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THANKS TO OUR 2010 SPONSORS: ELICONE LANDCAPING CO., O.D.WOODWORKING INC., SMMA-SYMMES, MAINI &MCKEE ASSOCIATES, WALTHAM CHIROPRACTIC, WALTHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT-LOCAL 866 AND THE CHATEAU RESTAURANT
CURRENT NEWS (last updated on 7/24/10) CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS CAN BE FOUND USING THE LINK AT THE TOP OF OUR "CURRENT PROGRAMS" PAGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRACTICE SCHEDULE - JULY 18-25 - DURING TRACK RESURFACING - ALL practices this week will be held at Bentley University, Beaver Street, Waltham, while the track at Leary Field is being resurfaced. Sessions will be held each night, Sunday through Thursday, at 6:00 p.m.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNDS NEEDED FOR NATIONAL TRIP - funds to help our youth members to compete at the Nationals are still needed - ANYONE INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO OUR CLUB'S NATIONAL TRIP FUND TO HELP MEMBERS WITH THEIR EXPENSES SHOULD SEND THEIR TAX DEDUCTIBLE CHECKS, PAYABLE TO WALTHAM TRACK CLUB, TO 88 RUSSELL ST, WALTHAM, MA 02453 - ANY CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE APPRECIATED. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- J. LEE GOULD TRACK AT LEARY FIELD TO BE RESURFACED - resurfacing of the track at Leary Field is scheduled to be started on Friday, July 16 and will take about one week to complete. The facility will be closed during this time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTH MEMBERS SCORE AT YOUTH NATIONALS - FEMMEL WINS 400 HURDLE TITLE - Laurie Femmel, competing in the 17-18 year old division, won the 400 hurdles at the USATF Youth National Championships, held in Lyle, Illinois June 29-July 4. Lauire's win now gives our Club 3 national titles during this past year. Her time of 63.51 was her second best ever. Congrats also to Club member Amanda Pasko, who also scored well at the Youth Nationals, finishing 4th in the 13-14 year old HJ and 6th in the TJ. She had 3 PR's - one in the HJ and 2 in the TJ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTH
TEAM QUALIFIES 21 FOR NATIONALS
- The Waltham Track Club qualified
21 members for the National Jr. Olympic Championships at the
Region 1 Championships, held at Bowdoin College in Brunswick,
Maine on June 25-27. The top 3 in each event qualified to move
on to the nationals in Sacramento, CA, July 27-August 1. The
Club had qualified 45 members to compete at Bowdoin at the New
England Championships a week earlier, which were held at Fitchburg
State College. The top 6 at the NE meet qualified for the Regional
meet. "These Jr. Olympic competitions continue to bring
out the best in our young athletes", exclaimed Coach Joe
Tranchita. "Our club had its uniform represented 49 times
on the award stand this past weekend and achieved 46 personal
records between the NE meet and the Regional meet. That's pretty
impressive for a community program such as ours". Teams
from throughout N.E. and New york competed at the Regional meet
for a shot at the nationals. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the youth division, Emma Fitzgerald set the meet record
in the turbo jav with a throw of 109'11" and was 3d in the triple
jump with 31'7". Jaynah Jimenez won the long jump in a personal
record of 16' 7 1/2", was 2nd in the turbo jav with a personal
record of 102' 2" and 3d in the 100 in 13.43. Kaitlin McCauley
was 2nd in the mile in 5:51.7 and 5th in the 800 in 2:42.
