These are some of our coaches. There are 11 coaches involved in the Spring program.
Coach Eddie, Coach Roger, Coach Bill are coaches for the 8 & 9 years. Coach Rob who also coaches this group is not in the picture.
Coach Ava is one of the coaches for the 5 /6 & 7 year olds. Coach Veronica and Coach Malcolm, also with the little ones, are not in the picture.
These are our some of our dedicated coaches who give of their time, their experience and their skills with patience, diligence and caring.
Thank you Coaches!
So we finally got almost all of the Spring coaches together in one picture. This was taken at the end of season Pizza party. Coach Roger left early!
We had an awesome season ending with a parade at the Championship meet on Saturday May 26th. These are some of the kids walking with the team banner at the parade.
It’s time again for our Mile Grand Prix – Athletes have a choice of 4 mile races during the spring/summer season. Marathon weekend mile, Bellmore Striders July 4th mile, Massapequa Mile & Farmingdale Mile. Run any 3 of these, be a USATF member and you qualify for the Grand Prix
These are 5 of our runners who completed the 1st of their 3 mile races. For some, the next race is the Bellmore Striders July 4th mile!
Mikhaila, Alex & Anthony hanging at start line with 2 of our parents, who also ran the mile, and County Official
While the milers were busy at Eisenhower Park our 9 year olds were at Mitchel Field having fun at PAL’s Saturday morning track meet. They just completed the 4 x 100 relay and are proudly displaying their 2nd place ribbons. Way to go girls!
The XC Season has come to a close for our athletes.
To wrap up the season, 7 of our athletes ran today in the Rob’s Run 5K in Stillwell Woods Park in Syosset. Beautiful weather for running and a tough course, but our athletes were awesome and did a great job!
Anthony – 23:54.7 Leanna – 23:18.3
Brendan – 24:00.0 Mikhaila – 26:02.1
Nicholas – 24:50.3 Hallie – 30:12.2
Ian – 31:56.4
Anthony & Nick Boys’ team at the start
Girls on the start line
Leanna, Nicholas and Hallie were all 3rd in their age group. The boy’s team of Anthony, Brendan, Nicholas & Ian were 4th.
Bellmore’s 2017 XC team had their first meet on Saturday 21st at Gardiner’s County Park in Bay Shore.
It was a Youth 2K race for all ages. There were hay bales as part of the course which made it even more exciting.
Our new athletes got an idea of why they have to work hard at practice. They all did an awesome job.
The USATF Long Island Association XC Championships is up next. It will be at the same Park on Sunday, November 5th. Top 25 athletes in each age group and gender qualify for the Regional Championships being held in Rhode Island on November 19th!
Bellmore PAL athletes had a great time at the Massapequa Mile on Sunday, August 6. Personal Bests was the order of the day. The tired but happy group at the finish line
Anthony was 2nd in his Ryan was also 2nd in his
age group age group
Alex Brendan
Mikhaila & Lana
Next mile race for the team is on September 2nd at the Main Street Mile in Farmingdale!
These are 5 of our runners who completed the 1st of their 3 mile races. For some, the next race is the Bellmore Striders July 4th mile!
Girls on the start line
Good luck to our awesome athletes!!
2017 XC team at the meet on Sunday
Top finishers in their age group.
The tired but happy group at the finish line
