Knoxville, TN - May 13-16 - Tom Black Track - KTC Youth Athletics Alumni accounted for themselves well at this past weekends SEC Track and Field Championships held at Tom Black Track.. Tennessee's Soph Ellen Wortham's led all former KTC Athletes with a second place finish in the 400 hurdles (57.77). A pair of 5th place finishes were recorded by Tennessee Soph Emerson Peacock in the 800 (1:48.7) and Tennessee junior Holly Kane in the Javelin (142-10).  Also on the track were Kentucky's Frosh Matt Sonnenfeldt 14th in the 5000 (14:23) and Tennessee senior Chris Kane 26th (14:49).  Great job KTC Alumni !!!

Results

4/26-29/10 - Knoxville, TN. - Follow some of the area's best Middle School track and field athletes as KTC Youth Athletics and Hardin Valley Academy host the Knox County Middle School Track and Field Championships. Click on the logo below for the Championships meet page

4/29 - On a great day for track and field Karns Middle School (Girls) and West Valley Boys took home the team crowns.  Congratulations to all who participated in the 2010 Knox County Middle School Championships - see you this summer on the track !

4/18/10 - Knoxville, TN.   The 47th Annual Volunteer Track Classic is in the books.  2000 athletes and over 100 National Elite performances !!  Highlighted by outstanding distance performances by Blacksburg, Virginia's powerhouse team.   In winning the girls team title the Blacksburg girls noctched 4 US Top 10 performances led by the nations #1 and # 2 girls 2 mile runs of Joanna and Kathleen Stevens.  On the boys side Georgia's Brookwood HS took top team honors highlighted by a US # 7 Distance Medley Relay.  Three meet records and 16 US top 10 performances.  Thanks to all particpants, coaches. specatators, officials and volunteers for a great meet

Blacksburg HS's Dynamic Duo - Joanna and Kathleen Stevens US #1 and 2 for Girls 2 Mile at VTC

Knoxville, TN -  KTC's ALL-AMERICAN POLE VAULT CAMP

Coaches and athletes !! Here is a unique opportunity to learn from the nations best.  Reserve your spot now for one of the three sessions of the KTC All American Pole Vault Camp to be held at Tom Black Track.  Our camp directors have worked with some of the best vaulters on the planet including 2004 Olympic Champion and Olympic record holder Tim Mack (pictured above).  To learn more about this outstanding camp click:

KTC ALL AMERICAN POLE VAULT CAMP

Boston, MA - 3/12-3/14/10 - Congrats to all KTC Athletes that competed this past weekend in Boston at the Nike Indoor National Championships.  KTC's athletes came away with a number of PR's and Top 30 performances highlighted by the two Indoor ALL AMERICAN designations of CLINT MCKELVEY (3rd in 2M @ 9:06) and JUSTIN EMERSON (5th in the 60 Dash @ 6.87)

KTC's Top 30 at Nationals

Girls 200 - Julia Petree - 26th / Aurielle Sherrod - 28th

Girls 400 - Julia Petree - 13th

Girls 800 - Patavia Lowery - 26th / Rebecca Stover - 28th

Girls 2 mile - Joanna Thompson - 19th

Girls 5K - Adrian Etheridge - 18th

Boys 60 - Justin Emerson - 5th

Boys 200 - Justin Emerson - 12th

Boys Freshman Mile - Matthew Warriner - 19th / Daniel Sonnenfeldt - 25th

Boys 2 mile - Clint McKelvey - 3rd

1/24/10 - Johnson City, TN - The KTC High School Indoor Classic completed another successfull run at the Memorial Center on the campus of East Tennessee State University.  In all 4 US # 2 marks were set and another 23 US top 10 marks were posted during the two day meet.  With throwers leading the way the KTC High School Indoor Classic proved once again a great stop for early season national performances. Click for meet coverage via Dyestat - for meet results see our results bar to the right.

12/12/09 - San Diego, CA - Watch Catholic HS and KTC's Megan Ferowich compete in the Footlocker National Cross Country Championships.  Ferowich joins a select field of the 40 top high school female cross country runners in the US at the storied Balboa Park Course.  For live webcast:  Footlocker Nationals

JUST IN:

MEGAN FEROWICH - 5TH AT FOOTLOCKER NATIONALS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAY TO GO MEGAN !!!!!!!!

