Dave McGill at AO XC's

Congratulations to masters runner, Dave McGill, finished second at the Athletic Ontario XC Championships on Sunday.  His time was 21:30.

Proudfoot and Leishman Shine at National Championship Races

Proudfoot and Leishman Shine at National Championship Races

Track North Athletic's Club's Ross Proudfoot, 19 (Lively, ON) and Eric Leishman, 21 (Chapleau) both turned in solid performances at their respective university and college national cross-country running championships this past weekend.

Proudfoot, competing in his second year for the University of Guelph, placed 4th at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) National Cross-Country Running Championships contested on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, QC.  Proudfoot ran the challenging, snow covered 10 kilometre course in a time of 31 minutes and 59 seconds; 17 seconds behind gold medalist and Guelph teammate Andrew Nixon (Thunder Bay).  Matt Walters (North Bay) competing for the University of Windsor took home the bronze medal.  Proudfoot and his Guelph teammates earned their sixth consecutive national title with the lowest score seen at the championships since 1966.

"I didn't quite have the last lap that I wanted as we made an early team push at the 3.5km mark and that took my legs out a bit early. But overall I'm extremely happy with our team result and looking foward to the indoor track season" commented Proudfoot following his race.

By virtue of his top 6 finish, Proudfoot earned a spot to competed for Canada at the World University Cross-Country Championships next spring in Poland.

Leishman, competing in his third year for Cambrian College, place 13th at the Canadian College Cross-Country Running Championships in Kamloops, B.C.  Leishman completed the 8 kilometre course on McArthur Island in a time of 26 minutes, 30 seconds.  Leishman's performance also helped Team Ontario team win gold in the conference championships.

"It was a fast race and I'm happy with how things turned out - it's been a solid season" commented Leishman following his race. 

More Info:

Shawn Brady CD Launch!!

Here's a Track North first: TNOR alumni, Shawn Brady is releasing his first CD!

In fact, his CD launch is here in Sudbury this Saturday night at 9:30 PM at the Coulson Hotel. It's free, so come on down! You can see more information about the CD at the following link.

http://www.shawnbrady.com/

 

NOSSA XC Results'11

Here are the NOSSA XC results from last Friday - the race was run in Sault Ste Marie. OFSAA XC is this weekend in Ottawa. Good luck, everybody!

MIDGET GIRLS - 3k
1. Rachel Leck, 13:46
5. Ashley Sandre, 14:49
24. Mykaila Koronovich, 16:35
32 Rebecca Black, 17:14

MIDGET BOYS
15. Aiden Spoel, 20:48

JUNIOR GIRLS, 3800m
4. Teagan Moxam, 19:12
16. Andrea DePaolis, 20:41

JUNIOR BOYS, 6k
6. Owen Sarmatiuk, 23:35
11. Tom Matakalu, 24:30

SENIOR GIRLS, 5k
2. Haley Maziarski, 20:14
3. Emily Markolini, 20:27
6. Katie Wiwchar, 21:34
11. Laura Battaion, 22:10

SENIOR BOYS, 7k
2. Jeremy Cooper, 22:47
6. Brandon Belan, 25:31
7. Michael Niven, 25:32
8. Brandon Shirk, 25:58

13. Zack Caverson, 26:34

Steve Eles at the Detroit Marathon

Congratulations to TNOR alumni, Steve Eles, who ran the Detroit Marathon 2 weeks ago and placed 7th overall with a smokin' time of 2:35.57. Steve is still coaching the cross-country team at Lake State.

http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=115858438&rsID=119432&pubID=3

Proudfoot Wins Silver at OUA Cross Country Champs

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot, 19, (Lively) competing for the
University of Guelph won a silver medal at the Ontario University Athletics
(OUA) Cross-Country Running Championships in Ottawa this past weekend.

Competing on a challenging 10 kilometre course at Mooney's Bay Park,
Proudfoot finished the race in a time of 30 minutes, 53 seconds, just 2
seconds behind University of Guelph teammate and gold medallist, Andrew
Nixon (Thunder Bay).  North Bay's Matt Walters, competing for the University
of Windsor won the bronze medal.

Proudfoot ran with the front pack of 10 to12  runners for the first eight
kilometres of the race which included four major climbs and short sections
run on beach sand.  Nixon, Proudfoot and Walters demonstrated their northern
Ontario running strength as they eventually pulled away from the lead back
and battled for the medals over the last 2 kilometers.

"I'm pretty happy with my race.  It's an improvement on my 4th place finish
last year.  I made a slight mental error by not staying connected with Nixon
when he made his final surge with about 700 metres to go but I still
finished strong and I feel I'll be ready for a strong race at Nationals"
commented Proudfoot following the race.

Proudfoot and his Guelph Gryphon teammates won their 7th consecutive OUA
title with a low score of 20 points. Windsor was second with a score of 40
points and Queen's claimed bronze with 103 points.

Proudfoot will next compete at the Canadian Interuniversity (CIS)
Cross-Country Championships being held on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec
City on November 12th.

Picture Attached: Ross Proudfoot (#135) competing at the 2011 OUA
Cross-Country Championships - photo credit: Dick Moss

SDSSAA Athletes of the Week - Rachel Leck & Tom Matukula!

Congrats to Track North athletes Rachel Leck and Tom Matukula for being named SDSSAA Athletes of the Week!

http://sdssaa.rainbowschools.ca/

Haley Maziarski Article and Jeremy in Waterloo

Northern Life article about Haley Maziarski - photo shows Emily Marcolini in the background:
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/sports/2011/10/06-loellen-crosscountry-maziarski-sudbury.aspx

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Congrats to Jeremy Cooper, who won the Octoberfest HS XC race in Waterloo.
http://www.chiptimeresults.com/

Interview with Andrew Ellerton

Good interview with Andrew Ellerton about his experience at the World Athletics Championships in Korea:

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3280175

"Moore wins silver at National Legion Track and Field Championships"

Ottawa, ON
National Legion Track and Field Championships

Track North Athletic Club's Keegan Moore (Sudbury), 15, won a silver medal
at the National Legion Track and Field Championships contested this past
weekend in Ottawa.  Competing in the boys U16 javelin event, Moore's best
throw of 45.13 metres earned him the silver medal.  Aaron Stroda of British
Columbia won the gold with a best throw of 51.23 metres.

"Keegan was very well composed during his first national championship.  His
first throw wasn't as far as he hoped but he battled back in the third
round.  Keegan is a newcomer to this event so I am excited to see what next
season will bring with more training" commented Track North jumps and throws
coach, Jim Taylor.

Other Track North results included Matt Taylor and Sean Moore placing 9th
and 17th respectively in the U18 Triple Jump.

This competition marked the end of national age class track and field
competitions that saw Track North athletes win five medals including one
gold, three silver and one bronze in addition to four other Top-10 placings
(see below).

Also - Track North's Andrew Ellerton is currently preparing for the IAAF
World Track and Field Championships to be held in Daegu, South Korea from
August 27th to September 4th.  Ellerton will compete in the 800 metre event.

