SPEEDBURNERS  in the News:  Week of July 12

 

 

 

Speedburner Teams and Athletes in Action this Week:

 

 

   DJ SHOEMATE TRANSFERS TO UCONN!

Speedburner RB DJ Shoemate has transferred from USC to the University of Connecticut.  DJ is going into his junior year.  With the imposed sanctions on the SC football program, juniors and seniors were allowed to transfer without losing any eligibility.  The Huskies are getting a great player.  Good Luck DJ!

 

SPEEDBURNER CHAD OWENS BLAZES TO RECORD 117 YARD KICK RETURN!

Speedburner kick returner Chad Owens took a missed field goal 117 yards for a TD as the Toronto Argonauts 36-34 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday.  With the win the Argos move to 2-1 on the year. Chad finished with 272 total yards and was named the CFL Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts. He also took a punt back 90 yards for a TD in last week’s season opener.

Chad has worked hard to come back from a torn ACL.   Congratulations and Great Job Chad!

 

 

TORI PENA GRABS THE GOLD IN IRELAND!

Speedburner pole vaulter Tori Pena set the Irish National Pole Vault record clearing 13-6 and taking home the Gold at the National Championships in Santry, Ireland on Saturday. Tori is hoping to represent Ireland in the European Athletic Championships in Barcelona at the end of the month.  Congratulations and Good Luck Tori!

 

In NBA News:  Speedburner NBA Signings:

NBA Speedburners Brian Cook, Shelden Williams, and Shaun Livingston have recently signed with new teams. Brian, a forward, and formerly of the Houston Rockets has signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, Shelden, a forward formerly with the Boston Celtics, signed with the Denver Nuggets, and Shaun, a point guard, formerly with the Washington Wizards, has inked a deal with the Charlotte Bobcats.  Congratulations and good luck to Brian, Shelden, and Shaun!

 

SPEEDBURNER SASHA VUJACIC HITS TWO FREE THROWS TO ICE LAKER VICTORY!

Speedburner Sasha Vujacic hit two free throws with 11 seconds left to seal an 83-79 win in Game 7 for the Los Angeles Lakers over the hated Boston Celtics! 

Great job Sasha and congrats to Laker friends Lamar Odom, Robbie Davis and Marko Yrjovuori!

Congratulations to Speedburner Shelden Williams and Speedburner friend Paul Pierce on a great season!

 

In Mixed Martial Arts Action:

Speedburner MMA fighter Babalu Sobral took a unanimous decision in his StrikeForce light heavy weight fight versus Robbie Lawler last Saturday night in Los Angeles.  With the win, Babalu goes to 36-8 and Lawler falls to 17-6.  It was Babalu’s first fight since last year’s loss to Gerard Mousasi.  Congrats Babalu!

 

In Arena Football Action:

Speedburner DT Alex Guerrero had 2 unassisted tackles, 1 for a loss, 2 pass break ups and 1 forced fumble for the Arizona Rattlers in their game against the Shreveport Battlewings on  Saturday. The Rattlers won by a score of 79-50 to move to 7-3 on the year.  Next up for Arizona is an away game next Saturday versus the Jacksonville Sharks.

 

In LPGA Golf Action:

In the State Farm Classic last week, Speedburner LPGA golfer Katie Futcher finished in 8th place at 7 under par.  Katie had an incredible 23 birdies! I'm pretty sure I haven't hit that many birdies in my life!  Great Job Katie!

 

In High School Football:

The North roster has been set for the Orange County All Star Game in July 16 at Orange Coast College.

Speedburner athletes competing for the North squad are:

WR Chris Nicholls form Servite, OT Derek Stickney, TE Isaiah Jones, and RB Brock Dunn from El Dorado, RB DeAngelo Bonner form Troy, RB Damani Wilson from Orange Lutheran, and DB Luke Williams from Brea Olinda.

