RESULTS

Tristan Slater

The West Virginia Association USA Track & Field Cross Country Championships for all ages was conducted at Coonskin Park, Saturday November 7, 2015.  AAU races were also be contested.  The event was sanctioned by WV USA Track & Field.  Top 15 youth competitors and top 2 teams in each race qualify to advance to the USA Track & Field XC Championships in Albuquerque, NM,  December  12, 2015, and the AAU Championships in Danville, Alabama, December 5, 2015.  Results are posted here , here , and here . 

Please check out our Photo gallery of pictures here from the Charleston Distance Run as our coaches and many CCS members did volunteer work running the race! 

Results from the 5K race may be found here: 

http://www.tristateracer.com/resultsdb.php?race_id=4167&results=All

The USA Track & Field Championship was Sunday June 14 th . Pictures are here . 

The  Capital City Strider Medal count exploded to 10 on the last two days of the AAU Junior Olympics at Norfolk State University, August 1-8.  The Striders earned 5 medals Friday and Saturday.  Over 12,000 student athletes competed for eight All-American spots in Track and Field Events by age and gender.  The 6 th Track and Field All American spot was earned by Abby Buchan of Carlton Heights, WV in the 17-18 Women’s Javelin, with a Bronze Medal for a throw of 39.84m or 130’ 8.50”.  On the last day of the meet, Gold medals were earned by Russell Carroll of Hurricane, WV winning the 14 year old boys 3000M in 9:26.54 and by Tristan Slater of Charleston winning the 17-18 Men’s Pole Vault clearing 16’ 4.75”.  Noah Castro of Hurricane, WV took 2 nd in the 13 year old boys 3000m running 9:57.68 and Austin Garrett finished 3 rd in the 17-18 Men’s   Pole Vault clearing 14’ 5.25”  or 5.40m. 

At the beginning of the meet, Steve Eaton of St Albans won third place in the 14 year old Boys Pole Vault, clearing 10’ 11.75” or 3.35 meters.  Aaron Withrow of Scott Depot turned in a 5 th place finish in the 14 year old boys 1500m with a time of 4:23.80.  Just missing the medal stand in the 14 year old 1500m was Russell Carol of Hurricane, finishing 10 th in 4:26.45.  Also Noah Castro of Winfield  finished 11 th in the 13 year old 1500m in 4:42.28.  Dianna Goodman of Scott Depot took 6 th in the 13 year old girl’s pole vault, clearing 8’ 1/2”.  Shannon Riley of Scott Depot just missed finishing 10 th in the 15-16 girls pole vault clearing 9’6”.  Caleb Hartley of Poca placed 7 th in the 13 year old boys shot put, throwing 39’ 10” or 12.14m.  

Carley Hinkle of Winfield placed 5th and Laurel Miller of Ripley placed 10th in the 17-18 Women's High Jump at the 2015 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships at University of North Florida in Jacksonville Florida.  Christian Buckley of Poca finished 4th in the 17-18 Men's Shot Put with a put of 17.35m or 56 feet 11 1/4 inches.  Results are here (under the schedule, choose the day and event you want): http://results.flotrack.org/2015/07-27-USATF/Web/

Tristan Slater competed in the PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS,  July 31 - August 2, 2015 in  Edmonton, Canada clearing 17-00.75 in the pole vault.  Pictures are here .

Carley Hinkle of Winfield placed 5th and Laurel Miller of Ripley placed 10th in the 17-18 Women's High Jump at the 2015 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships at University of North Florida in Jacksonville Florida.  Results are here (under the schedule, choose the day anad event you want): http://results.flotrack.org/2015/07-27-USATF/Web/

AAU Regional Qualifier (June 25-28 at Laidley Field) results are posted here .  

We have many new winners from June meets at the CCS Invitational June 12 and 13 and the USATF Junior Olympics June 14, both events at Laidley Field.  Pictures of the June 14 event are posted here .  

5 Capital City Striders represented our State at The Hershey USATF Indoor Nationals in Landover, Maryland, 3 of which came back All Americans! Laurel Miller (Ripley High) 4th place 17-18 High jump, Troy Fisher (Roane County) 5th place 17-18,  800m & Noah Castro (Winfield Middle) 6th place 13-14, 3000m. 

Congratulations! Winter conditioning pays off.  Pictures are here .  

