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FLRC Newsletter - August 2004 |
| And Now From the Other End of the Age Spectrum: IUTC Reports | |
Ithaca United Reaps 16 Medals at USATF Niagara Finals
Ithaca United Track Club earned top marks at the USATF Junior Olympics Niagara Association Championships in Jamestown on June 19. The team brought home 16 top three medals including 7 gold, 3 silver, and 6 bronze. Several members also marked several personal bests. Bantam boys (age 810) Chris Van Loon and Vlad Kutka of Newfield won two gold and two bronze medals in the 1500 and 800 meters. Van Loon's 3:05 was a personal best and club record for age-8 in the 800. Kutka was not far off the mark at 3:09. Midget boys (age 1112) also did well. Andris Goncarovs of Trumansburg nailed gold twice, once in the 1500 meter (5:16) and later in the 3000-meter race. Doug Moore of Ithaca won the silver in the 3000-meter race and was fourth in the 1500-meter (5:59) event. IUTC rookie Jacob Gelber landed fifth in the 400-meter dash and 12th in a large field of the 200-meter sprinters. Midget girls Christina Brewington claimed three medals all in the field events, gold in the javelin and high jump and third-place bronze in the long jump.
In Youth boys (age 1314) Sharif Younes landed silver and bronze in the 800 meter (3:34) and the 1500, respectively. Four-year IUTC veteran Brian Maley scored four top medals: one gold in the long jump (4.62 meters), silver in the triple jump (10.07 meters), and bronzes in both the 100 (12.66 seconds) and the 200 (26.62) meter dashes, all personal bests and IUTC age records.
Coach Andri Goncarovs notes that IUTC is particularly strong in distance and selected field events this year. Strong winds made for slower than usual times in the distance events, whereas sprinting events were a little faster with the wind at their backs. Complete results can be found at www.chautauqua-striders.org/2004%20Niagara%20JOs.htm.
Maley, Goncarovs, Van Loon, Younes, Moore, and Brewington now advance to the USATF Junior Olympics Region-2 Finals in Slippery Rock, PA, July 1011.
Goncarovs Fourth at USATF Youth Nationals
Ithaca United Track athlete, Andris Goncarovs placed fourth overall in the Midget (age 1112) boys 3000-meter run at the USATF Youth Athletics Nationals Championships held in Baltimore, MD, on July 2. Goncarovs ran a tightly contested race in a field of 24 top young runners selected from youth track teams nationwide. He ran 10:17.54 his best mark to date and the seventh fastest 3000-meter mark for this age group in the USA this year, according to the National Youth Runners Ranking System. Goncarovs will compete in the Region-2 finals in mid-July at Slippery Rock, PA, in the 3000-and 1500-meter races. Top finishers from this event will be selected to compete in the Junior Olympics USA Finals in Eugene, OR, in late July. Complete results for the USATF Youth Athletics Nationals are available at: www.usatf.org/events/2004/USAYouthOutdoorTFChampionships.
For more IUTC results, see the results section of the Newsletter.
Ithaca United Track Athletes Earn Top Marks at National Junior Olympic Trials
July 1011 saw three Ithaca United Track Club (IUTC) athletes earning top-performance medals at the USTAF Region-2 finals in Slippery Rock, PA. Selected youth athletes from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania toed the line for a chance to represent their state and community at the USATF National Junior Olympics later this month. Andris Goncarovs earned the gold medal in the Midget boys (age 1112) 3000 (10:19) meter race, with a strong performance narrowly missing the Region-2 record set in 1996. Andris was only briefly challenged in the field of six Regional runners. Goncarovs also won the bronze medal for the 1500 meters with a time of 4:50, an IUTC youth record. The three top runners finished within 2 seconds of each other in that race.
Also for Ithaca United, Chris Van Loon earned 14th and 6th place medals for his effort in the 800 meter (3:10) and 1500 meter (6:00) Bantam boys (age 910) events. Christina Brewington placed in the top ten in the Midget girls, long jump (7th), high jump (6th), and turbo javelin (7th).
Goncarovs advances in both the 3000 and 1500 meters to represent Region-2, Niagara Association, and Ithaca United at the National Championships to be held July 27August 1 in Eugene, OR.
Complete results may be found at www.usatf.org/events/2004/USATFJuniorOlympicTFChampionships/results.
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