Daniel at the 2013 Outdoor Development Meet

 Daniel is wearing his Albuquerque, New Mexico championship sweat shirt as he holds up his three ribbons from his track meet this morning in Philadelphia, Pa.  

Daniel the 8 year old Flash started his 2013 USATF Mid-Atlantic Association Outdoor Season. The meet took place at Lincoln High School in northern Philadelphia, Pa starting at 9:00 AM.  This was his last outdoor season of his sub-bantam career. Next year he will be in the 9 to 10 or bantam age group.

Daniel's first event was the Long Jump where he jumped 6 feet 6.75 inches or 2 meters coming in second (red ribbon). The winner jumped over 9 feet.

Next he ran the 1500 Meter Run with a time of 6 Minutes 30.83 seconds finishing first in his age group. A national champion from the St. Lukes Spirit Track Club in Germantown, Pa. that Daniel ran against last year but is now a bantam ran this race today with a time of 6 minute, 17 seconds. The cold and wind made all times for everyone slow today. 

Daniel's last race was the 800 Meter Run against the children of the St. Lukes Spirit Track Club. He won this race with a time of 3 minutes 20.52 seconds.  This race is two laps long. This is how the last lap looked!

2013 Mid-Atlantic Development Meet at Lincoln High School

 

 I noticed something at this meet!

When I stepped up to the registration table to get Daniel's paperwork, I never gave them his name. They looked up his packet and gave it to me. At the clerking table when Daniel went to clerk in, they asked Daniel what event he was in and never asked for his name. That is unusual for this to happen with an unattached athlete that is not in the Philadelphia area. Daniel is known worldwide through his "Daniel's Road to the Olympics" web site.  

http://stlukestrack.webs.com/aboutus.htm

Here is the web site for the St. Lukes Spirit Track Club that resides in Germantown, Pa. This club approached me at the meet after Daniel successfully ran against the clubs sub bantam members. They would like Daniel to join their team. Daniel has been running against them for the past 3 years. I discussed this with Stephanie, Daniel's mother. She has entered into negotiations with the team.  

The good side about joining the team is that Daniel will have team mates to work with and will be given training in areas of track and field where the Tulloch Family and I are weak.  The down side is, we may not be able to create our own schedule for Daniel.