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TRICITY STRIDERS ELITE "8U" DISPLAYED THEIR TRUE COLORS (GOLDEN) THIS PAST WEEKEND @ THE AAU PRIMARY CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!!! HELD @ UNF IN JACKSONVILLE, FL
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!COMPETING IN THE SMR(800M RELAY)100m, 100m, 200m, 400m, BLESSED TO HAVE NOT "ONE" BUT "TWO" COMPLETE TEAMS (SEVERAL NEWCOMERS) THAT NOW HAVE THE TITLE OF "ALL AMERICANS" FINISHING 2ND & 5TH. BAILEE BROOKS, SHARIAH ELAM, PARKER POWELL, KINSLEI MCELROY, CECILEE COLE, EMERYSN "PJ" HARRIS, OLIVIA MITCHELL, FAITH LOCKHART. THESE YOUNG GIRLS PUT ON A CLINIC, FULL OF ENERGY, EFFORT, ENTHUSIASM AND THEY DIDN'T STOP THERE, THEY HAD MADE UP IN THEIR SPIRIT THAT WE'RE HERE; MAY AS WELL GO FOR THE THE GUSTO IN THE GRUELING 4x4 RELAY, THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS A DROP THE MIKE, "FAT LADY SIGN" "TURN OFF THE LIGHTS", "THIS MEET CLOSED", "SHUT YOUR MOUTH" PERFORMANCE, AGAIN, NOT ONE BUT TWO TEAMS THIS TIME 1ST (KINSLEI MCELROY, BAILEE BROOKS, OLIVIA MITCHELL, PARKER POWELL (WHO HAD "JUST" FINISHED THE 800M) MOMENTS BEFORE!!! & 4TH PLACE(CECILEE COLE, SHARIAH ELAM, EMERYSN "PJ" HARRIS(WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED THE 800M) IN FACT, THE YOUNGEST ONE ON OUR TEAM (5YR OLD) TAKING 2ND PLACE, GIVING THE BATON TO FAITH LOCKHART WHO TOOK 2ND IN THE SHOT PUTT GOING UP AGAINST 44 GIRLS!!!MAN TALK ABOUT BEING A PROUD COACH/PAPA IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, YEAH I KNOW I SAID "PAPA" FOR THAT INSTANCE THAT'S HOW I FELT(ALL TEARED UP) BECAUSE I KNEW THEIR JOURNEY!!!! MUCH LOVE TO ALL OF YOU !!!THIS GROUP HAS DEFINITELY MADE AN IMPACT ON MY 50 YRS OF COACHING!!!! REMEMBER "WE DON'T NEED WINGS TO FLY"
BLESSINGS COACH G
The very 1st student athlete that tell me by "phone call" what university I graduated from in 1978 I will bless with $50.00 american dollars!!!
