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About Us |
Founded in the spring of 2001, the New Fairfield "Flash" Track Club is a non-profit community
organization of middle school-age student participants and adult volunteers from New Fairfield and Sherman. The Flash
is a member of the American Track Federation (USATF) and is not directly affiliated with the New Fairfield Schools or
New Fairfield Parks & Recreation. Our coaches and organizers are volunteers. We do this for the love of the sport and
of the children of our town.
Spring is our track and field season and fall is our cross-country season. Practices
consist of fitness training, skill learning, and team building. Meets include team events (against local schools & clubs)
and open events (individual competitions and championships). All 6th through 8th-grade boys and girls are eligible to
participate regardless of experience or ability. We have no cuts and no bench - everyone competes!
The "Flash" is
sponsored by the New Fairfield Community Service Club, Community Thrift Shop and New Fairfield Jaycees. Their support
has allowed the team to order equipment; pay entry fees and registration; reserve bus transportation; buy awards and
secure insurance coverage.
Parents should alert coaches if their child is injured or cannot participate in meets.
We also encourage and need parent volunteers for help in club organizing, meet officiating and coaching/teaching.
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Flash History
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2001 Track Season:Founded on April 9; nine kids at first practice and five competing at first “Invitational” meet
(Future Stars Classic in White Plains). Started with hand-me-down Union Carbine shirts then to donated white t-shirts.
Ended with 35 members; 2-7 record; sweep of O’Grady Relays youth race; eight athletes qualified for Hershey State
Championships; won several individual and relay titles at Connecticut Junior Olympic (JO) Finals; team pool party. |
2001 Cross Country: Summer Run & Swim program introduced; individual victory at first meet
(Wilton Invitational); 25 team members; gray team sweatshirts; posted winning records for boys and girls; ended with
strong showing at State Middle School Championships & JO Finals. |
2002 Track Season: Volunteer program with local Special Olympians;designed signs to assist in track
maintenance; purple team uniforms;stopwatch/printer. Over 60 athletes; hosted middle school relay event --first ever in
the state; undefeated season; qualified 22 athletes for Regional Jr. Olympics, including first regional champs. Lake party
tradition begun. |
2002 Cross Country: 30 distance runners; undefeated girls team; won the Wilton Invitational;
four medalists at Wickham Meet; 5th-place trophy at State Championship Meet -- including individual finishes of 2nd, 3rd &
13th-place. |
2003 Track: 7-1 record; reset many team records; Regional Junior Olympic title for boys relay;
and five girls competing in the National Youth Championships; introduced purple team tent; “Gym Bag” fund-raiser. |
2003 Cross Country: Record 40 XC members; boys won Wilton Event; first-ever boys individual winner;
girls team goes 15-1-1;top seven finishers at Brewster Invitational; fourth medalist at State Middle School Championships;
purple “Flash” caps; bake sale fund-raiser. |
2004 Track: Over 80 members; 7-2 record; reset most team records, including nearly all relays;
Garden State Classic in Roselle, NJ; boys- third place at Woodbury Invitational; girls- second place; won boys & girls
race at O'Grady Relays; hosted local Hershey Meet for Park & Recreation, state runner-up in Hershey Finals. |
2004 Cross Country: Won two Wilton Invitational divisions; girls won Bear Classic (Brewster);
participated in NY Novas Relays in the Bronx; State medalist for fourth-straight season; added long shorts for boys;
Nike shoe donation; first losing XC season (boys 5-7). |
2005 Track: 10-1 record; tested gold uniforms; affiliated with NFHS Unified Sports; kept O’Grady win
streak alive; boys took 3rd-place at Woodbury Meet; won both Future Stars 4x800s; record 11 national Jr. Olympic
finalists; gym locker raffle; Doug Feser joins as assistant coach. |
2005 Cross Country: Undefeated boys team; one loss for girls; t-shirt design contest; purple sock;
won Wilton/Bethel/Brewster invitationals; first boys All-Staters (3)… 8th at State MS Meet; first XC national qualifier. |
2006 Track: Fifth Anniversary Dinner; “Flash Day” in New Fairfield; purple coaches jackets; set O’Grady
youth record; participated in Transy East (NJ) Meet; Woodbury: boys- 2nd,girls 3rd; boys 4x800 relay ranked top 10 in
U.S.; record seven national participants; first national Hershey finalist; joint JO team with Fairfield Woods; new track
referendum passed; Flash members participate in Nutmeg State Games; first Flash Scholarship to Laura Simons. |
2006 Cross Country: New head coach- Doug Feser; new track at NFHS; shoe donation by Road &
Track Sports; joint JO team with FW and Wilton; boys bantam JO course record; first national XC participant; first
officer selected. |
2007 Track: Track club is incorporated; Jill Perry joins as assistant coach; standing registration sign;
first Moonlight Meet … Flash win both races; first boys Hershey finalist; national JO participant in California. |
2007 Cross Country: New head coach- Jill Perry; Boys won Wilton, Ridgefield & Port Chester
Invitationals; first losing record for girls(9-22). |
2008 Track: Geoff Nelson joined as assistant coach; Designed new track sign; blue warmup suits;
won Moonlight, but lost O’Grady for first time; first Middle School Championships; 11 teams at Relay Meet; hosted
Hershey District Meet; new awards in post-season; summer track workouts. |
2008 Cross Country: Off-site runs at Ciaiola & Pootatuck; team “pow-wows”; Boys won Wilton; Girls &
Boys swept Rye Invitational … boys course record; boys midget JO course record; 4th-place individual at boys Middle School
Championship; first boys (3) participate in national JO meet. |
2009 Indoor: 12 athletes on winter team; weight training with Rebels & snow runs; local meets at
Newtown Youth Academy; New Haven Youth Classic; CT JO indoor meet; East Zone JO meet. |
2009 Track: Formed Western Connecticut Conference with Wilton, Newtown, Fairfield Woods,Schaghticoke,
Whisconier and Jockey Hollow; record 93 participants; best record ever 13-0 … WCC Team Champions; 12individual & two relay
league champs; two state champions at MS Meet; Relay Meet programs… sold shirts & snacks; record number (13) to JO
Nationals. |
2009 Cross Country: Helped form XC team at Green Chimneys; purple bandanas & wet-fit shirts;
boys won Golden Eagle Invitational (Trumbull); Youth Nationals. |
