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.