Posts by WTFA Website Administrator

This Sunday our athletes will compete in the State Championship at Greystone Central Park in Morris Plains (same place as Lakeland League meets).  Top 15 boys and girls in each age group will be rewarded a USATF Junior Olympic medal and will advance to Region 2 XC Championships hosted on November 22nd at White Oak…

Hi, A friendly reminder to register for the state meet if your athlete will be doing it.  State registration is due 10/30 at 6pm.  Top 15 individuals and top 2 teams in each age group will advance to the USATF Regionals.  They are unattached at first and I will get them connected to Striders. https://newjersey.usatf.org/USATF-New-Jersey/media/Documents/2025-Draft-USATF-New-Jersey-Association-JO-XC-Association-Champ-1.pdf…

Hi all, This Sunday (10/26) our atheletes will be competing in the Shore Athletic ClubChampionships in Holmdel Park 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel NJ. Girls and boys will race together.  9/10 and 11/12will race together and be scored together.  Race day start time is at 9:00am with 400m and 800m for littles ones first. OUR APPROXIMATE…

Hi Team, Great job at Lakeland yesterday! We had such strong improvement from the majority of our athletes. As a highlight- Lila (-167) and J (-120) had huge drops in their times, and Dario and Zoe made the podium again. For the 9-10 and 11-12 boys teams, I used AI to help and do an…

This Sunday, October 19th, our athletes will again compete at Lakeland League (lakelandyouthrunning.org) in Central Park of Morris County (1 Gov Chris Christie Parsippay-Troy Hills NJ). Medals will be awarded to the top 25 in each category and will be available shortly after each race.  Results will be posted on site after each race and can…

Below please find the link to the Championship info from USATF-NJ Deadline to register is THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH AT 6PM Top 15 individuals in each category will advance to the Regional Championships on 11/22 in White Oak Park, PA.  Top 30 from Region 2 will advance to the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships,…

Hi, We are going to have a special Halloween-themed practice next Friday, 10/24.  We will meet at Clark Field, in Washington Township, and we will do “trick or treat” run / tour down Colonial Blvd. to look at all of the Halloween decorations.  I’m looking for parent volunteers to host the “trick or treat” stations…

Hi everyone, This Sunday we will be back for our last NJStriders Meet at Mahway High School.  As of now it looks like the rain will not start until late morning/early afternoon- hopefully all of the races will be completed by then. Generally, cross country continues ran or shine so please come prepared with tents,…

Last week, we had another hot one at Mahwah. Despite that, about half of our athletes saw a drop in time, while other still stayed competitive. The following athletes saw double digit drops in their times: Lavi (-14), Dario (-25), Shawn (-53), Jace (-60), Levi (-51), Leah (-12), Toby (-15), Will Hlavenka (-11), Ethan (-99!!!),…

November 2nd is our state meet at Central Park (the Lakeland meet locations). This will potentially be the final race for some of our athletes.  It is not required, and it is an individual decision.  Typically athletes performing in the top half or so of their age group at Lakeland and/or making steady improvements choose…