Results from the Dino Challenge
I would like to offer my congratulations to the thirty-four JD athletes – Brent Bester, Nicholas, Rui, Keegan, Charlie, Austin, Matthew Springer, Eric, Patrick Lyster, Alex McDuffie, Brent Stephen, Michael, Alex Charlesworth, Nathan, Patrick Meister, Sean, Ben, Katie, Ellie, Kendall, Antha, Lauren Fridman, Chase, Siri, Janessa, Emily, Delainy, Dana, Emma Martin, Madelaine, Emma Chong, Rhea, Mia and Heather – who competed in the Dino Challenge today. There were some impressive results.
I would especially like to congratulate our newest athletes, who were competing in their very first meet: Rui, Keegan, Patrick Lyster, Alex McDuffie, Nathan, Kendall, Siri, Dana,Emma Chong and Rhea. I thought you looked remarkably composed out on the track. Anyone watching the races would never have known that you were new athletes competing in your first events. You warmed up on your own, marshaled in as required, and showed up at the start line on time and ready to race. Well done all of you! You should be very proud of the results of your first meet.
Our veterans also competed very well, with many achieving personal best performances.Nicholas, Matthew, Brent Stephen, Michael, Alex Charlesworth, Katie, Emma Martinand Madelaine each recorded a personal best performances in one event, while Brent Bester, Patrick Meister and Heather recorded PBs in both of their events. Well done athletes! It’s good to see your hard work at training sessions being rewarded.
The gutsiest performance of the meet came from Charlie who, despite being spiked in the ankle at the start line of the 800m, which resulted in a trip to the hospital and several stitches, finished the four laps around the track without so much as a limp. Most athletes would have stopped, Charlie. That was an impressive display of determination. Well done! We all wish you a speedy recovery.
I was very pleased to see many displays of good sportsmanship from the JD athletes during the meet – words of encouragement to teammates and opponents at the start line and handshakes at the finish line – but the display I admired the most was the pat on the back from Patrick Lyster to Brent Bester as Brent passed Patrick near the end of the 3000m andBrent’s nod to Patrick in return. The gestures of true gentlemen, Patrick and Brent. Well done!
I would like to offer my heartiest congratulations to the athletes who have been awarded medals based on their performances over the four meets of the Calgary Indoor Track Series.Emma Martin won the gold medal for 13-year-old girls, placing 1st of nineteen athletes with an impressive 94 points. Chase captured the gold medal for 14-year-old girls, finishing 1st of 22 athletes with 85 points. Ellie won the gold medal for 15-year-old girls, accumulating 56.5 points to finish 1st of 23 athletes. Mia captured the silver medal for 12-year-old girls, finishing 2nd of 15 athletes with 60 points. Ben captured the silver medal for 12-year-old boys, placing 2nd of 13 athletes with 59 points. Despite not being able to compete in the final meet because he was trapped in London Heathrow, Max won the silver medal for 13-year-old boys, placing 2nd of 19 athletes with 54 points. Katie won the silver medal for 15-year-old girls, placing 2nd of 23 athletes with 51 points. Patrick won the bronze medal for 13-year-old boys, accumulating 44 points to finish 3rd of 19 athletes. Nicholas captured the bronze medal for 15-year-old boys, finishing 3rd of 26 athletes with 46 points. That is an impressive list of medalists, by far the most won by any club. Well done athletes! Other top ten finishes were recorded by: Heather(4th), Delainy (4th), Emily (4th), Brent Bester (5th), Lauren Fridman (5th), Sean (6th), Antha(8th), Michael (8th) and Brent Stephen (9th). The meet director will deliver the medals to me and I will present them to the athletes as soon as I receive them.
We had two CALTAF families who won multiple medals. The Martin family captured three medals, with Emma winning gold and Cheetah siblings Alison and Julia capturing gold and silver respectively. Two golds and a silver – well done Martin family. The Meister family captured two medals, with Ben and Patrick each capturing a silver medal in their age categories. Well done Meister family! Multiple medalists from one family – a first for the Calgary Indoor Series, I believe!
Captain Brent Bester had an outstanding meet, achieving personal bests in both of his events and finishing 2nd in the 3000m and 5th in the 800m. In the 3000m, Brent took a very impressive 31 seconds off his personal best time, while in the 800m Brent took almost two seconds off his PB. Well done Brent!
Heather, one of our youngest athletes, also had an outstanding meet. Heather took an astonishing 18.11s off her PB in the 800m to finish 2nd in 3:03.83s, an excellent time for a first-year bantam. Heather also ran a PB in the 60m, where she finished 5th of 10 athletes. Well done Heather!
