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Prospect Park Youth Running Club

Cross Country      Track & Field

Boys & Girls Ages 6-13

For more info, contact: call (917)-363-6671 or email Midwoodtrack@aol.com

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS

FROM THE PROSPECT PARK YOUTH RUNNING FAMILY

Prospect Park Runners hit the hills,
this time with sleds.
Tuesdays practice turns into a jolly ole time.
December 22, 2009

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NEW MEMBERS:

We will be holding a registration session the second week in January, please check back here after New Year's for the date. 

 

Our First Indoor Track & Field Meet is:

 

Armory Youth Holiday Classic

Sunday-December 27-9:00am-12:00pm

$10 per athlete covers three events maximum per athlete.

Registration opens at 8:00AM.

No pre-registration.

Only same-day registration. Only ¼inch pyramid or Christmas tree spikes.

No pin spikes allowed.

 

Running Events
1500m run (midget and up)
55m hurdles (midget and up)(FINAL ON TIME)
55 dash (TOP EIGHT TO FINALS)
4 x 200m relay
55 meter (finals)
400m dash
800m run
200m dash finals 

 168th Street Armory Track & Field Center

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Enjoy hundreds of photos, compliments of our own Michael Tucci, Annaliese's dad:

  

From the Sunshine State to the Snowy Sierra Nevada,

Prospect Park XC finishes the XC Season in Style

 

ORLANDO, FLORIDA

21 Prospect Park Cross Country Runners take on the pre-race
course walk in the rain at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Florida

 AAU National Medalists: Ethan 17th, Brandon 4th, JC 2nd, Sage 9th

 

Girl Power: Sage, Bella, Sydney, and Annaliese
take a dip after the Championship races.
Disco Time: Parents and Athletes dance to YMCA at Planet Hollywood.
...And more dancing at Disney....
RENO, NEVADA
JC, Brandon, and Sydney check out the course walk in 
a Nevada winter wonderland. 
Official USATF Finishline Video-Midget Boys Race
Official Results:

 

Official USATF Finishline Video-Bantam Girls Race

http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USATFJuniorOlympicXCChampionships/videos/bantamGirls.asp

 

Official Results:

http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USATFJuniorOlympicXCChampionships/results/national/BantamGirls.asp

 

 The Finishline Homestretch
My money is on Little Rob.
JC gets his USATF medal at the Awards Ceremony
Prospect Park Cross Country Season is a WRAP.
Indoors, ....here we come.

 

 Prospect Park Cross Country Is On Top Of The World (or under the moon) at

at the AAU National Championships held at Disney's Wide World of Sports

 

 Check Out Official AAU Video Recap:

http://aausports.org/News/YouTube.aspx

 

21 PPYRC Athletes showed determination and guts as they competed with the nation's best young runners.

 

The entire PPYRC Family would like to congratulate

Primary Runners: Dario, Brendan, Bishopp, Ethan, Sage, and Bella

Bantam Runners: Sydney, Bridget, Sarah, Joshua, Adam, and Niko

Midget Runners: Sean F., Jacob, Nick G., Bryan, Rory, Louis, Brandon, JC, and Annaliese

for their amazing efforts this weekend.

The team missed everyone back in NYC, especially the Guerra family.  We are all happy to hear that grandpa is back and recovering. You were in our hearts.

  • Many ran Personal Bests
  • 4 were awarded medals
  • All were Champions

Click for official results:

http://aauathletics.org/Results/2009NationalResults/2009CrossCountryChampionship.aspx

 

How many Cross Country Runners can you
fit in a jacuzzi? 
Bella, Sage, Joshua, and Bishopp enjoy the
team dinner at Planet Hollywood.

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A look back at the season 

Coach Scott pumps up the boys before a race
Zoe passes a runner going into the hills
Brendan kicks to the finish
Marie flashes by the camera...
Marley shows great form and focus
Carlitos and Bishopp lead the sub-bantam team into the hills

The Maine Idea

 

Official Meet Photos:

http://www.martythorntonphotos.com/USATF-cross-country

 

Prospect Park Cross Country is all heart at the USATF Region 1 Championship in Augusta, Maine.

 

12 Athletes made the long drive to Augusta Maine....and it was worth every second.

 

We are so proud of Bridget, Joshua, Sydney, Rory, Annaliese, Ethan, Marley, Aviv, Sofia, Brandon, JC, and Bryan for running the extremely hilly course.  All 12 runners ran with with a ton of heart.  Despite the difficult course, our athletes times were fast and competitive with the best athletes from the Adirondack, Connecticut, Long Island, New York, Maine, Massachusettes, Vermont, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.

