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.