11/28/09 - Charlotte, NC- Local High School Cross Country Runners representing the Knoxville Track Club produced standout performances at the 2009 Footlocker South Regional Cross Country Championships at McCalpine Park. Led by Catholic High School's State Cross Country Champ (AAA) Megan Ferowich's 4th place finish in the seeded girls race - KTC athletes landed 14 on the All-South team in high school competition. KTC also added another 3 Footlocker All-South Runners in the age group races led by Karlie Yinger's (13-14G) third place finish in 19:13.

Ferowich covered the 5K course in a blazing 17:11 qualifying her for the prestigious Footlocker National Championships December 12 in San Diego. Ferowich becomes only the second female runner from the area to qualify for Footlocker Nationals in the last 30 years following in the footsteps of former West High School standout Christy Baird who qualified in 1997. She joins a select group of six area high school runners that done the same since 1979 --> Tony Cosey - Central (91) / Wes Stockard - Webb (96,97) / Christy Baird - West (97) / Matthew Sonnenfeldt - West (08) / Clint McKelvey - Maryville (08).

Megan Ferowich - 17:11 !!
The KTC team produced a boatload of PR's thanks to the efforts of our post season coaches. Congratulations to all.

Footlocker All- South Team   Complete Results

Seeded Girls
Megan Ferowich - Catholic HS - 4th - 17:11
Joanna Thompson - Catholic HS - 18th - 17:53
Seeded Boys
John Sharpe - Oak Ridge HS - 24th - 15:13
13-14 Girls
Karlie Yinger - Karns MS - 3rd - 19:13
Duncan Sparks-Karns MS - 17th - 21:40
13-14 Boys
Cody Nizinski - Karns MS - 24th - 19:03
Freshman Boys
Jason McNair - Maryville HS - 12th -16:57
Daniel Sonnenfeldt - Hardin Valley - 24th - 17:17
Freshman / Sophomore Girls
Mariah Zawizsa - Oak Ridge HS - 12th - 19:16
Lauren Barnes - Heritage HS - 18th - 19:26
Sophomore Boys
Andrew Ogle - Powell HS - 5th - 16:10
Johnson Giles - South Doyle HS - 16th - 16:27
Will Templeton - Hardin Valley - 19th - 16:31
Junior / Senior Girls
Patavia Lowery - West HS - 17th - 19:24
Junior Boys
Bryan McKeen - West HS - 8th - 16:24
Zack Royster - Farragut HS - 18th - 16:34
Senior Boys
Zach Saunders - Farragut - 13th - 16:21

11/20/09 - Knoxville, TN. - KTC's Post Season Cross Country Program will be the host for the second annual Post Season 3200m / 1600m time trials.  KTC's athletes will get thier first fast test prior to taking on the McAlpine Speedway 11/28 in Charlotte, NC - home of the Footlocker South Regional Cross Country Championships.  A great field is expected with seven of the top sixteen girls finishers and five of the top thirteen boys finishers (AAA) at this years State High School Cross Country Championships.  Action starts at 11:00 AM at Hardin Valley Academy track.

RESULTS

10/24/09 - Knoxville, TN. - On a great fall day for cross country Tennessee State Champions were crowned at the fourth Tennessee State Middle School Cross Country Championships held at Victor Ashe Park.   The girls individual state champion Abigail Topham (Cordova MS) won in convincing fashion crossing the finish line over 30 seconds up on runner-up Emily Peters from St. Matthews. As West TN took many of the inidvidual honors, East TN garnerd the top spots on the team side with West View MS (Morristown) taking the team championship (79 pts) over Bearden MS (151).  On the boys side West View's Quinton Mckinnish turned in and equally impressive performance winning the boys title (11:36) over West Valley MS's Noah Gettlefinger (11:50).  The boys team race saw Webb MS continue its winning ways by taking the State Championship (73 pts) over Brentwood MS (123)  For all the details:

Middle School State Championships

Middle School State Qaulifiers

Pre Meet Coverage

Meet Coverage

Results

Meet Pictures

4/14/09 - Knoxville, TN - The 2009 Volunteer Track Classic gets underway 4/17 at UT's Tom Black Track. A first for this year the VTC will see college women's competition take place during the high school competition with the Lady Vols sections.  With over 2000 athletes expected to compete in the 2 day event - the VTC is the largest track and field event held on Tom Black Track in 2009.  For more information click the logo below:

