The USATF Junior Olympic Association State Championship was last weekend and it was amazing to watch our athletes do their best and see their hard work and training pay off with multiple state champions, a few state records broken, and over 100 personal records. Nothing made us happier than hearing the words, “…and in first place, Wolfpack Running Club” at the podium.
You can view the final meet results here.
Best of all, we came away TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS! That’s right, we accumulated more points than any other team and we have the trophy to prove it!
Day 1, Thursday, June 16:
We had athletes competing in the pentathlon and the 3000m run. Hunter H took home a bronze medal in the 13/14 boys pentathlon. In the 3000m run, Kenny, Ryan, Adria, Brooklyn, and Teagan all placed 1st in their age divisions. As an added accomplishment, Adam, Hunter, Grant, Lily, Tyana, and Breelyssa finished in the top 5.
One day in and we already had State Champions!
THURSDAY’S PODIUMS
GOLD
Teagan – 3000m
Brooklyn – 3000m
Adria – 3000m
Ryan – 3000m
Kenny – 3000m
SILVER
Hunter Hu – 3000m
Grant – 3000m
Adam – 3000m
Tyana – 3000m
BRONZE
Hunter Hu – pentathlon
Day 2, Friday, June 17:
Day two continued with preliminary heats of the 100m dash and 200m dash, multi-events, 4x800m relays, and the 2000m Steeplechase. It was very hot that afternoon and exceptionally windy, but our athletes persevered.
Later in the afternoon our sprinters competed in their preliminary heats. So many athletes run the 100m and 200m dash that they were split into multiple heats and the fastest nine times moved on the to finals, which would be run on Saturday.
Our 4x800m relay teams took multiple State Championships. First was our 11/12 boys relay team who started out with a great showing. In the second race three of our girls teams ran together: 9/10, 13/14, and 15/16, and all three teams came back State Champions AND broken state records.
Teagan broke a state record in the 800m during her pentathlon.
FRIDAY’S PODIUMS
GOLD
Olivia – triathlon
Ryan – pentathlon
Cooper H – triathlon
11/12 boys 4x800m relay
11/12 girls 4x800m relay
13/14 girls 4x800m relay
15/16 girls 4x800m relay
Breelyssa – 2000m Steeplechase
SILVER
Sydney – triathlon
Brock – triathlon
Teagan – pentathlon
Hunter He – pentathlon
Mya – 2000m Steeplechase
BRONZE
Cooper Ma – triathlon
Josh – pentathlon
Day 3, Saturday, June 18:
Day three was our LONG day where the majority of our athletes were competing in individual running events, hurdles, and field events along with 4x100m and 4x400m relays. We woke up to lovely cloud cover and while it was still very windy, the day turned out to be noticeably cooler than the day before.
In field events, we had multiple state champions. Olivia and Marcus placed first in their age divisions for long jump. Briar, Juan, and Colin all took gold in their age divisions in high jump. In javelin, Sydney, Jordan, Chase, and Colin all took gold. Jake and Sydney both placed first in their age divisions in shot put.
SATURDAY’S PODIUMS
GOLD
Isabelle – 400m
Khloe – 800m
Sydney – shot put & javelin
Olivia – 800m & long jump
Teagan – 1500m
Adria – 800m & 1500m
Briar – high jump
Brooklyn – 800m & 1500m
Jake – shot put
Luke – 1500m
Juan – high jump
Jordan – javelin
Chase – 1500m & javelin
Eli – 80m hurdles
Kenny – 1500m
Marcus – long jump
Colin – high jump & javelin
9/10 girls 4×100 relay
9/10 girls 4×400 relay
13/14 girls 4×100 relay
13/14 girls 4×400 relay
9/10 boys 4×100 relay
9/10 boys 4×400 relay
11/12 boys 4×400 relay
13/14 boys 4×100 relay
13/14 boys 4×400 relay
SILVER
Isabelle – shot put
Genevieve – 400m & long jump
Talon – 80m hurdles & high jump
Bethany – 800m & 1500m
Addison – shot put
Kayla – 400m
Tatum – 800m 1500m
Juan – 200m & long jump
Gena – javelin
Matthew – 800m
Gabe – long jump
Logan – javelin
Kenny – 800m
Mason – 400m
Cooper Mo – 1500m
11/12 boys 4×100 relay
BRONZE
Mina – 400m
Emmy – 800m & 1500m
Khloe – 1500m
Rachel – high jump
Willow – 400m
Kayla – 800m
Ava – 800m
Jake – 800m & javelin
Matthew – 1500m & long jump
Jordan – 400m
Cooper Hu – 400m
Hunter He – 1500m & javelin
Jones – high jump
Hunter Hu – high jump
Cooper Mo – 800m
It’s amazing to see these athletes do even better than they thought they could.
A huge THANK YOU our amazing coaches for their dedication and hard work. Three days of meets is exhausting and they never even seemed to break a sweat. Another huge THANK YOU to our awesome and supportive parents. They are the backbone that supports our organization by keeping our kids shaded and hydrated when it’s hot and motivated to keep going.
Overall, we had 20 athletes come away with individual state championship medals, 13 state champion relay teams, 4 broken state records, and more than 100 PRs. There was a lot of sweat, some tears, and a little blood, plus lots of tattoos and water fights… and ONE PACK that we’re all proud to be part of.