 

Athletes in Training:

 

Speedburner Athletes training during Summer Break include:

 

High school footballers:  DB Dominick Sierra from La Habra, QB Casey Nielsen from Gahr, ILB Tyler Parker from Canyon, DE Troy Niklas from Servite, PK Conner Loftus from Servite, OT Kevin Farley from Servite, RB Seth Davis from El Dorado, RB Sean DeRosa from Servite,  ILB Joseph Campos from Mater Dei, QB Clark Livingston and DE Darrek Anderson from Orange Lutheran and tracksters, Ashley Bush from Sonora, Sara Kronquist from Brea Olinda,  Alyssa Schlom from Orange Lutheran, Adriane Jarminski from Rosary, Maggie Hutcherson from Valencia, Claire Hawkins from Santa Margarita, Chris Nicholls from Servite, Matt Nichols from Mater Dei, and Sean Witt  from Brea Olinda. College football players getting their work in include: College ballers: RB DJ Shoemate from UConn, OLB Kory Johnson from Azusa Pacific, OT Derek Stickney from Sacramento State, OT DJ Brandel from Chapman College, CB Kris Brown from Santa Ana College, DB Dominique Vinson from Colorado State and DE Gary Rogers from Northern Arizona, WR Russell Carr from UTEP, SS Marvin Walker from Weber State, WR Donald Ware from Texas Southern, and RB Sinjian Hathoot from Northern Arizona. DB Rich Torrres and QB Corey Nielsen are in from Hawaii to train. Baseball players Kevin Francke from Trinity College in Texas, Kevin Nanbara from Cypress College and Patrick Gray from Cal State San Marcos join us. College soccer players Wes Feighner from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Jeff Bumb from Syracuse University, and Sean Siemens from Westmont College are training and women college track athletes Skye Atchley from Washington and Vanessa Hancock from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and volleyballer Jacqui Anderson from Columbia College in South Carolina are training as well. Pro footballers that got some work in were DBs Tyron Brackenridge from the Jacksonville Jaguars and Rob Herbert from the California Redwods. Also training is TE Evan Moore of the Cleveland Browns.

In Texas, OT Stephen Carr, DE Ryan Henley and WR Colin McLellan from the Woodlands high, MMA John Quinones also from the Woodlands, and QBs Jason Stephens and Tyler Anderson, WRs Trevor Buckley, Jeremy Jordan, Tyler Beaver, and Austin Beaver, RB Zack Mitchell and OT Charlie Bell from Magnolia West high are in training and Nekoe Rodriguez, an eighth grade baseball player join us. Josh Diaz, heading to Sam Houston State and Nick Crewe off to North Texas State are also training. Pro TE Keith Heinrich starts training again after nursing a sore hamstring. Keith plays for the Florida Tuskers in the United Football League.

Arena Football player CB Travis Brown joins us and WR Bryan Carroll is training for a open tryout on Saturday with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.  Bryan played his college ball at Louisiana Tech.

 

Speedburner Katie Shroeder and UCLA win the College Softball National Title!

 

Speedburner Katie Schroeder and UCLA defeated Pac 10 rival Arizona 15-9 to capture the Women’s Softball National Championship on Tuesday in Oklahoma City.  The Bruins, 50-11, took home their 11th NCAA Title with the win.  Congratulations Katie!

 

At the California State Meet:

Speedburners at the California State Track and Field Meet last Saturday in Clovis, Ca. included:  Sprinter Kaelynne Greene, anchoring the Roosevelt High 4X100 sprint relay team to a blazing 46.64 fourth place finish, and pole vaulter Victoria Rische from Foothill High, injured most of the year, coming in 6th with an 11-9 vault.  Congratulations to both Kaelynne and Victoria!

 

 

   Speedburners welcomes AquaHydrate!

Speedburners welcomes a new sponsor in AquaHydrate, the First High Performance Sports Water.  AquaHydrate is one of kind, with ionic minerals and electrolytes in ultra-pure water. Drinking AquaHydrate will allow athletes significant improvements in sports performance and recovery. Welcome AquaHydrate!

 

In NCAA Track and Field:

Speedburner vaulter Tori Pena from UCLA finished 3rd in the NCAA Championships this year.  Tori now moves on to Ireland to compete in the European Championships.  Tori holds dual citizenship and will hopefully compete in the next Olympics.  Good Luck Tori!

Speedburner pole vaulters Tori Pena and Allie Koressel from UCLA finished 2nd and 10th respectively this past weekend at the Pac-10 Championships in Berkeley, Ca. 

Congratulations Girls!

 

Ashley Bush blazes to 11.87 in the 100 Meters!

Speedburner sprinter Ashley Bush from Sonora High School flew to a personal record, school record and fastest time in OC mark of 11.87 in a meet against Troy high on Tuesday. The mark is wind aided but still an incredible acomplishment as it came on a dirt surfaced track.

Congratulations Ashley!

Ashley followed that performance with League Titles in the 100 and 200 with times of 12.2 and 25.05. She now sets her sights on CIF.

 

In CIF Finals on Saturday:

Speedburner athletes Victoria Rische from Foothill high in the Pole Vault and hurdler Austin Hill from Roosevelt high in the 300 IH won their events to become CIF Champions. Congratulations Victoria and Austin!

Other athletes competing were Ashley Bush from Sonora finishing 8th in the Division III 100 meters and 6th in the 200 meters, Alyssa Schlom from Orange Lutheran in the 4X400 relay, Kaelynn Greene from Roosevelt finishing 9th in the Division I 100 meters and on the boys side: Chris Nicholls from Servite at 4th and Damani Wilson from Orange Lutheran at 2nd in the Division I 100 meters, Damani at 4th in the 200 mmeters, and Eric Vetter from Esperanza finishing 7th in the Division II 400 meters.  Congrats to all on great seasons!

 

Speedburner tracksters moving on to CIF Finals:

Servite’s Chris Nicholls in the 100 meters and with Everett West and Karlton Dennis in the 4X100 relay, Orange Lutheran's Damani Wilson in the 100 and 200 meters, Eric vetter from Esperanza in the 400 meters, Sonora's Ashley Bush in the 100 and 200 meters, Orange Lutheran's Alyssa Schlom in the 4X400 relay, from Roosevelt, Kaelynn Greene in the 100 meters and 4X100 relay, and Austin Hill in the 110 HH and 300 IH events, and Victoria Rische from Foothill in the Pole Vault.

All athletes move on to the CIF Championship meet next week.  Congratulations to all!

 

Speedburner track athletes qualifying for CIF included:

Sara Kronquist of Brea Olinda winning the Century League Title in the 400 with a time of 58.45, Alyssa Schlom from Orange Lutheran winning the Trinity League Title in the 400 with a time of 58.85, Ashley Bush from Sonora winning the 100 and 200 meter Freeway League Titles at 12.2 and 25.05,  Maggie Hutcherson of Valencia winning the Empire League Title in 12.81 and Adriane Jarminski from Rosary taking second in the Trinity League with a PR 12.41 in the 100 meters.  Los Alamitos sprinters Danielle Fessenden in the 200 meters at 2592 and Alicia Keyworth in the 400 meters at 58.66 also move on as they secure Sunset League Titles in their races.  Kaelynne Greene from Roosevelt ran 12.3 in the 100 meters and anchored her 4X100 team to a 46.77 to qualify. Victoria Rische from Foothill won her League Title in the Pole Vault. All the girls move on to CIF Prelims this week and a chance to qualify for CIF Finals next week.  Congratulations to all the girls!

On the Boys side:

Eric Vetter from Esperanza won the Sunset League Title in the 400 meters with a time of 50.03 and took second in the 200 meters with a time of 22.49

Qualifying out of the Trinity League were Damani Wilson from Orange Lutheran who won the 100 (10.68) and 200 meters (21.64) and Servite’s Chris Nicholls who finished second in the 100 (10.87) and third in the 200 (22.61). Chris anchored the winning 4X100 team along with fellow Speedburners Everett West and Karlton Dennis and Damani anchored the Olu team to third both qualifying for the CIF Prelims.

From Roosevelt  High Speedburners Austin Hill anchored his team to a Division 1 leading 41.40 and is the top seed in both the 110HH with a time of 14.46and the 300IH at 37.47. 

