Gazelles Track Club

The Grapevine Gazelles will hold a team party on August 22nd to celebrate the end of a highly successful season and give us one last hurrah before we all go our separate ways and get busy with school.  Details about the party have been emailed to everyone two weeks ago, and are also listed below.  We hope to see everyone at this fun event!

Come and go pool party!
Date:              Friday, August 22

Time:              4pm to 8:30pm 
Where:           1150 Silver Lake Dr.
                      Grapevine, TX 76051
RSVP:             Reply to Angela@AngelaGair.com with the number in your party and what you are bringing; preferably by August 19.
Provided:         water, hot dogs, buns and condiments
Bring:              Your choice of any of the following:
                       meat (if you are not a dog person)
                       buns for your choice of meat if neededJ
                       chips
                       drinks 
                       cookies
                       chairs/towels/sunscreen
                       anything else you might think of

The party will cap an outstanding season where the Gazelles sent 13 athletes to the State Games of Texas in San Antonio and captured many State and Regional Meet awards.

The coaching staff wishes to express our gratitude for all the effort, time and sacrifice of the athletes, their parents and families that helped make this season of the Grapevine Gazelles Track Club a truly memorable one. See everyone next May 11th, and have a great school year!

Cory Carter, a longtime member of the Grapevine Gazelles Track Club, has qualified for the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympics in Wichita, Kansas.  Carter, an incoming sophomore at Trinity High School, earned his way to the national meet by jumping 40’ 7 1/2 “ in the triple jump and running the 400 meter hurdles in 58.97 seconds at the Texas State Meet.

Carter also qualified for the TAAF State Games of Texas in the triple jump and 300 meter hurdles, where he is the defending state champion.  The TAAF State Meet will be held July 28^th through July 31^st at Baylor University in Waco.

“We are very proud of Cory’s accomplishments, and he has worked very hard to continue improving his hurdling and jumping techniques,” said Greg Scoggins, founder and head coach of the Grapevine Gazelles.  “We have an elite group of hurdlers, jumpers and sprinters, and our coaching staff has enjoyed preparing them for competitions this spring and summer.”

In total, the Gazelles, qualified 11 athletes in 14 events for the state meet.  They include incoming sophomore at Grapevine High School, Emily Hart, who won the 100 meter hurdles after qualifying for the UIL Regional meet earlier this spring.  Austin Welch, an incoming senior at Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy, placed 2^nd in the long jump after earning a silver medal at the TAAPS State meet in May.

Zachary Brown qualified in the 80 meter hurdles.  Jerome Lewis, Alyssa Molina and T. J. Shelton earned their way to State in the long jump, with Shelton also going in the high jump with teammate Landon Samson.  Cassidy Parshall qualified in the 1,600 meter run, with Rachel Sutliff and Joelle Turney punching their tickets in the 800 meter run.  Turney also qualified in the 400 meter dash.

The Grapevine Gazelles Track Club began in 1996 and just completed their 16^th season.  The Gazelles have crowned numerous State and National champions since their inception, and 23 former Gazelles have earned college athletic scholarships.  The team has approximately 60 team members each season.

The Grapevine Gazelles will distribute the team uniform tops this Thursday evening during our practice seesion.  If you have not paid for your child's uniform, please bring cash or a check for $30 per uniform made out to the Grapevine Gazelles.

The Gazelles will meet at their first track meet location on Saturday, June 4th at Burleson High School.  We will see everyone there on Saturday morning!

The Grapevine Gazelles will not workout on Monday, May 30th due to the Memorial Day holiday.  In addition, there will be no practice on Monday, July 4th to celebrate Independance Day.

Official morning workouts will begin Tuesday, June 7th from 8:00 am to 9:30 am at the Colleyville Heritage High School track.  Morning practices will be held each week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8:00 am.  Evening practices will continue on Monday and Thursday nights only from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

If another group or event is already utilizing the track at Colleyville Heritage High School when we arrive, practice will be moved across the street to the Heritage Middle School track.

Morning workout? Evening workout?

Monday No Yes 

Tuesday Yes No

Wednesday Yes No

Thursday Yes Yes

Friday No No