Pella Atletieks Track & Field Club

The penultimate meet of the year (USATF Region VIII Championships) finished up earlier today. The USATF meet director and all of the volunteers hosted a successful meet at Simpson College. The Pella Atletieks athletes performed admirably over all four days, and each athlete should be commended on their performances; they represented Pella well! The 12 athletes competing in 19 events garnered 1 Region VIII champion, 2 second places, five 3rd places, and many outstanding performances and personal bests. Fantastic!

The official results can be viewed at the following website.
http://www.usatf-iowa.org/docs/reg%20nat/Region%208%20Results.htm

Unless any of the national qualifiers are planning to advance to Sacramento (contact me asap if you want to advance), this weekend will wrap-up the 2010 Pella Atletieks track season. It has been another great year. The increased interest in track and field is what we want to continue to see. It is enjoyable to watch new and young runners show up to practice eager to learn and set personal goals, and it continues to be satisfying to watch our veteran club athletes mature in to regionally competitive track and field athletes.

Can't wait until next season!

Eric Pingel

It seems that several of the athletes from the last two days of practice will unavailable for practice this evening (holiday weekend). Therefore, I am going to cancel the bantam & midget practice. I believe all of those athletes are unavailable this afternoon. Also, I am going to shorten the youth and older practice to 45 min and move it up to 5:00. So, when all the changes are said and done, there will be one practice tonight from 5:00 to 5:45.

Here we are, the final week or so of club practices and preparation for USATF qualifiers. The USATF regional meet is coming up July 8th - 11th. We will begin practices again tomorrow, Wednesday June 30th. Any club member is welcome to attend the practices, but the practices will be geared towards those athletes competing in the regional meet.

Wednesday, June 30th
-Bantam & Midget - 4:30 - 5:30
-Youth & Older - 5:30 - 7:00

Thursday , July 1st
Pentathletes & Decathletes Only - 4:00 - 5:00

Friday, July 2nd
-Bantam & Midget - 4:30 - 5:30
-Youth & Older - 5:30 - 7:00

Saturday, July 3rd
-Pentathletes & Decathletes Only - 9:00 - 10:00AM

Sunday, July 4th
-No Practice

Monday, July 5th
-Bantam & Midget - 4:30 - 5:30
-Youth & Older - 6:00 - 7:00

Tuesday, July 6th
-Pentathletes & Decathletes Only - 5:30 - 6:30

Wednesday, July 7th
No Practice

Thursday - Sunday
-Compete at Simpson

After a successful State meet this weekend, the Pella Track Club will be taking the week off. All athletes who competed in the State meet qualified for the Regional meet in at least 1 event. I will be sending out more information to those athletes moving on to Regionals.
I am encouraging athletes to take a short break from the track. Stay active, but let's recharge are our batteries and come back next week ready to prepare for Regionals.

The US Championships are in Des Moines (Drake Stadium) this week (Wednesday through Sunday). This is a great opportunity to see some of the nations top track and field talent. I am sure tickets can still be purchased on-line or at the door.

Monday - No Practice (I'm out of town in the afternoon.)

Tuesday -

Bantam: 4:00 - 5:00

Midget: 5:00 - 6:00

Youth & Older: 6:30 - 7:30

Wednesday:

Midget: 5:00-6:00

Youth & Older: 6:00 - 7:00

Thursday:

Bantam: 4:00 - 4:30

Midget: 4:30 - 5:00

Youth & Older: 6:00 - 7:00

Friday: No Practice

The weather is forcing me to cancel practice for tonight, Thursday June 10th. I am going to move the time to tomorrow night, Friday June 11th. I know that there are some individuals preparing for the multis this weekend.
I will send out USATF State Meet information for registration tonight. Anyone interested in competing in the State meet must get me there info by Saturday @ noon. Stay tuned for details.

Due to a large number number of athletes going to the pool and taking advantage of the last day of school for PCSD, I am canceling practice for today, June 9th. We will resume tomorrow at the scheduled times.

Eric

Practices for the week of Monday, June 7th.

Monday -
No Practice - I'm out of town this afternoon.

Tuesday -
Bantam & Younger: 4:30-5:30

Youth & Older: 6:30 - 8:00

Wednesday-
Midget: 5:30 - 6:30

Youth & Older: 6:30 - 7:30

Thursday-
Bantam: 4:30-5:15

Midget: 5:30 - 6:30

Youth & Older: 6:30 - 8:00

Friday- No Practice

Listed below are practice times for State Pentathlon participants.

Friday, May 21st - 4:00PM-5:00PM at Central College

Sunday, May 23rd - 3:30PM - 5:00PM at Central College

Monday, May 24th - 4:00PM-5:00PM at Central College

Contact Eric Pingel with questions. (641.780.1503)

Practices for the week of Monday, May 17th. As you can see from the times below, we are expanding the available practices and adding an older group. This should allow those individuals in other sports to find a time that accommodates their schedules. Central is still practicing for the next week and a half, so times need to remain in the early evening.

Central will hosting its last meet on Wednesday and the High School State meet is being held in Des Moines, Thursday - Saturday.

Remember that you can choose the practices that fit your schedule. You are not required to attend all practices.

Monday -
Bantam & Younger: 5:30-6:00

Midget: 6:00 - 6:45

Youth & Older: 6:45 - 7:30

Tuesday -
Bantam & Younger: 5:30-6:00

Midget: 6:00 - 6:45

Youth & Older: 6:45 - 7:30

Thursday
Bantam & Younger: 5:30-6:00

Midget: 6:00 - 6:45

Youth & Older: 6:45 - 7:30