Track & Field and Cross-Country Bulletin for Jan 14, 2015
Registration is OPEN for the 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoors scheduled for March 13-14 in the New Balance Track & Field Center in the New York Armory. Be sure to read all information posted. Please note that we can guarantee meet souvenir backpacks only to those athletes who complete registration by February 23rd and who compete at the meet. Some events will close once the maximum number of athletes are registered. This applies to the Indoor Pentathlon and Freshman and Junior High Miles and 5,000 meters.
January Elite Development Clinics
Our first NSAF Elite Development clinics get started this month. Anyone can attend- coaches, athletes, parents. Please be sure to register online.
Project Triple Jump heads to Phoenix next week. We’ll be at Mountain Pointe High School. Project TJ’s head coach, Peter Pratt of the Bahamas and our Program Coordinator, Macka Jones will be on hand. Great opportunity for both coaches and athletes to learn the finer points of this very technical event. Schedules, registration, hotels and everything else at your fingertips.
Project Javelin Gold returns to home base in Chapel Hill, NC at the end of January. Details here.
Building Bridges Through Athletics
Jim Spier and Joy Kamani are in Cuba this week negotiating with Jorge Luis Aguilera and the legendary Alberto Juantorena of the Cuban Athletics Federation to take our Caribbean Scholastic Invitational team there this summer. The date agreed on is June 12-13 in Havana. We’ve received permission from the Treasury and State Departments and we’re super excited about this athletic and cultural experience. Our team of 28 athletes will be selected by early April based primarily on New Balance Nationals and early outdoor performances. Preliminary details are here and photos from Joy and Jim are updated daily on Facebook. More details to come.
Indoor Top Five Movement
Jim Spier has been busy updating his Top 5 lists and keeping them accurate. Check them out and see who’s moved up this week after the indoor season got into full swing last weekend. Lists are generally updated each Monday.
Checking in with "The U"
We’re got the indoor season best of the best covered for you. Our Steve Underwood is traveling the circuit and we’re tweeting results and posting great video interviews and highlights on our web site and especially on our Facebook Page. See Mondo Duplantis slay the freshman pole vault record, review the LSU Indoor Classic and more. Steve will be in Arkansas this weekend and we’ll also have highlights from the Carl Lewis Indoor Meet in Houston.
Are you ready to be recruited?
Have all your required courses complete or planned? Do you know the latest NCAA eligibility rules? Those NCAA eligibility rules are changing. Will you be ready? More info available on all aspects of recruiting from our partners at The National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA). A visit to their website is well worth the surf time. Get started today.
Applications Open for Tony Wells Development Grants
January 20th is the deadline (extended from Jan 15th) to apply for a NSAF Tony Wells Club/Team Development Grant. Grants average $750 and can be used for your program’s development, coaching education, equipment, uniforms, etc. Get yours in now. Recipients will be announced on February 1st.
Stories You May have Missed...
Current High School and Junior Top 5 Lists
NSAF On-Site at LSU Classic: Duplantis’ record, Hallendale’s invasion top storylines!
Caribbean Scholastic Invitational in Havana Cuba Now Set for June 13, 2015
Qualifying for the Milrose Mile
High School Illustrated's Article on the NSAF
