VTCNY Closes Out
With A Bang!
COACH WINSTON DINKINS
Velocity Track Club New
York closed out the outdoor
season with a bang! On July
27th to August 1st, we had four
athletes competed in the AAU
(Amateur Athletic Union) Junior
Olympics in Greensboro
NC. Approximately 15,000
participants traveled to
Greensboro, North Carolina
for the 53rd Annual AAU Junior
Olympic Games, the largest
national multi-sport event
for youth in the United States.
The AAU marquee track and
fi eld event at the North Carolina
A&T Aggie Stadium is
just one of many college / universities
our children visited.
The event has brought in each
year more than $50 million
in economic impact to previous
host cities like Hampton
Roads, Va; New Orleans,
La; Houston, Texas; Detroit,
Mich.; and Des Moines, Iowa.
Our athletes qualifi ed for
this meet by placing in the top
sixteen in our District Championship,
which advance
them to the Regional Championship
at St John University
in New York. At the Regional
Championship, the top six
athletes in running and fi eld
events advance to the Junior
Olympics and the top four in
multi events. The competition
was intense, and medals
were hard to earn. But that
didn’t stop our children from
excelling in their events and
taking a spot on the podium
or breaking their personal
record (PR). Tiarra Jackson
started it off with a Silver
medal in the Girls 13 years
old division 3000-meter race
walk. Then Pierce Parker
stood on the podium with an
8th place fi nish in the Boys 11
years old division 3,000 meter
run. But he wasn’t fi nish, he
PR’ed in 800 & 1500-meter race
and returned to the podium
for the 1500 meter run earning
a 7th place medal. Julian
Caldwell broke his personal
record in the Boys 14 years
old division Discus and High
Jump. This was his 1st time
throwing over 100 feet. Jada
Clark competed in the Girls
13 years old age division High
Jump and earned a spot on
the podium with a 7th place
medal. Congratulations, we
are so proud of you.
• 2019 was Velocity Track
Club’s best outdoor season:
• 2019 USATF Outdoor
Championship in Durham,
NC - 23 medals
• 2019 International
Youth Championship in
Landover, Maryland - 31
medals
• 2019 AAU Junior Olympics
in Greensboro NC –
four (4) medals
If you want your child to
part of this amazing track &
field team. We will be having
orientation on Thursday,
August 22nd in the Coop
City Bartow Community
Center at 2049 Bartow Avenue
room 28 at 7:00pm. Parent
/ Guardian must attend
orientation for child to participate.
Velocity Track Club New
York is a 501C3 Non-for
profit. 100% of your donation
will go towards
helping our children.
Support your youth, so they
can continue to do great
things! For additional information,
you can go to
our web site Velocitytrack.
org or contact me, Coach
Winston Dinkins at 914-
441-6196 or email watclt@
aol.com.
Velocity Track Club athletes at the AAU Junior Olympics.
Mustang World Series game recaps
The Mustang World Series is a world-class international youth baseball tournament
involving the best 10-year-old PONY Baseball teams from around the world. Annually,
we have international teams from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Asia, as well as
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, A BTR UGUST 9-15, 2019 65
BY STEPHEN RYDZAK,
The Mustang World Series
is a world-class international
youth baseball tournament
involving the best 10-year-old
PONY Baseball teams from
around the world. Annually,
we have international teams
from Mexico, the Caribbean,
and Asia, as well as four U.S.
teams and host Youngsville,
Louisiana.
In game six of the 2019 Mustang
World Series, the Bronx,
defeated Youngsville, Louisiana
14-1. The Bronx’ pitchers
stifl ed Youngsville, allowing
zero earned runs and striking
out six over four innings.
The Bronx scored fi ve
runs in the bottom of the fi rst
to jump out to an early lead.
Alex Rodriguez started the
scoring with an RBI single
that scored Kendry Pegeuro.
Rodriguez stole second and
third before Branden Rosario
hit into a fi elder’s choice
that allowed him to score.