2011 Track North Top 10 Results at National Championships

Gold (1) - Andrew Ellerton, Senior Men 800m (back to back champion,
2010/2011)
Silver (3) - Ashley Huard, Junior Women 100m; Ross Proudfoot, Junior Men
1500m (qualified at Pan-Am Junior Champs); Keegan Moore, Midget Boys Javelin
Bronze (1) - Katie Wismer, Junior Women 2000m Steeplechase
Other Top 10 Results (4): Jeremy Cooper, Junior Men 5000m (5th place);
Alicia Violin, Junior Women Triple Jump (6th); Matt Taylor, Junior Men
Triple Jump (8th) and Youth Men's Triple Jump (9th)

Huard Medals at the Provincial Seniors

Athletics Ontario Senior Track and Field Championships

Ottawa, Ontario, July 16-17, 2011

Two members of Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club competed at the Athletics Ontario Senior (20-and-over) Track and Field Championships in Ottawa this weekend.

Hanmer's Ashley Huard, only 17 and competing up an age category, continued her remarkable streak of medal performances by winning a bronze medal in the 100 metre event. Her time was 12.09.

Alicia Violin, 19 and also from Hanmer, competed in the long jump,  leaping a personal-best 5.17 for an 8th-place finish.

Dave McGill Article on Northern Life Website

Here's a nice Randy Pascal/Northern Life article on TNOR Masters runner, Dave McGill:

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/columns/pascal/14-dave-mcgill-track-sudbury.aspx

 

Andrew in Liege and Ross in Toronto

TRACK NORTH NEWS - ANDREW ELLERTON IN EUROPE AND ROSS IN TORONTO

Andrew Ellerton ran the first of his European meets last night, in Liege, Belgium, placing fourth in the 800m with a time of 1:48.65. You can see the results here:

http://www.timetronics.be/results/luik2011/event018h01.html

The video is here:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238961-Liege-Meeting-2011-Meeting-I nternational-dathletisme-de-la-Province-de-Liege/video/500155-M-800-H01

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Ross Proudfoot placed 8th in the 1500m at the Toronto International Track and Field Games, with a time of 3:45.02.

The video is here:

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&year=2011& pg=1&event_id=6541&video_id=51575&folder_id=recent&offset=6#video

 

Track North Wins 3 Medals at National Juniors

Medal Haul for Track North at the Canadian Juniors

Six athletes from Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club competed at the Canadian  Junior (Under 20) Track and Field Championships in Winnipeg this weekend, returning with three medals and 3 top-eight finishes.

Ross Proudfoot nailed down a berth on Canada's Pan-American Junior Games team by winning a silver medal in the 1500 metres. In the highly tactical race, Proudfoot suffered through a slow pace for the first 800 metres, then took control and led the field for the remainder of the race. He fought off several attacks on the home stretch only to be passed at the line by a hard-charging Rob Denault of the Newmarket Huskies. Proudfoot's time was 4:05.15.

See Race Videos:

Ross - 1500m Finals

http://tinyurl.com/67h5crv

Ross - 1500 Semi-Final

http://tinyurl.com/63dlrhz

Seventeen-year old Ashley Huard of Hanmer surprised the national sprinting ranks by winning a silver medal in he 100 metre dash.  Showing incredible poise in her first national championship, Huard advanced through three rounds of competition over two days, winning her heat with a time of 12.3; then placing second in her semi-final  with a 12.12. She saved her best for the final, exploding from the blocks and moving into third place at the 60m mark. She then surged over the final 10 metres to narrowly out-lean Edmonton's Isatu Fofanah by 1/100th of a second. Her silver medal time was 11.95, which matched her personal best, set at Sudbury's OFSAA Track and Field Championships.

See Race Videos:

Ashley - Finals

http://tinyurl.com/5t5n3x8

Ashley - Semi-Finals

http://tinyurl.com/6xcvlzh

Katie Wismer's bronze medal in the 2000 metre steeplechase was another surprise, with Wismer running an 18-second personal best to place ahead of both the gold and bronze medalists from OFSAA. Using a risky but effective technique over the waterpits, Wismer ran in fifth place until the final lap, where she moved through the pack to her medal finish and a time of 7:12.87. Wismer, a Lockerby Secondary  graduate, will compete for Laurentian University this Fall.

See Race Video:

Katie - Steeple:

http://tinyurl.com/68uq6fe

Jeremy Cooper improved on last year's 11th place finish in the 5000 metres, running a personal-best  15:12.97 to cross the finish line in 5th place. Cooper ran with the lead pack until the final kilometer, where the top-three runners broke from the pack. Cooper fought off all but one runner in the chase pack as he kicked down the home stretch.

Alicia Violin of Hanmer placed 6th in the triple jump, with a breakthrough personal-best leap of  11.46 metres on her fourth round of jumping.  It was a significant improvement over last year as Violin, better known as a gymnast and in only her second year of jumps training, did not make the top-12 final last year. Violin also placed 16th in the long jump with a distance of 5.14 metres.

Matt Taylor, only 17 and competing up an age category, broke into the nation's top ranks by finishing eighth in the triple jump with a leap of 13.06 metres.

Espanola's Caroline Ehrhardt, representing the London Western track club, placed 1st in both the long jump and triple jump, with distances of 5.74 and 12.78 metres respectively. Erhardt will join Ross Proudfoot on the Pan-American Junior Games team.

"It was an amazing nationals for us," said Track North jumps coach Jim Taylor. "It's a large country with excellent talent, and to have six Track North athletes return as national medalists and three others finish in the top-eight is a major accomplishment."

Photos and Videos Updated

Track North News

I've finally caught up with my photos and videos. You can see all the
photographs and videos that I've taken since the City Championships. Sorry -
most of the videos are of my technical event people.

Here's the video link:
http://vimeo.com/user5842745/albums

And here's the photo link. You can see the album titles on the right:
http://s843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/tracknorthac/2011/

Dick

Firecracker 5k Road Race Results

The results from the Firecracker 5km road race have been posted on the Track North website at:

http://tracknorth.weebly.com/firecracker-5km-road-race.html

Congratulations and thanks to Katie Maziarski, who was the main organizer for the race and Dave McGill who was the driving force behind it. Also thanks to Vince & Lise Perdue, Judy and Katelyn Roberts, Bill Thompson, Frank and Sally Lesk, Verna Tallman, Karen and Dale Caverson, the Maziarski clan, Dr. Lawrie Oliphant, Amanda Kosmerly, and the many other volunteers who came out to help!

The race raised $1300 for the Laurentian Women's XC/Track team!

You can see a large number of photos from the race (taken by Sally Lesk) on the Laurentian PhotoBucket site at the following link (photos can be downloaded):

http://tinyurl.com/6b5fg6m

 

P.S. There were a lot of TNOR and LU alumni in attendance, including Natalie Lefort, Andre Lefort, Kerry Lamarche (Salmoni), Caitie Wylie (Bowerman), Dave Endleman, Neil Phipps, Todd Withers, Lauren Paille (Hotti) and Brent Walker.

P.S. Katelyn Roberts, who volunteered at the finish line last night and just graduated from the Radiation Therapy course at Laurentian, will soon be starting her first job at the cancer centre in St. John's Newfoundland! Congrats!

Ellerton - 1:45.04!!!

Andrew Ellerton won the 800m at the Harry Jerome Invitational tonight with a breakthrough time of 1:45.04!!!!! That crushes his old PB and breaks the "A" standard for selection to the World Championships.

Andrew now has only to run a time of 1:46.30 (the B-Standard) in order to qualify for Worlds to be held in Daegu Korea on August 27-September 4.

And...he won the race.

You can see video of the race at the following link:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238919-Harry-Jerome-International-Track-Classic-2011/video/498829-M-800-Andrew-Ellerton-145

Note the splits: about 50.0 for the 400m and 1:17 for the 600m!

