The New Fairfield Flash Track team is open to boys and girls, 5th grade through 8th grade from New Fairfield and Sherman.  The New Fairfield Flash competes against teams from Fairfield County. Bus transportation is provided to most of the meets. 

Our girls team is the defending league and state champions!

Taking over as head coach will be Pete Pomeroy, he will be assisted by Jim Ogden, Janet Simons and Jim Keller.

The cost is $145, a season t-shirt is included in the cost of registration.  All new members will need a uniform. There are sweatshirts, hoodies, socks and jackets available to be ordered.

The Registration form and uniform order form can be downloaded:https://nf-flash.org/uploads/1551562412.pdf

You can mail in the registration to the address on the form.

Practices will be held Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 6:30 to 8 PM and Saturday 9 AM to 11 AM at the high school track.

Practice will start the week of March 25th and the season goes through to early June.

Established in 2001, the New Fairfield Flash Track Club  has sponsored Cross Country and Spring Track and Field teams for middle school aged athletes from New Fairfield and Sherman.

This year the New Fairfield Flash will be sponsoring the Western Connecticut Flash for the ‘off-seasons’ of winter track and summer track. The WC Flash will be open to any athletes from New Fairfield, Sherman and the surrounding towns.

Coaches Jim Keller and Shawn Sorbello are both highly experienced youth and high school track coaches and will be leading the new club in its inaugural season. They will continue the Flash philosophy of  allowing athletes to select the events they want to do while steering athletes in the direction of where their abilities may lie. 

WHO: Boys and girls, 3rd to 8th grade.

SEASON: December though mid-March. 

EVENTS: 55 meters to 3000 meter races. Relays, hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump and shot put. Competition is age-based. (i.e. 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14).

MEETS: Most meets will take place at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, CT.

COST: $170 for the season which includes a team shirt. Additional costs as needed will be USA Track & Field membership ($20), meet entry fees and optional additional team apparel.

PRACTICES: Danbury SportsDome, 25 Shelter Rock Lane, Danbury,  CT

Dec- 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 26  (all 6-7:30)
Jan- 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30  (Note- 6:30-8 on 1/9, 1/16 & 1/21)
Feb- 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 (all 6-7:30)
Mar- 4, 6, 11, 13

2018-2019 Winter Meet Schedule

REGISTRATION FORM (Registration is still open!)

2018 New Fairfield Flash – Cross Country Schedule

Another meet may be added in October.

The fall cross country season starts Thursday, August 30th. 

Practices are Monday/Wednesday/Thursday, 5:00 to 6:15PM.

Registration is still open. You can bring your registration form to practice.

New Fairfield/Sherman boys and girls, 5th thru 8th grade:

Join the New Fairfield Flash Track Cross Country Team.

$115 if paid by August 26th, $125 thereafter

Practices will be Monday/Wednesday/Thursday, 5-6:15PM. Practice starts August 30th. 

  Everybody Plays (No cuts, no bench)

     Everybody Trains (Come get in shape)

           Everybody Wins (Successful “track” record)

Registration form

New Fairfield Flash Track Club

RUN & SWIM

Get in shape for the fall!

Boys and Girls, all ages.

Cross country, soccer, football, field hockey, swimming, volleyball:
Get in shape and build up your endurance for the upcoming season.

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug 2nd through Aug 28th at 6 PM.

Where: 38 Rita Drive, NF.  Jim Keller, NFHS cross country and track coach will conduct the training.

What: You will run the neighborhood roads with adult supervision, building up your endurance each week with longer runs. Afterward you can swim in Coach Keller’s pool.

The cost is $20 for the entire program or $5 per day. Parents are free with a child. If you join the NF Flash cross country team in the fall you will receive a credit for the amount paid.

Registration for the Junior Olympics Season is open!

Junior Olympics Registration Form

Open to all from New Fairfield and Sherman, ages 8 to 18.

Practice

All practices are at the New Fairfield Track. Please arrive on time, but do not leave your child there unless you are sure a coach is there. Please arrive on time and pick up your child on time.

Tentative practice times:  Monday & Wednesday– 6:30 to 8:00 PM, Saturday—9 AM to 11 AM

FIRST PRACTICE:  Monday, June 4th

Attire and equipment

Children should have running shoes. Sneakers or other athletic shoes are inappropriate for running and could cause injury. You can buy track spikes for wear during competition but they are not required.

Every athlete must bring water to every practice.

Meets

All meets will be age based competition: 8 and under, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 15/16, 17/18.  Age is based  on the athletes age on December 31, 2018.

Meets:

• USATF Connecticut Junior Olympics. Saturday, June 16th, Litchfield High School, Litchfield, CT.
  • Up to 3 events for those up to age 12, 4 events for those 13 and up.
• For those that finish in the top six in their age group event at the CT Junior Olympics meet, they will qualify for the Regional Junior Olympics meet to be held July 12-15 at Randalls Island, New York, NY.
• Optional meet, Sunday, June 24th at Randalls Island, New York, NY.

