photo from Western Canadian Championships 2010 by Jon Hirst

Two athletes captured medals in their individual events. Emily won the silver medal in the 80m hurdles, where she finished 2^nd of 15 athletes in a personal best time of 13.69s, a PB of half a second. Patrick won the bronze medal in the 100m hurdles, where he finished 3^rd of nine athletes in a personal best time of 16.84s.  Congratulations to Emily and Patrick - I am certain that Coach Lou will be very pleased with your results in the hurdles. Well done!

Five JD athletes also captured 6 medals in the relays, with Jessica bringing home two relay medals. Lauren Fridman and Jessica teamed up with CALTAF Power and Speed athlete Jasmine Galey to win the bronze medal in the medley relay. The girls placed 3^rd of five teams in a time of 4:41.70s. Jessica ran one of the 200m legs, while Lauren ran the 800m anchor. Jessica andAntha teamed up with CALTAF Power and Speed athlete Jasmine Galey to win the bronze medal in the 4×100m relay. The girls finished 3^rd of eight teams in a time of 54.58s. Brent and Tylerteamed up with CALTAF Middle/Long Distance runner Cuauhti Olguin to win the bronze medal in the medley relay, with the team finishing 3^rd of eight in a time of 4:16.64s. Tyler was also a member of the 4×100m relay team, but the team was disqualified.

The JD athletes recorded fourteen personal best performances, with Patrick leading the way with an impressive five PBs (100m, 1000m, shot put, 100mH and the pentathlon), Emily achieving 3 personal best performances (80mH preliminary and final, and 200mH), Matthew Schalm recording two personal bests (DT and JT), and Lauren Fridman (1200m), Kendall (200mH), Tyler (300m) and Brent Bester (1200m) each recording one personal best performance.

Other impressive results in individual events include:

In addition to winning the bronze medal in the 100m hurdles, Patrick finished 7^th of 13 athletes in the pentathlon. He ran a personal best time of 13.18s in the 100m, took over 13 seconds off his PB in the 1000m, where he finished in 3:15.76s, added another 36cm to his PB in the shot put with a throw of 6.25m, and finished the pentathlon with 1685 points, a personal best of 126 points.

Lauren Fridman finished the 1200m in a personal best time of 4:18.48s, a PB of just under 10 seconds.

Brent took more than 6 seconds off his PB in the 1200m, where he finished 9^th in a time of 3:47.00s.

Tyler took more than a half second off his PB in the 300m, where he finished 6^th of 18 athletes in 40.27s.

Matthew added almost a metre to his PB in the discus with a throw of 26.32m, and an impressive 1.20m to his PB in the javelin, with a throw of 29.97m. Matthew finished 6^th of 14 athletes in the discus and 6^th of twelve athletes in the javelin.

In addition to her silver medal in the 80m hurdles, Emily was 5^th in the triple jump, 7^th in the high jump and 8^th in the 200m hurdles, where she ran a personal best time of 32.58s.

Kendall was 5^th in the high jump and 10^th in the 200m hurdles, where she ran a personal best time of 33.68s.

Antha finished 8^th in the 100m and 11^th in only her second triple jump competition.

When the Team Calgary head coach needed a shot put competitor, Jessica rose to the challenge and competed in the event.

Despite missing most of the year’s training, Janessa finished 9^th of 14 athletes in the 200m.

Lauren Garnett accepted the challenge of the pentathlon, where she finished eighth.

Maria represented Calgary/Zone 3 in all of the throwing events. Her best finish was a 9^th in the discus.

Well done JD athletes! I am sorry that I was not there to watch you compete. By all accounts, it sounds as though you enjoyed the Alberta Summer Games and represented CALTAF and the JD Group very well. My congratulations to you all!

Robin

From the meet site:

The Qualifier portion of the meet is scheduled for July 28-29; this portion will see competition from eligible athletes who haven’t met the automatic qualifying standards.

