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1 12/29/14 Congrats to JAC jumper, Nicole Greene, on being named the NATIONAL PERFORMER of the week after her performance at the NCRunners Holiday Invitational! US #1 in the high jump and US #5 in the triple jump! Congrats Nicole! 12/22/14 The Jacksonville Athletic Club had a great showing at the NCRunners Holiday Invitational this past weekend, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This was the first indoor meet for the club this year, and we had some great performances! Results, coverage, videos and pictures can be found here! Highlights include: - Stephanie Ramsier with a great 55m hurdle race, converts to almost a FULL SECOND PR in the 100m hurdles! She also had a great showing in both the long jump and triple jump, first in

2 a meet for her in both events. - David Bell with a first attempt clearance of 15'6" to come in 2nd in the pole vault. He barely missed 16', and his jump of 15'6" currently is the US #5 rank. - Brittany Bowald with a long jump of 17'10" to get 4th in the long jump, and a triple jump of 38'8 1/2" to win the triple jump. Both jumps were from a short approach, and she had some even bigger fouls! Her triple jump is currently US #2 rank. - Nicole Greene with a long jump of 18'3" to get 3rd, a triple jump of 38' to get 2nd, and a high jump of 5'10" to win the meet. Both horizontals were also from a short approach, and it was her first time ever triple jumping in a meet! Her high jump is a US #1 rank, and her triple jump is a US # 5 rank.

3 The Group At Dinner. The Next day, 2 wins Nicole after Triple Jump and 4 US Top 5 marks!!! Brittany and 11/20/14 A big congratulations to 3 of our senior athletes who have signed scholarships for next year! Jumper Brittany Bowald (Atlantic Coast HS) signed a scholarship with Jacksonville University, jumper Nicole Greene (Ponte Vedra HS) signed a scholarship with the University of North Carolina, and heptathlete Emily Myslinski (Bishop Kenny HS) signed a scholarship with Jacksonville University! We couldn't be happier for these athletes, and we are very proud of them! Nice press release on the signing of Emily and Brittany here! 10/4/14 Feel free to check out our new pages, that include information on upcoming meets, new articles, as well as spikes for sale! Also, stay tuned for a few big announcements about upcoming competitions!

4 9/12/14 We have just wrapped up week 2 of our fall training, and things have been going great! Our athletes are completely sold to putting in the hard work, as they know that it will pay off. It will be a very exciting 2015 for the Jacksonville Athletic Club! In a few weeks we will be fortunate enough to have weights right next to the track areas, to allow the athletes to do their lifting right after their workout. We have already had many power testing PRs, and can't wait for more! Also, in a few weeks we will be uploading an article on pole vault training, the JAC way. Stay tuned!! Frannie Rice bounding up one of the few hills in the city of Jacksonville...

5 8/17/14 The JAC had a great showing today at the JAC Street Vault at the Jacksonville Landing! This was the first ever street vault held in Jacksonville, and it was a great success! Results can be found here. Highlights include: - Frannie Rice setting 2 PR's, jumping 11'6" and then 12' to get 3rd place! - Zoe Harper jumping 11'6" from 5 lefts to get 5th place! - Ari Dixon setting a 1 foot PR to jump 11'6" - Phillip Powers setting a 1 foot PR to jump 11'6" Frannie after her 12' jump! 8/9/14 The JAC had a great showing today at the JAC Final Countdown Last Chance Meet! Results can be found here. Highlights include: - Hannah Thrower PRing in both the 100m and 200m! - Maya Hornsby PRing in both the long jump and triple jump! (16'6" and 35'8") - Mariah Hornsby (no relation) PRing in both the long jump and triple jump (16'9" and 34'8") and winning the 100mH!

6 - Zoe Harper PRing in the triple jump (35'4") and winning the pole vault (11') - Tyrone Sparrow PRing in the 100m, 100mH and long jump! - Lauren Boswell PRing in the triple jump, jumping 33'. - Grayson Iller PRing in the 100mH, 100m, long jump and triple jump! The meet was a great success, due to the many parents and helpers who assisted in putting the meet on. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your help, we couldn't of done this without your help! Next up for the JAC, the STREET VAULT, next Saturday! David Bell in Pole Vault today. This was at 15'!! 7/26/14 The JAC had a great showing this past weekend at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships! Results can be found here. Highlights include: -Nicole Greene WINNING the high jump, to become the 2014 NATIONAL CHAMPION! It was a great way to end her 2014 season. Great job Nicole! - Frannie Rice tying her PR in the pole vault (11'4") to finish 24th overall - Lauren Boswell with a 10' PR in the javelin to finish FOURTH overall! She threw 32.71m (107'3") to get her first Junior All-American award!

