This Sunday's (July 11) practice will be held on Friday, July 9th.

Happy 4th of July everyone!

There will be no practice today. We're off celebrating Independence Day and Little Val's wedding :-)

Congratulations to all of the athletes who competed in the 2010 Outdor Season!

8 of the Xtreme Heights athletes qualified and competed at the 2010 VA AAA/AA Outdoor State Meet.

 

AAA State Meet Girls
Lizzie Powell	1st place	12'6	State Meet Record
Sydney Hobart	5th place	11'
Stephanie Oleson	6th place	10'6
Caroline Poma	8th place	10'
Haley Sellers	-	NH

 

AA State Meet Girls
Justine Dutton	1st place	11'6
Aby

 

AAA State Meet Boys
Matt Hazelgren	1st place	15'6
Eric Zwarycz	8th place	13'6
Lucas Grim	11th place	12'6

 

Girls Pole Vault - Defending state champion and meet record holder Lizzie Powell (pictured right by John Herzog) of Patrick Henry returns one year later as the state record holder at a height of 13’3” and cancer survior to improve upon her 12’3” victory in 2009. Powell is followed by two other Central Region vaulters in Stephanie Oleson at 12’7” and Cameron Overstreet who can both best the current state meet record and also set the stage for state championship battles for 2011 when both return for their senior seasons. It could the first time in the meet’s history to see three vaulters over 12 feet.

Boys Pole Vault - Expect the unexpected in this event, but likely a champion to come from a group of four in Northwest Region champion and state leader Matt Hazelgren of Stafford at 15’7”, Central Region champion and indoor state champion Eric Zwarycz of Mills Godwin at 15’2”, Northern Region champion Matt Hoogland of Lake Braddock at 15’0” and top junior vaulter Chris Pillow of Atlee at 15’0”. Hazelgren was the favorite and top seed at the indoor state meet, but went out early to open up the door for Zwarycz’s unexpected win. Hazelgren will be looking for state meet redemption with an outdoor state title.

Please join us to celebrate the 2010 High School graduates and the end of the outdoor season: 

ALL Xtreme Heights athletes are invited!!!

The party will be hosted by the Powells.

Sunday,  June 6, 2010
1:00 p.m.

Sundays practice will be held from 4-7pm
 
Very casual, Bring bathing suits,  lawn chair,
covered  dish if you can
weather permitting
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This is Lizzie’s  18th Birthday
and one year since her diagnosis
AND
Her High School Graduation  from Patrick Henry
ALSO
Harrison (Lizzie's brother) has Graduated  from
The University of Virginia

11136 Old Telegraph Rd
Ashland, VA  23005

Jack McDowell 2nd - 12'

Rebecca Karp 1st - 10'
Taylor Miller 2nd - 9'
Meredith Armstrong 3rd -  8'6
Lissie Baker 4th - 8-6

Stephanie Oleson 1st - 12'7 - PR - School Record
Justine Dutton 2nd - 11'
Hayley Sellers 3rd -  9'6
Emily Alvarez 5th - 8'
Malika Davis 7th - 7'6

Eric Zwarycz 1st - 15'2" - PR - School Record

Stephanie Oleson 1st - 12'
Lizzie Powell 2nd - 12'
Sydney Hobart 3rd - 10'3
Caroline Poma 5th - 9'9

Matt Hazelgren 2nd - 14'3
Eric Zwarycz 3rd - 13'9

1 Powell, Lizzie -13-03.00 PR, School Record, State Record

2 Oleson, Stephanie 12-00.00

3 Hobart, Sydney - 10-06.00

3 Poma, Caroline - 10-06.00

5 Sellers, Haley - 9-06.00

6 Williams, Claire 9-00.00

7 Alvarez, Emily 8-00.00

8 Lackey, Austin - 7-06.00

-- Davis, Malika - NH

 

Boys Pole Vault

1   Zwarycz, Eric - 14-00.00

-- Chewning, Tripp Mills Godwin 8-00.00 NH

 

Justine Dutton 1st - 11'
Caroline Poma 2nd - 10'6
Abby Killough 4th -9'

Eric Zwarycz 1st - 15' PR, School Record

Caroline Poma 6th place in Tripple Jump - 32'04"

BRINKLEY GIVES RAMS THIRD STRAIGHT CAA WEEKLY HONOR

RICHMOND, Va. – Any time you can head into a championship with some momentum, it’s a very good thing.

That’s exactly what the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s track & field squad is doing after senior Kevin Brinkley (Richmond, Va.) picked up the team’s third straight Colonial Athletic Association weekly honor.

