Junior Pan-Am T&F Games

The Junior Pan-American games are also being contested this week. The 110 hurdle race will be the highlight of the meet of course. I know my brother will pull it out. There is only one way to close out a season like he had, and that is on top! Good Luck Booker...we all are pulling for you!!

7-37-09 Update

Congratulations to Booker, he had an awesome 1st year of college and he closed out his 39" hurdle height career with a PR of 13.32 in the 110h and won the silver medal today. Once again Congratulations!

Junior Olympics

This weekend in Greensboro I will be closing out my junior year at Junior Olympics. I'm competing in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles. I got some goals for my last track meet. I really want to break 54 in the 400 hurdles, actually I don't want to, I need to! My biggest goal is to break 14 in the 110 hurdles. My times have been on a steady decline in the 110 hurdles from a 15.1 my first meet, to a 14.26 now. I need to close out this season strong, when this meet is over I do not want any regrets!

Meet Results

One of the most frustrating things at youth and high school track meets is when your child does not know how they performed during or at the end of the meet. What I mean is that meets are being hosted and times and the results are not immediately available. To make matters worst it is taken some meet host days before they post the results. This is unacceptable. We would not leave a football, basketball, baseball or any other sport for that matter without knowing the outcome. Why then do we as parents and coaches allow our athletes to walk away from a meet not knowing how they did? In track and field your success is not only measured by whether or not you cross the finish line first but it is mainly measured by how fast you ran, how long or high you jumped and how far you threw etc...

Most meets are run professionally and as soon as your event is done you immediately know how you performed which is how it is suppose to be. I understand some delay in time posting when it is hand timed, however, when you post that your meet is going to be F.A.T. then there is no excuse for the ridiculous delays that are taking place at some meets. Times being posted almost a week after the meet is over sometimes later. Our youth and high school track athletes deserve better than this and we the advocates for the athletes need to demand better. If the meet you are hosting is suppose to be an official meet and you’re not experienced with timing then hire professional timers or experienced timers to run the meet.

Written by JNunley

My Goals!

I started of this track season hoping that I would be running at least a 52 in the 400 hurdles by now, but that has not happened, I still got time. On the other hand, I put the 110 hurdles off to the side for while and whatever happened in that race happened, and now I am sitting at a 14.26(F.A.T) and only getting faster. I have switched my focus for the rest of the season. I am aiming to run under a 14 in the 110 hurdles, and whatever happens in the 400 hurdles, happens. Although, I am still shooting for a 52, I am just not focusing on it as much.

Update

I have been on the move lately, and truly have not had a moment to update my blog. So much has been going on lately. I finally got some down time! I would like to congratulate Johnny Dutch for making the World Team going to Berlin, I would also like to say congrats to Booker Nunley and Wayne Davis for making the Junior Pan Am team going to Trinidad and Tobago. Lastly, big ups to Jarrett Samuels for making the World Youth Team, he will be doing his thing in Italy!