Proudfoot sets new 1500m Personal Best

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot ran to a new personal best over 1500m at the Runner's Choice Distance Series "1500m Night" in London, Ontario on Friday night.

Competing in a deep field of Canadian university and NCAA all-stars, Proudfoot placed 8th in a time of 3 minutes 50.08 seconds.  This finishing time was just shy of the World Junior Championship standard. Anthony Berkis of the Toronto Olympic Club won the race in a time of 3 minutes 42.81 seconds.  Proudfoot's time ranks him 5th in the country for athletes aged 19 and under.

Proudfoot's next competition will be the National Junior Track and Field Championships bein contested in Moncton, NB July 2 -4th.  This meet will serve as the final qualifying competition for the World Junior Championships also being held in Moncton at the end of July.
Sudbury played host to the World Junior Championships in 1988.

Proudfoot commented following the race: "I felt strong over the first 2 laps but slowed slightly on the 3rd lap and I couldn't quite make up the time over the final 300m. Despite that, I covered the last 100m better than I have all year.I look foward to competing in both the 1500m and 5000m events in Moncton next weekend."

Track North coach Darren Jermyn commented: "Ross continues to impress.  He wasn't intimidated at all competing against a deep field of more seasoned and older runners. His training is progressing well and this race is an indication that he will be ready to compete with the favourites at the National Championships next week in Moncton".

Other Track North results from the 1500m event include:
Chantry Cargill: 4:05.17
Eric Leishan: 4:07.81

Ellerton - sub 4:00 minute mile

ANDREW ELLERTON ARTICLE

There's a good article about Andrew Ellerton, his comeback, and his recent sub-4:00 minute mile on the Sudbury Star website at:

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2634057

 

Ellerton Breaks Four-Minute Mile

Ellerton Breaks Four-Minute Mile in Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana, July 16, 2010

Sudbury native, Andrew Ellerton, continued his comeback from injury this week, by breaking the four-minute mile in a meet in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ellerton displayed an impressive kick by bursting from the back of the pack on the backstretch and taking the lead with 150m to go. He won the race by almost 15 metres, with a time of 3:58. 85.

Ellerton, who retains his hometown affiliation with Track North Athletic Club, but trains with coach Wynn Gmitroski out of Victoria, B.C., competes next at the the Harry Jerome Classic, on July 5th in Burnaby BC, and the Victoria International on July 7th.

Video footage of his mile can be seen at the following link. Ellerton is wearing a purple singlet with white slash:

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&event_id=147&video_id=28726&folder_id=-2

 

Complete Results:

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=title&title_id=313&event_id=147

Alannah MacLean and Ross Proudfoot: Sudbury Amateur Athletes of the Year!

Track North was well represented at the Sudbury Kinsmen Sports Award held tonight at the Caruso Club.

 

Alannah MacLean won the Amateur Female Athlete of the Year Award.

 

Caroline Ehrhardt was also nominated in this category.

 

Ross Proudfoot won the Amateur Male Athlete of the Year Award.

 

Track North Alumni Rebecca Johnston and Devon Kershaw were also recognized for their outstanding performances at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

 

Lo-Ellen track coach Colin Ward was also nominated in the Coach of the Year category.

 

Congratulations to everyone on their nominations and awards!

Track North Results - OFSAA Track'10

It was an outstanding day for local track and field athletes at the Ontario High School Provincial OFSAA Championships contested at the University of Western Ontario in London, ON.

Caroline Ehrhardt, a grade 12 student at Espanola High School, broke her own Canadian Interscholastic Record in the Senior Girls Triple Jump competition, winning gold with a best jump of 12.78 metres. Competing in front of a packed stadium at the TD Waterhouse Stadium on the campus of the University of Western Ontario, Ehrhardt solidied her position as the best high school triple jumper in Canadian history with her third consecutive gold medal in triple jump in OFSAA competition.  Ehrhardt also claimed the gold medal in Senior Girls long jump with a best performance of 5.87 metres.

Ross Proudfoot,a grade 12 student at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, ran to a silver medal in the Senior Boy's 1500m race, setting a new personal best of 3 minutes, 50.56 seconds.  Making a gutsy move with 500 metres to go, Proudfoot separated himself from the field of twelve finalists being outkicked only in the final 50 metres by Rob Denualt of Newmarket. Proudfoot's finishing time is the second fastest high school 1500m time in Canada this year.

Other outstanding performances by local athletes include: Serena San Cartier's fourth place finish in the Senior Girls 100m hurdle race with a time of 14.62 seconds.  Newcomer, Katie Wismer of Lockerby Composite's surprise eigth place finish with a time of 5 minutes 17.84 seconds in the Open Girls 1500m steeplechase.

Quotes:

Caroline Ehrhardt: "I am extremely happy with my performances.  I will be competing next weekend to try to exceed the qualifying marks for the upcoming World Junior Championships in Moncton later this summer."

Ross Proudfoot: "We got out fast but when the paced slowed, I decided to take the lead and see if anyone was willing to go with me.  I broke free of the field but couldn't hold off Denault at the end."


Picture Enclosed - Ross Proudfoot at 400m mark of 1500m final race - OFSAA Championships - Friday,June 4th, 2010 - London, Ontario

Proudfoot claims bronze in OFSAA 3000m.

London, ON

Ross Proudfoot, a grade 12 student at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School ran to a bronze medal in the Senior Boy's 3000m race today at the OFSAA Track and Field Championships being held in London, ON.  In his final OFSAA track and field competition, Proudfoot battled with the lead pack of elite distance runners from across the province, eventually breaking away and earning the bronze medal with a new personal best time of 8 minutes 24.09 seconds.  Proudfoot, who also won a silver medal in the 1500m event on Friday night, was the only senior boy athlete in the province to claim two medals in the middle distance events (800m, 1500m, 3000m).  This caps a phenomenal season for Proudfoot that saw him break the Sudbury City and NOSSA 1500m and 3000m records.  Proudfoot also won the prestigious Nike Rowland Games 3000m event in Toronto earlier this season.

Proudfoot will now concentrate on the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships being contested in Moncton, New Brunswick from July 2nd to 4th.  The meet will serve as the qualification for the World Junior Track and Field Championships also being held in Moncton from July 22nd to 28th.

Alannah MacLean, a grade 11 student at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School had an outstanding final day at the OFSAA championships, earning a 7th place finish in the Senior Girls 400m hurdle event.  MacLean, who just began hurdling this year, came into the competition ranked 18th, yet earned a place in the final after running an impressive morning heat time of 1 minute 4.45 seconds.  Her time in the final was 1 minute 5.48 seconds.