After breaking a school record in the pole vault for the second straight week, Brinkley was named CAA Field Athlete of the Week.
“The one word to describe Kevin is reliable,” Head Coach Julian Spooner said. “As a coach, it’s great to have an athlete that you know will always be in the discussion to win an event and that’s exactly what Kevin does every week in the pole vault”

This past weekend was no different as Brinkley lined up against some of the best in the country at the prestigious Penn Relays. He cleared 16’ 6 ¾” to break the school-record for the second straight week. It also equaled the height of LSU’s Thomas Reinecke and Joseph Caraway, but a jump off placed the senior third in the event.

Brinkley and the Rams will now look to bring home VCU’s first conference title since 2006 at the CAA Championships this weekend, hosted by George Mason University.

Kevin Brinkley 1st - 4.95m
Wes Sun 3rd - 4.80m
Patrick Dietrick 9th - 4.20m

Stephanie Newing 4th - 3.55m
Colleen McGlade 6th - 3.40m

 

Lizzie Powell first girl in Virginia to jump 13 feet.

Kira Barcus of Xtreme Heights was the first girl in Virginia to jump 12 feet back in 2001.

Lizzie Powell 1st - 13'  PR, School Record, State Record
Stephanie Oleson 2nd - 10'6"
Justine Dutton 3rd - 10'
Haley Sellers 4th - 9'6"
Emily Alvarez 7th - 8'
Malika Davis 8th - 7'

 

Lizzie Powell 1st 12'6
Stephanie Oleson 2nd - 12'
Haley Sellers 6th - 9'
Lissie Baker 8th - 9'
Taylor Miller 11th - 8'
Emily Alvarez 14th - 7'
Malika Davis 14th - 7'

Eric Zwarycz 4th - 13'
Tristan Schimaski 16th - 10'

Matt Hazelgren 13th - 14'3"

Stephanie Oleson 9th - 11'1"

Kevin Brinkley 3rd - 16'6.75" PR

Justine Dutton ran the 4x100 meter relay for Caroline County High School

2010 Gus Lacy Track Classis was held at Fork Union Militay Academy.

Summer Shepherd 5th - 9'6"
Taylor Miller 7th - 8'6"
Lissie Baker  7th - 8'6"
Meredith Armstrong 9th - 8'

Eriz Zwarycz  2nd - 13'6"
Tristan Schimaski 15th - 9'6"

Congratulations to all of our athletes that qualified and competed at either the National Scholastic Indoor Champtionship or Nike Indoor Nationals!

 

National Scholastic Indoor Champtionship
Erix Zwarycz - 7th - 14'6"
Lizzie Powell placed 6th - 12'5.50" Finals               12'6.75" Prelims
Stephanie Oleson placed 11th  - 11'5.75" Finals     11'11.75" Prelims
Sydney Hobart tied for 24th  - 10'6"
Lissie Baker - NH

Nike Indoor Nationals
Matt Hazelgren - 21st - 14'2.5"

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!

1st	Eric Zwarycz	14'9	School record and PR
4th	Matt Hazelgren	13'6
5th	Jared Eastman	13'	Personal Record by 2 feet
9th	Josiah Brunson	12'	Personal Record by 1 foot

 

1st	Lizzie Powell	12'7	State Record, Facility record, School record and PR
3rd	Stephanie Oleson	11'6
7th	Caroline Poma	10
9th	Sydney Hobart	9'6
9th	Summer Shepherd	9'6
9th	Haley Sellers	9'6
	Caitlin Walton	NH	*Injured

State Preview By Brandon Miles (Milestat)

 

 

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

Colonial District

1st	Lizzie Powell	11'7"	Meet record
2nd	Sydney Hobart	9'
3rd	Morgan Dickie	8'6"
5th	Evelyn Harper	7'6"
6th	Emily Alvarez	7'0"
9th	Malika Davis	6'0"

 

1st	Eric Zwarycz	13'6
4th	Cha Ray	10'
6th	Trip Chewning	7'6"

Capital District

1st

Stephanie Oleson

12'0"

Meet record

 

 

 

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

Nice article about Kevin Brinkley of VCU.

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.

Girls Pole Vault
1.	Stephanie Oleson	Henrico	11'7"
2.	Lissie Baker	Saint Catherines	10'0"
3.	Rebecca Karp	Norfolk	9'0"
4.	Taylor Miller	Saint Catherines	8'6"
	Emily Alverez	Patrick Henry	NH
	Summer Shepherd	Albemarle	NH
	Sarah Adams	North Stafford	NH

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

Boys Pole Vault
1.	Matt Hazelgren	Stafford	14'6"
2.	Philip Parmly	Form Union	13'6"
3.	Scott Ellwood	Atlee	12'6"
4.	Wigginton	Saint Chris	12'0"
5.	Matt Thompson	Atlee	12'0"
6.	Brian Ketchem	Lee-Davis	11'6"
	Angus Strayhorn	Gar-field	NH
	Jason Arias	Norfolk	NH

 

 

 

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
=======================================================================
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
=======================================================================
  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.