Benninger Runs
3:56.99 in the Mile
STFC member Kurt Benninger was third in the Falmouth
Mile with a sub 4:00 minute mile and personal best of
3:56.99 on Saturday, August 9th, 2008. See website for
photo and article:
http://www.falmouthroadrace.com/news/show/12
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| STFC
Wins 6 Medals at the National Youth/Legion Championships
Jordan Collison,
Rita Rudell, Kevin
Bowman, Alex Pilar,
and Mat West travelled to Sherbrooke
to compete in the National Youth/Legion Championships on
Aug.1-3. Each of the athletes won a medal at the championships!
Winning GOLD
were Pilar in the 17&U
hammer throw-55.65m, West in
the 15&U high jump-1.90m (ties PB/age class record),
Bowman in the 15&U javelin
throw-58.56m setting a new STFC age class record and a new
personal best, and Rudell in
the 17&U heptathlon with a total of 4343 points.
Bowman also
won a SILVER medal in the shot
put with a throw of 14.37m. Collison
crossed the finish line in the 2k steeple chase in 6:09.88
to win the BRONZE medal running
a personal best time and setting a new STFC age class record.
Full Results can be found at:
http://www.athletics.ca/files//Events/CanadianChampionships/CanadianYouthChampionship
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Collison and Millar
to Compete at Canadian Espoir Championships
STFC members Brad Millar
and Jordan Collison have
been selected to Team Ontario which will compete at the
Canadian Espoir Championships in Ottawa from Aug. 15-17th.
Way to go guys!!!
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OTFA Bantam/Midget/Youth
Championships: STFC Finishes 4th
Congratulations to STFC athletes who travelled to Toronto
Aug. 1-3 to compete in the Provincial Bantam/Midget/Youth
Championsips. STFC won a total of 19 medals at the championships
and as a team are ranked 4th in the province. Way to go
Saugeen!
Kevin Bowman
broke the provincial record in the midget boys javelin
throw-56.22m! In the youth boys competition Alex
Pilar's hammer throw of 56.77m currently ranks
him 1st in Canada in the event (5k hammer). Special congrats
to Jordan Collison. Liz Hodgson,
Alex Morrow, Kevin Bowman and
Alex Pilar on their age class records.
Medalists:
Bantam Boys
JD West Shot Put BRONZE 7.94m,
JD West Javelin GOLD 34.08m PB
Midget Girls
Cheyenne Hunter 800m BRONZE
2:19.73
Midget Boys
Kevin Bowman Discus SILVER
46.59m, Shot Put SILVER 14.17m, Hammer GOLD 57.33m, Javelin
GOLD 56.22m PB
Mat West High Jump GOLD 1.85m,
Discus BRONZE 40.49m, Javelin BRONZE 49.48m
Youth Boys
Jordan Collison 3000m GOLD
8:55.59 PB, 2kSC GOLD 6:10.27 PB
Alex Pilar Discus BRONZE
41.65m, Hammer GOLD 56.77m PB
STFC 4x800m relay BRONZE--Evan
Porter, Nick McNulty, Jordan Collison, Andy Fawcett
Youth Girls
Rita Rudell High Jump GOLD
1.65m, 100mH BRONZE 14.73
Lizz Hodgson 1500mSC SILVER
5:28.25 PB
STFC 4x800m relay BRONZE
--Rita Rudell, Lizz Hodgson, Hayley Green, Cheyenne Hunter
Congratulations to Veronica
Allan who won the bronze medal in the open women's
mile(5:32.41)--PB.
Other Top Ten Performances were turned in
by:
Bantam Girls
Alex Morrow 200mH 4th 35.00
PB , LJ 4th 4.32m
Bantam Boys
JD West DT 4th 17.42m PB
Midget Girls
Jordan Fawcett HJ 9th 1.35m
Midget Boys
Jordan Voisin HJ 4th 1.60m,
SP 5th 10.63m, JT 5th 36.47m
Youth Girls
Caitlyn MacMillan 300mH 5th
45.10, 200m 8th 26.26
Lizz Hodgson 1500m 10th 5:00.86
STFC 4x800m relay 6th--Caitlyn
MacMillan, Josolyn Weir, Kortney Watson, Alex Parker
Youth Boys
Evan Porter 800m 6th 2:02.33
Nick McNulty 800m 10th 2:03.86
PB
Alex Pilar SP 4th 14.63
Athletes also posting personal best performances
included:
Josolyn Weir--2 PB’s!