 

Here are the official times:

 

3k Course

Sydney Rice   13:47

Marley Duncan  14:47

Bridget Pynn  17:37

Ethan Rice  13:52

Joshua Judd  23:06

Annaliese Tucci  13:27

Sofia Hargil  15:15

JC Rice  11:10

Brandon Freeman  11:15

Rory McCabe  13:22

Bryan Powers  13:59

 

4K Course

Aviv Hargil  16:55

 

We are excited to announce that Brandon Freeman, Sydney Rice and JC Rice all qualified for the USATF National Championships in Reno, Nevada on December 12, as the top 20 qualify. They finished: 

Sydney-8th Place

JC-3rd Place

Brandon-5th Place

Click for official Results:

http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USATFJuniorOlympicXCChampionships/results/regional/01.aspive h

Photos to follow. 

Also, our Florida itinerary will be posted this week.

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The Perfect Storm

Prospect Park Cross Country meets Relays

Louis defends the lead as he hands off to anchor leg, Tyrell. 
The midget boys won gold.
Bishopp completes his leg of the 3 mile relay.
Bridgette comes home strong.
Sean hands off the baton.
Adam shows his Brooklyn heart and fights to the finish.
Sabrina and Dario await the hand off.
Nick warns the hills "Here we come"
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Prospect Park Qualifies

for AAU Nationals in Florida

Bantam runner Nick Ring finishes strong in the 1.5 Mile race

Joshua Judd crosses the finishline.
Jacob and Nick G. team-up to work together.
Richie scores finishes in the top 5 to help the Midget boys take the Team Title.
Bryan is en route to a big PR.
Patricio kicks hard in the Primary race.
Click here to see tha complete official results:

MAINE QUALIFIERS

Congratulations to the following Prospect Park athletes that have qualified for the USATF Region 1 championships, being held in Augusta, Maine on Sunday November 22:

Bantam Girls

Sydney

Marley

Olivia

Amaris

Bridget

Sarah

Midget Girls

Annaliese

Sofia

Zoe

Parker

Bantam Boys

Ethan

Niko

Adam

Sean G.

Joshua

Midget Boys

JC

Brandon

Richie

Rory

Kevin McG.

Tyrell

Bryan

Nick G.

Marcos

Jacob

Sean F.

Javier

Philip

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PROSPECT PARK PRIDE

GREAT JOB BY ALL AT THE USATF ASSOCIATION CHAMPS

The team won the championship titles for the:

Primary Girls -1st place

Primary Boys 1st place

Midget Boys 1st place

Bantam Girls 1st place

Many of our athletes ran personal best times and qualified for Maine. 

Official results to follow.

Please email pictures to Midwoodtrack@aol.com

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We would like to thank the following people for waking up at 5:00am and volunteering at the NIKE HUMAN RACE on Saturday-October 24.  The event organizers said "your the Prospect Park people are amazing and full of positive energy"  Like we need to be told....

Jason and Bishopp Boutin

Eve Faber-Rico

Nelson and Nelson Canderlario

JC Rice

Patrick Collins

Catherine and Roseann Tucci

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Storm Chasers:
Prospect Park Displays Strength
at Wet Metropolitan Champs-10/18/09
We wanted to thank everyone for a great job at the Metropolitan Championships.  Despite the soggy course, the team ran very well. We had several awards winners, and won team titles in the Midget Boys and Sub-Bantam Boys championships.   Here are the times from today:
Sub-Bantam 1 Mile Race
  • Bella          8:41
  • Patricio      9:20
  • Ethan         7:03
  • Sage          7:24
  • Carlitos       8:33
  • Joaquin      10:08
  • Brendan      8:40
  • Bishopp      9:03
Bantam 3k Race
  • Niara      20:17
  • Sydney  12:53
  • Osaze    19:44
  • Adam     13:25
  • Joshua   19:19
  • Sean G   14:20
  • Sarah F.  18:11
  • Olivia      15:37
  • Bridget    16:10
Midget 3k Race
  • NIck G        14:45
  • Sean F.       15:12
  • Annaliese    13:00
  • Phillip         22:37
  • JC             10:01
  • Kevin Mil   17:44
  • Brandan    10:09
  • Javier        17:32
  • Rory         12:25
  • Nick C.     17:07
  • Louis        12:27
  • Zoe          16:27
  • Kevin Mc  12:39
  • Parker      16:26
  • Bryan       12:47
  • Jacob       15:10
Great job by all.  Next Sunday is the Association Championships at Van Cortlandt Park.  We are in a good position to be very competitive in each division.  Also, we will need to know everyone's plans for Florida by Tuesday.  We found a very good rate on a hotel.  It will be posted in the next day or so.  We will need to know how many people and the DAYS of travel for each family.  If you would like to discuss the trip, please call or email me, asap. 
Great Job!
The Coaches
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Prospect Park Runners Finish Strong at 

YOUTH INVITATIONAL 

Official Results from USATF-Metropolitan: http://www.mactrack.org/Resources/101109.pdf

PPYRC Sub-Bantam runner, Sage battles with the best to finish in 2nd place in the Mile
The three COOL AMIGOS, Adam, Niko and Sean all flash their hard earned medals (and Smiles)  after finishing in the top 15 in the Boys Bantam race.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...........and run hard!
Marcos, Manuel, and Javier all finish strong in the Midget Boys Race.
Prospect Park Bantam Girls crew are set to run.
Sarah, Amaris, Marley, Olivia, and Sydney stay loose.
 Bantam Boys Adam, Sean, Joshua, and Cool Niko await the start of the race.
JC and Brandon continue to lead the Midget Boys scene at Van Cortlandt Park.
Brandon, Tyrell, Richie, and JC show some team unity
as they catch their breathe after the 3K race.
Ahhh, .......isn't the hard work worth it all.

