Inside this issue:

STC INVITE 2

ALUMNI PHOTO GALLERY 2

COMPETING ALUMNI 3

TOP MARKS 3

OUTDOOR SCHEDULE 3

PHOTO GALLERY 4

FORK UNION TRACK AND FIELD NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER 2012—JANUARY 2013

The Blue Devils wasted no time getting an invitational win in 2013. Behind the efforts of Tyron McDade and Clyde Gross, the Fred Hardy title will remain with the hosts for another year. McDade was the winner of the high jump and a close third in the high hurdles. Clyde Gross ran a career best to win the title in the 55 high hurdles and was part of the 4x400. The distance runners were big for FUMA too, as the Lomong brothers both had podium fin-ishes in the 500 and 1000. Russ Garver ran a career best to claim fourth in the 1600. All three were back for the 4x400 where they helped FUMA to a third place. Jim Squatriglia and Richlon Freeman perhaps had the clutch per-formances for FUMA in the meet with third and fourth places in the shot put. The duo more than picked up the slack for defending champion Charlton Lar-kins who sat out with an injury. Rains Mayfield topped the performance of his brother Staton in the Fred Hardy meet with a 13’6 personal best and a sec-ond place finish. Rounding out FUMA’s 70 point total were vertical jumpers Conrad Shewalter and Brian Burton The win marks the eleventh time in the twenty-four year history of the meet that a FUMA team has won. Next year will mark the silver anniversary of an event that brought big time high school track and field to central Virginia.

MR. TRACK Sophomore Peter Lomong has had a super successful early season. At press time, Lomong, is number 5 in the 300 and 1600, number 2 in both the 1000 and 500 and is on two state leading relays. Peter also dabbled in the triple jump where his performance landed him at number 14.

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CLYDE GLIDES TO SCHOOL RECORD IN 300—36.15

Clyde Gross entered the annual Saint Chris-topher’s Invitational hoping to lower the school record in the 55 high hurdles. Unfortunately that did not happen. A Friday afternoon snow cancelled the first day of the meet and management decided to just contest the Sat-urday portion of the meet. Not to worry, Clyde Gross scorched the field in the 300 and took down a six year old record held previously by Chris Pride. Clyde’s 36.15 effort took over three tenths of a second off the previous mark. Other noteworthy performances were turned in by Peter Lomong in the 1600 and Tyron McDade in the high jump. McDade had a narrow miss at 6’6. Newcomer Collin McLellan also placed in the 300 giving FUMA added quality in the always competitive event.

IDZIAK (2012) HAS DAZZLED THE KINGS-VILLE NIGHT CLUB SCENE

JOHN TU’UTA—MISSES COACH SULLIVAN’S OFFICE

MARTIN KEINO AND DEREK ROEMER

REUNION OF FUMA LEGENDS!

WATSON PROVES SOME DO BETTER THAN OTHERS!

ALUMNI GALLERY HANEY & ZITTERKOPF

AMERICA IS IN GOOD HANDS!

THE WINGED F Page 3

TOP MARKS

SHOT PUT—CHARLTON LARKINS—51’4 3/4

LONG JUMP— TYRON MCDADE —20’0

HIGH JUMP—TYRON MCDADE—6’4

TRIPLE JUMP—TYRON MCDADE—41’2

POLE VAULT—RAINS MAYFIELD—13’6

4X800—LOMONG P, LOMONG A, GARVER, OKAAH—8:25.79

55 HIGH HURDLES— CLYDE GROSS—7.59

55 DASH—MALCOLM COOK—6.69

4X200—COMBS, CLARDY, COOK, GROSS—1:34.48

1600—RUSS GARVER—4:34.23

500—PETER LOMONG—1:08.65

1000—PETER LOMONG—2:37.56

300—CLYDE GROSS—36..15

3200—RUSS GARVER—10:02.07

4X400—LOMONG P,CLARDY, MCLELLAN,LOMONG A, 3:34.32

TRACK SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY 9TH—V.I.S.A.A. INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS—RICHMOND, VA.

FEBRUARY 16TH—VPL CHAMPIONSHIP—RICHMOND, VA.

MARCH 8-10—NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP—NEW YORK, NEW YORK

MARCH 23—BRIAN WATKINS INVITATIONAL—DUMFRIES, VA.

MARCH 28—FUMA QUAD—FORK UNION, VA.

APRIL 6—WFS INVITATIONAL—WOODBERRY FOREST, VA.

APRIL 13—GUS LACY TRACK CLASSIC—FORK UNION, VA.

APRIL 20,21—VOLUNTEER TRACK CLASSIC—KNOXVILLE, TENN

APRIL 26—LOUISA MIDDLE SCHOOL MEET—MINERAL, VA.

APRIL 26-27—MILESTAT CLASSIC—RICHMOND, VA.

MAY 4—DOGWOOD TRACK CLASSIC—CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

MAY 11—VPL CHAMPIONSHIP

MAY 18—STATE CHAMPIONSHIP—RICHMOND, VA.

DENVER WRIGHT, MICHAEL IDZIAK

IMMEDIATE IMPACT Two of FUMA’s biggest contributors from 2012 are already winning not only races but hon-ors as well. Denver Wright was the WVIAC Athlete of the week in late December on the heels of a winning performance in his first collegiate compe-tition. Wright has recorded times of 7.06 in the 60 meter dash and 22.53 for the 200 meter dash while running for Concord. He was the overall win-ner in the 200 at the Liberty Invitational in late January. Former teammate Michael Idziak was recently named Athlete of the week in the Lone– Star Conference for his 1:54 performance in the 800. He is now a school record holder at Texas A&M Kingsville.

RATS OFF TO A GOOD START

FUMA 2012 alums Avery Martin and Staton May-field are making the transition to collegiate competition very quick with solid early season performances. Martin picked up his first win as a college runner with a 2:30.27 performance in the 1000 meter run in a meet at Youngs-town. Mayfield has moved to a much bigger pole than the one he used to win a state title nine months ago. His best vault to date is a 14’5. Martin and Mayfield have but a few days left in the infamous “Rat line.” They hope…...

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