Lizzy Weltz: All-American, 2021, Lexington KY
Lizzy Weltz
4,000 USATF National Junior Olympics XC Championships - Lexington, KY - 2021
Place
10th
Time
16:09
With Nationals being in Lexington, Kentucky, we planned to finally have mild racing conditions for JO’s. We couldn’t have been more wrong! Heavy storms the night before lingered into competition day brining cold, high winds and MUD like we’ve never experianced. The day was all about placement and not Time as athletes stuggled to stay on two feet. Lizzy impressed us with her mental toughness and focus letting her talent and hard work shine with an increadible 10th place finish!!
Caitlin Kasten: All-American, 2021, Lexington, KY
Caitlin Kasten
3,000 USATF National Junior Olympics XC Championships - Lexington, KY - 2021
Place
22nd
Time
12:28
Caitlin and her teammates will never forget the insanely challenging racing conditions experienced in Lexington, Kentucky. Hurican level winds and sidways rain delayed the race and created a quagmire that challenged the most rugged athlete. On a day when it took courage just to line up on the starting line Caitlin leaned on her competitive spirt to dig deep and earn an All-American title with a 22nd place finish.
Emma Balaban: All-American, 2020, FL
Emma Balaban
3,000 AAU National Junior Olympics XC Championships - Tallahassee, FL - 2020
Place
22nd
Time
11:06
The Pandemic didn’t stop Emma and her teamates from excelling during a difficult year. With USATF canceling their races we headed to Tallahassee, Florida to race at AAU’s Junior Olympics. We couldn’t be more proud of Emma Balaban’s hard work, talent and perseverance that earned her All American 22nd place in the 11-12 girls division.
Morgan Boonshaft: All-American, 2019, WI
Morgan Boonshaft
4,000 USATF National Junior Olympics XC Championships - Madison, WI - 2019
Place
7th
Time
14:26
We expected and prepared for cold temptures but no one could have anticapated the bitter winds and frigid tempatures Madison, Wisconsin had in store for the Junior Olympics 2019. Coaches honestly didn’t know how our Southern-blooded athletes would handle the day and wondered what we were doing bringing our team to such a brutal climit. Morgan didn’t let the 10 F. degree wind-chill slow her down, and ended up throwing down an exciting 7th place finish!
Hunter Bates: All-American, 2019, WI
Hunter Bates
3,000 USATF National Junior Olympics XC Championships - Madison, WI - 2019
Place
17th
Time
10:32
Madison, Wisconsin’s brutally fridged wind and tempatures were by far more than we have ever asked of our athletes. While much of the field’s goals where reduced to surving and getting back to the warm tents, Hunter Bates thrived in the elements. His competitive spirit put his talent and hard work on display for an insainly hard day of racing. This All-American title is just the begining of Hunters racing career.
Justine Preisano: All-American, 2018 Reno, NV
Justine Preisano
3,000 USATF National Junior Olympics XC Championships
Place
15th out of 311
Time
12:13
At 4,500 feet, there’s not a lot of oxygen. Add snow, ice, mud, cold temperatures and a very competitive field, and you have one of the toughests races available. Running very strong all year, coming to Reno would be the ultimate test of Justine’s athletic drive. Her mental focus and physical stamina was evident throughout the race and all the way to a very strong finish.
Nate Jaster: All-American and #1 Finisher in 2018 JO National Championships
Nate Jaster
4,000 USATF National Junior Olympics XC Championships
Place
1st out of 386
Time
13:53
Nate ran later in the day when the field was well trodden and sloppy. He had seen many athletes get hammered by the high altitude and burned out on the first hill. Nate took that in, and ran a very smart race. Starting out about 50 places back after the first 1/2 mile, Nate slowly and steadily made his way to the front. In the end, he was over 10 seconds ahead of his next competitor; finishing strong at 13:53 on a very tough course.
30 PR’S at the UC Championships!
What can I say but WOW! The Metrolina course is no doubt known as a flat and fast course but it was crazy humid so we weren’t sure how times would look. Our team crushed it out there! 36 of our Fit180 athletes raced last night. Out of the 36 athletes that raced last night we had 30 Personal Records!!
