Successful Middle School Track Season

Robbo just completed his final middle school track season, leaving Stony Brook Middle School with a couple of new records: 5:02 in the mile, and 2:15 in the 800M run. His dad helped coach the team this season as a volunteer and together they had lots of fun.

Many of the Rob's teammates from the Stony Brook spring track team have joined his club team and are now NiteHawks training for the AAU and USATF summer circuits. Exciting times are just around the corner, as this coming Saturday is the AAU New England District Championship meet.

12th Place at Cross Country Nationals

Running in cold, rainy conditions, Robbo placed 12th with a time of 14:30.30 in the sub-youth 4K race at the Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World. Below is a picture of the start:

And then Robbo and Austin when the weather was much better!

Congratulations, Robbo, on a great cross country season!!

USATF New England's

Robbo ran a 15:01 in what turned out to be a tough, muddy, hilly, New Hampshire course. Placing 6th in the Youth (13-14 year-old) Division, Robbo led his team - which was made up entirely of 8th graders - to a second-place finish!

Below, Robbo's little brother Austin and his buddy wrestle while waiting for the race to begin:




The start. Nitehawks are in red w/black shorts:



Robbo at the 3.5K mark. He picked off 3 guys between here and the finish line!




Next up? AAU Nationals on December 5th! In the meantime... travel basketball season is underway. :-)

AAU New England X-C Champion!

Robbo competed in the New England District cross country championships last weekend, setting a new course record in the Youth division 4K race of 13:52. He and his club team, the Nitehawks, advanced to the National Cross Country Championships in December at Disney's Wide World of Sports.

Mickey Mouse, here we come!

Middle School X-C Career Completed

Robbo finished out his 8th grade middle school X-C season undefeated. Yes, you read that correctly... UNDEFEATED!! He set new course records on every course this season, except one (and there's a story about that one)!




He leaves Stony Brook Middle School cross country with an existing course record of 11:46, and a lot of great memories and fun times with friends on the course.

Wayland XC Festival

This year, rather than competing in the 3K for his 11-14 age group, Robbo chose to run in the open 5K race to better prepare for the 4K race in the upcoming JO competition.

He ran very well with a time of 18:47, finishing 32nd among some very tough and elite x-country runners. He placed 4th within the 19-and-under age group.

Race for the Cure - Boston

Wearing her pink hat and running in memory of Lynne, Robbo ran in his first Race for the Cure last weekend. Out of a field of thousands of runners and walkers, he came in an amazing 22nd place!! His time for the 5K was a personal best of 18:52. Here is a video of parts of the race: