South Texas Walking Club

Texas Walk Week, the camp here in Pharr, Texas, kicked off today with an easy 3 kilometer work-out-the-kinks walk in the morning. Then, this afternoon, a little 1 hour walk on the track was held to find out where everyone is going into a week of twice a day workouts. There were 4 judges, but the temperature at the 4:30pm start was a toasty 94 degrees. So very few pushed the pace. Luckily, more normal (cooler) temperatures are expected for the rest of the week (A high of 65 is predicted for Sunday).

Texas Walk Week 1 Hour Race Walk

1. Tim Seaman (NY AC) M36 12647 (meters)

2. Trevor Barron (South Park TC) M16 12207

3. Chris Tegtmeier (Concordia U) M21 11334

4. Tyler Sorrenson (Pleasanton Heat) M14 10933

5. Matt Forgues (Maine RWers) M16 10494

6. Alex Chavez (South Texas WC) M15 10420

7. Bruno Carrier (Canada) M16 10221

8. Rachel Lavallee (Canada) F22 10093

9. Nicolette Sorrenson (Pleasanton H.) F13 9623

10. Christie Bernier (Maine RWers) F16 9412

11. Claudia Ortiz (South Texas WC) F15 9155

12. Hannah Kisley (North Carolina) F15 9097

13. Allison Chin (Miami Valley TC) F16 8800

14. Mercedes Mancha (Elgin Sharks) F18 8766

15. Tina Peters (Goshen College) F20 8588

16. Molly Josephs (Walk USA) F14 8535

17. Sarah Kenney (Miami Valley TC) F14 8340

18. Diana Flores (South Texas WC) F14 8087

19. Bianca Garza (South Texas WC) F8 7623

20. Josie Vargai (South Texas WC) F12 7623

21. Ricardo Vergara (Lindsey Wilson C) F18 6000

22. Roberto Vergara (Lindsey Wilson C) F18 5200

Since so many people have contaced us asking to know which one of their friends are coming to the camp, we have decided to put up a partial list of attendees.

Lauren Forgues

Rachel Lavallee (Canada)

Tim Seaman

Trevor Barron

Chris Tegtmeier

Christie Bernier

Janelle Brown

Jonathan Brown

Nicolette Sorensen

Molly Joseph

Bruno Carriere (Canada)

Ricardo Vergara

Roberto Vergara

Alex Chavez

Tyler Sorensen

Allison Chin

Tina Peters

Diana Flores

Claudia Ortiz

Sarah Kinney

Jesica Reybal

Steven Valadez

So far, we have 22 people confirmed to come to the training camp.  If you are interested in joining us, please contact us ASAP because spots will fill up and airline ticket prices will go up.

Well, it is not exactly how it sounds, but we have just heard that three different Coach's will be bring members of their teams to South Texas for the Training camp that American Record Holder Tim Seaman, Canadian National Champion Rachel Lavallee and the South Texas Walking Club will be hosting.

Coach Salvador Velazco of Baja California will be bringing three boys and one girl from their elite racewalking team to our camp in December. 

Also, Coach Fernando Infante from Zitacuaro, Michoacan and Celia Marcen Murio from Monterrey, Mexico have advised Coach Jaime that they will for sure be sending as many elite athletes as they can.

 This is a great moment and special thanks need to be given to Coach AC Jaime for working so hard to build cross border bridges for the kids.