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2012
Championship / Summer Track Season Starts May 22
Diablo Valley Track
and Field (DVTFC) offers an 8 week (May 22 thru July 15) summer
youth track and field program for conditioned athletes who want to
improve their running, jumping, and throwing skills and/or compete
in USATF regional youth meets and attempt to qualify for the USATF
National Junior Olympics.
For more details
about the DVTFC Championship / Summer session, please email us
info@dvtfc.org.
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2012
Spring Track Season Starts February 28
Diablo
Valley Track and Field Club (DVTFC) is a USA Track & Field
sanctioned Youth track club serving the Lamorinda, Pleasant Hill,
Walnut Creek, and Danville area for over 35 years. DVTFC
is open to girls and boys age 9 (born 2003) to 15 (born 1997) who
love to run, jump and throw.
2012
Spring Track Season Highlights:
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Season
starts February 28 and runs through May 13
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Practices
are Tuesdays and Thursdays from
4:45
to 6pm
at
Pleasant
Hill
Middle
School
and Sunday
late afternoons (times will vary based on HS track availability) at
Acalanes HS and surrounding high schools.
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More
information about DVTFC and our program visit the Information
section of this site or in our club Handbook
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Returning
DVTFC Members can find registration info / forms at Registration
section of this web site (refer to instructions label
'Returning/Current Members')
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New
Members can try out DVTFC from February 28 through March 11
before committing to the entire Spring Season (see below)
DVTFC's
coaching and parent volunteer staffs have struggled to keep up with
the volume of enthusiastic newcomers to the sport of track &
field. In order to better balance the supply and
demand of quality coaching resources and ensure all club members
have a positive experience, total DVTFC membership will be
limited to 60 athletes, so register by February 18 to ensure a slot.
Trial
Period for New Members
We
hold a two-week 'trial period' during the weeks of February 28 and March
6. This trial period is
mostly for the benefit of athletes and their families who want to
better understand what they are getting into before making a
commitment for the entire season.
Additionally, our coaching staff may choose to decline
admission to athletes who don’t bring the proper work ethic or
attitude to the track. Membership in the club is NOT dependent
upon one's track & field skills, experience or ability - but an
interest in running, jumping and/or throwing and a desire to work
hard and improve.
The
Trial Period is as follows:
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Tuesday 2/28,
Thursday 3/1 and Sunday
3/4 (must attend two days)
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Tuesday 3/6,
Thursday 3/8 and Sunday 3/11 (must attend two days)
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$60
fee (includes $20
USATF membership – mandatory for insurance purposes)
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Visit
Registration for NEW MEMBER forms
Remainder
of Spring
Season
At the
end of the trial period, athletes will be asked to commit to the
entire spring season (or you can decide not to continue with DVTFC).
The schedule of practices (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday) remain
the same.
Commitment means attending at least 2 practices per week
(except for spring break week) and at least 3 meets (2 'mini' meets
and 1 sectional/invitational).
Parents are required to volunteer at 1 (of 2) Saturday
'mini-meets' which will be held in March and April. (See Meets
for more information on tentative meet schedule).
Send
inquiries to info@dvtfc.org (and
someone will get back to you within 24 hours)
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2010
National Junior Olympics Cross Country Results
Four Diablo
Valley Track & Field athletes competed in the National Junior
Olympic Cross Country Championships on December 11, 2010 in Hoover,
AL. The DVTFC harriers finished as follows:
Jenna
Miles 16th in the Bantam Girls division
James
Bull 90th in the Bantam Boys division
Pete
Bull 93rd in the Midget Boys division
Charlie Zamanian 149th in the Intermediate Boys division
Jenna Miles
medaled and earned All-American honors.
Congratulations
to the DVTFC Junior Olympic athletes and all DVTFC X-C harriers on a
fun and rewarding 2010 season.
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2010
National Junior Olympics Results
Diablo
Valley Track & Field Club captured 4 medals at the 2010
USATF National Junior Olympics held in Sacramento, CA July 27 to
August 1.
Jordyn
Bryant
was a double medalist, finishing 3rd in the Bantam Girls
Triathlon and 6th in Shot Put.
