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                                  ************NEXT MEETING*************

WHEN:          Monday, September 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM

WHERE:        Johnny's New York Pizza, 104 Carrington Park Drive (1/2 mile west of McEver on Dawsonville Highway), Gainesville, GA

PROGRAM:    To Be  Announced

!!!!!!!! Notice: The Lanier Running Club will not meet in July and August 2009 due to summer vacation and other conflicts. Continue to watch this web site for club news and activities. We will see you at our All Comers Track Series each Tuesday in June.  !!!!!!!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT !!!!!!!!!!!

The June 9, 2009 LRC All Comers Track Meet was cancelled at the last minute due to a scheduling conflict with the Flowery Branch High School Track. The conflict has been resolved and the meets scheduled for June 16, 23 and 30 will take place as scheduled. I repeat:

The meets scheduled for June 16, 23 and 30 will take place as scheduled!!

To all athletes that came to the meet on June 9, 2009: Please accept our sincerest apology for the inconvenience caused by the cancellation of the June 9 meet. You are invited to return on June 16th and participate for free. Tell the Registration Desk that that you came to the June 9th meet and you will be allowed to participate at no cost.

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Message from Head Coach Charlie Patterson:

Greetings:

 

We now have 45 members in the Club's youth program.  We have 19 athletes from ages 9-18 participating in the summer USATF Junior Olympics Track and Field Championships.  This is the coaches and athletes' first experience with the summer USATF Junior Olympics and several athletes are new to running.  The coaches are very proud of all who are involved and how they have worked in their running with all the other summer activities.  The athletes have represented the Lanier Club extremely well as we all are working through the learning process.

 

We had 14 athletes qualify to compete in the USATF Georgia Association Championships this weekend and several others that barely missed the cut.  Although the heat and humidity conditions were very difficult, we had 7 athletes to qualify to compete in the Region 3 Championships in Maryland (Washington, DC area) in July which included two State Champions. Five athletes are going to be able to make the trip to Maryland to compete in 10 events.

 

Athletes qualifying for Region:

 

Intermediate Girls Division:

Erika Rucker: 1st - 400m Dash (55.19) (Meets Junior Olympic Performance Standard)

                     2nd - 200m Dash (24.67 qualifying time meets Junior Olympic Performance Standard)  (24.74 in finals)

 

Janet Whittaker: 4th - 3000m run (12:23.02)  - Unable to attend Region Meet 

 

Kelsey Neukum: 4th - 1500m run (5:31.26)

                          5th - 3000m run (12:30.62)

 

Intermediate Boys Division:

Kenny Slavik: 4th - 3000m run (10:16.50)

                     8th - 1500m run (4:34.52)

 

Young Men Division:

Ty McCormack: 1st - 5000m run (16:18.33)

                        3rd - 1500m run (4:18.24)

                        Bye - 2000m steeplechase

 

Nolan Clark: 3rd - 5000m run (16:38.12) - Unable to attend Region Meet

 

Brett Mullins: 6th - 5000m run (18:16.85)

 

Thanks to the coaches, athletes, parents and Lanier Running Club for making this a great first year.

 

Coach Charlie

 

 

 

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YOUTH TRACK & FIELD PROGRAM  The Lanier Running Club was approved in November 2008 as a competitive USATF Club.  This allowed the Club to register teams and individuals in the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in November 2008.  We want to build on this beginning and recruit young athletes of all ages in our area to introduce them to track & field and cross country through the USATF Junior Olympic Program.  There is no youth track and field program in our area and the schools do not have track or cross country programs below the 6th grade. Go to the YOUTH PROGRAM page for more details. Saturday Morning Group Runs We are going to have an informal group run on the third Saturday of the month at 8:00 a.m. at Riverside Track.  We will start by running 3 miles, around the Legion, Valley Drive, Blue Ridge and then back onto Riverside to the track. All ages and abilities are welcome.  You can make the runs as long or as short as you desire; it’s just more fun running with others. Next run – Saturday, 5/16 – run about an hour, then go to IHOP on Brown’s Bridge Road. Upcoming runs – Saturday, 6/20 and 7/18. For more information:  Contact either Shari Lunsford - shariluns@att.net or Natalie Kean  - nataliekean@gmail.com.                                                        Upcoming Races: Yahoola Creek Run for Kids 5K.    The race starts at 7:30am on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Yahiila Creek Park in Dahlonega, GA. Footsteps of Heroes 5K.   The race starts at 8:00am on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at the Oconee Veterans Park, 3500 Hog Mountain Road, Watkinsville, GA. Lanier Running Club All Comers Series Meet #3.   The meet starts at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at the Flowery Branch High School Track, 4450 Hog Mountain Road, Flowery Branch, GA. Jenny Melton / Fathers Day 5K XC Race.  The race starts at 8:00am on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Gainesville College, Gainesville, GA. Lanier Running Club All Comers Series Meet #4.   The meet starts at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the Flowery Branch High School Track, 4450 Hog Mountain Road, Flowery Branch, GA. City Lights Star Chase 5K.  The race starts at 8:00am on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Willoughby Park, Commerce, GA. Marigold 10K.  The race starts at 8:00am on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the Winterville Depot, Winterville, GA. Lanier Running Club All Comers Series Meet #5.   The meet starts at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the Flowery Branch High School Track, 4450 Hog Mountain Road, Flowery Branch, GA. Rabun Ramble 5K & 10K.  The races start at 7:30am on Saturday, July 4, 2009 at the Lake Rabun Pavilion by Hall's Boathouse at Lake Rabun. FBHS Falcon 5K.  The race starts at 7:30am on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the Davis Middle School Track (Former Flowery Branch High School Track) 4450 Hog Mountain Road, Flowery Branch, GA. All proceeds will benefit the FBHS Cross Country Team. OUR SPONSORS Please support the following sponsors. They are critical to the success of our club.                                                                                                                            Foundation                                                                                             For information about donations and sponsorship click here .

At the November 2008 Lanier Running Club meeting, the membership voted to join USATF as a Competitive Club. USA Track & Field is the National Governing Body for the Sport of Track & Field, Long Distance Running and Race Walking in the United States. The mission of USATF is "To provide vision and leadership to the sport of track and field in the United States, and to promote the pursuit of excellence from youth to masters, from grass roots to the Olympic Games." For more information about USATF go to www.usatfga.org.

Sanctioned USATF Georgia Association events include: Masters Track & Field Championships; Open Track & Field Championships; Masters 10K, 8K, & 1 mile Championships; Junior Olympics (youth) Outdoor Track & Field Championships; Open 15K, 10 mile and Half Marathon Championships; Masters Open & Masters Cross Country Championships and Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships. As a Competitive Club, we will be able to enter teams in any of these events.

Charlie Patterson is the coach/coordinator for our USATF activities. He can be reached at 770-833-6047 or cwpatter42@bellsouth.net.

We are one of the over 700 affiliate clubs of the Road Runners Club of America, whose web site you can access here or in the "links" section. We hope, that if you are not already a member of an RRCA affiliate club, that you will join soon. The RRCA site can help you find a running club that may be closer to where you work, live, or run.

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