William Monroe High School cross country team is holding tryouts for interested boys and girls on Monday, August 3rd. Meet at the high school track at 7pm. For more information, check out the school website:
http://greenecounty.va.schoolwebpages.com/education/dept/dept.php?sectionid=600&sc_id=1168978197
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Prince George's Sports Complex
This is the site of the USATF Junior Olympic Region 3 Championship. The Prince George's Sports Complex lies in the shadow of the Redskins' FedEx Field Stadium. This event was held July 9-12, 2009.
New Track By 2011 at WMHS
From the Daily Progress:
By Scott Ratcliffe Daily Progress correspondentPublished: January 19, 2009
Roddy Kibler moved to Greene County over 30 years ago with a Master’s degree in school psychology, and has served in the county’s school system ever since. On Thursday night, Kibler, now the President and Chairman of the Greene County Athletic Foundation, unveiled the group’s plan to revitalize the school’s athletic and fine arts facilities, and has brought in some heavy help to get the ball rolling.Senators Ed Robb and Russ Potts joined the movement about a year ago, and are ready to embark on a multi-million dollar campaign that will help William Monroe High School and Greene County take extra pride in the area’s high school sports and arts.“A lot of us looked at our athletic facilities over time and hoped that we could offer our young people and our coaches a lot more,” said Kibler, who sent four kids of his own through Greene County public schools.The goals for the campaign consist of the following; constructing restrooms, new dugouts and a press box for the softball and baseball fields, resurfacing a new polyurethane track around the football field, installing tennis courts with lighting (Greene County currently has no public tennis courts), improving the existing bleachers, concession stand and restrooms for the football field and soccer stadium, and completing construction of both the Adam Fargo Memorial Field House — named in honor of a former William Monroe All-district soccer player who was killed in Iraq a few years ago — and the Raymond C. Dingledine Performing Arts Center.The estimated cost for the project is $2.3 million, and the foundation hopes to have everything completed and in use by 2011. The board is comprised of Kibler, Victor Schaff, Rob Lynch, Ray Dingledine, Carroll Deane and Frank Luth.
By Scott Ratcliffe Daily Progress correspondentPublished: January 19, 2009
Roddy Kibler moved to Greene County over 30 years ago with a Master’s degree in school psychology, and has served in the county’s school system ever since. On Thursday night, Kibler, now the President and Chairman of the Greene County Athletic Foundation, unveiled the group’s plan to revitalize the school’s athletic and fine arts facilities, and has brought in some heavy help to get the ball rolling.Senators Ed Robb and Russ Potts joined the movement about a year ago, and are ready to embark on a multi-million dollar campaign that will help William Monroe High School and Greene County take extra pride in the area’s high school sports and arts.“A lot of us looked at our athletic facilities over time and hoped that we could offer our young people and our coaches a lot more,” said Kibler, who sent four kids of his own through Greene County public schools.The goals for the campaign consist of the following; constructing restrooms, new dugouts and a press box for the softball and baseball fields, resurfacing a new polyurethane track around the football field, installing tennis courts with lighting (Greene County currently has no public tennis courts), improving the existing bleachers, concession stand and restrooms for the football field and soccer stadium, and completing construction of both the Adam Fargo Memorial Field House — named in honor of a former William Monroe All-district soccer player who was killed in Iraq a few years ago — and the Raymond C. Dingledine Performing Arts Center.The estimated cost for the project is $2.3 million, and the foundation hopes to have everything completed and in use by 2011. The board is comprised of Kibler, Victor Schaff, Rob Lynch, Ray Dingledine, Carroll Deane and Frank Luth.
Junior Olympics Regionals
Camron placed third in the triple jump at the USATF Junior Olympics Regionals meet, with a jump of 10.61 meters.
Junior Olympics Regionals
Ryan placed second at the USATF Junior Olympics Regionals in the 1500m, with at PR of 4:33.25.
USATF & AAU
There are two national organizations for youth track & field, USA Track & Field (USATF) and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Both organizations require an annual membership fee of around twenty dollars for an athlete to participate in their sanctioned meets. USATF has two-year age divisions, while AAU has single year divisions. Division entry is based upon year of birth, and limitation of the number of events that a child may enter in any given meet depends on which division he or she participates in. Both organizations offer athletes the opportunity to excel in national competitions, and both have a Junior Olympic program.
Track meets for both organizations are held from late April to early August, and are predominately located at tracks from Richmond to Virginia Beach. In 2009, we also attended several meets in the Washington DC area. Entry fees for the meet depends on the meet director. Some meets are $5 for four events, the most expensive is $8 per entered event. Although there is generally a meet somewhere every Saturday during the season, we typically take one or two weekends off a month.
Links for both AAU & USATF are on the sidebar.
Track meets for both organizations are held from late April to early August, and are predominately located at tracks from Richmond to Virginia Beach. In 2009, we also attended several meets in the Washington DC area. Entry fees for the meet depends on the meet director. Some meets are $5 for four events, the most expensive is $8 per entered event. Although there is generally a meet somewhere every Saturday during the season, we typically take one or two weekends off a month.
Links for both AAU & USATF are on the sidebar.
Medal Winners
Camron & Ryan receive their medals for the triple jump at the USATF National Outdoor Championships, July 4, 2009.