2022 XC wrap up

Our cross country season was a great success. All athletes that competed in the qualifying meet punched their tickets to nationals and did amazing. This was their first time competing on the USATF national stage.  Everyone came home with personal records and Liz Brasil came home with some hardware. 

Congratulations to all of our Texas Thunder Athletes. 

Great start to 2022 Cross Country

This your cross country has begun on a great foot! Everyone is doing a great job and we have seen great improvement. Our younger ones are making a name for themselves. Our middle school and high school athletes are representing their schools well and putting into place all of the awesome training and lessons taught by our Texas Thunder Coaches! 

Special Story - From a wreck to track.

 Hello Track and Field Lovers. In this article, we are highlighting Arethea Roddy.

This young lady has many national medals. She has set records since the age of 7 and enjoys the  track.

The week before her 14th birthday she had a great time with friends and her sisters.

Then right before her 14th birthday (June) she was out getting her nails done with a

friend at a local nail shop. Out of the blue a car came crashing through the

nail salon right through the wall of windows at Arethea. It flung her chair across the room.

Crashed into the salon employee and her friend. The car then proceeded to hit

Arethea again and push her chair into the wall. God had a hand on her. She was taken by

ambulance to the hospital to check on her injuries. Her leg was sore and full of glass.

After weeks of physical therapy she was released to try to run track again.

She qualified for the AAU Junior Olympics (end of July)

in the pentathlon, open high jump, and 4x800 relay. She brought home a medal! Then

came her high school cross country season. She was not able to do the type of base

training needed during the summer due to the accident.

She worked hard and had a successful season.

Entering with excitement into her Indoor season this year. As a freshman, she is trying

to navigate training schedules and extra curricular schedules.

She is an avid participant in FFA and her school theater program.

This brings us to her Texas AM indoor performance in the 800.

She received a lifetime PR and is ready to take on the next opportunities full force.

Why Texas Thunder

Jacobi Washington Explains 

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Texas AM HS Classic.

 

Texas AM HIgh School Classic. Our athletes this year have over come a lot to get here. The pandemic has been a true trial and these athletes are dedicated. This is a two day meet and day 1 went great. 

Texas Thunder Indoor Season

 Wow!! Indoor is here and we are enjoying watching these athletes prepare for there season. The indoor season is a time for athletes to shake off the cobwebs and get back to competition. 

What is indoor season?

In the south, most teams practice outside and compete indoor during December, January, and February, 

More prestigious meets are held at the beginning of March. AAU and USATF nationals, NASAF, New Balance, and many more.

Experienced athletes understand the indoor season helps prepare them to reach PRs and break records during their out door season. 

Looking forward to a great season.

Thunder Cross Country is in full swing!

The Texas Thunder athletes have been doing an amazing job this season. Even after having to stay in quarantine last season. It has been a pleasure to watch these young athletes compete and regain their legs. They have competed in a few local meets and a few in the Houston area. They will be competing at the  Footlocker meet at the end of the season. We also want to send a congratulations to all of our middle school and high school athletes representing their schools with hopes to make it to the next level. 

Our next season will be our indoor season and we are looking for to it. 

Summer 2021 is here!

Texas Thunder has been Blessed to be running during this time. We welcome back the rest of the teams in gearing up for summer track! We had a great early meet this weekend and our athletes did amazing. We had some first time athletes, some personal records, and we brought home the hardware! 11 Gold, 8 Silver, and 3 Bronze. Looking forward to a great season. 

2020 Cross Country Succes!

There are two young ladies I would like to highlight from Texas Thunder Track Club. 1st Emma Wade, an 8th grader, 2nd Isa Conde Frankenberg, a freshman. 

These two young ladies embraced and conquered their cross country seasons. 

Emma Wade is an 8th grader in LISD at Styles Middle school. She won all of her races, was district champ and dropped amazing times in her 2 mile races. 

Isa Conde Frankenberg is a freshman in LISD at Cedar Park High School. She was always in the top 3 finishers her entire season, low 17’s in her 5k races, and was crowned the 5A state champion. 

Both of these young ladies have great work ethic and embraced the process with Coach Roddy to help them reach their goals. We are very excited to see what their future holds. 

Kicking off our winter series!

What an amazing Saturday for running. The weather was great, sun shining and a cool breeze. Texas Thunder came with a genre but definitely left their mark on the meet. These young athletes dropped some great times as they would home to be running some indoor meets. Nonetheless, everyone is so happy to be able to compete and old in to their skills. Looking forward to what the next month bring for such an awesome team. 

