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. 

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.

Click on the picture. If that does not work on your computer, click on the link above the picture.       

 

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.

Click on the picture. If that does not work on your computer, click on the link above the picture.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEh2dajDvi0&feature=youtu.be

 

 

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


 

 

 

The 2014 Harvest of Hope 5K

In the first row, Daniel is in all black with Green Shoes. The man on the right on the left is from Shippensburg University as well as the two women on the right.

Holding Hope held the 2014 Harvest of Hope 5K meet on Saturday morning, Oct. 18, 2014. Jason Derr is the co-founder of Holding Hope. He currently works as a Special Education Teacher for the West Shore School District. He has previous work experience as a teacher in the Central Dauphin Schools and has served on staff as a Christian Education Director for a local church. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Mansfield University and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development and Leadership from Shippensburg University. His passion for serving families of children with life-threatening illnesses emerged after his son, Tyler, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009.

 

He presently resides in Etters, PA, with his wife Chrissy who is the co-founder of Holding Hope. Their  son Tyler, who is a cancer  survivor and is more than two years off treatment. 

 

Holding Hope is a non-profit organization that was started to provide respite housing and support services for the families of children with life threatening illnesses currently being treated at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. Due to regular treatments, hospitalizations, and overall health concerns, many of these kids and their families are unable to escape routine to grow closer to one another, to laugh and play together, to relax, and to heal.

Holding Hope wants to come alongside these families and provide them with moments together to pause, relax, and rejuvenate as a family. We are working to raise funds to build a unique respite facility that will provide a therapeutic atmosphere where the family unit will get away from everyday stresses and pressures but still be close to home and the hospital to ensure peace of mind.

 What about the race?

The race started at 9:00 AM, with Daniel starting out in second place going downhill.  This race was one of the most challenging races, Daniel ever ran in. He had to run a course that included three laps running up and down a large hills.  

The first leg of the Race

 

Daniel disposed of his 14 and under competition early in the race. His real competition was against the Shippensburg University Cross Country Members. No, I did not expect Daniel, a 9 year old Paxtonia Elementary School 4th grader to beat Shippensburg University athletes. However,  Daniel tried anyway.  The overall men's winner ran the 5K in 15 Minutes 29 Seconds.  The second place winner finish not too far from him.

 

The second leg of the Race

 

The two girls were worried and kept looking back at Daniel to see how far away he was from them. No college people on a University Cross Country Team wants to be beaten by a 9 year old.

 

 The third and final leg of the Race

Daniel, the "Flash" finished in 5th place overall with a time of 27 Minutes and 16 Seconds. That is 11 Minutes, 47 Seconds behind a top rated University Cross Country Athlete.   

Harvest of Hope 5K RESULTS 10/18/2014

PLACE NAME TIME    AGE GENDER DIV PLACE
1 Stephen Schelander 15:29 24 M Overall M      Shippenburg Senior

2 Matt Bemis 23:40 47 M 1st 45-49
3 Natalie Roth 25:31 30 F Overall F
4 Amy Snyder 25:31 32 F 1st 30-34
5 Daniel            27:16 9 M 1st 14 & U
6 Derrick Dimitris 31:36 33 M 1st 30-34
7 Sarah Dimitris 31:38 31 F 2nd 30-34
8 Kaitlin Yoder 34:35 25 F 1st 25-29
9 Eric Yoder 34:38 25 F 2nd 25-29
10 Casandra Reifsnyder 39:19 32 F 3rd 30-34
11 Dan Wevadau 39:21 36 M 1st 35-39
12 Carin Carl 40:38 38 F 1st 35-39
13 Tyler            58:07 9 M 2nd 14 & U
14 Amy Elridge 58:12 39 F 2nd 35-39
15 Olahna             61:53 9 F 1st 14 & U
16 Jasmine Lynch         62:08 29 F 3rd 35-39

This meet will help Daniel run in the  Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia on November 8, 2014. The hills in this meet will help him win the USATF Mid-Atlantic Association and move on to the Region 2 meet in Hershey Pennsylvania.

Region 2 Junior Olympic Championships	November 22	Mid-Atlantic
National Junior Olympic Championships	December 13	Myrtle Beach, S.C.

 

If he qualities for nationals, he will represent his Region in Myrtle Beach, S.C.