March Update of All Things Good

So if you've been checking the site the past few months you have noticed few updates and mainly just training information.  It's been a busy year!  Graduation didn't necessarily create free time, just more time to do the things that needed to be done.  To give you a brief update of things me and my team have done since the last update, here is a list:

In February John Curtis won its 8th straight track and field state championship, winning the indoor state championship by 30 points.  My distance runners placed 1st and 2nd in the 1600  (Devyn Keith and Trey Stewart) and 800 (Devyn Keith and Austin Brown) and then went 3rd and 5th in the 3200 (Christian Paz and Zachary Barthel).  Devyn set a D2 state record in the 1600 (4:25) and the 4x8 team (Keith, Stewart, Brown, Tyler Dugas) set a D2 state record as well (8:18).  Brown also anchored the 4x4 to a season best time and runner-up placing.

Zachary Barthel and Denton Young both participated in the Junior High 1 mile run at the New Balance National Championship placing 9th and 12th respectively.  Both should qualify for the outdoor national championship in June.

This past week Devyn Keith set a sophomore state record for the 1600 running 4:16.07 at the Sugar Bowl Classic.  Austin Brown set a school record in the 800 running 1:56.77.

At the MS/JH Metro Championships 8th graders Ethan Weaver won the JH 1600 in 5:39 and Matt Perniciaro was runner up in 5:44.  Also representing Curtis, 8th graders Chris Matise and Devin Ruiz went 1-3 in the 800 with times of 2:30 and 2:35 respectively.  In middle school competition Curtis hauled in the winning times in the 800 and 1600 as well with Alex Keller winning the 800 and Justin Unger winning the 1600.  Also of note, Eli Lirette, just a 3rd grader, broke 7 minutes for the mile to earn runner up in the Elementary Division.  For girls, Troianna Gause placed 3rd in the 1600 and 2nd in the 800 in the Junior High Division.

The outdoor post season races will start in the next few weeks.  After, obviously we have the fun summer season.  Look at the Southern Athletics page on this site for more info.  The team is looking to make another big jump with training this summer, as well as increasing the size of the team and even creating training groups in other cities and areas of the state.  Email me for more info.