Penn State

Penn State National Invitational - January 31,09

Track North's Kaitlyn Tallman, a junior at Villanova University ran to a personal best in the Invitational 3000m at the Penn State National Invitational at University Park, PA.

Despite a fall and bruised knee at about the 2km mark, Kaitlyn got up and charged home with a time of 9:52.74 placing 8th.

Congratulations Kaitlyn!

Lake State Results

TRACK NORTH RESULTS
Eric Roque
55m, 1st, 6.60 (PB)
200m,

Ben Charbonneau
55m, 5th, 6.86

Andre Pelland
400m, 3rd, 51.44
200m, 6th, 24.20

Jeff Deault
400m, 4th, 52.63
200m, 5th, 23.94

Chris Hocking
55m, 7th (heat), 7.36

TNOR: Results - Mid-Atlantics and OTFA XC

NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Tallman, whose Villonava team has qualified for the NCAA XC Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana on Novemeber 24th.
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Kaitlyn's team qualified by placing 3rd in these championships with a score of 59 points. Kaitlyn placed 13th overall, fourth for her team, running the 6k course in 22:00.

OTFA XC Championships
Sunnybrooke Park, Toronto, 11/17/08
Windy, muddy, cold conditions!
Midget Boys (4580 m)
Jeremy Cooper,2nd,14:59
Seb Diebel, 81st, 17:19
Youth Boys (6250m)
Ross Proudfoot, 7th, 20:36
Senior Women (6250m)
Krista Bolyea (alumni), 14th, 25:11
Way to run everybody!!

OFSAA Videos

Here are some excellent multi-camera videos from the OFSAA XC races from this past weekend, with all of our runners recorded for posterity. If you want to see what really happened this weekend, these videos will show you. And if you've never seen an OFSAA XC race, be sure to check them out - especially the race starts - with over 200 runners per race fighting to gain position before the narrrowing-point,they are quite a spectacle. You can literally feel the ground shake as they run by!

Jay Cantin sent a message to the members of 2008 OFSAA Cross Country Championships.--------------------

Subject: OFSAA Videos!If you haven't seen them yet, the OFSAA race videos and interviews were posted early Sunday morning. We had a gorgeous day in Sarnia, and some very exciting racing. A Huge Thank you to my video and editing crew, the ofsaa committee and Guelphrunning.enjoy the videos.you can find them here.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.guelphrunning.com%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D167

full results are here:http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://sportstats.ca%2F

official ofsaa websitehttp://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.ofsaa.on.ca%2Fcrosscountry%2Findex.cfm%3FDSP%3DChapter%26ID%3D3025%3A

OFSAA XC, Big East,Road2Hope 5k,Beach2Battleship Ironman

Lots of super results from this weekend:

OFSAA XC CHAMPIONSHIPS - SARNIA, 11/1/08
(Good conditions - flat course)
Great stuff at OFSAA XC this weekend!

JUNIOR GIRLS (4290m)
* Kayla Pettigrew, 7th,15:45 (4000m split: 14:40.0), (Lo-Ellen)
* Alannah McLean, 27th, 16:44 (4000m split: 15:35.0), (Lo-Ellen)

JUNIOR BOYS (6200m)
* Jeremy Cooper,55th, 22:09 (Manitoulin)
* Seb Diebel,82nd, 22:43 (St Bens)

SENIOR GIRLS (4915m)
* Caroline Ehrhardt, 46th, 19:22 (Espanola)

SENIOR BOYS (6905m)
* Ross Proudfoot, 12th, 22:22 (Lo-Ellen)
* Chantry Cargill, 22nd, 22:44 (Lockerby)
* Ben Bizier, 89th, 24:02 (Notre Dame)
* Steph Jacques, 95th, 24:04 (Lo-Ellen)

BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS (6000m)
http://www.compuscore.com/cs2008/october/bewomen.htm?&SPSID=93478&SPID=11217&DB_OEM_ID=19400
* Kaitlyn Tallman, 7th!!,20:47

Kait's Villanova team placed 1st, Next competition is their regional championship in two weeks - that's the final qualifier for the NCAA championships.

Road2Hope 5k (Hamilton, ON 11/1/0
* Heather Stroeder, 3rd female, 16th overall, 19:07

Beach2Battleship IronMan Triathlon
http://www.beach2battleship.com/

Awesome race - 2nd overall!

* Mike Coughlin, 24th on the swim (50:39), 3rd on the bike (5:01.59) and 5th on the run (3:21.47).

Total Time: 9:21.09 (that's right, 9 HOURS, not minutes!!)

NOSSA Results

Track North had some excellent results at the NOSSA XC Championships on Manitoulin Island last Friday:

JUNIOR GIRLS (3800m)
Kyla Pettigrew, 1st, 12:40
Alannah McLean, 2nd, 13:12

SENIOR GIRLS (4700m)
Caroline Ehrhardt, 18:05
Kayla Gallo, 23, 21:13 (4th Sudbury runner)
Lauren Flewelling, 53rd, 23:19

JUNIOR BOYS (5600m)
Jeremy Cooper, 1st, 18:45
Sebastian Diebel, 4th, 19:45

SENIOR BOYS (6700m)
Ross Proudfoot, 1st, 20:02
Chantry Cargill, 2nd, 20:18
Stephane Jacques, 6th, 21:10
Ben Bizier, 7th, 21:28
Joe Burke, 8th, 21:36

Caroline, Jeremy, Seb, Ross, Chantry, Steph, Ben, Kyla and Alannah will all be competing at OFSSA XC in Sarnia this weekend.

