Kitsap runners qualify for Junior Olympic National Championships

Published 1:30 am Monday, July 27, 2026

Kitsap runners Joshua Flosi, Joseph Posh, and Kole Posh all qualified for the 2026 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships July 27-Aug 2 in Norwalk, California.

The Posh brothers, athletes in the Olympics Edge Track and Field Club, will be competing in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays while Flosi, an athlete in the Kitsap Fliers Track and Field Club, will compete solo in the 3,000 meters event. Before the national championships, the athletes had to compete in the USATF Region 13 Junior Olympic Track & Field Championship at Juanita High School in Kirkland in order to qualify to compete on the national stage.

“We had to finish in the top eight for associations, and then we had to qualify by being in the top five to go to nationals,” Kole Posh said.

A lot of training and practice went into being able to qualify for nationals in the first place. Since the Posh brothers will be competing in a relay event on the national stage, they had to practice handoffs, do speed and agility training, and practice block starts in an effort to become “as fast as we can.”

The same could be said for Flosi, who tries to set a personal record in every race he competes in. Flosi cites the Kitsap Fliers Track and Field Club as a useful group to be a part of in helping him prepare to run track in school, which is something he is trying to earn scholarships for.

Flosi, who attends Olympic High School, follows a rigid schedule, practicing Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays every week as well as doing long runs on his own.

“I think that’s definitely been one of the challenges,” Flosi said. “You need to set a schedule for things, especially at our young age. It’s very hard to do that.”

The Posh brothers are all too familiar with that, as they both play football and wrestling on top of track at Bremerton High School. Playing multiple sports throughout the school year is tough on any athlete, but the Posh brothers are nonetheless nervously excited to represent Bremerton on a national level.

Flosi also feels that “it’ll be a good thing” for runners from Bremerton to be represented at a national level, citing opportunities for athletes from the West Sound to get some recognition as well as coaches.