7 Lauren, being unhappy after her 10' javelin PR 7/7/14 The JAC had a great showing this past weekend at the USATF Region 4 Championships! Results can be found here. Highlights include: -Lauren Boswell winning the javelin with a huge PR of 97'6" and finishing 4th in the triple jump to advance to nationals in both events -Danielle Spence advancing to nationals in both the discus and shot put -Zoe Harper coming in second in the pole vault with a 1 foot (!!) PR, jumping 11'10". She also set a PR in the triple jump -Frannie Rice with a PR in the vault, jumping 11'4" to get 3rd -Nicole Greene setting a PR in the high jump of 1.80m (5'11") and finishing 3rd in the long jump. Nicole had 3 good attempts at 1.86m (6'1 1/2") which would have been the USATF National record!

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9 Frannie after her New PR Zoe After her New PR

10 Lauren en Route to Winning the Javelin 6/21/14 The JAC had a great showing today at the USATF Florida Association Championships! Results can be found here. Highlights include: - Lauren Boswell with a PR in the javelin (78'6") to win, as well as finishing top 3 in the triple jump and 100mH - Ari Dixon winning the javelin, as well as winning the 400m, getting 2nd in the discus, and PRing in the 200m (23.07) - Danielle Spence winning both the SP and DT! - Ashton Lundy with a 10 inch PR in the vault (8'10") to win her age group! - Zoe Harper with a PR in the vault (10'10") and getting 2nd in the triple jump in her first ever time triple jumping in a meet! Both happened to be Ponte Vedra High School school records! - Frannie Rice winning the vault, with a short run PR of 10'10"

11 - Nicole Greene with a PR in the long jump (18'7") first time ever long jumping. Also a PVHS school record. - Jonathan Dixon with a PR in the 110mH (14.77) and advancing in the 400mH and 200m as well - Stephanie Ramsaier with a PR in the 200m, as well as advancing in the 100mH! Next up for the JAC will be the AAU regional qualifier (June 26-29) followed by the USATF Region 4 Junior Olympic Championships (July 3-6)

12 Ashton, Frannie, Zoe and Courtney after a great vault day! 6/9/14 The JAC had a great showing this past weekend both at the JTC track meet, as well as at the JAC Combined Events Qualifier! Results can be found here! Some highlights include:

13 -Jordan Walker setting PR's in the 110mH, shot put, pole vault, and javelin in the decathlon -Hannah Thrower setting a new PR in the 400m -Zoe Harper tying her PR in the pole vault -Brittany Bowald setting PRs in the 100mH and 200m during the heptathlon -Nick Dulko with a huge PR in the discus throw -Stephanie Ramsier with big PRs in the 100m AND 200m! We had a lot of fun at these meets, and love having meets at our "home track". We are very thankful to the parents and volunteers who help make the meets possible. So THANK YOU!!! 5/25/14 The JAC had a great showing yesterday at the Golden South Classic track meet in Orlando. We had some great performances, and we had strong representation in the sprints, jumps, and throws! Results can be found here! Some highlights include: -Nick Dulko winning the shot put and discus in the prep division! -Tyrone Sparrow with a huge 200m PR as well as a fantastic hurdle showing, until he fell because he was "running too fast" (he was) -Ashton Lundy finishing in the top 8 in the prep pole vault -Nicole Green winning the Classic high jump (5'8") -Brittany Bowald coming in 2nd in the Classic triple jump (38' 10 1/2") -Danielle Spence finishing in the top 7 in both the shot put and discus -Frannie Rice (11') 7th and Zoe Harper (10'6") 11th in the Classic pole vault in a loaded field -David Bell 4th in the Classic pole vault with a PR tying jump of 15'6"

