Mission Statement
The Armory Foundation oversees the premier indoor track and field center in America. It is committed to serving youth by promoting fitness, a love of sport and the pursuit of individual excellence by hosting over 100 track meets each year, maintaining the US National Track and Field Hall of Fame, operating the largest after school activities center in New York, providing college prep and academic counseling services to hundreds of underserved, New York City public high school students, and offering a variety of community support programs, all in its world class facility.
Who is Derrick Adkins?Derrick R. Adkins (born July 2, 1970) is a former American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, attended Malverne High School, Derrick Adkins rose into the international athletics scene in 1991, when he finished third at the US National Championships and qualified to the 1991 World Championships, where he finished in the sixth place. Adkins won the World Student Games in 1991 and 1993 and finished seventh at the 1993 World Championships. Adkins made a rapid improvement in 1994, when he won his first US National Championships. He repeated this win in the next year and at the 1995 World Championships he was already a main favorite to the gold medal. At Gothenburg, Adkins won his heat easily and in the final he won the gold narrowly ahead of his career long rival Samuel Matete from Zambia. Prior to the Atlanta Olympics, Matete beat Adkins in four races out of five, but at the Olympic Games itself Adkins turned the tables on Matete, winning in a time of 47.54 and beating Matete to a second place by 0.24 seconds. In 1997, Adkins was second at the US National Championships, but missed the final for the first time at a World Championships by finishing only fifth at the semi-final. Adkins was Assistant Coach of Columbia University's Track and Field team between 2004 and 2006. On February 17 Adkins appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman showing his gold medal on "Show and Tell". Adkins is currently the Director of the New Balance Track and Field Armory Center in New York City. Reference: The Armory Foundation, http://www.armoryprep.org/staff/derrick-adkins Derrick Adkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Adkins |
About the Armory Track & Field CenterThe Armory Foundation, a 501(c)(3) New York nonprofit and home to the premier indoor track & field center in America, is committed to serving youth by promoting excellence and fitness through a broad range of athletic, educational and community service programs.
At the Armory Track & Field Center, the center is a 66,000 square foot track and field training and competition facility known as the most state-of-the-art indoor track track and field facility in the world for mostly high school aged youth. His responsibilities include: coordinating, directing and contract more than 100 track meets during each winter track season, contracting more than 50 New York City area high school track teams to practice at the center involving more than 2000 students per school-year; developing educational programs for the youth including SAT preparation courses, seminars in college readiness, as well as individual college-counseling for the students participants and managing the daily operation of the building. Armory's Organizational StructureBoard of Directors:
Micheal Frankfurt, Chairman Michael Blum, Chairman James T. Conroy, Secretary Staff:
Derrick Adkins, Armory Prep Counselor, Track & Field Consultant Glennis Aquino, Office Manager Janine Davis, Assoc. Dir., Track & Field, Armory College Prep Katherine DeFoyd, Fundraising Kenny Dwyer, Building Manager Rita Finkel, Director, Development Tim Fultun, HS Track Editor Tom Healy, Director, Operations Fran Hofstetter, Financial Manager Brett Hoover, Chief Digital Officer Rob Moschetta, DJ/Audio Jack Pfeifer, Track & Field College Meets Aliann Pompey, Director, Educational Development Amber Salomon, Office Assistant Norbert Sander, Executive Director Bassett Thompson, Director, Track & Field Kimberly Ver Steeg, Director, Special Events |