Conditioning

Off season practices and conditioning have begun in preparation for the 2017 season. Practices will be held every Saturday morning either at the track or on the levee across from Southport Hall.

Off season conditioning is important for strength and endurance building, which will help our athletes in the other sports they play as well as prepare them for the upcoming park season.

This is also a good time for everyone to catch up and set goals for the upcoming season.

Once again practices will be held on Saturday mornings at 9:30am at either the City Park Practice Track or at the levee on River Road across from Southport Hall located at 200 Monticello Ave, Jefferson, LA 70121.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact Derek Mills at (504) 250-5204 or Melissa at (504) 915-4524.

Hope to see you there.

2016 Schedule

Good Afternoon everyone:

We know you've all been waiting. Here is the Metro Stars Meet Schedule for the 2016 season. With all correct dates this time, I promise!

Date                      Meet                                                   Location                       City                              

May 21st              Fertile Crescent Invitational              Broadmoor HS              Baton Rouge, LA

May 28th             Tommie Smith Invitational                West Harrison HS         Gulfport, MS

June 4th               SELRR Season Opener                      Covington HS               Covington, LA

June 11th-12th     LA Governor's Games                       Tad Gormley Stadium   New Orleans, LA

June 17th-19th     AAU Region 11 Qualifier                  Covington HS               Covington, LA

July 9th                KY Invitational                                   Joe Brown Park            New Orleans, LA

July 12th-16th     AAU National Club Championships   Disney WW of Sports  Orlando, FL

July 23rd             SELRR Rollette Invitational                Covington HS              Covington, LA

August 1st-6th     AAU Junior Olympic Games              Humble HS                  Houston, TX

Regular Season Practices

Hello All,

Our season will be starting in May so we will start moving into regular season practices. We will be meeting at the practice track at City Park at 6pm on Monday through Thursday and at the levee on River Road at 9:30am on Saturdays.

We would really like the athletes to make at least three days of practice as we are moving from base conditioning workouts into interval work in the next few weeks. If they are not able to make it to a work out, try to have them get a 1.5 mile run in.

Off-season Practice Has Begun

Welcome back everyone!

The New Orleans Metro Stars will be competing in the Louisiana Governor's Games Indoor Meet on Saturday, Feburary 27th. In order to prepare for the indoor meet, we will be holding practices on Saturdays and 9:30am on the Levee across from Southport Hall on River Road and on Wednesday evenings at 6pm at the practice track in City Park.

We are holding two practices to make it convenient for parents who cannot bring their kids during the week.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Melissa Brown at (504) 915-4524 or Derek Mills at (504) 250-5204. Hope to see you there!

Metro Stars Have Solid Performance at AAU National Club Championships

Last week the New Orleans Metro Stars took a trip to Orlando Florida to see how we matched up against national competition at the AAU National Club Championships where we competed against clubs from powerhouse states such as Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and Texas.

We had one medalist. Nine year old Robert Vaughn, Jr had an outstanding performance in the Turbo Javelin: throwing 53 Feet, 17 feet farther than his previous personal best throw, earning him a 7th place finish.

We also had many top-15 performances.

Our 9 year-olds were rather impressive this past week. Robert medaled in the Turbo Javelin; Natalie Rome qualified to compete in the semi-finals of both the 100 Meter Dash and 200 Meter Dash and placed 13th in the 400 Meter Dash, and Tyree Arso qualified to compete in the semi-finals of the 200 Meter Dash and placed 11th in the 400 Meter Dash.

Ronald Arso, Jr and Conner Winston we very competitive in the 10 year-old Long Jump, but were bumped out of the finals by the very last jumpers on their very last jump, placing them at 13th and 15th respectively.

Eleven year-old Gabriel Byrd put on a stellar performance in the 800 Meter Run, coming in 14th place and running a personal best time of 2:44.45. But it was Bernard Robertson, IV who stole the show in the 800 Meter Run, winning his heat with a time of 2:40.47 and placing 12th overall.

Many of our athletes ran personal bests this past week.