3/14/09 - 3/15/09 - Boston, MA KTC takes its largest team ever to the Nike Indoor National Track and Filed Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, MA.  KTC will be represented by 11 area athletes in the best high school track and field meet in the nation.  Saturday started with a bang as three KTC athletes took to the track with great results.  Maryville HS's Julia Petree placed 15th in the 400 running an indoor PR of 58.03 and followed it up shortly thereafter with a 25.57 - 200, near her seasons best.  In only his first season of triple jumping Oak Ridge HS's JaDon Short equaled his PR of 45' 5" placing 11th.  The best of the first day was saved for last as Webb school freshman Marjorie Butler crushed the final event of the pentathlon (800m run) to go from 12th to 6th earning her All-American honors.  On day two kTC'ers hit the track with 4 top 15 finishes - Jadon Short 11th in the Triple Jump, Jordan Chaney 11th in the 800, Clint McKelvey - 8th in the 3200 and Matt Sonnenfeldlt 12th in the 3200.  Way to go KTC.

Marjorie Butler  09'  Indoor All-American

1/30-31/09 - Johnson City, TN - just the second year at its new home (East Tennessee State University) the KTC Indoor Track Classic has become an indoor meet of national significance. This past weekend the two day meet held in conjunction with the Nisswonger College Invitational produced one National High School record, three US # 1 performances and 14 US top 10 marks. On Friday New Bern's (NC) 4x400 relay team broke a 12 year old National Indoor Record (Muir, CA - 96') running a US leading 3:13.24. Following Friday's fireworks Saturday saw Takiea Pinkney (GA) run to a US # 1 mark nipping Chalonda Goodman (member of US World Junior Team) in the 60 dash 7.45 to 7.47. Goodmans mark ranks US # 3 in her first indoor effort of 2009. Shortly after Pinkney's fast 60 Jasmin Stowers (SC) ripped off a US leading 60 hurdle mark of 8.55 easliy topping the rest of the 60 hurdle finalists. For national / local coverage - results of the meet please see links below:
1/21/09 Meet Press Conference Coverage

2/1/09 Meet Coverage - Johnson City Press

Dyestat National Coverage

Tennesseerunner.com

Results

12/13/08 - San Diego, CA - KTC Standouts Matt Sonnenfeldt and Clint McKelvey placed 21st and 29th respectively at the Footlocker National Cross Country Championships at Balboa Park.

        Matt Sonnenfeldt                                            Clint McKelvey

For Complete Coverage:  Footlocker National CC Championships

12/13/08 - Mechanicsville, VA - KTC and Oak Ridge HS All-State runner John Sharpe placed 18th in the Young Mens division at the USATF Junior Olympic CC Championships. Sharpe ran 16:24 for 5K over the demanding Pole Green Park course. For results: USATF CC

John Sharpe

12/6/08 - West Chester, OH - KTC Youth Athletes performed well at the Coaches Youth National Cross Country Championships.  Braving fridged conditions and blowing snow KTC Athletes came across the line with four top 30 finishes led by Bearden HS's Rebecca Stover's 8th place finish in the Youth girls 4K.  The KTC Youth boys team of Patrick Hanlon, Elliot Baerman, Andrew Robinson, Andrew Foster-Furr and Cody Nizinski  placed fourth as a team.  For complete results:  Coaches Youth National CC

       Rebecca Stover                                Tina Smith & Mariah Zawisza            

11/29/08 - Charlotte , NC - KTC qualifies two to the prestigious Footlocker Cross Country National Championships.  Matthew Sonnenfeldt (West HS) led the way for KTC with a second place finish at the Footlocker South Regional Championships held at McCalpine Park in Charlotte, NC.  Sonnenfeldt covered the 5K Course in 14:50, the fifth fastest time nationally this year.  Maryville junior Clint McKelvey followed Sonnenfeldt home in 8th place with a stellar 15:10 clocking also punching his ticket to San Diego.  Sonnenfeldt and McKelvey will join 38 other (10 ea from 4 regions) cross country runners from around the country for the National Championships on 12/13/08

                                 Sonnenfeldt                                           McKelvey

Complete Race Coverage- Footlocker South Regional

Watch Clint and Matt run Live (10 AM PST - 12/13/08) click - LIVE VIDEO FEED

11/1/08 - Brentwood, TN - KTC Comptetitve Team members shine at Tennessee State Cross Country Championships.  The following KTC Competitive Team members brought home All-State honors (top 15) from this past weekends state meet:

