Daniel started off the day with a car trip from Harrisburg, Pa. to Greensboro, N.C.
They stopped in Va. to have lunch at a rest stop.
Daniel takes the time to smell the flowers before he continues on his journey to Greensboro.
Tuesday July 24, 2013
This is the day that Daniel was in the USATF National ceremony in Greensboro N.C. You see here a short videos of Daniel in this ceremony. Region 2, the reason of the USATF Outdoor program that he represents is about to take the track in a procession around the track to their seats in the stadium. He is getting his picture taken with high school children from Rochester, N.Y. Daniel, over the last 4 years have made many friends around the country and seems to be very popular in the USATF organization.
You can see all videos of the full National Meet by going to USATF.TV on your computer.
Parade of Participants - Opening Ceremony
Coach Andrew Lofton later informed me that Daniel was with the other three members of the St. Luke Spirit Track Club. Daniel did not stay for the full program because he had to get back to the hotel to prepare for his 800 Meter Run, the following morning. The speakers included the Mayor of Greensboro and the head of the University of North Carolina. The University uses these type of events to recruit the top track and field people to the university.http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45365&mgroup_event_id=463&do=videos&video_id=96912
Torch Lighting - Opening Ceremony - USATF Junior Olympic National
Wednesday July 25, 2013
Daniel ran in the Semi-Finals of the 800 Meter Run with a time of 2 Minutes, 59.23 Seconds. He completed the race in 25th Place.
Wednesday July 25, 2013
Daniel ran in the Semi-Finals of the 800 Meter Run with a time of 2 Minutes, 59.23 Seconds. He completed the race in 25th Place.
Daniel on the left, Darnell in the middle, and Coach Lofton on the right is analyzing Daniels moves in the past race to determine what can be done to fix his performance.
Coach Andrew Lofton and Grand Father Darnell L. Williams immediately started analyzing his results to make changes in his running style for his 1500 M run on Sunday July 29, 2013. The biggest problem found was the use of his arms. That was nothing new to me but it was not welcomed by his coach. I spent Thursday in a light practice with Daniel trying to correct the problem. I asked Daniel where he got that wrong running style. He told me that it came from one of his video games. Anyone who knows me by now can guess that I went off like an 8 day alarm clock!
Saturday July 28, 2013
800 Meter Run 7-8 Boys =================================================================== Nat'l: N 2:35.23 6/10/2012 Elijah Porras, Falcon Talons JO Meet: J 2:37.53 7/30/2011 Kyle Watkins, Myrtle Beach Name Year Team Prelims H# =================================================================== Preliminaries 1 Outar, Jaden 05 04-South Dad 2:40.79Q 4 1:16.908 (1:16.908) 2:40.785 (1:23.877) 2 Page, Tristan 05 12-The Wings Tc Inc 2:42.37Q 3 1:21.054 (1:21.054) 2:42.366 (1:21.312) 3 Young, Jake 05 04-Creekview 2:43.95Q 1 1:21.242 (1:21.242) 