Emily Quinn was 5th in the long jump. For the boys, Woojin
Wang finished 3d in the 100 in 12.56.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORBES WINS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TRIPLE JUMP - Club member, Carla Forbes, a freshman at Newton North HS, won the triple jump at the recent Nike National High School Championships, jumping a personal record 40'2, just missing the national freshman record by half an inch. This is Carla's second national title, as she won the National Jr. Olympic triple jump last August, where set the meet record. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTH TEAM SHINES AT NORTHEAST CLASSIC - OUR YOUTH TEAM HAD ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE SHOWING AT THIS YEARS NORTHEAST INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CLASSIC, HELD AT THE REGGIE LEWIS CENTER. WE HAD SOME TREMENDOUS PERSONAL RECORDS AMONG ALL OF OUR AGE GROUPS AND WE DISPLAYED A GREAT COMPETITIVE SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE MEET. TEAM SPIRIT AND SUPPORT WAS INSPIRING. WE HAD MORE THAN 110 TOP 6 SCORERS AMONG ALL OF THE EVENTS, HELPING US TO SCORE WELL OVER 600 POINTS - JUST A GREAT TEAM EFFORT!! WE FINISHED 2ND AS A TEAM, JUST 14 POINTS BEHIND THE FIRST PLACE TEAM (THE FAST FEET TC FROM WASHINGTON DC). CONSIDERING THAT ONLY TWO THIRDS OF OUR TEAM COMPETED, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T ENTER ANY HIGH SCHOOL AGE 15-16 YEAR OLDS, I'D SAY THAT OUR SHOWING WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. HAD OUR ENTIRE TEAM PARTICIPATED, WE WOULD HAVE EASILY REPEATED AS TEAM CHAMPIONS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLUB MEMBERS EXCEL AT RESPECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITIONS - several Club members achieved some outstanding performances for their respective high schools this past week. AT THE DARTMOUTH RELAYS, CARLA FORBES WON THE LJ WITH 17' 10 3/4" AND THE TJ WITH 39' 1 1/2" AND WAS 5TH IN THE 55 DASH AND 2ND IN THE 4X200, ALONG WITH CLUB MEMBER KAYLA WONG. EMILY HUTCHINSON WAS 2ND IN THE HJ WITH 5'4", MARGO GILLIS WAS 2ND IN THE 1000M WITH 3:03, AMY REN BROKE 9 SECONDS IN THE 55H FOR THE FIRST TIME, FINISHING 7TH IN 8.96. IVY ATTS WAS 5TH IN THE 400 IN 61.5 AND TEAMED UP WITH FELLOW MEMBERS EMILY WILLIAMS AND SABRINA ZOTTOLLA FOR 5TH PLACE IN THE 4X200. AT THE WINTER FESTIVAL MEET AT REGGIE, LIZ MONTY WAS 2ND IN THE 55 HURDLES WITH 8.75. Last week, competing for Newton North, CARLA FORBES became the first athlete in the 26 year history of the Red Auerbach Freshman/Sophomore meet to win three events - LJ(17' 1 1/4"), 55 Dash (7.42) and 4x200. The record earned her the Outstanding Performer of the meet. In the same meet, KAYLA WONG ran personal best times en route to a third place finish in the 55 Hurdles with 9.02 and Lucia Grigoli finished third in the HJ with 5'0"). Earlier in the week, at the Boston Holiday Challenge, Carla had won the TJ with 37' 1" and Amy Ren was fourth in the 55 Hurdles with a PR of 9.01. Competing for Waltham, BRITTANY BONHOMME finished 6th in the shot at the Fresh/Soph meet with 29', EMILY WILLIAMS was 8th in the LJ with 14'7" and qualified for the semi's in the dash with 7.98 and VICTORIA CONCETTI was 23d in the HJ with 4'4". Competing for Lexington, SAAYA MAEDA was 19th in the mile in 5:55, FELIX CHUNG was 9th in the mile in 4:53 and ERIC CHEW qualified for the semi's in the 55 dash, running 7.19. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YOUTH XC TEAM COMPETES AT NATIONALS Congrats to our team members
who competed at the National Cross Country Championships in Reno,
Nevada this afternoon. They had extremely adverse condition
to contend with, running in knee deep snow, which tended to neutralize
many of the competitors. The smaller, lighter kids seemed
to handle the conditions better than the bigger, heavier ones.