 

 

Speedburner Jorge Cantu Sets Major League Record!

Speedburner 1B Jorge Cantu of the Florida Marlins became the first player in MLB history to have at least one hit and one RBI in each of his team's first ten games. George Kelly of the 1921 Giants had held that record for 89 years.

A hit and an RBI. Jorge Cantu has gotten at least one of each in every game of this young season to put together a unique streak.

Cantu homered Wednesday night, making him the first player in major league history to have at least one hit and one RBI in each of his team's first ten games, and the Florida Marlins beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3.

Cantu's mark dates to 1920, when RBIs became an official statistic. Including last season, Cantu has 13 consecutive games with a hit and an RBI, the longest string since Mike Piazza went 15 straight from June 14-July 2, 2000.  Congratulations Jorge!

In the same game, fellow Speedburner shortstop Paul Janish hit his first home run of the year for the Reds.

 

In Other MLB Action:

Speedburner shortstop Cliff Pennington of the Oakland A’s fielded a ground ball and threw to first for the 27th out to complete a perfect game thrown by teammate Dallas Braden on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays.  It was only the 19th Perfect Game thrown in Major League History.  Congratulations to Cliff, his teammates and Dallas Braden!

Speedburner OF Nick Stavinoha hit a 1-2 change up off of closer Trevor Hoffman into the left field bleachers for a two run home run to lift to St. Louis Cardinals to an improbable 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.  Nick delivered as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning to lead the Cards to the win.

Speedburner Cliff Pennington of the Oakland A’s hit a triple and scored on the next pitch to give the A’s a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.  Cliff finished 3 of 5 with 3 runs scored.

Speedburner Drew Sutton hit a pinch hit grand slam to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a win over the Houston Astros on Friday.  Also playing for the Reds is burner shortstop Paul Janish and for the Astros are burners catcher JR Towles and pitcher Chris Sampson. 

 

 

NFLers getting ready to report:

OTA's are done and teams start reporting for training camp at the end of July. Speedburner athletes enjoying and or training before then include:

WR Evan Moore, DL Titus Adams, and LS Ryan Pontbriand with the Cleveland Browns, DB Tyron Brackenridge with the Jacksonville Jaguars, WRs Davone Bess and Ryan Grice Mullen with the Miami Dolphins, DE Frostee Rucker with the Cincinnati Bengals, QB Trent Edwards with the Buffalo Bills, DT Brian Robison of the Minnesota Vikings, OLB DeAndre Levy of the Detroit Lions, QB Chase Daniel with the New Orleans Saints, TE James Casey with the Houston Texans, OT Hermann Johnson with the Arizona Cardinals, WR Domonique Edison with the Tennessee Titans, RB Herb Donaldson with the Dallas Cowboys, FB Byron Storer of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, DB Will Blackmon of the Green Bay Packers, and OT Ryan Clady and DB Darcel McBath of the Denver Broncos.

 

In the United Football League: DB Tony Parrish and DL Anthony Oakley of the Las Vegas Locomotives, DB Rob Herbert of the California Redwoods, and TE Keith Heinrich and WR Maurice Price of the Florida Huskers. UFL teams report in early August.

 

In the Arena Football League: DT Alex Guerrero of the Arizona Rattlers, WR Anthony Chambers and DB Brandon Payne of the Shreveport Battlewings have all reported. Opening weekend is April 3.

 

 

    SPEEDBURNERS ENTERS THE WORLD OF GOLF!

 

Speedburners has entered the world of golf.  Yes, golf.  We are bringing the Speedburner program to the Tournament Players Course in The Woodlands, Texas.  TPC is one of the world’s most renowned golfing academies with golfers coming from all over the world to train for their respective tours. Working with pro golfing instructor Kevin Kirk, we will put the professional golfers through our speed program as a part of their overall training. We believe that adding the component of speed with it’s rhythmic patterns and overall body control makes you a better athlete.  Being a better athlete makes your skill set that much stronger. Make room for another club in the bag, the speed club!