Modeled after the IAAF Diamond League competitions, the Championships section (July 30-31) will feature 2-days of nonstop action where only semi finals and finals will be contested during these two days in compact sessions.

The four JD athletes who were members of Team Alberta - Ellie Hirst, Katie Campbell, Nicholas Buettner and Austin Ost - all rose to the challenge and produced some truly outstanding results. All four athletes did the JD Group proud, with each winning at least one medal in their individual events. Between them, these four athletes contributed 72 points in their individual events to the Team Alberta total, and an additional 13 points as members of either 4×100m or medley relay teams. They recorded 11 personal best performances in their individual events, and captured 3 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals. For just four athletes, those are very impressive totals. Well done Ellie, Katie, Nicholasand Austin!

Team Alberta midget captain Austin won a gold medal in the javelin and bronze medals in the long jump, triple jump, shot put and discus. Given the calibre of the competition, that is a remarkable accomplishment. In addition to the gold and four bronze medals that he won in his individual events, Austin ran the 2nd leg for the midget boys’ medley relay team, which finished 3^rd of five teams and captured the bronze medal.Austin achieved personal bests in four of his five individual events. In the long jump,Austin cleared 5.55m, a personal best of 36cm to capture the bronze medal. In the triple jump, Austin added another 35cm to his PB, clearing 11.65m to capture the bronze medal. In the discus throw, Austin added a remarkable 4.73m to his PB, capturing the bronze medal with a throw of 29.11m. In the shot put, Austin added more than half a metre to his PB, throwing the shot 10.47m to win the bronze medal. With those stellar results, Austin contributed an impressive 28 points to the Team Alberta point total. Congratulations Austin! We wish you continued success in Ottawa at the Legion National Track and Field Championships! Go well!

Ellie won the silver medal in the 300m and ran the 3^rd legs for the gold-medal-winning midget girls’ medley relay team and the silver-medal-winning 4×100m relay team. Elliealso finished 4^th of 24 midget athletes in both the 100m and 200m. Ellie ran a personal best of 13.22s in the 100m preliminary to qualify 5^th of 24 athletes for the final, where she ran another personal best of 13.10 to finish just out of the medals in 4^th place. In the 200m preliminary, Ellie ran a personal best of 27.35s to qualify 5^th of 24 athletes for the final, where she ran another personal best of 27.29s to finish in 4^th place. In the 300m, Ellieagain ran a personal best, finishing 2^nd of twelve midget athletes in 42.12s to capture the silver medal. Ellie ran the 3^rd leg for the gold-medal-winning medley relay team, which finished 1^st of five midget teams in 4:23.06s, and the 3^rd leg for the silver-medal-winning 4×100m relay team, which finished 2^nd of seven teams in 51.89s. Ellie contributed 18 points to the Team Alberta total and the two relay teams that she was a member of contributed an additional 8 points. Well done Ellie! We also wish you much success at the Legion National Track and Field Championships! Go well!

Katie finished 5^th in the 2000m, where she took almost three seconds off the PB that she had just established at the Provincial Championships. However, Katie’s most impressive performance of the meet came in the 1500m steeplechase, which she competed in without any training in the event. When the coaches decided in which events to enter each Team Alberta athlete, we discovered that we had no midget women steeplechase runners. We threw Katie in without consulting her and, without a word of complaint, Katiecompeted in the rather intimidating and demanding event. Not only did she compete, butKatie walked away with the silver medal, finishing the 1500m steeplechase in 5:40.38s. - an impressive time, especially given that Katie had no prior training other than a brief crash course that head coach Jason Lindsey gave her the night before the event. Needless to say, the Team Alberta coaches were most impressed. With her 2^nd and 5^thplace finishes, Katie contributed 13 points to the Team Alberta total. Well done Katie! What an outstanding end to your year. Congratulations!