CCS Masters member Barbara Warren attained All American status for W65-69 in 5 events and placed in all 10 events entered at the USATF National Masters Indoor Championship Meet March 19-22 In Winston Salem, NC [two golds in pole vault and high jump, 3 silvers in pentathlon, long jump, and triple jump, bronze medals in shot put, 60m hurdles, weight throw (12 lbs) and super weight throw (20 lbs), and 5th in 200m]. Pictures are here .

2014

WV AAU Youth Track & Field  has an All-American.  Abigail Buchan, competing for the Capital City Striders, finished 2 nd in the 17-18 Women’s 800 Gram Javelin competition at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. A rising senior at Valley High School, Abby’s best throw was 120’ 7”.  See Abby’s pictures here .

For the second year in a row two members of the Capital City Strider reached All-American status as they placed in the top 6 at the JO Championships:

In 17-18 Mens competition Christian Buckley of Poca placed 3 rd in the shot put  with a put of 17.8 meters or 58’43/4”, He was the only Strider to receive two All-American designations by also placing 6 th in the discus throwing 51.92M or 170’ 4”.

Also 11-12 boy - Noah Castro, Hurricane placed 3 rd in the 3000m  running 10:04.39 achieving All-American for the second straight year.

The third All-American is actually a two time winner as well although her last All – American designation was in 2012. Carly Hinkle of Winfield placed second in the 15-16 High Jump having done the same in the 13-14 division in 2012. Carly cleared 5’5” in a battle for first missing at 5’7”.

Carly is an amazing story being on the comeback trail after a devastating injury that required surgery and prohibited her from jumping at all in 2013.    

Russell Blount East Coast Invitational in Durham, NC, July 19-21, 2014 

Capital City Striders, Laurel Miller, Nathan Barham and Triston Slater all take the Gold medals in their event at the prestigious Russell Blount East Coast Invitational in Durham, NC.

Miller won the 15-16 Girls High Jump clearing 5’ 3”, while Slater took the 17-18 Men’s Pole Vault gold clearing 15’6”  (tying the meet record) and narrowly missing 16’6” in an attempt to set a Canadian Youth Record.

Nate Barham 11-12 boys ran the 400M in under a minute for the first time winning the finals in 59.96. Barham also finished 4 th in the 100m 13.16 and 200m 26.80

Double medalist were:

Quavante Bass 9-10 boys 800m 6 th 2:48.15 & 1500m 4 th 5:28.69

Elecia Thomas 11-12 girls 3000m 2 nd 13:39.0 & 1500m 4 th 5:43.72

Jadia Powell 11-12 girls 800m 2:43.51 & Turbo Jav 4 th 19.18m

Naveh Harmon 13-14 girls Shot Put 6 th 8.33m & Discus 7 th 18.80m

Ramone Garnett 15-16 boys Shot Put 6 th 11.41m & Discus 7 th 31.0m

Troy Fisher 17-18 Men 400m 4 th 50.14 & 800m 4 th 1:59.52

Also winning Medals were:

Canadace Morris 9-10 girls 400m 8 th 1:15.72

Zion Freshour 13-14 boys 100m 5 th 12.47

Shannon Riley 15-16 girls Pole Vault 5th 2.59m

Haley Snodgrass 15-16 girls Pole Vault 3 rd 2.74m

Abagail Buchan 17-18 Womens Javelin 2 nd 34.59m

Anacia Hines 17-18 Womens 100H 5 th 15.15

Kiya Brown 17-18 Womens 400m  4 th 1:00.45  

Bryson Dennison 17-18 Men Pole Vault 2 nd 4.26m

Complete results available at: http://durhamstriders.com/results/14blunteci/

New pictures are posted for recent meets here .

The Capital City Striders had 3 double winners in strong performances at the 2014 edition of the USA Track & Field Region 5 Championships (July 10-13) at Laidley Field in Charleston, WV. The top 5 winners in each event and age group qualified for the National Junior Olympics in Humble Texas next week.  The USA Track and Field Youth Regional 11-12 girls 800M Record was broken in Charleston by Torie Starcher.

Double winners: Starcher 11-12 girls 800m 2:27.18 (meet record) and 1500M 5:13.89. Torie was also 2 nd in the 3000m 11:50.43. Noah Castro won the 11-12 boys 1500m 4:54.32 and also won the 3000m in 10:21.07, .07 off the meet record. Christian Buckley also doubled winning the 17-18 Young Men Shot Put 17.9 M and the Discus 51.77.

