2017 AAU cross country nationals-preview

Good luck to all of our athletes ready to represent in Charlotte NC! Thunder Thunder Thunder ROAR!!!!

2017 Footlocker

Texas Thunder came home with 5 medals and a champion! Cade and Bella silver medalists, Isaiah bronze medalists, Leona and Arethea gold medalists. Arethea 10 and under Footlocker South Champion.

Turkey trot Austin

Isa 1st, Leo 2nd, Octavio 3rd in thier age groups!! Awesome job Thunder!!

NXN SOUTH

Job well done to all the Thunder athletes that competed at the NXN regional meet this weekend!

Dresses for Dreams 5K

This morning some Texas Thunder runners participated in Dresses for Dreams 5K, a race benefiting children in Uganda (about 200 runners). Cade was the overall winner and Sydney the female winner !!! A complete sweep. Wesley did great, finishing at the Top. Leo finished 7th overall with a new PR of 21'09".

Thunder at the Library

Texas Thunder is more than a track club. Coach Roddy and Jamie feels that each athlete should be able to read. Older athletes help younger athletes with spelling, writing and reading. Others read or work on homework.

Middle school meet Love Joy

Awesome job to our girls and boys that ran today in the Lovejoy meet. The course record came down multiple times for both the boys and girls. The girls won the meet by 24 points.

Best of youth track

Texas Thunder has been featured in an article as one of the top 25 running clubs for youth athletes Nationwide. Thanking God for this opportunity to be the only Texas team mentioned in the article.

https://youth1.com/track/america-runs-25-running-clubs-youth-athletes-nationwide

Texas Steeplechasers get recognized

http://tx.milesplit.com/articles/217804-texas-steeplechasers-have-success-at-aau-junior-olympic-games

Day 8 (final day)

Today, our 13 and up athletes competed in the 3000m. Most of these athletes had huge PRs. First Bella and Paige took to the track. Bella dropped 6 seconds finishing with a 6 place medal while Paige dropped 14 seconds landing her at #10 in the nation!! DaMante ran a great race in his national competition and Octavio faught his way up and won his heat dropping 23 seconds. Alexis was up next, went straight for the lead, won her heat while dropping 27 seconds from her time. Next Logan was ready for the challenge. He dropped 33 seconds from his time and landed himself a third place spot on the medal stand. Manny and Paul ran a great race in thier national races. Lisbeth laid the law down. She dropped 6 seconds and earned herself a sixth place medal. TxMile Split was proud of the 4 Texas ladies on the medal stand in the 3000.

This brought the Texas Thunder medal count to 19!!! Way to go!

Looking forward to many more successful seasons.

Day 7 wrap up

Our relays took to the track today and Amanda in the Javilin. We had 2 4*800 relays and a 4*100. Although we did not see the medal stand today, many personal records were met!! Great job to everyone. Looking forward to our last day of competition. Texas Thunder has represented Texas very well. Great job everyone!!!

Day 6 wrap up

Once again Texas Thunder came to take care of business. We started the day with the 1500 run. Leona dropped a PR and earned herself an 8th place medal. Max faught his way up and placed 5th after being spiked at the beginning of the race. Arethea ran an exciting race and placed 6th. Krianne's and Isa's race was a nail biter. Amazing PRs acheived with grit and determination, these ladies landed themselves on the medal stand. A 2nd for Krianne and 3rd for Isa. Isaiah, Journey, and Daniel faught great battles. Some PRs acheived and lessons learned. Emi placed 7th in the 80m hurdles finals!! Starla threw an amazing distance for her first national experience in the Javilin. This brought our medal total to 16!! Highest in Texas Thunder history. And we were able to take pictures and get autographs with Paul McMullen, semi-finalist Atlanta 1996. Won multiple National Championships. He attended Eastern Michigan University. 1500m PR 3:33.89.

