The 2008 Flight101 Season took off in fine fashion this past Sunday at Solon High School Stadium in Solon OH.  Hosted by the Ohio Flyers, the Memorial Day Classic was the first opportunity for some of the new members of the Flight Crew to get a taste of Junior Olympic competition and the the results were very encouraging. 

The highlight of the meet was the performance of one of our newest an youngest members Kristopher Hunter.  Competing in the 7 year old category, young  Kristopher brought home the gold medal in the 100m dash, was second in the 200 and third in the 400m.  Kris was runner-up for most valuable athlete in his division with 24 points.  Joining Kris with gold medal performances were Anthony Reinhard in the 110m hurdles,  Ian Murphy in the High Jump and Markus Harrigan in the 400m dash.  

Other outstanding performances we turned in by:

• 9 - 10 Boys and Girls
• Clinton Bentley
• 400m dash - 3rd
• 100m dash - 5th
• Jayla Lee
• 400m dash - 5th
• 100m dash - 6th
• Zaria Jones
• 200m dash - 2nd
• 400m dash - 2nd
• 4x100m relay - 2nd
• Demitri Mittas
• 100m dash - 16th
• Long jump -  7th
• 11-12 Boys and Girls
• JaSmyn Martin
• 100m dash - 4th
• 200m dash - 2nd
• 400m dash - 2nd
• 4x100m relay - 2nd
• Cashe' Bentley
• 100m dash - 6th
• 200m dash - 6th
• 4x100m relay - 2nd
• JaQuan Gamble
• 100m dash - 9th
• 200m dash - 7th
• 400m dash - 9th
• 13-14 Boys and Girls
• Bre Onna Armstead
• 400m dash - 6th
• 4x100m relay - 2nd
• 100m dash - 8th
• Mariah Mercer
• 100m dash - 4th
• 400m dash - 7th
• 15-16 Boys and Girls
• Ian Murphy
• High Jump - 1st
• 400m dash - 5th
• 100m dash - 5th
• 200m dash - 5th
• Markus Harrigan
• 400 dash - 1st
• 100m dash - 3rd
• 200m dash - 4th
• Anthony Reinhard
• 110m hurdles - 1st
• 400m dash - 2nd
• 100m dash - 4th

This is a partial list of the results from Sunday.  The full results will be posted once they become available.

Great Job Jets!

From the Flight Deck

Coach Murdock

Let's Get Ready To Rumble!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jets,

Our first Meet is Sunday, May 25th at Solon High School   I need to have all athletes pre-registered by Friday May 23rd or you will have to pay $20.00 to enter the day of the meet.  Field eventsa start at 9:00 with the running events at 10:30.  We'll be meeting at the Starbuck on the Strip at 7:15 and leaving for the meet by 7:30.  If you have any questions or need more information feel free to give me a call.

If you didn't get a Entry Form for the Meet Click Here, fill out the form and bring it with you to practice this evening.

From the Flight Deck

Coach Murdock

Just wanted to wish all of you Jets and former Jets that are competing tis week in the Districts.  We havea number of athletes who have advanced to the finals on Friday.  Good luck to you all and we'll hold your spot on the team until you finish up in Columbus.

From the Flight Deck

Coach M

On Friday members of the Jets had outstanding performances at their respective conference championships.  In the NBC, Tiffany Strayer from Northwest High Schools swept both hurdles and the long jump and at Hoover Memorial Stadium, Courtney Armsey and former club members Carlin Isle and Emily Pritt from Jackson won 7 individual events between them in the Federal League Championships.  Pritt won the 1600m, Armsey the 100m and 300m hurdles and ran on Jackson's winning 400m relay and  Isle the 400m, 200m, 100m and long jump.  Isles' 10.58 100m and 23' 10" effort in the long jump were both meet records.

