Great Valley Track and Field

Congratulations to the boys and girls winter track and field team for their outstanding performances at the PTFCA State Indoor Championship today at Penn State.

The boys 4x8 of Jake Zielinski, Patrick Hanlon, Colin Mahoney, and Cooper Schrader kicked things off in an exciting 2nd place finish in a season’s best time of 8:06.67.

The girls 4x4 of Gillian Yonce, Julia Dill, Stephanie Cristinzio, and Briella Gorman ended the day with a 5th place finished in a season’s best time of 4:04.11

I am so proud of how Great Valley rallied after a tough week to run huge PRs!

Congratulations to PTFCA State Qualifiers!!
Girls 4x2-Hubley, Yonce, Dill, and Cristinzio
Girls 4x4- Yonce, Dill, Cristinzio, Gorman
Boys 4x8- Schrader, Hanlon, Mahoney, Zielinski
Girls 60m- Hubley
Boys 800m- Zielinski
Girls HJ- McKeown

Entries Released PTFCA Indoor State Championships The fields are set for the indoor state meet set for Sunday, Feb. 27.

Congratulations to the girls 4x200 meter relay for their 4th place performance at the New Balance Games at the Armory in NYC on Saturday. Their time of 1:47.48 is current PA #3 and is a new school record for Great Valley track and field!

What a great night at Henderson Invitational! Congratulations to our girls 4x400 (Julia, Briella, Stephanie, and Gillian), boys 4x800 (Pete, Pierce, Max, and Jake) for running District qualifying times. Gillian also made the 400m standards and Michael made the 3200 m standard. Matthew tended out the night by bettering his previous qualifying time in the 3200.

Congratulations to Michael Search and Matthew Dietrick for their 11th and 14th place finishes respectively at today’s District 1 XC championship meet. Both athletes have qualified for the State Championship meet this Saturday in Hershey.

Getting The Most Out Of Your Threshold Training By Dr. Jack Daniels The ideal intensity of Threshold (T) training is spending time at the individual runner’s lactate threshold without losing the body’s capability of clearing blood lactate at the rate at which it is produced;

It’s hot as hell out and I don’t even know what I’m training for. Sound familiar? If you’re in the same boat hit the like button! And know this, not one time in my entire life have I regretted working out. All the miles I’ve ran, the weight I’ve lifted, have made me who I am today (mentally and physically!). Whether you have a fall season coming up or not, your future self will thank you for the work you put in today.

Patriot League Will Not Have A Fall Season There will be no cross country in the Patriot League this fall.

“Nick, will there be a fall XC season and should I be training?” This question hits me like a punch to the gut, never thought it would be a question that I’d be asked. Tbh, I don’t know if there will be a season. But I do know this, with 100% certainty, you should be training. Train for the upcoming season, train for the season after that, train for the love of the sport, for the camaraderie and community it brings. Train because we live in a dangerous and chaotic world, and one thing that you can control is the choice to lace up your trainers and do something wonderful for your mind and body. I’m training, I hope to see you out there.

Three of Great Valley's all time best track and field athletes have graduated from or currently attend Brown University. Ned Willig, Elise Claffey, and Amy Willig- all state medalists as Patriots. We are so proud of them. Please support Elise's efforts.

Sign the Petition Retain Brown University Men's Track & Field/XC's Varsity Status (See Note on Donations)

Watch GV’s Alex Siaton take on the 400m and 200m today at the PTFCA Indoor Championships! Good luck Alex!

The PTFCA Indoor State Championships are live today on MileSplit, starting at 10am! http://bit.ly/PTFCAChamps