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15 Nick Dulko, Double Champion!! High Jump Champion! Nicole Greene, 5/14/14 While some of our athletes took a break after the state meet, other competed this past Saturday at the JTC #2 Summer Meet, with great results! (Results can be found here). We had good number of PRs, including: -Ari Dixon in the 200m (previous best was 24.09) and a huge javelin PR of 139'7" (previous best was 117'9") -Hannah Thrower with a PR in the 100m, and near PR in the 400m, winning her race by over 150m!! -Hannah Pataky in the 200m, running (previous best was 27.12!) -Nick Dulko in the discus, PRing by over 4 feet! -Lauren Dunn in the long jump, jumping 17'4" (previous best was 16'8") -Grace Mathis in the pole vault, jumping 10' (previous best was 9'2")

16 -Ashton Lundy in the vault, jumping 8' (previous best was 7'9") -Alan Michaud in the discus, throwing 94'7" (previous best was 82'5") -Tyrone Sparrow with PRs in the 100m, 200m, and long jump! Ashton Lundy Working on continuing to PR throughout the summer! 5/4/14 Below is a list of our state meet medalists! We had a tremendous two days at the state meet. The conditions were very bad, but our kids were TOUGH. We even had jumpers set lifetime best in the cold and rain! A special congratulations to the girls of The Bolles School for winning the 2A State Meet, and jumper Brittany Bowald for winning the state title in the triple jump!

17 In total we had 12 athletes bring back 14 medals! Even cooler than that is of those 12 athletes, only 5 went to the state meet last year! 1A- Kirby Powers, St Johns Country Day- high jump, 7th place 2A - Jasmine Maina, The Bolles School- long jump, 7th place - Frances Rice, The Bolles School- pole vault, 3rd place - Hannah Pataky, The Bolles School 4 x 400m relay, 3rd place - David Bell, Bishop Kenny- pole vault, 2nd place - Danielle Spence, The Bolles School- discus, 2nd place 3A- Zoe Harper, Ponte Vedra- pole vault, 6th place (PR jump of 10'6") - Courtney Mitchell, Nease- pole vault 4th place (PR jump of 10'6") - Nicole Greene, Ponte Vedra- high jump, 3rd place - Cory Dyer, Oakleaf- high jump, 6th place 4A- Brittany Bowald, Atlantic Coast- long jump, 3rd place (PR jump of 18'5 1/2") triple jump STATE CHAMPION (PR jump of 39' 3 1/2") and 4 x 100m relay 3rd place - Angie Greene, Fleming Island- shot put, 6th place

18 The Bolles School, 2014 State 2014 State Champ Champions!! (39'3 1/2") Brittany Bowald, in the Triple Jump 4/29/14 Below is a list of our state qualifiers! 15 different athletes competing in 19 events! 1A- Kirby Powers, St Johns Country Day- 100mH and high jump 2A - Jasmine Maina, The Bolles School- long jump - Frances Rice, The Bolles School- pole vault and high jump - Alex Acree, The Bolles Schol- 300mH - Tanner Cormier, Bishop Kenny- 100mH - Hannah Pataky, The Bolles School-4 x 400m relay - Jonathan Dixon- The Bolles School- 300mH - David Bell, Bishop Kenny- pole vault - Danielle Spence, The Bolles School- discus 3A- Zoe Harper, Ponte Vedra- pole vault - Courtney Mitchell, Nease- pole vault - Nicole Greene, Ponte Vedra- high jump - Cory Dyer, Oakleaf- high jump 4A- Brittany Bowald, Atlantic Coast- long jump, triple jump, 4 x 100m relay