Also winning Gold Medals were:

Neveah Harmon 13-14 girls Shot Put 8.41m

Carly Hinkle & Laurel Miller tied for first in the 15-16 Girls High Jump 1.6m

Lauren London 17-18 Women’s Long Jump 5.04m

Abagail Buchan 17-18 Women’s Javelin 38.14m  Triston Carpenter 8-u Boys SP 4.46m

Quavanta Bass 9-10 Boys 800m 2:41.14

Nathan Barham 11-12 Boys 200m 26.27

Triston Slater 17-18 Boys Pole Vault 4.95m

Other National Qualifiers include:

8-U Girls:

Mariska Thomas 800m

Za Rayah White  LJ

Shannon Smith    LJ

Alyson Hensley    Sp & Mini Jav 9-10 Girls:

Candace Morris 400m

Jalae Saunders 400m

Micahela Harmon SP & Mini-Jav

11-12 Girls:

Elicia Thomas 3000m

Payton Knicely SP & Discus

Jadia Powell Mini-Jav

Daryah Spencer Pentathlon

13-14 Girls:

Della Moreland 1500m

Caroline Cartwright HJ

15-16 Girls:

Laurel Miller Heptathlon

Hannah Cartwright HJ

Shannon Riley PV

Haley Snodgrass PV

Gabrielle Reynolds LJ

Lexi Crompton Heptathlon

17-18 Women:

Mara Mazzocci 800m Torrie Derrow 100H

Lauren London Triple Jump & PV

8-U Boys:

Miki Carey 100m

Tavarish Porter 200m & 400m

Dwayne Ruffin 800m

Rowan Castro 800m

Talon Carpenter LJ & Mini-Jav

10-U Boys:

Dashawn Banks 100m

Quavanta Bass 400m & 1500m

11-12 Boys:

Nathan Barham 100m & 400m

15-16 Boys:

Jabron Stokes 400m

Ramone Garnett Shot Put, Discus & Javelin

17-18 Boys:

Zach Marcum 200m

Troy Fisher 400m 800m & LJ

Will Walker 400H

Chris Cochran PV

Complete results are here .

Lexi Crompton of Hurricane was just edged out for  the Heptathalon Championship by Kara Dotson of the Toledo Titans 3564 to 3542. Laurel Miller of Given WV was 4 th with 3010 points.  Two day results are here .

Check out the July 11 Press Release here and the July 14 Newsletter here .

The full results of the AAU Region 4 Results from the meet in Cincinnati OH June 26-29, 2014 are here .  

THE WEST VIRGINIA Association USA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS results from Friday, June 20, are posted here .  

Capital City Invitational Meet Records are posted here .  Striders won!!!! The Photo Albums from this event are here and here .

Tristan Slater, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Tim Mack, and Bryson Dennison.  Striders had four athletes compete in the third annual Vault in the Ville in Louisville, KY on 6/7/14 (Tristan Slater, Bryson Dennison, Shannon Riley and Haley Snodgrass). Tristan won the HS boys competition with a vault of 15’8”. Bryson took fourth place, with a new personal record of 14’4”. Shannon and Haley did not make the top ten in the HS girls competition, but both cleared 9’2” which was a new personal record for Shannon. 

USA Track & Field & Multi-Event Region 5 Championship 

July 10 – 13, 2014

Hosted by: The Capital City Striders, Inc. & West Virginia

The Capital City Striders had 3 double winners in strong performances at the 2014 edition of the USA Track & Field Region 5 Championships (July 10-13) at Laidley Field in Charleston, WV. The top 5 winners in each event and age group qualified for the National Junior Olympics in Humble Texas next week.  The USA Track and Field Youth Regional 11-12 girls 800M Record was broken in Charleston by Torie Starcher.

Double winners: Starcher 11-12 girls 800m 2:27.18 (meet record) and 1500M 5:13.89. Torie was also 2 nd in the 3000m 11:50.43. Noah Castro won the 11-12 boys 1500m 4:54.32 and also won the 3000m in 10:21.07, .07 off the meet record. Christian Buckley also doubled winning the 17-18 Young Men Shot Put 17.9 M and the Discus 51.77.

