2009 WINTER TRACK AND FIELD:
2008 CROSS COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS:
Congrats to the girls team for placing 3rd at the VA AAA State meet. The boys ran their string of state meet appearances to 8 by placing 7th. Freshman Sarah Stites placed 4th and posted a season best 5k time of 18:30.
Pics courtesy of Mr. Malka: Coaches Festival - Glory Days Invite - Districts - Regionals(coming soon)
Nov 8th VA AAA State Championship at Great Meadow - We will have a bus to and from the meet; the bus will depart at 8:30am and return at approximately 3pm. All participating athletes will ride the bus to the meet. Any other member of the team who wishes to ride the bus to spectate are welcome. Race times are girls 11:45 and boys 12:30.
Oct 30th Northern Region Championship at Burke Lake - Congrats to both teams for qualifiing for the state meet. The girls team earned the schools 2nd region title and first since 2000. Additionally, this will be the girls' first trip to the state meet since 2002.
- Three girls earned all region honors and all 5 scorers ran under 19 minutes earning spots on the TJ All-Time Burke Lake list. Stephanie Marzen placed 3rd 18:01, Sarah Stites was 8th 18:09, Katherine Sheridan was 11th 18:16 (16 secs faster than districts), Neesha Schnepf was 18th 18:36 (34secs faster than last week), Rekha Schnepf was 33rd 18:59 (13secs faster than last week), Sarah Nielsen was 59th 19:24 (10secs faster than last week) and Kathleen Ryan subbed in for Lisa Junta and posted a Burke Lake PR of 20:03.
- The boys earned their 8th consecutive trip to Great Meadow by producing the tightest 1-5 spread in the meet. Alex Witko 17th 15:53, Timmy Galvin 20th 15:57, Colin Maloney 28th 16:06, Jimmy Wu 32nd 16:11, Logan Gates 34th 16:12, Max Dreo 46th 16:20 and Joey Jachowski 62nd 16:36. Timmy Galvin broke 16 minutes for the first time and added his name to the TJ All-Time Burke Lake list.
Oct 22nd Liberty District Meet at Burke Lake - Congrats to both boys and girls for sucessfully defending their district titles. We had a number of great performances including both individual champions. Stephanie Marzen held the region's fastest 800m runner and become our first district female champ since 2002 and Alex Witko extended the boys strike of district champs to 4. All 14 (7 girls and 7 boys) athletes earned All-District honors; a first for TJ cross country. Girls results & Boys results. Additionally, we had 3 ladies join the TJ All-time Burke Lake performers list; Stephanie Marzen 18:01, Sarah Stites 18:05 and Katherine Sheridan 18:32.
If your official cross country season is over but you would still like to run some more cross country races here are two options on Nov 15th; The Battle of the Potomac in Gaithersburg, Md and the Virginia Junior Olympic Association Championship meet in Richmond. Both links are external.
As we head into the district and region champs at Burke Lake take a look at the Northern Region all-time performers lists compiled by Pearl Watts as well as the history of the Northern Region Championship meet also compiled by Mr Watts.
Liberty Coaches Festival: TJ won all 3 races by large margins! Results: Boys 11-12th & Girls & Boys 9-10th. Congrats to our race winners; Max Dreo 11-12th, Rekha Schnepf and Jon Phillips 9-10th.
Glory Days Invite: Results on Milestat.com. Congrats to everyone we had many great performances. The varisty girls and freshman boys both won their team races by large margins!
Oct 1st League Meet: Boys Varsity - Girls -Boys JV - Nice job we had some great performances! Sarah Stites posted a top 15 TJ All-time performance at Burke Lake of 18:45.
Carlisle Invite- Results on Milestat.com. Congrats to the girls for earning 1st place in the Reebok Challenger race and 2nd in the JV race. The boys placed 3rd in the JV race and 13th in the Reebok Challneger race. Some pics courtesy of Mr.& Mrs. Schnepf: JV Girls - JV Boys - Varsity Girls 1st place
Pics from the Sept 24th league meet at Oatlands. Thanks to Mrs. Callahan.
Pics from the Oatlands invite award ceremony: Varsity girls 1 & 2; Scott Skirlo accepting his award for winning the 11-12 JV race; Varsity boys; 11-12th boys team award. Results are posted on Milestat.com.
Please send ALL email correspondence for Coach Ryan to colonialtnf@yahoo.com. Thanks!
The SCHEDULE has been updated. The Coaches Festival will be held on Oct 15th.
WINTER TRACK PRACTICE SCHEDULE 11/10 - 11/22:
Upcoming practice schedule:
Monday(10/27) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Tuesday(10/28) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Wednesday(10/29) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Thursday(10/30) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Friday(10/31) -Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15-
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Monday(11/03) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Tuesday(11/04) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Wednesday(11/5) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Thursday(11/6) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Friday(11/7) - Practice at TJ 4:10-6:15
Saturday(11/8) -Distance runners 9am - 11am
2008 XC RESULTS:
| Meet |
Date |
Location |
Results |
| Northern Region Champs |
10/30 |
Burke Lake |
Results on Milestat.com |
| Liberty District Champs |
10/22 |
Burke Lake |
Results: Boys & Girls |
| Liberty Coaches Festival |
10/15 |
Lake Fairfax, Restion |
Boys 11-12th & Girls & Boys 9-10th |
| Glory Days Invite |
10/11 |
Bull Run Regional Park |
Results on Milestat.com |
| League meet vs. Langley, Stonebridge, Madison |
10/1 |
Burke Lake |
Boys Varsity - Girls - Boys JV |
| Carlisle Invite |
9/27 |
Carlisle, Pa |
Results on Milestat.com. |
| League meet vs. WTW, Stonebridge, Langley |
9/24 |
Oatlands |
Coming Soon |
| Oatlands Invite |
9/20 |
Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg |
Results on Milestat.com |
| League meet vs. McLean, Marshall, South Lakes |
9/18 |
Burke Lake |
Girls - Boys |
| Knights Crossing |
9/13 |
Green Hill Park, Salem, Va |
Results on Milestat.com |
| Monroe Parker |
9/6 |
Burke Lake |
Cancelled |
| Lake Fairfax TT |
8/26 |
Lake Fairfax |
Girls - Boys |
NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP: Parents click the proceeding link if you would like to sign-up for the team newsletter that our new team liaison Randy Schnepf will be distributing weekly via email. Thanks
Suggested running schedule (external link) - Athletes that are not able to attend practices can continue to reference this schedule to help keep up their fitness level while that are absent.
Forms:
Colonial Athletic Boosters website - links to forms and information regarding the need for the forms.
VHSL Physical Form
Extra - Curricular
- required from every athlete every season
Emergency Care Card
Assumed Risk form - skin - required from every athlete
Forms: Driving --- Riding --Thanks to Timmy G for making these files available online!!!
Prior Seasons:
2008 Spring and Winter Track seasons
