Velocity Track Club highlights
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COACH WINSTON DINKINS
The Velocity Track Club competed
in the USATF New York District
Championship / Regional 1 qualifi er
held at Icahn Stadium on June 15th-
16th. Medals were awarded to the top
six athletes in their event / gender and
age division. The top eight athletes
qualifi ed to compete in the USATF
Region 1 Championship on July 11th
– 14th in Port Jefferson NY. All major
events were contested, from the
sprints to distance races, fi eld events
and relays. The best USATF New York
youth track & fi eld athletes were in attendance.
Velocity continues to make great
strides as we forge toward the National
Championship. We had 35 athletes
compete in this meet with 34 qualifying
for the Region Championships,
and 29 athletes medaling. As a team,
Velocity earned 53 medals (14 Gold, 5
Silver, 13 Bronze, eight 4th place, eight
- 5th place and fi ve - 6th place medals).
All the medals and personal records
set were great, but it is special to have
four athletes come together and become
champions in a relay. Our Girls
9/10 age division ran a great 4x100 and
4x400 meter relay. After many days
of practice and track meets, Hannah
Defl orimonte, Ryann Joseph, Kaylin
Strachn and Shyenne Blake are the
USATF New York Champions in the
4x100 meters. Hannah Defl orimonte,
Ryann Joseph, Kaylin Strachn and Savannah
Minter are the USATF New
York Champions in the 4x 400 meters
relay.
Other champions were; Cameron
Joseph in the 8 & under division
100 meters. Brianna Burrell in the
9&10 age division high jump. Candice
Palmer in the 11/12 age division
1500-meter race walk. Tiarra Jackson
in the 13/14 age division 3000-meter
race walk. Allyson Wright in the
13/14 age division triple jump. Additional
medalists are: Savannah Blake,
Drea Santiago (2 medals), Chloe Foster
(2 medals), Saniah Caldwell (2medals),
Talia Dixon (2 medals), Dakota
Hickman (2 medals), Kamaris Hickman,
Olyvia Burrell (2 medals), Saggi
Hemmings, Andonijah Washington
(2 medals), Justyce Moore (2 medals),
Adeyemi Senior (3 medals), Sachin
Ramharak (3 medals), Pierce Parker,
Marcus Fisher, Matthiaus Love-Anderson,
Dontae Lindo and Julian
Caldwell. Congratulations to all that
competed.
Our next meet will be the USATF
Youth Outdoor National Champion in
Durham NC on June 25th – 30th following
is the AAU Regional 1 Championship
at St John’s University on June
27th to June 30th.
Velocity Track Club New York is a
501C3 Non-for profi t. 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.
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