Gold Medals for Jeremy at North American Indigenous Games

Track North's Jeremy Cooper won 3 gold medals in the Track and Field Competition at this year's North American Indigenous Games being held in Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Competing against athletes from across the continent, Jeremy struck gold in both the Midget Boys 400m, 800m and 1500m events.

Jeremy's times were:
400m - 56.17 PB
800m - 2:06.98 PB
1500m - 4:23.41

Congratulations Jeremy!

TNOR: OTFA Bantam, Midget Youth Champs

OTFA Bantam, Midget & Youth Track and Field Championships
York University, Toronto, August 1-3.

Two hurdlers from Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club placed in the top-five at the Ontario Bantam, Midget & Youth Track and Field Championships, at Toronto's York University this weekend.

Grace Thomson placed fourth in the 100m hurdles in the Youth category (17 and under). with a personal best time of 14.80 seconds. Grace also ran an open 400m in 64 seconds (official results haven't been posted yet).

Kerissa Blacklock placed fifth in 80m hurdles in the the Midget category (15 and under), running a personal best 12.09.

Nice way to finish the season - way to go girls!!

Cdn Jr Results

Ehrhardt Wins Two Silver Medals at National Junior Track Championships
Abbotsford, BC

Caroline Ehrhardt, representing Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club, won two silver medals at the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships in Abbotssford, BC this weekend. The Espanola student, still only 16 and competing against athletes 19 and under, jumped 5.53 in the long jump and 12.23 in the triple jump.

Also in the championships were Ben Charbonneau, who placed 6th in the javelin with a toss of 56.32. Kyle Beaudry, who placed 10th in the 400m hurdles, with a time of 57.58. Andre Pelland , who advanced to the B final in the 400m, with a time of 50. 08, placing 12th overall. And Eric Roque, who advanced to the semi-final in the 100m with a time of 11.37, placing 14th overall.

Provincial Legions & Ryan Normand Article

RYAN NORMAND ARTICLE IN NORTHERN LIFE

There's a nice article on our Special Olympics athlete, Ryan Normand at:
http://www.northernlife.ca/News/Sports/2008/07-17-08-normand.asp?NLStory=07-17-08-normand

RESULTS PROVINCIAL LEGION CHAMPIONSHIPSKITCHENER, JULY 19, 2008

Local athletes, representing Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club and Legion District H, returned with five medals from the Provincial Legion Track and Field Championships in Kitchener this weekend.

Caroline Ehrhardt won two gold medal in the 17 and Under category, leaping 11.87 in the triple jump and a personal best 5.71 in the long jump. Ehrhardt will represent Ontario at the National Legion Championships in August.

Jeremy Cooper won two silver medals in the 15 and Under category. His times of 4:09.91 in the 1500 and 9:11.36 in the 3000m were personal bests.

Alannah MacLean won a silver medal in the Under-15 400m with a time of 61.13.

AGE 15 AND UNDER CATEGORY
Alannah MacLean
400m, 2nd, 61.13
300 hurdles, 5th, 50.33
200m, 10th, 27.80

Jeremy Cooper
1500, 2nd, 4:09.91 PB!!
3000m, 2nd, 9:11.36 PB!

Sebastian Diebel
800m, 7th, 2:12.53
1500, 12th, 4:38.30

AGE 17 AND UNDER CATEGORY

Caroline Ehrhardt
Long Jump, 1st, 5.71 PB!
Triple Jump, 1st, 11.87
400m, 7th, 60.46

Serena San Cartier
100m Hurdles, 4th, 15.03
200m, 4th, 26.98

Melanie Roque
100m, 8th, 13.12, PB!

Grace Thomson,
100m Hurdles, 10th, 16.2
100m, 13.54, 10th

Joe Burke
400m, 8th, 53.05
800m, 8th, 2:03.75

Brett Deck
Long Jump, 9th, 6.12
Triple Jump, 8th, 11.73

Sudbury Star Article

There's a nice Sudbury Star article on the TNOR athletes heading for the Legion Provincials this weekend - it features a super photo of Grace Thompson in mid-hurdle.

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1114613

Articles and Videos on TNOR Athletes

TRACK NORTH NEWSThere's a super article and photo of Caroline Ehrhardt in the Sudbury Star. Kudos to Scott Hadow for his coverage!

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1106655

Also, we have added some Channel 10 interviews of Track North athletes to our Facebook page, courtesy of Randy Pascal. Thanks Randy!!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=2223499300

Olympic Trials Athletes - Articles

There are some nice Sudbury Star/Espanola Monitor articles about our Olympic Trials athletes at the following links:

Andrew, Caroline, Madeleine and Ben
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1104945

Caroline
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1104974

National Seniors/Olympic Trials Results

Here's the media release on the Olympic Trials/National Senior Championships

Ehrhardt Surprises with Olympic Trials Bronze!

