Results from the Divine Child Summer Series Meet – 10Jul’24:

Remnants of Hurricane Beryl came through SE Michigan late Tuesday through Wednesday. This put the Wednesday meets in series doubt and many of our throwers decided to take a pass, especially after the CC Shamrock throws meet got cancelled the night before. Divine Child held off on deciding and the rain cleared just in time to hold their meet. Maggie pivoted to the Divine Child meet and made the most of it, hitting a new PR in discus on round 1. She went on to have a great series ([ 112' 9"  108' 3"  107' 11"  107' 2" ]). Unfortunately, an ankle injury during shot put warm-ups prevented her from getting any marks at shot.

Maggie       – 112’ 9” – discus – PR

Complete results can be found at https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/564525/results/f/1/discus.

Upcoming Track Meets (ramp up to AAU JO)

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With the AAU Regional meet behind us, it’s time to start thinking about the remainder of the season as we ramp up to the AAU National Junior Olympics. Please note the registration deadlines and don’t wait until the last minute. If you are having any issues, please let me know and I'll try to assist.

For those that qualified for the AAU National Junior Olympics, please let me know your plans for attending as soon as you can. I would like to finalize my travel plans for being down there to support our throwers. Thanks.

Hope you all have a great 4th of July!

*** We generally don’t attend this meet as a team; however, it is an opportunity for additional competition throws if you are interested. ***

Sat July 6th – Grand Rapids Invitational (Houseman Field, Grand Rapids) – Youth (shot, disc & turbo javelin)

Registration closes on July 5th!

Link: https://coachoregistration.com/dbi-bin/meetinfopage.pl?Web_Site_Id=mi_grfire&Meet_Id=grarapinv2401&Team_Id=&

Cost: $20

*** I’ll miss the July 10th meets as I have family coming in from the East Coast ***

Wed July 10th – Divine Child Summer Series (Dearborn) – All Ages (shot and discus only)

---> sign up on site in the infield (arrive at 5:00, throwing starts at 5:30)

Cost: $5

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Wed July 10th – Shamrock Throws Series (Catholic Central HS) – Ages 12+ (shot and discus only)

---> sign up on site at 3:30 (throwing starts at 4:00)

Cost: $10

Note: It sounds like the Motor City Classic meet tentatively scheduled for Sat July 13th will not be happening this year due to ongoing facility work. As a result, we’re planning to attend the Courageous Games on Sunday.

Sun July 14th – Courageous Games (Wayne State University) – Youth (shot & disc – no javelin & turbo javelin) --> please note only 3 attempts (we’ll try to get more on site)

Registration closes on July 10th

Link: https://coachoregistration.com/dbi-bin/meetinfopage.pl?Web_Site_Id=mi_courageous&Meet_Id=cougaminv2402&Team_Id=&

Cost: $20

Wed July 17th – Shamrock Throws Series (Catholic Central HS) – Ages 12+ (shot and discus only)

---> sign up on site at 3:30 (throwing starts at 4:00)

Cost: $10

Sat July 20th – Genesee Swift Invitational (Carman-Ainsworth MS, Flint) – Youth (shot, discus & javelin/turbo javelin) --> 4 attempts / no finals

Registration closes on July 19th at noon.

Link: https://coachoregistration.com/dbi-bin/meetinfopage.pl?Web_Site_Id=mi_allas&Meet_Id=genswitrac2401&Team_Id=&

Cost: $20

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If you are willing to travel and are interested in a great throws-only meet with some good competition, there will be a Hammerman USA Throws Meet in Aurora, IL on Saturday July 20th. Contact me for details.

*** As much as I would like to attend the Shamrock Throws meet on the 24th to get some competition hammer throws myself, we will likely attend the Divine Child Meet as they’ll have discus and shot as a final prep for the AAU JO. ***

Wed July 24th – Divine Child Summer Series (Dearborn) – All Ages (shot and discus only)

---> sign up on site in the infield (arrive at 5:00, throwing starts at 5:30)

Cost: $5

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Wed July 24th – Shamrock Throws Series (Catholic Central HS) – Ages 12+ (shot and hammer only)

---> sign up on site at 3:30 (throwing starts at 4:00)

Cost: $10

Sat July 27th – Sat Aug 3rd – AAU National Junior Olympics (North Carolina A&T University, Greensboro NC) --> must have qualified in top 5 at the regional meet

Registration closes on July 16th

Link: https://coachoregistration.com/dbi-bin/meetinfopage.pl?Web_Site_Id=jo_aau&Meet_Id=aaujunolyg2302&Team_Id=&

Cost: $55

Schedule: https://image.aausports.org/sports/JO_Games/2024/24-JOs-Track-Schedule.pdf

For those new to the AAU JO, this is an 8-day meet but your athlete will not need to be there the whole time (especially if they aren’t taking part in the multi-events in addition to open throws). Please see the schedule at this link to find out when they would throw. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns. This will be my 15th AAU JO & 6th trip to Greensboro for a big meet (2 AAU JOs, 1 USATF JO and 2 New Balance HS Nationals).