Mupp Gragg took 6th in the
Bantam Girls Long Jump.
Jenna Miles captured
8th in the Bantam Girls 1500M Run.
Congratulations
to all DVTFC JO competitors !!
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Diablo
Valley Track and Field Headed to Junior Olympics
Twenty-eight Diablo Valley T&F athletes
competed in 100 degree heat at the Region 16 qualifier in Modesto,
CA July 9 -11. Twelve qualified to compete in the USATF
National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships July
27-August 1 at Hughes Stadium, Sacramento.
The Diablo Valley qualifiers include:
Young
Men Division (age 17-18): Johnleigh Dean (Javelin)
Youth
Boys Division (age 13-14): Matt Thomas (Shot Put and
Discus), Charlie Loudon (High Jump), and Parker Lothamer (Triple
Jump)
Midget
Girls Division (age 11-12): Avery Avina, Grace Brown, Raea
Gragg, and Demi Hart (4x800M Relay)
Bantam
Girls Division (age 9-10): Jordyn Bryant (Triathlon, Shot, and
4x400 Relay), Arianna “Mup” Gragg (Long Jump, 800M, and 4x400
Relay), Jackie McIntosh (High Jump and 4x400M Relay) and Jenna Miles
(1500M and 4x400M Relay)
Bantam Girls Win Division
Championship at Olympic Qualifier
In addition to qualifying for Junior Olympics, the
Bantam Girl team of Bryant, Gragg, McIntosh and Miles also won the
Region 16 Bantam Girl Division Championship team trophy, outscoring
Northern California teams that numbered more than twice their size
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Bantam
Girl 4x400M Relay Record Falls Again !
The Bantan Girls
4x400 Relay record, a 20-year old record broken twice in the last
year, was re-set again at the Hercules / Top Pacers Sectional meet
June 19 at Contra Costa College. Mupp Gragg, Jackie McIntosh,
Jenna Miles and Jordyn
Bryant posted 4:48.60 to break the old record by more than 10 seconds
! Congratulations ladies.
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2
Club Records Fall at UMOJA Invitational. Matt Thomas leads
nation in Discus.
Matt Thomas
broke a 23-year old club record in the Youth Boys Discus with a toss
of 146' 0". In the process, Matt now becomes the USATF
Youth Boys Discus national leader, bettering the previous mark by
over 4 feet. Congratulations Matt !!
The Bantan Girls
4x400 Relay record, broken just last year after 20 years, was re-set
again. Mupp Gragg, Jackie McIntosh, Ryan Hagglund and Jordyn
Bryant posted 4:58.97 to break the old record by more than 5 seconds
! Congratulations ladies.
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2009
National Junior Olympics Results
Diablo
Valley Track & Field Club captured 4 medals at the 2009
USATF National Junior Olympics held in Greensboro, NC July 27 to
August 2.
Ian Stuertz
was a double medalist, finishing 7th in the Midget
Boys Pentathlon and 5th in High Jump.
Adler Faulkner took 4th in the
Youth Boys 800M Run, less than .5 seconds off the Pacific
Assn record.
Amy Hollshwandner, Kelli Berge, Haley McKay and anchor Amy Ingram captured
8th in the Youth Girls 4x800M Relay,
setting a new DVTFC club record of 10:20.34.
In
addition to the DVTFC medal winners, other National JO qualifiers
competing in Greensboro included Grace Brown (Bantam Girls 400M, 800M and
new 800M DVTFC record holder), Raea Gragg (Midget Girls Long Jump), and
Amy Ingram (Youth Girls High Jump).
Congratulations
to one and all !
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Diablo Valley Track & Field Club
is an USA Track & Field track and cross country running club dedicated to youth aged 9 years and older.
It generally
serves the Lamorinda, Walnut Creek, and Pleasant Hill communities, but is open
to any youth interested in running and physical fitness. Athletes are welcome at all levels, from beginners to national competitors.
Our emphasis is on personal development and skills
training. We celebrate every athlete's new PR (personal record)!........We have no
"bench-warmers!"
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