2014 USATF Mid-Atlantic Association Junior Cross Country Championship

Daniel "The Flash" Tulloch

 

This meet showed that I am getting old. First, I forgot how to get to the meet in Philadelphia. It is a good thing that I forgot the time it started as well.  I thought that the race started at 9:00 AM, when in fact, the race started at 10:30 AM. That gave me time to get to the meet.

Once Daniel got ready to run, we could not find the starting line.  No signs, no announcement  at the starting line, and no one told us where to go.  I turned around and saw a white flag, then a gun sound. Daniels race started on the other end of the field.

 

Daniel Stepped up his play!

Daniel ran over to the starting line. By the time Daniel started running, everyone had a big head start, about 200 Meters. Ten boys started the race. The meet Director told me that only ten boys can qualify to go to the Regional meet.  Twelve children was suppose to start. Daniel was the eleventh person of the starting line. Number 12 was in the "Portal Potty" unaware that the race started.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF7MbhVVODI&feature=youtu.be

2014 USATF Mid-Atlantic Association Junior Olympic

 

In the previous blogs, I made you aware that Daniel had a heavy amount of hill training. He also had a lot of speed training at CD High School.  We practiced catching people mostly fast adults on the track, running 3 1/2 Miles at a time.  

 

Daniel needed all this training to catch and pass number 10. Number ten had trouble running the hills where Daniel had the advantage.  Daniel caught and passed him about 1 mile from the end of the race, making Daniel the 10th person to cross the finish line and qualify for the Region 2 Meet in Hershey, Pa.

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2014 USATF Mid-Atlantic Association Junior Olympic  Part 2

 

As I am trying to get Daniel to improve his time toward the end of the race, you can hear a lady in the back ground telling another spectator that Daniel started the race late and still beat one of his opponents. She was impressed with his performance.

The Flash had a time of 15 Minutes and 32.12 Seconds in this 3K (1.86 Mile) Race.

Event 4 3k Run CC 9-10 Division Boys
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    Name                    Year Team                    Finals  H# Points
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Results - Men
1  9069 Townsend, Quinton          2004 Hershey Blaz         12:27.05    1
2  9099 Hine, Gregory                   2004 St Jane's Tr             12:54.73    1
3  9139 Kain, William                   2005 Unattached             13:07.45     1
4  9102 Martellucci, Austi             2004 St Jane's Tr             13:31.47    1
5  9141 Marks, Harry                     2004 Unattached             13:54.92    1
6  9064 Gabbidon, Julian               2004 Hershey Blaz         14:08.20    1
7  9137 Gross, Joshua                    2004 Unattached             14:17.32    1
8  9062 Albright, Trevor                2005 Hershey Blaz        15:08.23    1
9  9007 Suter, Jack                         2005 gr Philade              15:13.59    1
10  9104 Tulloch, Daniel               2005 St. Luke's S          15:32.12   1
11  9147 Jackson, Dedrick             2005 Youth All St          16:15.83    2

Three of these final 10 will run at their home XC course in Hershey.

The next step is to run in USATF Region 2 meet at Shank Park off of Bullfrog Dr. next to the Hospital.
 

The Next Step!

 

At the Region 2 meet in Hershey, Pa. on Nov. 23rd, the top 20 (9 and 10) year olds will receive medals. The top 30 athletes will qualify to advance to the USATF National Junior Olympic Championship December 13th in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

 

At the Region 2 Hershey meet, the course is grass, some hills, and some in the woods. It also features a wide-open layout towards the finish line that makes it perfect for spectators to view championship races.

Some hills my foot. This is a mountain.

Participating Teams besides St. Luke Spirit, Daniel's Track Club  

Daniel "the flash" Tulloch of the St. Luke Spirit,  Germantown, Pa.

00Gr Philadelphia Olympic Club King of Prussia, PA
A-K Track & Field Club New Kensington, PA
Dashers Havertown, PA
East Allegheny T. C. Pittsburgh, PA
Elite Runners TC Woodbridge, NJ
Get Fit Families Harmony, PA
Greensburg YMCA Track & Field Greensburg, PA
Harambee Running Club Lititz, PA
Hershey Blaze Track Club Hershey, PA
ISAA Philadelphia, PA
Juniata Valley Striders Lewistown, PA
Lakeland JuniorTrack & Field Long Valley, NJ
Mountain Top Track & Field Clu Lilly, PA
Pacer Track Club Pittsburgh, PA
Penfield Athletic Club Penfield, NY
Penn Hills Eagles Track Club Pittsburgh, PA
Pineland Striders Quakertown, PA
River City Elite Track Club Pittsburgh, PA
Rochester Running Rebels Rochester, NY
Running Rebels Youth Distance Philadelphia, PA
St Jane's Track & Field Club Easton, PA
St. Luke's Spirit TC Philadelphia, PA
Syracuse Chargers Track Club, Syracuse, NY
Team PREFO Big Flats, NY
Titan Ridge Runners Webster, NY
Transy East TC Paterson, NJ
Triple Cities Runners Club Vestal, NY
Trojan Track Club York, PA
WESTMORELAND TRACK & XC Greensburg, PA
West Seneca West Seneca, NY
Wings of Moon Sewickley, PA
Youth All Stars Track Club Wyncote, PA

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Annalise Porreca West Chester, PA
Ben Clouse Sewickley, PA
Carson Kopp Gibsonia, PA
Colin Begley Williamsville, NY
Courtney Alexander Exton, PA
Dighan Kelly Pittsburgh, PA
Elizabeth Lowe Lebanon, PA
Evan Serafin Nazareth, PA
Ezekiel Dawkins Newark, DE
Griffin Mackey Sewickley, PA
Harry Marks Chester Springs, PA
JoeJoe Somora Grove City, PA
John Flanagan Landenberg, PA
Joshua Gross Holland, PA
Lauren Varsek Venus, PA
Lila Shaw Coatesville, PA
Naomi Dawkins Newark, DE
Nikolas Toocheck West Chester, PA
Phoebe White Manlius, NY
Savannah Shaw Coatesville, PA
Thomas Boerger Malvern, PA
Treicy Cedeno Sunbury, PA
William Kain Wilmington, DE
Yoangelys Cedeno Sunbury, PA
 

USATF Website: www.mausatf.org

 Mid-atlantic Association

USATF Region 2 Website: www.coachoregistration.com