Day 5 wrap up

Today was so full of excitement!! To start things off, our steeplechase  runners took to the track. Helen placed 4 and Lisbeth placed 6th. Abbi, Helen and Lisbeth dropped huge PRs. Paul and Manny ran a great steeplechase race. This particular race is tough and anything can happen. Way to persevere and keep fighting. Then our 800 athletes did amazing!! Leona 8th with a huge PR. She was two heats from the fastest and made it to the medal stand. Remember, always run your race and stay focused. Isaiah and Daniel did great in thier races. Arethea and Journey dropped a PR. Max was in the 2nd to fastest heat and ran his way to a 4th place. Krianne gave a fight and placed 3rd. Amanda and Emi did great in their shot put. Ianna moved from 31st to 9th in the nation in her shot put! Judah did great and Emi qualified for the finals in their 80m hurdles. This now brings the Thunder total to 10 medals so far!!

Day 4 wrap up

We had a full day of competition today. Our 13 and up 1500 runners did great, with Helen landing on the medal stand. Bella, Paige, David, and Lisbeth did an amazing job. Amanda threw a PR and Angela triple jumped in thier first national meet. Max faught hard in his 400 prelims. Looking forward to more great performances by these young athletes.

17-18 yr old 1500

Helen ran her way to the medal stand. 6th in the nation!!! Running for 10 yrs. Way to go.

Relaxing

These two young athletes are relaxing by making loom bands while waiting to watch the excitement on its way on day 4 of our Junior Olympics national meet.

Day 3 wrap up

Today has been full of excitement, success and personal records. Texas Thunder is only getting started. Blessed to be here and enjoying this caliber of competition. Krianne is All American, Isa ran an amazing race at second. Emi high jumped to the medal stand at 5th. Paige, Helen and Abbi ran great 800s. Medal count so far: 4 total, 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 5th copper. Ready for another day of track and field!!

Krianne's interview with MileSplit

http://www.milesplit.com/articles/217682/krianne-mcbride-says-more-national-titles-are-in-her-future-after-big-3000m-honor#.WX9JU5KAcl8.facebook

12 yr old girls 3000

This morning our girls rocked the stadium in the 3000 run. Krianne and Isa finished 1 and 2!!!! Krianne smashed the the national record by  6 seconds!! Way-to-go Thunder!!!!

Day 2 wrap up

Emi and Jade​ fought hard for thier ranking in the nation. Jade placed 21st in her triathlon and Emi placed 13th. Amazing job!!

Day 1 wrap up

Donald finished great with some awesome PRs. Judah placed 2 nd with an amazing back and forth race.

1st day of JOs

We have an amazing week ahead of us. Our young athlete have been training day in and day out for this competition. Go Thunder!!

2017 Regional Success!!!

Congratulations to everyone that competed at the regional meet this weekend. We had some amazing personal records set. We advanced a total of 37 athletes and came home with a total of 49 medals. I would like to   break down the qualifiers and medals by events. In the 400m we have 1 qualifier with 1 silver medal. In the 800 we advanced 7 athletes and brought home 6 medals, 2 gold, 1silver, 2 bronze. In the 1500 we advanced 14 athletes and brought home 11 medals, 5 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze. In the triathlon, 2 athletes advanced while bringing home a gold and a silver. 3 pentathlon athletes advanced bringing 3 medals, 2 gold and 1 bronze. We had 6 steeplechase athletes compete, all advanced while bringing home 3 medals, 1 silver and 2 bronze. In the 3000, we advanced 10 athletes while bringing home 5 medals, 2 gold, and 3 silver. 2 hurdlers advance with 1 gold and 1 bronze. Both 4x800 relays advance and bringing home 4 silver and 4 bronze medal. Our 4x100 relay advanced. In the shot put, 3 athletes advanced with 3 medals, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Javelin athletes, 3 advanced and came home with 1 silver medal. Silver for our triple jump athlete. We advanced 2 high jumpers with 1 gold medal. One discuss athlete advanced to nationals.

Again, congratulations to all of our athletes!

Thank you to all of our supporters

We still have some goods!