Track North Twilight #2 Results

 Licensed to RCL Ontario District H Championship Meet                                        HY-TEK's Meet Manager 6/29/2011 06:55 PM                    2011 Track North Twilight #2 - 6/29/2011                                                        6/29/2011                                                                        Results                                       Mixed 100 Meter Run ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================ Section  1     1 Groom, Jaclyn            W11 Track North              14.72     2 Black, Holly             W11 Track North              16.29     3 Podlatis, MacKenna       W10 Track North              17.35     4 Hansen, Anja             W11 Track North              18.72     5 Pickering, Angela        W11 Track North              20.04   Section  2     1 Sargeant, Chelsea        W13 Track North              14.25     2 Byrnes, Allison          W12 Track North              14.29     3 Nahwegahbow, Begiizhik   W12 Track North              14.67     4 Groom, Jordan            W13 Track North              14.81     5 Emiry, Daniel            M12 Track North              17.95   Section  3     1 Guy, Kory                W15 Track North              13.48     2 Predon, Alenna           W16 Track North              13.70     3 Black, Rebecca           W14 Track North              13.85     4 Wise, Sara               W16 Track North              13.93     5 Brunette, Samantha       W15 Track North              14.17     6 Mayer, Natasha           W14 Unattached               14.35   Section  4     1 Predon, Alex             M17 Track North              11.93     2 Athanasopolous, Andrew   M24 Track North              11.94     3 Giusti, Rudy             M15 Track North              12.25     4 Diebel, Simon            M18 Track North              12.50     5 Moore, Sean              M16 Track North              12.63     6 Taylor, Matt             M17 Track North              13.19     7 Philopow, Jennie         W14 Track North              13.54     8 Sloan, Kathleen          W16 Track North              14.10     Mixed 200 Meter Run ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================ Section  1     1 Black, Holly             W11 Track North              33.74     2 Podlatis, MacKenna       W10 Track North              36.48     3 Emiry, Daniel            M12 Track North              39.14     4 Hansen, Anja             W11 Track North              43.53     5 Pickering, Angela        W11 Track North              49.33   Section  2     1 Sargeant, Chelsea        W13 Track North              29.50     2 Nahwegahbow, Begiizhik   W12 Track North              30.57     3 Byrnes, Allison          W12 Track North              31.24   Section  3     1 Predon, Alex             M17 Track North              24.20     2 Giusti, Rudy             M15 Track North              24.53     3 Guy, Kory                W15 Track North              27.73     4 Predon, Alenna           W16 Track North              28.38     5 Black, Rebecca           W14 Track North              28.54     6 Groom, Jaclyn            W11 Track North              29.33     Mixed 400 Meter Run ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================ Section  1     1 Leck, Rachel             W13 Track North            1:09.67     2 Groom, Jaclyn            W11 Track North            1:18.45     3 Podlatis, MacKenna       W10 Track North            1:24.29     4 Hansen, Anja             W11 Track North            1:38.99     Mixed 800 Meter Run ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================   1 Diebel, Sebastian        M18 Track North            2:00.91     2 Caverson, Zack           M16 Track North            2:10.14     3 Mazal, Zvia              W15 Track North            2:38.65     4 Wiwchar, Katie           W16 Track North            2:38.82     Mixed 3000 Meter Run ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================   1 Cooper, Jeremy           M18 Track North            8:46.42     2 Leck, Rachel             W13 Track North           12:36.71     3 Sandre, Ashley           W14 Track North           13:23.82     4 DePaolis, Andrea         W14 Track North           13:43.29     Mixed 100 Meter Hurdles ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================   1 Sloan, Kathleen          W16 Track North              18.11     Mixed 300 Meter Hurdles ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================   1 Guy, Kory                W15 Track North              52.51     Mixed High Jump ================================================================     Name                     Age Team                    Finals  ================================================================ Flight  1     1 Moore, Sean              M16 Track North              1.77m     2 Athanasopolous, Andrew   M24 Track North              1.68m     3 Taylor, Matt             M17 Track North              1.60m     4 Groom, Jaclyn            W11 Track North              1.38m     5 Groom, Jordan            W13 Track North              1.25m     6 Byrnes, Allison          W12 Track North              1.20m     6 Sargeant, Chelsea        W13 Track North             J1.20m   

The results from Twilight meet #2 are attached and posted to www.tracknorth.com

 

Ehrhardt Medals at National Track Championships

Canadian Senior Track and Field Championships
Calgary Alberta
June 23-25, 2011

Espanola native and Track North alumni, Caroline Ehrhardt, won a gold medal in
the triple jump at the Canadian Senior Track and Field Championships in Calgary
Alberta this weekend.

Representing the London Western Track Club, Erhardt jumped 12.64 metres to win
her first senior championship. She also placed 7th in the long jump with a leap
of 5.79 metres.

Ellerton Wins His 2nd National Championship

Canadian Track and Field Championships,

Calgary, 6/24-6/25, 2011

Ellerton Wins His Second National Championships

Sudbury native, Andrew Ellerton, won his second senior national title at the Canadian Track and Field Championships this weekend. Ellerton, who trains in Victoria and Phoenix, but maintains his affiliation with Track North Athletic Club, entered the meet as the defending 800 metre champion and left with his second consecutive championship.

Running in heavy winds, Ellerton took the lead after 300m of a pedestrian pace, surging at the 400m mark, then unleashing his kick with 100m to go, eventually pulling away in the final 40 metres for the win. His splits were 58 seconds for the first 400m and 52 for the second, for a final time of 1:52.12.

Ellerton now participates in two more domestic meets before leaving for a month of European competition in July.

Ross Proudfoot, still a Junior but competing in his first Senior track nationals, became involved in a tactical semi-final, was out-kicked down the homestretch and did not qualify for the final. He placed 17th with a time of 3:54.26.