1500m-5:42.72, 800m-2:47.48
Lizz Hodgson—800m 2:25.50
Jordan Fawcett--400m 1:07.32
Full results can be found at http://phoenixathletics.ca
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National Junior Day
3 Results: Collison
Finishes 7th in Steeple Chase
In the final day of competition at the National Junior Championships
STFC member Jordan Collison
ran to a 7th place finish in the 3km steeple chase event
with a personal best time of 9:47.19. This time is also
a new STFC age class (17 year old) record.
Great job to all STFC members who competed
at the championships
For full results see http://juniors.valleyroyals.org/results/.
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National Junior Day
2 Results:
Rudell Wins Bronze in Heptathlon!!
Congratulations to Rita Rudell
who won the bronze medal in the women's heptathlon with
a total of 4484 points. Rita finished off the heptatlon
today with the javelin (7th-24.69m), 800m (3rd-2:28.86),
and the long jump (9th-4.53m).
Caitlyn MacMillan finished
21st overall in the 400mH prelims with a time of 1:07.48
failing to advance to the finals.
Tomorrow will be the last day of competition. STFC member
Jordan Collison will compete
in the 3k steeple event.
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National Junior Day
1 Results: Pilar
7th in Men's Hammer Throw
STFC member
Rita Rudell is
currently sitting in 2nd place with 2965 points in the
women's heptathlon event after day 1of National Junior
Championships in Abbotsford, BC. Rita won
the 100mH (14.67) and shot put (10.04m), finished 2nd
in the high jump (1.65m) and third in the 200m (26.52).
Alex Pilar
finished
7th in
the men's hammer throw (44.34m).
Jordan Collison
ran 4:06.83 in 1500m heats to finish
15th failing to qualify for the final.
Competing
today, July 26th, are Rita Rudell--completing her heptatlon,
and Caitlyn MacMillan--300mH.
Let's go
Saugeen!
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| Hunter
Breaks Another Age Class Record
STFC distance athletes travelled to London
on July 23rd to take part in the final UWO twilight meet
of the season. Cheyenne Hunter
broke the 14&U age class record in the 800m running
a personal best time of 2:18.63.
The previous record was 2:21.80.
Personal best times were also achieved by
Lizz Hodgson 1500m- 4:57.44,
Jan-Louis Henning 1500m-4:23.71,
and Josolyn Weir 1500m- 5:44.79.
Full results can be found at: www.londonrunner.ca
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Bowman Breaks
Provincial Record in the Hammer Throw
Kevin Bowman threw the 4k hammer 59.87m
on July 20th in London at the Southwestern Ontario Throws
Series Meet and set a new Provincial
record!!! The previous provincial record was 59.72m.
Way to go Kevin!
Kevin also won the shot put (13.78m) and
discus throw (45.34m) events.
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| West,
Bowman, and Rudell Named to Provincial Team
Congratulations to STFC members Mat
West, Kevin Bowman, and Rita
Rudell who have all been selected to be on Ontario's
Legion Team which will travel to Sherbrooke, PQ for the
National Youth/Legion Champs on Aug. 9-10.
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| Provincial
Legion Results: Rudell Breaks Provincial Record in Heptathlon
SFTC athletes travelled to Kitchener on July 17-18 to take
part in the Provincial Legion competition.
Rita Rudell broke
the provincial record in the Girls U17 Heptathlon while
also winning the event. Rita won 6 out of the 7 events in
the heptathlon to total 4597 points. She also set 3 PB's
during the competition in the javelin (25.00m), the shot
put (10.68m) and tied her personal best in the high jump
(1.73m).
Alex Pilar,
Kevin Bowman, and Mat
West also were medalists at the Provinicial Legion
Championships. In the boys U15 catergory Mat
West was the gold medalist in the high jump (1.90m)
and the bronze medalist in the discus throw ( 42.96m). Also
in U15 boys Kevin Bowman was
the silver medalist in the shot put (14.39m) and the javelin
throw (53.00m). In the U17 boys catergory Bowman
also won the gold medal in the hammer throw (51.05m). Alex
Pilar won a silver medal in the U17 boys hammer throw
(48.46m) and a bronze medal in the discus throw (43.38m).