Emily Marcolini, a grade 9 student at St. Benedict's Secondary School turned in the surprise performance of the day with a 7th place finish in the Midget Girls 3000m event.  Marcolini charged to the front of the twenty-four competitor event and led the race for a few laps, pushing the field through a fast opening two kilometres.  Marcolini's finishing time of 10 minutes 42.55 seconds was a 22 second personal best.  Marcolini also finished 13th in the 1500m event.

Quotes:

Ross Proudfoot: "The pace was faster than expected but I was able to cover all the moves of the leaders and keep myself in contention.  I'm ecstatic about running to a new personal best and earning another OFSAA medal in my last high school competition."

Alannah MacLean: "I am really excited with my races today.  I hurdled extremely well in the morning heat and was able to finish strong and set a huge new personal best.  I had a bit of difficulty with a few hurdles in the final but I'm very happy with placing seventh in the province in my first year running the event".

Emily Marcolini: "I felt really good at the start of the race and knew if I could stick with the leaders, I could run to a solid time and place well.  This was my first OFSAA Track and Field experience and I look forward to my summer track season."

Full meet results at:
http://www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/rmc/track/ofsaa/

Attached Picture - Ross Proudfoot with OFSAA medal

Steve Eles Takes a New Position at Lake State

Alumni, Steve Eles, who has been the head track and XC coach at Lake State U. in Michigan, has resigned his head coach position, although he will continue to be the head XC coach. More information below:

http://www.lssulakers.com/sports/c-track/2009-10/news/Eles_resigns

Emma Qualifies, Rankings, Chantry in Ottawa

Windsor Open - Emma Qualifies for Nationals

Emma Tallman ran a personal best in the 800m and qualified for the Canadian Junior Championships, later this summer in Moncton, NB.

Emma's time of 2:12.96 broke the standard of 2:15.00 and currently ranks her 2nd in Canada in the 800m among Junior runners (19 and under). She placed 5th in the race, primarily against senior-aged athletes.

Emma Tallman - National Rankings

While Emma will be starting her third year of university in the Fall, she is still a Junior-aged athlete and what she possibly doesn't even know is that her indoor university times placed very highly in the Athletics Canada rankings. Her national rankings were as follows:

National Rankings: Athletics Canada, Junior Category

800m - 2nd

1000m - 2nd

600m - 4th

 

(Emma's Photo is attached - she's in Laurentian blue).

OTTAWA RACE WEEKEND

Chantry Cargill placed 18th overall in the 5k at the Ottawa race weekend, (1st in the M17-19 category), running a time of 16:09.

OFSAA Qualifiers & NOSSA Article

TNOR has qualified 16 athletes to the OFSAA Championships this week. They're listed below.

Also, Randy Pascal has written an excellent recap of the NOSSA championships. Click here:

http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=2961&PHPSESSID=htu391q1d4d5k0hra0gpe55l21

MIDGET GIRLS

Zvia Mazal: Triple Jump

Emily Marcolini, 1500, 3000

JUNIOR GIRLS

Emilie Bouchard, 1500, 3000

SENIOR GIRLS
Caroline Ehrhardt, 200, LJ, TJ

Alannah MacLean, 400, 400H, 4 x 100

Kyla Pettigrew, 4 x 100

Serena San Cartier, 100H, 400H, 4 x 100

Kerissa Blacklock, LJ

Katie Wismer, 1500 Steeple

MIDGET BOYS

Brandon Belan, 800

JUNIOR BOYS

Matt Taylor, TJ

Hayden Kosmerly, 800, 1500

SENIOR BOYS
Joe Burke, 800m

Ross Proudfoot, 1500, 3000
Jeremy Cooper, 1500, 3000

Sebastien Diebel, 800, 2000 Steeple

NOSSA Results, 2010

Track North Results at NOSSA -2010 - Sudbury

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MIDGET GIRLS

Zvia Mazal

200m, 4th, 27.56
400m, Zvia Mazal, 3rd, 64.85 (PB)
Triple Jump, 1st, 9.51m

Emily Marcolini
800m, 3rd, 2:33.87
1500m, 2nd, 5:05.71 (exceeded NOSSA Record)
3000m, 1st, 11:04.24 (NOSSA Record)

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MIDGET BOYS

Brandon Belan
400m, 5th, 57.92
800m, 1st, 2:10.17
1500m, 2nd, 4:33.59

Sean Moore
Long Jump, 3rd, 5.47

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JUNIOR GIRLS

Emilie Bouchard
1500, 2nd, 5:31.45
3000m, 2nd, 12:13.50

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JUNIOR BOYS

Abram Mazal
200m, 3rd, 24.16 PB
400m, 6th, 56.79
LJ, 10th, 5.11

Hayden Kosmerly
800m, 1st, 2:06.07
1500m, 1st, 4:24.84

Zach Caverson
800m, 3rd, 2:08.99
1500m, 3rd, 4:30.07
3000m, 4th, 10:28.10

Andrew Argall
Long Jump, 1st, 6.27m
Triple Jump, 2nd, 12.07m

Luc Rivet
Long Jump, 5th, 5.48m

Dominic Ho

Long Jump, 9th, 5.14m

Matt Taylor

Triple Jump, 1st, 12.58

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SENIOR GIRLS

Kerissa Blacklock

100m, 8th, 13.37
100H, 6th, 17.10 (16.12 heat)
LJ, 2nd, 4.78

Serena San Cartier
100m, 1st, 12.70
100H, 1st, 14.50
400H, 1st, 66.37 (NOSSA Record)

Caroline Ehrhardt
200m, 1st, 26.18
LJ, 1st, 5.72m (NOSSA Record)
TJ, 1st, 12.39m (NOSSA Record)

Kyla Pettigrew
200m, 4th, 27.69
400m,4th, 63.17,  (61.21 heat)

Grace Thomson
400m, 8th,  69.97 (65.67 heat)
100H, 3rd, 15.57 (15:42 heat)
400H, 3rd, 1:15.07

Alannah MacLean
400m, 1st, 59.19 (PB)
800m, 2nd, 2:35.41
400H, 2nd, 67.02 (Beats NOSSA record)

Katie Wismer
1500m, 1st, 5:04.30
3000m, 1st, 11:09.60
Steeple, 1st, 5:31.26

Alicia Violin
200m, 8th, 28.45
400m, 6th, 65.07
TJ, 2nd, 10.65

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SENIOR BOYS

Joe Burke

800m, 1st, 2:00.05
1500m, 3rd, 4:09.22

Seb Diebel
800m, 2nd, 2:03.20
Steeple, 1st, 6:40.76

Ross Proudfoot
1500, 1st, 3:57.05 (NOSSA Record)
3000m, 1st, 8:36.62 (NOSSA Record)

Jeremy Cooper
1500, 2nd, 4:02.37
3000m, 2nd, 8:45.84 (Beats old NOSSA Record)

Kaitlyn Qualifies for NCAA East Regional Meet

Track North's Kaitlyn Tallman, in her final year at Villanova University, has qualified to run the 5000m at the NCAA Division I East Regional Track and Field Championships being contested next weekend at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina.

