Austin Bahner continues drive towards Olympic Trials
Decathlete and STC Elite Team Member, Austin Bahner, continued his drive toward the Olympic Trials with impressive work at the Wichita State Shocker Open meet on Friday at WSU’s Cessna Stadium! Pole Vaulter and fellow STC Elite Team Member, Kyle Wait, performed well at the Kansas State Ward Haylett Classic in Manhattan. Sprinter and STC Open Team Member, Aaron Babbidge, also competed well in the 100 and 200 against strong fields at the Wichita State Shocker Open.
Read about Austin Bahner >> Austin Bahner
Shocker Open Results >> 2016 Shocker Open Results
Ward Haylett Classic Results >> Ward Haylett Classic Results
Youth Team Athletes Sign Letters of Intent
Four Shocker Track Club Youth Team athletes signed Letters of Intent during recent signing periods. Garrett Kennedy – Pole Vault (Goddard Eisenhower High), and Davis Bahner – Multis (Wichita Heights High) signed with Wichita State University. Makayla Hollis – Pole Vault and Sprints (Conway Springs High) signed with Friends University. Christian Compton – Pole Vault (Derby High School) signed with Missouri Southern State University.
STC Partners with Envision to Support Volunteers Group
The Shocker Track Club (STC) is pleased to announce that Envision, Inc. is sponsoring its Volunteers group. The mission of Envision is to improve the quality of life and provide inspiration for the blind and visually impaired through employment, outreach, rehabilitation, education and research. Envision is one of the largest employers of the blind and visually impaired in the United States. Through this partnership, Envision is expanding its community involvement and support for WSU programs. The nonprofit organization will have the added benefit of reaching a broad cross-section of the community to build awareness of programs and services offered to youth and adults with vision loss, regardless of their ability to pay.
Darren Muci, Shocker Track Club President, stated, “We are honored that Envision has partnered with us to support our Volunteers group. Its logo will adorn our Volunteer t-shirts, and its banner will hang at the Shocker Track Club and Wichita State Track and Field meets! We also look forward to scheduling track events for adults who are blind or visually impaired at future STC events. Visit www.envisionus.com to learn more about Envision.
STC Open and Elite Athletes Put on a Show!
Shocker Track Club athletes performed well in the Wichita State KT Woodman Track Classic! Jaimie Bookout (Open Team) cleared 3.82m (12′-6-1/4″) and Kyle Wait (Elite Team) cleared 5.25m (17′-2-3/4″) en route to their respective Pole Vault victories on Saturday afternoon, and late Friday evening, Matt Byers (Elite Team) threw 67.74m (222′-3″) for his victory in the Javelin! RESULTS.
Austin Bahner (Elite Team) scored 7672 points to finish 3rd in the Decathlon at the Mt Sac Relays/CA Invitational Multi Event competition in Azusa, CA! RESULTS
Outdoor Youth Track Season
Shocker Track Club is pleased to announce the details for the 2016 Spring/Summer Youth Outdoor Season! Practice begins on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
Click here for the Registration Packet >> 2016 Youth OUTDOOR Registration Forms Packet
Team Director Cole Davis (Youth@shockertrackclub.com) and Assistant Director Shamoya Pruitt (asstyouth@shockertrackclub.com) will host an informational meeting on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Wichita State University Cessna Stadium Track and Field Team Room. Parking is available in the small lot off 21st Street just east of the Charles Koch Arena practice gymnasium.
Testimonial –
I just wanted to thank everyone for my child’s opportunity to train with your Youth Sprints/Distance/Jumps team. She really enjoyed the great coaches and all of her teammates. We hope to rejoin this team again in the near future! Thanks again, Terry W.
Volunteers and Officials Needed!
Volunteers are needed for the Wichita State University KT Woodman Track Meet, April 13-16. We are looking for people to work a block of time, a few hours, or a particular event. Volunteers will receive a t-shirt, meal, and gain firsthand experience assisting in running off a track meet. This is a great networking environment, especially if you are looking into coaching, training, or officiating track and field! If you are interested contact Laura Markuly at futurist@shockertrackclub.com by April, 8th.