Sonya Jampel and Leah Brams had great races, making All-American
status with 13th and 22nd overall finishes. They were 7th
and 11th in the team scoring. Our 11-12 girls were 10th
as a team with 237 points - Julia Kern (66th in 13:17, Maddy McLaughlin
(68th in 13:19), Zoe Gomers(85th in 13:38), Hannah Randolph (100th
in 14:11). The 13-14 girls were 13th with 289 points - Kaitlin
McCauley (22nd in 16:42), Olja Rapaic (40th in 17:10), Cate Brams
(42d in 17:19), Talia Frazier (92nd in 18:43), Leanne Go (93d
in 18:36), Annika Gompers (101 in 18:51). Our individual
compeititors included Einat Gavish in the 8-10 girls (139th in
15:03), Jacob Jampel (55th in 12:22), Michael O'Donoghue (56th
in 12:22) and Daniel O'Donoghue (85th in 12:40) in the 8-10 boys
race.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTH XC TEAM QUALIFIES 19 FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - our youth cross country team had a tremendous day at the Region 1 Jr. Olympic Championships in Augusta, Maine, this past weekend. The top 3 teams and top 20 individuals qualified for the National Championships in Reno, Nevada, on December 12. Our Club had 2 teams and 5 individuals qualify to move on. Our 11-12 girls' team was phenomenal, dominating the competition with 4 top 10 finishers and placing 5 in the top 15 in the team scoring. Their total of 28 points easily out distanced their closest competitor by 40 points (28-70). Our 13-14 girls also qualified as a team with a 3d place finish, just 1 point out of 2nd. Individually, Chloe Taylor and Einat Gavish made it in the 8-10 girls' race and Jacob Jampel, Michael and Daniel O'Donoghue made it for the 8-10 boys. We also had 12 personal records. 8-10 Bantam Girls - Chloe Taylor- 2nd place in 12:53.08, Einat Gavish- 13th place in 13:55.16, Kate Cronin- 23d place in 14:29 (PERSONAL RECORD). 8-10 Bantam Boys - Jacob Jampel - 9th place in 12:30.47, Michael O'Donoghue - 11th place in 12:33.52, Daniel O'Donoghue - 12th place in 12:33.61, Tommy O'Neil - 51st place in 14:14. 11-12
Midget Girls 1ST PLACE TEAM WITH 28 POINTS - Sonya Jampel - 4th
place (1st place team scoring) in 12:03.25, Julia Kern - 6th place
(3d place team scoring) in 12:16, Maddy McLaughlin- 7th place
(4th place team scoring) in 12:27.01 (PERSONAL RECORD), Leah Brams
- 9th place (5th place team scoring) in 12:27.01, Emma Fitzgerald
- 25th place (15th place in team scoring) in 12:59.49 (BEST TIME
THIS SEASON), Elena Chiulli - 42nd place (24th in team scoring)
in 13:21.65, Hannah Randoplh- 50th place (30th in team scoring)
in 13:32.32 (PERSONAL RECORD), Zoe Gompers- 58th place (33d in
team scoring) in 13:48.05 13-14 Youth Girls - 3D PLACE WITH 72 POINTS - Kaitlin McCauley- 10th place (6th place in team scoring) in 15:58 (PERSONAL RECORD), Olja Rapaic- 13th place (8th place in team scoring) in 16:09 (PERSONAL RECORD), Cate Brams- 18th place (13th place in team scoring) in 16:18 (PERSONAL RECORD), Leanne Go- 29th place (21st place in team scoring) in 16:51 (PERSONAL RECORD), Annika Gompers- 34th place (24th place in team scoring) in 16:55 (PERSONAL RECORD), Tori Smith- 70th place (46th place in team scoring) in 19:05 (PERSONAL RECORD), Talia Frazier- 74th place (48th place in team scoring) in 19:22 (PERSONAL RECORD) Officially,
we qualified 21 athletes - 19 will actually be attending.
If anyone would like to make a donation toward the financing
of this trip or if you know of any sponsors who might be interested,
please let us know. Contributions are tax deductible and
should be made payable to the Waltham Track Club.
