Pre-Season Conditioning

We will begin Pre-season Conditioning Tuesday Jan. 6th.  Athletes are to
meet in the cafeteria after school ready to workout.  We will meet every
Tuesday and Thursday until the beginning of Track season on March 2nd.  If
school is cancelled there will be no workout at the school.  Athletes
should continue to workout on their own, just as they should be doing on
M-W-F-S.  Track season is coming up quickly.  Let’s make sure we are
ready.

Winter Conditioning

Anyone interested in off season running and conditioning over the winter with Matt Mason, Seth Edgell, Enze Bond and Todd Edgell meet at the city park pavilion after school beginning today.

WV Flyers & Indoor T&F

Flyers will start Sunday, Nov. 30th at 6:30pm.

Practice Days will be:

Saturday, 10am – noon

Sunday 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Tuesday 6:30 – 8:00pm

Cost is $115 for all three days.

**2008-09 WV Flyers Meet Dates**

WInter Series #1  December 5, 2008

Winter Series #2  January 9, 2009

Winter Series #3  January 23, 2009

Winter Series #4  February 14, 2009

Event List for ALL Flyers meets:  60m, 200m, 400m, 1600m, 800m, 3000m,, 2009 60H, 4×400m, LJ, HJ, PV, SP

If you have any questions please email icipolat@mix.wvu.edu or call (304) 293-2300 x9877

1st CC Meet

Today was the first CC meet for the 2008 season.  The team did very well.  The girls did not field a complete team, but will next week.  Erika Voreh placed 9th in a time of 24:14.   The boys finished in 4th place well up from last years 12th place finish.  Matt Mason placed 4th with a time of 19:39.  Seth Edgell came in 10th place at 19:53. 

Complete results can be seen by clicking here.

CC Summer Practice – Phase 2

Starting Monday (June 30th) CC team members will be getting together informally at 10:00am each day M-F to run together for the rest of the summer until official practice starts on Aug. 4th.  They will meet in the City Park at the 1st Pavillion.  Seniors Matt Mason and Seth Edgell will be providing workouts for those in attendance.  If at all possible you should be there to run.  It is much easier to run with your team than to try and motivate yourself to run alone.  I will show Matt & Seth how to modify workouts for the younger or newer members of the team.  Remember we are trying to work our way up to 40 miles per week for everyone on the team by Aug. 4th.  Now is the time to start running, not once practice begins.

CC Summer Practice – Phase I

The CC team has been holding practices at 6:00pm M-F for the 3 week off season period.  We will practice today at 6:00pm as well at the City Park Pavillion.  On Friday (June 27th) we will be holding the last organized off-season practice starting at 10:30am in the Park at the Pavillion. 

In order to continue preparing for the upcoming CC season, it is very important that all of the athletes continue running.  We would like for you to work up to 40 miles per week minimum by August 4th ( the first day of Fall practice).  That is 8 miles a day if you run 5 days per week, just over 6 1/2 miles per day if you run 6 days a week, and 5 3/4 miles a day if you run 7 days per week.  That includes your warmup and cooldown distances.  In order to make it easier you can run twice a day to get the appropriate amount of mileage. 

Once the season starts, we will most likely break the team up into groups based on your conditioning level.  We may have two or three groups depending upon what you do the next 6 weeks.  If we want to become the dominant CC team in the area, we need to work to acheive it. 

It rests on your shoulders…GET OUT AND RUN!  

WV AAU/USATF Championships

The results of Bridgeport’s athletes at the WV AAU/USATF Championships are listed below.  For full results click here.  (Courtesy of www.TriStateRunnur.com)

Girls Shot Put Midget
  1 Bailey, Sarah             96 CCS                            20-09.00      6.32m

Girls Discus Throw Midget
  1 Bailey, Sarah             96 CCS                               59-02     18.03m

Girls Shot Put Intermediate
  3 Bailey, Katherine         93 CCS                            20-03.00      6.17m

Girls Discus Throw Intermediate
  4 Bailey, Katherine         93 CCS                               64-04     19.60m
 
Girls Javelin Throw Intermediate
  2 Bailey, Katherine         93 CCS                               23-07      7.18m