19 - Angie Greene, Fleming Island- shot put 4/28/14 Another great two weeks have passed for the Jacksonville Athletic Club! All of the state qualifying meets are completed, and here are the highlights! 1A- Kirby Powers advanced to states in the high jump (winning the region) and in the 100m hurdles. 2A- Jasmine Maina has a PR long jump to advance to the state meet (18'2 1/2") and break the Bolles school record! Tanner Cormier has a PR in the 100mH to move on to states, and Jonathan Dixon has a huge PR to get the 4th spot in the 300mH. Hannah Pataky PRs again in the 400m, and advances to states in the 4x4 relay for Bolles. David Bell wins the region meet and sets the region record in the pole vault, and Frannie Rice moves on in both the high jump and the pole vault! 3A- Cory Dyer has a lifetime best in the high jump to advance (6'8") and Nicole Greene wins the high jump easily to move on as well (5'8"). Pole vaulters Zoe Harper (10') and Courtney Mitchell (10'6") go 1-2 in the vault, both with PR AND School record jumps! (For Ponte Vedra and Nease). 800m runner Sean O'Linn shattered his personal best in the 800m, going from 2:00.21 to 1:57.84, winning the slow heat. Very excited to see what he can run this summer! 4A- Brittany Bowald moves on in the long jump, triple jump and 4 x 100m relay, and Lauren Dunn has an incredible region meet, setting a nice PR in the long jump (16'8") and missing qualifying for states by only 1/2 and inch! She also was top 6 in the triple jump, going 35'11 1/2". Also, Anastasia Demico sets a PR in the long jump (16'7") to get 6th place. A tremendous season for those two girls, as they both are first year jumpers! Finally, thrower Angie Greene PRs in the shot put (40'7") to win the region meet and qualify for states! 4/13/14 Another great week has passed for the Jacksonville Athletic Club! We have had some great results from 1A and 2A district meets, as well as some meets that have served as tune up meets for the 3A and 4A schools. On Wednesday, Ginni Cormier won the long jump at the district meet, and placed 4th in the high jump. Kirby Powers won the high jump, and advanced to regionals in the 100mH as well as the pole vault! At the 2A district meet JAC athletes did a tremendous job on setting personal bests, as well as advancing to the region meet. Highlights include Jasmine Maina winning the long jump and triple jump, Alex Acree and Rachel Honig advancing in the long jump, triple jump, and 300mH, Grace Mathis setting a PR in the pole vault (9'2") to advance, as

20 well as advancing in the 300mH. Frannie Rice was 2nd in the pole vault, and 1st in the high jump. Sprinter Hannah Pataky had pr's in both the 200m and 400m to advance to regionals in both events, as well as in the 4x400m relay. It has been a while since a Bolles sprinter has advanced in 3 events! Also, Tanner Cormier got 2nd in the 100mH to advance to the region meet. On the boys side, Jonathan Dixon was district champion in the 110mH, and his brother Ari advanced in the 400m (with a PR time of 51.13) as well in the 4x400m relay. Cody Rose advanced in the long jump, and Robert Yardley advanced in both the triple jump as well as the 300mH. Finally, David Bell won the meet in the pole vault, and David Goreschak got 3rd! In just 2 district meets the JAC has 12 district champions and 34 performances that will move on to the region meet! Finally, on Friday new member Nicole Greene won the high jump in Orange Park, and vaulters Kari Meiser and Courtney Mitchell set PR's in the vault at Bartram Trail, jumping 10' and 10'6". Courtney's 10'6" vault was a new Nease school record!

21 JAC Vaulters Alan Michaud, Courtney Mitchell, and Kari Meiser. Alan is the school record holder at Stanton, and Courtney Just recently set the school record at Nease! All three have a combined improvement of over 3 feet in just 8 weeks! 4/7/14 Another great TWO weeks have passed for the Jacksonville Athletic Club! We have been busy getting better and breaking records! We had a phenomenal last two weeks, highlights from the Sandalwood Meet (#4) include PR's in the long jump and triple jump from Lauren Dunn (16'2" and 36'3") and a PR in the long jump for Brittany Bowald (18'6"). At the Gateway Conference Meet the JAC jumpers really showed up, as we finished 1 and 3 in the girls high jump, 1, 4 and 6 in the girls long jump, and 1 and 3 in the girls triple jump! Brittany Bowald set a PR in the triple jump (39'3") and 100m hurdles (16.19 in her 2nd time ever running them). Anastasia Demico had nice PRs in the long jump and triple jump, and Lauren Dunn was a 3 time scorer in all of her events! Decathlete Alan Michaud had a nice PR in the vault (11'6") and long jump. At the Bolles meet on Thursday, both Bolles long jump and triple jump school records on the girls side were broken! Jasmine Maina jumped 17'9 1/2" to break the long jump record, and Rachel Honig jumped 36'1" to break the triple jump record. Alex Acree set PR's in both events going 17' and 35'6". Bolles now has 3 girls over 17' in the long jump, and all are JAC athletes! Also in the long jump Tanner Cormier had a nice PR in the long jump. Decathlete Robert Yardley PR'ed in the vault (11') and set a FOUR FOOT PR in the triple jump, going 43'8". Jonathan Dixon had a nice PR in the 110m hurdles (15.09), Ari Dixon had another PR in the 400m (51.91) and Hannah Pataky continues to PR in every race, PRing both in the 200m and 400m! 3/24/14 Another great week has passed for the Jacksonville Athletic Club! Even-though most Duval and St. Johns County schools were on spring break, we kept practicing and competing. This past week we had competitions at Episcopal and at Florida State. Highlights include pole vault PR's for Kari Meiser, decathletes Alan Michaud and Robert Yardley, and a nice 9" PR for David Goreschak as well. Robert Yardley also had a 110mH PR, and Hannah Pataky and Ari Dixon also had PRs in the 400m. Frannie Rice tied her PR in the high jump, and Kirby Powers had a nice breakthrough in the high jump, going 5'4". At the FSU Relays David Bell got 2nd in the vault, Cody Rose finished 3rd in the long jump, and Frannie Rice was 5th in the pole vault.