Last summer's track championships in NC, such donations help pay
the way for 3 members, who might not otherwise have been able
to afford to go. We have at least 2 such members that our
Club is trying to support on this xc team. We thank you
in advance for any consideration Our 11-12 girls' team finished 2nd (just 3 points behind 1st place Granite State), our 13-14 girls were also 2nd (just 2 points behind Triad) and our 8-10 boys were 3d by 1 point. The 8-10 girls just missed, finishing 4th by 1 point. The top 3 teams and top 25 individuals qualify to move on. Moving on for our 11-12 girls will be SONYA JAMPEL (2nd pl in a PR 12:01.84), MADDY MCLAUGHLIN (9th in 12:34.7), JULIA KERN (12th in 12:36.28), LEAH BRAMS - (14th in 12:40), ELENA CHIULLI (17th in 12:44.79), ZOE GOMPERS (24th in 13:08.35), EMMA FITZGERALD (26th in a PR 13:15), HANNAH RANDOLPH (35th in 13:41.44). DOMINQUE KNIPPER-DAVIS (finished 86th in 16:09.9). Our 13-14 girls' team qualifiers include KAITLIN MCCAULEY (6th pl in 16:32), OLJA RAPAIC (8th pl in16:40) , ANNIKA GOMPERS (16th in a PR of 17:15), CATE BRAMS (19th in 17:23), LEANNE GO (27th in 17:42), TALIA FRAZIER (52d in 19:35), TORI SMITH (53d in a PR 19:39), and MARTYNA PAWLIKOWSKA (67th in 21:03). Our 8-10 boys' qualifiers are JACOB JAMPEL (4th in a PR 12:17.12), MICHAEL O'DONOGHUE (8th in 12:26.56), DANIEL O'DONOGHUE (9th in 12:26.85) , TOMMY O'NEIL (29th in a PR 13:32.8), and JOAO VIEIRA (54th in 16:12.83). Qualifying as individuals were Cloe Taylor (1st place-12:36), EINAT GAVIS (12th place-PR 13:59) and KATIE CRONIN (22d place-PR-14:43) in the 8-10 age group and GAVIN MCEWEN (8th place in a PR of 11:45) and Thomas O'Donoghue (25th place in a PR of 11:57). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTH XC TEAM SHINES AT MAYOR'S CUP - our youth cross country team had another outstanding day at this year's Mayor's Cup, achieving 20 personal records, 3 team titles, 2 seconds places, 1 third and 2 individual race winners. This was also the first time that we have scored all 6 teams at this meet. Winning teams included our 11-12 and girls and boys and our 13-14 girls. Our 8-10 girls and boys were both second and our 13-14 boys were third. Individual winners were Chloe Tayor for the 8-10 girls and Sonya Jampel for the 11-12 girls. A very proud day for all involved! OUSTANDING DAY AT THE RACES - Despite cold, windy and rainy conditions, we had some very respectable performances yesterday at the at the Paddy's 3 mile race in Newton, our youth xc race at Franklin Park and the Lowell marathon/1/2 marathon. Open team members Kathy Leonard, Chrissy Forbes and Diana St Cyr had personal records at the Paddy's race. Chrissy and Diana have now improved their times in this race three consecutive years. Great Job, especially when considering the conditions!! At the Paddy's race, youth member Kaitlin won her age
division in 20:01, Olja Rapaic was 2nd in 20:17 and Thomas
O'Donoghue was 5th in 23:53 (his dad and youth coach, Thomas Sr
ran 21:28. Our open team members also ran well, Kate Fredette
running 23:46 (249th out of 1015, 7:56 mile pace and 13th in her
age group out of 131), Kathy Leonard ran a PR of 24:12 (276th,
15th in her age group out of 131 and an 8:04 pace - she was 25:51
last year), Chrissy Forbes ran a PR of 25:49 (394th, 33d in her
age group out of 131 and an 8:37 pace - she was 26:50 last year
and 27:07 the year before that), Diana St Cyr ran a PR of 28:24
(593d, 68th in her age group out of 131 and a 9:28 pace - she
was 28:31 last year and 30:23 the year before that). Our
newest member, Alison Conant, ran 28:51 with a 9:37 pace).
At the youth xc race, we had 10 personal records on
the 2k course - this was the 2nd of 2 development races.
