2014 USATF Region 2 Meet

Daniel and his father Damine Tulloch is preparing for the Region 2 Meet in Hershey, Pa.

Daniel "the Flash" Tulloch ran in the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships Region 2 meet on Sunday Nov. 23, 2014. Unfortunately, he did not make the cut to go to the national meet at Myrtle Beach.  This spells the end of the 9 year old cross country runner for 2014. He moves on to indoor track in January 2015 as a 10 year old in the 9 and 10 Bantam age group.

 

last revised: 11/23/2014 01:48:13 PM

 

                   Cross Country Championships   - 11/23/2014

                             Shank Park, Hershey, PA

                              Last Completed Event

 

Event 4  3k Run CC 9-10 Division Boys

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    Name                     Age Team                    Finals  Points

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  1 Nevistich, Aidan          10 Lakeland Jun A        12:13.51    1

  2 Shetzline, Thomas         10 Lakeland Jun C        12:14.05    2

  3 Timoney, Gavin            10 Lakeland Jun A        12:16.82    3

  4 Townsend, Quinton         10 Hershey Blaz A        12:30.34

  5 Herraiz, Connor           10 Lakeland Jun A        12:38.70    4

  6 George, Robert            10 Lakeland Jun B        12:52.40    5

  7 Kain, William              9                       12:57.94

  8 Winkky, Keagen            10 Team PREFO A          13:03.73

  9 Bastarrika, Jack           9 Lakeland Jun B        13:05.31    6

 10 Aguirre, Miguel           10                       13:07.29

 11 Brown, David               9 Lakeland Jun A        13:09.98    7

 12 Sztolberg, Sebastian       9 Lakeland Jun B        13:10.07    8

 13 Murphy, Griffin           10 Westfield Ar A        13:11.64

 14 Dolan, Evan               10 Lakeland Jun A        13:17.66    9

 15 Saenz, Santiago            9 Lakeland Jun B        13:20.89   10

 16 Martellucci, Austin       10 St Jane's Tr A        13:26.25

 17 Hine, Gregory             10 St Jane's Tr A        13:26.88

 18 Brennan, Mark             10 Lakeland Jun B        13:31.84   11

 19 Kopp, Carson              10                       13:32.57

 20 Fowler, Colin             10 Lakeland Jun C        13:33.17   12

 21 Tauriello, Joshua         10 St. Francis Academy   13:36.21

 22 Renshaw, Reuben            9 New Jersey Striders   13:36.90

 23 Mittal, Harsit             9 Elite Runners TC A    13:39.95   13

 24 Mudireddy, Abhishek       10 Elite Runners TC A    13:41.65   14

 25 Martin, Thomas             9 Elite Runners TC A    13:42.32   15

 26 Faria, Orlando            10 Elite Runners TC A    13:44.30   16

 27 Marks, Harry              10                       13:47.68

 28 Gensel, James             10 Team PREFO A          13:49.93

 29 Williams, Joshua          10 Penn Hills E A        14:07.74

 30 Ojo, Elijah               10 Unity Express TFC A   14:09.38

 31 Santana, Jorwally          9 Elite Runners TC A    14:10.77   17

 32 Safer, Austin              9 WolfPack Track Club   14:13.07

 33 Panjeti, Varun             9 Elite Runners TC A    14:13.13   18

 34 Lanahan, Daniel            9 Lakeland Jun A        14:16.19   19

 35 Edwards, Jalen             9 Elite Runners TC A    14:24.01   20

 36 Fletcher, Jacob           10 Lakeland Jun C        14:32.73   21

 37 Lundberg, Steven          10 Crimson Knights A     14:42.21

 38 Harmanos, Joseph          10 Get Fit Families A    14:42.51

 39 Tulloch, Daniel            9 St. Luke's S A        14:44.88

 40 Leander, Zachary           9 Lakeland Jun C        14:47.62   22

 41 Gabbidon, Julian          10 Hershey Blaz A        14:47.98

 42 Zentner, Thomas           10 Get Fit Families A    14:49.20

 43 Brewer, Evan               9 Lakeland Jun A        14:49.43   23

 44 Black, Nathan              9 Team PREFO A          14:52.19

 45 Gross, Joshua             10                       14:53.38

 46 McCabe, Andrew            10 Crimson Knights A     14:57.42