October 17th last FEAST meet

We are so proud of these athletes today! Everyone ran a great race! These young Thunder athletes work hard each and every day. They are upstanding students and role models for other student athletes. The weather today blanketed Thunder runners with cloudy skies and cool temperatures allowing them to run hard and bring home PRs and hardware. Trusting Coach Roddy’s training and guidance helped them achieve their goals. Way to go!! Can’t wait to see more of these Thunder athletes. 

Cross Country Success

Texas Thunder athletes showed up and  showed out taking the meet by the horns! The day was overcast with a few sprinkles and these young aspiring athletes flew through this 2 mile trail. Our 5-6 graders started off with huge PRs and collected hardware. Marc won the race. Esai and Leona had an amazing battle coming down the home stretch. Madisyn, Wesley, and Sasha dropped time and let the competition know they were there to race.  Then the 7-8th grade stations hit the course. These young ladies shook up the competition and brought home hardware. Emma, Leilani, Arethea and Annabelle continued to push to the next level and continued the Texas Thunder medal collection. Then the final race of the day was tackled by our 7-8th boys Christian and AJ. These young men worked there way through the competition to hit PRs and are ready for  more competition. Looking forward to see these amazing athletes at the Texas vs World meet next week. 

Middle School 2 mile

Wow!! What an amazing meet today for the Texas Thunder middle school athletes. Our girls and boys had a great first cross country race of the season. These young athletes just competed on the track last week and then brought their talents to the XC course. Looking forward to the progress and PRs coming their way. 

 

High School 2mile - Anna Maier

 

We are so excited to introduce this young lady to the cross country high school world. She jumped in there with the top group with out hesitation and trusted her training with Coach Roddy. She lost her shoe after mile one but did not quit. Continuing to fight the entire time, finished at a 14:39!!! She beat her best time a minute and twenty seconds! Keep up the great work and dedication!!! Go kill your high school season! 

Consistency is key

Our world is upside down and inside out right now. The one things these kids know, is that Coach Roddy and Texas Thunder is here for them. Offering 3 different practice times helps keep the groups small and helps everyone feel safe. This allows the athletes to continue to train, gain speed, and reach their goals. We cannot control the ever changing policies of today in dealing with the pandemic, but this team is doing a great job at keeping it ‘normal’ at the track. 

2020 1st meet domination

Texas Thunder Track Club ventured out this weekend to compete. Masked up and ready, these athletes did an amazing job. Texas Thunder represented in almost every event possible with only a handful of athletes. The sprinters were hungry for competition and ate up the track in the 60, 100, and 200. Mid-distance Texas Thunder athletes showed up and showed out. First meet of their season due to the Pandemic, but you wouldn’t know it. Texas Thunder came and looked very comfortable on the track while leading the way.  3000 and 1500 was the playground for Texas Thunder athletes. Looking forward to seeing them continue to bring it to the table. 

Track Coaches bring something special to the table!

Day in and day out there are track and field coaches out there helping athletes of all sports get better and reach their goals. Track coaches teach discipline and respect beyond the sport. Athletes working under the specialized track coach, gain life lessons that lead them through situations they didn't know they would encounter. I have seen Coach Roddy of Texas Thunder Track Club drive all over to train athletes. He coaches elementary age athletes to professional adults, the novice to the elite.

The athletes depicted above are high school football players and NFL picks, professional baseball players, youth basketball players, etc. They have become unstoppable with adding the special ingredients track and field adds. The strength of the lungs, the understanding of the body, and the ability to combine the knowledge with the skill allow these athletes to reach levels beyond imagination. 

AAU Junior Olympics 2018

Late entry: For all athletes aspiring to go the the JOs this year, check out this article about Texas Thunder Track Club last year.

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Welcome to Summer 2019

Our Summer season is off and running. We are still taking sign ups. We are looking forward to an amazing season. We have a great schedule set up and can't wait to end the season at the National Junior Olympic Meet in North Carolina at the North Carolina A&T University. For all athletes who are aspiring to qualify for this meet should book and hold a hotel room as they are going quickly. Good luck to all athletes that are still running for their schools and have qualified to move on to the next level.

AAU XC District meet update

We are looking at the course for the meet and may have to change some of the routes due to the water level of the lake. We will update these on our website if necessary. Looking forward to a great battle tomorrow!