Dave Testa

Love being the South Lyon East #GirlGang Cross Country Head Coach USATF Level 1 #BeEast

[Air Force Track & Field/XC @AF_TFXC]

See you Saturday!

As one of the top-three finishers in her heat [2:04.97], Liliane Aittama secured a spot in the regional final of the 800-meter run!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

@hunterco That’s awesome!! 9:14 from a year ago. Full disclosure we’ve only just recently started having enough freshmen to even assemble all-freshmen relays; but their enthusiasm for them is incredible!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

9th grade Oakland County Champions in the 4x800!!
Muston -> Porinsky ->Reeder -> Maher
Shatters the freshman class record with an 8:49.49

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

For 42 years that 800 record stood! 🤯

[Jacob Tanner @JFTMichigan]

and college:

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Poise, guts, and confidence.
An absolutely incredible race!

[Air Force Track & Field/XC @AF_TFXC]

There are Air Force Records ... and then there are 𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦!

Liliane Aittama just dropped a 2:03.14 to finish 🥈 in the 800-meter run and take 0.78 off a program record that USAFA Athletics Hall of Famer Gail Conway had held since 1984!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

My gang puts the PR in prom.

I’ll see myself out…

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

The too young for prom student section 💪
Seriously love those kids showing up to get rowdy!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Throwback to crashing Adam Caruso’s school record run in 2015 (really good chance I’m wearing the same quarter zip).

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Break the school record and qualify for States: Coach gets to celebrate before you can say no! Sophomore Nikhil Ball 7th place in 9:33.92. States bound!!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Seeded 11th, finished 3rd with a massive outdoor PR and shattering 5:00 by Jack Maher!!!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

A long-time coming/took a lot of work and patience PR of 5:18 for 5th in the 1600 for Claire Porinsky! Totally worth showing up late to prom for. 😤

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

#TeamFeisty competes their way to an 8th place finishers medal at the Novi Regional!

[Air Force Track & Field/XC @AF_TFXC]

See you Saturday! Liliane Aittama won her 800-meter heat in 2:09.07 to earn a Big Q into the finals!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Girls 4x8 races to 🥈 at the LVC Championship with the #2 time in school history!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Can’t remember the last time Lili lead off a relay 🔥🔥🔥

[Air Force Track & Field/XC @AF_TFXC]

𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦! 🚧

The Air Force Records for both 4x800-meter relays were broken on the Blue Oval tonight, with the women posting a time of 8:34.78 and the men clocking in at 7:23.61!

📸 Ginnie Coleman

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

In a downpour, Brennan Reeder blasts the freshman 800 record in 2:06.77

[Air Force Track & Field/XC @AF_TFXC]

CLAY | Liliane Aittama clocked in with a 2:05.38 to account for the 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵-𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 800-meter time in program history!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Fun to be back obsessively refreshing the live results!

[Air Force Track & Field/XC @AF_TFXC]

In her first outdoor meet since 2024, Liliane Aittama posted an 800-meter time of 2:06.62 to finish third in her section and move up to No. 4️⃣ on the program's all-time list!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

Third in the Mountain West as a freshman; missed the meet as a sophomore; runner-up while breaking the Academy record as a junior. Believe and keep showing up and great things will happen.

The comeback > the setback

[Air Force Track & Field/XC @AF_TFXC]

For the second-straight day, Liliane Aittama set a new 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 in the 800-meter run, lowering her time, recording an altitude-adjusted time of 2:05.40!

[Dave Testa @coachtesta]

@LenHarmon My kids all immediately caught the Springsteen Born in the USA album cover reference