 47 Szczepanski, Jack         10 Lakeland Jun B        14:58.65   24

 48 Iyer, Akshay               9 Elite Runners TC A    15:03.87   25

 49 Shieh, Shelton             9 Lakeland Jun B        15:05.31   26

 50 Hays, Jacob               10 Greensburg Y A        15:12.15

 51 Dick, Charles              9 St. Francis Academy   15:14.77

 52 Suter, Jack                9 00Gr Philade A        15:15.27

 53 Weaver, Michael           10 Lakeland Jun B        15:20.42   27

 54 Cianfrocca, Jeffrey       10 Lakeland Jun C        15:37.94   28

 55 Chen, Matthew              9 Westfield Ar A        15:48.59

 56 Gorr, Aidan               10 Greensburg Y A        16:08.48

 57 Renshaw, Everett          10 New Jersey Striders   16:11.77

 58 Mancha, Aidan             10 St. Francis Academy   16:32.89

 59 Jackson, Dedrick           9 Youth All St A        18:37.09

 60 Barny, Ethan              10 Lakeland Jun A        20:09.39   29

 61 Zitzman, Ryan             10 Crimson Knights A     20:45.43

 62 Pena, Diego               11 St. Francis Academy   21:20.28

  

The top 30 made the cut to go to nationals. Daniel missed the cut by 34 seconds over a 3K race(1.86 miles), coming across the finish line in 39th place.  Daniel was beat by 13, 9 year olds and 23, 10 year olds. He beat 9, 9 year olds and 14, 10 year olds.  

The 62 children involved are the best in Pennsylvania, Up State New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.

This is how the race developed.

The "Flash" is in the red shirt, standing on the starting line, waiting for the start of the race.

 
At the start, this is where Daniel made his fatal mistake. He never gets off the starting line before everyone else. In fact, he is last to get off the starting line. With 61 people to beat, this puts him last and puts him behind the pack of boys in a traffic jam while the faster boys pull away.

This is the start of the race. You can click on the video by clicking on the picture or if that does not work, click on the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9vjSPlSn3M&feature=youtu.be

 

This is when his "start" mistakes becomes apparent. We are nearly one mile into the race. Daniel is past the largest part of the mountain.  But as you can see, more than 30 boys are ahead of him.      

This is the 1 mile part of the race. You can click on the video by clicking on the picture or if that does not work, click on the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LndkH6DBoZg&feature=youtu.be

With about a quarter mile to go, Daniel is starting to run out of time.  He beat two boys going up the last steep hill. However, because he did not beat most of the boys out at the start, by this time, it became a hopeless battle to make nationals.
This is the last hill in the race. You can click on the video by clicking on the picture or if that does not work, click on the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwLL7YXjedk&feature=youtu.be

We are at the end of the race. Keep in mind that the officials ran 12 races with over 500 children trying to qualify for nationals from below 8 years old to 18 years old. Some of the parents of these children may not be exactly right in the head. Can you spot the nut in this video?   

I don't care where you are, you must always keep an eye out for nuts. This particular person is fighting a bad divorce. He thought that I was a private investigator spying on him for his wife. This could have become a bad situation for both of us.

This is the end of the race. You can click on the video by clicking on the box or if that does not work, click on the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5EQf-vUuW8&feature=youtu.be

What is next?

This week, Daniel will start to prepare for the UNITED AGE GROUP TRACK COACHES ASSOCIATION (UAGTCA ) meets.

First race will be in January, 2015 in Philadelphia. He will be running the 800 and 1500. This will prepare him for the USATF Indoor Track meet series in March 2015.