Boys

Matt Sonnenfeldt (West HS) - AAA - 1st

Clint McKelvey (Maryville HS) - AAA - 2nd

John Sharpe (Oak Ridge HS) - AAA - 6th

Spencer Frantom (Morristown West) - AAA - 7th

Girls

Amber Zimmerman (Webb) - A/AA - 2nd

Melanie Kulez (Oak Ridge) - AAA - 4th

Autum Gibson (Oak Ridge) - AAA - 12th

Ellie Brewer (Webb) - A/AA - 15th

10/26/08 - Sparta, TN.  State Champion, KTC Competitive Team standout and White Co. High School senior Markie Voyles passed away as a result of an auto accident last night.  Markie was preparing for this coming weeks Tennessee High School Cross Country Championships.  Please keep your thoughts and prayers with the Voyles Family during this difficult time.

                                                                R.I.P. Markie

Article via Tennessee Runner.com - Post your thoughts and prayers

10/18/08 - Knoxville, TN.  On a day made for cross country Westminster Academy's Mallinda Allen and McFadden's Brock Baker ran to Individual State Tiitles both shatering the existing course records at Victor Ashe Park.  This while University School (boys) in Johnson City and Memphis's St Agnes (girls) garnered the state team titles.  Top 20 girls and boys iin the Varsity races garnered All-State honors for thier outstanding efforts.

For:

Results

Meet Pictures

State Qualifiers

For meet information: STATE MS CHAMPS

10/07/08 - Knoxville, TN     West Valley Middle School sweeps the team titles as Sevierville's Patrick Hanlon and North Middle's Chandler Rodgers take individual honors in the East Tennessee Heart Consultants - KTC Elementary / Middle School Championship Meet at Victor Ashe Park. The following area teams qualified for the Tennesse State MS Championships 10/18 at Victor Ashe

    Girls                                                                     Boys

West Valley MS                                                        West Valley MS                               Karns MS                                                                  Webb MS

Sevierville MS                                                           Maryville MS                                        Farragut MS                                                              Karns MS                                             Bearden MS                                                              Bearden MS                                                                                                                            For a complete rundown of the action click CROSS COUNTRY

For Information on qualifying for the State MS CC Championships click  STATE MS CHAMPS

9/22/08 - Knoxville, TN.   Coaches the entry deadline for the Volunteer Cross Country Invite is fast approaching.  Entries for HS / MS / ES division races must be completed online by midnight 9/24/08.  For complete meet information and online entry click:  Volunteer Cross Country Invite

Meet Pictures

Meet Results

7/13/08 - Knoxville, TN - KTC's Youth Competitive Track and Field team qualifies 85 individuals and 7 relay teams to the AAU National Championships.   85 KTC athletes and 7 relay teams puched thier ticket to the Nationals Detriot, MI by virtue of placing in the top four in thier respective events at the AAU Region 3A Championships held in Knoxville (Tom Black Track) this past weekend.  KTC also swept the girls, boys and overall team titles repeating thier performance of two weeks earlier at the Southeastern District Championships in Johnson City, TN.  Way to go KTC Athletes and KTC Event Specialty Coaches !!!!!!

KTC Nationals Qualifiers - Click Here

Complete Results - Click Here

Knoxville, TN - Over 1000 kids ages 5-18 participated in this years East Tennessee Heart Consultants / KTC Summer Track and Field Program.  Our program concluded with the final meet on 6/28/08.   For kids who were not able to pick up thier shirts you may do so at the Runners Market (Western Plaza Shopping Center) 865-588-1650 -- Thank you for taking part and we look forward to seeing you in our upcoming cross country program.

6/11/08 - Knoxville, TN -  KTC's ALL-AMERICAN POLE VAULT CAMP - LAUNCHES JULY 22-25 !!

Coaches and athletes !! Here is a unique opportunity to learn from the nations best.  Reserve your spot now for the KTC All American Pole Vault Camp to be held July 22-25 at Tom Black Track.  Our camp directors have worked with some of the best vaulters on the planet including defending Olympic Champion and Olympic record holder Tim Mack (pictured above).  To learn more about this outstanding camp click: KTC ALL AMERICAN PV CAMP

6/9/08 - Des Moines, Iowa - Former KTC Competitve Team Members to compete at NCAA Track and Field Championships.  Tennessee's Yarrick Kincade (800) and Kentucky's Danielle Sampley (Heptathlon) will take part in the NCAA track and field championships this week at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.  Kincade a senior will take a shot at making the 800 final in his last season at UT while Sampley enters as one of only two Freshman in the Heptathlon following her runner-up finish at last months SEC Championships.  Best of luck to both.  Click LIVE RESULTS to keep track of how they are doing.  UPDATE: Sampley 21st in Heptathlon - Kincade garners All-American status by placing 8th in the 800 final !!

