CONGRATULATIONS !!!TO
Boys Pole Vault AAA Indoor 2010 State Champion

Eric Zwarycz (Mills Godwin) with personal record of 14'9”

photo by Ryan Kelly

Two Xtreme Heights athletes are the new Indoor State Champions!
Lizzie Powell and Eric Zwarycz both jumped their personal bests of 12'7 and 14'9 to earn their first place finishes.
Lizzie's and Eric's interviews with Brandon Miles (Milestat)

Congratulations to all of the athletes that qualified and competed at the 2010 Indoor State Championships!  It has proven to be another successful season.

Good luck to the XH athletes that are competing at the National meets in 2 weeks!

State Preview By Brandon Miles (Milestat)

Congratulations to all of our athletes that qualified and competed in the Indoor Districts meets!

Colonial District

Capital District

Practice update for Sunday, February 7th . Practice is still on for the scheduled practice times of 1-4pm.  We look forward to seeing everyone who is able to attend.  However we ask everyone to make the best judgement call about attending practice, your safety is the number 1 concern!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

In order for XH to remain an eligible club under the USA Track & Field organization, all current and new athletes participating in club or private sessions must show proof of membership with USATF prior to participation and must have a completed release waiver on file.
Please visit www.usatf.org to sign up for a membership.  Membership fee is $20 per year.

We must receive each athletes USATF membership number no later than Sunday, January 17th, 2010. Being part of this organization is what makes it possible for Xtreme Heights to provide the proper training for all of our athletes from the surrounding areas.

Thanks for your cooperation and understanding!

Val Sr, Head Coach
Val Jr, Assistant Coach

Despite the bad weather approaching the state and threatening most of the local meets, few lucky athletes managed to compete. The first day of events at St. Christophers included both the girls and boys pole vault.
The girls field consisted of past and current Xtreme Heights athletes. Stephanie Oleson jumped a personal best of 11'7 to set a new school record and rank 12th in the nation.  Lissie Baker had a great finish for the day, with a new personal best of 10 feet.

On the boys side, we only had one competitor, Matt Hazelgren.   He continues to show his improvement not only in the pole vault, but also in the long jump with a jump of 19'11 and high jump

Matt Hazelgren jumped a personal best of 14'8" and set the meet record.
Patrick Davis jumped 10'6 and tied for 7th place.

Stephanie Oleson jumped 11'6" for the third meet in a row!
Caroline Poma placed 5th with a jump of 9'6".

"Lizzie Powell, Virginia's defending 3A state champion in the pole vault and more importantly, a cancer survivor, made her triumphant return to high school track & field on Friday in her first meet back after learning she had cancer following last May's outdoor state meet. While she is continuing to regain her endurance and strength lossed during the radiation treatment, she seemed pretty close to her top form and not rusty at all in her first meet back as she cleared 11'6" easily and made a good first attempt miss at 11'9" before missing the next two as the comfortable event winner. No competition or obstacle found at a track meet should pose as too much for the recent Virginia Tech verbal commitment to overcome after the mountain she climbed this summer and conquered this fall with the cancer in remission and Powell starting to become fully recovered."  By Brandon Miles

Girls Pole Vault
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Powell*, Lizzie              Henry, Patri          11-06.00   10   
  2 Hartt, Cayse                 Turner Ashby           9-06.00    8   
  3 Spangler, Paige              Jefferson Fo           8-06.00    5   
  3 Jackson, Erica               Glass, E. C.           8-06.00    5   
  5 Gilbert, Amanda              Jefferson S&          J8-06.00    2   
  6 Hassan, Tania                Herndon                8-00.00    1   
  7 DeFisher, Amanda             Polk County           J8-00.00  
  8 Serroka, Leigh               Westfield             J8-00.00  
  9 Stewart, Emma                Westfield             J8-00.00  
 10 Alvarez, Emily               Henry, Patri           7-06.00  
 10 Roark, Kellsey               Heritage (Ly           7-06.00  
 10 Mitchell, Savanna            Polk County            7-06.00  
 13 Shrewsbury, Sarah            Staunton Riv           7-00.00  
 13 Reilly, Meghan               Westfield              7-00.00  
 13 Roberts, Caroline            Liberty Chri           7-00.00  
 13 Roberts, Rebecca             Liberty Chri           7-00.00  
 -- DeFisher, Skyelar            Polk County                 NH  
 -- Martinez, Jackie             Westfield                   NH  

Meet Preview: By Brandon Miles
"This meet marks the return of Patrick Henry senior Lizzie Powell, 
the defending Group AAA state champion in the pole vault who has spent 
the off-season battling cancer. She will be vaulting on Friday."

It's a good start to another Indoor season!

Green Dragon Relays: Oleson clears US #2 11'6

We had several of our athletes compete in the opening week of the 2009/2010 Indoor Season.

Eric Zwarycz won the boys pole vault at St. Christophers with a jump of 14'.  This is his new personal best and the new school record!  He made a few good attempts at 14'3 to try to qualify for the Nike Indoor National meet.

Lissie Baker also jumped a new personal best of 9', along with Emily Alverez who jumped 7'6.

Caitlin Walton finally made her come back from a reoccurring injury (and Field hockey) for her first meet since last spring.  She won the girls section at St. Christophers meet, with a jump of 9'.

Justine Dutton cleared 9'6" in her first meet of the season!  This ties her personal best from last year.