I would like to congratulate all of the JD athletes – Martin, Brent, Nathan, Patrick, Sean, Sahad, Addy, Harry, Ben, Matt, Claudia, Antha, Quinn, Siri, Anna, Delainy, Jill, Meghan, Sarah, Madelaine, Emma, Kate, Georgia, Mia, Marissa, Heather, Kiannah, Caitlin, Grace and Lauren – who participated in the Jack Simpson Open on Saturday. Among them, these 30 young athletes produced some outstanding results. Here are the highlights:
The bantam women – Emma, Kate, Georgia, Mia, Marissa, Heather, Kiannah, Caitlin, Grace and Lauren – continue to be the most vocal supporters of their CALTAF teammates, standing at the side of the track cheering for not only their JD teammates but also the CALTAF athletes from the Cheetahs, high school and university groups. This has not gone unnoticed by the senior CALTAF athletes, who have commented to me how much they appreciate the support. Well done ladies! Thank you for continuing to be so supportive of your teammates and such fine ambassadors for CALTAF.
The gutsiest performance of the meet came from bantam Caitlin who, despite a nasty fall near the finish line of the 150m, picked herself up and finished the race. Sporting several nasty scrapes that required treatment from the first aid staff,Caitlin went on to run an outstanding 1000m, where she finished 3rd of six athletes in 3:52.37s. Well done Caitlin! I was also very impressed with the positive attitude displayed by Siri. After tripping coming out of the blocks in the 60m and then being disqualified in the 300m, Siri ran a very determined and strong 3rd leg in the 4x200m relay, assuring her team of their first-place finish. Well done Siri!
I would like to congratulate the JD athletes who won medals based on their performances at the three meets of the Calgary Indoor Series (The Dino Opener, the Dino Classic and the Jack Simpson Open). Sarah captured the silver medal for 14-year-old girls, finishing 2nd of fifteen athletes with an impressive 48 points.Ben won the silver medal for 13-year-old boys, finishing 2nd of ten athletes also with 48 points. Marissa captured the silver medal for 13-year-old girls, placing 2nd of seventeen athletes with 47 points. Sahad won the silver medal for 14-year-old boys, placing 2nd of seventeen athletes with 37 points. Claudia captured the silver medal for 15-year-old girls, placing 2nd of eighteen athletes with 35 points.Sean captured the bronze medal for 14-year-old boys, finishing 3rd of seventeen athletes and just two points out of 2nd with of 35 points. Harry won the bronze medal for 13-year-old boys, accumulating an impressive 46 points and finishing 3rd of ten athletes. Mia won the bronze medal for 13-year-old girls, finishing 3rdof seventeen athletes and just one point out of 2nd with 46 points. Lauren won the bronze medal for 12-year-old girls, finishing 3rd of eleven athletes with an impressive 42 points. Nine medals for the JD Group – an impressive medal haul. Congratulations to JD’s silver medalists Sahad, Claudia, Ben, Sarah andMarissa and to JD’s bronze medalists Sean, Harry, Mia and Lauren. Well done!
Several JD athletes finished just out of the medals. Quinn was 4th of eighteen 15-year-old girls with 31 points, while Antha was just behind Quinn in 5th place with 30 points. Delainy placed 4th of fifteen 14-year-old girls with 30 points, whileAnna was not far behind in 6th place with 27 points. Patrick finished 5th of seventeen 14-year-old boys with 26 points, while Nathan was just behind him in 6th place. Matt accumulated an impressive 37 points, which placed him 5th of ten 13-year-old boys. Emma finished 5th of seventeen 13-year-old girls, just two points out of the bronze medal position with 44 points. Despite only competing in two of the three meets, new athlete Georgia managed to accumulate an impressive 21 points, which placed her 6th of seventeen 13-year-old girls. Remarkably, given that she competed in only the last meet, new athlete Gracefinished 6th of the 12-year-old girls with 22 points. Well done athletes!
For three JD athletes – Jill, Meghan and Grace – the Jack Simpson Open was their first meet, but you certainly wouldn’t have realized it if you watched them compete. They all produced some outstanding results. Grace won the 1000m, finishing 1st of four 12-year-old girls in 3:57.71s – an impressive time for a first-year bantam. Grace was also 3rd of nine athletes in the 60m, where she finished in 9.75s, and 3rd of seven athletes in the 150m, where she finished in 24.23s. Three top-three finishes in your first meet – well done Grace! First-year midgetMeghan startled a few veterans by placing 2nd in the 60m in an impressive 8.66s. Meghan was also 4th of ten athletes in the 300m, where she finished in 47.38s. Well done Meghan! Impressive times for any first-year midget, but especially for such a new athlete! In her first meet, first-year midget Jill entered the challenging midget 1000m, where she finished 3rd in an impressive 3:48.38s. Well done new athletes!