Other members of the Flight Crew that had outstanding performances on Friday were:

Boys

• Andy Moore, McKinley
• 110m Hurdles (2nd)
• 300m Hurdles (3rd)
• 1600m Relay (1st)
• Jahari Murdock, Jackson
• 400m Relay (3rd)
• Luther Anderson, Jackson
• 400m Relay (3rd)
• Jordan Robinson-Williams, Jackson
• 800m (4th)
• 1600m Relay (3rd)

Girls

• Alli Rossetti, Hoover
• Shot Put (3rd)
• Alani Harrell-Snell
• Long Jump (2nd)
• Jada Henderson, Jackson
• 100m (5th)
• 400m Relay (1st)
• 800m Relay (3rd)
• 200m (4th)
• Robyn Umbles, McKinley
• 100m (6th)
• 800m Relay (1st)
• 400m Relay (2nd)
• Katrina Rittburg, McKinley
• 800m Relay (1st)
• 1600m Relay (2nd)

Great Job Jets! Good Luck at the District next week.

What's Up Crew?!

In my last post I mentioned Jets or former Jets competing in Friday's Federal League Meet.  I'd be remiss if I didn't mention other membesr of our Crew who will also be running in their conference meet this week.

• Tiffanny Strayer, Northwest
• Shayla Freeman, Canton South

Speaking of Jets and former Jets who are rollin' this high school season.  Check out the County's Best Times posted so far this season.

• Girls
• Alli Rossetti - Hoover
• Shot Put (5th)
• Tiffany Strayer - Northwest
• Long Jump (3rd)
• 100m Hurdles (3rd)
• 400m relay (5th)
• 300m Hurdles (3rd)
• Courtney Armsey - Jackson
• 100m Hurdles (2nd)
• 800m Relay (2nd)
• 400m Relay (3rd)
• 300m Hurdles (2nd)
• Emily Pritt - Jackson
• 3200m relay (1st)
• 1600m (1st)
• 800m (4th)
• 1600m Relay (1st)
• Sommher James - Massillon
• 100m (4th)
• 200m (3rd)
• Robin Umbles - McKinley
• 800m Relay (1st)
• 400m Relay (4th)
• Katrina Rittburg - McKinley
• 800m Relay (1st)
• 400m Relay (4th)
• Jada Henderson - Jackson
• 400m Relay (3rd)
• 800m Relay (2nd)
• Boys
• Carlin Isles - Jackson
• Long Jump (1st)
• 100m  (1st)
• 200m (2nd)
• 400m (1st)
• Jordan Robinson-Williams - Jackson
• 3200 Relay (3rd)
• 1600 Relay (3rd)
• Jahari Murdock - Jackson
• 800m Relay (5th)
• Luther Anderson - Jackson
• 800m Relay (5th)
• Andy Moore - McKinley
• 110m Hurdles (1st)
• 300m Hurdles (2nd)
• 1600 Relay (1st)

Great Job Guys! Good luck on the rest of your seasons - see ya' in Columbus at the State Meet!

Get Out, Get Up and Get Busy!

Coach M

On Friday many members or former members of the Flight101 family will be competing in the Federal League Meet. 

• McKinley
• Robin Umbles
• Katrina Rittburg
• Andy Moore
• Anthony Rienhardt
• Glen Oak
• Alani Harrel-Snell
• Justin Trawick
• Hoover
• Evan Mayle
• Alli Rossetti
• Jackson
• Jada Henderson
• Courtney Armsey
• Emily Pritt
• Carlin Isles
• Luther Anderson
• Joey Masters
• Jahari Murdock
• Jordan Williams-Robinson
• Charles Isles

We wish you all the best of luck.  And remember, get out, get up and get busy!

Coach Murdock

This pasted Sunday we had our Annual Awards Program.  As I said in my last post, this has been an interesting season to say the least.   Our season began with our winter indoor conditioning program ended abruptly after only 2 weeks when the roof collapsed at the SportsDome and ended on a cold and rainy day that seemed more like late autumn than the 3^rd week of August.