Nicholas captured the silver medal in the 100m, where he finished 2^nd of eighteen athletes in 11.82s. Nicholas also ran the 3^rd leg for the midget boys’ medley relay team, which finished 1^st of five teams in 3:54.05s to capture the gold medal. In the 300m,Nicholas took more than half a second off his PB, finishing in 40.26s. With those results in his individual events, Nicholas contributed 13 points to the Team Alberta point total, while the winning medley relay team that he was a member of contributed another 5 points. Well done Nicholas! An impressive end to a stellar year! Congratulations!

Holiday Monday 2^nd August - no session - I will give you a workout to complete on your own.

I am currently working my way through the results from the Alberta Summer Games. An email will follow with those results.

I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer. Robin

In the Midget Grand Prix, Austin captured the overall gold medal for midget boys, finishing 1^st of 40 athletes and accumulating 72 points based on his results over the three New Balance meets.Austin also set a meet record in the long jump, clearing 5.43m, a PB of 24cm. Austin beat the meet record 4.68m, set in 2009 by CALTAF athlete Steven Bigsby. Austin also won the shot put competition with a throw of 9.90s and ran a personal best 12.90s in the 100m. Well done Austin! Good luck at the Western Canadian Championships in Winnipeg and Legion Nationals in Ottawa!

In the Midget Grand Prix, Ellie captured the overall bronze medal for midget women, finishing 3^rdof 38 athletes and accumulating 43 points, despite missing the second meet. At the final meet,Ellie won the 100m, 300m and finished 2^nd in the long jump, with a personal best jump of 4.53m. Well done Ellie! Good luck at the Western Canadian Championships and Legion Nationals!

Other top ten finishes in the Midget Grand Prix include: first-year midget Lauren Fridman (4^thand just one point out of the bronze medal position), bantam Dana (5^th), Rui (6^th), bantamMadelaine (7^th), Jessica (10^th) and Nicholas (10^th). Congratulations especially to our two bantams Dana and Madelaine, and to first-year midget Lauren, for placing in the top ten despite having to compete against older athletes. This certainly bodes well for next year. Well done!

First-year midget Lauren Fridman placed first and set a new meet record in the 800m, finishing in a personal best time of 2:35.80s, a PB of 1.6s. Lauren beat the meet record 2:36.08s, set in 2009 by CALTAF athlete Melissa Moore. Well done Lauren! Good luck at the Alberta Summer Games!

Rui had an outstanding meet, finishing 2^nd in the long jump and 3^rd in the 100m. Rui beat the meet record in the long jump, clearing 5.00m, and ran a personal best 12.59s in the 100m. Well done Rui! Have a great summer! You will be missed at the Alberta Summer Games.

Despite four hours of hurdling at the Hurdling is Fun camp earlier in the day, Nicholas beat the meet record 12.14s in the 100m, finishing 2^nd in 12.05s. Well done Nicholas! Good luck at the Western Canadian Championships!

First-year midget Abtin entered the long jump for the first time and beat the meet record, clearing 4.75m to finish 3^rd. Abtin also finished 4^th in the 100m. Well done Abtin! Have a great summer!

Bantam Anna took more than half a second off her PB in the 100m, finishing in 15.50s. Well doneAnna! Have a wonderful summer!

Bantam Dana ran under the 15 second barrier in the 100m for the first time, finishing in a personal best time of 14.79s. Dana also added another 16cm to her PB in the long jump, where she finished 5^th. Well done Dana! Have a great summer! Take care of those shins!

Bantam Madeline ran a personal best in the 100m, finishing in 16.13s. Well done Madelaine! Have a great summer!

First-year midget Antha finished 4^th in both the 100m and long jump. Well done Antha! Good luck at the Alberta Summer Games!

First-year midget Matthew Schalm arrived at the track expecting to practice his throws, but Coach Elisha threw him into the shot put competition where he finished 2^nd with a throw of 8.03s. Good luck at the Alberta Summer Games, Matthew.

