The Warriors competed last night (1/29) at Albemarle High School on a rare January day in the mid-sixties. A list of event winners and qualifying times met is posted below. Congratulations to all competitors on a slew of solid performances.  Next up is the mini-invitational at Woodberry Forest (1/31), the Virginia Tech Invitational (2/1, 2/2), and the Heritage JV Invitational (2/2).

 

Event Winners:

Katrina Barredo (55mH)

Ely Crisler (55m)

Maggie Kooken (Shot Put)

Sophie Loman (3200m)

Annie Taylor (1000m)

Girls 4x200m Relay

Girls 4x400m Relay

Daniel Kuzjak (300m)

Kevin MacPherson (55mH)

Cam Perry (Shot Put)

Jake Thompson (Pole Vault)

Boys 4x200m Relay

 

District Qualifiers:

Katrina Barredo (55mH)

Ely Crisler (55m)

Alice DuCharme (1000m)

Lydia Garner (High Jump)

Annie Lorenzoni (1600m)

Olivia Markopoulous (Triple Jump)

Madison Masloff (300m – 8th grade)

Santi Campos-Lopez (1000m)

Andrew DeJong (1000m)

Nick Drapanas (300m)

Kevin MacPherson (55mH)

Kyle Mahoney (1000m)

Noah Oakland (1600m)

Trevor Stutzman (1600m)

Dave Taylor (1600m, 1000m)

Cy Webb (1000m)

 

Regional Qualifiers:

Marina Clark (Triple Jump)

Ely Crisler (Long Jump)

Ashley Laubach (Pole Vault)

Sophie Loman (3200m)

Chance Masloff (3200m)

Kelsey Pittman (1000m)

Nina Wilms (500m)

Averi Witt (1600m – 8th grade)

Girls 4x400m Relay

Ethan Cole (1000m)

Daniel Kuzjak (300m)

Caleb Rider (Pole Vault)

Gannon Wilcutts (500m)

Boys 4x200m Relay

Boyx 4x400m Relay

 

State Qualifiers:

Katrina Barredo (Pole Vault)

Maggie Kooken (Shot Put)

Chandler Legard (Pole Vault)

Annie Taylor (1000m)

Jake Thompson (Pole Vault)

Blake Tolman (Pole Vault)

Today is the start of a marathon week for our coaches. On Tuesday there is an in-school pole vault meet, and in the afternoon, some athletes will be headed to Albemarle High School for a Polar Bear Meet. Fortunately, the polar bears are sweating because it is in the sixties today!

On Thursday, we have the rescheduled Woodberry Forest meet for some of our athletes, and then the ever-popular Virginia Tech Invitational is this weekend for our qualifying athletes. Be sure to thank our coaches if you see them for their hard work in keeping all the athletes and events straight this week!

How cool is that?

Posted by: Kim Connolly

Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed on Saturday. Highlights from the meet include scoring performances from the following:

 

Katrina Barredo – 6th, Pole Vault

Marina Clark – 5th, Triple Jump

Ely Crisler, Chance Masloff, Kelsey Pittman, Sachi Ragosta, – 4th, 4x400m Relay

Alice DuCharme, Chance Masloff, Caroline Outlaw, Kelsey Pittman – 4th, 4x800m Relay

Maggie Kooken – 2nd, Shot Put

Chandler Legard – 3rd, Pole Vault

Chance Masloff – 3rd, 1000m

Annie Taylor – 1st, 3200m

 

Nic Drapanas, Spencer Dunsmore, Daniel Kuzjak, Gannon Wilcutts, – 6th, 4x200m Relay

Trevor Stutzman – 4th, 3200m

Dave Taylor – 1st, 1600m

Jake Thompson – 4th, Pole Vault

 

Get ready for a busy couple of weeks, track fans! We have the Heritage JV Invitational (Saturday, 1/26), AHS Polar Bear (Tuesday or Wednesday, 1/29 or 1/30), Woodberry Forest (Thursday, 1/31), and the Virginia Tech Invitational (Friday and Saturday, 2/1 and 2/2) before heading into the championship season.

