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Prospect Park Youth Running Club
Cross Country 
Track & Field
Boys & Girls Ages 6-13
Contact Us: (917)-363-6671 or email Midwoodtrack@aol.com
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United States of America Amateur Athletic Union
Track & Field
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There's No Place Like Home
Prospect Park Gals enjoy the first meet in the Park Slope Armory
PPYRC Boys and Girls 4x200m Relays both qualified for the Millrose Games, being held on February 11, 2012.
Congrats to Brandon C, Peyton, Kyron, Ben, Breanna, Keiana, Macy, and Sage for helping PPYRC keep our qualifying streak alive. This is the 3rd year in a row that PPYRC has qualified for the Games. Great Job!
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Our Next Competition:
YMCA Youth Winter Series
Saturday, January 21
Park Slope Armory
All athletes must be at the Armory by 4:00pm
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PPYRC Hits the 168 Street Armory-December 26
Over 60 Prospect Park athletes competed at the Armory Holiday meet on Monday-12/26. Several PPYRC club records fall at final meet before many "move up" in age divisions for 2012. Results and new club records will be emailed. Regular practice will be held during the vacation break.
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Prospect Park Opens Indoor Season at the Point
PPYRC athletes warm up at the famed
United States Military Academy at West Point.
The USATF New York Season Opener saw several PPYRC club records fall.
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Prospect Park at USATF Nationals highlighted on Armorytrack.com
http://www.armorytrack.com/News/Post/bright-prospects
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Historic Day for PPYRC at
USATF Cross Country Nationals
Prospect Park XC Runners grab 10 medals at National Championship, including a 2nd Place Tie in the Bantam Boys. Owen, Sophia, Toby, and Parker also climb the podium with individual medal honors.
PPYRC Bantam Boys take the stage as they tie the Indiana All Star Team. New Mexico wins. PPYRC gets the bronze on the tie breaker rule. Demian, Merlin, Isaac, Ethan, Toby, and Parker (not shown...already on his way to the airport) are awarded the medals and crystal plaque.
Sophia and her proud dad are all smiles as she is the FIRST PPYRC GIRL to ever reach the podium at the USATF Cross Country Nationals.
Sophia finished 18th.
Owen is set to take the stage after he grabs a medal for an outstanding 15th Place finish.
Owen ran an outstanding 8:00 over the rolling 2k course.
Brooklyn's best enjoy some barefooted strides in the sun and sand on the beaches of South Carolina.
The future is bright for Prospect Park as an outstanding Sub-Bantam, Bantam, and Midget
squad end an amazing championship season with medals and wins at the local, regional, and national levels.
Ella shows why she is one of PPYRC most promising young runners.
You can RUN, but you can't hide!
PPYRC Girls Night Out!
The party started at the airport.
Prospect Park Grabs Medals at
AAU Nationals in Florida
27 Prospect Park athletes shine at ESPN/Disney's
Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida
Medals and smiles for the Midget Girls who finish 5th in the nation.
Keiana stands proud and tall on the podium finishing 6th in the sub-midget division
Teamwork! Toby and Ethan both grab top 10 awards
Breanna kicks into the final 100 meters, helping lead
the midget girls to a 5th place team finish
Merlin leads a tight pack into the homestretch
Marley records a big performance on a big day for our midget girls
Jalen en route to a PR for the 3k. The bantam boys finished 6th, overall.
Patrick is focused on the finish during his PR run.
Synchronized Cheering: Our midget girls run their race then lend support, holding their medals
Nicole crosses the finishline as one of PPYRC top rookie performers in 2011
Demian seems to defy gravity as he enter the final 200 meters
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PPYRC Heads to Nationals
in South Carolina and Florida
In Queensbury, Keiana and Sydney en route to qualifying for the
USATF National Championship to be held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on December 3
Rookies Toby and Parker are outstanding performers as they help bantam boys win the
USATF Regional Championship and advance to the Nationals.
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
Prospect Park wins Bantam Boys and Sub-Bantam Girls Regional Titles in Queensbury. Sophia wins individual Sub-Bantam girls title. Nationals, here we come!
Sophia wins the Sub-Bantam 2011 USATF Regional Cross Country Championship
Demian helps lead our bantam boys to the Regional title.
Not be outdone by the bantam boys, Gilliam chooses the right day to have the best race of her
life and help the bantam girls to a second place finish at the USATF Regionals.
The bantam girls advanced to the Nationals
Sage is our top bantam girls finisher as she shows that she can run with the best!
Congratulations to the entire PPYRC team for a great showing at the USATF Region 1 Championship. In all, PPYRC won two age division, 1 individual title and qualified 4 age division and 21 individuals for the USATF National Championship in South Carolina.
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Sub-Bantam Girls-1st Place/Sophia won the individual title
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Sub-Bantam Boys-3rd Place/Owen finished 2nd overall
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Bantam Boys-1st Place/with Ethan, Toby, Parker, and Demian all finishing in the top 10
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Bantam Girls-2nd Place with Sage, Gillian, and Bella all finishing on the top 20
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Midget Girls-6th Place with Sydney, Keiana finishing in the top 15
Pictures and nationals info to follow
Here is the link to the official results:
http://www.usatfadir.org/results.asp
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PPYRC Alumni Success
Prospect Park alumni make a huge impact on the NYC high school
cross country season in 2011. From left to right, Matt (Farrell),
Luke (Farrell), Brian (Xaverian), JC (Xavier), Lou (Xavier), and Brandon (Farrell)
are all top freshman stars at their respective school.
