner. Click on article header for list....
Flocasts has signed a multifaceted agreement with MileSplit, the largest network of high school running sites on the Internet. The partnership will produce the largest collection of media sources online for core running participants and fans of competitive running, with a combined reach of 2 million unique visitors a month.
My name is Giles Paul and I am an intern with the USA Track and Field Georgia Association. We will have over 500 youth running this Saturday from all over Georgia with certain counties running in the 3 different locations. The source information that I have for this event is as follow:
The USA Track and Field Georgia Association is excited to host the Youth Meet Area Preliminary Qualifiers
Date: Saturday, June 9, 2012
Time: 9:00am
Location: Area A Preliminary Qualifiers - New Manchester HS
4925 Hwy. 92/166,
Douglasville, GA
Area B Preliminary Qualifiers - Monroe Area HS
300 Double Springs Church Road
Monroe, GA 30656
Area C Preliminary Qualifiers - Westlake High School
2370 Union Road, SW,
Atlanta, GA 30331
We want to invite everyone to come out, represent their associations, and compete with the best in the Southeast! Everyone is invited to attend - athletes, volunteers, officials, coaches, and sponsors.
*FOR COMPLETE DETAILS/MEET SCHEDULE, PLEASE VISIT WWW.USATFGA.ORG.
The Georgia Association is a volunteer-driven, non-profit 501c (3) organization with over 3,600 members, 117 Youth and Adult clubs, and over 170 certified officials. Our mission is to further the sport of track and field by providing quality competition for youth, open and master athletes, from grassroots to the Olympic Games
Thank you very much for your help in this matter. If you have questions or would like more information, please feel free to contact me by phone at (786)473-9696. I can also be reached by e-mail at gpaul@usatfga.org.
Sincerely,
Mr. Giles Paul, BSBA
Media & Communications Intern
USA Track & Field Georgia Association
Cell: (786)473-9696
E-mail: gpaul@usatfga.orgwww.facebook.com/USATFGA
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