Not only did we have Personal records we had some break through race times! Joe, Lily, Spencer, Charlie, Sangeetha, Drew, Shannon, Abbie, and Lacey all PR’s by more than a minute! You guys are Crazy!! Check out how much they PR’d by below.
Out of the 14 teams that raced last night our girls took 4th Place as a team and our boys took 5th place as a team!!! Plus to top things off Justine took first over all individual in the Girls Championship race with a time of 11:00 min flat and Alyssa was right there in the mix to grab 4th place over all! Congratulations TEAM!!!!
Full Results can me founds at http://www.mitchelltiming.com/
Here is what hard work, focus, teamwork and dedication can do!!! It’s been such a joy to watch these athletes work hard and have great success. We’re so proud of you guys!!
Personal Records
The following is a list of our 30 athletes that made personal records last night. The number behind their name is the amount of minutes/seconds they took off their previous Personal Record.
Joe – 4:22 !!!!
Lily – 3:48 !!!
Spencer – 3:32 !!
Charlie – 1:57 !
Sangeetha -1:47!
Drew – 1:36 !
Shannon – 1:20
Abbie – 1:13
Lacey – 1:10
Jacob – :56
Aidan – :44
Devin – :38
James – :31
Grady – :31
Taylor – :30
Emily – :30
Owen – :29
Thibault – :28
Josie – :27
Nicholas – :26
Blake – :24
Ben – :23
Marcos – :22
Nikhil – :21
Mayan – :18
Morgan – :16
Martina – :15
Amro – :07
Shruti – :03
Michael A – :01
4 Qualifying Athletes for the USATF Nationals!
The Junior Olympic Regional Championship meet in Greensboro this weekend provided 3 hot days of great performances against strong competition! We had 16 athletes travel to Aggie Stadium who competed like champions and came home with 16 medals and qualified in 8 races for nationals! It was hot and competitive out there on the track but our athletes ran smart and confident. It was so fun to watch them run strategic races; finishing strong, passing their competition all the way to the finish line. That made for some fun and exciting racing to watch!
Congratulations to the whole team on a great season and some fun and fast racing on the track!
Full Results for the Regional Championships can be found here: http://www.durhamstriders.com/results/18reg16/
The following athletes Qualified for Nationals:
Ben Jaster – Qualified (11-12) Boys 800 Meter, 3,000 Meter
Nate Jaster (13-14) Boys 800 Meter, 3,000 Meter
Justine Preisano (11-12) Girls 800 Meter, 1,500 Meter 3,000 Meter
Valeria Mas (13-14) Girls 800 Meter
COMPLETE LIST OF ATHLETES WHO MEDALED AND/OR QUALIFIED:
800 METER 11-12 BOYS
Ben Jaster- 3rd***Qualified***
800 METER 13-14 BOYS
Nate Jaster- 1st ***Qualified***
Joshua Washington 8th
800 METER 11-13 GIRLS
Justine Preisano 3rd ***Qualified***
800 Meter 13-14 girls
Valeria Mas 3rd ***Qualified***
1500 METER 11-12 boys
Gavin D’Souza 6th
1500 METER 13-14 BOYS
Caden Townshend 7th
1500 METER 11-12 GIRLS
Justin Preisano 2nd ***Qualified***
1500 METER 13-14 GIRLS
Lucy Ratterree 7th
Valeria Mas 8th
3000 METER 11-12 GIRLS
Justine Preisano 3rd ***Qualified***
3000 METER 11-12 BOYS
Ben Jaster 2nd ***Qualified***
Gavin D’Souza 6th
Justin Bevacqua 8th
3000 METER 13-14 BOYS
Nate Jaster 1st ***Qualified***
Caden Townshend 6th
5k Results: Dash for Down Syndrome
Fit180 Supported the 2018 3-2-1 Dash for Down Syndrome, with 21 of our Runfit athletes on Saturday March 24. This was a first 5k race for some, and old hat for others. But outstanding for everyone.
BELOW ARE OUR ATHLETES THAT MEDALLED THIS MORNING!
- Luke Terrell- 3rd Over All Male!
- Gavin D’Souza- 1st in Male 14 and under
- Anderson Taylor- 3rd in Male 14 and under
- Justine Preisano- 1st in Female 14 and under
- Keegan Lisiecki – 3rd in Female 14 and under
Check out these great times (below)!!