Hurdling is Fun Camp results

It was great to see so many JD athletes participating in the Hurdling is Fun camp this week:Emily, Lauren Garnett, Jessica, Nicholas, Brent Stephen, Nathan and Rui. I was certainly impressed with what I saw at the competition earlier today. Rui ran personal bests in both the 100m hurdles and 200m hurdles, while Nicholas and Nathan ran personal bests in the 100m hurdles. You all ran very well, especially given that you have spent four hours every day this week hurdling. Have a restful weekend – you’ve earned it!

]]> http://caltaf.com/2010/07/jd-new-balance-results/feed/ http://caltaf.com/2010/07/jd-results-from-provincial-championships/ http://caltaf.com/2010/07/jd-results-from-provincial-championships/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:08:27 +0000 Luke http://caltaf.com/?p=1026 I would like to congratulate all of the JD athletes - Nicholas, Rui, Austin, Matthew Springer, Eric, Patrick, Alex McDuffie, Abtin, Matthew Schalm, Tyler, Brent Stephen, Alex Charlesworth, Nathan Kalmakoff, Sean, Katie, Lauren Garnett, Ellie, Maria, Jessica, Melissa, Kendall, Antha, Lauren Fridman, Siri, Emily, Delainy, Dana, Anna, Emma Martin, Madelaine, Emma Chong, Rhea, Mia and Heather - who traveled to St. Albert to compete in the Alberta Provincial Track and Field Championships this past weekend. Among them, these thirty-four athletes produced some outstanding results.

Here are the highlights:

I would like to congratulate our Provincial Champions and gold medalists: Austin (gold in the javelin and gold in the triple jump), Emma Martin (gold in the bantam multiple events and gold in the 4×100m), Kendall (gold in the high jump), Ellie (gold in the 4×400m), Dana (gold in the 4×100m), Emma Chong (gold in the 4×100m) and Mia (gold in the 4×100m). Alberta Provincial Champion! That’s a pretty impressive title - well done!

I would also like to congratulate our provincial silver and bronze medalists: Austin (silver in the 4×100m, bronze in the shot put, bronze in the discus throw and bronze in the long jump), Nicholas (bronze in the 100m and bronze in the 200m), Tyler (silver in the 4×100m), Katie (silver in the 2000m and silver in the 4×400m), Ellie (silver in the 300m and bronze in the long jump), Matthew Schalm (silver in the discus and silver in the javelin), Emma Martin (silver in the bantam multiple events), Emily (bronze in the triple jump), Lauren Fridman (silver in the 4×400m), Lauren Garnett(silver in the 4×400m), Siri (silver in the 4×400m), Alex McDuffie (silver in the 4×100m), Rui (silver in the 4×100m),Abtin (bronze in the 100m hurdles) and Eric (bronze in the javelin).Well done provincial medalists!

Congratulations to our multiple medal winners: Austin (2 gold, 1silver, 3 bronze), Emma Martin (2 gold, 1silver), Ellie(1 gold, 1 silver, 1bronze), Nicholas (2 bronze), Katie (2 silver) and Matthew Schalm (1 silver, 1 bronze). Well done athletes! Quite an achievement at the Provincial Championships!

If my math is correct, then I believe the JD Group brought home 9 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 9 bronze medals. An impressive medal haul - well done athletes!

Many JD athletes rose to the challenge and recorded at least one personal best performance during the meet: Nicholas(200m), Matthew Springer (long jump), Alex McDuffie (200m), Abtin (100m), Matthew Schalm (javelin), Tyler(100m), Alex Charlesworth (150m), Katie (2000m), Lauren Garnett (100m), Antha (200m), Lauren Fridman(javelin), Siri (shot put), Rhea (shot put), Mia (150m) and Heather (150m). Several athletes recorded personal bests in more than one of their individual events: Rui (100mH, 200mH), Patrick (100mH, 200mH), Brent Stephen (long jump, shot put), Eric (800m, 1200m, discus, javelin), Ellie (200m, long jump), Kendall (200m, high jump, long jump),Emily (80mH, 200mH), Delainy (150m, 800m, 1200m, shot put), Dana (150m, shot put, long jump, javelin), Anna(80m, 150m), Emma Martin (80m, 150m, discus) and Madelaine (80m, javelin). It isn’t easy with the travel and the pressure of an important meet to compete at your best, so congratulations to all of you for achieving a personal best.

