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THE LATEST If your schedule allows and you wish to dust off your Flash singlet, please consider the following eventsIf you are currently in your school season please speak with your school coach before participating in other non-school events: And don’t forget your Flash singlet!
Track and Field These meets will include the Flash athletes participating in the T&F program and is open to all. Come run with your Flash teammates as they look to qualify for the USATF Junior Olympic meets in June! All standard USATF running and field events will be scheduled.
Road/Trail Races
Cycling/Walking
2010 USATF Junior Olympics Track & Field Program Information Also, Coach Jim has found the following information on a clinic being held in March by UNH coahces. This could be good preparation for an upcoming school or USATF outdoor T&F season. FLASH SUCCESS AT NASHUA'S 'FREEZE YOUR BUNS’ SERIES
A group of Flash runners participated in the Gate City Striders’ Freeze Your Buns series, a five race 5K series run in Nashua that wrapped up March 7th. On the boys side, Andrew Davy took 1st place overall in the Male 13-16 category. In the Female 1-10 category, Jessica Ewing finished first overall, with Mollie Simpson coming in a close second. In the 11-12 category, Hannah Gillis earned 1st place overall, with Natalie Howes finishing in second place. And in the 13-16 category, Meghan Gillis took 1st followed by Gabby Richardson’s 2nd place finish. Congratulations to all our Flash runners! As an additional highlight, of the 192 runners that competed in the series, Hannah finished as the series’ overall points leader- male or female- with 4,440 points. She was followed closely by the runner-up points leader- her sister Meghan!- with 4,292 points. A maximum of 5000 total points is possible based on finish order and number of races run. Videos from 2009 Cross Country Season Available Online 2009 GSF Junior Olympic XC Compilation Video Part 1 2009 GSF Junior Olympic XC Compilation Video Part 2 2009 GSF Junior Olympic XC Compilation Video Part 3 2009 GSF XC - Regional Meet - Bantam and Girls Midget Races- thanks to Colum Creed Selected Optional Race Calendar (click on race for details) Be sure to wear your singlet to the race! .
Flash Results at the Nationals in Reno Congratulations to all of our athletes and coaches on another very successful year of cross-country running. Of the 97 runners that entered 9 of the 10 age categories in Amherst's Association race, 8 teams and 5 individuals qualified for the Regional meet. At the Regionals in Maine, Flash qualified 6 teams and 5 individuals for the National meet in Reno, Nevada.
In total, 35 runners made the trip to Reno to compete in 8 age categories. It was cold in Reno, with at least six inches of old snow on the ground before the races even started, with fresh snow falling by late morning and continuing all day long. The start of the races were delayed by an hour as most people weren’t able to even drive to the course.
Despite the course conditions, weather, and high elevation (4600 ft at the course) all our runners made their families, their coaches, Granite State Flash and the New England region very proud. In addition to the strong team and individual results, we had 1 runner make All-American status (top 25 finisher). Congratulations to Gwenyth, who finished in 5th place for the Midget Girls.
Complete results and event pictures and videos can be found at the USATF website or our Results page. Check back here for pictures from Flash photographers and families. Thanks go to all the families that supported the Flash runners all season! Pictures Needed! If anyone took good pictures during the 2009 XC season that they would like to share, please email them to Justin or send via mail by 1/3/10. In particular, I need the team pictures that were taken at the Association meet in Amherst. If mailing, send to:
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2005-2008 Season Videos Now on YouTube See links on Pictures page. 11/22/09 Regional Meet Augusta, ME
Mark ran half his race after losing his left shoe, and still managed to medal. At the halfway point he got his shoe back on, and moved up from 38th place to finish 16th! 11/8/09 Preliminary Race Amherst, NH
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************************** Congratulations to all the middle and high school runners that competed over the last few days, and best of luck to those still competing for your schools over the next few weeks. You make your families, teams, communities and coaches very proud, and never fail in giving us all some very exciting races to cheer for! . Some pictures from the last few weeks
Patrick wins Tri-County Boys "A" Race .
. 2009 USATF Junior Olympics XC Signups and Schedules Signups for the 2009 Flash Cross Country will be held Sunday, October 25 from Noon-4pm along the track at Livingston Park in Manchester. The Competition and Practice schedules are available- please follow the included links for dates and locations.
Coaching Assignment Changes Please review the Coaches Page for 2009 coaching assignments. Among the many changes, we are please to announce that we have added a dedicated Intermediate teams coach (runners born 1993-1994) to the Flash staff. Kurt Schulz joins us from Manchester Memorial, where he has been the girl’s varsity XC coach, and will be the Head Coach for the Flash Intermediate Girls and Intermediate Boys teams. . Final XC school season races coming up for Flash runners Best of luck to all our Flash runners that are participating in the middle school state meet this weekend, as well as the high school runners competing over the next few weeks. .
Alum Alex getting muddy at the Mt Epic Challenge . More school season pictures Please forward to Justin any school pictures you'd like to share on this site - jsplatt@comcast.net
. 2009 USATF Junior Olympics XC Signups and Schedules The 2009 Flash Cross Country Competition and Practice schedules are now available. More detail, including additional links to meet websites, will be updated once available. Also note that the practice schedule may be updated to accommodate additional preliminary meets. . Flash Runner Presented Award at USATF NE Annual Meeting On September 17th, Jack Collopy was recognized as the November 2008 Athlete of the Month at the USATF New England annual meeting. Family, friends, and Flash athletes and coaches were in attendance to celebrate the presentation. Here is a link to the USATF write-up.
. XC school seasons begin for Flash runners!
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WHAT IS GRANITE STATE FLASH? Granite State Flash (GSF) is a Manchester, New Hampshire based USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country program for children ages eight through fourteen. The team practices in Manchester, N.H. from late October to early December, and competes in the New England, Regional and National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championship competitions. While the focus of the program is cross country, Flash runners also compete in various competitions throughout the year including area road races and the Junior Olympic Track & Field competition. The focus of the Flash program is running as a life long pursuit, team competition, sportsmanship, and increasing personal fitness levels. The Flash began in 2001 with just two teams and twenty one runners. The program has grown since 2001 to include runners from more than 40 towns and cities throughout New Hampshire. Over the past seven years more than 600 New Hampshire youth runners have participated in the program with multiple teams advancing to the New England, Regional and National competitions. Through 2007, Flash teams have won three National team championships, two bronze medal titles as well as numerous Regional, New England team and individual titles. Seventeen Flash runners have earned individual All-American honors (top 25 individually in the U.S.). Flash runners have also gone on to success at the high school and collegiate levels capturing 44 State of New Hampshire high school titles (cross country, indoor and outdoor track) through Spring 2008, setting 11 Class and/or State records as well as winning three individual New England High School Championships. More than 20 Flash runners have gone on to compete at the Division I, II and III collegiate level. From 2005 through 2007, Flash runners have competed for Dartmouth, Keene State, UNH, Penn, Columbia, Yale, Quinnipiac, William & Mary, Bentley, Bucknell, Franklin & Marshall and Dickinson College. |
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