Twilight #1 Results

 Licensed to RCL Ontario District H Championship Meet                                         HY-TEK's Meet Manager 6/22/2011 05:41 PM                   2011 Track North Twilight Series - 6/22/2011                       Laurentian University Community Track                                      Results  Mixed 100 Meter Dash ===================================================================      Name                     Age Team                    Finals  H# =================================================================== Finals    1 Brzezynski, Ben          M21 Nipuxc                   13.50   1    2 Burley, Alex             M22 Nipuxc                   13.80   1    3 Philopow, Jennie         W14 Track North              13.90   1    4 Mayer, Natasha           W13 Unattached               15.30   1    5 Wilkinson, Taylor        W11 Track North              15.84   2    6 Wilkinson, Logan         W12 Track North              16.03   2    7 Moxam, Riley             W11 Track North              19.31   2  Mixed 200 Meter Run ================================================================      Name                     Age Team                    Finals ================================================================    1 Brzezynski, Ben          M21 Nipuxc                   28.53    2 Burley, Alex             M22 Nipuxc                   28.54    3 Tallman, Emma            W20 Track North              28.97    4 Philopow, Jennie         W14 Track North              29.91    5 Leck, Rachel             W13 Track North              30.22  Mixed 400 Meter Run ================================================================      Name                     Age Team                    Finals ================================================================    1 Beauchamp, Ty            M14 Track North            1:00.29    2 Brzezynski, Ben          M21 Nipuxc                 1:02.05    3 Phipps, Neil             M41 Unattached             1:02.79    4 Burley, Alex             M22 Nipuxc                 1:05.83    5 Spoel, Aidan             M14 Track North            1:08.53    6 Leck, Rachel             W13 Track North            1:08.69  Mixed 800 Meter Run ================================================================      Name                     Age Team                    Finals ================================================================    1 Cargill, Chantry         M21 Track North            1:58.62    2 Diebel, Sebastian        M18 Track North            1:58.77    3 Brzezynski, Ben          M21 Nipuxc                 2:08.27    4 Caverson, Zack           M16 Track North            2:12.89    5 Phipps, Neil             M41 Unattached             2:14.40    6 Tallman, Emma            W20 Track North            2:15.37    7 Burley, Alex             M22 Nipuxc                 2:22.34  Mixed 1500 Meter Run ================================================================      Name                     Age Team                    Finals ================================================================    1 Brzezynski, Ben          M21 Nipuxc                 4:32.35    2 Phipps, Neil             M41 Unattached             4:50.17    3 Burley, Alex             M22 Nipuxc                 5:06.82    4 Spoel, Aidan             M14 Track North            5:10.81    5 Richardson, Dave         M41 Unattached             5:36.80    6 Sandre, Ashley           W14 Track North            6:15.82    7 McIlraith, Sara          W39 Unattached             6:52.30    8 Richards, Kate           W11 Unattached             6:52.47    9 Spoel, Philippa          W48 Unattached             7:04.61  Mixed Long Jump ================================================================      Name                     Age Team                    Finals ================================================================    1 Moore, Sean              M16 Track North              5.86m    2 Burley, Alex             M22 Nipuxc                   4.78m    3 Brzezynski, Ben          M21 Nipuxc                   4.37m    4 Wilkinson, Taylor        W11 Track North              3.90m    5 Moxam, Riley             W11 Track North              2.88m  Mixed Triple Jump ================================================================      Name                     Age Team                    Finals ================================================================    1 Moore, Sean              M16 Track North             12.42m    2 Violin, Alicia           W19 Track North             10.12m    3 Brzezynski, Ben          M21 Nipuxc                   9.05m    4 Burley, Alex             M22 Nipuxc                   8.70m    5 Wilkinson, Taylor        W11 Track North              8.63m    6 Wilkinson, Logan         W12 Track North              8.17m    7 Moxam, Riley             W11 Track North              5.48m 

A number of hardy souls came out for the Twilight meet tonight (for
those of you who are new, we only cancel practices and races for
thunderstorms...and even then, it's usually only a delay).

Thanks to everyone who volunteered as officials!!

The results are on the website at:
http://www.tracknorth.com

Legion Results & Photos & Thanks!

LEGION MEET RESULTS & THANKS!!

A link to the results from the Legion District H Meet on Saturday are on the Track North website at: http://www.tracknorth.com

Well done, everybody, and thanks to the many TNOR volunteers who came out to help!!!

LEGION MEET PHOTOS

In today's edition, the Sudbury Star published a tremendous page of photos from the Legion meet this weekend (I love the one with the group of Bobcats cheering on their teammates!!). Thanks to reporter Ben Leeson for the pics. You can see the photos on their online photo-gallery at:

http://www.thesudburystar.com/PhotoGallery/PhotoGallery.aspx?abID=1356928&pageID=3

LEGION MEET ARTICLE

Randy Pascal has written a recap about the meet, including all the even winners.

http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=3801

Dave McGill - More Gold

Correction: Dave McGill won in the 65-69 category for his 1500m win yesterday.
Today, in the 800 he won gold for his age group. 2:43 time.

Dave McGill - Canadian Masters Champ!

Congratulations to Dave McGill, who is now the Canadian Masters Champion in the
1500m in the 60-64 year-old category. Dave won the 1500m this weekend at the
Canadian Masters Championships in Toronto, with a time of 5:30.

Ashley & AO Jrs in Sudbury Star

Nice article on Ashley Huard and the Athletic Ontario Junior competitors in
today's Sudbury Star (photo was taken by Grace Thomson).

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3173176

Proudfoot approaching sub-4 minute mile

"Proudfoot approaching sub-4 minute mile"

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot, 18 (Lively, ON) has taken another
step closer to eclipsing the elusive sub 4 minute mile barrier.

Competing in the "metric mile" 1,500 metre distance at the American Miler's High
Performance Series in Indianapolis, Indiana on Wednesday night, Proudfoot ran to
a new personal best of 3 minutes, 45.00 seconds.  This equates to a mile time of
4:02.

The race was won by fellow Canadian and 2008 Olympian, Taylor Milne of Calendar,
ON in a time of 3 minutes 38.78 seconds.

Proudfoot's time keeps him ranked first in the national junior (age 19 and
under) rankings.  Proudfoot's next competition will be the Canadian Senior
Championships in Calgary, June 24th and 25th.

For more information:
Official Results:
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?title_id=313&event_id=147&do=title&pg=1&folder_id=861&page_id=2066

Track North Media Release - Ontario Junior Championships

Results: Ontario Junior Championships & National Qualifier track meet

York University Track, Toronto

June 10-11, 2011

Eleven athletes from Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club competed at the Ontario Junior Championships and National Qualifier track and field meet in Toronto this weekend.

Ashley Huard, fresh from a bronze medal performance at the OFSAA Championships in Sudbury, continued her remarkable climb up the national sprint rankings, running a personal best 11.95 in the 100m to win a silver medal.  Huard's time was only .05 seconds from the qualifying standard for the Pan-American Junior Championships and ranks her second in the National Junior rankings. Huard also placed 17th in the 200m with a personal best time of 25.72.

Teammate, Emma Tallman, who competes for both Track North and Laurentian University, also set a personal best in winning a bronze medal in the open women's 1500m. Tallman's new mark of 4:37.61 was 10 seconds better than her former best time. Tallman also placed 6th in the 800m with a time of 2:16.57.

Andrew Athanasopolous, marked his return to javelin competition by placing 3rd in the open men's javelin with a distance of 49.65 metres.

Ross Proudfoot, dropping down a distance, placed 4th in the 800m with a time of 1:53.21.

Matt Taylor placed 6th in the Junior Men's triple jump with a huge personal best leap of 13.13 metres. He also placed 17th in the long jump with a jump of 5.45m

Grace Thomson, a finalist at the OFSAA track championships, made the finals over a higher hurdle height at this competition, placing 7th in a time of 15.53.

Jeremy Cooper placed 7th in the Junior Men's 5000m, with a time of 15:36.74. and training partner, Chantry Cargill placed 7th in the Open Men's 5000m with a time of 15:44.98.

Alicia Violin placed 13th in the Junior women's long jump with a leap of 5.07m. She also placed 10th in the triple jump with a distance of 11.12m. Fellow jumper, Sean Moore, placed 13th in the Junior Men's long jump with a leap of 5.75 and 9th in the triple jump with a distance of 12.49m.

Brandon Shirk, hampered by a sore hamstring, ran 51.99 in the 400m heats but was forced to withdraw from the final.

Track North alumni, Caroline Ehrhardt of Espanola, now competing for London Western, won both the LJ and TJ with jumps of 5.98 and 12.66m.

More Awards

One other TNOR athletes who was involved in last night's awards banquet - Ross Proudfoot was nominated for Amateur Elite Athlete of the Year.

Darren - Coach of the Year, Plus Other Awards

Congratulations to TNOR and LU coach, Darren Jermyn, for winning the Coach of the Year award at the Sudbury House of Kin Sports Celebrity Awards dinner last night.