Austin’s very impressive results of two gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals earned him a place on both Team Alberta that will represent the province at Legion Nationals in Ottawa in August and on the provincial team that will challenge Manitoba and Saskatchewan at the Western Canadian Midget and Youth Championships in Winnipeg at the end of July. Austin was one of only five midget men and twelve Alberta midget athletes selected to compete at Legion Nationals. Well done Austin!

Ellie’s 2^nd place finish in the midget 300m along with her time of 42.15s, which she had achieved at the CALTAF Classic and which beat the 42.45s standard required to go to Legion Nationals, earned her spot on Team Alberta for Legion Nationals in Ottawa. Ellie was one of only seven midget women and twelve Alberta midget athletes selected to compete at Legion Nationals. Ellie also earned a place on the team that will travel to Winnipeg for the Western Canadian Midget and Youth Championships. In addition to her 2^nd place finish in the 300m, Ellie was 3^rd of twenty-two athletes in the long jump with a personal best jump of 4.48m, 4^th of twenty-seven athletes in the 200m, where she recorded a personal best of 27.50s, and 6^th of twenty-five athletes in the 100m. Well done Ellie!

There were 28 Alberta midget athletes (16 women, 12 men) selected to the team that will represent Alberta at the Western Canadian Midget and Youth Championships in Winnipeg and four of them are from the JD Group. Congratulations to Austin, Ellie, Katie and Nicholas. I am looking forward to traveling to Winnipeg with you as a coach for Team Alberta. Other CALTAF athletes who will travel to Winnipeg with the team are Adrianne Erdmanfrom the Middle/Long Distance Group, and Alex Bymoen, Allison Stephen and Nicole Squires from Power and Speed. Kendall, as the winner of the high jump competition, was offered a place on the team but was unable to accept.

Multiple medal winner Nicholas earned his spot on Team Alberta for the Midget/Youth Championships by finishing 3^rdin both the 100m and 200m. His performance in the 200m preliminary, which was a personal best 24.76s, was remarkable given that Nicholas was still recovering from an earlier and nasty fall in the 100m hurdles, which left him with many deep scratches and puncture wounds from his spikes. Congratulations Nicholas!

Katie’s impressive performance in the 2000m, where she finished in 7:20.93s, a personal best of just under twenty seconds, earned her the silver medal and a place on Team Alberta for the Midget/Youth Championships. Katie also finished 6^th in the 1200m and 7^th in the 800m and led her team off with a great start in the 4×400m relay, helping to assure them of the silver medal. Well done Katie!

The top performance from the bantams came from Emma Martin, who captured the gold medal in the bantam multiple events on Saturday and the silver medal in the bantam multiple events on Sunday. On Saturday, Emma’s 2^nd place finish in the 1200m, where she finished in 4:12.40s, along with her 3^rd place finish in the 80m, where she finished in a personal best of 11.12s, her 6^th place finish in the discus, with a 1.36m PB of 17.38m, and her 13^th place finish in the high jump, earned her 23 points and the gold medal.  Emma finished 1^st of 42 bantam girls. Well done Emma! On Sunday, Emmaaccumulated 22 points, enough to finish 2^nd of forty-seven bantam girls. Emma finished 3^rd in the 150m in a personal best time of 20.79s, 3^rd in the 800m, 6^th in the shot put and 10^th in the long jump. Emma also ran the lead leg for the gold-medal-winning 4×100m bantam relay team. Well done Emma!

First-year midget Kendall won the high jump competition with a personal best jump of 1.56m. Kendall also added another 12cm to her PB in the long jump, where she cleared 4.14m to finish 12^th of twenty-two athletes. Kendall also ran the 200m in a personal best time of 29.96s. A gold medal and three personal best performances! Well doneKendall!

