Coach:
United States Track and Field
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Level 1 Certified Coach
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Assistant Coaches:
Maggie Whitson
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Lisa Owen
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Ramiro Rodriguez
Track News May 24: Congratulations to the ladies and gentlemen of the track team
for their performance at the State Meet. Below are a few results:
For running events: The Girls 4x8 finished 1st!! They are state champs! The Boys 4x8 team finished 8th. Christina Fulcher finished
8th in the mile, and Pablo Rivas finished 6th in the mile. Bekah Owen finished 4th
in the 800, Ali Burns finished 4th in the 3200, Porter Bradley finished 4th in the
3200 and Nick Daniel finished 7th in the 3200!
For Pole Vaulting: Aidan Costello finished 2nd, Connor Ford finished 5th, Heather Robertson finished
5th and Molly Dycus finished 10th
The following article was printed in the Johnson City Press:
University High girls capture 4x800 state title
Jeff Birchfield • Yesterday at 8:45 PM
jbirchfield@johnsoncitypress.com
MURFREESBORO - The University High girls came in Wednesday's TSSAA Small School state track and field championships as the No. 3 seed in the 4x800 meter relay.
The team of Ashley Daniel, Anna Bader, Ali Burns and Bekah Owen left the meet as state champions. They ran 10 minutes, 25 seconds, beating their previous best by 22 seconds.
"This year, everything is finally kicking in," Daniel said. "Getting up at 4:30 in the morning and going to the gym, hanging out with my girls, getting through it with my team, it's the best way to end the year."
With the finish line in sight, Owen hit a full stride over the final 100 meters.
"It felt so good," Owen said. "It's all the hard work coming together to an end. It was such a big victory."
Owen also finished fourth in the 800 and Burns was fourth in the 3,200. Porter Bradley and Nick Daniel, the younger sibling of Ashley, both made All-State in the boys' 3,200.
FLYING HIGH
University High's Aidan Costello and Happy Valley's Natalie Newsome each posted runner-up finishes in the pole vault competition.
Costello's effort in the boys' competition came with its share of adversity.
He broke his pole at 10-feet and came back on a secondary pole he hadn't used in a month. He cleared on his first attempt after the break and went on to the second-place finish.
"That is extremely difficult to jump again after breaking a pole, even more difficult at the pressure cooker called the state meet," University High vault coach Alan Cox said. "Aidan showed tremendous fortitude in coming back from that break to earn second place. I am extremely proud of him."
Connor Ford tied a personal record and finished fifth. He missed out on third place by just one jump.
Newsome bested her previous best by a foot, clearing 8-feet. With the same number of misses, it forced a jump-off between her and Faith Julian of West Greene. Julian won by clearing the third attempt after Newsome missed.
"To get second, that was amazing," said Newsome, who also competed in the girls 4x200 relay and the 300 hurdles. "When I heard there was a jump-off, I was freaked out for a minute. It was very frustrating to come that close. I felt like I could win, but I'm still proud of myself and I'm proud of Faith too. We've been friends for the past couple of years."
University High's Heather Robertson also earned All-State with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault.
OTHER ALL-STATE PERFORMANCES
The Bucs had others earn All-State honors including Pablo Rivas in the boys' 1,600, Christina Fulcher in the girls' 1,600 and the boys' 4x800 relay team, which also set a personal best at 8:53.
Happy Valley had a couple of other All-State performances in the field events. Austin Roark cleared 5-feet-10 to finish seventh in the high jump and Kai Norman went 41-11.50 to finish seventh in the triple jump.
