Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field

📣Registration & Giveaway time!!📣
🦅 Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field AAU youth track club

Registration is OPEN for KGE! Please visit our website for more details and to register here:

Www.KYGoldenEagles.org

RUN, JUMP, THROW WITH US!

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💵 And we also have a giveaway!!!

To enter, all you have to do is:

1. ✅ Follow & like KGE’s page on Facebook
2. ✅ Like this post
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4. ✅ Tag 3 friends in the comments of this post

We will have a drawing on December 15th for $50 off any KGE registration for this upcoming season!!

Additional drawings and information will be announced in the coming months so stay tuned to our page!!

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Home Central Kentucky's premier AAU track club

⁉️ FAQ part 4⁉️📣
🦅 Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field

Final FAQ before posting registration sign ups this weekend.

🌀What are your different registration options?
1. KGE GOLD TEAM - Elementary Competition Team for K-5th (attends any school or homeschool) & 6th-8th (homeschool only) (no previous track experience required) during March-June & July-August if they qualify
2. KGE PLATINUM TEAM - Middle & High School Competition Team for 6th-12th (attends any school, MUST HAVE PREVIOUS SCHOOL OR CLUB TRACK EXPERIENCE, no beginners on this team) during June and July if they qualify
3. KGE SILVER - Elementary, Middle & High School Training Only Option for K-12th (attends any school or homeschool, no previous track experience required) during select months between April-June
*Full details will be on the Registration tab on our website tomorrow night.

*We will have a Strength &
Conditioning workout clinic announced soon!

🌀What’s the difference between KGE competition team and KGE training? The KGE competition team athletes participate in track meets (including AAU and non-AAU meets). KGE non-competition training sessions are offered to athletes who do not wish to participate in track meets but want to train with our competition athletes in practices. Training only athletes will practice with KGE for a 1 month commitment with 6 practices per month.

🌀How much is registration? Gold, Platinum and Silver options will each cost $125 a month during training months (due before the season starts). Gold option will get the month of June free with their registration as well as the month of July if they qualify for the Junior Olympics. Only Junior Olympic Qualifiers participate with KGE during the month of July. Other costs apply as this only refers to KGE registration payments.

🌀Do you offer any scholarships or discounts for registration? We are seeking donors to help provide the funding for scholarships for competition team fees at this time. As we receive donations through individuals and community partners, we plan to offer scholarships to athletes who could use a little extra assistance in meeting the team fees. It is a very important goal of KGE to make our team sport accessible to all athletes and families regardless of financial ability to pay. However, there are costs associated with being on a competitive travel team and funding is needed to cover those costs. If your family could use a scholarship, please fill out the scholarship wait list form on the Register tab on our website (it will be active tomorrow night) to put your name on a wait list so that when we receive funding, we may contact you. There is no guarantee of a scholarship and no guarantee that it will be for this upcoming season.

Check back tomorrow for REGISTRATION INFO!! 🦅💙🤍💛🦅

⁉️ FAQ part 3⁉️📣
🦅 Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field

Over the next several days leading up to posting registration this weekend, we will be posting a few common frequently asked questions that we receive to give you more info about our team.

🌀How much will I travel for track meets? Regular season and district qualifying meets this year will likely be in state with no more than a 1.5 hour drive of Richmond for most meets. Regional (likely in TN) and Junior Olympics (in Houston, TX) qualifying meets will be out of state. Your athlete must qualify to participate in the Regional and Junior Olympic meets. As meets are announced we will provide dates and locations. Parents/Guardians are responsible for all travel expenses for the athlete (Lodging, transportation, meals, admission costs for non-athletes). The majority of meets will be a day trip, and not require overnight stays.

🌀Are there tryouts? There are no formal tryouts. There will be evaluations to determine athlete ability and placement on the team for the elementary competition team. For the middle & high school competition team, there won’t be tryouts but they must have prior track experience on a school or club team before joining KGE for the summer session. For athletes who join the training only option (don’t participate in meets but just come to practices to train), there are no tryouts or previous track experience required.

🌀How many meets are in the season? It will vary, we are projecting around at least 4-5 regular season meets in April and May. There will be a potential of around 3-4 additional meets depending on qualifiers and meet availability. Some meets, athletes must qualify to participate in June and July through the first week of August. Meets will be updated on the calendar.

That’s all for today. Check back tomorrow for the final note; Part 4 before we post registration on Sunday! 🦅💙🤍💛🦅

⁉️ FAQ part 2⁉️📣
🦅 Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field

Over the next several days leading up to posting registration this weekend, we will be posting a few common frequently asked questions that we receive to give you more info about our team.

🌀 When will the parent/student informational meeting be held?

KGE Parent/Student Informational Meeting:
🗓️ Saturday January 11th, 2025
⏰ 3pm
📍 Madison County Public Library - Richmond, Community Room #013 (Ground Floor)
*Please make plans to attend as we will cover very important information concerning the season and try on uniforms for sizing!

**In the event of inclement weather on 1/11, we will have a backup date of 2/8 for the informational!

KGE Parent/Student Informational Meeting (only if the first meeting is postponed due to weather):
🗓️ Saturday February 8th, 2025
⏰ 3pm
📍 Madison County Public Library - Richmond, Community Room #013 (Ground Floor)

🌀 When and where do you practice?

