Youth Team Ends Season on a High Note at USATF JO’s!

A great season came to a close Monday with a BBQ Cookout at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium!  The annual end-of-the-season meal celebrated the accomplishments of all 98 athletes, and the 11 athletes that competed at the USATF Junior Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas!

Congratulations to the athletes that competed valiantly in the USATF Junior Olympics included –

Addie Curtis – 6th (3000m)  and 14th (1500m) – All American!
Cale Curtis – 10th (Discus), 20th (400m), 25th (Shot Put), 27th (200m)
Ollie McGee – 11th (100m) and 15th (200m)
Christal Mosley – 11th (High Jump), 18th (200m), and 400m
Nick Wetta – 22nd (100mH) and 38th (200mH)
Will Niederee – 23rd (1500m)
Isaac Smallwood – 27th (Triple Jump)
Levi Allen – 28th (3000m)
Alec Grill – 38th (1500m)
Caiden Unruh – 48th (3000m)
Gabriel Williams – 48th (100m) and 200m

Complete Results >> 2017 USATF JO Results
Photos!

Meet STC and Shocker Track Stars!

Tuesday, August 1, 2017, the Shocker Track Club will host a social event at Third Place Brewing at 7:00pm (630 East Douglas, Wichita, KS).  On hand will be former Shockers, and current Shocker Track Club Elite Team Members, Austin Bahner and Tonya Nero, as well as current stars Hunter Veith and Deja Young.  The event is open to the public so come to downtown Wichita for a fun evening with the Shocker Track & Field community!

Meet Shocker Stars 08 01 2017

Finally! STC Road Racing Team!

Attention Distance Runners and Road Racers!

The Shocker Track Club (STC) is excited and pleased to announce the formation of its fifth athletics team – Road Racing!

The informational meeting and inaugural practice will be held at 6:00 p.m., on Thursday, August 3, 2017, on the track at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium. Park in the small lot of 21st Street between the stadium and the Charles Koch Area Aetna Multi-Purpose Gymnasium.

The STC Road Racing Team is for the casual and competitive adult runner that desires to improve their capabilities and performances with goals of competing in various road racing, cross country, and track events. Emerging Elite, and Elite athletes are welcome.

The annual membership fee is $110 and includes: coaching, coaching strategies, strategic practicing, a team competition jersey, shoe purchase discount at team sponsor First Gear Running Company, and a donation to the team foundation to support Road Racing Team Elite athletes. Join in August and receive official Shocker Track Club sunglasses!

Contact Team Co-Directors Curt Rierson (roadracing@shockertrackclub.com) or Emily Maier (roadracing2@shockertrackclub.com) for more information!

The Shocker Track Club, a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization, is a USA Track & Field certified club in the Missouri Valley Association. STC provides Officials and Volunteers for Wichita State University’s Track and Field meets, and sponsors athletics training and teams for Youth, Open, Elite, Masters, and Road Racing athletes.

Madison Castillo Competes in Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals

Shocker Track Club Open Team member, Madison Castillo, competed in the Adaptive Sports USA Juniors Nationals Meet in Middleton, Wisconsin!  Madison, a former Shocker Track Club Youth Team member, and current member of the Friends University Track and Field Team, competed in the 100m (1st), 200m (1st), Long Jump (1st), Discus (1st), Shot Put (2nd), and 800m Medley Relay (2nd)!

Congratulations, Madison!

Complete Results >> http://www.juniornationals2017.com

Championship Week! USATF Junior Olympics!

It’s Championship week!
USATF Junior Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas!
Best of luck to the following JO qualifiers – 2017 Junior Olympics Qualifiers are – Alec Grill (1500m), Will Niederee (1500m), Levi Allen (3000m), Caiden Unruh (3000m), Addie Curtis (1500m and 3000m), Gabriel Williams (100m and 200m), Nick Wetta (100H and 200H Hurdles), Cale Curtis (200m, 400m, Shot Put, and Discus), Isaac Smallwood (Triple Jump), Ollie McGee (100m and 200m), and Christal Mosley (200m, 400m, and High Jump)!

 

Shocker Track Clubbers Compete in Sunflower Games

Several Shocker Track Club athletes braved the heat in Topeka to compete in the annual Sunflower Games on July 15th!  Competing were – Breckynn Lee (400m), Lauren Ealey (100m, 200m and 400m), Sue Nyberg (Long Jump, Discus and Hammer), Gage Larson (Pole Vault), Steve Wilson (100m), Joe Hoover (80H,  Triple Jump and Shot Put), and Nicholas Rodriguez (1500m and 3000m).
Complete Results are here >>  2017 Sunflower Games Results

 

STC Youth Tracksters Perform Well in the USATF MVA Meet in the Joplin Heat

Thirty-three (33) Shocker Track Club Youth Athletes traveled to Joplin, Missouri to compete in the USATF Missouri Valley Association Qualifier Meet!  All competed well in the oppressive Joplin heat!  Eleven (11) Athletes qualified for the USATF Junior Olympics Meet that will be contested in Lawrence, Kansas, July 24-30, 2017!  Photographs are below!

2017 Junior Olympics Qualifiers are – Alec Grill (1500m), Will Niederee (1500m), Levi Allen (3000m), Caiden Unruh (3000m), Addie Curtis (1500m and 3000m), Gabriel Williams (100m and 200m), Nick Wetta (100H and 200H Hurdles), Cale Curtis (200m, 400m, Shot Put, and Discus), Isaac Smallwood (Triple Jump), Ollie McGee (100m and 200m), and Christal Mosley (200m, 400m, and High Jump)!

2017 MVA Qualifier Meet Participants were – Jacob Wetta (100m and 100H and 200H), Augustin Au (100m and 200m and 400m), Ayden Erbert (100m), Ian Murry (100m and 200m), Olivia Klein (100m and 200m and High Jump), Daijah Moore (100m and 200m and 400m), Makiya Mosley (100m and 200m and 400m), Terri Mosley (100m and 200m and 400m), Antonie’ Bobo (100m and 200m), Maria Oglesby (100m and 200m and 400m), Elijah Mosley (200m and 400m and 800m and 1500m), Aniya Mosley (200m and 400m and 100H and 200H), Terri Mosley (200m), Anna Moon (800m), Samuel Garrison (Shot Put and Discus), Will Doolittle (Shot Put and Discus), Augustine McCormick (Pole Vault), Ethan Hull (Pole Vault), Taylor Linn (Pole Vault), Sophie Miller (Pole Vault), Addison Austin (Pole Vault), Alec Grill (800m and 1500m ), Will Niederee (800m and 1500m), Levi Allen (800m and 1500m and 3000m), Caiden Unruh (800m and 1500m and 3000m), Addie Curtis (1500m and 3000m), Gabriel Williams (100m and 200m), Nick Wetta (100H and 200H Hurdles), Cale Curtis (200m, 400m, Shot Put, and Discus), Isaac Smallwood (Long Jump and Triple Jump), Ollie McGee (Long Jump and 100m and 200m and 400m), and Christal Mosley (100m and 200m and 400m and High Jump)!

Congratulations to all of the Shocker Track Club athletes!

Shocker Track Club Coaches in attendance included – Stephanie Knab, Denis Fraizer, Tyler Knight, Anita Curtis, Craig Curtis, Martiesha Caines, Gilda Muci, Zach Budda, Alex Muci, Curtis Hernandez, and Isaiah Mosley.

See the photos below!