Daniel received 13th place. One to Fifteenth place goes to Niagara.
Daniel Tulloch ran in the 2015 Mid-Atlantic USATF Cross
Country meet in Philadelphia, Pa. on Saturday morning at 10:00 AM. Daniel ran in the 9-10 age group. He came in
13th with a time of 16 Minutes 21 Seconds in the 3K race. The first 15 runners qualify to go to the Region
2 Meet in Niagara, NY. This year, Daniel will not run in the Region 2
meet because he wants to concentrate on his Basketball career.
Daniel has been running in this Association meet since age 5
and has always qualified for the Region 2 meet for 6 years, every year.
Dating back to the
mid-1960's, the USATF Junior Olympic program is the most visible youth athlete
developmental program in the world. Nearly 70,000 youth athletes compete each
year in the Junior Olympic Track & Field and Cross Country programs. Many
of America's Olympians began as youth athletes, including stars such as Maurice
Greene, Allyson Felix, Bryan Clay, John Godina, Deena Kastor, and Allen
Johnson.
Through a series of professional events consisting of
preliminary, Association, and Regional meets, athletes have the opportunity to
advance to the National Championships in track & field and cross country.
OnceUSATF members, participants can enter the Junior Olympics
either as part of aUSATF clubor as
"unattached." Competition takes place in six (6) 2-yearage divisions,
from 8 & under through 17-18.
USATF
Mid-Atlantic
Description
of the Association Territory
State of Pennsylvania east of and including Potter, Clinton, Centre,
Huntingdon, and Bedford counties and the State of Delaware.
On the left, Daniel in all three pictures from top to bottom.
On the right, Grandfather Darnell Williams and
David from top to bottom.
The Hershey Blaze XC group allows kids of all age groups an opportunity to continue their training into the fall and even compete in several meets. This season begins in September and goes into early November. Like our track & field program, Hershey Blaze Cross Country is designed to introduce kids to distance running by providing an experience that is fun, competitive, social, and informative about the sport.
Cross country races are trail runs across several types of terrain at distances of 2,000m (1.2 miles) for kids 8 years old and under; 3,000m (1.9 miles) for kids 9 through 12 years old; 4,000m (2.5 miles) for kids 13 and 14 years old; and 5,000m (3.1 miles) for 15 year olds. The primary events that Hershey Blaze runners compete in are the Healthy Kids Running Series and the USATF XC Junior Olympic Series. Hershey Blaze athletes have been highly successful and have qualified to compete at the top level.
Saturday Oct. 31, 2015 at Hershey
This is David in 30 Degree Weather, running the 2K in Hershey on Oct. 31, 2015. He did not finish and Mother Stephanie had to carry him most of the way. He did not want to run.
This is David trying to explain how Daniel's race ended.
Daniel came in 5th out of 5 Hershey Blaze runners on Saturday October 31, 2015. His time was 25 Minutes 45 seconds.
Sunday Nov. 1, 2015 5K Hero Run at Swatara Harrisburg Mall
Daniel ran this run with a Gun Time of 25 minutes, 45.6 seconds. The ten year old Chip Time was 45 Minutes, 44.4 Seconds. They had over 600 people registered for this race but only 221 runners finished. Daniel was 109th to finish. In his age group he finished 8th. He ran in the 9 -- 12 year old group.
But the amazing person that ran was David. Stephanie decided not to go to the XC meet. His father Damine took us to the mall to get their registration packages and prepare for the race.
The first thing we had to do was get Daniel to the starting line and get him off. Then it was David's turn for the one mile run while Daniel was running his 5K.
I did not expect David to want to run. I did not think that Damine thought he would run either. So I got behind David on the starting line expecting after a quarter mile, he would stop and walk back.
When the horn went off, I took one step, looked up and not only was David down the street but he was leading everyone else. I still thought that he would "die." So I did not speed up. But next thing I knew, he was out of sight. I started getting a little worried.
Damine caught up with me and asked, where was David. I did not know and Damine went on a head of me looking for him. I stopped and went to the finish line. Sooner or later he was going to show up.