At the 1st development race, held on Oct 4, we had 12 personal
records. This should set things up well for next Sunday's
Mayor's Cup, as we shoot to defend our 11-12 and 13-14 girls'
team titles. Personal records were achieved by Sonya Jampel
- 6:41 PR (7:13), Annika Gompers - 6:53 PR
(7:01), Ariel Kahan - 7:18 PR (7:35),
Emma Fitzgerald - 7:24 PR (7:25), Justin -Wadsworth
:45 PR (7:51), Tori Smith :00 PR
(8:38), Dominique Davis - 8:46 PR
(9:01), Rachel McMenenmy - 8:57 PR (9:30),
Jackie Fitzgerald - 9:30 PR (9:58), and
Serena Jampel - 9:55 PR (10:56). Ryan
Leonard just missed a PR by 1 second with a time of 8:04.
Meanwhile, Julie Weisman aced her first ever marathon,
running 3 hours, 50 minutes and 52 seconds (8:51 pace).
She was 837th out of 1561 finishers and 7th in her age group out
of 51. Yee Madden ran the 1/2 marathon in 2 hours and 44
seconds (9:13 pace). She was 600th out of 1250 finishers
and 69th in her age group out of 182.
SPECIAL CLUB FUND RAISING - RACE VOLUNTEERS - many THANKS to the seventy plus volunteers who worked our fall fund raising road races this fall, which included the Ollie Race, Marine Race, Carson Beach Race and the Tufts 10, helping our Club raise close to $2000. SPECIAL THANKS to youth parent and open team member, Emer O'Donoghue, for all of her efforts to coordinate this fund raising endeavor. In addition to raising funds, volunteers had tons of fun, got free shirts and enjoyed lots of free food and drink. Our next major event will be the Corporate Challenge 5K on June 24 at the Boston Common. Volunteers may begin signing up with Emer right now - emerodono@msn.com. We will be looking for 100+ volunteers, so start recruiting and sign up early. THE BIGGEST ISSUE THIS FALL WAS THAT MANY VOLUNTEERS WAITED TOO LATE TO SIGN UP AND THEN MISSED OUT BECAUSE SPOTS HAD BEEN FILLED. WE COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE HAD MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS AT THE TUFTS RACE, BUT HAD TO TURN AWAY MORE THAN 60 VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE TO COMMIT TO RACE DIRECTORS WEEKS IN ADVANCE AS TO HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE WILL PROVIDE. SO PLEASE SIGN UP EARLY - THANKS!! FORBES NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL YOUTH ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Club member and recent National Jr. Olympic triple jump champion and record holder, Carla Forbes, has been nominated for the 2009 National Youth Athlete of the Year. Registered USATF members had until 2:00, Monday, Oct. 19 to cast their vote. Competition for this year's award is quite stiff and Carla is the youngest member on the ballot, but just being nominated is a tremendous honor and achievement. WOMEN'S TUFTS 10K - Congrats to open team members who competed in the Tufts 10K this past Monday. A total of 6000 females finished the race. Our Club participants included: Kaitlin Nichols - 412th in 48:35 - 7:49 (169th in her age group out of 1465), Kathryn McGowan - 596th in 50:18 - 8:06 pace (220th in her age group out of 1473), Kate Fredette - 967th in 52:51 - 8:31 pace (298th in her age group out of 1835), Kathy Leonard - 1066th in 53:27 - 8:37 pave (246th in her age group out of 1439), Denise Booher - 1108th in 53:44 - 8:30 pace (60th in her age group out of 750), AnneMargaret McCullough - 1398th in 55:19 - 8:55 pace (440th in her ge group out of 1835), Chrissy Forbes - 2026th in 57:59 - 9:20 pace (642nd in her age group out of 1835), Diana St Cyr - 3637th in 1:04.3 - 10:23 pace (1166th in her age group out of 1835) YOUTH CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM HAS BEGUN - This year's youth cross country program is in full swing. Practice sessions are now being held every Sunday through Thursday, at 5:45pm, at the J Lee Gould Track & Field Facility at Leary Field, Bacon St. , Waltham . Members are expected to attend at least 2 sessions per week. Registrations for this year's program will continued to be accepted through October. Cross country involves training for races of 1.1 to 2.4 miles through grass fields and wooded trails and offers a tremendous means for conditioning for all sports. Printable registration forms can be found on our "Current Programs" Page. YOUTH XC UPDATE WAYLAND XC FESTIVAL - Our youth cross country team had another great day at this year's Wayalnd XC Festival, achieveing 17 personal records. Our 11-14 girls' team won the team title with 20 points. In age group divisions, Chloe Taylor was the first 8 and under girl, Julia Kern the first 11-12 girl, Einat Gavish was 2nd in the 9-10 girls' division and Jacob Jampel was 3d for the boys' 9-10. Personal records were set by Olja Rapaic-11:45 PR (11:55) PR by 10 seconds, Cate Brams-11:48 PR (12:27) PR by 39 sec. Leanne Go-12:05 PR (13:04) PR by 61 sec., Thomas O'Donoghue-11:40 PR (11:59) PR by 19 sec., Hugh 11:49 PR (13:05) PR by 1:16, Jeremy Taylor-11:49 PR (12:19) PR by 30sec., Max Nighswander-12:24 PR (14:44) PR by 2:20, Liam Foley-13:30 PR (13:55) PR by 15 sec., Ryan Leaonard- 13:33 PR (15:04) PR by 1:31, Justin Wadsworth-13:35 PR (14:07) PR by 32 sec., Connor O'Brien- 13:36 PR (14:08) PR by 32 sec., Chloe Taylor- 12:36 PR (13:15) PR by 39 sec ., Ava Madden-15:56 PR (17:51) PR by 1:55, Serena Jampel-16:20 PR (18:44) PR by 2:24, Jacob Jampel-11:50 PR (13:39) PR by 1:49, Michael O'Donoghue-12:17 PR (13:14) PR by 57 sec., Daniel O'Donoghue-12:17 PR(13:14)PR by 57 sec. NE Jr. Olympic XC Info Now Available - information and entry forms for the NE Jr. Olympic XC Championships, scheduled for November 15, are now available on the USATFNE.org web site - click on cross country and scroll down to Nov. 15. Participants must have a 2009 USATF membership number, which can also be obtained at the USATF site. If you do need to become a member, do so after November 1 - your membershup will then be good through 2010. Members who plan to compete in the Jr Olympic meet must give their entry forms and a copy of their birth certificate (if not already on file with the Club) to Coach Joe by November 8. Youth XC Members Shine At Development Meet - eleven members of our youth XC program ran personal records at the Franklin Park Development Race this past Sunday. Thirty-five members competed, highlighted by our girls 11-14 team, which finished its top six within twenty seconds of each other, setting them up for a strong team showing at this Sunday's Wayland Festival at Wayland HS (Kaitlin McCauley-6:50, Julia Kern-6:52, Olja Rapaic-6:56, Leanne Go-7:03, Leah Brams-7:07, Elena Chiulli-7:10. Personal records were achieved by Jacob Jampel(6:56), Daniel and Michael O'Donoghue (7:12), Max Nighswander(7:38), Thomas O'Donoghue(6:49), Jeremy Taylor(6:53), Connor O'Brien(8:03), Hugh O'Neil(6:58), Chloe Taylor(7:11), Leah Brams(7:07), and Leanne Go(7:03). Congrats to our nine members who competed in their first XC race - Tommy O'Neil, Alex Pillette, Nick Trischitta, Katie Cronin, Einat Gavish, Hanner Geller, Ruth Landis, Martyna Pawlikowska, and Tori Smith OUTSTANDING DAY AT CVS DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE RACES - open team member Marcy Dorna ran a personal record of 22:05 in the National 5k race, placing 9th in the master's division out of 712 master division runners. She was 509th overall out of 5300. In the youth races, our Club had 17 top five performances and 22 in the top ten, among the 15 races contested. Winners included Rachel McMenemy in the first grade 400; Jacob Jampel in the fourth grade 800; Thomas O'Donoghue in the sixth grade 1500 and Sonya Jampel in the seventh grade 1500. Second place finishers included Chloe Taylor and Daniel O'Donoghue in the fourth grade 800 and Kaitlin McCauley in the eighth grade 1500. Third places were earned by Maggie O'Neil (second grade 200); Einat Gavish (fourth grade 800) and Julia Kern and Peter deReyna (seventh grade 1500). Fourth places were achieved by Michael O'Donoghue (fourth grade 800); Emma Fitzgerald (sixth grade 1500); Elena Chiulli (seventh grade 1500) and Talia Frazier (eighth grade 1500). Fifth places were earned by Serena Jampel (second grade 200) and Olja Rapaic (eighth grade 1500). FORBES SELECTED USATF-NE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH - club member, Carla Forbes, was selected Athlete of the Month by USATF - New England for August, 2009, based on her superb performances at the Junior Olympic National Championships(SEE ARTICLE BELOW). A special presentation was made at the USATF-NE Annual meeting on September 27 at the Double Tree Guest Suites Hotel in Waltham.
