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PRESS RELEASE effective Thursday, May 1, 2003 To: The Sports Department From: A. C. Jaime, Treasurer, South Texas Walking Club, Phone – 956-686-2337 Children’s One Mile Walk Children from Sam Houston, Cuellar and Clecker-Heald Elementary schools in Weslaco easily won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively at the Second CPA’s Children Walk Series held in Weslaco this past Saturday. Fourth place was won by Our Lady of Sorrows School in McAllen and 5th place was tied by Carnahan Elementary of Pharr, Shary Elementary in Sharyland and South Middle School in Edinburg. A total of thirty schools participated at the Weslaco walk. Girls winning at this Saturday’s event by age bracket and times were as follows: Overall: Jeanette brings it to 1-1 between her and Corina for the fastest girl in the Valley for the 1-mile walk. (1)Jeanette Avitia 8:45 (2)Corina Ortiz 8:56; (3)Samantha Olivarez 9:26; (4)Claudia Ortiz 9:27; (5)Ruby Perez 9:35; (6)Brooke Shannon 9:42 8 & Under: (1)Diana Flores 11:19; (2)Mayra Martinez 11:20; (3)Ashley Zarate 11:42; (4)Carolina Garcia 12:37; (5)Aleida Aguirre 14:05; (6)Sharon Zarate 15:30 9 year olds: (1)Lauren Zepeda 11:15; (2)Abbey Koenig 13:41; (3)Rosa Montelongo 14:01 10 year olds: (1)Claudia Ortiz 9:27; (2)Brooke Shannon 9:42; (3)Bailey Shannon 9:48; (4)Sarah Garcia 10:14; (5)Alejandra Thomas 10:31; (6)Melissa Carrisales 10:36 11 year olds: (1)Samantha Olivarez 9:26; (2)Maria Villarreal 10:41; (3)Amanda De Hoyos 11:31; (4)Vanessa Garza 11:32; (5)Hillary Perez 11:46; (6)Itzel Zepeda 15:06 12 year olds: (1)Jeanette Avitia 8:45 - 37 seconds faster than last week (2)Corina Ortiz 8:56; - 26 seconds faster than last week (3)Karla Mireles 9:56; (4)Anaid Crosby 11:06; (5)Victoria Cuellar 12:47 13 year olds: (1)Ruby Perez 9:35 - walks 22 seconds faster than last week! (2)Sandra Gonzalez 11:04 Boy winners were: Overall: Ricardo is trying to get some revenge on his brother by bringing the battle even to 1-1 for the 1-mile walk series. Meanwhile older brother Ernesto just keeping coming along. Ricci and Roberto - watch out your brother wants to get you in the 5km in May!! (1)Ricky Vergara 7:46; (2)Roberto Vergara 7:49; (3)Ernesto Vergara 8:36; (4)Abraham Villarreal 8:55; (5)Andres Jaime 9:23; (6)Bernie Garcia 11:20 8 & Under: (1)Casey Ramirez 11:37; (2)Jacob Duarte 12:44; (3)Manuel Zarate 14:00; (4)Homero Alaniz 14:03; (5)Eric Escaname 14:42; (6)Humberto Alaniz 14:46 9 year olds: (1)Nicolas Zavala 11:22; (2)Manuel Alonzo 13:41; (3)Randy Zepeda 11:47; (4)Jose Gonzalez 14:49 10 year olds: (1)Marcos Kellar 11:22; (2)Arcadio Resendez 11:33; (3)Cesar Rodriguez 11:46 - 25 seconds faster than last week (4)Franky De Hoyos 11:48; (5)Garrison Lackey 11:51 (6)Samuel Mata 11:57 11 year olds: (1)Andres Jaime 9:23 - the "kid with the kick" 36 sec. faster (2)Bernie Garcia 11:20; (3)Juan De Leon 11:33; (4)Arthur Marroquin 13:09; (5)Ruben De Leon 13:10; (6)Armando Zepeda 13:11 12 year olds: (1)Ricky Vergara 7:46 - ties his brother for the fastest time in te Valley for this Outdoor season. (2)Robert Vergara 7:49; (3)Abraham Villarreal 8:55 15 year olds: (1)Ernesto Vergara 8:36 - 27 seconds faster than last week. The six week Children’s Walk Series sponsored by the Rio Grande Valley Chapter of CPA’s continues in Edinburg this week. The first race for children eight years and under starts at 9:00 a.m. All children eight to eighteen years of age are invited to attend free of charge. Trophies are given to all 1st – 3rd place winners and ribbons are given to all 4th – 6th place winners. Interested persons may call 956-686-2337 for additional information.
