The Lord Truly Bless me with the Velocity Track Club Family! On July 14th to the 17th, we participated in the 2021 AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Club National Championship at Satellite Beach, Florida. Pertaining to our team performance and the team coming together after the meet, this was the best Outdoor National Championship I attended. There were approximately 3,000 athletes registered for this event. Teams from throughout the United States, plus teams from the Bahamas, Canada and Puerto Rico were in attendance. This was the hardest competition we faced all year! Reviewing the performance list prior to the competition starting, Velocity was slotted to win approximately 10 medals. Medals were given to the top 8 individuals and relays in their event. Our athletes peaked at the right time! I believe it was a combination of the training, family and friends traveling to Florida to support them and the Lord Blessings. They surpass the performance list and earn 24 medals (1- Gold, 5 - Silver, 5 - Bronze, 3 - fourth place, 5 - fifth place, 3 - sixth place, 1- seventh place and 1- eighth place medals). Plus, we had 21 athletes broke their PR (personal record) according to Athletic.net.The following athlete’s medal: Savannah B, Silver medal in Shot Put, Lyon Achigbu, 7th place medal in the 400 meters. Madison Scott, 6th in the Shot Put. Brianna Burrell, Bronze medal in the Long Jump. Shyenne Blake, 4th in the Long Jump & 6th in the 80 meter hurdles. Candice Palmer, Gold in the 3000 meter Race Walk. Xoan Achigbu, 4th in the 1500 meter run. Romel Barrett 5th in the 1500 meter run. Steven Monegro, 4th in the 200 meters and 8th in the 400 meters. Hannah Deflorimonte, Brianna Burrell, Shyenne Blake and Savannah Minter won Silver medals in the 11/12 years girls 4x100 meter relay. Saniah Caldwell, Kenese Irish-Bramble, Royana Murray and Talia Dixon won 5th place medals in the 13/14 years girls 4x400 meter relay. Saniah Caldwell, Kenese Irish Bramble, Candice Palmer and Talia Dixon won Bronze medals in the 13/14 years girls 4x800 meters relay. The following athletes broke their personal record: Savannah B, Lyon, Aarali, Madison, Brianna, Hannah, Kaylin, Shyenne, Kenese, Candice, Royana, Saniah, Talia, Kenia, Saggi, Xoan, Romel, Zuriel, Steven and Justin. If this was a basketball game, the coach will give the game ball to an athlete that was the MVP of the game. However, we had many MVPs, but if it was a basketball game, the game ball will 12 years old Shyenne Blake, she is the only athlete that won medals in three events: 80-meter hurdles, long jump and 4x100 meter relay. Congratulations to all athletes. After the meet on Saturday, we had a pool / pizza party and Sunday, we went to Aquatica Water Park. |
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