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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. |
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