 

This meet serves as the final and only qualification for the NCAA Division I Championships being contested on June  through at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon.

 

The 48 top ranked 5000m runners in the East region will be split into 2 equally seeded fields of 24 runners with the top 6 from each section (12 total) qualifying for the national champsionships.

 

Kaitlyn's best this season is an incredible 16:35.49 and ranks her 34th (and only 15 seconds from the 12th ranked runner).

 

She races Saturday, May 29th at 8:45pm. 

 

Meet site is here:

 

http://www.ncaa.com/sports/c-otrack/champpage/c-otrack-div1-east-index.html

 

Go Kait Go!!

 

 

Results - City Championships 2010

RESULTS - CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Here are the Track North results from the City Championships last Wednesday and Thursday. this week, NOSSA will be held in Sudbury on Thursday afternoon/evening and all day Friday.

MIDGET GIRLS

200m
Zvia Mazal, 2nd, 27.34 (PB!)

400m
Zvia Mazal, 2nd, 65.89 (PB!)

800m
Emily Marcolini, 1st, 2:33.32 (City Record -PB)

1500m
Emily Marcolini, 1st, 5:11.26 (City & NOSSA Record -PB)

3000m
Emily Marcolini, 1st, 11:03.29 (City & NOSSA Record -PB)

MIDGET BOYS

400m
Brandon Belan, 1st, 57.49

800m
Brandon Belan, 1st, 2:13.34

1500m
Brandon Belan, 1st, 4:48.56
Graydon Henschel, 2nd, 4:55.77

3000m
Graydon Henschel, 1st, 10:27.75

300m Hurdles
Graydon Henschel, 2nd, 48.64

Triple Jump
Zvia Mazal, 1st, 9.65

JUNIOR GIRLS

800m
Emilie Bouchard, 1st, 2:39.55

1500m
Emilie Bouchard, 1st, 5:34.00

3000m
Emilie Bouchard, 1st, 12:32.04

JUNIOR BOYS

100m
Luc Rivet, 8th, 12.62

200m
Abram Mazal, 2nd, 24.74
Luc Rivet, 6th, 25.58
Dominic Ho, 14th, 27.30

400m
Hayden Kosmerly, 2nd, 56.39
Abram Mazal, 4th, 57.34

800m
Hayden Kosmerly, 1st, 2:07.79
Zack Caverson, 2nd, 2:10/40

1500m
Hayden Kosmerly, 1st, 4:25.79
Zack Caverson, 2nd, 4:35.13

3000m
Zack Caverson, 1st, 10:08.59

Long Jump
Abram Mazal, 3rd, 5.38m
Luc Rivet, 5th, 5.26m
Dominic Ho, 6th, 5.25m

Triple Jump
Matt Taylor, 1st, 11.92 (PB)

SENIOR GIRLS

100m
Serena San Cartier, 1st, 12.91(PB)
Kerissa Blacklock, 4th, 13.48 (13.00 Heat - PB)
Kyla Pettigrew, 6th, 13.55 (13.40 Heat - PB)

100m Hurdles
Serena San Cartier, 1st, 14.82 (City Record)
Grace Thomson, 2nd, 15.34
Kerissa Blacklock, 3rd, 17.34

200m
Kyla Pettigrew, 2nd, 27.52

400m
Alannah MacLean, 2nd, 62.19
Kyla Pettigrew, 3rd, 64.01 (63.52 Heat)
Grace Thomson, 5th, 64.56 (PB)

400m Hurdles
Serena San Cartier, 1st, 65.43 (City Record, PB)
Alannah MacLean, 2nd, 66.22 (PB)
Grace Thomson, 3rd, 72.14

800m
Alannah MacLean, 1st, 2:27.70 (City Record)

1500m
Katie Wismer, 1st, 5:17.75 (City Record, PB)
Kayla Gallo, 2nd, 5:47.26

3000m
Katie Wismer, 1st, 11:50.25

1500m Steeplechase
Katie Wismer, 1st, 5:38.79 (City Record, PB)

Long Jump
Kerissa Blacklock, 2nd, 4.91m

SENIOR BOYS

400m
Sebastien Diebel, 2nd, 52.88 (PB)

800m
Ross Proudfoot, 1st, 1:59.28
Sebastien Diebel, 2nd, 2:03.12

1500m
Ross Proudfoot, 1st, 3:58.44 (City & NOSSA Record)

3000m
Ross Proudfoot, 1st, 8:38.76 (All-Time City Record & NOSSA Record)

110m Hurdles
Tim Smith, 3rd, 19.40

400 Hurdles
Tim Smith, 4th, 73.04

2000m Steeplechase
Sebastien Diebel, 2nd, 7:01.47 (PB)

Long Jump
Tim Smith, 12th, 5.12m

City Champs - Sudbury Star Article

The Sudbury Star's coverage of the city track championships was incredible this year. Check out a few articles (some include photo galleries):

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2592556

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2590006

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2589368

 

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2589397

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2589386

 

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2589385

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2586152

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2587215

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2587287

 

Proudfoot races Olympian, sets new 1500m PB

London, ON

Runner's Choice London Distance Series

 

Track North's Ross Proudfoot continued his impressive spring track season by running to a new personal best over 1500 metres at the high performance Runner's Choice London Distance Series track meet held in London, ON last night.

 

Racing in a field that included 2008 Canadian Olympic Track and Field team member Taylor Milne (Callendar, ON), Proudfoot finished in 5th place with a time of 3 minutes 52.36 seconds.  This time is 5 seconds faster than his previous best over 1500m set earlier this winter at an indoor meet in Ottawa.  Milne won the race in a time of 3 minutes 40.71 seconds.

 

"I felt strong the whole race but got a bit boxed in for a short section on the third lap as there was a pack of us all running around the same speed.  I couldn't make my final move as early as I would have liked but I still finished strong and caught a few runners over the final lap.  Overall, I'm very happy with my result and time" commented Proudfoot following his race.

 

"We knew the pace was going to be fast as the meet organizers brought in pacemakers to ensure the athletes covered the first 800m on a fast pace. Ross did a solid job tucking behind the pacemakers and hit all the splits we planned prior to the race. Ross has been training very hard this spring and the results of this work are now starting to show.  He has run to three new personal bests over three different distances, 800m, 1500m and 3000m in his last three competitions" commented Track North coach, Darren Jermyn.

 

Meet results: http://www.londonrunner.ca/page.php?content=RCLDS

Tallman 3rd in 5000m at ECAC Championships

May 14th, 2010

Eastern College Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships

Princeton, New Jersey

 

Track North's Kaitlyn Tallman, a senior at Villanova University, ran to a season's best time of 16:35.49 to place third in the women's 5000m race tonight in Princeton, New Jersey. 