Elite Team Member Profile ** Austin Bahner UPDATE
Austin Bahner (@Autobahn12) finished 5th in the USA Track and Field Indoor Combined Events National Championship meet in Crete, Nebraska at Doane College. Complete results are available here >> USATF Multi Indoor Results,
Gosh, it’s already mid-February! And it’s time to profile our next Olympic hopeful to show what it is like to train like elite athlete.
February showcases Austin Bahner.
He is from Wichita, Kansas, and is a Decathlete! At the recent WSU Herm Wilson Indoor he set a new personal best in the pole vault with a clearance of 16′!
Austin is a decorated decathlete who has proven himself at Wichita State and for Shocker Track Club. He went to Wichita Heights High School where he was a State Champion in Track and Field and Basketball. While at Wichita State University, he had a scholarship in Track and Field and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science. Bahner’s honors in Track and Field include: Five-time Missouri Valley Conference Champion, Three-time NCAA All-American, Runner-up Heptathlon USA Indoor Championships, and Four-time Team USA Competitor for the decathlon.
His weekly training looks something like this: Monday is typically a light day. It usually involves a tempo workout, a few plyometrics, and a series of hang cleans and dumbbell snatches. Tuesday is a speed endurance type workout and sprinting. Speed endurance consists of multiple distances ran at a particular high intensity level with resting periods in between each run. Wednesday’s are either off or light distance runs and upper body lifting. Thursday is another sprint session followed by plyometrics and a hill workout. Friday is 1000 meter (for indoor) or 1500 meter (for outdoor) training and lower body lifting. Aside from the workouts, Austin does event work throughout the week. He throws shot put, discus, and javelin at least once each week. He high jumps and pole vaults once per week and long jumps once every other week. He will typically try to fit in two hurdle sessions per week.
For his diet, he tries to stick to a pretty basic diet. He eats a lot of meats and carb based foods. He makes fruit smoothies and tries to get most vegetables in at dinner. Austin eats a decent amount of food at breakfast, a softball size amount of food for lunch before practice, typically a smoothie as a snack after practice, and a large dinner.
Austin will be competing at the USATF Indoor Combined Events Championships Meet in Crete, Nebraska on February 26-27, 2016. Please follow and support Austin on his journey to Eugene!
Instagram: AustinRayBahner
Twitter: @Autobahn12
Do you have a question about health, fitness or nutrition? Send it to Ask Laura, at futurist@shockertrackclub.com
Laura Markuly, MSE, ACSM HFS, NASM CES/PES/GFS, is and Exercise Physiologist and the owner of Bodyology Sports Performance, LLC. She also serves as the Futurist and Volunteers Chair for Shocker Track Club.
94 West Design Sponsors STC!
Shocker Track Club is pleased to announce a sponsorship partnership with its web designer, 94 West Design, for 2016!
Darren Muci, Shocker Track Club President, stated, “We are honored that 94 West Design is able to sponsor our club! 94 West Design has a strong history of sponsoring fitness-based organizations with a “kid specific” focus, and we are pleased that they are supporting our youth track team. Additionally they will make a donation to our club for every referral for website development.” Visit www.94westdesign.com/STC for details!
STC Forms Open Team
The Shocker Track Club officially created an Open Team with the appointment of Board Member Dylan Hartnett as the Director. The Open team is designed for post collegiate athletes desiring to continue with their training and competition activities. Four athletes were selected to the inaugural Open Team – Aaron Babbidge (Sprints, current Wichita State University student), Jaimie Bookout (Pole Vault, former 4-time State champion, formerly of the University of Kansas, and current STC Youth Team Coach), Caydrick Bloomquist (Pole Vault, formerly of Southwestern College, and current STC Youth Team Coach), and Jeremy McLaurin (Sprints, Firefighter stationed at McConnell Air Force Base).
Indoor Meet Season Begins for STC Athletes
Shocker Track Club Athletes of all levels have begun competing in the indoor season. Elite Team Member Austin Bahner competed in the Pole Vault at the KSU Wildcat Invitational on January 9th and posted a very nice vault of 15′-1″ for a 4th place finish! Open Team Member Aaron Babbidge competed in the Wichita State Shocker Prelude on January 16th and posted very nice times of 6.98 (60m), and 22.76 (200m), for 6th and 3rd place finishes respectively! Youth Team members Kris Woods, Alyssa Wheeler, Gage Larson, Jake Cox, Christian Compton, and Clay Eckert competed in the National Pole Vault Summit.