Also winning Gold Medals were:

Neveah Harmon 13-14 girls Shot Put 8.41m

Carly Hinkle & Laurel Miller tied for first in the 15-16 Girls High Jump 1.6m

Lauren London 17-18 Women’s Long Jump 5.04m

Abagail Buchan 17-18 Women’s Javelin 38.14m  Triston Carpenter 8-u Boys SP 4.46m

Quavanta Bass 9-10 Boys 800m 2:41.14

Nathan Barham 11-12 Boys 200m 26.27

Triston Slater 17-18 Boys Pole Vault 4.95m

Other National Qualifiers include:

8-U Girls:

Mariska Thomas 800m

Za Rayah White  LJ

Shannon Smith    LJ

Alyson Hensley    Sp & Mini Jav 9-10 Girls:

Candace Morris 400m

Jalae Saunders 400m

Micahela Harmon SP & Mini-Jav

11-12 Girls:

Elicia Thomas 3000m

Payton Knicely SP & Discus

Jadia Powell Mini-Jav

Daryah Spencer Pentathlon

13-14 Girls:

Della Moreland 1500m

Caroline Cartwright HJ

15-16 Girls:

Laurel Miller Heptathlon

Hannah Cartwright HJ

Shannon Riley PV

Haley Snodgrass PV

Gabrielle Reynolds LJ

Lexi Crompton Heptathlon

17-18 Women:

Mara Mazzocci 800m Torrie Derrow 100H

Lauren London Triple Jump & PV

8-U Boys:

Miki Carey 100m

Tavarish Porter 200m & 400m

Dwayne Ruffin 800m

Rowan Castro 800m

Talon Carpenter LJ & Mini-Jav

10-U Boys:

Dashawn Banks 100m

Quavanta Bass 400m & 1500m

11-12 Boys:

Nathan Barham 100m & 400m

15-16 Boys:

Jabron Stokes 400m

Ramone Garnett Shot Put, Discus & Javelin

17-18 Boys:

Zach Marcum 200m

Troy Fisher 400m 800m & LJ

Will Walker 400H

Chris Cochran PV

Complete results are here.

Lexi Crompton of Hurricane was just edged out for  the Heptathalon Championship by Kara Dotson of the Toledo Titans 3564 to 3542. Laurel Miller of Given WV was 4 th with 3010 points.  Two day results are here .

The full results of the AAU Region 4 Results from the meet in Cincinnati OH June 26-29, 2014 are here .  The Capital City Striders youth track & field team won 4 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals in the first two of the 4 days of competition.  Lexi Compton of Hurricane took first place in the Girls 15-16 Heptathlon scoring 3386 points in her first year  of competition in this age group.   Teammate Louren London, Hurricane, won gold in the 17-18 Women Long Jump 17’1” ½ and the Pole Vault 10’0” and second in the Triple Jump at 33’ 10”.  

Other impressive performances during the first two days included:

Elisia Thomas, Charleston, 1 st 11 year old girls 3000m    13:32.28

Luke Nichols, Nitro  1 st 15-16 boys Triple Jump 36’ 9”

Shannon Riley, Winfield  2 nd  15-16 girls pole vault   9’

Jack Marcum, Foster    2 nd 17-18 boys Long Jump 19’ 7”

Stephen DeMoss, Daniels   3 rd 15-16 boys Long Jump 19’ 8”

Troy Fisher, Spencer   3 rd  17-18 Young Men’s Decathlon  5259 points

Christian Smith, Scott Depot  2 nd 17-18 Young Men’s Decathlon 5199 points

THE WEST VIRGINIA Association USA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS results from Friday, June 20, are posted here .  

Capital City Invitational Meet Records are posted here .

Results from the Capital City Striders’ Invitational may be found here . Striders won!!!! The Photo Albums from this event are here and here , more photos are promised to be coming in from parents and will be posted when they arrive.

THE WEST VIRGINIA Association USA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS results from Friday, June 20, are posted here .  

Striders had four athletes compete in the third annual Vault in the Ville in Louisville, KY on 6/7/14 (Tristan Slater, Bryson Dennison, Shannon Riley and Haley Snodgrass). Tristan Slater, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Tim Mack, and Bryson Dennison are shown in a picture in the photo album .  Tristan won the HS boys competition with a vault of 15’8”. Bryson took fourth place, with a new personal record of 14’4”. Shannon and Haley did not make the top ten in the HS girls competition, but both cleared 9’2” which was a new personal record for Shannon.