David was running his race. I looked down to the opposite end of the mall and saw Damine but no David. Damine walk down to me and told me that David was in the mall on his last leg of the race. So I waited and sure enough, he came out the other end of the mall and ran toward the finish line running just as strong and focus as he started.
His father Damine said to David, "Come on in the mall, I will buy you anything you want!" In the last 5 years, I never heard Damine say that to David. He spent almost $50 on David. It looks like I am not the only person impressed.
David Tulloch is in Kindergarden at Paxtonia Elementary but he stepped up his play today!
In the Saturday September 12, 2015, Sasquatch race, Daniel ran a 5K (5K equals 3.1 miles; that is over 12 laps around a high school track) in 24 Minutes, 25.3 Seconds.He came in 5th. The four people that beat him in his age group was; Start End Time Age 1. 298 Wherley, Isaac 08:59:27.0 09:18:25.2 00:18:58.2 12 Yr old 2. 69 Falk, Zachary 08:59:27.0 09:19:55.2 00:20:28.2 15 Yr old 3. 95 Hand, Brian 08:59:27.0 09:20:21.4 00:20:54.4 15 Yr old 4. 182 Rabatin, Curtis 08:59:27.0 09:23:34.5 00:24:07.5 12 Yr old
Daniel is in the 5th grade. It will soon be time to start contacting colleges to find out who has the best scholarship program for Cross Country. This first contact is not to place him in a college. It is to tell colleges that he will be committing in 7 years and to find out what is out in the college world that can help him at that time based on what he wants to do as he nears time to go to college.
Click on the picture above and see 5 year old David Tulloch run the mile.
5 year old David Tulloch ran this 1 mile race in 10 minutes 46 seconds at the Ben and Tim Day. He is in Kindergarten. The State of Pennsylvania has a law that says that a 12th Grader has to run a mile in 10 minutes. David only has to come down 46 seconds to qualify for graduation in 12 years.
The Event Ben and Tim Day Saturday, August 29th Daniel ran the 5K Race at 9:00 AM, David ran the Fun Run at 10:00 AM Hershey High School, Hershey, PA The over seers of this event said, "Huge thank you to all that participated in Ben and Tim Day 2015!!! We had a record turnout and as always, all profit goes to such a worthy cause. See you next year for our 25th year!"
Daniel ran the 1500 Meter Run alone with 2 of his team mates. Daniel came in 3rd.
Darnell Williams, Daniel's Grand father and Daniel's mother and Darnell's Daughter, Stephanie Tulloch is here waiting for the Daniel's 800 Meter run to start.
This is the end of Daniel's participation in the 9 and 10
Year Old Boys Division in the USATF in Summer Track and Field. He has been
competing since he was 4 years old. Next year, if Daniel wants to, he will run
the 80 Meter Hurdles, the 3000 Meter, and the 1500 Meter Run. He may run the Pentathlon.
But that is up to Daniel to continue his development into a
Public School, College, and even a professional athlete. Only Daniel can make
these decisions.
He is scheduled to run two 5K Cross Country Meets in August 2015.That will be the start of the 2015 Cross Country Season. December 2015 will be the start of the 2016 Indoor Track Season.
Daniel
Tulloch participated in the USATF Region 2 Junior Olympic Outdoor Track And
Field Championships, Thursday, July 09 -
Sunday, July 12 at William Lennox Track, Slippery Rock, PA. Only athletes that
qualified at the Association Junior Olympic Championship was eligible to enter
this meet.
William Lennox Track, Slippery Rock, PA.
Daniel ran
the 800 Meter Run, coming in 15th with a time of 3 Minutes, 1.39 Seconds.