Every season the selection for our team awards gets harder and harder.  But the kids voted and I think they got it right.  We had several athletes score over 100 individual points, with Tiffany Strayer being this season high point athlete with 170, followed by Katrina Rettburg’s 124, JaSmyn Martin 104 and Robyn Umbles with 102.  We had 2 athletes make honorable mention All-American, Tiffany Strayer in the hepthalon and long jump and Andy Moore in the 400 Intermediate hurdles. We had 2 national qualifiers, Andy Moore(400 IH) and Gabe Sciarretti in the 3000 meter run – keeping our string of national qualifiers at 19 out of 21 years we’ve been coaching.  Overall 2007 was another fine season for the Flight101 Jets Track and Field Club.

Based on the voting by their fellow athletes, this years team awards went to:

• Rookie of the Year            Katrina Rettburg and Luther Anderson
• Most Improved                 Robyn Umbles and Anthony Rienhard
• Most Valuable Athlete     JaSmyn Martin and Andy Moore

The great thing about most of our award winners is that they are all at the bottom of their age group and we look forward to them having and even better season next year.    Our older kids are already starting to get noticed by college recruiters and we’re sure that all of our kids are going to have a great school year and spring track season.

Last but not least, we also recognized those athletes on the team that did well in the classroom last school year.   Our 2007 High Flying Scholars, with a grade point average of 3.0 or better were, Zaria Jones, Taylor Thompkins, JaSmyn Martin, Michael Sommers, Gabe Sciarretti, Jazmine Sommers, Anthony Rienhard, Justin Trawick and Andy Moore. 

Finally, we have to mention our littlest Jet and diva, Serena Sommers, she was dressed to impress at the awards program – You go girl!

Again, a special thank you to my wife Tiwatha and Mrs. Connie Williams for putting together this years program, to Coach Trawick for helping us out again this year and to you parents for supporting your youngsters and allowing us to work with them.

Look forward to seeing you guys next Spring!

From the Flight Deck

Coach M

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I can't help but think that nothing could be more appropriate than my first post being a summary of the 2007 Flight101 Jets Season.   Boy what a roller coaster ride!.

We had a number of outstanding performances this season. We established or broke14 club records.  We had outstanding performances  turned in by first year runners like Spenzer Hunter, Zaria Jones, Taylor Thompkins and Jazmine Sommers.  We had a quartet of high school girls (Brittany Williams. Katrina Rettburg, Robyn Umbles and Tiffaney Strayer,  3 young men (Anthony Rienhard, Luther Anderson and Andy Moore)  join us all of whom show tremendous potential in the sport and we look forward to working with them next season and in the future.  We had 3 District Champions and 2 AAU National qualifiers.

On the downside, we had a number of our more elite performers either out with injuries, joined us late in the season and never rounded into competitive shape or couldn't run at all because of other obligations.  April McPherson, one of last year's national qualifiers couldn't finish the season because her soccer team qualified for their National Championships and we missed her contribution to the team.  Congratulations to April and her Ohio Premeir Soccer Club on a fine season.

On the positive side, we were able to get our website back up and functional and our FlightGear On-Line Store is fully stocked and ready for business!  Additionally, two of our alum, Cherrelle Montgomery and Ashley Spencer have gone on to bigger and better things on and off the track.  Cherrelle, a national qualifier to Miami in 2002, is finishing up at Barton Community College and will be competing for the Lady Vols at the University of Tennesse this fall.  Ashley Spenser, national qualifer 2001, was the runner-up on the hit TV show - Grease, You Are the One That I Want!  and is currently making her mark on Broadway.

Finnaly, we were officially adopted as a Youth Program for the Stark County Out of Poverty Partnership, Inc. (SCOPP) a non-profit community development corporation based in Canton OH.  This affiliation will assist us in fund raising and the operations of the program.

On Sunday the 19th we will be having our Annual Picnic and Awards Program and I'll be posting this years award winners along with pics from the party.

Hope all is well and that your week is a good one.

From the Flight  Deck,

Peace

Coach M