40 Boys and Girls from the PPYRC challenged the hills at Van Cortlandt Park on Sunday-October 11.  The team offered some great performances and major improvements in all races.  Smart race tactics and strong finishes placed Prospect Park among the day's top teams. 

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NOTES TO THE TEAM

It is recommended that all children purchase a simple Under Armour shirt to wear in races on cold days.  You do not have to get the actual Under Armour brand.  Any dryfit, spandex, stretch-fit, sport-type lobg sleeve shirt is fine.  Modell's carries several low-cost, but effective brands.  Black is preferred, white is the second choice.  If your child has a form fitting black or white long sleeve (non-turtle neck) t-shirt that is COMFORTABLE for racing, that is fine, too.

LOOKING AHEAD:

2009 AAU Cross Country National Championships

Saturday-December 5, 2009

  

 

Remember: Form, Pace, and  100 % Effort.

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Prospect Park Runs First Race of the Season at Van Cortlandt Park 

Results: http://www.mactrack.org/Resources/091309.pdf

Congratulations to everyone that ran the first XC meet of the year.  Performances were amazing and times were fast.  Specific times will be posted as soon as the official results are posted by the USATF Metropolitan league. Check back soon for photos of our athletes from the meet.

 Team Meeting before the first race.
Coach Scott warms up with the Midget athletes.
Brandon get loose with his rope.
Niko finishes strong in his first race.
Joaquin is all smiles, as usual.
Brandon and JC team up to control the 3k race.
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DIRECTIONS TO VAN CORTLANDT PARK

Driving Directions:

Take the BQE to the Triboro Bridge.  Cross bridge and take the Major Deegan North (on left) to Van Cortlandt Park South. Stay right and follow the exit around and over the highway, through the 1st light then bare right again, at the flashing light, onto Broadway (passed Burger King). The race course is in the open field, along the treeline, opposite the Tortoise and Hare statue.

OR

Westside Highway to the Henry Hudson Parkway North.  Go over the bridge over the Harlem River (leaving Manhattan, now entering The Bronx) ($2 toll) and take exit 23 (Broadway). Turn right, (south) onto Broadway.

Subway:

Take the 1/9 line all the way to the end of the line and walk about 200 metres to the South end of Van Cortlandt Park.

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NOTE:  There had been a change to the schedule.  USATF-Metropolitan League has changed the date of the league championships to October 18.  We will not be able to attend the Track meet at Icahn Stadium on the 17th.

2009 Cross Country Schedule

Sunday-September 13    USATF Youth XC Developmental #1  Van Cortlandt Park

                                   Results:http://www.mactrack.org/Resources/091309.pdf

Sunday-September 27    USATF Youth XC Developmental #2 Van Cortlandt Park 

Sunday-October 11        Metropolitan Youth XC Invitational   Van Cortlandt Park

Saturday-October 18      USATF Metro League Championship Van Cortlandt Park 

Sunday-October 25        USATF Junior Olympics Association   Van Cortlandt Park

Sunday-November 8      AAU District Championship Qualifier  Cunningham Park

*Sunday-November 22     USATF Region 1 Championship        Augusta, Maine

*Saturday-December 5     AAU National Championships         Orlando, Florida

*Saturday-December 12   USATF National Championships       Reno, Nevada

*-These meets are optional and athletes must qualify through prior advancement.  Additional meets will be added as we receive the entry information. Indoor Track & Field dates will be added in November.

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OUR CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICE LOCATION:

Our practices are held at the ballfields in Prospect Park-3:45pm  Tuesdays & Thursdays

You can enter from the following entrances:

9th Street and Prospect Park West

or

15th Street & Bartel Prichard (next to Pavillion Movie Theater)

or

10th Avenue & Prospect Park South West

All three entrances lead to the ballfields.

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ATTENTION VISITORS: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM, PLEASE EMAIL COACH RICE AT MIDWOODTRACK@AOL.COM OR CALL (917)363-6671

What you will need to join:

Photo copy of child's birth certificate

Registration fee of:

 $150.00 per athlete (New Members)

Acceptable payments: Check, money order, cash

PAYABLE TO:

THE RUNNING SCHOOL

For inquiries, email



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