Congratulations to JD athletes Nicholas, Rui, Austin, Abtin, Matthew Schalm, Ellie, Antha, Lauren Fridman, Dana, Anna and Madelaine, who competed in the final (#3) New Balance meet yesterday. Among them, these eleven athletes produced some outstanding results. Two JD athletes won overall medals in the Midget Grand Prix, five athletes beat a meet record, there were 9 personal best performances, and twelve top-three finishes. Well done athletes! Here are the highlights
In the Midget Grand Prix, Austin captured the overall gold medal for midget boys, finishing 1st 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 3rdof 38 athletes and accumulating 43 points, despite missing the second meet. At the final meet,Ellie won the 100m, 300m and finished 2nd 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 (4thand just one point out of the bronze medal position), bantam Dana (5th), Rui (6th), bantamMadelaine (7th), Jessica (10th) and Nicholas (10th). 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 2nd in the long jump and 3rd 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 2nd 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 3rd. Abtin also finished 4th 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 5th. 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 4th 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 2nd 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!
