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PRESS RELEASE May 11, 2008
RE: 2008 Gliders Spring Classic & Inaugural Race of Champions
The Central Florida Gliders held its 17th Annual youth and open & age group track meet at Lake Brantley High School this past Saturday. This year the meet was attended by over 700 athletes throughout Florida.
In its Inaugural Race of Champions, there was an exceptional performance in the women's open 100 meters by Octavious Freeman of Lake Wales High School. She set a new meet record of 11.63 which ranks her 12th in the nation. Brianna Frazier 400 meter state champ from Raines High School ran a 12.03 and Tatiana Fisher from Oakridge HS ran a 12.11. 4A state champion Meagan Martin of Lake Mary won the women's pole vault with a performance of 11’ 7" while Andrew Layhe of Lake Brantley, the 4A pole vault champion, jumped 15'1". Noah Thompson was runner up with a jump of 14 feet and Logan Vanhouteghem was third with a jump of 13 feet. Another 4A state champion, Ariel Cavazos from Osceola HS won the women's long jump in 17'9''. Kayla Funderburk broke the meet record in the Open 400m Race of Champions with a time of 57.30 at the Gliders Meet, a Freshman at Lakewood High School. On the men's side, Leon Covington ran an impressive 10.3 in the men's Open 100 meter dash. Additionally, there were several meet records broken in the youth division. Complete results can be found at www.cfgliders.com, www.flrunners.com or www.coachO.com
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PRESS RELEASE March 5, 2008
RE: Central Florida Gliders Spring Track Classic on May 10th
Mark you calendar for the 17th Annual Spring Track Classic with on-line registration and Finish-Lynx timing. We have added some dedicated competition for the high school athletes and request that you inform the high school coaches in your area. We will also continue to feature the Parents & Coaches Relay.
As in previous years, we continue to give the first place winners a special award as well as Gold, Silver & Bronze medals. Ribbons will be given to the 4th, 5th, & 6th place finishers. With the help of certified officials, we pride ourselves in running this meet on time and efficiently as possible.
Online entries will be processed through www.coachO.com and the system is now set up to receive entries which will be capped at 1000 athletes so get your entries in as soon as possible. Information brochures have be sent out to all registered track clubs in the state and the entry information about the Gliders Spring Classic can also be found on our web site: www.cfgliders.com.
Look forward to seeing you at the track!
Craig Wise Meet Director (407) 682-1368
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01/07/08
PRESS RELEASE RE: High School Multi-events Competition & “Race of Champions”
To help revive and promote two areas of high school track, the Central Florida Gliders Track Club and Lake Brantley High School will offer a multi-event competition and a “Race of Champions” meet specifically for high school athletes. This will be a meet where all the high school state champions in the different classifications will compete against each other in an end-of-the-season race the weekend following the high school state track meet.
This meet will be an opportunity to revive and create more interest in the multi-events this year and hopefully will lead to a few more scholarships for our athletes. In past years the multi-events used to be a state high school event at the end of the season and then a decade ago it was discontinued. The multi-events competition is open to all high school athletes from Florida and the Southeast United States. On Saturday, May 10th the first day of the multi-events will take place with the second day being held on Sunday, May 11th.
The Race of Champions competition will be on Saturday afternoon (field events) and Saturday evening (running events) right after the annual Gliders Classic Track Meet. The competition will be in select events this first year (100m, 400m, 1600m, 100m & 110m hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot put and pole vault) and then expanded next year to possibly include all the events.
Invitations will be extended to the following:
We appreciate your support and your help to increase Florida’s prominence as a leader in high school track. If you are interested in being a volunteer for this meet, please contact coachwise@hotmail.com. All entries will be processed through www.coachO.com. For entry info, please visit: www.cfgliders.com or contact coachwise@hotmail.com. ###
PRESS RELEASE Re: AAU Cross Country National Championships December 1, 2007
Today, 22 athletes from the Central Florida Gliders Track team competed at the 2007 AAU National Cross Country Championships held this year in cold weather on the flat, rocky course at the Virginia Beach Sports Complex in Virginia Beach, VA. The Gliders were honored with 2 Gold Medal Team Championship titles; 8 individual medallists; and a Silver Medal second place finish by Brandon Marquez of Orlando in the sub-bantam boys division.
For the Bantam Boys Gold Medal team, Jerod Fuller finished 6th with a time of 11:07; Max Robinson finished 7th with a time of 11:08; Jose Torres finished 19th with a time of 11:22; Chris Pioche finished 22nd with a time of 11:41; Mathew Clapp finished 30th with a time of 12:27; and Jack Dey finished 56th with a time of 12:44.
For the Youth Boys Gold Medal team, William Bridges finished 7th with a time of 13:10; Daniel Dey finished 19th with a time of 13:53; Daniel Millay finished 32nd with a time of 14:29; Joshua Boggs finished 36th with a time of 14:42; and Michael Melendez finished 38th with a time of 14:50. Other medallists for the Gliders were Peter Licari who finished 9th in the sub-youth boys division and Brenda Villarreal-Acevedo who finished 22nd in the primary girls division.
Additionally competing for the Gliders was Mia Wilson in the girls sub-bantam division; Amanda Cooksey and Caroline Jackson in sub-midget girls division; Stephan Fasold in the sub-midget boys division; Giovani Villarreal in the sub-youth boys division; Melissa Marquez in the youth girls age division; and Ryan Dey & Michael Moeller in the young men’s division. In all, an impressive showing by the Glider athletes against some of the best youth runners in the United States. Complete results can be found at www.aausports.org and www.cfgliders.com
Coaches: Felix Acevedo, Mark Robinson and Craig Wise ###
Press Release November 12, 2007
Re: Central Florida Gliders Academic Scholarship Program
Today, the Central Florida Gliders Track Club awarded scholarships to four (4) Glider students in college and graduate school totaling $1,200:
Steve Christian Law student FAMU Law School Dafina Wise Medical Student Wayne State University Kamal Wise Senior FAMU MBA Program Gerald Christian Senior FAMU
More information about the Gliders running and community outreach program can be found on the web site: www.cfgliders.com.
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