A number of other Track North members and alumni were represented, with Devon Kershaw winning the Amateur Elite Athlete of the Year, Katie Wismer nominated for the Female High School Athlete of the Year, Eric Leishman for the Import Athlete of the Year and Track North itself nominated for Team of the Year. Vince Perdue, who frequently assists TNOR & LU host road and XC races, was nominated for the Administration Award.

Here's a nice article in the Sudbury Star in which TNOR figures prominently, from an interview with Darren:

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3162751

OFSAA Track - Athletes Competing & Live Video

OFSAA starts today. In Sudbury. Go get'em TNOR athletes!!

If you can't get there in person, you can watch live videos at RunnerSpace:

http://www.runnerspace.com/

Twenty-four Track North athletes will be competing. Good luck and congrats for making it to OFSAA:

Midget Boys
1.    Rudy Giusti - 200m
2.     Owen Sarmatiuk - 3k

Junior Girls
3.        Kory Guy, 100m,  300mH, 4 x 100m,
4.      Zvia Mazal, 200m, 400m, TJ
5.     Haley Maziarski, 3k, Steeple
6.   Kathleen Sloan, 80mH, 4 x 100m

Junior Boys
7.      Brandon Belan, 800m, 1500m, , 4 x 400m
8.         Sean Moore, HJ, LJ, TJ
9.         Alenna Predon, 4 x 100m, 100m

Senior Girls
10.     Ashley Huard, 100m, 200m,
11.     Alannah MacLean, 400m, 400mH, 4 x 100m

12.      Grace Thomson, 100mH

13.      Alicia Violin, LJ, TJ,
14.        Carley Daley, 4 x 100m
15.        Clarissa Elliot, 4 x 100m
16.     Katie Wismer, Steeple

Senior Boys
17.      Brandon Shirk, 200m, 400m, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m
18.         Seb Diebel, 800m, 4 x 400m
19.    Jeremy Cooper, 1500m, 3k
20.      Matt Taylor, TJ, 4 x 100m
21.     Alex Predon, 4 x 100m
22.         Catlin Cargill, 4 x 400m, 200m
23.        Simon Diebel, 4 x 400m

24.      Nathan Bartell, 4 x 400m

Proudfoot Breaks Canadian Record

Track North Press Release: "Proudfoot Breaks Canadian Record"

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot, 18 (Lively, ON) broke the
longstanding Canadian Junior Record for 2,000 metres at the Speed River
Inferno Track Meet this past weekend in Guelph, ON.

Competing in a field that included 2008 Olympian, Taylor Milne and 2009
World Championship competitor Reid Coolsaet, Proudfoot ran to a finishing
time of 5 minutes, 16.06 seconds.  This bettered the previous national
junior record of 5:19.9 set by Rob Lonergan in the 1970's.  Milne won the
race in a time of 5 minutes, 1.57 seconds, breaking the national senior
record in the process. Coolsaet finished second in 5:15.39, with Proudfoot
claiming the bronze.

The 2000m race is rarely contested in North America but the organizers of
the Inferno meet put the event on the schedule in hopes of attracting a
quality field of Canadian and American middle distance runners to chase down
their national records.

"Reid and I worked well together to keep our splits even over the first four
laps and then we both had something left in the tank on that last lap to
push hard for home.  I'm incredibly happy to have broken such a longstanding
record" commented Proudfoot following the race.

"Ross has had an amazing week" commented Proudfoot's Track North coach,
Darren Jermyn.  "In a span of seven days, he's set new personal bests in the
1500m and 800m and claimed a national junior record.  Not a bad way to kick
off the season!"

Emma Tallman, 20 (Mindemoya, ON) won a silver medal in the Women's 800m
event setting a new personal best time of 2 minutes, 12.83 seconds.

Other Track North Results from the Speed River Inferno include:
Joe Burke - Men's 800m - 14th - 1:59.78
Eric Leishman - Men's 1500m - 18th - 4:14.94

Meet Results, Race Video and Post Race Interview:
http://www.runnerspace.com/401series

"Ellerton and Proudfoot Ranked #1 Nationally"

Track North Athletic Club's Andrew Ellerton and Ross Proudfoot are both ranked #1 in Canada following their outstanding performances this past weekend.

Ellerton,28, competing in the 800m event at the USATF High Performance Meet at Occidental College in California, finshed with a time of 1 minute 46.39 seconds.  This placed him 9th overall in the competition but will rank him number one in Canada when the updated Athletics Canada rankings are released later today. A video of his race is at:

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238774-Occidental-Oxy-High-Performa nce-Meet-2011/video/491438-M-800-F04-2nd-Championship-section-Oxy-High-Performance-2011

Proudfoot, 18, competing in the open men's 1500m event at the Windsor Open ran a four second personal best finishing 4th in a time 3 minutes, 46.70 seconds.  This time ranks Proudfoot number one in Canada for Junior (19 and under) aged athletes.

Interview with Ross:

http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=46597-Ross-Proudfoot-3 -46-70-Mens-1500-Post-Race-University-of-Windsor-Open-401-Distance-Series-2011

Athletics Canada Rankings can be found at:http://www.athletics.ca/page.asp?id=65

Other fine Track North Performances from the Windsor Open include:
Open Women:
Emma Tallman - 800m - 2:14.77 - 6th
Open Men:
Chantry Cargill - 1500m - 3:57.49 - 19th
Joe Burke - 800m - 1:58.61 - 15th
Eric Leishman - 800m - 1:59.02 - 16th

City Champs - Randy Pascal Articles

Two more City Championships articles to add to the list, from Randy Pascal:

http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=3743

http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=3746

 

Sports Hall of Fame Awards - Congrats!

The annual House of Kin Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame Awards finalists have been announced, and Track North is well represented.

Here are the finalists from TNOR:

• Coach of the Year: Darren Jermyn
• Elite Athlete of the Year: Ross Proudfoot and Alumni, Devon Kershaw
• Import Athlete of the Year: Eric Leishman (Cambrian College)
• High School Female Athlete of the Year: Katie Wismer (Lockerby)
• And finally, Team of the Year: Track North!!!

Congratulations, everybody - the nominations are much deserved!

 

Here's the article in the Sudbury Star.

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=3110149

P.S. Frequent road race organizer and TNOR/Laurentian helper-outer, Vince Perdue, has also been nominated for the Administration Award!

P.S. Eric Leishman is coached by TNOR coach and runner, Meghan Juuti!

City Champs - Sudbury Star Articles

The media coverage of the city championships has been exceptional, and here are some articles from the Sudbury Star:

Zvia and Abram Mazal

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3133498

Seb Diebel and Clarissa Elliot
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3133509

Katie Wismer & Haley Maziarski
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3131306

Brandon Shirk article and video
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3131262

Top-5 Reasons to Love Track (Dave Makela - Sudbury Rainbow Athletics Coordinator)
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3133510

 

Katie Wismer & Hayley Maziarski Photo

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3131800

 

City Champs Photos

Way to go at the City Championships everybody. Photos are now on our Photobucket
site at:

http://s843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/tracknorthac/2011/City%20Champs%202011/

Sudbury Star article on Alicia Violin

There's a Laura Young article in the Sudbury Star on TNOR jumper, Alicia Violin. Click here:

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3104346

Sudbury Rocks Photos

Photos from the Sudbury Rocks Run for Diabetes are on the PhotoBucket website
at:

http://s843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/tracknorthac/2011/Sudbury%20Rocks%20Run%20for%20Diabetes%202011/

Proudfoot runs 14:50 for 5km at Stanford

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot (Lively, ON) competed Sunday at
the Payton Jordan Invitational Track and Field Meet hosted by Stanford
University in California.  Competing in the collegiate 5000m race, Proudfoot
ran a time of 14 minutes 50.32 seconds, good for 19th spot overall.

