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James Clemens Invitational

So, one of the fun things about this Varsity meet, was that since it was James Clemens Inaugural event, if you won your event you became the NEW MEET RECORD HOLDER!

Two of our Sparkman Senators took advantage of that! (Full Results HERE)
Over all, we finished in the points in 9 events and had 4 medal winners.
Our Boys team finished 7th and our Girls finished 10th.

Congradulations to our medal winners!

Medal winners - 2014 James Clemens Invitational.

Medal winners – 2014 James Clemens Invitational.

We also had 11 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –

  • Jasmin Jones(16th) – 100m dash
  • Dreon Johnson(10th) – 200m dash
  • Kelsey Johnson(8th) – 300m Hurdles
  • Kai Perkins(12th) – Shot Put

Boys-

  • Joseph Gaines(46th) – 100m dash
  • Riley O’Brien(70th/41st) – 400m AND the Long Jump
  • Aaron Coin(72nd) – 400m
  • Harrison Myers(66th) – 800m
  • Bailey Herfurth(4th) – 1600m
  • William Otey(12th) – Triple Jump
  • Rob Russell(12th) – Javelin

JV#3 – Scottsboro

Our next JV meet is 5pm, Tuesday March 18th, in Scottsboro.
In the football stadium (Next to Collins Intermediate School). The address is 102 Legion Dr.Scottsboro, AL 35768

From Harvest, take Highway 72 East into Scottsboro
Take Scottsboro Broad St. Exit
Turn LEFT off of ramp
LEFT after 1st Traffic Light at Collins Intermediate School (Stadium/Track off
of school parking lot)

IT WILL GET COLD AFTER THE SUN SETS! Bring appropriate coats/blankets.

Students are to follow same dismissal procedures as last week:

* S9 – 2:30 departure (Those at SHS 4th block are to leave class by 2:20 to
board bus at S9)
* SMS – 2:40 departure
* MMS – 2:50 departure

Pick up at S9 for those student-athletes riding the bus back from the meet.

The Panther Invitational

Saturday’s weather couldn’t have been much better for the usually VERY windy Milton Frank Stadium!

The results are in and it was a strong showing by our Sparkman Senators! (Full Results HERE)
We finished in the points in 7 events, had 4 medal winners and set 2 NEW SCHOOL RECORDS!

Congradulations to our medal winners!

We had TWO NEW Sparkman Records set!

We also had 14 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –

  • Jasmin Jones(9th) – 100m dash
  • Kaitlyn Williams(10th) – 100m dash
  • Briona Thomas(10th) – 100m dash
  • Dreon Johnson(10th) – 200m dash
  • Kai Perkins(11th) – Shot Put

Boys-

  • Joseph Gaines(10th) – 100m dash
  • Bailey Herfurth(10th) – 1600m AND the 3200m
  • Jake Russell(9th) – 800m, 1600m AND the High Jump
  • Otey William(11th) – 400m Dash
  • Harrison Myers(10th) – 800m
  • Will Keisor(10th) – Discus AND the Javelin
  • Rob Russell(11th) – Pole Vault
  • Riley O’Brien(11th) – Javelin

New Season and NEW Records!

The weather was perfect for Saturday’s season opener “Redcoat Invitational” at Bob Jones High School and our Senators were once again populating the winner’s podium and setting new School Records!

Unfortunately the official results as posted on Milesplit do not contain any Team scores as of this posting, so it is hard to give exact results. By my recollection though, our Women’s Team finished with 26 points led by Kelsey Johnson who scored 15 of those points. The Men’s Team scored 0f 39 points with Anthony Parameswaran accounting for 18 of those!

Redcoat Inv. Girl's Medal winners

Redcoat Inv. Girl’s Medal winners

Congratulations to our medal winners!

We had THREE NEW Sparkman Records set!