At the USATF Indoor Zonal competition, Noah Castro of the Capital City Striders set a national record in the 1500 meter run and won the 3000.  At the USATF Youth Indoor National Championships March 7-9, Noah ran even faster!  He came home as the national champion in both events and as a bonus set two national indoor records.  His time in the 1500 meter run was 4:47.59.  His 3000 meter time was 10:01.68.  Noah was named Big Dog of the Week in Youth Runner:

http://news.youthrunner.com/news/story/noah-castro-big-dog-of-the-week-march-11th-2014

Other winners from the Youth Indoor National Championships March 7-9 include Ramone Garnett, who won 2nd place in 15 - 16 boys shot

put with 12.12m or 39' 9.25" and Malika Houston, who finished 4th nationally for 15-16 girls long jump with 15' 11.75" and 6th in the 55m hurdles in 9.21 sec.  

Complete results from the USATF Youth Indoor National Championships March 7-9 are here .

Pictures from this meet are here.

The 2014 Capital City Striders results from the USATF Midwest Zone indoor Championships at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana on January 26, 2014 are available here.

2013

Results from the WV AAU and USATF Championship Cross Country Meets on November 16 are available here for AAU and here for USATF .

Results from the Dream Mile on November 9 are here.

August 3: Triston Slater, vaulting with the Capital City Striders, is now the 2013 15-16 boys Pole Vault Champion. The current state AAA Champion and rising sophomore at Capital High School cleared 15' 6", beating a field of 20 vaulters and increased his personal best by a foot and then had three near misses at the Nation record for his age group of 15' 9".  Pictures are here. 

Triston, who has duel citizenship in Canada is on his way to Langley, British Columbia to take a shot at making the Canadian National Youth team.  Results can be verified here.

http://image2.aausports.org/sports/athletics/results/2013/jogames/day6.htm

The Montgomery Herald Article about Abby Buchan winning javelin, high jump, and the relay is here: 

http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/x1724759988/Buchan-advances-to-national-meet/print

Pictures from the Regional Meet are here !

The Winners page posts links to results for 2013 and past years.

The Practice webpage posts days for planned practices at Laidley Field.

July 29:  USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships

The Capital City Striders National qualifiers captured 5 medals and four individual All-American Honors at North Carolina A & T in Greensboro NC during the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships.

Striders receiving All-Americans status were:

Tristan Slater of Charleston in the 15-16 boys pole vault finishing second clearing 14' 7.25" for a PR

Noah Castro of Winfield finishing 2nd in the 11-12 boys 3000M in 10:11.45. Noah also placed 7th in the 1500m in 4:51.78 both were PR's

Christian Buckley of Poca finished 8th in the 15-16 boys discus throwing 155' 3"

Dante Price of Harpers Ferry took 8th in the 200m in 21.55 after running 21.1 in the trials for his PR.

Dante had a near miss in the 100 finishing 9th with a best time of 10.63. as did

Abigail Buchan of Charlton Heights finished 10th in the 15-16 girls javelin throwing 104' 5" 

Complete results may be found at:

http://www.usatf.org/events/2013/USATFJuniorOlympicTFChampionships/schedule.asp

The Montgomery Herald Article about Abby Buchan winning javelin, high jump, and the relay is here: 

http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/x1724759988/Buchan-advances-to-national-meet/print

Another link to Abby’s results follows, but does not mention her high jump, and incorrectly attributes a 100 yard dash:

http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/x1558082989/Just-fine-in-the-javelin#sthash.O1KSAeYM.joCLuzkY

July 24:  Russel Blount East Coast Meet:

In a warm up meet at the prestigious Russell Blount East Coast meet Milika Houston of Charleston took the gold medal in the 15-16 girls Long Jump with a jump of 16' 6".

Nate Barham medaled with a 4th in the11-12 boys 400m as well as Troy Fischer, of Roane Co. finishing 6th in the 17-18 boys 800m with a Personal record 2:00.60. 