After Noe Mercedes singled
and stole second and third,
a passed ball let him score
the Bronx’s third run of the
game. Flenix Ramirez walked
before stealing second and
third and scoring on a passed
ball. The fi fth and fi nal run of
the inning came on another
passed ball that scored Luis
Garcia.
Youngsville scored its only
run in the top of the second inning.
After Brendan Shullaw
reached on an error and stole
second and third, a passed
ball allowed him to score.
The Bronx’ offense continued
to produce, scoring
fi ve more runs in the bottom
of the second. Mercedes
opened the inning’s scoring
with a triple that brought in
Pegeuro. A single by Ramirez
then scored Mercedes, making
the score 7-1 in favor of the
Bronx. After Ramirez stole
second, consecutive passed
balls allowed him to move
to third and score. Another
passed ball scored Garcia for
the fourth run of the inning.
The fi fth and fi nal run of the
inning came from a defensive
error that allowed Jose Vargas
to score.
The Bronx added four
more runs in the bottom of
the third to expand its lead.
After Angel Poche opened
the inning with a single, Luis
Nunez’s double scored Poche
for the fi rst run of the inning.
After Mercedes was hit by a
pitch, a fi elder’s choice moved
Nunez to third and Mercedes
to second. Garcia then hit
an infi eld single that scored
Nunez and moved Mercedes
to third. A fi elder’s choice let
Mercedes score and moved
Garcia to third. The fi nal run
of the inning and game came
from a passed ball that scored
Garcia.
In game ten of the 2019
Mustang World Series, the
Bronx, New York defeated
Castroville, Texas 13-11. Noe
Mercedes and Angel Poche
each collected two RBIs to
help power the Bronx’ explosive
offense.
Castroville’s offense exploded
for six runs in the top
of the fi rst. A fi elding error
with the bases loaded let Easton
Lange and Jerimiah Jacobs,
Jr. score to give the Texans
a 2-0 lead. Castroville’s
third run came on a passed
ball that scored Hunter Hurtado.
A wild pitch then plated
Wyatt Ducs. A passed ball
scored Brady Fillinger for the
fi fth run, followed by Christopher
Rash’s single that scored
Lawson Schuchart for the fi -
nal run of the inning.
The Bronx rallied back
quickly, scoring six runs in
the bottom of the fi rst to tie
the game. With two outs, Mercedes
doubled to score Alex
Rodriguez for the Bronx’ fi rst
run of the game. Poche then
singled to score Mercedes and
Flenix Ramirez, cutting the
Bronx’ defi cit to only three
runs. A walk with the bases
loaded scored Poche for the
Bronx’ fourth run. A fi elding
error then allowed Luis Garcia
and Jackmichael Munoz to
score, tying the game at six.
The Bronx added two
more runs in the bottom of
the second to take the lead.
The fi rst run of the inning
came from Garcia’s RBI
single that scored Ramirez.
A defensive error allowed
Poche to score the second
run of the inning.
Castroville scored one
run in the top of the third
to cut the Bronx’ lead in
half. After Fillinger singled
and advanced to second and
third on consecutive fi elding
errors, another fi elding
error on Joseph Alvarado’s
ground ball allowed him to
score.
The Bronx scored three
runs in the bottom of the
third to add a cushion to its
lead. Kendry Pegeuro hit an
RBI single that scored Luis
Nunez. Mercedes then singled
to right fi eld, scoring
Pegeuro. Branden Rosario
scored the Bronx’ fi nal run
of the inning on a successful
steal of home.
Castroville scored two
runs in the top of the fourth
to answer. A fi elding error
allowed Hurtado to score
Castroville’s fi rst run of the
inning. Another fi elding error
let Ducs score, cutting
Castroville’s defi cit to only
two runs.
The Bronx added another
run in the bottom of
the fourth and one more in
the bottom of the fi fth. In the
fourth inning, after Pegeuro
walked and stole second and
third, a passed ball allowed
him to score to give the
Bronx a three-run lead. In
the fi fth, Mercedes singled,
stole second, and scored because
of Ramirez’s double.
four U.S. teams and host Youngsville, Louisiana.
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