Track & Field and Cross-Country Bulletin for Oct 12, 2013
Great American Cross Country Festival Wrap-up
The Assumption (Louisville, Ky.) girls and Brentwood (Tenn.) boys claimed team titles, while Hannah Long (Eureka, Mo.) and Ben Huffman (Providence Day, Charlotte, N.C.) won individual crowns in Saturday’s 15th Annual Great American Cross Country Festival two New Balance Race of Champions events.
Recapture all of the sizzling action of the GAXC Festival and Robert Shumake HBCU Challenge in Steve Underwood's articles. If you missed them - here are the links:
Girls New Balance Race of Champions Analysis- Assumption, Hannah Long find their solutions
Boys New Balance Race of Champions Analysis: Brentwood’s for real; Ben Huffman emerges
Robert Shumake HBCU Challenge Women's Review- Harris leads Hampton’s title defense; Budd impresses
Robert Shumake HBCU Challenge Men's Review- Opportunities snatched by NC A&T, Metto
Then head to the NSAF Facebook Page for photo albums from each race contributed by Cheryl Treworgy and Chris Coleman. We're still loading thousands of photos so check back frequently. You'll also find several interesting interviews of winners, coaches and, of course, Olympian Zola Budd who ran as a guest in the HBCU Challenge. Videos are also posted to our NSAF Youtube Channel.
Upcoming NSAF Clinics
Registration is open for Project Triple Jump Clinics coming to Dallas, TX November 21-24. IAAF Level V Diploma Elite Coach for Horizontal Jumps, Peter Pratt, from the Bahamas will be our lead clinician. Hotel information and clinic schedule are on our Project Triple Jump website. A one-day clinic is also being planned for Houston the following week. Additional clinics in the Project will be held in Florida in December and the Bahamas in the spring. Clinics are open to all athletes, coaches and parents and we encourage participants to bring their video cameras.
The 2013-14 season of Kultan Keihas Javelin (Javelin Gold) gets started next week in Chapel Hill, NC on October 17-20 in Chapel Hill, NC. Javelin throwers, coaches and parents - here's your opportunity to learn from the best: Finland's National Coach, Kari Ihalainen returns and is joined by our javelin guru, Jeff Gorski and Olympic medliast, Bill Schmidt. Registration is open and all details, hotels and schedule are on the Project Kultan Keihas website.
NSAF Emerging Elite Athletes of the Week
Our choices for Emerging Elite Athletes of the Week both competed last weekend at the Great American XC Festival and both are from LaSalle High School. David Principe is a 9th grader who exceeded everyone's expectations by finishing 17th in the New Balance Race of Champions. Eliza Rego is a sophomore who made the switch to cross country from soccer. Read what they thought of their performances and their team and individual goals for the season.
Derek Youel, Brentwood TN: NSAF Coach of the Week
Coach Derek Youel at Brentwood (Tenn.) HS is himself a 2002 graduate of the school. So at less than 30 years of age, he is surely one of the youngest mentors of one of the top programs in the country. He has a clear awareness, however, of those coaches and athletes that came before him at the school, and a strong sense of how to continue and build upon a tradition...more
Applications are now open for the 2014 Tony Wells Development Grants. Please read the grant requirements carefully before submitting your application and bear in mind that these are development grants and not travel grants.
New Balance Nationals 2014
Its never too early to register, make hotel reservations and generally get organized for NBN Indoors 2014. Registration is open, all of the information you need is on the NBNi page. The 2014 met comes with a new twist: the athlete's gift (generally a backpack) is provided to us by our sponsor, New Balance. They have to be ordered early and we don't want to run the risk of some athletes not receiving the gift, and we don't want to order more than needed. So, in order to guarantee receiving the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet souvenir you must ENTER AND PAY the entry fees by Monday, February 24, 2014. Entry with payment after that date does not guarantee you will receive the souvenir.
Stories You May Have Missed
Montgomery, Fitzgerald join Bulger as Project Kultan Keihas newcomers
The Kultan Keihas Javelin Project has been building a reputation as somewhere young, talented javelinists go to get better. We have three new faces this fall.
Take a Look at the NSAF's Plans for 2014
Our Operations Committee recently met and mapped out a plan to turn our dreams into reality! High on the list is the expansion of our Performance Clinics.
Support our Great American Cross-Country Festival and Robert Shumake HBCU Cross-Country Challenge Partners
Don't Miss Out. Stay in Touch with the NSAF. Website, FaceBook and Twitter. Don't miss our interviews on the NSAF Youtube Channel.
