2012 World Deaf Track & Field Championships Team Rosters

15 Jul 2012 USA Deaf Track & Field

WDAC (World Deaf Athletics Championships) is now underway in Toronto, Canada this week with 28 athletes and 7 officials.

This morning kicked off with an official practice for all countries at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada. Many well-known deaf elite athletes from around the world were present. Tomorrow will be the first day of competition. All results and medal tables will be available on WDAC website daily – http://www.2012wdac.org/Public/Results

The best performance list is also on that link to see where Team USA athletes stand.

The list of participating athletes and countries can be found here – http://www.2012wdac.org/Public/Participating-Countries

USADTF’s Facebook will be used frequently to inform fans the immediate results of our Team USA athletes. Make sure you click the ‘Like’ button and you will be informed up to date here .

Finally! Below are the Team USA rosters (from top to bottom):

1st row: BRAZIEL Michael, Jr., DAVIS Onyemachi, FLOWERS Darius, FORD Jonathan, FURLOUGH Delvin, GUIDON Thomas, HEMBROUGH Joshua
2nd row: KLUCAR Eric, MCLEAN Andre, NEUBAUER Immanuel, QUATROCHE II John, SAALFELD Craig, SAALFELD Michael, WINTER Kyle
3rd row: COLLINS Xylinda, COLLINS Xylonda, DAVIS JoyLisa, GRIFFITH Ashley, HAGEMAN Makenzie, JACKSON Mariah, KANG Leslye
4th row: LAFAVE Erin, MARION Crystle, POWELL Honesty, RUSSI Emily, VANDER MEULEN Janna, WEBB Saria, WILLIAMS Jasilyn
5th row: FITZPATRICK Daniel, FRANK Dave, HARRIS Brandy, PUGH Kayleen, SAALFELD Holly, SMITH Larry, WITHROW Thomas

2012 Prep Top 50 Best Performances and Awards Announced

15 Jun 2012 USA Deaf Track & Field

The USADTF review committee has reviewed and nominated winners based on the 2012 season’s top performance.

A committee has reviewed the 2012 Prep Boys and Girls Track and Field Team and Individual Honors.

After reviewing and compiling the finishes of all Track and Field events, the committee has declared the Team of the Year and Player of the Year for each Track and Field.

The winners are:

Girls:
Team of the Year: Texas School for the Deaf
Track Athlete of the Year: Lauren Morabito, Dana Hills High School
Field Athlete of the Year: Crystle Marion – St. Mary’s School for the Deaf

Boys:
Team of the Year: Alabama School for the Deaf
Track Athlete of the Year: Mohamed Kamara, Maryland School for the Deaf
Field Athlete of the Year: Antoine Nathaniel, California School for the Deaf, Fremont

For complete results and top times, information can be found through link below:
2012 Prep Top 50 Best Performances

Four WDAC Representatives for USA Team Set to Participate in NCAA Nationals

23 May 2012 USA Deaf Track & Field

USA Team athletes Darius Flowers, Leslye Kang, Erin LaFave and Eric Klucar will compete in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 24-26.

Four USA Team athletes who will participate in the upcoming World Deaf Athletics Championships (WDAC) in Toronto, Canada on July 14-21 have earned their way to the NCAA Division II and III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Four athlete representatives are: Triple Jumper Darius Flowers & Javelin Thrower Leslye Kang from Gallaudet University (Washington D.C.) and Steeplechase Runner Erin LaFave from Rochesater Institute of Technology (New York) will compete in the Division III nationals in Claremont, California. Pole Vaulter Eric Klucar of Lake Erie College (Ohio) will be the competing at the Division II nationals held in Pueblo, Colorado.

Flowers, a junior and an All-American, will be making his second trip to the nationals where he finished sixth in the Triple Jump with a distance of 15.07m (49′ 5 ½”) in 2011. His best jump in the 2012 season was measured at 14.69m (49′ 2″) which currently ranked him at 14th in Division III.

Kang, a sophomore, will be making her first trip to the nationals. Kang set the Gallaudet women’s Javelin record earlier this season with a throw of 43.98m (144′ 3″). This toss placed her fourth in Division III.

LaFave, a senior, will be making her first trip to the nationals, however she competed in the 2011 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. LaFave broke both RIT and the American record in the 3000m Steeplechase several times this season. Currently, her best time is 11:00.74, which good for the 25th best time in Division III as of May 17.

Klucar, a junior, will be making his first trip to the nationals. Klucar set a school record in the Pole Vault, going over the bar at 16′ 1 ¼” good for eighth in Division II as of May 3.

RIT Track Athlete Erin LaFave Sets American and School Record

15 May 2012 USA Deaf Track & Field

Erin LaFave’s finish in 3000m Steeplechase good for 33th in the country.

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Senior Erin LaFave broke the school record in the 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 11:09.38. The time ranked her 33th in the nation. The old school record was 11:10.40

With the record, LaFave also lowered her own Personal Record which also was both women’s American and collegiate record. The record took place at the Oneonta State May Meet in New York on May 12.

The world record for the 3000m Steeplechase is 10:34.95 held by Russian Olga Yakubovskaya set at the 2009 Taipei Summer Deaflympics.

Story can be found at the RIT website:
http://www.ritathletics.com/news/2012/5/13/WTRACK_0513120554.aspx

Three Gallaudet University Track and Field records fall at Mason-Dixon Outdoor Championships

7 May 2012 USA Deaf Track & Field

Gallaudet Women’s 400m Hurdles and Shot Put, Men’s 4x400m Relay records broken.

The Gallaudet University Track and Field team broke three school records at the Mason-Dixon Outdoor Championships in Gwynedd Valley, PA on May 5-6, 2012.

Mariah Ransom continued her stellar season, lowering her 400m Hurdles time by 0.36 seconds from 1:06.82 to 1:06.46. The older record was set at the Goucher Invitational on April 7.

Shot Put thrower Jessica Israel eclipsed Carley Lords’ seven-year-old record with a distance of 12.22m (40’ 1 ¼”). Lords at the 2005 Capital Athletic Conference Championships threw for 12.17m (39’ 11 ¼”).

The 4×400 Men relay team of Shawn Gordon-Davis, James Glenn, Michael Haynes and Darius Flowers combined for a time of 3:26.28. It was good enough to break the older record of 3.26.86 by 0.58 seconds. Rodd Gatewood, Alexander Jones, Steven Hubmer and Darrin Green held the 19-year old school record set at the 1993 Mason-Dixon Championships.

Western Oregon University Hurdler Breaks Her 100m Hurdles Record

7 May 2012 USA Deaf Track & Field

Janna Vander Meulen sets a new women’s collegiate record in the 100m Hurdles.

Janna Vander Meulen of Western Oregon University ran a 14.80 in the 100m Hurdles, breaking her older record of 14.82 set in April 2011 at the John Knight Twilight Invitational.

The accomplishment took place at the Oregon Twilight meet at Hayward Field on May 5th, 2012.

The 14.80 finish is also a women’s collegiate record previously held by Vander Meulen, and only 0.05 seconds slower than the American record held by Jennifer Body’s 14.75 set at the 1985 World Games for the Deaf.

Vander Meulen also finished with a time of 1:05.58 in the 400m Hurdles on May 4th at the Mt. Hood Track & Field festival and is a threat to break Amber Nash (Spokane Community College)’s collegiate record of 1:04.99.