Other top ten STFC performances included:
15&U Boys
Mat West Jav. 48.29m 4th
17&U Girls
Caityln MacMillan
400mH 1:08.13 6th
17&U Boys
Andy Fawcett
400m 52.94 6th
Evan Porter
400m 51.54 4th
800m 2:01.19 5th
Alex Pilar
SP 15.03m 6th |
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| Kurt
Benninger Runs Another PB 3:38.03!!!
On July 20th in Heusden, Belgium Kurt Benninger
finished second in the 1500m race with an outstanding time
of 3:38.03. This is a new personal best time for Kurt and
a new all time STFC record. Awesome work Kurt!
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Junior Athletes Finish
Season Strong at Provincial Championships
STFC junior program athletes travelled to
Oshawa on July 19 to compete in the Minor Track Association
championships. Many athletes recorded personal bests in
their events and finished in the top 5.
The following athletes were medalists
at the championships:
Alex Morrow Atom Girls LJ
4.42m PB
2nd
Miranda Lantz Atom Girls
SP 5.72m PB 1st
Nicole McKague Tyke Girls
HJ 1.03m 1st
Justin McKague Atom Boys
HJ 1.38m 2nd
TJ--1st
Jackson Stark Atom Boys Jav.
23.97m PB 2nd
Olivia Yale Atom Girls DT
PB 1st
Hannah Weppler TJ 8.03m PB
2nd
JD West Senior Boy Jav. 28.72m
2nd
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Other top performances and personal bests were achieved
by:
Tyke Boys
Sam Nesslder
LJ 3.44m 5th PB 400m 1:14.02 5th PB
200m 33.56 8th PB
Atom Boys
Jackson Stark
HJ 1.05m 6th
Atom Girls
Anna Elliott
HJ 1.15m 7th PB TJ 7.06m 4th PB
Olivia Yale
400m 1:14.96 PB 800m 2:53 PB
Ciara Lark
HJ 1.20m 6th TJ 7.05m 5th PB
Miranda Lantz
400m 1:13.91 PB LJ made top 6
Alex Morrow
400m 1:10.81 5th PB 800m PB
Senior Boys
JD West
LJ 4.29m 6th
STFC members Hannah, Olivia and Alex toe
the line at the start of the 800m.
Full results will be posted at http://minortrack.netfirms.com
soon.
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| Collison
runs 8:58.29 and picks up National Youth Qual. Time
Congratulations to Jordan Collison
who ran to a fifth place finish at the Toronto Twilight
Meet on July 15. Jordan ran the 3k in a time of 8:58.29
surpassing the 3k qualifying mark for the national youth
championships which will take place in Sherbrooke Aug. 9-10. |
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| Millar
Named to NACAC Team
Congratulations to STFC member Brad
Millar who was named to the Canadian NACAC U-23 team
which will compete in Toluca, Mexico from July 18-20. Brad
has been selected to throw the hammer at the championships.
Way to go Brad!
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UWO
Twilight Meet Results
Congratulations
to all STFC athletes who competed in the UWO Twilight
meet on July 9th. Cheyenne Hunter, Lizz Hodgson, and Coleton
Shular all recorded personal best performances, way to
go!!! STFC results are as follows:
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Women's 800
Alex Parker 2:29.50
Josolyn Weir 2:51.72
Women's 1500
Cheyenne Hunter 4:46.08 !!!
PB(breaks
her age class record for 3rd time!) + National Youth Qualifying
time
Krisinda Alexander 4:59.21
(season's PB)
Lizz Hodgson 4:59.26 PB!!
and new inductee into Big Mac Club!!!!!
Hayley Green 5:03.95
Veronica Allan 5:08.66 |
Men's 800
Evan Porter 2:04.14
Nick McNulty 2:08.41
Men's 1500
Jordan Collison 4:13.08
Jan Louis Henning 4:29.02
Coleton Shular 4:57.67 PB!!
and first time under 5:00 |
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| STFC
Athletes Compete at the Olympic Trials
5 athletes represented STFC at the Canadian
Olympic Trials in Windsor on July 3-6.
Congratulations to Arthur
Turland and Brad Millar
who were both medalists at the championships. Arthur was
the silver medalist in the discus with a throw of 55.45m
and Brad was the bronze medalist in the hammer with a personal
best and club record throw of 62.71m.
Kurt Benninger
placed 4th in a very strong field of the 1500m with a time
of 3:40.56.
Junior athlete Rita
Rudell finished 6th in the heptathlon with 4512 points
and jumped 1.69m in the high jump to finish 8th.
