{"id":35461,"date":"2025-09-06T18:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=35461"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:11:11","slug":"ymca-flyers-track-club-shines-at-national-junior-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=35461","title":{"rendered":"YMCA Flyers Track Club  Shines at National Junior Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Westfield Area YMCA Flyers Track Club delivered standout performances at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in Savannah, Georgia, this July, earning personal bests and setting records on the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>Competing against some of the country\u2019s top young athletes, the Flyers demonstrated speed, endurance, and determination throughout the meet.<\/p>\n<p>The club, led by USATF-certified coaches, serves hundreds of local athletes ages 7 to 15 year-round. Runners learn the fundamentals of distance running as well as techniques for off-track competition, while more experienced members advance through conditioning and specialized training.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.png 560w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5.png 560w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Westfield Area YMCA Flyers Track Club delivered standout performances at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in Savannah, Georgia, this July, earning personal bests and setting records on the national stage. Competing against some of the country\u2019s top young athletes, the Flyers demonstrated speed, endurance, and determination throughout the meet. The club, led by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":35462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,151],"tags":[],"post_flags":[],"class_list":["post-35461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-feature","category-westfield-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35461"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35551,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35461\/revisions\/35551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35461"},{"taxonomy":"post_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_flags&post=35461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}