Girls Shot Put Youth
  2 Hastings, Elizabeth       94 Bridgeport, WV                 26-08.00      8.12m

Girls Discus Throw Youth
  2 Hastings, Elizabeth       94 Bridgeport, WV                    60-06     18.44m
 
Girls Javelin Throw Youth
  1 Hastings, Elizabeth       94 Bridgeport, WV                    31-00      9.44m
 
Women High Jump Young
  4 McCaugherty, Kendall      89 CCS                      4-06.00      1.37m

Boys 1500 Meter Run Intermediate
  1 Kirtner, Joseph           93 CCS                             4:53.90 
 
Boys 3000 Meter Run Intermediate
  1 Kirtner, Joseph           93 CCS                            10:12.50 

Men Shot Put Young
  2 Bailey, Justin            91 CCS                            35-03.00     10.74m

Men Discus Throw Young
  2 Bailey, Justin            91 CCS                              127-03     38.78m

Men Javelin Throw Young
  1 Bailey, Justin            91 CCS                              108-10     33.17m

Capital City Striders Invitational

Several Bridgeport T&F athletes competed at the annual Capital City Striders Invitational.  Below are the results of our athletes.   

For full meet results click here.  (Courtesy of RunWV.com)
                                           
Shot Put 6lb Midget Girls
  1st  Bailey, Sarah             96 CCS                            20-04.00   

Discus Throw 1K Midget Girls
  1st  Bailey, Sarah             96 CCS                               61-01   

Shot Put 4Kg Intermediate Girls
  4th  Bailey, Katherine         93 CCS                            19-02.25      

Discus Throw 1K Intermediate Girls
  2th  Bailey, Katherine         93 CCS                               62-08      

Shot Put 16lb Young Men
  3rd  Bailey, Justin            91 CCS                            33-08.25    

Discus Throw 1.6K Young Men
  2nd  Bailey, Justin            91 CCS                              130-02   

Discus Throw 1.6K Master-Master Men
  2nd  Reed, Stephen             55 Unattached                        87-09    

800 Meter Run Intermediate Boys
  2nd  Kirtner, Joseph           93 CCS                             2:19.32      
 
1500 Meter Run Intermediate Boys
  2nd  Kirtner, Joseph           93 CCS                             4:49.34    

 3000 Meter Run Intermediate Boys
  1st  Kirtner, Joseph           93 CCS                            10:19.51   

Summer Distance and CC Workouts

I have put the optional summer distance and CC workout schedule on the site.  It is posted on this site under the ATHLETES tab above then click on WORKOUTS.  If you don’t have the password to get into the athletes section, let me know (email me) and I will get it to you.   Make sure you tell me who you are when you email me.

CC 3 Week Offseason Contact Period Workouts

We will start Cross Country 3 week Off season workouts on Tuesday June 10th at 6:00pm at the Bridgeport City Park.  These workouts are voluntary but can be very beneficial for athletes in getting ready for the upcoming CC season.

WV STATE MEET Comparison 2005-2008

I have updated my comparison of the different schools performance in the WV State Meet based on school size and points scored.   Bridgeport has performed very well for our size with the Boys Team finishing 2nd in points per student rating and the Girls Team finished 4th in points per student rating.  For the complete comparison go to click here:  WV State Meet Comparison 2005-2008.

 

Team Pictures BHS T&F 2008

The Team Pictures finally came in Monday (June 2).  Mrs. Rowe has them in her room.   Now the pictures are in Coach Griffith’s room ( 202 ).  If you purchased pictures stop by my classroom to pick them up.  Thanks to Mrs. Rowe for doing this each year and thanks to the athletes and parents for your patience in waiting for them. 

BHS T&F 2008 Photos

I have just posted the 2008 Web Album of photos I have so far.  Click below to see them.  If you have more photos to add send them to me at griff@bridgeporttrack.com or bring them on CD or Flash Drive to the school. 

