The 2019 season is officially on and running after the conclusion of Saturday's Gainesville Striders Invitational!
Our returning members, along with our newer track neophytes, got their feet wet this season and #ZoomNation had a very successful day overall, bringing home 30 medals as a club. More pics are on the way, but in the meantime, photos have been posted on our Facebook page and team website, www.tallahasseezoom.org. If you are not already following us on social media, please click one of the icons below to do so.

We are proud of the effort we saw from everyone on Saturday! As we have indicated in the past, we train with the end goal in mind. We will continue to push our athletes and prepare for them for future success. 

With that, please join me in congratulating all of our medalists from this weekend's meet!

#Zoom2019

After nearly 1600 miles traveled and being away from home for 6 days, the 2018 USATF JO Games is officially a wrap!

Zoom had a stellar showing and we saw our athletes excel all week long! Leading things off was Christian Lawrence in the triathlon. Christian battled through 3 grueling events and made All-American status with his 5th place finish! He followed that up later in the week with a 4th place medal-winning performance in the shotput. What a great first year with Zoom for Christian!

Curtis Williams, our reigning national champion in the Long Jump, left no doubt on his 1st jump of competition and never relinquished his lead, earning ANOTHER National Championship in the long jump! He quickly followed that up with a medal in the High Jump, placing 4th overall and earning All-American status in that event as well. Curtis ends the year with 3 postseason medals to his name.

Micahi Danzy had one thing on his mind entering his long jump competition: get on that podium! Micahi unleashed a huge jump in the prelims to make the final and finished 2nd in the country, earning his 1st- ever individual  national medal.

Next up were our 4x1 Relay teams. Our relay ladies, Ameion Hamlet, A'Kyrah O'Banner,  Madison King, and Miahna Harden won their prelim race and then improved on their time in the finals to place 4th in the country and earn All-American status! The ladies, to no one's surprise, were quite pumped after their race.
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The 11-12yr old team of Kamari Jones, Isaiah & Elijah Bighem, and Micahi Danzy, entered Nationals with a strong belief that they could come away with a National title. When they made it through prelims with the #2 seed, it gave them even more confidence.   In the finals, the guys executed flawlessly and ran away with the race, in a blazing 49.28 time to win their national title!

On Sunday, the ladies on the 4x4 wanted close things out on a high note, and boy, did they deliver! The team of Miahna Harden, Nadia Collins, A'Kyrah O'Banner, and Madison King delivered a 4th place finish in an impressive time of 3:50.28!

All in all, it was a very successful week, which saw Zoom wrap things with:

• 17 All- Americans
• 5 National Champions
• 26 Top-25 finishes

#ZoomStrong #USATFJO

Please join us in wishing GOOD LUCK to our Zoom athletes who have advanced to this week's FHSAA State Finals!

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​Our opening meet of the 2018 season is now in the books and we want to say GREAT JOB to the parents and athletes who showed up and showed out this weekend! Despite some of the parking and gate issues, all in all, the meet was a huge success!

Despite competing against some teams who have 2-3 meets already under the belt, our athletes more than held their own. We had a chance to compete against some of Florida's best and came away with lessons learned, new Personal Records, and hopefully a renewed focus for the remainder of the season!

Photos from this weekend's meet have already been posted (Facebook and website). Please feel free to tag yourselves in them and share with family and friends. This week please have your athletes at practice on time and ready to roll as we have lots of work to do before the Savannah Silver Cheetahs Invitational on 4/21.

Congratulations to all who participated but a special shout out to this week's medal winners! We hope to see this list triple by the next meet!

Congratulations goes out to Zoom's own Kevin Sawyer, who was named to the 2017 All-Big Bend football 1st Team this week. Kevin amassed 1,220 yards and 13 TD and caught 35 passes for 476 yards while helping to lead Florida High deep into the playoffs his senior year.

Congratulations are also in order for Zoom's own Chris Beard, who in his 1st year on varsity, earned the starting nod and 2017 All Big-Bend 2nd Team Honors!
Chris had a stellar season, leading his Lincoln Trojans to the 2nd round of the playoffs, while piling up great numbers at QB: 
2,310 pass yards, 23 TD, 7 INT; 156 car., 481 rush yards, 5 TD
Another huge CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Zoom's own Marko Skarica, for earning 2nd team All Big-Bend Honors for his outstanding sophomore campaign with Lincoln this past season!
Marko had an outstanding season, serving as a primary weapon for Chris and Lincoln's offense: 
26 rec., 435 yards, 7 TD

GREAT JOB Gentlemen!

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Zoom Nation,
Tallahassee Zoom has partnered with Rodney Gallon of 'Embrace Fitness, Embrace Champions' to offer a comprehensive training program designed to allow our athletes to make maximum gains this off-season! Based on the overwhelming interest, we wanted to share additional details of the program. We begin training on Monday, October 2nd.
What: 'Embrace Fitness, Embrace Champions' will provide Dynamic Training, focusing on sprinting techniques, explosive plyometrics, and speed and strength development. This training program is open to both new and returning Zoom athletes. 

When: Training will occur 3 days a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, beginning at 6:30pm (possibly adding Saturdays in the coming weeks)

Where:  The facility is located at 2815 Industrial Plaza Dr (off of Capital Cir NE, near Tom Brown Park, located behind Gallops Karate Center)

Cost: Embrace Champions is offering Zoom athletes a special rate of $40/athlete a month. For families with multiple athletes, it would be just an additional $10 per sibling a month (2 athletes = $50; 3 athletes = $60, etc.). The fee covers instructional, age-appropriate training for all athletes, 3 days per week 

Embrace Champions will also provide a package deal with the parents. If any parent(s) signs up there athlete to the program and would love to train during the adult sessions, then it will be $ 10 a week per parent a month (early morning or 7:30pm Adult classes are provided).

​Email us at tallahasseezoom@outlook.comfor more info

Zoom athletes were truly tested this weekend, facing the best that Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina had to offer in track and field!
Despite the challenges, #ZoomNation was able to rise to the top, advancing 10 athletes to the Hershey USATF Junior Olympic Games later this month! See the gallery below for a list of those advancing and their stories....

Tallahassee Zoom athletes displayed the merits of months of hard work during this weekend's USATF Florida Association Championship in Orlando, Florida.
Months of training paid off to the tune of 43 Zoom Athletes- YES everyone who competed- moving on and advancing to next month's Regional qualifier!
Thank you parents for having your athletes at the track on time and ready to compete with Florida's finest! 
Attached is a list of all the qualifiers and their events. Tomorrow we will send out hotel and meet info for the next meet, but we wanted to take this time to salute our medal winners and the team as a whole for the outstanding work this weekend.

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