Daniel showing off his 1500 Meter Run first place metal
Daniel Tulloch, age 8, competed in the State Games of America at the new Bishop McDevitt High School in Lower Paxton Twp., just outside the City of Harrisburg, Pa. The flash competed in the 7 and 8 year old Division. This was a "fun run" for Daniel because this meet does not lead to any other track meet.
On Friday, August 2 at 1:00 PM, he ran the 1500 M in 6 Min. 7.64 Sec. getting first place. This was a very easy first place medal for Daniel with little competition. Several of Daniel supporters cheered him on from Penn Hills near Pittsburgh to supporters from Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and the Bronx, N.Y.
He also competed in the Long Jump in 14th place with a distance of 2.09 Meters or 6 Feet 10.25 inches.
On Friday, August 2 at 1:00 PM, he ran the 1500 M in 6 Min. 7.64 Sec. getting first place. This was a very easy first place medal for Daniel with little competition. Several of Daniel supporters cheered him on from Penn Hills near Pittsburgh to supporters from Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and the Bronx, N.Y.
The Flash ran the 1500 M in 6 Min. 7.64 Sec. getting first place.
He also competed in the Long Jump in 14th place with a distance of 2.09 Meters or 6 Feet 10.25 inches.
On Saturday, August 3 at 1:00 PM, Daniel competed in the 800 M run with a time of 3 Minutes, 4.09 Seconds. Daniel received a 2nd place medal for this event.
Coach Mike Galaway was at the track in this video giving his comments. Coach Galaway coached Daniel in the long jump earlier this summer. If Daniel stays in Track and Field until High School and if Daniel is good enough to make the Central Dauphin East High School team in 7 years, Coach Mike Galaway will be his high school instructor.
The Flash ran the 800 M in 3 Min. 4.09 Sec. getting Second place.
Coach Mike Galaway was at the track in this video giving his comments. Coach Galaway coached Daniel in the long jump earlier this summer. If Daniel stays in Track and Field until High School and if Daniel is good enough to make the Central Dauphin East High School team in 7 years, Coach Mike Galaway will be his high school instructor.
The Flash ran the 800 M in 3 Min. 4.09 Sec. getting Second place.
The State Games of America is a biennial Olympic-style event featuring competition between State Games medal winners (gold, silver, bronze) from across the nation. There are currently 31 states conducting or organizing statewide sports festivals known as State Games. Medal winners from State Games programs in 2011 and 2012, as well as medal winners from the 2011 State Games of America in San Diego are eligible to compete in the Hershey Harrisburg region in 2013.
2013 marks the 8th year for the State Games of America, which returns to the East Coast for just the second time in the event's history. The sports event will be managed by the Keystone State Games, while Opening Ceremonies and visitors' needs will be handled by the Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau.
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The Keystone State Games (KSG) has been a mainstay on the Pennsylvania sports landscape since 1980. More than 30 years later, Owen Costello is still leading the charge to run an event that seeks to promote physical fitness and sports activity as a health improvement and disease prevention strategy for all Pennsylvanians and to create an expanded, coordinated and citizen-sponsored program of physical fitness and amateur athletic competition.
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This was Daniel’s last outdoor track meet as an 8 year old. The week after the 2013 State Games ends, Daniel starts training for Cross Country with his first 5K meet August 24, 2013.
Starting in January 2014, Daniel will compete in the 9 and 10 Year Old Division. This will start his 5th year in official Amateur Athletics.
Daniel's Track Club
Here are a few members of the St. Luke Spirit Track Club with their parents. Many of them are of Caribbean Decent.
St. Luke Spirit Track Club is an outreach ministry of St. Luke Episcopal Church, Germantown. The ministry's misson is to provide a support system where youth of today can achieve religious conviction, education, fitness and have fun through group interaction and competition. It also strives to increase youth's self esteem, motivation, respect for self and others, communication and conflict management skills.
The track club is registered and participates in both AAU and USATF sponsored events. It is also the host club for the Philadelphia Area Hershey Games.
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the largest non-profit volunteer sports organizations in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitnessprograms.
Below is the official AAU Website;
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US). The USATF was known for a number of years as The Athletics Congress (TAC) after its spin off from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), which governed the sport in the US through most of the 20th century until the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 dissolved its responsibility.
Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USATF is a non-profit organization with a membership of nearly 100,000.
Here is the official USATF home page;
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