Blackfly Relays Photos Available

The photos from last weekend's Blackfly Relays are on our PhotoBucket page at:

http://s843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/tracknorthac/2011/Blackfly%20Relays%202011/

Jeremy Cooper sets 3000m PB at Rowland Games

Track North's Jeremy Cooper, competing for Manitoulin Secondary ran to a new
personal best over 3000m this weekend at the Nike Rowland Games Invitational
3000m at Etobicoke Stadium.  Jeremy's time of 8:41.67 placed him 12th
overall in a very deep field.  Congrats Jeremy!

Rebecca Johnston & Alannah MacLean

Way to go, Rebecca Johnston!  In the final game at the World Women's hockey championships, Rebecca scored with only four minutes left to take the game into overtime.  Team USA scored in OT to win the championship, but it was an excellent showing by both Team Canada and Rebecca, who scored four goals in five games and was Team Canada's top scorer.

Congratulations also, to Alannah MacLean. Alannah, who placed 3rd in the Canadian Junior Nordic Skiing Championships this winter (in the 7.5km), has been selected to enter the National Training Centre for Nordic skiing in Thunder Bay. She's one of only three female skiers who will attend the centre. Alannah moves to T-Bay in early July.

Proudfoot starts outdoor season with 5k race in California

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot (Lively, ON) will open his 2011
outdoor track and field season this weekend by competing at the Payton
Jordan Invitational hosted by Stanford University in Paolo Alto, California.

Proudfoot will compete in the 5000m event against elite level university
athletes from across North America.

Proudfoot, who just completed his first year of competing for the University
of Guelph, commented prior to departing for California, "After a few weeks
of being sick during my final exams, I've had a solid week of training back
home with my Track North teammates and I'm ready to see what I can do very
early in the season."

Following his race at Stanford, Proudfoot will attend a national team
training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona for two weeks.  There he will train
alongside fellow Track North athlete, Andrew Ellerton, who is also preparing
for the upcoming outdoor season.

The Payton Jordan event will be broadcast live at
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238232-2011-Stanford-Payton-Jordan-Cardinal-invitational

Live results and Twitter feed will be available at:
http://www.rtspt.com/events/stanford/pjc11/\

Rebecca Johnston on TSN

Congrats to Rebecca Johnston, who was one of the three stars of the semi-final game against Finland in the World Women's Hockey Championships yesterday. Rebecca scored Canada's first goal in their 4-1 victory over Finland.

 

Rebecca Johnston on TSN

The Women's World Hockey Championship are underway, and TNOR alumni, Rebecca
Johnston, is playing in the semi-finals today. You can see her at 10:00 AM on
TSN against Finland.

Rebecca was instrumental in getting the squad to the semis - in their previous
game, also against Finland, Canada was able to score only two goals against a
hot goaltender. Rebecca's goal was the first and the winner.

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/75000/la_id/1.htm

Kaitlyn Tallman-Toohey & Serena San Cartier Articles

Here's an article on Kaitlyn Tallman (Toohey) and her career in Villanova, on Sudbury Sports.com

http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=3690

 

There's also an article on hurdler Serena San Cartier and her track debut at the U. of Oakland:

http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=3688

 

Alannah Article

Congratulations to TNOR runner (and skier), Alannah MacLean, who placed 3rd at the recent Canadian Junior Nordic Ski Championships (in the 7.5 km). There's an article about Alannah and her sister on the Northern Life website at:

 

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/sports/2011/04/ski-sisters070411.aspx

 

Jeremy Cooper 7th at Harry's Spring Run-Off 8km Road Race

Track North's Jeremy Cooper placed 7th in a field of 2,226 runners at the
Harry's Spring Run-Off 8km race in Toronto's High Park this past weekend.

Jeremy set a personal best on the hilly course with a time of 26:38. Jeremy
easily won the Men's 19 and under age group.

Congrats Jeremy!

York High School Indoor Meet Results

York University High School Indoor Track Meet
March 25-26th

Junior Boys 800m
Brandon Belan (St. Benedict's) - GOLD - 2:10.14

Junior Boys 1500m
Brandon Belan (St. Benedict's) - GOLD - 4:36.88

Senior Girls Triple Jump
Alicia Violin (Confederation) - GOLD - 10.88m

Senior Girls Long Jump

Alicia Violin (Confed) - SILVER - 4.73m

Proudfoot Top Canadian at World Championships

"Proudfoot Top Canadian at IAAF World Cross Country Championships"

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot, (Lively, ON) was the top
finishing Canadian at the 39th IAAF World Cross-Country Championships
contested today in Punta Umbria, Spain.  Competing in the Junior's Men's
8 kilometre race, Proudfoot finished in 49th position with a time of 24
minutes and 53 seconds. Canada placed 12th in the team event beating out
teams from Spain, Algeria, Russia, Brazil and Tunisia.  As expected Kenya
and Ethiopia battled it out for top spot with Kenya eventually taking the
gold and Ethiopia settling for silver. Uganda won bronze.

Canada entered teams in both the men's and women's junior (19 and under) and
senior races and Proudfoot's performance was the best of any Canadian on the
day.

"Ross had a great race. He went out confidently, took a risk with a fast
start and hung on well. He had a good battle going with some of the
Americans and finished strongly" commented Team Canada Head Coach, Dave
Scott-Thomas following the race.

Proudfoot could not be reached for comment immediately following the race
and is currently in transit back to Canada.

"To place in the top half of what is considered the hardest running race in
the world to win, and to again lead the Canadian team is an impressive
accomplishment" commented Proudfoot's Track North coach, Darren Jermyn.
"Ross has come a long way in the past year and its exciting to think of what
he will do in the future."

This race caps off an incredible past 8 months that saw Proudfoot accomplish
the following:
- 14th place over 5000m at IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships
- OUA and CIS Rookie of the Year and All-Canadian in Cross-Country
- 2010 Canadian National Junior Cross-Country Champion
- 2011 North American, Central American, Caribbean (NACAC) Cross-Country

Champion
- 2011 OUA Indoor Track Rookie of the Year and OUA 3000m gold medallist
- 2011 CIS Indoor Track bronze medal over 1500m

Attached photos - from 39th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - taken
by Dawson Proudfoot

Full meet results at:
http://www.iaaf.org/wxc11/results/eventCode=4527/sex=M/discCode=XJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det

Proudfoot Wins Bronze at CIS Championships

March 13th, 2011

Track North Press Release

"Proudfoot Wins Bronze at Canadian University Championships"
"Breaks 3:50 barrier over 1500m"

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot (Lively, ON), competing for the
University of Guelph, claimed the bronze medal in the men's 1500m event at
the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Indoor Track and Field
Championships held this weekend in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Proufoot made a strong move over the final 200 metres of the race to move
from fifth place into a potential medal position.  Proudfoot then timed his
final lean at the line perfectly to win the bronze medal in a new personal
best time of 3 minutes, 49.68 seconds, just outleaning the fourth place
finisher by 2/100's of a second.  Proudfoot's teammate, Kyle Boorsma, won
gold in a time of 3 minutes, 47.57 seconds.

