Capital City Striders, Inc.

501 c (3) Non Profit

P O Box 1243

Charleston, WV 25326

July 5, 2005                                                                                                     PRESS RELEASE:

“Striders spend Holiday weekend qualifying for National Championships”.

 

The Capital City Striders, youth track & field Club competed in the AAU Region VI Championships in Wooster Ohio ending on Sunday July 3, 2005. The following student athletes qualified for the National Championships in New Orleans LA, August 1st through the 7th.

Name                                       Age                  Event                                        Hometown

 

Kristen Loughry 1st                 17 –18               Pole Vault        11’0”              Hurricane

Jamie Casto 1st                         15-16               Pole Vault       8’0”                Ripley

Jordan Casto 2nd                      15-16               Pole Vault       7’0”                Ripley

Jeremy White 3rd                      15-16               Pole Vault        11’0”              West Union

Travis Keaton  2nd                    15-16               Pole Vault        10”0’              Charleston

Chelsea Knotts  3rd                   15-16                800 m             2:20.75            Ripley

Kaitlin Ball        4th                    13                    3000m            13:07.66          Charleston

Tim Boddy 1st                          10                    1500 m Racewalk  11:52.94    St Albans

Brian Lester 4th                         10                     1500 m Racewalk  12:49.06    Dunbar           

Lashea Strader 4th                    13                     3000 m Racewalk  31:49.08    So Charleston

Lashea Strader 2nd                    13                     Javelin                 40’ 1”          So Charleston

Taylor Young 3rd                      15                    3000 m Racewalk  23:36.98    Charleston

George Streeter 4th                   13                    200 H             31.68              So. Charleston

Sam Crosby     1st                    17-18                Long Jump        22’8”             Charleston       

Sam Crosby     2nd                    17-18                High Jump           6’4”             Charleston

Xavier Crosby  3rd                   12                     Discus               71”1’             Charleston

Xavier Crosby  1st                   12                     Shot Put            35’ 0”            Charleston

Justin Bailey 1st                         14                    Discus               139’9”           Bridgeport                   

Ty Briggs 2nd                            14                    Shot Put              36’ 10.75”   Institute

Ty Briggs 4th                             14                    Javelin                 78’ 1”          Institute

 

Other WV Qualifiers:

Katelyn McGuffin 2nd                12                    Long Jump      13’5”               Huntington       

Susan Godwin  2nd                    13                    Discus             90’4”               Buckhannon

Greg Reed 2nd                          15-16               Discus             137’4”             West Union

Greg Reed 3rd                           15-16               Javelin             83’10”            West Union

Kyle Hawkins                           17-18               Shot Put          43’ 5”             New Cumberland

 

Near miss by:

Kenya Ruggs  5th                      14                   800 m              2:36.73           Charleston

Kaitlin Ball        6th                    13                    1500m               6:00.8            Charleston

Kayla  Ball       6th                    13                    3000m             14:49.47         Charleston

George Streeter 5th                   13                    100 H              19.09              So. Charleston

  For more information call Paul Gilmer at 304-389-1982, 304-353-5107 or inquire at (pjgilmer@aol.com) President, WVAAU 

Paul Gilmer Jr. President, Capital City Striders, Inc.,Youth Athletics Chairman, WV USATF