Hannah Cunliffe Phoenix Invitational !00m Midget Champion
Those of you that love youth track and field probably already know about Coach Michael Cunliffe, Hannah Cunliffe and the Seattle Speed track team. One word describes this team of champions FAST….Very FAST.
I had a chance to briefly chat with Coach Michael about his team couple of days ago and he said they are looking forward to the experience and competitive level showcased here in SoCal this weekend. Coach Michael has a deep passion for track and field done in excellence.He believes in good foundational training and skill acquisition at every step of development. From the looks of it, it has paid off big time over the past year of team Seattle Speeds inception and this championship season promises much more.
To bring those of you up to speed on “Seattle Speed” and some of their athletes accomplishments here are the highlights.
- Samuel Cunliffe (Hannah’s brother) world record holder for 10 yr old boys in the LJ 5.15 meters 16′-10.75″ inches – set in flagstaff on Feb 24th 2008 note: he did this prior to his 11th birthday. He will be a sub-midget this year
- Cameron Retherford (midget) 80m Hurdles 12.60 (this year) 12.54 in 2007 – which was 4th at USATF 07 JO’s, 17′ LJ 5th in the country at USATF 07 JO’s
- CeCe Jackson (sub-youth) 100m hurdles 15.28 eliteyouth 11th – 200m hurdles 29.20 eliteyouth 11th. She was ranked #1 in 07 in the pentathlon and got hurt and was unable to compete at nationals. She isa favorite going into Detroit to win the pentathlon for sub-youth girls
- Quincy Bannister (midget) 12.39 100 meters 08 at Phoenix Invite – currently 6th on eliteyouth – 25.82 at the same meet currently 13th on eliteyouth
Khalil Howse (midget) 12.54 100 meters 08 at Phoenix Invitational
- Midget boys 4×100 51.59 – Phoenix Invite 08 – currently 3rd on eliteyouth (they are were missing their 2nd leg, so Coach is hoping the time will improve this weekend with him back in there)
- Alex Luera (midget) javelin 134’5″ Rainier Beach Invite May 3rd – currently 8th on eliteyouth, new mark would have him at 5th
- Chris Halamek (sub-midget) shot put 34′-11″ currently 13th on eliteyouth
- JaShaun Agosto (sub-midget) middle distance 800, 1500 and mile. 2:25.01 800 last week at a city meet. 5:05 1500 at Phoenix he did these while focusing on basketball. He ran a 4:47 mile for the crew of ABC News found here http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4424970 This was unofficial of course but it was faster than the 11 yr old world record in the mile of 4:55
- Jonny Locher (Youth) 11.52 Seattle city meet 08 100m 19′-9″ LJ RB Invite May 3rd 08
- Gavin Robertson (bantam) 14’8″ LJ 08 Seattle city meet. AAU primary champion ’06 in the LJ – #1 in 07 but missed his check in for the event.
Coach Michael says he has been training a few more newer athletes on his team, that are promising to perform well this weekend too… All I can say is Wow… And I can’t wait to see what the weekend holds. Good luck and I will see you all in attendance tomorrow bright and early…
Until Then
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