Matthew Schalm’s personal best throw of 28.77m in the javelin, an impressive PB of over 3 metres, earned him the bronze medal, while his throw of 25.16m in the discus earned him the silver medal. Well done Matthew! Excellent results for a first-year midget!

First-year midget Eric certainly demonstrated that he is one of JD’s most improved athletes, recording personal bests in all four of his individual events. In the javelin, Eric added 17cm to his PB, and his throw of 13.69m earned him the bronze medal. In the 800m, Eric took 4.5 seconds off his PB, while in the 1200m, he took an impressive 11.0 seconds off his PB. Eric also recorded an 11cm PB in the discus. Well done Eric - a great way to end the year!

First-year midget Abtin won the bronze medal in the 100m hurdles, finishing 3^rd of eleven athletes in 17.47s. Abtin also finished 6^th in the 200m hurdles. Well done Abtin!

In her very first attempt at the triple jump, first-year midget Emily walked away with the bronze medal, clearing 9.28m to finish 3^rd of ten athletes. Emily also ran a personal best time of 14.18s in the 80m hurdles, where she finished 8^th of fourteen athletes, and a personal best of 32.88s in the 200m hurdles, where she finished 7^th. Well done Emily!

It certainly bodes well for next year to have first-year midgets Eric, Abtin, Matthew Schalm, Tyler, Kendall, Emily, Alex McDuffie, Lauren Fridman and Siri and first-year bantams Emma Chong and Mia winning medals at this year’s Provincial Championships. Congratulations to all of you for winning medals despite having to compete against older athletes. Well done!

Our bantam girl’s 4×100m relay team of Emma Martin to Dana to Mia to Emma Chong won the gold medal, finishing 1^st of seven teams in 56.58s. The team finished 3 seconds ahead of the second place team from St. Albert. The team of Delainy to Madelaine to Heather to Anna finished sixth. Well done ladies!

CALTAF’s midget women’s 4×400m relay team of Allison Stephen to Nicole Squires to Jasmine Galey, all of CALTAF’s Power and Speed Group, to Ellie won the gold medal, finishing 1^st of three teams in 4:18.77s. In addition to finishing 1^st of the midget teams, the girls also finished ahead of two youth teams. In that same race, the team of Katieto Lauren Fridman to Lauren Garnett to Siri captured the silver medal in a time of 4:42.74s. Well done ladies!

Our midget men’s 4×100m relay team of Tyler to Alex McDuffie to Austin to Rui captured the silver medal, finishing 2^nd of five teams in 49.14s, an impressive performance given that there were two first-year midgets on the team.. Well done gentlemen! In that same race, the team of Matthew Springer to Abtin to Patrick to Brent Stephen was disqualified for exchanging outside of the zone. The younger team of Alex Charlesworth to Nathan to Eric to Sean Tfinished fifth.

Our midget women’s 4×100m team of Antha to Emily to Kendall to Jessica finished just out of the medals in 4^thplace with a time of 56.03s.

Bantam Madelaine had an outstanding meet, finishing 8^th of forty-two athletes in the bantam multiple events on Sunday and 10^th of forty-seven athletes in the bantam multiple events on Sunday. Madelaine won the bantam shot put competition, placing 1^st of forty-one athletes with a throw of 7.88m. Madelaine was also 2^nd of eleven athletes in the discus with a throw of 20.71m. In the midget javelin, where Madelaine competed up against the older athletes, she finished 6^th with a 1.70m PB throw of 17.15m. Madelaine also ran a PB in the 80m. Well done Madelaine!

First-year midget Antha took more than half a second off her PB in the 200m, finishing in 28.99s. Well done Antha!

First year midget Lauren Fridman added another 1.88m to her PB in the javelin, throwing 17.89m to finish fifth.Lauren also finished just out of the medals in 4^th place in the high jump, clearing 1.40m. Well done Lauren!

First-year midget Siri recorded a personal best throw of 7.98m  in the shot put, where she finished sixth. Well doneSiri!