Darren in Northern Life

There's a nice Randy Pascal, Nothern Life  article about Darren and Track North at:

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/columns/pascal/coach130510.aspx

 

 

Athlete of the Week & Business of the Year!

Congratulations TNOR hurdler, Tim Smith, for being named Sudbury high school athlete of the week.
http://www.rainbowschools.ca/sdssaa/default.html

Congratulations also to alumni, Pierre Labrecque (and one of our webmasters), for winning the Small Office/Home Office award at the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards on Tuesday at the Caruso Club. Pierre's company, Labrecque Technologies, is on the cutting edge in the field of computer simulation, and has been incredibly successful. Way to go, Pierrre!
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2575206

Weekend Results

Sudbury Rocks Road Races

(Congrats to Vince and Brent and all of the organizers - as always, a class event! And thanks to the TNOR members who volunteered).

5k (Times and places are from chip times)

1. Jeremy Cooper, 16:02
4. Brandon Belon, 18:29

5. Zack Caverson, 18:32

6. Graydon Henschel, 19:24

7. Emily Marcolini, 19:25 (1st female - Emily is only in grade 9)

9. Tate Kosmerly, 19:40
15. Katie Maziarski, 21:04 (2nd female)
17. Dave McGill, 21:26
24. Emilie Bouchard, 22:18 (3rd female)
78. Amanda Kosmerly, 26:13 (Alumni)

10k
1. Neil Phipps, 39:25 (Alumni)
3. Mike Coughlin, 39:54
15. Mathilde Demory, 46:04 (LU Alumni)

Half-Marathon
1. Eric Leishman, 1:18.32
34. Klaus Ehrhardt, 1:42.56
42. Peter Tallman, 1:46.01

116. Katie Wismer, 2:00.36

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Big East Track and Field Championships

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Tallman who finished 6th in the 5000m, with a time of 16:57 for her Villanova squad. Kaitlyn's time breaks the Eastern College Athletic Conference Regional qualifying standard of 17:16. She'll race at the ECAC Championships at Princeton University on May 14th.

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Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational,

Stanford, Palo Alto California

Andrew Ellerton, 800m, 5th, 1:47.52

Andrew's distance medley relay from the Penn Relays is on video at:

There are 12 separate videos, so you have to scroll to find the USA vs the World DMR.

http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/VisaChampionshipSeries/meets/outdoor/USAvsWorld/

Proudfoot Wins Major Track Title

Proudfoot Wins Major Track Title

Takes Gold at Nike Invitational 3000m

 

Lively's Ross Proudfoot, competing for Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, won the Nike Invitational 3000m High School Boys race at the Rowland Games Track and Field Meet this past weekend in Toronto, ON.  In winning gold, Proudfoot ran to a new personal best time of 8 minutes, 27.23 seconds. 

 

Each year, the Nike Invitational race features the best high school distance runners from across the province.  Proudfoot's winning time was not only one of the fastest winning times in the meet's long history but quite possibly the fastest 3000m ever run by a Sudbury high school student.

 

"I felt great the whole race", commented Proudfoot. "I got out quickly with the lead pack and then settled into third place for most of the race.  I noticed the leaders were fading a bit and so with 600 metres to go, I made a move to the front and pushed hard to the finish."  Proudfoot won the race by over 4 seconds, with Xavier King of Pickering High School claiming the silver in 8 minutes, 31.90 seconds.

 

"We'll have to do some digging through the local track and field archives to see if any Sudbury high schooler has run a time faster than this." commented Proudfoot's Track North coach, Darren Jermyn.  "The great thing is, its still only April and we have only completed a few outdoor track workouts to date.  This definitely sets up Ross for a solid remaining high school and summer track season."

 

Other impressive results from the Rowland Games meet include Caroline Ehrhardt (Espanola High School) winning gold in the Senior Girl's Long Jump with a leap of 5.56 metres; Joe Burke (Espanola High School) placing 4th in the Senior's Boys 1500m race in a time of 4:10.06 and Jeremy Cooper (Manitoulin High School) placing 13th in the Nike 3000m with a time of 8:50.02.

 

Also this weekend:  Track North athlete, Andrew Ellerton ran the lead off 1200 metre leg for Team Canada in the "USA vs. The World" Distance Medley relay race at the 116th Penn Relays in Philadelphia, PA.  Ellerton ran a time of 2 minutes 53.55 seconds and handed off the baton in 3rd place in a race against Morocca, Australia, Kenya and two teams from the United States.  Canada finished the race with a 6th place finish.

Ellerton's 800 at Arizona State

Arizona State Sun Angel Track Classic

Phoenix, April 10, 2010

Nice run for Andrew Ellerton at the Arizona State Sun Angel Track Classic. Racing his first 800m in a year and a half because of injuries, Andrew ran a nice controlled race, trailing the pack for the first lap with a pedestrian 55 second split, moving into fifth with 100m to go and flying by the pack on the homestretch. He placed first in the college/open section with a time of 1:50.06.

It was a good way to get his first 800m under his belt.

You can see Andrew's race at the following link. He's wearing the orange top and grey shorts.

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/236785/325486

 

Proudfoot, Maziarski win Cambrian Spring Tune Up 5km

Cambrian Spring Tune-Up 5km Road Race

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

 

Several Track North athletes competed at the Cambrian Spring Tune-Up 5km Road Race held yesterday in New Sudbury.

 

This race has been given new life by Track North's own Meghan Juuti who is now the Head Coach of Cambrian's XC Running Teams.  The flat and fast 5km starts and finishes at Cambrian College and includes a single 5km loop through New Sudbury.

 

Ross Proudfoot won the men's event, running solo from the start, setting a new personal best of 15:14.  Eric Leishman, who just finished his first year at Cambrian and is now training with Track North for the summer, came 3rd in a personal best time of 15:44.

 

Katie Maziarski, who competes for the Laurentian XC team and also runs for Track North, won the women's race in a time of 20:04.

 

Other results for current and alumni Track North athletes include:

 

Hayden Kosmerly - 10th - 18:06

Tayte Kosmerly - 12th - 19:39

Stephane Jacques - 15th - 20:04 (Katie's pace bunny)

 

 

Full results can be found at: http://www.sudburyrocks.ca/Results%202010/04-11-2010%20Cambrian%20Spring%20tune%20up.htm

 

Joe Burke and Randy Pascal

Check out the TNOR Facebook page to see a video of TNOR runner, Joe Burke, being interviewed by Channel 10 reporter, Randy Pascal.

By the way, Randy Pascal isn't just a TV reporter, newspaper columnist and sports website publisher. At the last Olympics, he was ranked in the top-five among hockey timing/scoring officials in the WORLD, including those who work NHL games. Randy was selected to officiate the Olympic final games between Canada and the U.S,

Congratulations Randy!