Patrick Meister also recorded personal best performances in both of his events, finishing 4th of eight 13-year-old boys in the 800m in a personal best time of 2:46.29s and 7th in the 60m in a PB time of 9.40s. Well done Patrick!
Katie won the 15-year-old girls’ 800m, was 3rd in the 3000m, and ran a personal best time in the 60m of 8.91s, beating the nine second barrier for the first time. Well done Katie!
Emma Martin won the 13-year-old girls’ 800m and was 2nd of ten athletes in the 60m, where she finished in a personal best time of 8.65s – a very impressive time for a bantam. Well doneEmma!
Alex Charlesworth ran a personal best time of 8.73s in the 60m to place 2nd of ten 13-year-old boys. Well done Alex!
Ellie finished 2nd of eleven 15-year-old girls in the 60m and was also 2nd in her first attempt at the 800m. Well done Ellie!
Nicholas ran a personal best time of 7.60s in the 60m to finish 2nd of fourteen 15-year-old boys. Well done Nicholas!
Chase finished 2nd in the 3000m and was 6th of twelve 14-year-old girls in the 60m. Well doneChase!
In his first meet, Patrick Lyster ran a very impressive 3000m, finishing 3rd of nine 14-year-old male athletes in 11:24.89s. Well done Patrick!
In his first meet, Alex McDuffie placed 3rd of nine athletes in the 60m, finishing in 8.33s. Alexwas also 7th in his first attempt at the 3000m. Well done Alex!
Keegan looked very impressive in his first meet, finishing 3rd of fourteen 15-year-boys in the 60m in 7.86s. Well done Keegan!
Ben, another of our youngest athletes, finished 3rd of seven athletes in the 60m and was 4th in the 800m. Well done Ben!
Mia, another young athlete proved that, like her big brother Keegan, she too has speed. Miafinished 3rd of ten 12-year-old girls in the 60m in 9.22s. Well done Mia!
Brent Stephen ran a huge PB in his 60m to finish 4th of nine 14-year-old boys in 8.73s. Well done Brent!
In her first meet, Siri looked especially impressive in the 60m, where she finished 4th of twelve 14-year-old girls in 8.83s. Well done Siri!
Madelaine demonstrated how much stronger she is becoming by running a huge PB in the 60m. Well done Madelaine!
In his first meet, Rui looked very strong in the 60m, where he placed 6th of fourteen 15-year-old boys in 8.00s. Well done Rui!
Matthew Springer continued his streak of achieving at least one PB at every meet this indoor season, finishing the 60m in a PB time of 8.71s. Well done Matthew!
Michael demonstrated how much stronger he is becoming by running a huge PB in the 60m. Well done Michael!
Emily ran just over her personal best time in the 60m to finish 5th of twelve 14-year-old girls. Well done Emily!
In their first attempts at the 60m, Emma Chong and Dana were 6th, Kendall was 8th, whileEric, Rhea and Nathan were 9th.
Our relay teams also produced some excellent results.
The team of Nicholas to Keegan to Rui to Austin finished 1st of four 15-year-old boys’ teams in a time of 1:47.04s. In that same race, the team of Charlie to Alex McDuffie to Patrick Lyster to Matthew placed 2nd in 1:57.48s. Well done boys! Our youngest team of Brent S toBrent B to Eric to Sean also ran very well, finishing 4th in 2:08.26s.
In the boys’ 12-13-year-old 4x200m relay, the team of Patrick Meister to Alex Charlesworthto Ben to Nathan finished 1st of two teams in 2:08.00s. The team of Delainy to Emma Chong to Cheetah Harrison Matsuoka to Michael were not far behind, finishing in 2:15.91s. Special thanks to Delainy and Emma for agreeing to compete with the boys, so that Harrisonand Michael would have the opportunity to run. You didn’t look in the least intimidated by the boys. Well done boys and girls!
The ladies 14-15 years 4x200m relay was a bit chaotic to say the least, and it took the officials quite a while to sort out the results. In the end, the team of Ellie to Chase to Kendall toEmma Martin placed 2nd of seven teams, while the team of Antha to Melissa to Siri to Danafinsihed 3rd. In that same race, the team of Janessa to Emily to Lauren to Katie were 6th. Unfortunatley, no times were given for this race.
While the team of Mia to Madelaine to Rhea to Heather had no opposition and so were awarded 1st place, the girls earned their red ribbions by running very well, finishing in an impressive 2:16.37s. Well done girls!
Those are very impressive results. What a great way to end the indoor season. Congratulations to you all! See you Monday at Glenmore! Robin
