So, you’re a track and field athlete in Hawaii, but you can’t make it to the Oahu Track and Field Hawaii clinic on Saturday.
What? Get out there to the Moanalua High School track. No matter your skill level, there will be plenty to learn from a star-studded cast of high-level athletes.
If I was a coach, I would tell my athletes: “No excuses. You’re going.”
Olympic Medal Winners Lead The Cast of Instructors
Five Olympians, including two who won Olympic medals, are among the instructors.
Brittney Reese, who will he giving instruction on the triple jump, is a seven-time world champion in the long jump who won Olympic gold in in 2012 and silver in 2016 and 2021.
Brittney Reese. (Image credit: AthleticsWeekly.com)
Will Claye, who will be instructing in the long jump, won an Olympic silver medal in the triple jump and a bronze medal in the long jump in 2012 and a silver medal in the triple jump in 2016.
Will Claye. Image credit: AthleticsWeekly.com).
Clinic instructors Keturah Oriji (triple jump), Darrell Hill (shot put and discus) and Queen Claye (sprints and hurdles) have also competed in the Olympic Games.
Other instructors who have competed for the U.S. at high levels are Chris Benard (long jump), Morgan Lake and Jeremy Fischer (high jump), and Bashir Ramzy (sprints and hurdles).
Fischer, a former All-American at the University of Wisconsin, is a jumps coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
In addition, another instructor, Brian Yokoyama, has served for more than a decade as the men’s and women’s pole vault chair for USA Track and Field High Performance and Development, and he oversees the development of the U.S.’s top pole vaulters through various programs including the National Pole Vault Summit held annually in Reno, Nevada.
Schedules for the Saturday clinic and a Friday coaches workshop are below. To sign up or for more information, email [email protected] or [email protected].
The fee is $20, and that includes both days for coaches. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result is required.
On Saturday, athletes can switch from one event to others throughout the day.
Click the link for a clinic waiver form.
THE SCHEDULE
MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL
Friday, March 4
>> Track and Field Workshop for Officials and Coaches Only, 7 to 9 p.m., at Building R near the gym.
Saturday, March 5
>> Track and Field Clinic for Athletes, Officials and Coaches, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., two sessions with a lunch break in between.
>> Pole Vault Clinic for Athletes, Officials and Coaches, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