Club Results from the AAU Region 12 National Qualifier (Renaissance HS) – 27-30Jun’24:

It was a normal AAU Region 12 meet including the typical warts of delays, changes of event schedule, inconsistencies (4 throws vs 6 throws) and long days. We were back at Renaissance HS this year (no last-minute change of venue to Ypsilanti Community HS) and the multi-events were conducted (last year they got canceled due to bad air quality from the Canadian fires). Over the 4 days, we even got to experience a wide variety of weather (sometimes on the same day). Pouring rain Saturday morning gave way to hot, humid temperatures in the afternoon. Sunday was a bit cool (low-60’s in the morning) but gave way to a nice sunny afternoon with a high of 70 deg. Everyone did well and were ready to perform when finally called on.

Highlights from the multi-events (days 1-2) include Teegan, Zoe and Aria winning their respective age groups. Teegan had a long-awaited new PR in discus which portends to bigger things to come this summer. Aria had a huge PR in shot put (adding 4.5 feet) and Zoe had another strong showing in shot as well.

Highlights from day 3 include a double PRs from Addison (shot & jav), Emma (discus & jav) and Torran (shot & jav). Torran’s first throw at javelin put his older brother on notice (for a few minutes at least 😊)!  We had 9 regional champions. Teegan & Maggie both went 3 for 3. Joe (shot), Torran (jav) and Addison (discus) were also regional champs. Despite AAU making qualification for the JO more difficult (top 5 vs top 6 last year), our older club throwers qualified in 17 of 18 events. The only miss came in an event where the person hit a 13ft PR! Great job!

Highlights from day 4 include 3 PRs from Gabriel. We also had 3 regional champions (Gabriel in shot & javelin and Aria in shot). Gabriel won the javelin with a big 6th round come-from-behind toss! Most importantly, both of our younger club throwers placed in the top 5 (none lower than 2nd) which qualifies them for the AAU National Junior Olympics in Greensboro, NC.

Now it’s time to get back to work.

Day 1-2 (Multi-Events):

Teegan        – 6052pts – 1st place 17-18yr Decathlon (2212pts from throws)

                   – 138’ 0” – 1st place 17-18yr javelin

                  – 174’ 7” – 1st place 17-18yr discus – PR

                  – 49’ 10.25” – 1st place 17-18yr shot

Zoe            – 2545pts – 1st place 13yr Pentathlon (608pts from throws)

                 – 36’ 9” – 1st place 13yr shot

Aria            – 438pts – 3rd place 9yr Triathlon (240pts from throws)

                 – 18’ 0.5” – 1st place 8u shot – PR

Day 3:

Teegan        – 158' 2" – 1st place 17-18yr javelin

                   – 172’ 0” – 1st place 17-18yr discus

                   – 49’ 0” – 1st place 17-18yr shot

Joe             – 114’ 9” – 3rd place 15-16yr discus

                  – 41’ 11” – 1st place 15-16yr shot

Torran         – 136’ 8” – 1st place 15-16yr javelin – PR

                   – 106’ 8” – 5th place 15-16yr discus

– 39’ 7” – 4th place 15-16yr shot – PR

Emma          – 68’ 9” – 4th place 17-18yr javelin – PR

                   – 109’ 10” – 2nd place 17-18yr discus – PR

– 32’ 0” – 2nd place 17-18yr shot

Addison       – 66’ 10” – 6th place 15-16yr javelin – PR

                   – 96’ 7” – 1st place 15-16yr discus

– 31’ 11.5” – 2nd place 15-16yr shot – PR

Maggie       – 107’ 9” – 1st place 13yr discus

                  – 42’ 3.5” – 1st place 13yr shot

                  – 88’ 6” – 1st place 13yr 600g javelin

Zoe            – 34’ 7” – 2nd place 13yr shot

Day 4:

Gabriel        – 71’ 11” – 2nd place 12yr discus – PR

                  – 35’ 5.5” – 1st place 12yr shot – PR

                  – 85’ 0” – 1st place 12yr 400g turbo javelin – PR

Aria            – 15’ 10” – 1st place 9yr shot

Complete results can be found at https://live.dlprotiming.org/meets/38793 or

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/565378/results.