Texas Thunder Bake Sale

Cedar Park Big Lots

Thunder Athletes excel at the Manor Hawks Relays

The girls placed 2nd and the boys tied for 2nd but received 3rd via a coin toss. All of our athletes did an amazing job!!!!! Coach and I are so proud of the way our athletes performed, acted, and supported each other. The message in the picture if from Coach Roddy. 

Thunder Athletes UIL State bound!

Sending out a great big congratulations for all of our Thunder athletes that competed at their UIL regional meets. Special congratulations to Justin Zuhn and Lily West for qualifying for State with their 4x400 relays. Congratulations to Tyler Emanunuel for qualifying for State in his individual 400 with a 49.61.

USATF Indoor Championships

Hello all you track fans. We took 8 athletes to Staten Island, New York and showed out. Let me start with the primary athletes. Leona placed 5th in the 800m and 2nd in the 1500m with huge PRs. Mason placed 6th in the 1500m also with a huge PR. Arethea finished top 10 in the nation in her 800m and 1500m. Journey dropped her times in the 400m and 800m runs. DaMante also dropped time in his 800m, 1500m, and 3000m runs. Alexis dropped her times as well in the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m runs. Krianne broke the record in the 3000m and placed 2nd. Krianne broke and set the national records in the 800m and 1500m for the 11-12yr girls. Texas Thunder Track Club took a little Texas flavor to New York!!! Congratulations!

Summer Registration is going strong

Hello All track fans!!! Our Summer registration is open. Click Here to get signed up for this year.

Our youth ran in the indoor USATF Southwest Zone Championships in Houston this passed weekend. We were just informed that Krianne is the new meet record holder in the 3000m for the 11-12 yr old female!!! Congratulations to Krianne.

Great job Coach Roddy!!!!!!!! 

WHOOO HOOO. She smashed the record by 8 seconds. See official results below! She almost broke the record in the 800 also. 

All of our athletes that competed have now qualified for the national meet in New York!!

Adkins Trak Timing - Contractor License            2/11/2017 - 4:28 PM
       2017 USATF Southwest Zone Indoor Championship - 2/11/2017       
                           Yeoman Fieldhouse                           
 
Event 62  3000 Meter Run 11-12 Division Girls
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      Record: R 10:29.52  3/14/2015   Camille Napier, Track Housto     
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals  Points
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Finals                                                                 
  1   183 McBride, Krianne       Texas Thunder Track   10:21.50R       
  2   206 Gibson, Mary Kathr     Track Housto          10:58.78        
  3   132 Jalal, Ola             Family Point Speed    11:23.40        
  4   128 Bommer, Amelia         Family Point Speed    12:17.38        
  5   210 Morgan, Madison        Track Housto          12:21.11        
  6   129 Carles, Isa            Family Point Speed    13:04.90        
  7   130 Flores, Patricia       Family Point Speed    13:24.61   

2017 Summer Early Registration is now OPEN!!!

Looking forward to a great season. This is our ten year anniversary!! The first 20 athletes who officially register (signed up and paid) for the 2017 summer season will receive a specially designed tech shirt! Click here to register for the summer season.

Note from Coach at Tarelton State!!

Hey Coach,

My name is Ryan Gibson and I am the new Assistant Track and Field Coach at Tarleton State working with the Sprints, Hurdles, Jumps, and Multis.  I am in the process of recruiting for this coming Fall, and the following season as well.  I’ve heard good things about your Track Club, and have seen some great performances by some of your athletes.  So if there are any High School Juniors or Seniors that are looking to run track collegiately, please let them know that I would be interested in recruiting them to our program, and you can give them my contact information for them to get in touch with me as well (817-247-2058;ggibson@tarleton.edu).  Also please feel free to contact me anytime yourself, and I’d be happy to answer any questions or give you any information that might help you in guiding your athletes in the recruiting process.  Thank you so much for your time and help, and I look forward to hearing back from you.

-Thanks,

Coach Gibson

Tarleton State University

Assistant Track and Field Coach- Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps/Multis