22 3/17/14 Another great week has passed for the Jacksonville Athletic Club! This past week we had competitions at Atlantic Coast, Creekside, Raines HS for the Bob Hayes meet, and Orlando for the Disney High School Showcase. Highlights include vault PR's for Grace Mathis (9') and David Goreschak (12'), and 4 of our girls placing in the top 6 at the Creekside meet! Frannie Rice won the pole vault and got 2nd in the high jump. At the Bob Hayes meet Brittany Bowald tied her PR in the long jump (18'4") and set a new PR in the triple jump (38'9") to get 2nd place. Lauren Dunn tied her high jump PR and did very well in the triple jump as well. At Disney David Bell won the vault (15') and Cody Rose was a 3 time medalist in the long jump, 200m, and 4x1. Lauren Dunn (Atlantic Coast) High Jumping at Bob Hayes 3/10/14 Another great week has passed for the Jacksonville Athletic Club! This past week we had competitions at Mandarin, Nease, Sandalwood, and Bolles. Some highlights include another school record in the long jump for Ginni Cormier (Christ's Church Academy), a 3 foot PR in the triple jump for Lauren Dunn (Atlantic Coast), PR's in the 110mH for Robert Yardley (Bolles), long jump PR for Tanner Cormier (Bishop Kenny), long jump PR for Anastasia Demico (Atlantic Coast), a 400m PR for Jake Kerr (Bolles) and a win at the Bolles meet in the long jump for Cody Rose (Bishop Kenny). Kari

23 Meiser (Nease) had a nice win in the pole vault on a cold Tuesday meet. Also at the Bolles meet Brittany Bowald (Atlantic Coast) PRed in the long jump (18'4) and triple jump (38'5"). Her triple jump mark was a meet record. Finally, David Bell (Bishop Kenny) had another PR in the vault, jumping 15'6". This was also broke the meet record! JAC Jumper Brittany Bowald after her triple jump PR

24 JAC Vaulter David Bell after his Pole Vault PR 3/3/14 Another great week has passed for the Jacksonville Athletic Club. We were represented this week in meets at Sandalwood, Bishop Snyder, Holy Trinity, Clay, as well as St. Augustine HS. Some highlights include a PR in the triple jump (37'10") by Brittany Bowald (Atlantic Coast), PR in the high jump by Lauren Dunn (Atlantic Coast) as well as another school record in the long jump for Ginni Cormier (Christ's Church Academy). Also, at the Holy Trinity meet, decathlete Robert Yardley (Bolles) had huge PR's in both hurdles. His 300mH PR was by 2 seconds! Cory Dyer (Oakleaf) won the high jump at the Bishop Snyder meet and had some great attempts at 6'8". Kari Meiser (Nease) and Zoe Harper (Ponte Vedra) competed in a jump off in the pole vault for the win, and Nick Dulko had a 2 foot PR in the shot put! Finally vaulter David Bell (Bishop Kenny) smashed his PR in the vault, jumping 15' at the Snyder meet. He had some great jumps at 15'6" and it's great to see him jump so well this early in the season! 2/23/14 What a week! Very hard to mention every PR this week, but we will try. The JAC had a tremendous showing this week, attending 5 different meets around the Jacksonville area. Highlights include Brittany Bowald (Atlantic Coast) triple jumping 37'5" from a short run at Sandalwood, then following that up by winning 3 events (LJ, TJ, and 4x1) at the Flagler Palm Coast meet, earning her the female MVP award from the meet. This keeps that award in the JAC family as Frannie Rice (Bolles) won the award last year! Speaking of Frannie, she vaulted a PR of 11'3" at the Flagler meet, to improve upon her school record. Hannah Pataky (Bolles) improved her 400m PR by over a second, to finish 7th overall. Newcomer Anastasia Demico (AC) got 3rd in the

