Drive Phase Track Club is based in Fayetteville and is a youth-based track team serving athletes ages 7-19. The club trains at McCurry Park and competes in track meets all over the country. Athletes train two hours per day, three days a week from February through July.
This past season, Drive Phase Track Club had 66 athletes; 35 of whom qualified to compete at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympics in August at California State University in Sacramento.
One of the highest achievements in youth track and field is to be recognized as an All-American. To earn this recognition, athletes must finish in the top eight places overall in their event at the National Junior Olympics. The Drive Phase Track Club had 27 All-American performances this year.
Those being recognized at the Oct. 13 meeting of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners include Zalen Green, James Fason, Ethan Pittman, Vernorris Kelly, Jr., Genesis Johnson, Madison Gardner, Bobbi Olive, Ryan Davis, Morgan Hatcher, Kenyah Conner, Corey Richardson, Jaren Blankenship, Zion Redding, Trennedy Whatley, Herschel Parker, Imari Johnson, Jasmine Harmon, Isis Grant, Gabriella Grissom, Tia Williams, Ajanae Chatham, Amari Barkley, Austin Anderson, Ayden Anderson, Brandon Moss, Christopher Wright-Goss and Amara Nwajagu.