While many of our Senators were setting first-time marks, we also had 9 Senators score NEW P.R.s in this meet!
Girls –

  • Sharnell Walker – 200m Hurdles
  • Renita Vander Schaaf – 3200m (Track)

Boys-

  • Devin Edwards – 200m dash
  • Joseph Gains – 200m dash
  • Anthony Parameswaran – 3200m
  • Bailey Herfurth – 3200m
  • Will Keisor – Javelin AND Shot Put
  • Rob Russell – Triple Jump AND the Pole Vault
  • William Otey – Triple Jump

2014 State Indoor Meet – Results

The weather delayed, 2014 Indoor State Track Championships has been completed and our athletes had a good showing.

Jr – Kelsey Johnson set a New Personal Record of 10.47 in the 60m hurdles, taking nearly half a second off her old time. She finished 15th, just a half second out of the points.
In the Triple Jump, Kelsey fell just short of her school record mark of 30-01.00 with a leap of 29-06.50, finishing 19th.

Kelsey 2014 State

Kelsey 2014 State

Jr – Rob Russell improved his personal best in the Men’s Pole Vault with a NEW PR jump of 11 feet 6 inches.
This ties the Sparkman indoor record! Considering that at this time last year Rob had never tried Pole Vaulting, things are looking good.
(click here to see video of his vaults.)

Freshman Gabrielle Griner set a NEW Sparkman Indoor Record for the Girls Pole Vault with a jump of 9 feet. This was good enough for a 6th place finish and put the Sparkman Girls into the points.
(click here to see video of her vaults.)
Gabrielle finishes the indoor season as the Top Ranked, Freshman Girls Pole Vaulter in the state and ranked 14th out of all the girl vaulters 1A – 6A.

Freshman Jake Russell was unable to compete in the 800m dash on Monday due to scholastic conflicts but on Tuesday he set a NEW Sparkman Indoor Record in the 1600m with a time of 4:48.12 and finished 19th.
In the High Jump, he was unable to make the opening bar which would have been a new personal best for him but Jake completes the indoor season as the 5th ranked Freshman 800m runner in the state, the third ranked Freshman 1600m runner and the 2nd ranked Freshman High Jumper!

2014 AHSAA Indoor Track Championships!

Due to the resent winter weather, The AHSAA State Indoor Track meet HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED for Mon & Tues Feb 3rd& 4th.

This year Sparkman has four athletes representing us at that meet.

For the Girl’s –
Junior Kelsey Johnson will be competing in the 60 METER HURDLES and the TRIPLE JUMP. Her PR time of 11.07 in the hurdles is .48 seconds off of the school record but she will have to shave yet another half second off of that to break into the top 10 in this highly competitive event.
Kelsey DOES own the Sparkman School Record, in the Girl’s Triple Jump with a mark of 30′-1″ , a mark that is good enough to have her seeded 15th! To break into the top 10 in this event she will probably need to improve by a foot and a half but we think she can do it.

Freshman, Gabrielle Griner will be competing in the POLEVAULT.
Her indoor mark of 8′-6″ has her seeded 10th in this event but that mark is a foot under her Sparkman, Girl’s Outdoor Record mark of 9′-6″ which she set at the end of last season. If she can find a way to equal that mark indoors she could very well finish in the points!

For the Boys –
Junior, Rob Russell will be competing in the POLEVAULT.
His current PR mark of 11′ has him seeded in 19th. The distance between him and a points finish, is a crowded 1.5 feet but Rob has recently purchased a new pole and in practice has shown that this, School Record tying height, is within his reach.

and Freshman Jake Russell will be taking on the 800 METERS, 1600 METERS and the HIGH JUMP!
Jake currently holds the school record in the indoor 800 meters and is poised to own the record for the other two events. He is within 1 second of 1600m record and just 2 inches below Sparkman’s High Jump record.

Good luck and LET’S GO SENATORS!

2014 Ice Breaker Invitational

Our Indoor Track Squad continued to see improvement at last weekend’s Ice Breaker Invitational 5A-6A as we had 8 new PRs and a New Sparkman HS Indoor Record!

2014 Ice Breaker Invitational 4 x 400m

2014 Ice Breaker Invitational
4 x 400m

(more photos from this meet on our photo page)

For the girls, new PR’s were turned in for the 400m Dash by
Kaitlyn Williams,
Hailey Brown,
Zariah Trammell,
and Megan Robison, .