2:43.946 (1:22.704) 4 Smith, Stone 05 06-Mobile Ci 2:47.61Q 2 1:23.818 (1:23.818) 2:47.601 (1:23.783) 5 Legg, Braxton 05 14-Unattached 2:43.71q 3 1:18.800 (1:18.800) 2:43.707 (1:24.907) 6 Carter, Nicholas 05 12-Texas Storm TC 2:43.98q 1 1:22.303 (1:22.303) 2:43.976 (1:21.673) 7 Parker, Joshua 05 04-Premier A 2:44.90q 3 1:21.176 (1:21.176) 2:44.891 (1:23.715) 8 Levy, Caleb 05 07-Waukegan 2:45.09q 4 1:20.019 (1:20.019) 2:45.088 (1:25.069) 9 Pretre, Justin 05 14-Palo Alto 2:46.10q 4 1:20.077 (1:20.077) 2:46.092 (1:26.015) 10 Fields, Dakoda 05 15-Bay Citie 2:46.64q 3 1:19.762 (1:19.762) 2:46.635 (1:26.873) 11 McGee, Michael 05 16-Tri-City 2:47.42q 1 1:21.617 (1:21.617) 2:47.418 (1:25.801) 12 Williams, Korrye 05 12-Mainland 2:49.17q 2 1:25.630 (1:25.630) 2:49.162 (1:23.532) 13 Kraft, Tristan 05 16-Tri-City 2:51.83q 2 1:22.231 (1:22.231) 2:51.823 (1:29.592) 14 Johnson, Jelani 05 01-Metro Eag 2:52.18q 3 1:29.040 (1:29.040) 2:52.179 (1:23.139) 15 Shigg, Seth 06 15-Los Angel 2:52.39q 1 1:21.359 (1:21.359) 2:52.383 (1:31.024) 16 Brown, Aaron 05 01-Metro Eag 2:52.56q 4 1:25.443 (1:25.443) 2:52.553 (1:27.110) 17 Parks, Jason 06 10-Unattached 2:53.31 1 1:22.359 (1:22.359) 2:53.309 (1:30.950) 18 Oshodi, Fazl 05 02-South Jer 2:53.60 4 1:20.866 (1:20.866) 2:53.597 (1:32.731) 19 Howerton, Keith 05 09-Eastside 2:54.68 3 1:23.347 (1:23.347) 2:54.680 (1:31.333) 20 Gonzales, Estevan 05 10-Wicked TC 2:55.60 3 1:23.182 (1:23.182) 2:55.597 (1:32.415) 21 Elam, Daron 05 15-Los Angel 2:56.50 4 1:23.219 (1:23.219) 2:56.500 (1:33.281) 22 Lawrence, Landen 05 13-Unattached 2:56.92 2 1:30.414 (1:30.414) 2:56.917 (1:26.503) 23 Martin, Chance 05 06-United So 2:57.16 1 1:22.431 (1:22.431) 2:57.160 (1:34.729) 24 Nowell, Hunter 05 15-Blazin Ga 2:58.28 2 1:26.579 (1:26.579) 2:58.278 (1:31.699) 25 Tulloch, Daniel 05 02-St Luke S 2:59.23 4 1:29.566 (1:29.566) 2:59.229 (1:29.663) 26 Cozzi, Michael 05 07-Elgin Sha 3:01.31 3 1:22.688 (1:22.688) 3:01.303 (1:38.615) 27 Davis, John 05 10-Do Right 3:01.75 1 1:22.485 (1:22.485) 3:01.747 (1:39.262) 28 Salazar, Isaac 05 10-Albuquerq 3:02.62 3 1:26.513 (1:26.513) 3:02.611 (1:36.098) 29 Jones, Brandon 06 02-East Allegheny 3:04.11 2 1:24.688 (1:24.688) 3:04.105 (1:39.417) 30 Boykins, Caleb 05 04-Mt Pleasant TC 3:09.89 4 1:35.421 (1:35.421) 3:09.884 (1:34.463) 31 Robertson, Nicholas 06 01-Team Spor 3:13.44 1 1:35.286 (1:35.286) 3:13.434 (1:38.148) 32 Chaney, Rakim 06 07-Golden Eagles TC 3:13.71 1 1:26.271 (1:26.271) 3:13.707 (1:47.436) 33 Koo, Jiwan 05 03-Southwest 3:20.03 2 1:37.464 (1:37.464) 3:20.028 (1:42.564) 34 Becker, Ryan 06 08-Minnesota Speed 3:24.87 3 1:36.442 (1:36.442) 3:24.866 (1:48.424)However, Coach Andrew Lofton of the St. Luke Spirit Tack Club called me Wednesday afternoon and told me that Daniel advanced to the 800 M finals because of several complaints about the way this race was communicated to parents and coaches. I really don't understand what the problem is because in NCAA and under World Olympic Rules, if you miss the race, you miss the race. People are going to have to learn how to follow the rules starting at the 7 and 8 Division of USATF.