 

Golf is now an Olympic Sport.  We are pleased to bring speed to the training regimen of the professional golfer.  As golf morphs into the training world we look forward to add our program to the training centers on a global basis.

 

Speedburner Katie Futcher finished tied for 16th place in the Bell Micro LPGA Classic in Mobile, Alabama this past weekend.  Congratulations Katie!

 

Speedburner golfer Jhonattan Vegas leaves for Panama to kick start his season.  Jhonattan plays on the Nationwide Tour.

Continuing to train in between traveling are Speedburner golfers Katie Futcher,Susie Redmon, Sarah Butler, Ashley Knoll, Jhonattan Vegas, Dillon Gooch, Julio Vegas, Billy Vegas, Brent McCullough, and Brad Kirton.  Brandon Fridh, recently moved from Illinois to join our golf training program.  Welcome Brandon!

 

In Major League Baseball:

Our pro baseball burners have left for spring training.  Yes, it’s that time of year already.

We’ve introduced speed to the world of professional baseball.  All you youngsters out there keep in mind that our program is not just about foot speed and stealing bases, but also encompasses faster bat speed, arm velocity, and vision.  Baseball may seem a bit slow to watch, but when the ball is in play it is moving at an incredible amount of speed.  You must train accordingly.  Don’t “condition” your body to play a game that requires speed.  You will be left behind.

 

Speedburner athletes getting their seasons underway in Spring Training include:

 

Catcher JR Towles  1B Lance Berkman, and P Chris Sampson of the Houston Astros, SS Paul Janish, OF Drew Sutton and P Kip Wells of the Cincinnati Reds, 1B Jorge Cantu of the Florida Marlins, SS Cliff Pennington of the Oakland A’s,  P Jaime Garcia and OF Nick Stravinoha, IF Tyler Henley and Daryl Jones of the St. Louis Cardinals,

OF Mike Vass of the Milwaukee Brewers and F Chad Huffman of the San Diego Padres. OF Taylor Grote and P Kevin Whelan of the New York Yankees, C Danny Lehman of the Minnesota Twins, P Andrew Cashner and IF Dave Macias of the Chicago Cubs, OF Robbie Grossman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, C Ben Theriot of the Kansas City Royals, and F Kyle Russell of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

 

In College Baseball:

Speedburners Jeremiah Mejia from Oral Roberts, Dan Klein from UCLA, Eric Robbins and Logan Flagg from Chapman, Kevin Francke from Trinity College in San Antonio, Kevin Nanbara from Cypress College, Patrick Gray from Cal State San Marcos, and Jordan Mejia from Long Beach State have finished their seasons.

 

Athletes moving on: :

 

Speedburner RB Josh Quezada has verbally committed to continue his football career next year at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.  Josh chose BYU over Utah in his final decision.  The Cougars are getting a great one!  Congratulations Josh!

Speedburner OLB Nick Crewe from The Woodlands High Highlanders in The Woodlands, Texas will continue his career at North Texas University next fall.  Congratulations Nick!

 

Speedburner DE Keelan Malone from Santa Monica High School has committed to continue his football playing career at Villanova University.  Congratulations Keelan!

 

Speedburner DB Dominick Sierra from La Habra High School has committed to the University of Hawaii to continue his football career at the collegiate level.  Dominick was an All Orange County defensive back and entertained offers from Utah State and Nevada before deciding to become a Warrior.  Congrats Dominick!

 

Speedburner QB Casey Nielsen, the California Passing Leader has committed to Graceland University, a private school in Iowa.   He is getting a full scholarship to continue his game at the next level.  Congratulations Casey!

Speedburner DB Dominique Vinson will move on to Colorado State University to continue his career.  Dominique prepped at Edison High then went to Saddleback College.  Congratulations Dominique!

 

Speedburner S Garrett Leiber from Orange Lutheran High has signed with Northern Colorado. Congratulations Garrett!

 

Speedburner RB Damani Wilson from Orange Lutheran High will continue his career at Harvard. Congratulations Damani!