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Clinic with Coach Kuhles confirmed

Posted by Adrian Jaime at Apr 27, 2003 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
Coach Ray Kuhles will once again be conducting a clinic for the kids on Friday, Saturday & Sunday June 6,7 & 8, 2003. This will be a great opportuntity for the kids to get good feedback on their technique before the summer races and they are all very much looking forward to his arrival. If you would like to attend this clinic as well as compete against the kids, please contact Coach Jaime.
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WEEK # 1 of the 1-Mile Children's Walk Series

Posted by Adrian Jaime at Apr 23, 2003 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
PRESS RELEASE effective Monday, April 21, 2003 To: The Sports Department From: A. C. Jaime, Treasurer, South Texas Walking Club, Phone 956-686-2337 Children’s One Mile Walk Close to 100 children 8 to 18 years of age participated at this Saturday’s Rio Grande Valley CPA’s Free Children’s Walk in Pharr. All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners received beautiful trophies and all 4th, 5th and 6th place winners received ribbons. The Free Children’s Walk Series will continue at the Weslaco Stadium this coming Saturday, April 26th starting at 9:00 a.m. Carol Schmitt, incoming President of the Rio Grande Valley Chapter of CPA’s, was excited and pleased at the turnout. “We want to help our schools find an extra activity for our children to participate and stay healthy,” she said. “Diabetes is at an alarming high rate in the Valley and we want to do our share in helping combat this disease,” she continued. Her organization is sponsoring this six city free walk series for all children 8 to 18 years of age. The series continues in Weslaco, Edinburg, McAllen, Donna and Mission in the coming weeks and will culminate in Pharr with the Youth Outdoor National Championship on Sunday, May 25th. A.C. Jaime, CPA and volunteer coach of the Rio Grande Valley Junior Olympic Racewalking Team, said that they plan to expand the walk series to the Brownsville and Harlingen area next year. Girls winning at this Saturday’s event by age bracket and times were as follows: 8 and under: (1) Diana Flores 11:25; (2) Ashley Zarate 11:57; (3) Myra Martinez 12:21; (4) Carolina Garcia 15:09; (5) Azelia Hernandez 16:32; (6) Kayla Godinez 16:45 9 year olds: (1) Crystal Mireles 11:55; (2) Dinorah Moreno 11:58 10 year olds: (1) Claudia Ortiz 9:32; (2) Bailey Shannon 9:49; (3) Brooke Shannon 9:55; (4) Sarah Garcia 10:27; (5) Melissa Carrizalez 10:56; (6) Marlene Martinez 11:57 11 year olds: (1) Hillary Perez 12:26 12 year olds: (1) Corina Ortiz 9:22; (2) Jeanette Avitia 9:33; (3) Karla Mireles 10:00; (4) Anaid Crosby 11:28; (5) Holly Panzer 12:27 13 year olds: (1) Ruby Perez 9:52 Boy winners were: 8 and under: (1) Humberto Alaniz 13:30; (2) Eric Escaname 13:49 9 year olds: (1) Esteban Keller 12:26; (2) Aron Barreiro 14:06 10 year olds: (1) Marcos Keller 11:21; (2) Cesar Rodriguez 12:11; (3) Ricky Vasquez 15:07 11 year olds: (1) Andres Jaime 9:59; (2) Bernie Garcia 10:24 12 year olds: (1) Roberto Vergara 7:46; (2) Ricardo Vergara 7:54; (3) Abraham Villarreal 9:18; (4) Adrian Barreiro 12:14 15 year olds: (1) Ernesto Vergara 9:03 Children from 25 schools participated at the Walk with children from Carnahan Elementary (Pharr), Shary Elementary (Sharyland) and Pharr Elementary (Pharr) tying for 1st place. Forth, fifth and sixth place was won by chidren from South Middle School (Edinburg), Garza-Pena Elementary (San Juan ) and O. Garza Elementary (Mission).