Athlete                           Age         Event                        Time/Throw/Jump       Place
Natalie Rome                  9            100m Dash                   15.39 sec                  12th
                                                      200m Dash                   32.39 sec                  12th
                                                      400m Dash                   1:17.51                     13th
Tyree Arso                      9            400m Dash                   1:12.64                     11th
Robert Vaughn, Jr           9           Turbo Javelin                53'00"                        7th
Quinnton Marshall, Jr    10           100m Dash                   17.59 Sec                  49th
                                                      Turbo Javelin                34'06"                       16th
Conner Winston             10           200m Dash                   32.59                        49th
Gabriel Byrd                  11           400m Dash                   1:05.05                     17th
                                                      800m Run                     2:44.45                     14th
Bernard Robetrson, IV  11           200m Dash                    30.68 sec                  35th
                                                     400m Dash                    1:08.97                     25th
                                                     800m Run                      2:40.47                     12th
Xavier Maple                 11          1500m Run                    5:47.63                     18th
Sydni Harrell                  13         200m Dash                     29.93                        58th
                                                     Long Jump                     13'00"                      27th
Asia Pasley                    15          200m Dash                      29.30                      90th

Big congratulations to the Metro Stars on their performances at the AAU National Club Championships in Orlando Florida. See you all at the last meet of the season.
                  

METRO STARS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS!!!

This past weekend the Metro Stars had a pretty good showing at the AAU National Qualifier meet in Hammond. At the National Qualifier meet the top 6 placing athletes in any running event and the top 5 in any field event win a spot in the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Norfolk, Va. We had a lot of people take home hardware and almost the whole team qualified to go to the J.O.s.

Here are our medalists:

Gabriel Byrd       Gold        400m Dash

Gabriel Byrd       Silver       800m Run
Ronald Arso, Jr   Silver       Long Jump

Natalie Rome      Bronze    100m Dash
Marisol Torres    Bronze    1500m Run

Tianna Williams Bronze    200m Dash
                            Bronze    400m Dash
Tyree Arso          Bronze    200m Dash


Here are our National Qualifiers

Natalie Rome            3rd     100m Dash
                                  4th      200m Dash
                                  5th      400m Dash
Alivia Benetrix         4th      High Jump
Marisol Torres          4th      800m Run
                                  3rd     1500m Run
Sydni Harrell            6th      400m Dash
                                  5th     Long Jump
Tianna Williams       3rd     200m Dash
                                  3rd     400m Dash
Asia Pasley               6th     100m Hurdles

Malachi Benetrix      5th     800m Run
Tyree Arso                3rd    200m Dash
                                  5th     400m Dash
                                  4th     Long Jump
Robert Vaughn         4th     Turbo Javelin
Ronald Arso, Jr        2nd     Long Jump
Gabriel Byrd            4th      200m Dash
                                 1st      400m Dash
                                 2nd     800m Run
Bernard Robertson   6th      400m Dash
                                 4th      800m Run
Isaiah Benetrix         6th      200m Dash
                                 5th      200m Hurdles

Meet 2 Announcements

Just a couple of announcements regarding the second meet and practices. 

This Saturday, May 23rd, we will be attending the KY Betty Smothers Invite at Port Allen High School (3553 Rosedale Rd, Port Allen, LA 70767). Events will begin at 9:00am. Please arrive BEFORE 8:00am. Last week they changed the schedule on us and pushed everything up. Some of our athletes missed their events. I do not want that to happen again so please arrive early.

The deadline to register for this weekend's meet is Thursday. Competing in these early meets gives us an idea of what we need to improve on before the big meets. If you have not done so already, please get your fees in so we can get in this valuable meet experience. If you are not attending the meet this weekend, please let me know before Thursday.

Practice begins at 6pm. If you arrive late to practice, remind your athlete that they need to HUSTLE. 

Also, please stay on your kids about being hydrated. It is going to get really hot this summer. Let's start healthy habits early. Please do not send your athlete to practice without water. I recommend purchasing a reusable sports bottle and freezing water every day to bring to practice.

That's all for this morning. Have a good day everyone.