Mustang Track Club: Welcome

05 Cross Country Team
'05 Cross Country Team at Jr. Olympics
Welcome to Mustang Track and Field
Hunt County Track Club will now simply be refereed  to as Mustang Track Club.  I founded the club in 1999 to help athletes in the Hunt County area, since that time athletes have come from over a hundred mile radius.  Also beginning with the 2004 indoor season, the club will be made up of middle distance and distance runners.  In the past five years the club has placed 40 athletes at the Junior Olympic Games in the distance runs, 19 athletes qualified for the 2005 Cross Country Junior Olympics, we have had 3 USA Track and Field Junior National Qualifiers, 24 State Track and Field and Cross Country berths and has had 15 of it's athletes have gone on to run college track.  The goal of the club is to help each athlete reach his or her potential as a runner, student, and as a person.    If you wish to make a donation to our club to help cover travel expenses for Junior Olympics please go to the Links section at the right. Good luck to you and enjoy.

Chariots Of Fire

MUSTANG TRACK CLUB QUALIFIES 100% TO NATIONALS
The Mustangs ran the AAU Regional Cross Country Championships in San Antonio on November 20 and qualified 100% of is athletes to the National Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina on December 3, 2005. Results have not been posted at this time, but running for the Mustangs were: Young Men – Kevin Emmert, Bryan Ruiz, Jerry DeLaFuente, Steven Taylor, Clay Reeves, Josh Altman, and Oliver LaCour. Intermediate Boys – Mike Morris and Justin Wilson. Young Women – Krista Morris, Sheena Simpson, and Rachel Aubert. Intermediate Girls – Bethanie Stinson, Jasmine Rainwater, Kate Donovan, Lindsey Fulenwider, Erica Evans, Candace Ramos, and Erin Penney.

We are excited about these 19 athletes and look forward to our trip to Nationals!

MUSTANGS RUN WELL AT UIL STATE CROSS COUNTRY
The Mustang Track Club had a good group of current runners that finished well at the Texas State High School Cross Country Meet. Sheena Simpson of Grand Saline and Bethanie Stinson of Como-Pickton had the highest finishes among our girls. Sheena placed 12th in the 2A race with a 12:09.45 moving up 28 spots from the 2004 State Meet and Bethanie was close behind finishing 17th with a time of 12:15.65 moving up 21 places from last year. Jerry DeLaFuente was the highest place finisher for the Mustang boys finishing 14th in the 2A Division with a time of 17:29.60, also moving up 21 places from the previous year.

Also running at the State Meet was Rachel Aubert of Wills Point finishing 31st with a time of 12:35.20 moving up 24 places from ’04, Katie Smith of Pittsburg made her 1st trip to the State Cross-Country meet placing 35th with a time of 12:41.00, and Ryan Davis of Quitman also running his 1st State Meet with a finish of 44th in a time of 18:19.60.

The Mustangs will go on to run the AAU Regional Cross Country Championships in San Antonio on November 20 for a chance to qualify to the National meet in Rock Hill, South Carolina on December 3.

Mustangs Take Home Ten Medals Including Two Silvers!!!
05 Men's Steeple Champs
05 Men's Steeple Medalists
Kevin Emmert(Young Mens) and Jasmine Rainwater(Intermediate Girls) both finished in the runner up position in the 2000 meter steeplechase at the 2005 AAU Junior OLympic Games in New Orleans August 1st through Augst 6th. Kevin and Jasmine both set new club records in route to their silver medal finishes. Kevin ran an 6:16.22 and Jasmine posted an 7:38.07. The steeplechase proved to be strong event for the Mustangs. Jerry DeLaFuente finished in third on spot behind Kevin in the young men steeplechase posting an excellent time of 6:18.39. In the young womens steeplechase the Mustangs went 4th,5th,and 6th. Rachel Aubert was 4th in 7:47.74, Krista Morris finished 5th in 7:52.50 and Sheena Simpson was 6th in 7:56.87. All three times were better than the club record. Bethanie Stinson also finished 6th in the intermediated steeplechase with a time of 7:59.41. The 3000 meter run also proved to be a strong event for the club. Sheena Simpson added a second medal to her count by finishing third in the young womens 3000 meter run with a time of 10:52.37. In the Intermediate Girls 3000 Kate Donovan finished 5th in 11:14.33 and Bethanie Stinson was 6th in 11:16.37. Coach Granberry said, "I think that this is the best group that I have ever had. We brought home ten medals and two new club records. I had several athletes set new personal best. This group was a lot of fun to be around. They good runners and better human beings. I look forward to seeing most of them again soon." This was Kevin Emmerts and Krista Morris last race as high school runner. Both athletes have signe to run for Tarleton State next year. Coach Granberry said, "I will miss Krista and Kevin. I love both of them and wish them the best in the future. You can't replace young people like them. They bring more than just medals to my team. They brought great attitude and leadership. Tarleton is lucky to have them both."
05 Women's Steeple Champs
05 Women's Steeple Medalists

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