Striders Qualifying for the Junior Olympics are:

Boys

Marlon Dixon

DECLARE 8 & Under 100m dash 16.74

DECLARE 8 & Under 200m dash 34.87

Nathan Barham

DECLARE 11-12 100m dash 13.48

DECLARE 11-12 200m dash 27.76

Noah Castro

DECLARE 11-12 1500m run 4:52.53

DECLARE 11-12 3000m run 10:35.19

Josh Greear

DECLARE 13-14 800m run 2:23.71

DECLARE 13-14 1500m run 4:43.74

DECLARE 13-14 3000m run 10:17.39

Christian Buckley

DECLARE 15-16 discus throw 42.55

DECLARE 15-16 javelin throw 37.20

DECLARE 15-16 shot put 15.64

Stephen De Moss

UNDECLARED 15-16 long jump 5.56

Samuel Chase Dotson

DECLARE 15-16 javelin throw 30.61

DECLARE 15-16 shot put 12.08

Jon Sandy

DECLARE 15-16 1500m run 4:31.66

DECLARE 15-16 3000m run 9:55.41

Tristan Slater

DECLARE 15-16 pole vault 4.42

Relays

UNDECLARED Boys 'A' 8 & Under 4x100m 1:16.16

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Girls

Caroline Cartwright

DECLARE 11-12 high jump 1.25

Kelana Edwards

DECLARE 11-12 shot put 7.73

Nadia Legros

DECLARE 11-12 high jump 1.55

Jaida Powell

DECLARE 11-12 javelin throw 16.18

Jertaya Hall

DECLARE 13-14 high jump 1.40

Sarah Kehoe

DECLARE 13-14 discus throw 28.23

Shannon Riley

DECLARE 13-14 pole vault 2.44

Abigail Buchan

DECLARE 15-16 javelin throw 28.25

DECLARE 15-16 high jump 1.50

DECLARE 15-16 4x100m A

Hannah Cartwright

DECLARE 15-16 high jump 1.55

DECLARE 15-16 4x100m A

Torie Derrow

DECLARE 15-16 4x100m A

Anacia Hines

DECLARE 15-16 100m dash 12.71

DECLARE 15-16 200m dash 26.25

DECLARE 15-16 100m hurdles 15.71

DECLARE 15-16 4x100m A

Malika Houston

DECLARE 15-16 400m hurdles 1:11.06

DECLARE 15-16 long jump 4.96

DECLARE 15-16 4x100m A

Caitlyn Hudnall

DECLARE 15-16 4x100m A

Kaitlyn Wilson

DECLARE 15-16 discus throw 25.09

DECLARE 15-16 javelin throw 15.62

DECLARE 15-16 shot put 8.37

Barkley Castro

DECLARE 17-18 1500m run 5:23.35

DECLARE 17-18 2000m steeplechase 8:17.28

Emily Godwin

UNDECLARED 17-18 high jump 1.55

Shania Lloyd

DECLARE 17-18 pole vault 2.44

Relays

DECLARE Girls 'A' 15-16 4x100m 51.12

(Abigail Buchan, Hannah Cartwright, Torie Derrow, Anacia Hines, Malika Houston, 

Caitlyn Hudnall

Results from our trip to Canton can be found here:

http://coachoregistration.com/meet/info/oh_aaunq05/2013/06-27_AAU_Area_05_National_Qualifier_at_Canton_OH/

Dante Price won sixth at USA Track & Field Junior Nationals 200 in Des Moines, IA running 21.22 (click here for picture.  Click here for results).

The Strider results from the June 1 2013 USATF Junior Olympics West Virginia Championship are posted here .

The Striders results for the  WV AAU 2013 District Qualifier on May 25th at 10 am are posted here . 

Noah and Barclay Castro Bring Home 4 Gold Medals at USATF South Zone Youth Championships.  Click here .

Emily Godwin signed with UNC!

Pictures here !  News articles here and here .

Dante' Price signed with Virginia Tech.  See article here .

http://wv.milesplit.com/articles/100835-castros-bring-home-4-gold-medals-at-usatf-south-zone-youth-championships

2012

Click wvaau2012xc.pdf and wvusatfxc2012results.pdf for 2012 results.

WEST VIRGINIA District AAU and USATF

YOUTH CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Coonskin Park/Charleston, West Virginia

click wvaau2012xc.pdf and wvusatfxc2012results.pdf for results

Noah did it again!   Noah Castro (just 9) won second in the 2012 Charleston Distance Run 5 K Race on September 1 with a time of 18.43.0!  Congratulations Noah!

USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships     

Hughes Stadium Morgan State University Baltimore MD

Pictures from Baltimore

Godwin wins Gold Pictures

Noah Pictures

Congratulations to Capital City Strider Emily Godwin of Buckhannon, who placed first nationally in the young women’s (age 17-18) high jump, with a height of 1.75 meters, or 5’ 8.75”, and who was named a Track & Field All - American finishing 4th in the Young women’s Heptathlon with a total score of 4532 points.  She out distanced a field of over 50 competitors in the high jump.

“Dante did it!” Dante Price of of Harpers Ferry won 4th in the finals of the 17-18 year old 200M dash with a time of 21.22 seconds, a personal record.  Dante was a double sprint winner in the top age group sprint competition of the year, winning 5th nationally in the finals of the 17-18 year old young men’s 100M dash with a time of 10.75 seconds after posting a time of 10.61 in the semi-finals.  Noah Castro of Winfield posted a personal best of 5:01.61 in the 9-10 year old boys 1500M and finished fourth after leading the race for the middle 800 meters of the race.  Noah Castro finished 15 th in the 9-10 year old boys 800M in 2:32.66.   

Anacia Hines  posted the 14 th best semi-final time at 15.13 in the girls 15-16 year old  100H and will run in that same age group next year.  Barley Castro finished 14 th in the Women 17-18 year old 1500M with a personal best time of 5:14.44.  Carly Hinkle finished 2 nd in the 13-14 year old girls high jump setting a new personal record jump of 5’ 5”. Christian Buckely finished 8 th

 in the boys 15 -16 year old Discus throw, throwing  145’ 11”. Austin Garrett was 7 th in the 13-14 year old boys Pole Vault clearing 10’.

Complete results and schedule at: 

http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/USATFJuniorOlympicTFChampionships/schedule.asp

EARLIER RESULTS:

Noah and Barkley Castro of Winfield and Cameron Viney of Elkins bring home first place Gold Medals in the prestigious International Youth meet.  Noah just missed a double by winning the 9 & 10 year old 1500M in 5:10.10 and bring nosed out by Ryan Outerbridge of the Bahamas in the 800M Castro ran 2:35.67 in taking 2nd.  Viney out raced the field in the finals of the 17-18 Mens 110 hurdles in 14.35.  Barkley was first in the 17-18 womens’ 1500M in 5:28.67 and also placed 3 rd in the 800M in 2:28.37.  Other Striders tuning up at this meet for the USATF National Championships in Baltimore this week:  

Sam Thomas 13-14 boys 2 nd - 3000M 10:23.73  3 rd 1500M   4:38.05 PR

CC Striders Youth 4x800M relay 2 nd 10:05.32 (Thomas, Zeereck Hardy, Jabron Stokes & Karl Bruer)

Nate Barham 9 -10 boys 100M 6 th 14.10  400M 5 th 1:07.83                              

Kieffer Reed   17-18 Mens Pole Vault 2 nd 13’ 6”                    

Ramone Garnett 13-14 boys  SP  4 th 41’1/2”       

Christian Buckley Shot Put  42’ 6” Disc 2 nd   141’ 6”

Jadia Powell 9 & 10 girls  High Jump 5 th 3’ 5” & Turbo Jav 4 th 50’ 2”

Kharis Hairston 11-12 girls Shot  5 th 26’ 2” & Turbo Jav 2 nd 77’ 11”

Complete results available at:  

http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/USATFJuniorOlympicTFChampionships/schedule.asp

The results of the WV USA Track and Field USA Qualifiers July 5-8, 2012 are posted here:  results .

The results of the June 21-24 AAU National Qualifiers (Laidley Field, Charleston, WV) are posted here:  AAU_Area_13_NQ_Results.pdf.

The results of the June 16 Junior Olympics USATF and AAU Qualifier (Laidley Field, Charleston, WV) are posted here:  WV Assoc 2012 Results.pdf.

The results of the Capital City Striders Invitational (CCSI) meet are posted here:  CCSI2012Results.pdf. 

10 Year old Noah Castro of Scott West Virginia representing the Capital City Striders became a double national champion in the boys Bantam Division at AAU Northern Indoor National Championships at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL Saturday, Feb. 12, 2012. Castro won the 800meter run on in 2:36.6 and the 1500meter run in 5:13.31 This is smoking fast for a 10 year old.  Noah's sister, Barkley, placed 5th in the 800m run in 2:34.93 and 25th in the 400m dash in 1:05.84. 

2011

Results are posted here for the November 5, 2011 WV District Youth USATF and AAU Cross Country Championships, both at Coonskin Park.