Other PR's were achieved by Paul Halbersadt in the pentathlon shot-20'5" and 1500-5:41.72; Thomas O'Donoghue with 1626 points in the pentathlon along with 80H in 15.86, shot in 21'8 1/4" and 1500 in 5:27.57; Luke Halberstadt in the pentathlon hurdles 18.56 and 5:36.63 in the 1500; Nathan Halberstadt 's 3:01.24 in the 800 (26th pl); Michael O'Donoghue in the 1500 - 5:50.58 (25th pl); Ivy Watts in the 400 - 59.56 (20th pl). Other participants included Tommy O'Neil in the 8-10 LJ-10' 6 1/2" (28th pl); Michael O'Donoghue in the 8-10 HJ-3'7 1/4" (16th pl) and 29th place in the javelin with 56' 10"; Amy Ren in 15-16 TJ - 25th with 33'11"; Elena Chiulli - 11-12 800 (27th with2:39.35); Kaitlin McCauley - 13-14 3000 - 19th with 11:38.25; Thomas O'Donoghue - 28th in high jump with 4' 1 1/4"; Paul Halberstadt - 17th in javelin with 103' 11".
FALMOUTH ROAD RACE - MCCAULEY FIRST IN AGE GROUP Kaitlin McCauley was the first girl under age 14 to finish this year's Falmouth Road Race with a time of 52:06 (139TH out of 4143 females). Open team member Annemargaret McCullough ran 1:04.56 (1292ndfemale). Assistant coach Chris Gaudet ran 56:33. IAAF APPROVES NO FALSE START RULE - beginning Jan 1, 2010, a NO FALSE START rule will be implemented in all USATF and IAAF track & field competitions. Currently, the first false start is charged to the entire field and a second false start disqualifies the athlete who does it. The new rule will disqualify any athlete who false starts at any time, as determined by the starter.
GENERAL INFORMATION There are currently two divisions of the Waltham Track Club: a youth program, open to boys and girls, ages 8-14 and an open/masters program for females, ages 15 and older. The youth track and field program is held in the from April through July and an indoor program from December through February. A youth cross-country program is offered in the fall. The open/masters program is conducted year round.
Most Club activities are held at the J.Lee Gould Track and Field Facility located at Leary Field, Bacon St., Waltham, MA. Cross-country training is held on the Waltham High School home cross-country course at Waltham High School on Lexington St. Our indoor track program is held at the Kennedy Middle School on Lexington St. The
Club competes in events sanctioned by the United States Track
and Field Association at the local, regional and national levels.
All members are encouraged to become official members of the USATFNE
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Track and Field Association (the national governing body for the
sport of running). The Club is a program designed to offer instruction
and competition in track and field, cross-country, road racing
and marathon running. Club programs are open to participants of
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tryouts or talent requirements. Beginners are welcome! The Club's
philosophy for all participants, regardless of ability, is to
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