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| February, 2005 News | ||||||
In this edition: 1. February 18-19, 2005: AAU Northern Indoor Championship 2. February 25, 2005: UCTC Annual Dinner announced for April 9. --------------------------------------------- 1. The indoor season started for the UCTC youth team last weekend with the AAU Northern Regional Indoor Championship at Merrillville, Indiana. (There are only two such meets in the country; in addition to entries from adjoining states, entries came from as far away as California, New Jersey, and Georgia.) A total of 13 members, participated. Our group was made up of pre-high school youth (ages from 6 to 14), and a number were participating in their first track meet ever. They were led by head youth coach, Greg Beacham, and assistant youth coaches Danielle Green and Ryann Hendricks. Despite the high level of competition and relative lack of experience, they turned in some excellent performances, winning 6 medals. Most notable De'Asia Garrett won the the gold medal in the Bantam Girls 400 meter as well at 5th in 200 meter. Other medalists were Cierra Garrett (Bantam Girls 200 meter), Olivia Carlize (Intermediate Girls long jump), Elijah Garrett (Bantam Boys 400 meter), and Yusef Houmed (Midget Boys 400 meter). In addition the Bantam Girls 4x400 meter relay placed 4th. Full results for UCTC members follow: 2005 AAU NORTHERN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2/18/2005 to 2/20/2005 MERRILLVILLE, IN Girls 200 Meter Dash Bantam Preliminaries heat 4 Garrett, Cierra 95 Chicago, IL 32.10q 2 6 Garrett, DeAisa 95 Chicago, IL 32.58q 1 9 Little, Khalia 95 Chicago, IL 33.53 3 18 Houamed, Sarah 95 Chicago, IL 36.36 1 23 Gatton, Sophia 95 Chicago, IL 38.22 2 31 Martin-Webb, Jada 98 Chicago, IL 42.70 3 Finals 5 Garrett, DeAisa 95 Chicago, IL 32.43 6 Garrett, Cierra 95 Chicago, IL 32.51 Girls 400 Meter Dash Bantam Preliminaries 1 Garrett, DeAsia 95 Chicago, IL 1:12.75q 4 7 Garrett, Cierra 95 Chicago, IL 1:19.96 1 8 Little, Khalia 95 Chicago, IL 1:20.30 3 11 Gatton, Sophia 95 Chicago, IL 1:27.15 3 -- Martin-Webb, Jada 98 Chicago, IL DNF 2 Finals 1 Garrett, DeAsia 95 Chicago, IL 1:11.82 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Bantam 4 U.C.T.C. Titans 'A' 5:34.53 Girls 200 Meter Dash Midget Preliminaries 19 Mayfield, Varcity 93 Chicago, IL 33.16 1 28 Adams, Kayla 94 Chicago, IL 40.43 5 Girls 400 Meter Dash Midget Preliminaries 16 Mayfield, Varcity 93 Chicago, IL 1:20.27 2 -- Adams, Kayla 94 Chicago, IL DNF 5 Girls Shot Put (4 Throws) Youth 10 Kennedy, Alicia 92 Chicago, IL 25-08.50 11 Sparks, Tyler 92 Chicago, IL 21-09.50 Girls 55 Meter Dash Intermediate 10 Carlize, Olivia 90 Chicago, IL 8.30 3 Girls 200 Meter Dash Intermediate 9 Carlize, Olivia 90 Chicago, IL 29.91 4 Girls 400 Meter Dash Intermediate Preliminaries 10 Carlize, Olivia 90 Chicago, IL 1:11.67 1 Girls Long Jump (4 Jumps) Intermediate 3 Carlize, Olivia 90 Chicago, IL 15-01.75 Boys 55 Meter Dash Bantam Preliminaries 20 Ostojic, Alexander 96 Chicago, IL 11.07 3 21 Garrett, Elijah 98 Chicago, IL 11.24 4 Boys 200 Meter Dash Bantam 20 Garrett, Elijah 98 Chicago, IL 43.85 2 21 Ostojic, Alexander 96 Chicago, IL 47.30 3 Boys 400 Meter Dash Bantam Preliminaries 1T Garrett, Elijah 98 Chicago, IL # 1:05.00q 1 Finals 6 Garrett, Elijah 98 Chicago, IL 1:50.23 Boys Long Jump (4 Jumps) Bantam 14 Ostojic, Alexander 96 Chicago, IL 5-10.25 Boys 55 Meter Dash Midget Preliminaries 23 Houamed, Yusef 93 Chicago, IL 8.75 3 Boys 200 Meter Dash Midget Preliminaries 14 Houamed, Yuset 93 Chicago, IL 30.92 3 Boys 400 Meter Dash Midget Preliminaries 6 Houamed, Yusef 93 Chicago, IL 1:11.75q 3 Complete results for the meet are available at: http://www.aauathletics.org/ ------------------------------------ 2. The UCTC annual dinner is scheduled for April 9, 2005 at 6:30 PM at the Quadrangle Club on the University of Chicago campus. The after dinner speaker will be the almost legendary Charles "Deacon" Jones. Deacon is very well known in running circles as a two time Olympian in the steeplechase who always competed well in international meets in an era when American runners on the whole did not. A former U. of Iowa and UCTC star, he had a long and very successful running career. Afterward, among other things, he made a major contribution to the youth of the Chicago area as financial aid director of Harold Washington College. |
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