M 9-10 800m run
place
team
name
mark
1
Elite Runners TC
AKSHAY VADUL
2:35.23
2
New Jersey Striders
DYLAN DECAMBRE
2:36.78
3
St. Luke's Spirit TC
MUHSIN MUHAMMAD
2:41.79
4
Transy East TC
FABIAN ALICEA-TORRES
2:42.49
5
Future Stars Athletics
DANIEL CAIN
2:43.31
6
Penn Hills Eagles Track Club
DE'REON WASHINGTON
2:44.09
7
Ballistic Response
JADEN JEUDY
2:44.15
8
Steel City Express
BRANDON JONES
2:50.14
9
Rochester Running Rebels
CAIRO VARGAS
2:50.35
10
Steel City Express
DEREK SELBY
2:50.60
11
Unattached
ANDREW BRILL
2:50.93
12
Elite Flyers TC
MARCQELL FREEMAN
2:52.31
13
Penn Hills Eagles Track Club
ZIARE WILDER
2:52.35
14
Meadville Track Club
LOGAN ANDERSON
2:55.17
15
Hershey
Blaze Track Club
DANIEL
TULLOCH
3:01.39
16
Juniata Valley Striders
ISAIAH MITCHELL
3:08.34
17
Team Prefo
KYLE WALKER
3:28.52
Daniel ran
the 1500 Meter Run, coming in 9th with a time of 6 Minutes and 17.64 Seconds.
M 9-10 1500m run
place
team
name
mark
1
Elite Runners TC
AKSHAY VADUL
5:12.21
2
Unattached
ANDREW BRILL
5:21.33
3
Transy East TC
FABIAN ALICEA-TORRES
5:23.81
4
Penn Hills Eagles Track Club
DE'REON WASHINGTON
5:25.75
5
Westfield Flyers
EAMON MASON
5:26.69
6
Future Stars Athletics
DANIEL CAIN
5:36.99
7
St. Luke's Spirit TC
MUHSIN MUHAMMAD
5:54.12
8
Valley Speedsters
LUKE HENDERSON
5:59.75
9
Hershey
Blaze Track Club
DANIEL
TULLOCH
6:17.64
10
Penn Hills Eagles Track Club
COVENANT MUSOBA
6:17.72
11
Team Prefo
KYLE WALKER
7:00.86
The top 5
finishers go on to the USATF National Junior Olympic Outdoor Track And Field
Championships Monday, July 27 - Sunday, August 02 at the University Of North
Florida at Jacksonville FL.
This is the
end of Daniel's participation in the 9 to 10 Year Old Division for the 2015 Summer USATF Season.
He still runs this summer in the Pennsylvania Key Stone Games.
A person running Hurdles like Daniel will do next year.
Next year he is
looking at running the 80M Hurdles and the 3000 Meter Run.
The smoking Jamacan Flash with his two Gold Medals.
On June 24, 2015,
Daniel, the "flash" and his Hershey
Blaze Track Club went down to York, Pa. to run against the Trojan Track Club.
The Trojan Track Club welcomed many young athletes in York, PA who want to
learn the sport of track & field in a fun, competitive, and social environment.
Daniel ran in three
events.
The 100 Meter Run:
Daniel has it in his mind that he is a short
distance runner. So he was signed up to run the 100 Meter Dash. No, he is not UsainBoltbut
if running the 100 Meter and running the 4X100 Meter relay makes him happy then good for
him.
He is at the age
where girls and boys notice each other.Two girls walked up to him and asked him if he is a long distance runner
after Daniel ran the 1600 Meter Run.Daniel's replied, "I am a short and long distance runner!"
He might be Jamaican
but he is not UsainBolt.
Too bad I am not 54 years younger. Who am I kidding? I will be just as
slow as I am now.
Daniel is preparing to
run the
800 Meter Run
The 800 Meter Run:
He ran the 800 M Run in 2 Minutes and 59 seconds just like the old Jamaican
Flash, placing first.
The Starter blocked the view of Daniel
finishing his 1600 Meter Run.
The 1600 Meter
Run:
He ran the 1600 Meters (1 Mile) in 7 Minutes, 25 Seconds. This distance is
what Middle School and High School runs.USATF runs the 1500 Meter that is shorterthan WPIAA events in Middle and High School.
The "Flash"
dominates the 800 M and the 1500 M in Eastern Pennsylvania. He will have to
work to gain his dominant status in the Region. Next for Daniel will be the USATF Region 2
Meet in Slippery Rock in Western Pennsylvania.Wish him well.