Congratulations to our Track Team members who qualified for the State Meet:
Girls Pole Vault - Heather Robinson
Girls Pole Vault - Molly Dycus
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Team
Girls 1600 Meter Run - Christina Fulcher
Girls 800 Meter Run - Bekah Owen
Girls 3200 Meter Run - Ali Burns
Boys Pole Vault - Aidan Costello
Boys Pole Vault - Connor Ford
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Team
Boys 1600 Meter Run - Pablo Rivas
Boys 1600 Meter Run - Porter Bradley
Boys 3200 Meter Ru - Porter Bradley
Boys 3200 Meter Run - Nick Daniel
Girls Track Team State Qualifiers: http://tssaasports.com/event/file.cfm?championshipid=20171101&type=qualify
Boys Track Team State Qualifiers: http://tssaasports.com/event/file.cfm?championshipid=20171001&type=qualify
Boys pole vault: Aidan Costello 2nd, medalist (pictured left)
Connor Ford, 4th
Girls Pole Vault: Heather Robinson, 4th
Girls 800m: Bekah Owens 2nd, medalist
Woman's 4x800: 3rd
Girls 1600: AlI Burns, 4th
Several other awaiting at large bids:
Boys 1600 Pablo Rivas, 6th, Porter Bradley 7th
Girls 1600: Christina Fulcher 7th, Anna Bader, 15th, Camila Rivas 16th
Boys 3200: Porter Bradley 5th, Nick Daniels 8th, Ethan Lillycrap 15th
Boys 4x800, 6th
400m: Ashley Daniels 8th, Laurie Colbert, 16th
Girls 100 hurdles: Molly Dycus 16th
Girls 300 hurdles: Heather Robinson, 11th, Molly Dycus 16th
Boys 300 hurdles: Skyler Miller 20th
Complete results can be found on athletic.net https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/319581/results
The following article was printed in the e-edition of the Johnson City Press:
View on page Sat May 12 2018
BRIEFLY
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD
UH athletes make state meet
Five individuals from University High qualified for the TSSAA Small Schools state track & field meet on Friday during the sectional at Signal Mountain. Aidan Costello finished second in the pole vault, while Connor Ford was fourth in the same event. The top four finishers in each event automatically qualified for the state meet. Bekah Owens was second in the girls' 800 meters, while Heather Robinson was fourth in the girls' pole vault and Ali Burns was fourth in the 1,600. The UH girls' 4x800 relay finished third to earn a state berth. Several other athletes are awaiting at-large bids. The results were not posted online as the TSSAA waits for the Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee sectionals to be held before posting. Both are scheduled for Saturday.
Congratulations to the the ladies and gentleman of the Track Team. Another meet was successfully completed at the Bill Brimer Invitational located in Greeneville TN, on Friday April 27.
• 4x800m relay: Our ladies finished first (Ashley Daniel, Anna Bader, Ali Burns and
Bekah Owen. Our men finished second (Nick Daniel, Blake Ryan, Bracken Burns and Pablo
Rivas). Both teams set new personal bests.
• 1 mile race: Isabelle Johnson, Kirsten Day and Kaitlyn French set personal records.
Porter Bradley, Pablo Rivas and Blake Ryan rounded out the men's mile with solid performances
and setting new personal bests as well.
• The 800 was an exciting race with Bekah Owen taking the event with Ashley Daniel
setting a personal best as well as Camilla Rivas for the women's team while Thomas
Johnson, Ethan Lillycrop and Clay Duncan had solid performances and rounded out the
field.
• Finishing out the night was the 3200 under the lights. Leading the way was Ali Burns
comingi n first overall and a new personal best, followed by Christina Fulcher and
Anna Davidson both setting 20 plus second personal bests in the event. Nick Daniel
ended the night for the team by placing 3rd in the 3200 and setting a new personal
best for himself.
• The field events had solid performances with the Pole Vaulters Heather Robinson
and Molly Dycus both set new personal bests in their efforts of clearing the height
of 6-6 and 6-0. Aiden Costello finished 6th and Connor Ford finished 8th by tying
his personal best in the pole vault.
• Molly Dycus lead the 300 hurdles by setting a new personal best followed by Heather
Robinson, Skyler Miller and Caleb Strickler.
The team will be back in action on Tuesday, May 1st, at Science Hill High School.
Come out and support your track team as regular season comes to an end.
In addition, the following had personal bests or matched their best times in their event:
Isabelle Johnson, Anna Davidson (3200), Cristina Fulcher, Anna Bader, Camila Rivas, Blake Ryan, Ethan Lillycrop (1600), Bracken Burns (800), Aiden Costello (pole Vault).
The sprinters had solid performances across the board.
The team is promised to be back in action Friday April 27 in Greeneville; get your prom weekend started right by cheering on your Bucs as they continue their journey to the sectional meet.
Go, Bucs, Go!
Congratulations to our UH Track Team for an excellent showing at the Texas Roadhouse-DC/TC Relays on April 14th, at Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, TN. All of our team members did really well, with several placing in the top ten for their event, including:
Bekah Owen, 4th in the 800 Meter Run,
Ali Burns, 7th in the 1600 Meter Run,
Isabelle Johnson, 8th in the 3200 Meter Run,
Our girls 4x8 came in 4th overall with a new personal best time,
Pablo Rivas, 7th in the 800 Meter Run and 4th in the 1600 Meter Run,
Porter Bradley, 5th in the 3200 Meter Run,
Caleb Strickler, 10th in the 300 Meter Hurdles,
Porter Bradley, 5th in the 1500 Meter Steeplechase, and
Aidan Costello, 6th in the Pole Vault.
Wow! Amazing Bucs!
More results on Tennessee Runner Website
Scores can be found on the Tennessee Runner Website
**Reminder: All athletes must have an athletic physical each year. Forms must be completed and on file with the school in order for the athletes to practice.
Physical Form
Cardiac Arrest Form
Concussion Form
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Coaches - Concusion Form
Coaches - Cardiac Arrest Form
