GRANITE STATE FLASH

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Race Date
2009 Gate City Strider's Summer Trail Race 5k & 5m Series 6/8-8/24/09 (Mondays)

USATF Junior Olympics Track & Field

A small group of existing Flash runners are participating in the 2009 USATF T&F season.

6/13/09- Preliminary Meet, Amherst, NH

                 

 

6/20/09- Association Meet, Fitchburg State College, MA

 

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WHAT IS GRANITE STATE FLASH?

Granite State Flash (GSF) is a Manchester, New Hampshire based USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country program for children ages eight through fourteen. The team practices in Manchester, N.H. from late October to early December, and competes in the New England, Regional and National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championship competitions.

While the focus of the program is cross country, Flash runners also compete in various competitions throughout the year including area road races and the Junior Olympic Track & Field competition. The focus of the Flash program is running as a life long pursuit, team competition, sportsmanship, and increasing personal fitness levels.

                     

The Flash began in 2001 with just two teams and twenty one runners.  The program has grown since 2001 to include runners from more than 40 towns and cities throughout New Hampshire. Over the past seven years more than 600 New Hampshire youth runners have participated in the program with multiple teams advancing to the New England, Regional and National competitions.  Through 2007, Flash teams have won three National team championships, two bronze medal titles as well as numerous Regional, New England team and individual titles. Seventeen Flash runners have earned individual All-American honors (top 25 individually in the U.S.).

Flash runners have also gone on to success at the high school and collegiate levels capturing 44 State of New Hampshire high school titles (cross country, indoor and outdoor track) through Spring 2008, setting 11 Class and/or State records as well as winning three individual New England High School Championships. More than 20 Flash runners have gone on to compete at the Division I, II and III collegiate level. From 2005 through 2007, Flash runners have competed for Dartmouth, Keene State, UNH, Penn, Columbia, Yale, Quinnipiac, William & Mary, Bentley, Bucknell, Franklin & Marshall and Dickinson College.

Highlights from

2007 USATF Junior Olympics Nationals

Lawrence, Kansas

Dec 8, 2007

Gwenyth's finishing kick earns her 2nd place in the 2007 Nationals held in Lawrence, Kansas.

Kelsey finishes 15th in the 2007 Nationals, earning her 3rd consecutive All-American status.

Finishing 13th in the 2007 Nationals, Jack also earned his 3rd consecutive All-American title.

The Boys Youth team finished 3rd in the nation, earning themselves the bronze medal.

 

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"There's nothing noble in being superior to some other man.

The true nobility is being superior to your previous self."