For the Boys, Rob Russell, set a new PR in the 60 m Hurdles
and Jake Russell, set THREE new PR’s. One each in the High Jump, the 1600m Run (in which he was within 1 second of a NEW school Indoor Record) and in the 800M Run in which he DID set the New Sparkman’s Men’s Indoor School Record!

Now our athletes will set their sites on preparing for the AHSAA State Indoor 1A-6A Championship at the end of this month.

Christmas Break Work-out.

Parents/Student-athletes,

Below is a guide to follow regarding workouts over the holiday break. At the
completion of your workout, please send me an email or text. Include your name,
and simply state “Today’s workout complete.”

We will meet for practice at our regular time on Friday, January 3, 2014!

I wish you all a happy and safe holiday!

N. Jones
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Goal is to complete at least 6 days of practice during the Christmas break
(Alternate between workout choices according to your respective events).

Each Practice Day:

*Warm-up (2min. jog; Plyo’s; stretch) BEFORE EACH WORKOUT

*Cool down jog/stretch AFTER EACH WORKOUT

    *Core work – 2 sets of 25ct or 25sec<(e.g. Crunches; Planks; Lateral Obliques-Feet don’t touch floor; Flutter kicks; V-SitUps- sitting and bringing arms and legs up at the same time; etc.)

Sprinters/400m Runners =
*4x100m accelerated run – Focus on increasing speed over last 50m – (25sec. rest between each); 2×200 (30sec rest between each)
Or
*Speed Endurance – 5x150m (30 sec rest between each); 4-5 pairs of shortruns (run 50m, walk 50m; Run 100m, walk 100m; run 200m, walk 200m)
Or
*150m Buildups – 50m @ 50%race pace, 50m @ 75% race pace; 50m at 100% racepace.(Improves endurance/running efficiency)
Cool down jog/stretch

Middle Distance Runners (800m/1600m)
*Four mile run 50 % race pace
Or
*8x400m @ 80% race pace(1 min rest between)
Or
*3 mile run running each mile 3 seconds faster than the previous
Long Distance (3200)
*10x 200
Or
*5 mile run increasing from 50% race pace to 100% at last mile
Or
*4 miles easy
Throwers/Pole Vaulters
*Sprint drills: 3 x 20m (15sec. rest)
And
*3×200 (30sec rest between each)
*Push ups/Core work (see examples above)

Holiday Invitational

The SHS Track Team’s season opener,

“The Holiday Invitational “

was as tough as expected.   How tough?
There were 88 athletes who turned in marks that met the “Elite” standards and 43 who were “National Elite”!
Our athletes stepped up to the challenge though and set

6 new, Sparkman Indoor Track records!

For the girls –
Jr, Kelsey Johnson set a new Sparkman Record (Indoor AND Outdoor) in the girls Triple Jump with a leap of  30′-1″. This beat the old School record by more than 3 FEET!

9th grader Gabrielle Griner set a NEW SHS Indoor Mark in the Girls Polevault with a jump of 8’6″ and finished in the points with a 6th.

Sophmore Kaitlyn Williams was edged out by her teammate, 8th grader Zariah Tramell (by just 3 thousandth of a second!) for the NEW SHS RECORD 0f 9.144 seconds in the girl’s 60 meter dash.

and 8th grader Renita Vander Schaaf set NEW SHS RECORDS for the indoor 800 meter (2:52.27) AND 1600 meters (6:11.31).

For the boys – 9th grader Jake Russell set a NEW SHS RECORD in the 800 meters (2:15.23).

Apart from the new records, several students set good “first marks” in their events and two set new PR’s.
– In the Boys High Jump, Jake Russell bettered his old mark by 4″ going 5′- 2″ and tieing for 22nd,
– Rob Russell set a new PR in the PoleVault with a jump of 11′

Magic City Invitational

Due to registration issues our kids could not compete in the season opening meet.

We look forward to seeing them in action at the Holiday Invitational!

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