“FLASH”BACK
2001
Track Season:
Club is founded in April with nine
kids at first practice and five children at first “Invitational” meet.
Moved from hand-me-down
Union
Carbine shirts to donated jerseys. By
season's end, team had 35 members; a 2-7 record; sweep of O’Grady Relays
middle school race; eight athletes qualified for Hershey State Championships;
and we won several individual and relay titles at Connecticut Junior Olympic
(JO) Finals.
2001 Cross Country: Individual
victory at first meet (Wilton Invitational); 25 team members; posted winning
records on boys and girls teams; ended with a strong showing at State Middle
School Championships & JO Finals.
2002 Track Season: Began a
volunteer program with local Special Olympians; designed signs to assist in
maintaining the HS track; moved up to to purple team uniforms and
stopwatch/printer. Over 60
athletes; hosted middle school relay event -- the first of its kind ever in the
state; completed an undefeated
season; qualified 22 athletes for Regional Jr. Olympics, including first
regional champs.
2002
Cross Country:
30 distance runners; undefeated girls team; won the Wilton Invitational;
four medalists at Wickham Meet; and an outstanding 5th-place trophy at State
Championship Meet -- including individual finishes of 2nd, 3rd & 13th place.
2003 Track: 7-1 record;
reset many team records; Regional Junior Olympic title for boys relay; and five
girls competing in the National Youth Championships; introduced purple team
tent; “Gym Bag” fund-raiser.
2003 Cross Country: Record
40 XC members; boys won Wilton Event; first-ever boys individual winner; girls
team goes 15-1-1; top seven finishers at Brewster Invitational; fourth medalist
at State Middle School Championships; purple “Flash” caps.
2004 Track:
Over 80 members; 7-2 record; reset most team records, including nearly
all relays; participated in Garden State Classic in Roselle, NJ; boys- third
place at Woodbury Invitational… girls- second place; won boys & girls race
at O’Grady Relays; hosted local Hershey Meet, and had state runner-up in
Hershey Finals.
2004 Cross Country:
Won two
Wilton
Invitational divisions; girls won Bear Classic (Brewster); participated in NY
Novas Relays in the
Bronx
; State medalist for fourth-straight season; added “long” shorts for boys.
2004 Track: Over 80 members; 7-2 record; reset most team records, including nearly all relays; participated in Garden State Classic in Roselle, NJ; boys- third place at Woodbury Invitational; girls- second place; won boys & girls race at O'Grady Relays; hosted local Hershey Meet, and had state runner-up in Hershey Finals.
2004 Cross Country: Won two Wilton Invitational divisions; girls won Bear Classic (Brewster); participated in NY Novas Relays in the Bronx; State medalist for fourth-straight season; added
long shorts for boys.
2005 Track: 10-1 record; kept O'Grady win streak alive; boys took 3rd-place at Woodbury Meet; won Future Stars 4x800; record 11 national Jr. Olympic finalists.