2008 BHS T&F Web Album

2008 BIG 10 T&F All-Conference

The 2008 BIG 10 T&F All-Conference team has been released.  To see the list go to the following site:

2008 BIG 10 T&F All-Conference

To see other BIG 10 Track & Field info go to:

BIG 10 T&F

BHS Cross Country Sign-Ups

BHS Cross Country signups will begin today Thursday May 22.  See Coach Griffith in room 202 to get signed up for the 2008 Cross Country season.  This will be a great year for BHS in CC.  We should have one of our best years ever, maybe THE BEST EVER.  We need everyone to recruit as many good athletes as possible to help the team. 

I will be helping out with Cross Country this year as Coach Reed’s assistant coach. I have a suggested optional summer workout program for those that want to start running early in order to be ready when the season starts.  It is with your signup materials, and it is also posted on this site under the ATHLETES tab above then click on WORKOUTS.  If you don’t have the password to get into that section, let me know and I will get it to you. 

The 1st official day of practice will be Monday August 4th.

Cross Country Information

I have begun adding Cross Country Information to this site.  Keep checking back to see what has been added.  The first additions are the CC Historical Information and Athletes of the Year.  They are under the HISTORY section of the site, or you can click below to go directly.

Cross Country History                       CC Athlete of the Year         

News Articles                                      Regional Alignment

Schedule   

Year End T&F Statistics

Team Stats, Athlete of the Year, and Boys All-State for the season are now online.  Go to www.BridgeportTrack.com to find them or click History tab above or the links below to go directly to them.

2008 Team Stats         Girls Athlete of the Year

Boys All State              Boys Athlete of the Year

2008 State T&F Meet

Congratulations to everyone who participated at the State Meet.  All of you did a great job.  A special congratulations to our 2008 State Champions: Wes Eades (LJ) and Kendall McCaugherty (HJ).  Aside from their spectacular efforts, the rest of the team had a great weekend as well. 

The girls Shuttle team ran well enroute to an 11th place finish.  The three relay teams for the boys (4×800 - 8th, Shuttles – 10th , 4×400 – 8th) didn’t place but ran near to our best times.  The Pole Vault starting heights were a little high for Ben Frederick and Maria Sellas, but Matt Cummings managed to PR at 12′0″ and place 5th. 

Andrew Hoover didn’t place in the 800m, but managed to break the 17 year old school record.  Arielle Stafford threw well and finished 5th in the Discus.  The High Jump was dominated by the girls team, who finished 1st-Kendall McCaugherty, 2nd – Kaylee Trippett, and 4th – Tiffany Oldaker.  Wes Eades managed to finish as 3rd High Point Scorer for the meet with his 4th in the 100m, 3rd in the 200m, 2nd in the 400m and 1st in the Long Jump. 

Overall the girls finished the meet in 9th and the boys were 8th.  Everyone should be proud of their efforts.

State Meet Qualifiers

Congratulations to the 2008 State Meet Qualifiers from Bridgeport High School.

Wes Eades -  LJ, 100, 200, 400

Andrew Hoover – 800, 4×400, 4×800

Matt Cummings – PV, Shuttles

Ben Frederick – PV

Jared Jackson – Shuttles

Jake Stafford – Shuttles

Wes Murray – Shuttles

Bryant Irwin – 4×400, 4×800

Enze Bond – 4×400, 4×800

Robert Stearns – 4×400

Matt Mason – 4×800

 

Kalee Trippett – HJ

Kendall McCaugherty – HJ

Arielle Stafford – Discus

Maria Sellas – PV

Myesha Cooper – Shuttles

Tiffany Oldaker – Shuttles, HJ

Miranda Hurd – Shuttles

Bethany Andrew – Shuttles

 

The athletes and coaches will be staying at the Wingate Inn – South Charleston at the school’s expense.  The hotel’s phone number is (304) 744-4444. 

Regional Track Meet

For the Regional Track Meet at Jefferson HS, the BHS T&F team will be staying at the Quality Inn in Harpers Ferry.  The phone # is 304-535-6302.  The Comfort Suites in Martinsburg did not hold our reservation so we will not be staying there.   We will be leaving from the field on Tuesday May 6th at approximately 4:00pm.  The athletes and coaches will be taking a school bus to the meet.  The meet begins on Wed. morning at 10:00am.  We will have a coaches meeting prior to the meet at 9:30am.