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LARGEST JUDGED 5km RACEWALK IN TEXAS - 2002

Posted by Adrian Jaime at Dec 20, 2002 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
Friday, December 20th and Saturday, December 21st, 2002 in Pharr, Texas. The people of Pharr who lined the streets were treated with a great show this Saturday morning. The first thing that went off, at 8am was the 5km walk. Unlike last year, there was no rain, and the fans and participants were greatful for that. Tim Seaman won in a new American Record time of 19:50, and also a new course record breaking that of Sean Albert (21:30) from the 2001 edition of this great event, but the real story was all of the great performances of the kids who walked a 1-mile on Friday night to try and qualify for the Indoor Scholastic Nationals, and then on Saturday came back and walked a great 5km race. Here are some of the results: Friday night 5pm: These results are still coming in...sorry. There were 4 races due to the different levels. 1600 METERS: 9 year old BOYS: 1. Jose Magallan - 12:31 2. Gabrial Ventura - 12:48 9 year old GILRS: 1. Claudia Ortiz - 9:18 2. Laura Zepeda - 10:49 3. Krystal Mireles - 11:52 10 year old BOYS: 1. Marcos Kellar - 11:11 2. Humberto Karza - 11:21 3. Justin Cantu - 12:10 4. Manual Aquirre - 12:27 10 year old GIRLS: 1. Brooke Shannon - 9:35 2. Bailey Shannon - 9:52 3. Maria Villarreal - 10:11 4. Alejandra Thomas - 10:32 5. Sarah Garcia - 10:37 6. Jasmine Garza - 12:29 7. Hillary Perez - 1¨:04 11 year old BOYS: 1. Andres Jaime - 8:57 2. Victir Barrera - 11:34 3. Aron Santa Marcia - 11:35 11 year old GILRS: 1. Samantha Olivarez - 9:24 2. Jeanette Avita - 9:29 3. Karla Mireless - 9:33 12 year old BOYS: 1. Roberto Vergara - 8:01 2. Ricardo Vergara - 8:10 3. Abraham Villarreal - 9:04 12 year old GIRLS: 1. Corina Ortiz - 9:16 13 year old BOYS: 1. Luis L. Adarre - 12:01 13 year old GIRLS: 1. Ruby Perez - 9:00 15 year old BOYS: 1. Ernesto Vergara - 8:47 (only walking for one month) 16 year old BOYS: 1. Chris Diaz - 7:19 _ QUALIFIES FOR NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC INDOOR NATIONALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2. Adrian Jaime - 8:37 17 year old GILRS: 1. Delisa Guadarama - 9:35 Saturday December 21st, 8am: Here are some of the results: Overall results for the women: 1. Maura Marchiori - 28:24 (ITALY) 2. Ruby Perez - 32:34 - Weslaco 3. Delisa Guadarama - 32:45 4. Rosy Vison - 32:51 5. Brooke Shannon - 34:16 6. Samantha Olivarez - 34:23 13 and under girls: 1. Ruby Perez - 32:34 (overall place - 13) 2. Brooke Shannon - 34:16 - (19) 3. Samantha Olivarez - 34:23 - (20) 4. Bailey Shannon - 36:18 (28) 5. Alejandra Thomas - 37:24 - (30) 14 - 19 year old girls: 1. Delisa Guadarama - 32:45 (14) 20 - 24 year old women: 1. Rosy Vigon - 32:51 (15) 2. Norrina Torres - 45:48 (65) 25 - 29 year old women: 1. Maria Acosta - 41:52 (53) 30 - 34 year old women: 1. Laura Torres - 40:02 (46) 35 - 39 year old women: 1. Linda Soto - 45:47 (64) 40 - 44 year old women 1. Maria Marchiori (ITALY) - 28:24 (5) 70 and older: Jean Farmer - 50:26 - 70th place Here are the overall results of the guys: 1. Tim Seaman (NYAC) 19:50 2. Chris Diaz - McAllen - 22:44 - PR! 3. Clifford Mimm - NJ - 24:25 4. Tiziano Manfredi - (ITALY) 27:34 5. Ricardo Vergara - 28:25 PR! 6. Roberto Vergara - 28:59 PR! 13 and under boys results: 1. Ricardo Vergara - 28:25 PR (Edinburg) 2. Roberto Vergara - 28:59 PR (Edinburg) 3. Abraham Villareal - 29:06 PR 4. Andres Jaime - 36:18 5. Cesaer Rodriguez - 50:43 14 - 19 years old 1. Chris Diaz - 22:44 PR 2. Adrian Jaime - 29:05 PR 3. Ernesto Vergara - 29:37 PR (only walking for one month) 30 - 34 years old: 1. Tim Seaman (NYAC) 19:49.96 35 - 39 years old: 1. Aron Santa Maria - 38:51 40 - 44 years old: 1. Cliff Mimm - 24:25 70 and OLDER!! 1. Robert Mimm - 34:10 (18) 1960 Olympian!!! 2. Norman Izard - 35:16 3. George Solis - 36:03 4. Chuck Smith - 38:15 (36)
