| Westminster Academy Track and Field for 2008 |
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| State Champions |
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CONGRATULATIONS to our WA Boys Team -- STATE CHAMPIONS.
For the second time in Westminster history (the last one in 1979, the year Coach Baur was born) the WA boys claimed a state track championships.
In a truly team effort, a dozen boys scored points on the way to a 63 to 55 point win over Dade Christian, state runner-up for the third straight year.
Congratulations to individual STATE CHAMPIONS Anthony Sheffield (Triple Jump) and Teddy Hess (400 Meters), to state runner-ups Wayne Sears (Long Jump with a new school record), and the boys 4 x 4 team of Remy Rickel, Timmy Moses, Amp Sheffield, and Teddy Hess. You can read Coach Baur's Reflections on a State Championship by using the State Meet 2008 link on the left.
Sometimes our middle school athletes can be lost in the varsity success. But...congratulations to new middle school record holders (now over 30 years of history) -- Caroline Nichols, long jump; Laurie Auld, 800; Jake Champion, Triple Jump; Ryan Sharp, 400.
You can find a list of all kinds of school and team records on the new WA Team Page linked at the left.
Coaches, Parents, Fans and Athletes -- Keep an eye on these pages for the best info on So Fla Track and Field.
Note: home office email for Coach Key
watrack@bellsouth.net
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| Paul Baur, Head Coach |
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Under the direction of Coach Ken Key, Westminster Academy Track and Field teams have now won 5 State Championships, and 3 State Runner-up titles. In his 35 years at the head of the program, WA teams have won 40 district championships. Over 18 athletes have won a total exceeding 33 individual state championship titles.
Coach Paul Baur
Paul competed in track and field and a season of cross country in high school in Louisiana. He threw javelin at LSU and at the University of Florida. Paul served as an assistant track coach for two years at Malone College in Canton, Ohio, while earning his Masters Degree. Coach Baur teaches Bible classes at WA, he and Ashley head the Fellowship of Christian Athletes program at WA as well. On May 5, 2008, Paul and Ashley became the proud and happy parents of Brady Baur, likey a future decathlete, and future teammate of Hagan Kainoa Key, Coach Key's first grandson, born in December, 2007.
Westminster teams under Coach Baur have earned a reputation for strong competition and excellent sportsmanship, including the 2005 girls team which won Coach Baur his first district championship title, and the 2007-2008 boys teams which finished third in the state meet in 2007, and are state champions in 2008. In four years his athletes have broken nearly half of the school records, including the 2007 state champions 4 x 400 boys relay.
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Contact information:
Coach Ken Key
email at school coachkey@wacad.edu
email at home watrack@bellsouth.net
Coach Paul Baur
email at school baurp@wacad.edu
email at home gatorjav@aol.com
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Program Director: Kenneth J Key
Head Coach: Paul Baur
Assistant Coaches:
Doria Yeaman-Rickel -- hurdles & HJ
Scott Sherrod -- 400 / 800 / distance
Sam Freas -- head middle school coach, plus varsity pole vault & horizontal jumps
Jackie Joines -- middle school assistant
Joyce Medina -- throws assistant
Ted Key, Jr. -- technology and meet production assistant
John Rickel -- head of volunteer efforts
In the spring of 2009 we will welcome new head football coach, Jameson Allen to the track staff, as sprints assistant coach.
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