Fayetteville Flyers -Team History

Fayetteville Flyers
Team History

HISTORY

The Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Department started the Club in 1989. Up until that time, the City was involved in the Hershey’s Track and Field program, which was limited to one meet a year for local athletes. In 1991 Michael Gibson, John Smith, Les Thorn and Eric Streeter put together the Fayetteville Flyers Track Club. They received National sanction with USA Track and Field. In 1995 Fayetteville City Parks and Recreation purchased equipment and provided a place to practice. In 1996 the Fayetteville City Parks and Recreation entered a partnership with Cumberland County Schools to create a rubber surface track at Reid Ross Classical School, and that is where the Flyers practice. We are a non-profit organization in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. During the winter, we work with weights and do indoor training at Westover High School.

The athletes range in age from 7 to 18 and come from all over the county. All are welcome. There are many good things about the Flyers Track Club.

MISSION

Our mission is to provide and promote sports training and competition for its members. We also want to support our community, recognize nationally highly motivated runners, attract athletes of all ages and abilities, and promote health and fitness. The Flyers provides an opportunity for its athletes to develop physical fitness and lifelong skills in a variety of school teams and individual sports. Our aim and objectives are simply to provide an environment for Track and Field to be as healthy a sport as possible and reach as many athletes as possible. We continue to look for ways to shape the future of our sport.

VISION

The vision of the Flyers is to continue to develop our athletes as nationally recognized and highly qualified runners. We want to expand the level of community participation, build long-term charitable affiliations, and to increase the number and levels of sponsors.