We will plan to practice 2-3 times a week for 1-1.5 hours each practice. We may practice at a track or a gym on select days. All details of location, days, times will be posted on our team communication app and calendar once it is confirmed.

🌀 Do I have to live in Richmond or attend a certain school?

No! That’s the beauty of an AAU travel club; you can attend any school or be homeschooled and you can live in Madison or a neighboring county and still join our club. As long as you can make it to practices, you should be good!

That’s all for today. Check back tomorrow for Part 3! 🦅💙🤍💛🦅

📣 ⁉️ FAQ part 1 ⁉️📣
🦅 Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field

Over the next several days leading up to posting registration this weekend, we will be posting a few common frequently asked questions that we receive to give you more info about our team.

🌀What ages do you accept on your team?

Great news! This year we will be accepting athletes grades K-12th!! Last year we mainly focused on elementary athletes for the competition team as we were starting out. We added in a few select middle and high school athletes at the end of last season. But we are happy to announce that all athletes in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade from ANY school or homeschool will have options for participating with our club! We’ll share more about those options in a later FAQ post this week.

🌀My child doesn’t have any experience with track & field, can they still join KGE?

No worries! We will teach and train your athlete in their events. Many athletes who joined KGE last year had no prior experience with the sport. They had a great season, winning many medals and placing well at meets. Others had fun, learned a lot and grew during their time training with us.
No experience… no worries! Come on out! Whether you want your child to increase their endurance, get faster, get stronger, throw or jump a greater distance, learn some new drills, have fun exercising, want to join a great supportive community or want to competitively compete all the way to the Junior Olympics in Houston, TX in 2025, we have you covered! There is a place for almost any youth on our team.

🌀What are the different events at track meets?

Track and Field events will vary from meet to meet. However, these are some events that your athlete may see or participate in:

Sprints – 100m, 200m, 400m

Hurdles – 80m (AAU), 200m (AAU), 100m, 110m, 300m, 400m (AAU)

Distance – 800m, 1500m (AAU) 1600m, 3000m (AAU), 3200m

Relays – 4x100m (400m), 4x200m (800m) 4x400m (1600m), 4x800m (3200m), Sprint medley (100m-100m-200m-400m)

Field – Shot Put, Discus, Turbo-Javelin, Javelin, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault (we don’t train or compete in pole vault)

Multi Events - Triathlon (AAU), Pentathlon (AAU), Decathlon (AAU), Heptathlon (AAU), 2000m Steeplechase (AAU)

Racewalk - 1500m (AAU), 3000m (AAU)

That’s all for today. Check back tomorrow for Part 2! 🦅💙🤍💛🦅

📣🗓️Stay tuned….KGE early registration is expected to open up by the end of this coming weekend! We are currently working on registration forms and details. Check back here later this week for all new season info!

KGE is blessed to be one of the 9 clubs awarded additional funding to help our club grow and assist our athletes! Thank you USA Track & Field Foundation for your generosity and support of the youth in our community. We are so grateful! Press release attached. 🦅 💙🤍💛🦅

USATF Foundation | USATF Foundation Awards $18,000 in Additional Youth Grants to Support Future Track Stars 18 Sep USATF Foundation Awards $18,000 in Additional Youth Grants to Support Future Track Stars Posted at 11:55h in News by Trixie PITTSBURGH-The USA Track & Field Foundation is proud to announce an additional $18,000 in Youth Club grants to nine outstanding track and field clubs across the country....

Look what we received today! 😱😍 A HUGE box full of donated running shoes from Running Warehouse!! These shoes will benefit some of the youth athletes on our Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field team who could use a nice pair of running shoes! Thanks so much Running Warehouse!! We appreciate your generosity and support of the youth in our community! 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃🏽‍♂️ 👟 🫶🏼

Thanks for the memories 🥺

We had the best time hanging out with you guys and cannot thank all of our athletes, parents, coaches, partners and volunteers for making the 2024 AAU Junior Olympic Games what it was!

Until next year…

The final athlete up on Saturday
for Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field at the AAU Junior Olympics is Zaiden Harvey competing in the boys 10yr Turbo Jav!! Let’s go Zaiden!! 🦅

Here’s a sample of the personalized gifts that each of our athletes received when checking into the meet this week. Love the merch! 🤩

*Our final athlete will be competing tomorrow (Saturday). We’ll post all results soon. 🦅

Coaches Art and Niki Lewis couldn’t resist this photo opp! 😂 They look forward to needing a charter bus for the team one day for JO! 🦅

Day 2 for us (Tuesday) finished out with Peyton Moncrief competing for Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field at the AAU Junior Olympics in the boys 12yr Long Jump!! 🦅

*pict repost from yesterday 😂

The first athlete up on Tuesday for Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field at the AAU Junior Olympics is Micah Lewis competing in the boys 10yr Shot Put!! Let’s get it Micah! 🦅

The final athlete up on Monday for Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field at the AAU Junior Olympics is Malachi Lewis competing in the boys 15-16yr Javelin!! Let’s go Malachi! 🦅

Next athlete up on this rainy Monday for Kentucky Golden Eagles Track & Field at the AAU Junior Olympics is Peyton Moncrief competing in the boys 12yr High Jump!! Peyton came into JO seeded at 4th in the nation. He’s coming for the top! Let’s go Peyton! 🦅