"I ended up eating a bit of track with my lean and fall at the finish line
but I very happy to have won a medal and to have finally broken 3:50 for
1500m - it's been overdue" commented Proudfoot following the race.

Proudfoot also finished 5th in the men's 3000m event in a time of 8 minutes,
19.48 seconds.

Proudfoot will now turn his focus to again competing for Canada at the IAAF
World Junior Cross-Country Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain on March
20th.  Proudfoot will lead the Canadian squad against the world's best 19
and under cross country athletes over an 8 kilometre race.

Caroline Ehrhardt (Espanola, ON) also had an impressive rookie debut at the
CIS Championships, earning fourth place finishes in both the women's long
jump and triple jump.  Competing for the University of Western Ontario
(UWO), Ehrhardt set a new indoor personal best of 5.81 metres in the long
jump and also set a season's best of 12.38 metres in the triple jump event.
Her triple jump mark also broke the UWO school record in the event.

Video of Proudfoot's 1500m race can be seen at:

http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/media/2011-cis-track-and-field.php?event=5

Full CIS Results:
http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/ssap/index.php?scores=inljf31gs5+ggg==

BMJ's & Nike Adams Invite

TNOR athletes competed at two meets this weekend - some with Lo-Ellen Park  at the Nike Adams Invitational and TNOR athletes at the Athletics Ontario Bantam, Midget Juniors. Both meets were held at York University.

RESULTS

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Athletics Ontario Bantam, Midget Juniors, York Track
March 5-6, 2011

JUNIOR WOMEN
Triple Jump
1, Alicia Violin, 10.96m
5th, Sara Wise, 9.38m

Long Jump
13, Alicia Violin, 4.55m

JUNIOR MEN

1500m
29, Joe Burke, 4:18.75
30, Seb Diebel, 4:18.98
60, Brandon Belan, 4:32.01

Long Jump
10, Sean Moore, 5.47

Triple Jump
8, Sean Moore, 11.51

3000m
3, Jeremy Cooper, 8:48.10

800m
20, Joe Burke, 2:02.40
38, Seb Diebel, 2:05.61
43, Brandon Belan, 2:07.30

MIDGET BOYS
Long Jump
6, Keegan Moore, 4.28m

Triple Jump
4th, Keegan Moore, 9.91m

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Nike Adams Invitational - March 4, 2011

SENIOR GIRLS
60m
9, Clarissa Elliott, 8.59
14, Carley Daily, 8.73

200m
12, Carley Daily, 28.47

1000m
3, Haley Maziarski, 3:23.79

3000m
4, Haley Maziarski, 11:15.93

SENIOR BOYS
60m
33, Josh Burtney, 7.80
41,  Joe Lucciantionio, 7.96

200m
42, Josh Burtney, 25.45

Long Jump

9th, Sean Moore, 5.54m

 

Kershaw Wins World Championship Gold

Congratulations to Devon Kershaw, who has won a first-ever gold medal for male
skiers at a World XC Skiing Championships!

Devon and partner Pierre Harvey won their medal in Norway in a race in which two
partners make three loops of a 1.5 km track. Devon moved from the back of the
pack to hand off Harvey in 3rd place at the final exchange. Harvey brought it
home for gold in an exciting finish, outkicking the favourite Norwegions on
their home course (in front of the Norwegian king).

Here's an article describing the race:
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Canadians+shock+world+with+relay+gold/4376492/story.html

And here's video. It's not in English, but the video quality is great. My
suggestion is that you go to the end of the video first, to help you identify
the Canadians' racing gear:

http://www.nrk.no/sport/meisterskap/ski-vm-2011/nyheter/1.7531079

Emma in Northern Life

Nice Northern Life article on Emma Tallman's race at the Hal Brown Memorial:

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/sports/2011/02/LU-runner-230211.aspx

Proudfoot Wins International Race

Track North Press Release
Sunday, February 20th, 2011

"Proudfoot wins international race - claims NACAC gold"

Track North's Ross Proudfoot (Lively, ON) won his first gold medal in international competition this past weekend by running to first place at the NACAC (North America, Central America and Caribbean) Junior Cross Country Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Competing as part of Team Canada, Proudfoot covered the 6km course in 18 minutes, 26.74 seconds to claim gold.  Proudfoot finished just ahead of teammates Connor Darlington (Toronto, ON) and Paul Janikowski (Windsor, ON) as Canada swept the medals and took the team title, ahead of the United States and Puerto Rico.

By virtue of their performance, Proudfoot and his teammates will represent Canada next month at the IAAF World Cross-Country Running Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain.

"My plan for the race was to start easier and pick it up as I went. I didn't want to push too hard early with the heat and have a rough back end of the race. The race played out really nice for me and had a relatively comfortable first 3 kilometres and I was able to really push the pace on the last kilometer to take the gold" commented Proudfoot following the race.

When asked about what it was like to win his first international competition, he noted: "It was a really neat experience being able to stand on top of an international podium, but what was even better is I got to do it with the rest of my team as we swept the podium and won the championship. All of team Canada was from Ontario so I got to race alongside all of the guys I'm normally up against and being able to drop the last American with my two other teammates and sweep the medals was definitely the coolest thing I've ever been a part of in any race."

With respect to qualifying for the World Championships - "It was great to be able to book our seat for Worlds, we have a strong team that works really good together so we should be able to do very well for a Canadian team and hopefully will mix it up with some of the teams in the top half of the event."

Prior to heading off to Spain, Proudfoot will complete his first year of university indoor track competition with the provincial OUA championships this upcoming weekend in Toronto and the national CIS Championships March 10-12 in Sherbrooke, QC.

"Proudfoot Golden Again"

Feb 27th, 2011
Track North Press Release
Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Indoor Track and Field Championships
Toronto, ON

"Proudfoot Golden Again"
"Wins OUA 3000m gold, 1500m bronze. Ehrhardt also medals twice."

Less than a week after capturing his first gold medal in international
competition at the North American, Central American and Caribbean
Cross-Country championships in Trinidad, Track North Athletic Club's Ross
Proudfoot (Lively, ON) returned to the Ontario University indoor track
circuit to claim gold in the 3000m event at the OUA Championships contested
this past weekend at York University.

Competing for the University of Guelph, Proudfoot made a definitive move
with 600 metres remaining to break free of the lead pack and claimed the
gold medal in a new personal best time of 8 minutes 16.95 seconds.  Paul
Janikowski (8:20.75) and Matt Walters (8:22.51) of the University of Windsor
took the silver and bronze medals respectively.

"The goal going into the race was to better the CIS standard of 8:20 and
contribute as many points towards our team score" commented Proudfoot
following the race.  "I ran an even race from the gun and the leaders
eventually came back to me with about 800 metres to go.  I felt confident I
could kick from far out so I pushed hard with 3 laps to go and then again on
the last lap."

Proudfoot also claimed the bronze medal in the 1500m event on Saturday,
running an indoor personal best of 3 minutes, 51.41 seconds.  Guelph
teammate, Kyle Boorsma took the gold in 3 minutes, 49.32 seconds.

