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Westfield Area YMCA Flyers Bring Home Regional and National Championship Titles August 22, 2019 at 8:00 AM Ten Westfield Area YMCA Flyers Track Club athletes joined nearly 1,000 athletes at the USATF Region 2 Junior Olympic Track & Field Championship Meet from July 11-14 at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. The Flyers athletes produced: two region championship titles, two team records, nine qualifiers for the National Junior Olympics to be held in Sacramento, CA, and several personal records. The two region champions were: Brian Guterl in the 1500m race walk...

Westfield Area YMCA Flyers Track & Field Club Headed to International Competition By WESTFIELD AREA YMCA June 28, 2019 at 3:40 PM Westfield Area YMCA Flyers athlete Grace Endy celebrates qualifying to compete in the Pan American Junior Championships in Costa Rica.Credits: Westfield Area YMCA Grace Endy, long-time Westfield Area YMCA Flyers athlete, recently finished second in the Women 10000 Meter Race Walk at the National USATF U20 Outdoor Championships held in Florida in June which qualified her to race in the Pan American Junior Championships in Costa Rica on...

Westfield Area Y Flyers Compete at Hunterdon Meet By JESSICA ARKEL May 22, 2019 at 2:59 PM Athletes from the Westfield Area Y Flyers Track Club competed against athletes from nine other teams at the Hunterdon Lions track & field meet on Sunday, May 19, at North Hunterdon High School. Finishers in the Top 3 earning medal were: Reean Dias - 9-10 Boys - 1500m 2nd Place Annabella Giudice - 9-10 Girls - 100m 2nd Place Brian Guterl - 9-10 Boys - 1500m Race Walk 1st Place Diya Jain -...

Westfield Area Y Flyers Track Club Opens Their Track & Field Season By JESSICA ARKEL April 17, 2019 at 11:13 AM The 11-12 Girls 4x100m Relay team of Grace Gloster, Alexis Ray, Isabella Alvarez-Gomez and De'Janna Mathis started off the season very well with a new team record! Thirty-One athletes from the Westfield Area Y Flyers Track Club were among more than 800 athletes who competed at the NJ Striders season-opening track & field meet on April 14 at Hackensack High School. Top finishers were: Annabella Giudice – 9-10 Girls...

Olympians, USATF Champions lead Team USATF at 2019 Pan American Race Walk Cup 3/22/2019 INDIANAPOLIS -- Thursday USATF announced the roster for the 2019 Pan American Race Walk Cup, set for April 20-21 in Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico. Team USATF will send 18 race walkers to the Pan Am Race walk cup highlighted by Nick Christie and Robyn Stevens. Nick Christie and Robyn Stevens won the 2019 USATF 20km Race Walk Championships on March 17. Christie, the 2018 USATF 20km Outdoor Champion and two-time Indoor 3000m Race Walk Champion, clocked 1:27:37...

Westfield Area Y Flyer Competes at Millrose Games By JESSICA ARKEL March 11, 2019 at 10:25 AM Grace Endy, a sophomore at Westfield High School and member of the Westfield Area Y Flyers competed at the 112th Millrose games. On February 9th, Grace Endy, a sophomore at Westfield High School and member of the Westfield Area Y Flyers competed at the 112th Millrose games. The Millrose games are held annually at the Armory in Manhattan. Grace was the youngest competitor in the Elite 1-Mile Race Walk race for women. The...

Westfield Area Y Flyer places 26th at National Cross Country Championships By WESTFIELD AREA Y FLYERS December 14, 2018 at 2:53 PM 8-year-old Jasmine Parran placed 26th at the USATF National Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships in Reno, Nevada on December 8, 2018. 8-year-old Jasmine Parran competed for the Westfield Area Y Flyers Track Club at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships on Saturday, December 8, on a snowy course in Reno, Nevada. She placed 26th out of hundreds of other girls her age. The Westfield Area Y...

Westfield Area YMCA Flyers Cross Country Team Takes Top Spots in the Lakeland Youth Series at Greystone Park By WESTFIELD AREA YMCA FLYERS October 22, 2018 at 9:07 PM Westfield Area Y Flyers getting ready to compete at the Lakeland Youth Series Cross Country Meet at Greystone Park in Morris County. Athletes from the Westfield Competitive, Developmental and Cranford Middle School programs of the Westfield Area Y Flyers competed in three consecutive meets in the Lakeland Youth Series Cross Country Meet at Greystone/Central Park in Morris Plains, NJ. The Flyers...