On Wednesday, May 9th the New Fairfield Flash hosted four teams, Roger Ludlowe MS, Danbury Flyers, Schaghticoke MS and Wilton Running Club.

Both the boys and girls won against all four opponents.

Alex Kennedy set a new team record in the long jump with a jump of 18' 10-1/4" beating his old record by more than 1 foot!

Below are the results and scores of the meet.

Boys Results

Girls Results

An introduction to track and field:

Track and Field Primer

The Flash is rounding into form and both the boys and girls teams posted dominating wins against Great Oak Middle School. 

The boys beat Great Oak for the first time in many years by winning 9 out of 10 events in a score of 58 to 24. Alex Kennedy led the team with four wins in the long jump, 100, 200 and a member of the 4 x 100m relay.

The girls beat Great Oak 53 to 29, winning 7 out of 10 events. Jordan Siemonsen and Brooke Predham each won two events. Jordan won the 1600 and 800 while Brooke won the shot put and discus.

Boys Performances

Girls Performances

Meet Scoring

The results from the meet at Roger Ludlowe MS have been posted 

The team did well, especially considering we were at about half strength with Spring Break.

The boys team lost to Roger Ludlowe 63-19 and Flood MS 47 - 35. They beat Tomlinson MS 60-22.

The girls team beat Flood MS 62-20 and Tomlinson 73-5. They lost to Roger Ludlowe MS 49-33.

Boys Preformances

Girls Performances

Due to the snow on the track and the cold temperatures and possible snow forecast for this week, the first practice has been postponed until Monday, March 26th. 

There will be in-person registration Saturday, March 24th from 10 AM to 11 AM at the top of stadium stands by the concession stand (again being optimistic). We will have uniform samples and you can check out the sizes as well as meet some of the coaches and ask any questions you may have.

Due to factors outside our control, it looks like our practice times will be moved to 6:30 to 8:00 PM, Monday/Wednesday/Friday and Saturday 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.

As most are aware, there is a shortage of fields in New Fairfield and the high school teams have priority when it comes to field usage.  The high school lacrosse teams will be practicing on the stadium field until 6:30 so it would not be safe for our team to be on the track with lacrosse balls flying around.

If this creates a conflict for anyone who has already signed up, we will refund your registration fee.

The New Fairfield Flash Track team is open to boys and girls, 5th grade through 8th grade from New Fairfield and Sherman.  The New Fairfield Flash competes against teams from Fairfield County. Bus transportation is provided to many of the meets. 

Our girls team is the defending league champions and was 5th in the state. We hope to improve on that this year, the more athletes we can get the better we will be!

Returning as head coach is Jim Ogden, he will be assisted by Pete Pomeroy, Janet Simons and Jim Keller.

The cost is $130, a season t-shirt is included in the cost of registration.  All new members will need a uniform. There are sweatshirts, hoodies, socks and jackets available to be ordered.

The Registration form and uniform order form can be downloaded: http://nf-flash.org/uploads/1515289294.pdf

You can mail in the registration to the address on the form.

We will be doing an in-person registration Saturday March 17th from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the high school track. Some of the coaches will be there to answer any questions and we will have samples of the uniform sizes if you want to check them out.

Practice will start the week of March 19th.

CT Junior Olympics Cross Country Meet

Sunday, November 12th, White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield, CT

This is an optional meet for those that would like to run another race against competition from their own age group. We'd especially encourage the younger kids.

Meet Info

This meet is by age group (8 & under, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 15/16) and requires a current USA Track & Field membership. The club will pay the entry fee.

• If you competed at the CT Junior Olympics track meet in Litchfield in June, you have a current membership.
• If you didn't, there is a cost of $20 for the membership. We will register you after November 1st so that the membership carries over for 2018. After you are registered you MUST send in a birth certificate for age verification to an email address that will be provided to you.

Top ten in each race get a ribbon and top 30 qualify for the regional meet in Rhode Island the following week.

If you would like to run at this meet, you must let us know by October 31st.

Our first meet of the year will be at the Wilton Invitational on Saturday, September 16th at Allen's Meadow, 420 Rte 7, Wilton, CT. This is a large meet with high school teams competing first and then middle school races at the end. There should be about 6 to 10 middle school teams. The course is 1.5 miles and very flat, so it is a very good first race of the year.

• All team members should be there by 12:00 noon. There is no bus. If you can't make it please let us know.
• We will have a pop-up tent set up with the Flash banner as a place to meet when you get there. The tent will be on the north side near the finish line.
• The girls will race first, followed by the boys. The exact time of the start will depend on when the high school races finish.  Hopefully we will be done before 2:30 PM. We ask that everyone stay until the end to cheer on your teammates.
• Uniforms should be in this week. If you don't pick them up at practice we will have them at the meet.
• All runners should wear their uniform and sweat pants, sweatshirt/jacket/hoodie.
• Bring water and a snack.
• It might rain. Unless it is torrential downpour, the meet will go on. Bring appropriate rain gear and a towel.