Speedburner DE Sean McEvily from Orange Lutheran has committed to Northwestern University. Congratulations Sean!

 

Speedburner LB VJ Fehoko from Farrington High in Hawaii has committed to the University of Utah. Congratulations VJ!

Speedburner OT Derek Stickney has committed to Sacramento State.  Derek is a 6-6 315 offensive tackle with great feet.  Sac State is getting a good one. Congratulations Derek!

Speedburner punter Josh Diaz from The Woodlands high school in Texas has committed to Sam Houston State. Josh is one of the top high school punters in the country. Congratulations Josh!

Speedburner OLB Tanner Olsen from The Woodlands has committed to Colorado School of Mines to continue his football career.  Congrats to Tanner!

Speedburner DE Dillon Kaller from El Dorado high will be conrinuing his football career next fall at Carthage College.

Congratulations Dillon!

Speedburner RB Sinjian Hathoot from El Dorado high will continue his football career at Northern Arizona where he joins fellow burners Reid Worthington and Gary Rogers.

Congratulations Sinjian!

Speedburner Jacqui Anderson from Brea Olinda high has committed to continue her volleyball career at Columbia College in South Carolina.  Congratulations Jacqui!

Speedburner Kelsey Harris from Brea Olinda high accepted a scholarship to Iowa State University to continue her basketball career there. Kelsey was a two time All Orange County and CIF player for the Wildcats.

Congratulations Kelsey!

Speedburner Bonnie Samuelson from Edison High has committed early to Stanford to continue her basketball career at the college level.  Bonnie, already a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame,for her free throw shooting prowess, is a junior.  Congratulations Bonnie!

 

In College Track and Field:

 

Speedburner athletes getting their seasons underway include:  pole vaulters Tori Pena and Allison Koressell from UCLA and Hilary Van Ert from UC Santa Barbara, hurdlers Skye Atchley from University of Washington, Allison Woody from Cal Poly Pomona, and Malia Billups from UC Riverside, sprinter Amanda Chevalier from Westmont College, distance runners Vanessa Hancock from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Emily Dunn from UC Irvine, Allison Francke and Staci Foster from Colorado and Megan Foley from Texas.

 

On the Mens side: Sprinters Sean Henderson from Arizona, Brantynn Washington from Wake Forest, Justin Woods from Washington State, Steve Ferguson and Carlo Valdes from UCLA,  pole vaulter Ryan Simioni from Cal State Fullerton,  and distance runner Erik Yanoschik from Loyola Marymount.

 

Speed Camps News:

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We will be in Northern California on June 30-July 1 and in Boise, Idaho on July 17-18-19 for the Gridiron Dreams Camp.  See the Speed Camp page for more information as our summer schedule begins to take shape.

 

We also have interest in the states of Indiana, Illinois and Virginia, and we are working through the planning stages for them as well.  We post these because we have so many athletes across the country that inquire about our traveling schedule.  We travel on a first ask basis.  We get a lot of questions concerning our camps.  Below is some information pertaining to them.  We hope it answers any and all questions.

Often asked questions about our Speed Camps:

Many cities inquire but we travel only if it’s feasible from a numbers standpoint.  Basically we will travel to your city on a requirement of 100 speed participants.  Both male and female athletes of all sporting backgrounds.  We require the age groups to start at 10 years old.  The reason for that is the muscle movement that is needed to allow the athlete to understand his or her body in relationship to how it operates.  We teach the fundamentals and mechanics of running.  We feel this is the most significant aspect of speed.  We conduct a two day camp for that purpose.  The first day consists of movement patterns at a rhythmic pace.  Day two is when we turn the volume up and show the athletes what it feels like to train for speed.

If you are looking for a conditioning camp, then we aren’t the place for you.  We teach speed in it’s purest form. The athletes come away with a true understanding of how their body operates and how to train properly for speed.  We take pride in educating our athletes. If that is what you’re searching for then welcome and we hope to see you in your city in the near future.   Any further questions can be directed to Rick Hagedorn on the “contact us” page on the Speedburner website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       TRAIN FAST!!!