Royce Byran runs the 800 meters in 2 minutes 31 seconds. Arianna Martin runs it in 2:42. Both could be rising track stars and Olympians, but they are only just 12 and 10 years old.

But together they help make up the Alex Vandyke Track Club. An all girls track squad based out of Sacramento. All the girls range from ages 8 to 18 and can come from all over the valley. And under the loud whistle of their coach and friend Coach David Lawrence, these girls are propelling themselves to new heights.

In order to be on the squad each girl must maintain a 3.5 GPA in school because as coach tells them "school comes first." But that's not a problem for this group because they all love running and they all love school. And through the support of their families and coach, they have dreams of competing in this year's Junior Olympics in Miami Florida. Last year when this squad competed in the junior games they had one group finish 3rd in the nation and another finish 6th. Quite an achievement for this bunch and they have the drive and determination to do even better this year.

The Alex Vandyke Track club is based out of Sacramento but recruits girls from places like Vallejo, Stockton, and Marysville.