6/9/08- Vancover, British Columbia - Former UT and KTC Youth Athletics Standout Eric Bell wins World Triathlon Championships.  Bell under tough weather conditions outdistanced the international field.  Next up for the local star will be a leap to the professional ranks and a shot at the 2012 Olympics. Congrats Eric.

5/1/08 - Knoxville, TN - West Valley and Karns Middle Schools repeat thier 2007 team championships wining the boys and girls team titles at the Knox County Middle School Track and Field Championships held at Karns High School.   For full meet coverage:

Knox County Middle School Championships

4/19/08 Knoxville, TN.  - The 45th Annual Volunteer Track Classic proved once again to be one of the meets to attend in the South as the meets Female MVP Jackie Coward blazed to two US # 1 performances and meet records in the 100 and 300 hurlde races.  Coward's 13.11 clocking for 100 hurdles albeit wind aided is the 12th fastest time in the world this year.  Ohio's Trottwood Madison (boys) and Virginia's Blacksburg High School (girls) claimed the team titles.

For Meet Results VOLUNTEER TRACK CLASSIC

3/27/08 - Knoxville, TN - Former KTC and Willaim Blount HS standout Danielle Sampley was selected to the Freshman All-SEC Indoor Track Team.  Competing for the University of Kentucky, Sampley made the team in the Pentathlon. Congrats Danielle !!

2/18/08 - Chapel Hill, NC - KTC Youth (14 and under) athletes performed well above expectations at the USATF South Zone Indoor Track and Field Championships held in the Eddie Smith Fieldhouse (University of North Carolina).  KTC athletes brought home 3 of the 8 available team titles (Midget Boys - Youth Girls - Youth Boys) while placing second in the Bantam Girls,  fourth in the Sub-Bantam Girls and fifth in the sub-midget divisions. For Meet Results click:

Complete Results

2/9-10/08 - Bloomington, IN - The 50+ athlete contingent of KTC High School and Youth Athletes ventured north to Indiana Universtiy for the Indian Open and Falcon Challenge Indoor Track and Field Meets.  In the High School Meet KTC's Ellen Wortham scored a double win in the High Jump and 60 Hurdles while Holly Joiner placed second in the 60 dash.  On 2/10 KTC Youth Athletes took center stage notching 13 first place finishes led by Roderick Lewis's triple in the 60, 200 and 400 dashes.  For results please click on links below

Indiana High School Open

Indiana Falcon Challenge (Youth)

12/29/07 - Knoxville, TN - East Tennessee Heart Consultants / KTC Indoor Track and Field Program kicks off 1/6/08 with our first practice.  This eight week program exposes kids to the sport of indoor track and field.  Kids practice 3x week with opportunities to compete in selected indoor meets in January and February.  The ETHC / KTC Indoor Track and Field Program is a great way for kids to get a healthy start to the New Year and to give those running outdoor track a leg up on preparing for a great outdoor track and field season.

For Program Information and to Register Online click - Indoor Track

12/12/07 - Knoxville, TN - KTC Youth Athletics runners Melanie Kulez (Oak Ridge HS) and Matthew Sonnenfeldt (West HS) named Prep Xtra Cross Country Runners of the Year !  eight of the fourteen first team slots were occupied by KTC runners. Read more about these outstanding young runners and their 2007 cross country seasons:

Sonnenfeldt              Kulez  

10/27/07 - Lexington, KY - KTC Youth Athletics Alumns - Hayley Moody (Alabama), Tara Tae (South Carolina), Andrew Press (Tennessee), Denton Jones (Tennessee), Yarrick Kincaid (Tennessee) and Chris Kane (Tennessee) ran impressive races at the SEC Cross Country Championships.  Top Alumn finishes included a 13th place finish in the women's 6K for Moody (second team All-SEC honors) and a matching 13th place finish for Andrew Press in the men's 8K - Congrats KTC Alumns !!!!   Women's Meet Results / Men's Results