Great job to everyone who competed Friday evening at Fork Union’s Estes Center! A big thanks goes out to all of the parents who attended such a lengthy meet or had pick-up duty when the team got back to school after 1:00 AM. We appreciate your support. Friday’s meet had far more teams than expected for an after-school meet. Most meets of that size and duration will be all-day meets on Saturday, starting in the morning. Weekday meets rarely go so late. Thanks for hanging in there!

Many athletes made their season debut and performed well, thanks to the hard work they have put in so far. We’re very pleased with the way in which everyone competed. See the complete results here for further details. Below is a list of athletes who posted District, Regional, or State qualifying marks on Friday.

District:

Averi Witt (3200m – ineligible to race at the district meet because she’s still in 8th grade)

Henry Cohen (3200m)

 

Regional:

4x400m Relay (Ely Crisler, Chance Masloff, Kelsey Pittman, Sachi Ragosta)

4x800m Relay (Peri Bowser, Sophie Loman, Chance Masloff, Annie Taylor)

Marina Clark (Triple Jump)

Ely Crisler (High Jump)

Lydia Garner (High Jump)

Maggie Kooken (High Jump)

Chance Masloff (1000m)

4x200m Relay (Nic Drapanas, Spencer Dunsmore, Justin Haws, Daniel Kuzjak)

4x400m Relay (Daniel Kuzjak, Noah Oakland, Dave Taylor, Gannon Wilcutts)

Nic Drapanas (Triple Jump)

Daniel Kuzjak (Long Jump, Triple Jump)

Caleb Rider (Pole Vault)

Dave Taylor (500m)

 

State:

Jessika Brenin (Pole Vault)

Maggie Kooken (Shot Put)

Emily Rayle (Pole Vault)

Annie Taylor (1600m)

 

We look forward to more great performances on Saturday, when we’ll be back at the Estes Center for the Fred Hardy Invitational. Field events start at 10:00 and running events at 10:30. Check out the meet webpage here for more details.

Happy New Year, everyone! Today is the last day to make your TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION to Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track and Field. Our goal is $5,000 to build a new storage shed for the pole vault pit, AND to be able to pay stipends to our wonderful assistant coaches. If every family involved with the teams gives something, we can easily reach that goal. We have made it easy for you to give online via PayPal.

December 2012

Dear Friends,

Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track & Field teams teach our student athletes the rewards of teamwork, perseverance, discipline and goal setting. Our coaches consistently celebrate each team member’s PR (personal record), encouraging them to work toward their next individual goal.

Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country Track & Field (Friends) exists to support our teams and coaches by providing the financial support for the many things the school system does not fund: stipends for some of our unpaid assistant coaches, covering part of the cost of travel to national competitions, maintenance costs of the cross country course at Old Trail and equipment replacement.

Since our founding in 2010 as a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization, Friends has:

• Initiated and funded the construction of the Lindy Bain Loop in Old Trail Village
• Funded stipends for assistant coaches
• Successfully advocated for the replacement of the WAHS outdoor track (completed summer 2012)
• Purchased a new tent for the team and a new tent carrying case
• Covered partial travel costs for coaches and athletes (as needed) to national competitions
• Purchased a new (used) pole vault pit (summer 2012)

This year, a new shed needs to be built to store the pole vault pit by the track. We estimate that a minimum of $5,000 will be needed for the shed. In addition, the throwing area (discus and shot put) needs replacing, and we would like to begin putting monies aside for that as well. As you know, there is no extra money in the school system for sports, so it is up to us parents to support our teams.

A tax deductible donation to Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track & Field this year will help us to ensure that our students and coaches have the type of support that mirrors the time and effort they put into reaching their goals. Our only support is that which we receive from parents and alumni.

You may make your donation either by sending a check made out to Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track & Field and mailing it to P.O. Box 147 B, Ivy, Virginia  22945

Or you can donate via PayPal on our website

Thank you for your generous support,

Kim Connolly, President

Doug Taylor, Secretary

Alyce Outlaw, Treasurer

Carol Stutzman, Member at Large

Please LIKE us on Facebook as Friends of Western Albemarle Cross Country, Track & Field.         

Tomorrow is the Albemarle Invitational at Panorama Farm. The weather and scenery should be beautiful. If you can, come out and cheer on our teams. We will try to post links to online photos of our boys and girls teams.