Join us on July 25th for World Record Camps at Prince George’s County Sports & Learning Complex (PCSLC)! This will be our reduced crew of our top coaches. Space is limited so sign up early!
For local information, please contact dchighflyers@gmail.com
Coaches
Willie Banks, Triple Jump
Personal Record
17.97m (58 feet 11.5 inches)
Achievements
World Record Holder (1985 - 1995)
Olympic Athlete (1980, 1984, 1988)
1x Silver Medalist (1983 World Championships)
The former World Record holder in the triple jump. Willie Banks held the record for over 10 years, and was inducted into the USA National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1999. He currently coaches at a local high school in California and often travels around the world teaching triple jump clinics.
Dwight Stones, High Jump
Personal Record
2.34m (7 feet 8.126 inches)
Achievements
3x Olympian
2x Bronze Medalist Olympic Games
A three-time world record holder, Stones set his first world record when he cleared 7' 6 1/2" in 1973 at Munich, Germany. That jump also made him the first "flopper" to set a world high jump record, five years after Dick Fosbury made that jumping style famous while winning the Mexico City Olympics. Stones raised the world record to 7'7" in 1976 and added another quarter inch to the record two months later. During this 16-year career, he won an incredible 19 national championships..
Jeff Hartwig, Pole Vault
Personal Record
6.03m (19 feet 9.25 inches)
Achievements
In 1998, Hartwig set two North American records with 6.00 and 6.01 metres. The latter was an improvement of 16 centimetres from his personal best of 5.85 m from 1997. In 1999, he won US national championships by improving his own record to 6.02 metres, and his current North American record of 6.03 metres followed in 2000. His personal best indoor is 6.02 metres. Only Renaud Lavillenie, Sergey Bubka and Steven Hooker have jumped higher in an indoor competition.
Jeneva Stevens, Throws
Personal Best
Shot Put 18.84m
Discus 59.45m
Hammer 74.77m
Achievements
Her biggest successes to date are the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and 9th place at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. She studied at Southern Illinois University and is training for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Schedule
Day One
June 25th, 2016
Time Activity
8:30am Registration
9:00am Introduction of Clinicians
9:30am Coaching Session (Event Specific Training)
11:30am Lunch
12:30pm Team Building Game
1:00pm Coaching Session (Event specific training)
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Coaching Session (Event specific training)
4:30pm Q&A
4:45pm Camp Complete, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