To see the video:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=381208443646&oid=2223499300&saved#!/group.php?gid=2223499300

 

 

Sudbury Star Article

TNOR alumni discusses her first year as an NCAA basketball player at Vermont.

See the Sudbury Star article here:

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2515549

 

Kyle Beaudry & Kristine Lalonde

Kyle Beaudry - Canadian Engineering Champ!
Congratulations to TNOR alumni, Kyle Beaudry, whose team of four engineering students won a gold medal in the Senior Team Designe category at the Canadian Engineering competition. Kyle is a 3rd-year student at Laurentian U and a former 400m hurdler.

Here's an article:
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/03/luengcomp-240310.aspx

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Kristine Lalonde at the NCAA's
Alumni hurdler, Kristine Lalonde's Vermont Catamounts are out of the NCAA basketball competition after falling in the second round to Notre Dame 84-to-66. Kristine got three minutes of floor time in that game, tallying an assist and garnering some valuable NCAA tournament experience!
There's a YouTube video on the Vermont squad here - Kristine is #5, and she's interviewed at 4:45 on this season preview video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8kY3K1BusQ

By the way, there are six players from Ontario on that team, four of whom are freshman!

 

York High School Indoor Meet

Track North athletes, competing for their respective high schools, won a total of 7 medals (2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze) this past weekend at the York University High School Indoor Track and Field Meet.

Some very impressive results for athletes finishing up their indoor training and gearing up for the outdoor high school season.

TN Results are as follows:

Senior Boys 400m

Ross Proudfoot 2nd - 52.77 (PB!)

Sebastian Diebel - 7th 53.46 (PB!)

Senior Boys 800m

Ross Proudfoot - 1st 800m - 1:57.78 (PB!)

Joe Burke - 2nd - 2:02.44

Sebastian Diebel - 8th 800m - 2:08.19

Senior Boys 1500m

Joe Burke - 5th - 4:22.89

Junior Boys 800m

Zack Caverson - 6th - 2:15.45

Junior Boys 1500m

Zack Caverson - 6th - 4:44.82

Midget Boys 400m

Brandon Beland -  4th - 1:00.14 (PB!)

Midget Boys 800m

Brandon Beland - 2nd -  2:18.22 (PB!)

Senior Girls 60mH

Serena San Cartier - 1st - 9.05 (8.95 heat)

Senior Girls 60m

Serena San Cartier - 3rd - 8.17

Kyla Pettigrew - 4th - 8.52

Senior Girls 400m

Kyla Pettigrew - 3rd - 1:02.36

Ronnie Spencer at Jacksonville

Well, we've had alumni who compete in hockey, nordic skiing, gymnastics, football, baseball and basketball. And also, tennis!

Ronnie Spencer is currently on the varsity tennis team at the University of Jacksonville in Florida.

Here's her roster link (it looks very international):
http://www.judolphins.com/wtennis/roster/

Ellerton in Arizona

Congratulations to Andrew Ellerton, who ran his first race in more than a year and a half, running a 48.2 in the 3rd leg in a 4 x 400m relay at the Arizona State Meet last weekend.

Andrew is now training with Wynn Gmitroski (and Gary Reed) and living in Phoenix and Victoria. He has been off with a navicular bone (foot) fracture but it looks like the foot is ready and that Andrew's new training situation is starting to kick in!

Kristine Lalonde at the NCAA's

Congratulations to alumni hurdler, Kristine Lalonde. Kristine is in her first year of playing basketball for the U. of Vermont, and her squad just advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. They play Notre Dame today.

Ehrhardt Wins New York Gold

Event: National Interscholastic Indoor Championships - New York, New York
March 12-14, 2010

Track North's Caroline Ehrhardt (Espanola) successfully defended her title as the girl's triple jump champion at the 2010 National Interscholastic Indoor Track and Field Championship contested this past weekend in New York City.

Competing against a large field of 49 competitors from across North America, Ehrhardt jumped a season's best of 12.48 metres to win gold.

Ehrhardt also placed 5th in the Long Jump with a jump of 5.72 metres.

Full results can be found at:
http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=us-2010-Indoor-NSIC-Results-Girls

Provincial Juniors Indoor Results

Athletics Ontario Junior Indoor Track Championships

Metro Center Track, Toronto

Members of Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club competed at the Athletics Ontario Junior Championships last weekend, competing against other athletes 19 years of age and younger.

They returned with four gold medals and four personal best performances.

Emma Tallman, who also competes for the Laurentian university team, closed out her indoor campaign by winning gold in the 800 metres with a time of 2:13.41. It was a three-second personal best.

Ross Proudfoot out-kicked the competition in the 3000m with a personal best time of 8:40.37. He also placed 9th in the 800m with a time of 1:59.95.

Triple jumper Caroline Ehrhardt place first in both the triple and long jump with leaps of 12:01 and 5.52m respectively.

Grace Thomson ran personal bests in the heats and finals of the 60m hurdles, finishing in 6th place with a best time of 9.32.

Joe Burke placed 23rd in the 800m with a time of 2:03.84 and 33rd in the 400m with a time of 54.78 .

Emma's 800m race can be seen on video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArVYt88eyGg

 

Grace Thomson's 60m hurdles at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBwHroETdrA

 

Full results are at:

http://www.athleticsontario.ca/Groups/Results/2010/2010_A0_Bantam_Midget_Junior_results.htm

 

Devon in the 50k!!!

Devon Kershaw - 5TH !!!!!!! IN THE 50KM MASS START XC SKI.

After two hours of skiing, Devon finished only 1.6 seconds from gold and only .6 seconds from the podium...and as befitting one of the best athletes in the world... disappointed he didn't come in first!

Best finish ever for a Canadian!!!

WOW!

AMAZING, DEVON!!

Two Gold Medalists!

I've been away at the OUA Championships so missed sending an Olympic update. You probably all know by now, but congratulations to alumni, Rebecca Johnston, who is now an OLYMPIC CHAMPION! Rebecca's hockey team beat the Americans 2-0 to win the Olympic Gold on Friday night.

Continuing the Gold Medal theme, Alannah MacLean struck gold at the OFSAA cross-country skiing championships last weekend! Alannah topped 146 other racers to win the senior girls' race at the Midland Ski Club.

Emily Marcolini also had an excellent result, placing 12th in the Junior Girls race.

Way to go, everyone!!

OUA Championships Results

OUA Indoor Track and Field Championships

York University, 2/26-2/27, 2010.

Two Laurentian athletes competed at the OUA indoor track and field championships at York University this weekend.

Emma Tallman achieved two top-ten finishes and two personals bests. Tallman placed 8th in the 1000m with a time of 2:54.63,  a 2.6 second personal best. She also placed 9th in the 600m with a 135.93, a personal best by 1.4 seconds.

