Silver Medalists!

At the end of June, Rob and three of his friends competed at the USATF Youth Outdoor Championships down in Myrtle Beach, SC. They placed second in the Intermediate Boys 4x800 relay with a recorded time of 7:50.16, earning each of them All-American status.

Pictured are Arthur Whitehead, Thomas Ellis, Patrick Turpin, and Rob. Congrats, guys!

A Year Later

Wow, how time flies... Robbo has almost completed his freshman year in high school. It is hard to believe. He ran varsity cross country at Westford Academy last fall, finishing 21st in the DCL league meet - a very strong showing, especially for a freshman. His team finished second in the Eastern Mass class meet, qualifying for All-States.

During the winter, he played point guard on the freshman basketball team. They almost pulled off an undefeated season, finishing 16-1!

He most recently wrapped up his spring track season at WA. He ran the 2-mile, mile, and 800 at random times, but most frequently ending up running on an all-frosh/soph 4x800 relay team, which qualified for states!

So now it's on to training for USATF Nationals at the end of June...

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.