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South Texas Walking Club Dominates again

Posted by Adrian Jaime at Aug 6, 2002 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
http://www.themonitor.com/NewsPub/News/Stories/2002/08/06/10286904452.shtml Tuesday, August 6, 2002 9:20 pm South Texas Walking Club dominates — again By Jennine Zeleznik The Monitor PHARR — Claudia Ortiz of Mission is pretty humble about her accomplishments. The 9-year-old broke a national racewalking record this weekend, and placed first in the Junior Olympics National Racewalking Championship in Knoxville, Tenn. “I guess I’m very excited,” Ortiz said quietly. “I mean, this is my first year of competing, though I’ve been practicing for two years.” The young champion is a member of the South Texas Walking Club, coached by A.C. Jaime of Pharr. The rest of the club didn’t do too badly themselves at the weekend’s meet. Twenty of the 22 kids who competed placed, Jaime said, and the club overall won first place for the third year in a row. “I had five coaches approach me and complement us. They told me we have the best racewalking team in the whole nation,” Jaime said. “They went out of their way to let us know we have a wonderful team.” Olympian Tim Seaman of San Diego also helps the kids with tips on form and style, and comes to their big meets to cheer them on. “This is a great team to be able to work with,” Seaman said Monday. He was headed back to Texas with the team, using Jaime’s cell phone to crow about his favorite team. “I’ve seen the tremendous potential this club has and the great successes they’ve already accomplished,” he said, “and I wanted to assist them to getting to the next level.” Which, with hope, would include full racewalking scholarships. “I want to continue (racewalking) in college, with a scholarship,” said Adrian Jaime, 16. “Hopefully, and God willing, I want to go to the Olympics. I think I have a shot at it.” Adrian, Jaime’s grandson, has been racewalking since he was 9. He won third place in the weekend’s race. “This is a really fun sport and it’s getting bigger and bigger,” he said. “You get to compete with all different kinds of people.” And in all different kinds of places, too. “I’ve been to San Antonio, Knoxville, Houston and Omaha, Neb., — all this summer,” said Samantha Olivarez, 11. “I like it because it’s healthy and you get to go out of town.” The Edinburg resident won fourth place in her race this weekend. “It’s a lot of fun, because you get awards,” she said, laughing. Bailey Shannon, 9, of Mission, often competes against her twin sister Brooke, who is younger by two minutes. “When you go to races, you’re like, ‘Oh, goody, this is going to be a fun race,’” Bailey said. “You don’t know what’s going to happen.” She and Brooke are hoping their baby sister, Adrianna Aguilar, will be a racewalker, too. “When we’re at practice, she moves her arms like she’s racewalking, and when she sees us doing it,” Bailey said, laughing. But Adrianna may have a few years to wait. Racewalkers can’t begin competing until they’re 9, Jaime said. Races are broken up by age: 9-year-olds race 9-year-olds, etcetera, he said, until they’re 18. After that, racewalkers compete in collegiate or adult open meets. In the meantime, Jaime will continue teaching Rio Grande Valley kids how to racewalk and would love for more kids to join the club. “Anybody can do walking,” he said. “It doesn’t cost anything but a good pair of shoes and a pair of shorts, and away you go.” For information on joining the South Texas Walking Club, contact Jaime at 956-686-2337.