Texas Stallions Track Club Blog

Stallions end Season on High Note

Lavoxkeia Jumps a Personal Best for a spot on the podium

Spring, TX, August 14, 2011. The Texas Stallions Track Club competed this past week in the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Twenty-Four boys and girls from the Stallions stable took part in the event representing Spring, Klein, Tomball, The Woodlands, and Conroe.

Medals were awarded to the top-eight finishers in each event by age group.  Among the hundreds Junior Olympic Medalist, the Gulf District Bantam Girls Long Jump Silver Medalist, Lavoxkeia Carnes snagged a medal for her 5^th place finish in the Bantam Girls Long Jump with a personal record of 13’7.75 inches. She is the reigning Champion of the Bantam Girls Gulf District and West Texas National Qualifier in the 100m and 400m Dash. “I am so proud of her” said Head Jumps Coach Amesha Forward, “I knew she had it in her!”

Although she did not make it to the podium, at the Junior Olympics the Krimmel

Tre'Neice in the Sub-Youth Girls Triple Jump

Intermediate Triple Jump Record Holder and Gulf District Silver Medalist , Tre’Neice Elder just missed medaling by inches, finishing 13^th in the Sub-Youth Girls Triple Jump with a season best jump of 31’9.5”.

The Stallions also ended the season with two athletes on the Elite Youth All-American Honor Roll, Lavoxkeia Carnes in the Long Jump and 400m and Devauncia “Dee Dee” Frank in the Bantam Girls 1500 Meter Race Walk. Dee Dee is the Gulf District’s Bronze medalist in the Bantam Girls Shot Put and 1500 Race Walk. The two ladies were also part of a Trio which included Gabrielle “Gabby” Jenkin that captured the Bantam Girls Age Division Championship

Dee Dee stretches it out in the Bantam Girls Race Walk

at the Louisiana Governor Games in June, Where Dee Dee and Lavoxkeia medaled in two events and Gabby won the Bantam Girls 800m Run in a what was a very exciting race.

Other Stallion Junior Olympians representing the Stallions are:

• Alyssa Honora – Long Jump
• Brittany Collins – 400M
• Brendan Hurley – High Jump
• Christian Goodman –800M
• Christopher Collins -  800M, 4x400M Relay
• Derrick Rogers – 4x400M Relay
• Devancia Frank – Shot Put & 1500 Race Walk
• Diamond Butler – 400M, 200M & Long Jump
• Dominique Rogers – Long Jump
• Elijah Wright – 1500M & 800M
• Gabriel Goodman –3000M & 800M
• Gabrielle Jenkin – 800M
• Joseph Wiltz –Shot Put & Discus
• Kaitlin Kirkwood – Discus & Shot Put
• Lamont Grow – 400M Hurdles  & 4x400M Relay
• Lavoxkeia Carnes – 100M, 400M & Long Jump
• Morgan Wiltz –1500M Race Walk & Shot Put
• Nicole Honora –Shot Put & Discus
• Taejha Badal- 400M, 800M & Long Jump
• Tahj Jones – 800M
• Tamia Badal- 800M, 400M & Long Jump
• Taylor Jones – 1500M & 800M
• Tre’Neice Elder- Triple Jump & Long Jump
• Troi Bryant – 400M & 4x400M Relay

A youth Track and Field Club, the Texas Stallions are based in Spring Texas with athletes from Spring, Klein, Conroe, Houston, schools districts and the surrounding North Houston area. Registration is now open for Cross Country. The first practice will be on August 29, 2011. If you are interested in being a part of the Texas Stallions team please contact our registrar Vasha Campbell at (832)-415-0568 x105 or email texas.stallions@yahoo.com. The Stallions season was made possible in part by our sponsors Shell Houston Open, ExploreSpring.com, Hind Team Sports, LeadBusters, and YMB Construction & Remodeling.

About the Texas Stallions Track Club

The Texas Stallions Track Club, Inc is a non-profit corporation that is sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Gulf Association and the USA Track and Field (USATF) Gulf Association youth track programs for boys and girls from ages 4 to 18 years old. Our track club is dedicated to the development of youth track and field athletes in the North Houston area. Our objectives are: to challenge our youth through track and field, and to strive for excellence in every life endeavor; to teach fundamental track and field principles that will equip youth athletes with the skills to compete on a national level; To develop the minds and bodies for future leadership athletic training and discipline; and to develop a spirit of competitiveness that will foster a desire to always strive for excellence. Our website is located at http://www.texasstallions.org.