Maggie Robins placed 15th in the 1000m with a time of 3:12.39.

"Emma definitely peaked at the right time, and she ran an excellent tactical race," said head coach, Dick Moss. " She was very aggressive and made a big jump in her personal-best times. At this point, she ranks 13th in the CIS in the 1000m. The best thing is, she's still very young and should be a real factor at the national level over the next three years."

Olympic Update

Devon's 4 x 10km relay team placed 7th. Devon said he still felt pooped from the team pursuit earlier in the week. No wonder!! Their placing at 7th was still a best placing for a Canadian squad in the event!

Rebecca Johnston and her women's hockey team play in the gold medal game tonight. Tune in at 6:30 PM!!

Way to go Rebecca and Devon!

Rebecca's Game & Devon Kershaw's Comments & Photos

Here are Devon's comments after the race and some amazing photos: http://www.devonkershaw.com/default.asp?mode=newsstory&id=119

 

Congrats to Rebecca Johnston, whose Olympic hockey squad beat the Finns in the semi-finals to advance to the finals on Thursday. Rebecca got an assist in the game.

Kershaw - 4th at the Olympics!!

Congratulations to Devon Kershaw who had an AMAZING race in the team sprint at the Olympics today (2 skiers, doing 3 laps each parlauff-relay-style).

Devon was a beast, giving his partner the lead in both semi-finals and finals. It was the best-ever finish for Canada in an event that has always been dominated by European countries.

HoooHooo!!

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/cross-country-skiing/news/newsid=49420.html#kershaw+harvey+finish+fourth+team+sprint

 

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Track North Athletes Own the Podium at AO Champs!

Athletics Ontario Youth/Senior Indoor Track and Field Championships

York University - Toronto, ON

 

Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club athletes earned four medals at the Athletics Ontario Youth (17 and under) and Senior (Open) Indoor Track and Field Championships held at York University this past weekend.

 

Caroline Ehrhardt, (Espanola), 18, won gold in the Senior Women's Long Jump with a best leap of 5.60 metres. Ehrhardt also won a silver medal in the Senior Women's Triple Jump with a best jump of 11.89 metres.  

 

Jeremy Cooper (Manitowaning), 16, won a silver medal in the Youth Boys 3000 metre race setting a new personal best of 9:06.48.  Cooper also won a bronze medal in the Youth Boys 1500 metre race in a time of 4:10.67.

 

Serena San Cartier (Sudbury), 18, finished fourth in the Senior Women's 60 metre hurdle race in a time of 9.34 seconds.

Devon in the 30 km

Best-ever Canadian finish in the 30km pursuit: 5th, 8th, 9th and Devon in 16th. Amazing Canadian depth with the Canucks mixing it up the entire race. Way to go, Devon and congrats Canada. It's looking good for the relays!

Olympic Results

Devon finished 24th in the Classic sprint yesterday. Here's his own analysis from his blog. He's now looking forward to his first focus event, the 30km pursuit on Saturday.

http://www.devonkershaw.com/default.asp?mode=newsstory&id=117

Devon also has a Twitter account at:
http://twitter.com/devonkershaw

Rebecca's hockey squad beat up on the Swedes, 12-1 and now advance into the semi-finals on Sunday.

Ottawa WinterNational

University of Ottawa Winternational

2/13/10 Louis Riel Dome, Ottawa

Track North and the Laurentian women's track team competed at the University of Ottawa WinterNational at the 400m indoor Louis Riel Dome this weekend.

Teams from McGill, Laval, U. of Toronto, U. of Ottawa, RMC, Laurentian and a number of track clubs competed, including members of Athletics Canada's men's national 4 x 100m relay team. Almost 500 athletes were involved.

Track North Results

Track North athletes returned with five medals, including 2 medals in the university/open category by high school runners! Ross Proudfoot won a silver medal in the 1500m with a personal best time of3:57.96. Grace Thomson, placed third in the 60m hurdles. Jeremy Cooper won silver in the Youth 1000m, followed by Zack Caverson with a bronze. Strong finishes were tallied by Joe Burke and Chantry Cargill. And alumni Joe Yawney, making a comeback, won a silver medal in the 1000m!

Laurentian Results

For the fourth meet in a row, second-year runner, Emma Tallman, returned with  a medal, placing third in the 1000m with a personal best time of 2:56.95.  Tallman retains her top-10 ranking in the OUA with that time.

Tallman was followed in the 1000m by teammate Maggie Robins, who mounted a strong kick to finish fourth in a time of 3:07.45. Stephanie Flieler also placed fourth, in the 3000m, running a time of 10:48.70.

Gracie Tetzlaff turned in a strong performance, running an indoor personal best of 4:55.61 to place 8th in the 1500m. The time meets the qualifying standard for the OUA Championships.

Track North Results

Youth (under 17)

1000m
2nd, Jeremy Cooper, 2:38.45 (check placing)
3rd, Zack Caverson, 2:54.65

1500m
1st, Jeremy Cooper,  4:12.20
Zack Caverson, (result not listed).

Open/University Men

1000m
2nd, Joe Yawney (alumni), 2:34.25
6th, Joe Burke, 2:38.45

1500m
2nd, Ross Proudfoot, 3:57.96 PB
4th, Chantry Cargill, 4:04.12
14th, Joe Burke, 4:26.04

Open/University Women

60m Hurdles

3rd, Grace Thomson, 9.52 (heats), 9.55 (final)

300m
23rd, Grace Thomson, 46.48

Laurentian University Results

1000m
3rd, Emma Tallman, 2:56.95
4th, Maggie Robins, 3:07.45
Shauna Donaldson, 3:13.91 (redshirt)

3000m
4th, Stephanie Flieler, 10:48.70
8th, Hannah McCurdy-Adams, 11:46.18

1500m
8th, Gracie Tetzlaff, 4:55.61
16th, Stephanie Flieler, 5:11.68
23rd, Hannah McCurdy-Adams, 5:37.62

60m
17th, Becky Van Zeyl,  8.57 (PB)

300m
21st, Becky Van Zeyl, 45.92

Results link: http://www.ottawalions.com/ottl/data/ResultsNStats/Results/2010/wtrntl10.htm

 

Olympic Update

Congrats to Rebecca Johnston, who scored her first Olympic goal against Switzerland on Monday! Her team has cruised through their first two games against the Slovaks and Swiss. She plays a tougher game against Sweden tonight.

Devon Kershaw and Chandra Crawford ski in the Individual Sprint Classic this afternoon and tonight.

Good Luck Rebecca and Devon!!

Track North News

Be sure to look for two Track North alumni during the Olympic opening ceremonies tonight.