STFC thoughts are with paralympic athlete
Rick Carr as he begins the
road to recovery after a fall in the T11 200m heat which
left him with a broken femur and clavicle.
STFC Alumni Olympic
Trial Results
Mike Thorson
5km 14:34.84 6th
Lyndon Mcdowell
Decathlon 7180 pts. 5th
Adam Kunkel 400mH
50.11 1st
Sarah MacIntosh
HT 39.68m 13th SP 12.01m 10th
Josh Archer HT
50.09m 13th
Barry Phelan
T38 200m 27.8 2nd T38 100m 13.92 1st
Josh Cassidy
of Port Elgin won the 800m and 1500m wheelchair races and
will be representing Canada in Bejing at the Paralympics!
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London Throws Challenge
Results
Congratulations to all the STFC throwers
who took part in the HH/PIB Throws Challenge on June 28th
in London. Kevin Bowman threw
the 4k hammer 54.57m to establish a new STFC age class
record. Alex Pilar surpassed
the national junior qualifying standard in the hammer
with a throw of 45.30m (6k). Brad
Millar and Arthur Turland
both posted top 3 finishes in their respective events
and will be competing at the Olympic Trials next weekend!
Hammer
16lb Brad Millar 61.26 1st
6k Alex Pilar 45.30 PB Nat.
qual. standard was 42.00m
4k Kevin Bowman 54.57 PB
Age Group record
Discus
1.75k Alex Pilar 42.32 3rd
PB
2k Arthur Turland 55.81 3rd
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| UWO
Twilight Meet Results
STFC athletes
turned in solid performances at the UWO Twilight Meet on
June 25th in London. Cheyenne Hunter
broke her age class record in the 1500m again running a
blazing time of 4:49.19. Other top STFC results included: |
| Women's 1500m
Krisinda Alexander 5:02.39
Hayley Green 5:04.90
Lizz Hodgson 5:04.90
Veronica Allan 5:21.5
Men’s 1500m
Jan-Louis Henning 4:33.54
Rob Gomez 4:40.96
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Men’s 800m
Evan Porter 1:58.34
Men’s 100m
Colin Bokhout 12.44
Rick Carr 12.47
Men's 3000m
Jordan Collison 9:16.89
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STFC Athletes
Shine at OTFA Jr/SR Champs
Congratulations to Brad Millar
and Arthur Turland who turned
in top performances at the Ontario Senior & Junior
Championships in Ottawa from June 20-22. Arthur won gold
in the senior men's discus with a throw of 54.92m. Brad
was the silver medallist in the hammer throw with a heave
of 55.34m only 13cm shy of first place. Both athletes
will be competing in the Olympic Trials on July 3-6 in
Windsor.
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| STFC
Athletes to Compete at Provincial Legions
7 STFC athletes have been selected for the District 'C'
team which will travel to Kitchener on July 18th-19th to
compete at the Provinival Legion competition. Congratulations
to the following athletes: |
| 15& U Boys
Kevin Bowman SP, DT, JT, Hammer
Mat West HJ, DT, JT
17& U Boys
Evan Porter 400, 800
Alex Pilar SP, DT, Hammer |
15 & U Girls
Josolyn Weir 800
17 & U Girls
Caitlyn MacMillan 400H
Rita Ruddell Combined events
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| Benninger
Runs 3:38.54!!!
Kurt Benninger set a new STFC record at the Harry Jerome
Classic in Vancouver on June 21st in the Invitational 1500m.
His new personal best time of 3:38.54 is under the Olympic
qualifying B standard of 3:39.00. Kurt will be competing
next at the Olympic trials on July 3-6th. Congratulations
Kurt! |
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| Rudell
Breaks Provincial Record
Rita Rudell captured the Girls Youth Heptathlon
Championship with a new
Ontario Record of 4536 points. Rita also recorded personal
bests in the 100mH (14.53) and 200m (25.90). Congratulations
Rita!
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STFC alumni Josh Archer and Sarah McIntosh
now members of the University of Western team also competed
at the qualifier. Josh placed 2nd in the hammer throw with
a heave of 48.31m and Sarah was 3rd in the hamme with a
throw of 40.24m .
For complete results see http://www.otfa.ca
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Cambridge Classic Mile
Congratulations to all STFC athletes who
competed in the Cambridge Classic Mile on June 14th.
Results are not posted yet but to view a
race day video visit http://www.mercedes-benzclassicmile.ca/.