25 long jump in only her 2nd ever meet! Nick Dulko (Ponte Vedra) finished 8th in the discus with a great season opening throw. Cody Rose (Bishop Kenny) won the long jump at the Mandarin meet, and BK teammate David Bell won the high jump and tied for the win the vault. Also, Ginni Cormier (Christ's Church Academy) got 2nd in the high jump and 4th in the long jump at the Sandalwood meet. Finally, Cory Dyer (Oakleaf) jumped 6'6" in the high jump during the Wolfson meet to improve his PR by 10 inches!! Video of Frannie's 11'3" PR 2/19/14 Congrats to JAC high jumper, Cory Dyer, for shattering his personal best last night in the high jump at the Wolfson meet. Cory's previous PR in the high jump was 5'8", and last night he jumped 6'6" to set a huge PR, as well as the Oakleaf school record. He also won the event at the meet. He came in at 5'8", and only had one miss the entire competition! He didn't even attempt 6'8", as he was so overcome with joy from clearing 6'6". Great job Cory! 2/15/14 Congrats to JAC athletes who had a great first meet this weekend! We were represented well at the Episcopal meet as well as the Sandalwood meet. Some highlights were Brittany Bowald's PR long jump (18'3"), Jasmine Maina's performance in the jumps (17'1" and PR of 35'4"), Kirby Power's double victory in the 100mH and HJ (hurdle time was almost a 1 second PR!), Hannah Pataky's huge (1.5 second) PR in the 200m for 3rd place, and decathlete Ari Dixon's big PR in the 400m (2nd place). Keep up the great work! 2/7/14 Congrats to JAC jumper Ashton Butler, for signing a scholarship to jump at Florida State University next year! FSU has a tremendous tradition in the jumps, and Coach Dennis Nobles will do a great job with Ashton. Recently FLRunners did a neat article on Ashton, and you can read it here!

26 2/6/14 Congrats to Cody Rose, Ashton Butler, and Aunikah King on their PR's in the long jump yesterday in their first meet of the outdoor season! Cody broke his school record jumping 22'8", Ashton jumped 23'5", and Aunikah jumped 17'2" from 12 steps! (Not bad for an 8th grader). Tanner Cormier won the 100m hurdles, Frances Rice won the pole vault from a short approach, and Ashton won the triple jump from a short run too. In the sprints, Jonthan Dixon was 1st in the 110m hurdles and 2nd in the 200m, Aunikah won the 200m, and Cody was 2nd in the 100m. It was a great first meet for all of our athletes! 2/3/14 We are proud to announce the offering of the JAC Youth Summer Training group this year! This is a unique opportunity for those aged 6-12 who want to learn all of the events of track and field in a fun way! Click here for more information! 1/29/14 The second annual JAC Combined Events Qualifier will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 7th and 8th. This will be the only USATF certified decathlon and heptathlon in Florida and will be a great opportunity to try and hit a qualifying score for USA's or US Juniors. Meet info will be posted soon! 1/26/14 We traveled a small group of athletes to Clemson, SC this weekend and had a very successful trip. Frannie Rice set a new indoor PR in the pole vault (11') and horizontal jumper Ashton Butler finished 4th in the long jump and 2nd in the triple jump, both from a 10 step approach! Full results can be found here. 1/18/14 We had a phenomenal first meet of the season! Many personal bests were set, and the athletes are ready for the upcoming season. Check out the results here. 1/9/14 We have added a "Frequently Asked Questions" page, check it out! Also, if you have any suggestions to add to it, feel free to let us know! We are also in the process of adding a junior training group (ages 6-12) for the summer, so stay tuned for an announcement about that as well!