Bantam Delainy had an excellent meet, achieving personal bests in four of her six events. Delainy took almost a full second off her PB in the 150m, finishing in 23.42s. In the 800m, Delainy took just shy of two seconds off her PB, while in the 1200m, Delainy took an impressive 13 seconds off her PB. Delainy also added another 27cm to her PB in ths shot put. Well done Delainy!

Bantam Dana also recorded personal bests in four events, most notably in the midget javelin where, despite competing up with the older athletes, Dana finished 7^th with a 1.79m personal best throw of 15.91m. Dana also added another 36cm to her PB in the long jump, another 5cm to her PB in the shot put, and took almost half a second off her PB in the 150m, where she finished in 22.37s. Well done Dana!

Bantam Anna demonstrated how much faster she is becoming by recording personal bests in both of her sprinting events. In the 80m, Anna finished in a persoanl best time of 12.45s, while in the 150m, Anna finished in a persoanl best time of 23.59s. Well done Anna!

Our youngest athlete at the meet, first-year bantam Rhea, added another 23cm to her PB in the shot put with a throw of 4.23m. Well done Rhea!

Rui finished just out of the medals in 4^th place in the long jump, where he cleared his personal best of 5.03m. Rui ran a personal best time of 28.85s in the 200m hurdles, to again finish just out of the medals in 4^th place. Rui also ran a persoanl best time of 17.29s in the preliminary of the 100mH to qualify 5^th of ten athletes for the final, where he finished fifth. Well done Rui!

Matthew Springer added an impressive 23cm to his PB in the long jump, clearing 4.90m to finish seventh. Well doneMatthew!

Hurdle coach Lou will be pleased to learn that first-year midget Patrick ran PBs in both the sprint and intermediate hurdles. In the 100mH, Patrick finished 7^th in a personal best time of 18.64s, while in the 200m hurdles Patrickfinished 8^th in a personal best time of 30.36s. Well done Patrick!

First year midget Alex McDuffie took almost half a second off his PB in the 200m, finishing 10^th in 26.52s. Well doneAlex!

First-year midget Tyler ran a personal best time of 12.32s in the 100m preliminary to qualify 8^th for the final, where he finished fifth. Tyler was also 8^th of seventeen athletes in the 300m, where he finished in 40.83s, and 7^th of fifteen athletes in the 200m, where he finished in 25.84s. Well done Tyler!

Bantam Alex Charlesworth finished 3^rd of sixteen athletes in the high jump, where he cleared 1.35m, and 8^th of seventeen athletes in the long jump, where he cleared 3.71m. Alex also finished the 150m in a personal best time of 21.73s. Well done Alex!

Bantam Nathan was 5^th of thirteen athletes in the discus with a throw of 18.10m, and 5^th of sixteen athletes in the high jump, where he cleared 1.30m. Well done Nathan!

Lauren Garnett ran a personal best in the 100m and earned her silver medal in the 4×400m, which she wasn’t all that keen to run. Well done Lauren!

First-year bantam Mia ran a personal best time of 22.65s in the 150m to finish 19^th of forty-five athletes, and was also 15^th of forty-three athletes in the 80m, where she finished in 12.11s. Mia was also 16^th of thirty-five athletes in the high jump, where she cleared 1.15m. Well done Mia!

First-year bantams Mia and Emma Chong ran very strong 3^rd and final legs for the bantam 4×100m relay team, keeping the lead acquired for them by second-year bantams Emma Martin and Dana, thus assuring the team of the gold medal and provincial championship title. Well done Mia and Emma Chong!

First-year bantam Heather ran a PB in the 150m, where she finished in 23.75s, and matched her PB of 1.15m in the high jump to finish 16^th of thirty-five athletes. Well done Heather!

Brent Stephen added 71cm to his PB in the shot put with a throw of 6.09m, and cleared 3.32m in the long jump, a PB of 9cm. Well done Brent!

