Sports
Five Things You Need to Know About ... Timber Creek Track and Field
Spring has sprung, and out of the starting blocks comes Timber Creek's highly rated track program.
As the spring sports schedule finally gets into full swing, expectations are high at Regional High School as the 2011 outdoor track season begins. We shine the spotlight on Timber Creek's track and field program with the spring sports season's first "Five Things You Need to Know."
1. Timber Creek's boys' track team has had tremendous success in recent years, having been the Olympic Conference champions, South Jersey Group 3 champions and the New Jersey State Group 3 Champions for the last three years (2008, 2009, 2010). "It is our goal in 2011 to continue with those accomplishments," Christopher Grottini, Timber Creek boys' track coach, said about the upcoming season. "We have a phenomenal coaching staff that sets high standards for our student-athletes and then puts in the time and effort to get our kids ready."
2. Among the athletes that will be competing for the Timber Creek boys' track team are reigning Group 3 state champions Kevin Potter (long jump) and (100, 200 and 400 meters).
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Byrd, a senior who is headed to the University of South Carolina for football and track, won the 60-meter dash at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York this past winter and broke state records in the 55-meter dash with a 6.26 and the 60-meter dash with a 6.70. He’s gone 10.42 in the 100, 21.80 in the 200 and 47.88 in the 400.
3. Juniors Quanzell Lambert (thrower), who is being recruited in football as a linebacker by such powers as Alabama and Penn State, Corey Harrity (100 meters and 400 meters) and sophomore Tom Baker are expected to make big contributions in the 2011 spring season for the Chargers.
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Grottini describes Lambert and Harrity as athletes of great promise who are poised to make a big impact for the team. Baker is portrayed by his coach as someone who can "fill in anywhere we need him and do well."
4. Timber Creek's girls' track team is coached by Karim Fisher. While not experiencing quite the type of success that their male counterparts have enjoyed over the last three seasons, expectations are not scaled back at all for these Timber Creek student-athletes.
Melissa Arnold (800 meters) returns for her senior year with the Lady Chargers' track squad. She is joined by fellow seniors Jennifer O'Neill and Brianna Williams.
Other Lady Chargers to keep your eye on this season are sophomores Sierra Anderson (200 and 400 meters) and Ciara McMichael (55-meter Dash and 200 meters).
5. Timber Creek's boys' track and field team will compete Saturday at the fifth annual Moorestown Invitational at . Coverage of the event can be found Sunday here on GloucesterTownship.Patch.com.