For those athletes who had competed previously, there were numerous personal best performances during the meet – twenty-four PBs in all. Brent, Nathan, Sahad, Matt, Antha, Quinn, Anna, Delainy, Sarah, Emma, Kate, Mia, Marissa, Heather, Kiannah and Caitlin each recorded one personal best performance, while Martin, Harry, Claudia, and Lauren recorded personal bests in more than one event. Some of the most notable PBs included: Brent took an impressive 3.14s off his PB in the 300m, where he finished in 43.52s. Antha took another 1.52s off the PB in the 300m that she had just established at the previous meet, winning the event in a personal best time of 45.65s. Bantam Matttook more than half a second off his time in the 150m, where he finished in a PB 25.87s. Bantam Caitlin improved her time in the 60m from 10.34s to 10.07s.Claudia took just shy of a full second off her PB in the 300m. First-year midgetSarah took more than a second off her PB in the 300m, where she finished in 50.22s. Kate impressed her coaches in the 60m, where she improved her PB from 11.26s to 10.95s. Heather took more than half a second off her PB in the 150m, where she finished in 24.29s. First-year bantam Lauren improved her time in the 60m from 10.23s to 9.85s, and took almost a full second off her time in the 150m, where she finished in 25.16s. Martin took almost a full second off his PB in the 300m, and improved his time in the 60m from 8.40 to 8.26s.The PB of the meet must go to first-year midget Delainy, who took an astonishing 7.32s off her PB in the 300m, where she finished sixth. Well done athletes! It is good to see you reaping the rewards of all that hard work at training sessions!
The JD Group recorded many top three/top five finishes. Claudia won the 15-year-old girls 1000m in 3:23.18s and was 5th in the 300m. Antha won the 15-year-old girls 300m in a PB time of 45.65s, and was 4th in the 60m. New athleteGrace won the 12-year-old girls 1000m, and was also 3rd of nine in the 60m and 3rd of seven in the 150m. Emma was 2nd in the 60m and 3rd in the 150m, where she finished in a personal best time of 22.34s. Quinn was 3rd in the 60m and 2ndin the 300m, where she finished in a personal best time of 47.92s. New athleteMeghan was 2nd of nine in the 60m and 4th of ten in the 300m. Sarah was 2ndin the 1000m and 5th in the 300m, where she finished in a personal best time of 50.22s. Bantam Marissa finished 2nd in the 1000m and 5th of eleven in the 150m, where she recorded a personal best time of 22.87s. Lauren was 2nd in the 1000m, and 5th in both the 60m and 150m, where she finished in personal best times of 9.85s and 25.16s respectively. Sahad was 2nd in the 1000m and 5th in both the 60m and 300m, where he recorded personal bests of 9.25s and 48.67s.Harry was 2nd in the 150m, where he recorded a personal best of 23.43s, and 4thin both the 60m, where he recorded a PB of 9.39s, and 1000m. Bantam Ben was 2nd of seven athletes in the 60m. New athlete Jill was 3rd in her first attempt at the 1000m. Bantam Caitlin placed 3rd of six athletes in her first attempt at the 1000m. First-year midget Nathan ran a personal best 9.18s in the 60m to finish 4th, while Patrick ran a personal best 48.63s in the 300m to finish 4th. BantamMia was 4th of thirteen athletes in the 60m and also 4th of eleven athletes in the 150m, where she ran a personal best 22.63s. Bantam Kiannah finished 4th in her first attempt at the 1000m and also ran a personal best 10.00s in the 60m. Annawas 5th of nine athletes in the 60m, where she finished in a personal best time of 9.39s. In her first attempt this year at the 1000m, Heather placed 5th in 4:14.89s. Finally, despite sounding dreadful and fighting a nasty head cold, bantamGeorgia still ran very well and placed 5th of thirteen athletes in the 60m.
Our 4x200m relay teams also ran very well. Our second-year midget team ofAntha to Quinn to Siri to Emily Wilson-Bodnar of CALTAF’s PD Groupplaced first in 2:00.85s, while our first-year midget team of Delainy to Sarah to Meghan to Anna was not far behind, finishing in 2:06.01s. Our bantam team ofMia to Georgia to Grace to Emma won the bantam 4x200m relay, placing 1st of five teams in 2:09.31s. Our second bantam team of Lauren to Kate to Kiannah to Caitlin won the third-place ribbons, finishing 3rd in 2:19.37s. Although our midget boys’ team of Sean to Patrick to Matt to Nathan didn’t have any opposition, they ran well and earned their first-place ribbons by finishing in 2:15.19s.
Midway through the indoor season, the JD athletes are beginning to record some impressive performances. After this latest meet, here are the fastest times in the individual events that were offered at this meet.
Midget 60m: Brent (96) 8.20s; Meghan (97) 8.66s
Midget 300m: Martin (96) 42.88s; Antha (96) 45.65s
Midget 1000m: Sahad (97) 3:25.80s; Claudia (96) 3:23.18s
Bantam 60m: Ben (98) 9.17s; Emma (98) 8.85s
Bantam 150m: Ben (98) 22.71s; Emma (98) 22.34s
Bantam 1000m: Harry (98) 3:45.78s; Marissa (98) 3:46.02s
Well done athletes! Those are great results. Claudia, Mia and Lauren – I have your medals. I will bring them to the training session today.
If you wish to see the point totals after the three meets or the full results, you may find them here:
http://www.uofcathletics.ca/league.php?scriptName=LEAGUEINFO&leagueID=16372&leagueInfoID=69833
Our next indoor meet will be the Alberta Indoor Games and Relay Championships in Edmonton on 12th and 13th February. The entry sheet for that meet is attached.
I will see you later today at the Jack Simpson for our regular training session. Elisha, the throws coach, Melissa, the high jump coach, and I will be there. Robin