Devon Kershaw will be competing in the nordic skiing competition and Rebecca Johnston will be playing in the women's hockey competition.

Good luck Rebecca and Devon - we're all cheering for you!!

Dick

P.S. Devon's CTV website link is:

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/team-canada/athletes/athlete=3268/index.html

Rebecca's is:

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/team-canada/athletes/athlete=3277/index.html

York Open Results - Indoor Track

Track North and the Laurentian Women's indoor track team competed at the York Open in Toronto this weekend. Open athletes and university  teams from Queen's, York, Guelph, Western, Waterloo, Laurier, McMaster and Laurentian participated in the event.

The Lady Vees were led by Emma Tallman, who once again reached the podium, placing 1st in the 1000m among university athletes (second overall), with a time of 2:58.70.

Stephanie Flieler, placed 6th in the 3000m, running the 15-lap race in a time of 10:45.12.

"Emma Tallman was a bit under the weather, but still managed a nice result in the 1000m," said head coach, Dick Moss. "And Stephanie Flieler had a great race in the 3000m. She ran 21 seconds better than last week and was only 1 second off the OUA qualifying standard."

Other individual results included:

60m
26, Beck Van Zeyl, 8.67

300m
17, Becky Van Zeyl, 45.63, PB

1000m
2nd (1st University), Emma Tallman, 2:58.70
13th, Shauna Donaldson, 3:16.87 (Red-shirt)
14th, Hannah McCurdy-Adams, 3:23.87

1500m
16, Stephanie Flieler, 5:06.11
17, Emma Tallman, 5;07.76
23rd, Katie Maziarski 5:25.90 (Red-shirt)

3000m
7th, Stephanie Flieler, 10:45.12
11th, Hannah McCurdy-Adams, 11:47.72

TRACK NORTH
600m,
18th, Eric Leishman, 1:27.17

1000m

11th, Eric Leishman, 2:36.07

Brady on the National News!

TNOR Alumni, Shawn Brady, leads a double life as physiotherapy clinic manager and rock star. It caught the notice of the CTV morning news.

Here's a Facebook video of the clip (they didn't mention the fact that he still runs major mileages every week).

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=296842722120

P.S. Shawn also sponsors the TNOR website's domain name ("www.tracknorth.com"). Thanks Shawn!

Indoor Legion Results - Gold for Jeremy! Bronze for Seb!

2010 Ontario Legion Indoor Track and Field Results

Sat. January 30th, 2010

York University

 

Three Track North athletes competed today at the 2010 Ontario Legion Indoor Track and Field Championships at York University in Toronto.  Results (all times still unofficial) included the following:

 

Boys 17 and under 3000m

Gold!!!  Jeremy Cooper - 9:17.0

 

Boys 17 and under 800m

Bronze!!  Sebastian Diebel - 2:03.3

Zack Caverson - 2:20.0

 

Boys 17 and under 400m

5th - Sebastian Diebel - 54.34

 

 

Special thanks to Seb for the post-race reporting!!  We'll foward a link to the official results once they are posted.

 

Results from Montreal & New York-PB's for Tree and Kaitlyn

Track North Indoor Track Results

 

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

 

A busy weekend for Track North athletes with the McGill Team Challenge in Montreal and the New York Armory Dual Meet in New York City.

 

Some quick results:

 

Montreal

Men's 60m Heat

Eric Roque (Snax!) - U of Waterloo - 7.24 (did not advance unfortunately)

 

Men's 4 X 800m

Chantry Cargill (Tree!) - U of Ottawa - 1:58 split!!  PB!  - Team 7th

 

1500m

Chantry Cargill - 4:15.93  (47th)

 

full results: http://www.mcgilltrack.com/meetResults/2010TeamChallenge/index.htm

 

 

New York

Women's 3000m

Kaitlyn Tallman - Villanova - 9:31.37 8th - PB!!!!!!!!

 

full results: http://ny.milesplit.us/meets/60286/results/111822

 

 

Chantry & Joe at St. Lawrence & Emma

Two more TNOR results (Joe Yawney is racing again!!). Plus, Emma Tallman is currently ranked 10th in the CIS in the 1000m. She wins the LU Athlete of the week:

http://www.luvoyageurs.com/AthleteWeek/AthleteOfWeek.cfm?AthleteId=69&theAthlete=324

 

SAINTS INDOOR INVITATIONAL
ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY
NEWELL FIELD HOUSE  - 1/23/2010


Men's 800m

Chantry Cargill - U of Ottawa - 2:00.99 - 8th (PB!)


Men's 3000m

Joe Yawney - Ottawa Lions - 9:08.76 - 11th

Fred Foot Invitational Results'10

Fred Foot Invitational Results'10

January 23, 2010,  Toronto, ON

Track North and the Laurentian University Lady Vees Indoor Track team travelled to the University of Toronto this weekend to compete at the Fred Foot Invitational.

Competing against teams from University of Toronto, Queen's, McMaster, RMC, Laurier and various track clubs, the Lady Vees qualified for three OUA events and collected five medals including 2 silvers and 3 bronze.

Leading the Lady Vees was Emma Tallman (Mindemoya, ON) who was the 1st university runner in the 1000m (2nd overall) and 3rd in the 600m.  Tallman's times of 2:57.23 and 1:37.36 were personal bests, rank her in the top 10 in the OUA and qualify her for the OUA championships in both events.

Also impressive was Maggie Robins' (Port Perry, ON) 3rd place finish in the 1000m with a time of 3:01.36.  The time qualifies Robins to run at the OUA Championships at the end of February.  Stephanie Flieler (Trenton) ran to a 2nd place finish in the 3000m time with a time of 11:02.71.

Tallman commented, "I felt really strong and it's good to know I can run a solid time like I did in my 1000m despite running most of the race alone.  I'm starting to figure this distance out and I look forward to being pushed to faster times as we approach the OUA championships."

"Emma continues to impress," commented Darren Jermyn, assistant coach of the Lady Vees.  "She ran aggressively in the 1000m and it led to a seven-second personal best and a top 10 OUA ranking. Then she ran another personal best in the 600m with very little recovery time."

Next up for the Lady Vees is the York University Open Classic on Saturday, February 5th.