Saturday July 28, 2013
Boys 7-8 800 Final Heat 2 - USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field
Daniel has on #1
Daniel reported to Coach Lofton at 1:30 PM and checked in with race officials by 2:00 PM. He was in one of three heats for the timed finals for the 800 Meter Run. His time was 2 Minutes, 57.82 Seconds which placed him 29th in the nation in the 800 Meter Run. As soon as the 7 and 8 Division race was over the stands were cleared for a severe thunder and lighting storm. We just made it under the bleachers before the heavy rain came down.
800 Meter Run 7-8 Boys =================================================================== Nat'l: N 2:35.23 6/10/2012 Elijah Porras, Falcon Talons JO Meet: J 2:37.53 7/30/2011 Kyle Watkins, Myrtle Beach Name Year Team Finals H# =================================================================== Finals 1 Page, Tristan 05 12-The Wings Tc Inc 2:33.73N 4 1:13.833 (1:13.833) 2:33.726 (1:19.893) 2 Jones, Miles 06 14-3m TC 2:33.79N 4 1:15.913 (1:15.913) 2:33.790 (1:17.877) 3 Williams, Korrye 05 12-Mainland 2:38.16 3 1:17.706 (1:17.706) 2:38.151 (1:20.445) 4 Smith, Stone 05 06-Mobile Ci 2:38.79 3 1:18.112 (1:18.112) 2:38.781 (1:20.669) 5 Outar, Jaden 05 04-South Dad 2:39.75 4 1:13.747 (1:13.747) 2:39.747 (1:26.000) 6 Young, Robert 05 02-Comets TC 2:41.15 4 1:17.027 (1:17.027) 2:41.149 (1:24.122) 7 Legg, Braxton 05 14-Unattached 2:42.03 4 1:17.446 (1:17.446) 2:42.029 (1:24.583) 8 Parker, Joshua 05 04-Premier A 2:43.13 4 1:18.086 (1:18.086) 2:43.122 (1:25.036) 9 Fields, Dakoda 05 15-Bay Citie 2:44.59 4 1:19.003 (1:19.003) 2:44.585 (1:25.582) 10 McGee, Michael 05 16-Tri-City 2:44.69 4 1:17.892 (1:17.892) 2:44.684 (1:26.792) 11 Levy, Caleb 05 07-Waukegan 2:44.98 4 1:18.432 (1:18.432) 2:44.972 (1:26.540) 12 Lawrence, Landen 05 13-Unattached 2:45.81 2 1:24.100 (1:24.100) 2:45.802 (1:21.702) 13 Pretre, Justin 05 14-Palo Alto 2:45.84 4 1:18.589 (1:18.589) 2:45.836 (1:27.247) 14 Gonzales, Estevan 05 10-Wicked TC 2:45.96 2 1:20.999 (1:20.999) 2:45.960 (1:24.961) 15 Young, Jake 05 04-Creekview 2:46.05 4 1:19.285 (1:19.285) 2:46.045 (1:26.760) 16 Carter, Nicholas 05 12-Texas Storm TC 2:46.08 4 1:17.862 (1:17.862) 2:46.074 (1:28.212) 17 Brown, Aaron 05 01-Metro Eag 2:47.56 3 1:23.062 (1:23.062) 2:47.551 (1:24.489) 18 Oshodi, Fazl 05 02-South Jer 2:48.21 3 1:19.356 (1:19.356) 2:48.203 (1:28.847) 19 Kraft, Tristan 05 16-Tri-City 2:48.30 3 1:21.911 (1:21.911) 2:48.297 (1:26.386) 20 Howerton, Keith 05 09-Eastside 2:50.12 3 1:19.782 (1:19.782) 2:50.113 (1:30.331) 21 Johnson, Jelani 05 01-Metro Eag 2:51.83 3 1:22.091 (1:22.091) 2:51.827 (1:29.736) 22 Davis, John 05 10-Do Right 2:52.36 2 1:20.961 (1:20.961) 2:52.351 (1:31.390) 23 Shigg, Seth 06 15-Los Angel 2:53.25 3 1:19.878 (1:19.878) 2:53.247 (1:33.369) 24 Martin, Chance 05 06-United So 2:54.56 2 1:25.571 (1:25.571) 2:54.554 (1:28.983) 25 Arumugam, Aakash 06 14-Blazin Ja 2:54.99 2 1:21.845 (1:21.845) 2:54.989 (1:33.144) 26 Nowell, Hunter 05 15-Blazin Ga 2:55.41 2 1:25.434 (1:25.434) 2:55.410 (1:29.976) 27 Parks, Jason 06 10-Unattached 2:56.17 2 1:26.746 (1:26.746) 2:56.168 (1:29.422) 28 Elam, Daron 05 15-Los Angel 2:56.31 2 1:22.447 (1:22.447) 2:56.301 (1:33.854) 29 Tulloch, Daniel 05 02-St Luke S 2:57.82 2 1:27.425 (1:27.425) 2:57.815 (1:30.390) 30 George, Khaje 05 01-Zodiacs T 2:58.86 1 1:28.742 (1:28.742) 2:58.852 (1:30.110) 31 Robertson, Nicholas 06 01-Team Spor 3:01.20 1 1:29.012 (1:29.012) 3:01.194 (1:32.182) 32 Boykins, Caleb 05 04-Mt Pleasant TC 3:03.06 3 1:28.716 (1:28.716) 3:03.055 (1:34.339) 33 Jones, Brandon 06 02-East Allegheny 3:07.87 2 1:30.132 (1:30.132) 3:07.870 (1:37.738) 34 Chaney, Rakim 06 07-Golden Eagles TC 3:10.38 1 1:30.584 (1:30.584) 3:10.376 (1:39.792) 35 Koo, Jiwan 05 03-Southwest 3:12.45 1 1:31.428 (1:31.428) 3:12.445 (1:41.017) 36 Salazar, Isaac 05 10-Albuquerq 3:13.36 2 1:31.100 (1:31.100) 3:13.357 (1:42.257)
Sunday July 29, 2013
Daniel was waken at 6:00 AM, fed a breakfast, and clerked in at 8:00 AM at Aggie Stadium. He ran the timed final for the 1500 Meter at 5 Min. 57.17 Sec. finishing 22nd in the United States.
USA TV Video with Daniel #2. Daniel's parents Damine and Stephanie was not at the track but watching the race live from their home in Swatara, Pa. on USA TV.
1500 Meter Run 7-8 Boys =================================================================== Nat'l: N 5:18.52 6/23/2012 Elijah Porras, Falcon Talons JO Meet: J 5:24.34 7/31/2011 Paul Holyfield, Valley Unite Name Year Team Finals H# =================================================================== Finals 1 Jones, Miles 06 14-3m TC 5:11.00N 2 55.833 (55.833) 2:21.962 (1:26.129) 3:50.264 (1:28.302) 5:10.999 (1:20.735) 2 Legg, Braxton 05 14-Unattached 5:19.98J 2 58.170 (58.170) 2:24.698 (1:26.528) 3:54.467 (1:29.769) 5:19.974 (1:25.507) 3 Smith, Stone 05 06-Mobile Ci 5:22.72J 2 59.573 (59.573) 2:25.186 (1:25.613) 3:54.752 (1:29.566) 5:22.718 (1:27.966) 4 Levy, Caleb 05 07-Waukegan 5:34.23 2 56.556 (56.556) 2:25.030 (1:28.474) 4:03.408 (1:38.378) 5:34.229 (1:30.821) 5 Parker, Joshua 05 04-Premier A 5:36.82 2 59.648 (59.648) 2:35.910 (1:36.262) 4:11.623 (1:35.713) 5:36.811 (1:25.188) 6 Brown, Aaron 05 01-Metro Eag 5:36.84 2 59.259 (59.259) 2:36.724 (1:37.465) 4:11.063 (1:34.339) 5:36.840 (1:25.777) 7 Perry, Chase 05 16-Tailwind TC 5:37.25 2 1:00.828 (1:00.828) 2:33.980 (1:33.152) 4:08.384 (1:34.404) 5:37.248 (1:28.864) 