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| Aiden Gaddy |
Students from
Cash, Gibson, Griffith, Mineral Springs, Old Richmond, Sedge Garden and Speas elementary
schools and The Downtown Middle School did really well at a recent national
track event.
Here is what Coach
Buddy Hayes of the Next Level Track Club had to say about the experience:
“With a
heat index of over 100 degrees all week, the athletes of Next Level Track Club
still managed to capture 16 medals! The
20th Annual AAU National Club Track was held once again in Orlando,
Fla. Thousands of age-group athletes from throughout the United States, and
U.S. Territories vied for Junior Olympic awards. The track meet was held at ESPN Wide World of
Sports Complex, on the grounds of Walt Disney World Resort.
“Sixteen
children from the Forsyth County based team competed. Nine-year-old Aiden Gaddy led the contingent
by winning two individual medals, and one as a part of the gold medal winning 4
x 400m Relay team for 9 -10 year old boys. He set a new meet record time in the
9-year-old 800m run, with a time of 2:28. His time beat the old record by
almost 3 seconds. He teamed with Kevin Leveret, Jeremiah Hooker and Lewis Green
Jr. to win the relay race. Alphonso
Abbott III teamed with Leveret, Hooker and Green to win bronze in the 4 x 100m
Relay.
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| Madison Minga-Perry |
“From the
8-year-old-&-younger boys division, four outstanding youngsters won bronze
medals. Victor Davidson III, Joel Hayes,
Xavier Johnson and Derrick Reid Jr. grouped together for an exciting run. Nine-year-old
LaNiya Mills won third place in the High Jump. The Julian Gibson student
cleared the 3’ 6” height with ease, and barely missed at 3’ 8”. Twelve-year-old
Madison Minga-Perry completed the medal total by winning a bronze medal in the
400m run. Maddy surprised her coaches by running a personal best time of
1:00:58! She nearly won a medal, but
missed out by less than an inch in the Long Jump where she finished ninth.”
Maddy, who is a seventh-grader at The Downtown
School, was honored recently at the annual Vic Johnson Junior Golf Clinic. There,
she received the Samuel Puryear Sr. Award, given to a clinic participant
who embodies such positive traits as obedience, dependability and enthusiastic
participation.
In addition to
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, some Next Level athletes go to Forsyth
Academy and Quality Education Academy.
You can find
more information at under Club Nationals at AAU Sports
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