Track North Results

300m
12th, Eric Leishman, 38.99

600m
5th, Eric Leishman, 2:39.69

1500m
17th, Katie Maziarski, 5:24.03

Laurentian Results

1000m

Emma Tallman, 2:57.23 (2nd overall - 1st university) Personal Best

Maggie Robins, 3:01.36 (3rd) Personal Best

Heather Stroeder, 3:13.72, (6th)

600m

Emma Tallman, 1:37.36 (3rd) Personal Best

3000m

Stephanie Flieler, 11:02.71 (2nd)

Hannah McCurdy-Adams, 12:15.71 (3rd)

1500m

Heather Stroeder, 4:58.30 (6th)

Gracie Tetlzaff, 5:04.43 (8th)

Maggie Robins, 5:06.51 (11th)

Stephanie Flieler, 5:06.66 (12th) Personal Best

Hilary Kilbreath, 5:31.43 (22nd)

Hannah McCurdy-Adams, 5:33.50 (23rd)

60m

Becky Van Zeyl, 8.84 (10th)

300m

Becky Van Zeyl, 46.21 (12th) Personal Best

Don Reed

Masters runner, Don Reed has been doing workouts with Track North and the Laurentian Women's team for years. But some of you may not know that Don is a former three-time Canadian fiddling champion, and a highly-requested performer.

Here's a Northern Life article that discusses some of Don's accomplishments.

http://www.northernlife.ca/displayArticle.aspx?id=19735

Caroline to Attend Oklahoma

Congrats to Caroline Erhrardt, who has accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Oklahoma. You can see a Randy Pascal article about the decision at:

http://www.sudburysports.com/?content=articles.php&articleId=2787

Rebecca Named to Olympic Team

Congratulations to TNOR alumni Rebecca Johnston, who has been named to Canada's Women's Olympic hockey team! Fello Sudburian was also named.

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/69251/ss_id/58100/la_id/1.htm

Ross runs to 3000m PB

York University X-Mas Open Indoor Track Meet

Saturday, Dec 5th, 2009

 

Track North's Ross Proudfoot completed his fall season by setting a new personal best over 3000m at the York University X-Mas Open indoor track meet this past weekend.  Ross placed 3rd in the event running a time of 8:40.40.

 

Full meet results can be found here: http://www.yorku.ca/sprtyork/interuniversity_sport/teams/track_field/results/xmas2009/

 

 

 

Coverage of Nats XC on Flotrack

The following link shows you video coverage of the Canadian XC Championsips this weekend. You can see Ross and Chantry in there for a fair amount!

A link on the left side will show you the Masters race (Mike Coughlin) and the Senior Men's race (Steve Eles).

Fun stuff!

http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/235951-2009-canadian-cross-country-championships/216620-junior-mens-race-2009-canadian-xc-championships

Track North Junior Team 9th at Nationals, Proudfoot close to making Team Canada

Track North Junior Team 9th at Nationals,

Proudfoot close to making Team Canada

Guelph, ON

Seven Track North Athletic Club athletes competed this past weekend at the Athletics Canada National Cross-Country Running Championships in Guelph, Ontario.

This year marked the first time in club history that Track North fielded a full Junior Men's team at the national championships.  The team competed on a rolling 8km course on the University of Guelph campus.  Competing against over 200 of the top athletes aged 19 and under from across the country, the team of Ross Proudfoot, 17 (Lively, ON), Chantry Cargill, 19 (Sudbury, ON), Jeremy Cooper, 16 (Manitowaning, ON), Joe Burke, 17 (Espanola) and Sebastian Diebel, 16 (Nairn, ON) placed 9th overall with a combined team score of 257 points.  The Windsor Legion Track and Field Club won the team gold medal with a low score of 49 points.

Leading the Track North squad was Proudfoot, who continued his excellent season with a 14th place showing and an impressive time of 25:00 on the 8km course.  Proudfoot, a grade 12 student at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, was just 9 seconds back of the final qualifying spot for the Canadian Junior Team that will compete next March at the World Championships in Poland.

Following Proudfoot was Cargill, in 28th place in a time of 25:48.  This result also capped an excellent season for Cargill, a first year engineering student at the University of Ottawa, who also placed 7th amongst rookies at the Ontario University Cross-Country Championships this past October.

Rounding out the Junior Men's team were Cooper in 57th (26:31), Burke in 158th (28:19) and Diebel in 196th (30:15).

Other Track North athletes competing included Sudbury Ironman triathlete Mike Couglin, who ran to a very impressive 29th place in the Masters (age 30+) Championship 8km race with a time of 28:45.  Steven Eles placed 66th in the Senior Men's 10km event with a time of 33:15.

Proudfoot commented following the race: That is the hardest I've run all season and I'm very happy with my result.  I was a lot closer to a few runners that beat me at OFSAA and I'm gaining confidence by keeping the gap between me and lead group as small as possible.  I will definitely be looking to make the world championship team next year.

Track North coach Darren Jermyn commented: I am very proud of the entire team.  We knew if everyone had a solid race that we could be amongst the top 10 teams in the country and the boys definitely got the job done today.  We beat teams from much larger clubs from Toronto, London, Niagara Falls and Kitchener.  Ross and Chantry definitely led our team with their experience running at national championship competitions.  We have a very young squad that includes two 16-year olds and two 17-year olds so the future is definitely bright for Track North.

Complete results at:  www.guelphrunning.com

Picture attached: Left to Right

Sebastian Diebel, Joe Burke, Chantry Cargill, Ross Proudfoot, Jeremy Cooper

NCAA XC Video

Click here to see some video highlights of the women's NCAA race, including some footage of the Villanova team (including Kaitlyn Tallman) at the end. You'll have to sit through a brief commercial first (and the video quality isn't great - but it's exciting!)

http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa&media=155454

Tallman, Villanova - NCAA Cross Country Champions

Track North's Tallman and Villanova Wildcats Crowned NCAA Champions

Terre Haute, Indiana, Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Sudbury Track North Athletics Club's Kaitlyn Tallman, a senior at Villanova University, captured the team gold medal today at the NCAA Division I Women's Cross-Country Running Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Tallman, from Mindemoya, along with her teammates scored 86 points (low score wins), beating 2nd place Florida State by a 47 point margin. The University of Washington, who were ranked 1st all year, finished 3rd, 100 points behind Villanova.

Tallman commented shortly after her race, "It's an unbelievable feeling.  It's still sinking in.  We are all so excited and we can't stop crying because we worked so hard all year to put ourselves in a position to win and we did it.  Personally, I didn't have my best race but at the end of the day its a team sport and I'm so proud of the girls on this team."

Tallman finished 84th in a field of 255 of the highest caliber runners in the NCAA.

Tallman's Track North coach, Darren Jermyn, commented: "What an amazing day for Kaitlyn and the entire Track North community.  We cannot be any happier for her and her teammates at this moment.  She has gone through so much over the past several years, from being an OFSAA gold medallist to really struggling to stay injury free and running to her full potential. The coaching staff at Villanova have done an outstanding job developing Kaitlyn into a national level runner and we are excited to see what she does next.  Seeing her holding the championship trophy on national television after the race will be with me for years to come."

Video of Kaitlyn's race

This is a compilation video Kaitlyn Tallman's Eastern Regional race -  you can see Kaitlyn every once and a while.  You can also see how muddy the course was!

http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.phpdo=videos&event_id=510&folder_id=recent#video