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