For complete meet results, go to athleticsalberta.com, click on “results” near the top of the page and follow the links.

I would like to wish Team Calgary athletes Lauren Fridman, Jessica, Emily, Lauren Garnett, Maria, Kendall, Brent Bester, Matthew Schalm, Tyler and Antha good luck at the Alberta Summer Games, Team Alberta athletesKatie, Ellie, Austin and Nicholas good luck at the Western Canadian Midget and Youth Championships in Winnipeg, and Team Alberta athletes Ellie and Austin good luck at Legion Nationals in Ottawa. Go well all of you, and congratulations for qualifying for these teams. I am certain that you will do the JD Group and CALTAF proud. I will look forward to following your results and hearing all about your experiences.

Those of you who have qualified for Team Calgary or Team Alberta should continue to train until you leave for these meets, as should athletes competing at the final New Balance meet on 13^th July (Nicholas, Rui, Tim, Austin, Eric, Alex McDuffie, Matthew Schalm, Nathan, Katie, Ellie, Jessica, Kendall, Antha, Lauren Fridman, Dana, Anna, Madelaine, Emma Chong and Rhea). The entry list for the New Balance meet is attached

Just a reminder that the JD training schedule for July is as follows:

(Note that this schedule may be affected by your attendance at the hurdle camp or by training sessions offered by the Alberta Summer Games coach, Brenda Van Tighem - give the camp and the ASG sessions priority over JD sessions.)

Monday 28th June - no session - rest after the CALTAF Classic and Provincials
Wednesday 30^th June - no session - rest after the CALTAF Classic and Provincials
Thursday 1^st July - no session - Canada Day - enjoy!
Mondays 5^th July and 12^th July - Glenmore Track 5:30 to 7:30pm
Wednesdays 7^th July and 14^th July Glenmore Track 6:00 to 8:00pm
Thursday 8^th July and 15^th July Glenmore Track 6:00 to 8:00pm
Monday 19^th July Glenmore Track 5:30pm to 7:30pm - Midget/Youth Championships athletes only - ASG athletes will be preparing to depart for their meet
Wednesday 21^st July Glenmore Track 6:00 to 8:00pm - Midget/Youth Championships athletes only - ASG athletes will be at their meet

Feel free to email or call me if you have any questions. For those of you who have finished competing for the year, have a wonderful, restful and safe summer. I look forward to seeing you in the fall. I will be in touch in August with the JD schedule. Go well! Robin

Tomorrow, June 30, 2010 at a public meeting the Calgary’s department of recreation will be submitting the master conceptual plan for Foothills and Glenmore to the Community and Protective Services (CPS) committee.  The CPS is made up of a number of Alderman who will be able to forward the plan to city council for approval.  We as the public have a change here to speak to the submitted plan. To voice our support!  There will be speakers representing the Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society but the Society would also like to have as many people as possible at the meeting to demonstrate the track community’s support for this project.

In particular, although Caltaf and the Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society support the conceptual plan (which includes  a fieldhouse) we are asking that the fieldhouse be built earlier rather than later in the project’s 10 year phasing.

The meeting will take place:
Wednesday June 30th 9 am
Front entrance to City Hall/by the Kiosk

The Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society press release
Foothills Glenmore Athletic Concept Plan
Executive Summary Master Plan for Foothills and Glenmore

Congratulations to Adrianne Erdman, Alex Bymoen, Allison Stephen, Austin Ost, Ellie Hirst, Katelyn Campbell, Nicholas Buettner, and Nicole Squires who have been named to  2010 Athletics Alberta Team that will compete at the 2010 Western Canadian Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba July 24-25, 2010.

Congradulations to Nicky Charlesworth, Ryan McKay, Alex Smith, Ellie Hirst, and Austin Ost for being named to Team Alberta for the 2010 Legion Canadian Youth Track and Field Championships and Camp that will be help August 4-10, 2010.

This blogger has very fond memories of Legion Championships and camps. Enjoy yourselves and goodluck!

more photos by Steve Sklenka