Caroline Ehrhardt (Espanola, ON), competing for the University of Western
Ontario also had in impressive rookie debut at the Ontario Championships by
claiming two medals in the horizontal jumping events.  Ehrhardt won a silver
medal in the long jump with a best jump of 5.67 metres.  Neb Zachariah of
the University of Windsor won the event with a best jump of 5.70 metres.
Ehrhardt also claimed a bronze medal in the triple jump with a best jump of
12.24 metres.

Emma Tallman (Mindemoya, ON), competing for Laurentian University earned two
top-10 places finishes at the OUA Championships.  Tallman ran the 1000m
event in a time of 2 minutes, 57.56 seconds, finishing 9th.  She also came
9th in the 600m event with a final time of 1 minute 36.30 seconds.

Full OUA Results at:
http://www.yorku.ca/yutc/v2/2011OUATF/

Proudfoot set to compete for Canada

"Proudfoot set to compete for Canada this weekend at international cross-country race"

 

Track North's Ross Proudfoot (Lively, ON) will again compete for Canada this upcoming weekend at the North American Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross-Country Running Championships in Trinidad.

Proudfoot and his junior aged (19 and under) teammates will compete over a 6 kilometre course at Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Saturday, Feb 19th.

 

Team anticipated to compete include: United States, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and Canada.

 

Proudfoot qualified for Team Canada by winning the Canadian National Junior Cross-Country Championships last November in Guelph, ON.

 

Currently in his first year at the University of Guelph, Proudfoot last competed for Canada at the World Junior Track and Field Championships last July in Moncton, New Brunswick.

 

Q and A with Ross Proudfoot:

 

What does it mean to represent you country again?
"Being able to wear the Canadian jersey has been the biggest moment in my running career so far, so to be able to once again represent Canada in the same year is even more exciting for me."

How have you prepared for this competition?
"Having already had the chance to compete in international competition definitely has helped me prepare mentally for this event. I know what to expect at events like this, and should be very comfortable heading into my race. As for training before this competition it has been a little harder to prepare for as I have also been running an indoor track season as well as had some injury problems. But despite that, I've still been able to get outside and get some good cross country workouts in, and have also been running running quite well on the track."

 

What are your expectations for this competition?
"Looking at the times from the United States nationals and how the competition normally plays out at this event, I'm looking at running up with the front group and seeing how it plays out."

Proudfoot's Track North coach, Darren Jermyn, noted:

 

"Ross appears to have overcome his injury woes in December and early January and is running very well right now.  He has set new personal bests over both the mile and 3000m distances on the university indoor track circuit already this winter so I anticipate the jump up to 6 kilometres will not be a major issue."

 

Ottawa WinterNational Results

Ottawa Winternational Results
Feb 12th, 2011

Five Track North athletes travelled to Ottawa this past weekend to compete
in the Ottawa Lions WinterNational Invitational held at the 400m indoor Dome
at Louis Riel.

Each athlete set at a new indoor personal best or alltime PB!!

Open Women - 60m Hurdles
Grace Thomson - 7th - 9.69  (9.40 in the heats)

Open Men - 3000m
Jeremy Cooper - 6th - 8:45.42
Chantry Cargill - 8th - 8:50.05

Open Men - 1500m
Joe Burke - 9th - 4:18.20
Seb Diebel - 11th - 4:21.50

Open Men - 100m

Seb Diebel - 7th - 2:36.10

"Proudfoot Qualifies for CIS Indoor Track Nationals"

"Proudfoot Qualifies for CIS Indoor Track Nationals - Runs a 4:08 Mile in
Ohio"

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot (Lively, ON), competing for the
University of Guelph bettered the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS)
national qualifying standard for the 1500m event this past weekend at the
GaREAT College Invitational in Geneva Ohio this past weekend.

Competing in the traditional mile event (1609m) against several top NCAA
ranked schools, Proudfoot finished 10th in a time of 4 minutes 8.75 seconds.
This time is equivalent to a 3:50.55 1500m and is an indoor personal best
for Proudfoot and qualifies him to compete at the CIS Indoor National
Championships in Sherbrooke, March 10-12.

"The injuries that slowed me down in December and early January have
thankfully healed up and I'm starting to feel much stronger now. I ran a
very even race today and felt comfortable running fast again.  I really only
a few weeks of solid interval training under my belt this season so I'm
excited to see what I can do in my upcoming races" commented Proudfoot.

Proudfoot continues to train for both the Canadian university indoor track
season in addition to preparing to compete for Canada at the North
American-Caribbean Cross Country Championships being contest in Trinidad on
February 19th.

Full GaREAT Meet Results:
http://www.gareat.org/track/forms/CollegeInviteMeetResults02-04-2011.htm

York Open Results

Joe Burke placed 12th in the 1000m with a time of 2:43.66. Chantry Cargill ran a time of 9:19.26 in the 3000m to place 13th.

Proudfoot runs to silver in Montreal

Track North Press Release
Sunday, January 30th, 2011

"Proudfoot runs to silver in Montreal - sets new personal best"

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot (Lively, ON) competing for the
University of Guelph ran to a silver medal in the 3000m event at the McGill
Team Challenge Indoor Track and Field Meet held in Montreal this past
weekend.

Proudfoot finished the race in a time of 8 minutes and 22.33 seconds, a new
personal best time over the 3 kilometre distance.  Proudfoot's Guelph
teammate, Alex Genest won the race in 8:14.96.

This was Proudfoot's first indoor track race of the season as he has been
hobbled by injuries since winning the National Junior Cross-Country
Championship last November.

Proudfoot commented: "I didn't really know what to expect for the race
because I didn't know how fit I was coming in.  I've really only had one
solid track workout this season.   The race plan was to run with the top
ranked guys in the race and see what I could do in the last kilometer. We
went through two kilometres slower then planned but I ended up having a
really strong final kilometer to finish in a new personal best time."

Proudfoot will continue to train for both the university indoor track season
in addition to preparing to compete for Canada at the North
American-Caribbean Cross-Country Championships on February 19th.


Full Meet results:
http://www.mcgilltrack.com/meetResults/2011TeamChallenge/index.htm

Enclosed Photo:
Ross Proudfoot - bib #501 - photo for Aug 2010 - Ontario Provincial Outdoor
Champs

Devon Kershaw - Gold and 2 Silvers!!!

What a week for alumni, Devon Kershaw! Devon, a national team nordic skier, won
a gold medal in the 1.3 km sprint in the final World Cup Tour de Ski race in
Italy yesterday. It's the perfect finale for an incredible series of races in
which he won two silvers and placed 7th in another race. And to make it even
sweeter, Devon twice outkicked Olympic gold medalist, Petter Northug, who is
renowned for his kick. In the five Tour de Ski races, Devon won a gold, two
silvers and a 7th!

Here's a report on his winning race:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Frantic+race+finish+ends+Kershaw+favour+last/4067561/story.html

And some video, Devon's 1st silver medal, in the 3rd race of the Tour de Ski. Do
close at the finish that the initial result had him in first.  Devon is #7, in
the grey and red with black hat - starts on the far left.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=altCiNHtuM8

And another article, on his 2nd place finishes (great action photo):
http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/915226--canadian-retains-second-place-in-gruelling-tour-de-ski

And another (outkicking Northhug! and great photo)
http://fasterskier.com/2011/01/patient-kershaw-nets-podium-in-oberhof-classic/

2nd Place for Devon Kershaw

Congrats to alumni, Devon Kershaw, who just placed second at a World Cup Nordic Skiing event in Oberhof, Germany:

http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=347625