8 Carter, Nicholas 05 12-Texas Storm TC 5:37.80 2 57.885 (57.885) 2:29.569 (1:31.684) 4:06.806 (1:37.237) 5:37.794 (1:30.988) 9 Kraft, Tristan 05 16-Tri-City 5:38.14 2 58.651 (58.651) 2:32.642 (1:33.991) 4:07.638 (1:34.996) 5:38.136 (1:30.498) 10 Oshodi, Fazl 05 02-South Jer 5:39.38 2 57.217 (57.217) 2:32.948 (1:35.731) 4:08.114 (1:35.166) 5:39.371 (1:31.257) 11 Lawrence, Landen 05 13-Unattached 5:39.64 2 1:00.734 (1:00.734) 2:35.696 (1:34.962) 4:12.346 (1:36.650) 5:39.636 (1:27.290) 12 Julian, Eli 05 16-Salisbury 5:40.51 2 1:01.171 (1:01.171) 2:34.703 (1:33.532) 4:08.711 (1:34.008) 5:40.506 (1:31.795) 13 Gonzales, Estevan 05 10-Wicked TC 5:41.63 2 58.504 (58.504) 2:32.824 (1:34.320) 4:09.140 (1:36.316) 5:41.624 (1:32.484) 14 Howerton, Keith 05 09-Eastside 5:42.96 2 58.911 (58.911) 2:33.109 (1:34.198) 4:10.758 (1:37.649) 5:42.954 (1:32.196) 15 Parks, Jason 06 10-Unattached 5:44.14 1 1:04.321 (1:04.321) 2:39.646 (1:35.325) 4:15.293 (1:35.647) 5:44.139 (1:28.846) 16 Young, Jake 05 04-Creekview 5:47.17 2 57.897 (57.897) 2:30.695 (1:32.798) 4:10.662 (1:39.967) 5:47.169 (1:36.507) 17 Nowell, Hunter 05 15-Blazin Ga 5:48.75 1 1:03.989 (1:03.989) 2:40.065 (1:36.076) 4:17.718 (1:37.653) 5:48.750 (1:31.032) 18 Arumugam, Aakash 06 14-Blazin Ja 5:51.67 1 1:05.874 (1:05.874) 2:41.787 (1:35.913) 4:19.854 (1:38.067) 5:51.666 (1:31.812) 19 Tubbs, Gabriel 05 12-Mainland 5:52.71 1 1:02.141 (1:02.141) 2:39.060 (1:36.919) 4:15.554 (1:36.494) 5:52.706 (1:37.152) 20 Allen, Kemar 06 10-Blazers TC 5:52.82 1 1:05.030 (1:05.030) 2:42.884 (1:37.854) 4:21.016 (1:38.132) 5:52.817 (1:31.801) 21 Martin, Chance 05 06-United So 5:57.14 1 1:03.579 (1:03.579) 2:40.438 (1:36.859) 4:22.891 (1:42.453) 5:57.136 (1:34.245) 22 Tulloch, Daniel 05 02-St Luke S 5:57.17 1 1:07.399 (1:07.399) 2:45.629 (1:38.230) 4:25.735 (1:40.106) 5:57.164 (1:31.429) 23 Sleight, Joshua 05 04-E-1 TC 5:57.46 2 1:01.017 (1:01.017) 2:38.211 (1:37.194) 4:18.502 (1:40.291) 5:57.459 (1:38.957) 24 Harris, Tarik 06 03-Track Express TC 6:01.58 1 1:06.028 (1:06.028) 2:48.190 (1:42.162) 4:27.700 (1:39.510) 6:01.573 (1:33.873) 25 Gheorghian, Kaiden 05 22-Unattached 6:01.68 1 1:04.622 (1:04.622) 2:42.705 (1:38.083) 4:25.387 (1:42.682) 6:01.672 (1:36.285) 26 Cozzi, Michael 05 07-Elgin Sha 6:05.54 1 1:04.634 (1:04.634) 2:44.131 (1:39.497) 4:26.779 (1:42.648) 6:05.535 (1:38.756) 27 Green, Jemmel 06 03-Woodlawn 6:08.60 1 1:08.141 (1:08.141) 2:47.305 (1:39.164) 4:28.011 (1:40.706) 6:08.596 (1:40.585) 28 Gheorghian, Geoffrey 05 22-Unattached 6:11.82 1 1:09.059 (1:09.059) 2:49.337 (1:40.278) 4:31.526 (1:42.189) 6:11.816 (1:40.290) 29 Strong, William 06 03-Fairfax P 6:13.01 1 1:08.467 (1:08.467) 2:51.550 (1:43.083) 4:34.879 (1:43.329) 6:13.007 (1:38.128) 30 Koo, Jiwan 05 03-Southwest 6:20.28 1 1:10.144 (1:10.144) 2:59.061 (1:48.917) 4:45.397 (1:46.336) 6:20.272 (1:34.875) 31 Boykins, Caleb 05 04-Mt Pleasant TC 6:21.77 2 1:07.653 (1:07.653) 2:57.745 (1:50.092) 4:44.530 (1:46.785) 6:21.770 (1:37.240) 32 Johnson, Bryce 05 05-Northwest Tc Inc 6:27.27 1 1:09.617 (1:09.617) 2:55.967 (1:46.350) 4:44.795 (1:48.828) 6:27.261 (1:42.466) 33 Ogden, Nathan 05 05-New World Tc Inc 6:30.97 1 1:08.995 (1:08.995) 2:59.601 (1:50.606) 4:53.516 (1:53.915) 6:30.962 (1:37.446) 34 Peddle, Jack 05 02-New Jerse 6:31.04 1 1:09.945 (1:09.945) 2:58.662 (1:48.717) 4:51.292 (1:52.630) 6:31.031 (1:39.739) 35 Golmon, Jonathan 05 33-Unattached 6:35.49 1 1:08.316 (1:08.316) 2:43.623 (1:35.307) 4:46.966 (2:03.343) 6:35.483 (1:48.517)
Next Week Friday August 2, 2013
Daniel will run in the State Games at Bishop McDevitt High School near Harrisburg, Pa. starting with the 1500 Meter at 1:00 PM. He will return to do the 400 Meter at 10:30 AM Saturday as well at the 800 Meter Saturday afternoon at 1:00.
The New Bishop McDevitt Stadium in Lower Paxton, Pa.
The "State Games of America" is the last outdoor track and field meet for the year and the end of his 8 and under career. Daniel starts his Cross Country activities at the end of August that will end with USATF Cross Country in November and December of this year.
Why are we doing this?
Daniel has been running in USATF Indoor, Outdoor, and Cross Country for 4 years. Short term he is meeting people from all over the United States and beyond. He is learning early about other people and cultures. Daniel is learning how to believe in himself by achieving objectives that he can see now. He is also learning how to compete with and against others.
Sports is not an end in itself. In 10 years at the rate of his progress and with his education, he can achieve a full paid scholarship to learn a skill or profession so that he could make a good living. After achieving his BS, he will be in a very good position to achieve an MBA and a Doctorate if he feels like it. These things can be achieved easily even after I am dead and gone from this Earth.
While many children are on the streets doing nothing and getting into trouble, Daniel is kept off the streets doing something productive. Some people say that we are living our lives through Daniel. OK, let's say we are. We are developing him so that when he becomes a man he will be able to carry himself with good self esteem, living any life that he wants to live. So yes, as a family member we are living our lives the way we want him to live. Hopefully, he will live his life through his children as well and so on and so forth!
