Congratulations to all our athletes who made 2009 a successful season for the South Park Track Club!USA Track and Field Junior Olympic national championships:

Audrey Doby, 3rd, bantam girls racewalk (8:59)

Billy Stanley, 6th, intermediate boys javelin (168’5”)

Jakey Wentzel, 12th, midget boys 80-meter hurdles (13.23); Jakey was also a national qualifier in the long jump

Jessica Solomon, 12th, midget girls racewalk (9:27)

All four of these national Junior Olympic qualifiers were gold medalists at the Region 2 Junior Olympics and Billy Stanley set a regional record with a huge throw of 185 feet!

USA Track and Field Youth Outdoor national championships:

Billy Stanley, 1st, intermediate boys javelin (167’7”)

Jonah Conroy, 4th, youth boys discus (120’0”)

Sarah Stanley, 7th, youth girls javelin (91’11”)

Audrey Doby, 2nd, bantam girls racewalk (9:07)

Jessica Solomon, 3rd, midget girls racewalk (9:13)

Katelyn Mehalic, 13th, midget girls shot put (23’9 1/2”)

AAU national championships:

Kathleen Davey, 8th, sub-youth girls shot put (32’11 1/4”)

Also competing at the regional Junior Olympics:

Teddy Cecotti – 1500 meters, high jump

Jonah Conroy – discus

Alexis Damiani – discus

Kathleen Davey – shot put

Katelyn Mehalic – shot put

Michael Mehalic – turbo-javelin

Angela Sanctis - 100 meter hurdles, 200 meter hurdles, 800 meters 

Sarah Stanley - javelin

Taylor Wentzel - 400 meter hurdles, high jump

Tyler Rigby won the Three Rivers Association championship in the intermediate boys 1500 meters (4:31).

Hanna Rigby won every race all season in the midget girls 80-meter hurdles, including the preliminary heat at the Three Rivers Association championships, until she tripped on the last hurdle in the association finals.

The South Park Track Club is a youth club affiliated with the Three Rivers Association of USA Track and Field. In 2008 the club had 130 members from age 7 to 17.

Our home track is at South Park High School, 12 miles south of downtown Pittsburgh, Pa. Athletes compete in six age groups; sub-bantam (age 8 and under), bantam (9-10), midget (11-12), youth (13-14), intermediate (15-16), and young men and women (17-18).

The South Park Track Club has had 29 national Junior Olympic track and field qualifiers in the last three years. In the 2008 season we were blessed to have four record-setting athletes and 13 national qualifiers.

For more information about our track program, send an e-mail to southparktc@aol.com or call head coach Bruce Barron at (412) 835-0614. We also have a cross-country season from late August to November; for more information, contact Mike Mehalic at mmehalic@comcast.net or (412) 835-3272. To learn more about how the club operates, go to http://www.eteamz.com/sptc/handouts/ or click on the handouts tab then Club Handbook 2008.

The South Park Track Club enjoys the benefit of an excellent group of experienced coaches, five of whom hold USA Track and Field Level 1 certification:

Bruce Barron - head coach, jumps, racewalk, pentathlon

Jamie Conroy, Tom Damiani, Rich Krapp - throws

Bob Lichvar - hurdles, sprints

Mike Mehalic - distance

Ryan O'Malley - long and triple jump

Dave and Sheryl Sanctis - sprints, middle distance

Tom Scanlon - long jump

The South Park Track Club is governed by a board of seven members. All are parents of club members. Their varied interests ensure that the club remains responsive to the needs of all athletes, from the recreational to the elite level.

Rich Krapp - President

Mike Mehalic - Vice President

Tom Damiani

Mary Ellen Nelson

Tom Scanlon 

Terri Solomon