2017 Cross Country season schedule has been posted.

The New Fairfield Flash Cross Country team is open to boys and girls, 5th grade through 8th grade from New Fairfield and Sherman.  The New Fairfield Flash competes against teams from Fairfield County. Bus transportation is provided to many of the meets. Most races are between 1-1/2 and 1-3/4 miles.

Returning for her third year as head coach is Katie Moore, a Flash alum and the current New Fairfield High School girls track coach. Katie will be assisted by Jim Ogden, Janet Simons and Jim Keller.

The cost is $115 if paid by August 26th. $125 thereafter. A season t-shirt is include in the cost of registration.  All new members will need a uniform and there are sweatshirts, hoodies and jackets available to be ordered.

Practice will be three days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 4:30 to 5:45 PM starting August 28th.

The Registration form and uniform order form can be downloaded: http://nf-flash.org/uploads/1500850169.pdf

You can mail in the registration to the address on the form or you can bring it to one of our pre-season Run & Swim practices.

Get in shape before the season starts!

At our pre-season Run and Swim on Tuesdays & Thursday in August at 5:30 PM, 38 Rita Drive, NF.  Meet the coaches and start to get in shape. All are welcome! Parents and former Flash members are encouraged to join in with the run.

Just show up ready to run and bring a towel and bathing suit if you are going to swim afterward.  The run portion lasts about 45 minutes to an hour.

21 Flash athletes travelled to Litchfield on Saturday, June 17 to compete in the Connecticut Junior Olympics - a nationwide competition that starts at the State level.  The top 8 finishers in each event qualify for the Northeast Regional meet in July.  

Click here for full results of the meet. 

Below are the Flash performances that qualified for regionals: 

• Hannah Greco (9-10):  7^th in Long Jump at 7’ 2.75” 7^th in 200m Dash in 42.90 seconds
• Katie McMorrow (9-10): 2^nd in 1500m 6:03.85, 2^nd in 800m 3:03.47
• Tristan Ruiz (9-10): 1^st in Shot Put 20’ 9.25”, 2^nd in Javelin 48’ 4”
• Rayna Pomeroy (11-12): 5^th in Long Jump 11’ 9.75”; 1^st in High Jump 3’ 10”
• Ryan Rodriguez (11-12): 6^th in Long Jump  11’ 3”
• Ben Russo (11-12): 2^nd in 55m 16:10; 1^st in 1500m 5:26.57
• Eliana Rivera (13-14): 1^st 3000m Race Walk 21:22.18, 2^nd in High Jump 4’ 4”, 1^st in 4x800m uncontested
• Miah Ruiz  (13-14): 3^rd in 3000m 15:16.19, 5^th in High Jump 3’ 10”, 2^nd in 4x100 57.03, 1^st in 4x800m uncontested
• Avery Predham (13-14):  4^th in 100m Hurdles 19.72s 3^rd in High Jump 4’ 2”, 3^rd in Triple Jump 26’ 6.25”, 6^th in Javelin 36’ 11”
• Liam Scanlon (13-14): 4^th in 100m 19.12s, 5^th in 200m Hurdles 34.92, 3^rd in javelin 84’ 2”
• Samantha Pomeroy (13-14): 2^nd in 200m Hurdles 29.85
• Brooke Predham (13-14): 2^nd in Shot Put 30’ 3”, 5^th in Discus 62’ 5”, 5^th in Javelin 55’ 8”
• Hayley Greco (13-14):  1^st in 800m 2:40.98 , 1^st in 4x800m uncontested
• Gia Parr (13-14): 7^th in 800m 2:50.47, 8^th in 400m 1:11.30, 2^nd in 4x100m 57.03s, 1^st in 4x800m uncontested
• Devin Krauss (13-14): 2^nd in 400m 1:01.51, 5^th in 800m 2:30.9
• Courtney DaCunha (13-14):  2^nd in Long Jump 15’ 1.5”, 3^rd in 100m 13.43,  3^rd in 200m in 28.01s, 2^nd in 4x100m 57.03s
• Alex Kennedy (13-14): 1^st in High Jump 4’ 6”, 4^th in Long Jump 16’ 1.75” 4^th in 100m 13.47, 4^th in 200m 27.92
• Jack Suttmeier (13-14): 7^th in 400m 1:07.03, 6^th in 200m Hurdles 37.59
• Abby Slomba (13-14):  7^th in Shot Put 19’ 4.75”
• Jess Pejril (13-14): 2^nd in 4x100m 57.03s 

Flash Girls win WCC League Championship and take 4th of 58 teams in State Championships!! Flash Boys take 4th in WCC!

Following a great performance in the State Middle School Championship meets, where they took home the 4th place trophy out of 58 teams, the Flash girls won the WCC championships for the first time ever!  Flash boys also had a great showing at the WCCs, finishing 4th out of 15 teams - Flash's best finish in years. 

Full Results of both meets are below:

State MS Championships

WCC League Championships