We are proud of our boys. Keep up the great work!
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USATF REGIONALS, HERE WE COME!
Ethan will lead a well balanced bantam boys into the USATF Region 1
Championship in Queensbury. In all 48 PPYRC athletes will compete for a spot
in the USATF National Championships.
Brandon will lead our youth boys charge.
First year runners, Toby and Parker are challenging some of the best
runners on the East coast.
2011 Cross Country Results:
Nov 6-AAU District Champs at Cunningham Park
Oct. 16-Island Express Invitational at Wolfe's Pond Park
Oct. 2-Metro Eagles Invite-Cunningham Park
PPYRC Runs AAU National Qualifier
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The CHASE is ON!
PPYRC Primary runner, Chase continues to lead an attack by our youngest athletes.... on all cross country courses.
Maeve battles past the boys in the race
Sasha displays good form in the home stretch
Ethan leads a powerful PPYRC bantam boys squad
Ella is all smiles as she finishes the 2k race in Forest Park
Nicole and Kaya help the Primary Girls win the team title
Soren loves the track finish and kicks hard
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GIRL POWER
Who runs the world.....girls. Or at least Cross Country.
PPYRC midget lady runners Marley, Keiana, and Sydney grab medals at the Zodiacs Meet
Youth PPYRC ladies Danica and Annaliese also take home medals.
Bantam 3k Winner, Sage finishes strong.
Keiana lead the PPYRC midgets to the finish.
Marley battles the field before the hills.
··Here We Come...It's Cross Country Time!
Saturday-September 17, 2011
PPYRC Opens Season at Northeast Cup Series in St. James
PPYRC AT CROSS COUNTRY CAMP
Sydney, Annaliese, and Keiana at Woodstock
JC and Lou roll with the boys.
Bryan pushes during the RUN-SWIM-RUN biathlon
Rory, Sasha, Annaliese, and Keiana set the pace
Ethan rockin during a run!
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Congratulations to our National Qualifiers:
A Big Congrats to Shedrick, Klarke, Brandon C., and Brandon M. for their performance at the AAU and USATF National Qualifiers:
Shedrick and Klarke competed at the AAU Area 10 National Qualifier at Illinois State University and Brandon C. and Brandon M. competed at the USATF Regionals in Troy, NY. Here are the results of their trips:
Shedrick-1500m-2nd Place
Shedrick-800m-3rd Place
Klarke-800m-3rd Place
Brandon C.-100m-2nd Place
Brandon C.-200m-2nd Place
Brandon M.-800m-4th Place
Brandon M.-400m-5th Place
All four of these athletes have qualified for the National Championships. The AAU Nationals are being held in Louisanna and the USATF Nationals are being held in Kansas. Good Luck to our athletes!
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PPYRC Shines at the USATF Association Champs
Redhook Park-June 12, 2011
Madison focuses on winning her 100m trial
JC was voted the outstanding performer after winning both
the 3000m and 1500m races
Trinice and Orly take off in the sub-bantam 400m
Merlin runs a strong 400m race
Brandon takes his section of the 400m after winning the 100m dash
Bridget works hard down the final stretch
The Future: Bantam milers Shedrick, Demian, Ethan, Bella, and Owen react to the start.
Owen focuses before winning the sub-bantam 1500m
Isaiah finishes strong in the bantam 200m
Lou, Bryan, Matt, and the Jacobs await their 400 races
Rikky in the downstart
Ethan thinks about the race, then wins.
Good things come in small packages: Sub-bantams Chase and Cole battle in the 100m
Trinice shows her speed in the 100m trials
Lisandro and Bishopp look even in the 400
Sophia shows great improvement down the backstretch
Brandon en route to a 57.4 split in the Youth 400m
Bella gives the competition the evil eye
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PPYRC on the BIG STAGE
Prospect Park Youth Boys and Girls 4x400 Relays compete at the ADIDAS Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium
Lead-Off-Tia
2nd Leg-Annaliese
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Our sport is the best!
Macy hangs out with elite para-olympic hopeful, Jamol Pilgrim after
he qualified for the United States Championships.
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8 PPYRC Athletes Competed at the
Hershey Games State Finals
Great job by all 8 athletes who ran at the State Finals yesterday at Redhook Park.
4 new club records were set as well as many new PRs:
Brandon C-100M-2nd Place (PR)/200M-2nd Place
Bella-400M-4th Place (PR)
Brandon F-1600M-5th Place
Cooper-100M-(PR)
Teseo-800m-3rd Place (PR and New Club Record)
Lou-800M-3rd Place (PR and New Club Record)
JC-1600M-1st Place (PR and New Club Record)
Madison-400M-3rd Place (PR and New Club Record)______________________________
Prospect Park Runners Shine at Kenny Dolan 5k
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Good Stick!
Xavier HS-bound PPYRC "seniors" Louis and JC exchange the baton in the 4x400 relay at Icahn Stadium.
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Brooklyn's Youngest
Prospect Park Sub Bantam Girls 4x400 flash their medals from Icahn Stadium.
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2011 Indoor Season
Prospect Park Ends Indoor Season All Smiles
4x200m relay runners Matt, Jacob Brandon and Lou celebrate a second place finish at the NYRRC Jamboree at the 168th Street Armory.
In the club's SECOND Indoor season, athletes enjoyed successful trips to the USATF Regional and National Championship, AAU District and National Championship, and the prestigious Millrose Games held in New Jersey, Chicago, New York, Florida, and Madison Square Garden, respectively.
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