Dear Fellow PACTC members,

  I want to express my thanks and congratulate everyone of you for another great season in 2007.  Since being established in 2003,
Philadelphia Athletic Charities Track Club has become a dominant club in many of the master track, cross country and road races in
the Philadelphia area and we could not of done this without the dedication and support of our members.  Welcome to all of the new
members who joined us in 2007. I had a chance to meet most of you at a race and it is always great to talk to new members  about
their running goals and how they can help the team.

  2007 was the best overall season PACTC has ever experienced . A few highlights were

  • The 4 x 400 Master Relay finish at the Penn Relays
  • 1st Place 4 x 800 meter Master Relay finish at USATF Master Nationals
  • The 1st Place finish in the Mid Atlantic USATF Off Road Championship
  • The 3rd Place finish in the Mid Atlantic USATF Road Grand Prix Championship
  • The 3rd Place finish in the National USATF Women's Master Cross Country Championship
  • The 1st Place finish of the Master Male team in the Philadelphia Distance Run
  • The 1st Place finish of the Male team in the Master Mid Atlantic USATF XC Championship
  • The 1st Place finish of the Female team in the Master Mid Atlantic USATF XC Championship
  • The individual Performance of Chuck Shields, winning the USATF Mid Atlantic Grand Prix Championship
  • Chuck Shields (Master LDR) and Kevin Forde (Master Track) named USATF "Runner of the Year"
  • The individual Performance of Kevin Forde winnning the National USATF Master 800 meter title and 5th Ave Mile.
  • As well as all of the other individual titles won in mid-atlantic track age group titles and club records that were broken

  There will be a lot of new things planned for 2008 and what the PACTC will focus it's energy on. We will be sitting down soon
(January TBA) at a team meeting to hear what races you want us to run in 2008.  Details soon.
We are also planning our spring awards  banquet along with a few other things.  Thanks also to our captains this year.  Chuck
Shields (Track/XC), Paul Hines (Off Road Series), Bill Kampf (Road Series) made a lot of phone calls to make sure we had complete
teams and brought our best teams to the meets.   Great job guys!

Please take the time now to Re new your membership.  Click on 2008 Membership Form

If you haven't done so already, you can renew your USATF membership also on the PACTC membership form by clicking onto the
USATF Logo.    It is your responsibility to keep your USATF membership active. You don't  want to cost the team a win if it was found
you let your USATF membership lapse!      

Good luck to everyone in your training and please check back to the website frequently for team updates.  I have a feeling that 2008
will be our greatest year yet!    Happy Holidays to everyone and their families

Stay Healthy and take care
Dave Thomas                                                                                                                Bill Kampf
Philadelphia Athletic Charities Track Club President                                            PACTC Vice President