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| STFC
wins 20 medals at the Legion District `C` Champs
Congratulations to the STFC athletes who travelled
to Kitchener on June 11th to compete in the Royal Canadian
Legion District C Championships. STFC won a total of 20
medals at the championships!
Special congrats to record breakers:
Kevin Bowman SP 14.67m Javelin
50.36m Hammer 50.66m
Mat West Javelin 46.78m
J.D. West Javelin 32.30m
Alex Pilar Discus 46.24m
Full results can be found at http://www.kdss.bwdsb.on.ca/legiontrack
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Benninger
finishes 11th at NCAA's
Kurt Benninger finished
11th in the 1500m with a time of 3:44.95 at the NCAA Division1
Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Des Moins, IA on
June 14th. Kurt is a recent graduate of Notre Dame University.
Way to go Kurt!!!
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| Distance
Athletes Set PB's at the UWO Twilight Meet
STFC distance athletes posted a number of
personal best times at the UWO Twilight Meet on June 11th.
Jordan Collison set a personal best time in the men's 1500m
with a time of 4:03.90; also surpassing the National Junior
and National Youth standards.
Cheyenne Hunter crossed the line in 3rd with a personal
best time of 4:49.55 in the women's 1500m. Cheyenne set
the STFC 14 year old age class record in this event!
Other outstanding STFC performances included: |
| Women’s 1500m
5 Lizz Hodgson 5:02.20 PB!!
6 Krisinda Alexander 5:02.36
7 Hayley Green 5:02.83 SPB!!
8 Veronica Allan 5:07.99 PB!!
10 Kortney Watson 5:19.67
For full results see http://www.londonrunner.ca/home.php |
Men’s 800m
Evan Porter 2:02.85
Men’s 100m
1 Colin Bokhout 12.08
2 Rick Carr 12.28 Rick gets closer to qualifying for Beijing!!!
3 Evan Porter (Rick’s guide runner) 12.32
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| STFC
Wins 6 Medals at OFSAA!!!
Congratulations to STFC athletes Rita Rudell,
Erika French, Kevin Bowman, Mat West, and Caitlyn MacMillan
who travelled to Hamilton on June 5th-7th to compete in
the OFSAA Track and Field Championships.
West, Bowman, French, and MacMillan
all medalled at the championships. West won a silver
medal in the midget boys high jump (1.84m) and a bronze
in the discus (44.85m) Bowman won two silver medals in the
midget boys shot put (14.41m) and the discus (47.94m). He
also placed 5th in the javelin with a toss of 48 meters.
MacMillan was the silver medallist in the junior girls 300mH
with a time of 45 seconds. French cleared 1.61m in the junior
girls high jump to take home the bronze. Rita Rudell cleared
1.63m in the senior girls high jump placing 4th, and finished
fifth in the 100mH with a time of 15.31 seconds.
Full results and pictures can be found at
the following site: http://www.coppsindoor.org/.
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| Huron
Shore Run Results
Congratulations to all STFC athletes who
ran in the Huron Shore Run on June 7th to benefit the Southampton
hospital. Also, a big thanks to all the STFC volunteers!
Track club members Colton Shular, Alex Morrow,
Jordan Collison, and Jeff Barrett won their respective age
catergories.
1st Alex Morrow
Girls 14 & under 3km run 19:14
Alex missed her turn around point and ended up running 4k
instead of 3k and still finished in the lead.
1st Colton Shular Boys 14 &
under 3km run 16:57
1st Jordan Collison 39 &
under 10km run 36:13
Way to go Jordan! 4 minutes after Jordan, the next 10k finisher
crossed the line.
1st Jeff Barrett 39 & under
5km run 16:44
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| Rick
Carr Sets Canadian and World Record in the T11 High Jump
On May 25, 2008 at the Regional Summer Games in London,
Rick Carr cleared 1.60m in the high jump setting a new Candian
and World Record! Rick competed in the T11 catergory ;athletes
in the T11 category are totally blind. Rick is training
hard to try and qualify for the 2008 Paralympic Games in
Beijing, China. Go Ricky!
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Southwestern Ontario Throws Series Meet
#2 - Results
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Legion Meet
Photography Credit: Provincial PRO Carolyn
McCaul
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Congrats to STFC'er
Mike Thorson. Mike has been named to the National Senior Team
to compete at the World Cross Country Chps in Scotland in
March.
Great job, Mike!!!! |