Track North Athletic Club's Caroline Ehrhardt was a surprise bronze medalist at the weekend's National Senior Track & Field Championships and Olympic Trials, in Windsor. this weekend.

Ehrhardt, a 16-year old grade 11 student at Espanola Secondary School, put herself into medal contention on her first jump with a huge personal best of 12.41 metres. It was a performance that held up through five more rounds of jumping. While the leap did not meet the Olympic standard, it exceeded the performance standards for the World Youth (Under 18) Championships in 2009. The event was won by 26-year old Tabia Charles who jumped 13.92.

"After her preliminary rounds on Friday, I knew she had more in her" said coach, Jim Taylor. "She definitely came through when it counted!"

Andrew Ellerton, who continues to represent Track North while running professionally for Reebok, won a bronze medal in the 800m with a time of 1:47.44. While Ellerton's time did not qualify him for the Olympic team, his Spring campaign brought him incredibly close to selection, with a race in Indianapolis only .07 away from the Olympic standard and another in Victoria only .12 away from the magic 1:46.0 mark. Two races at 1:46.0, in addition to his third place finish this weekend, would have placed him on the Olympic squad.

Ellerton's summer is not over. He will now head overseas and spend several weeks racing on the highly competitive European circuit.

"Andrew's race wasn't ideal for setting a personal best," said Track North coach, Dick Moss. Gary Reed and Ashraf Tadili had already having set the Olympic standard and had only to run for place, not time. So Andrew was forced to lead the race for the first 400m. You can run fast times as a front-runner, but it makes the task more difficult. Fortunately, Andrew has a tremendous coach in Ron Warhurst and some European races in his sights, so I think his times will drop significantly this summer."

Also competing at the trials were Ben Charbonneau who placed 14th in the javelin with a toss of 54.13, and Madeleine Woods who placed 26th in the 800m with a time of 2:15.08.

Northern Life Article

There's a nice Northern Life article about our athletes who are competing at the Senior

Nationals/Olympic Trials this weekend.

http://www.northernlife.ca/News/Sports/2008/07-03-08-olympicTOP.asp?NLStory=07-03-08-olympicTOP

OTFA Supermeet - Jr/Sr ResultsMonday

Madeleine Woods, of Sudbury's Track North Athletic Club, achieved the Olympic Trials standard in the 800m at the OTFA Championships in Ottawa this weekend. Woods' time of 2:13.90 was a personal best and good for an 8th place finish.

Other top-eight finishes included Tianna Deck, 7th in the long jump with a leap of 5.09; and Kyle Beaudry, 8th in the 400m hurdles with a time of 57.68.

Andre Pelland qualified for the "A" final in the Junior Men's 400m, while Eric Roque, in the 100m, and Grace Thomson in the 100m hurdles, qualified for "B" finals.

Results are as follows:

SENIOR WOMEN

Madeleine Woods

800m, 8th, 2:13.90 (PB!) Qualifies for Olympic Trials

JUNIOR WOMEN

Tianna DeckLJ, 7th, 5.09

100m, 26th, 13.40

Emma Tallman

800m, 13th, 2:18.26 (PB!)

Grace Thomson

100m Hurdles (33"), 12th, 16.19 (15.82 heat, PB(Grace is only 15 - 1st time over 33" hurdles)

SENIOR MEN

Jeff Deault

200, 25th, 23.76

400,15th, 53.23

JUNIOR MEN

Eric Roque,100m, 11th, 11.11

200m, 29th, 23.55

Andre Pelland

400, 12th, 50.60 (50.47 in heat)

800, 36th, 2:01.50

Kyle Beaudry

400H, 8th, 57.68

400, 23rd, 52.00

Ben Bizier
800, 30th, 2:00.15 (PB, Ben is only 16!)

Ellerton in Victoria

Sudbury's Andrew Ellerton placed 2nd at the Victoria International Track Classic on Thursday, running 1:46.12, and once again meeting the Olympic "B" standard. Ellerton crossed the finish line behind Canada's World Championship Silver medalist, Gary Reed, but ahead of Kenyan Jackson Leangat, Korean Lee Jae Hoon, and Canadian Olympian, Kevin Sullivan.

To be considered for the Olympic team, Ellerton must twice run the "A" standard of 1:46.0 and place top-4 at the Canadian Olympic Trials.

Ellerton's next race is at the Harry Jerome Classic in Abbotsford, BC on Saturday, then the Olympic Trials in Windsor on July 5th and 6th.

Go get'em, Andrew!!

Andrew Ellerton - 1:46.07

Nice race for Andrew Ellerton this weekend. Andrew ran 1:46.07, breaking the Olympics "B" standard - he was only seven hundredths from making the "A" standard.

Andrew's next race is in Victoria this Thursday.

Legion District H Results

Some great performances at the Legion District H meet yesterday. Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time as officials!!

Results are attached. TNOR athletes are highlighted in yellow.

Rowland Results

ROWLAND GAMES RESULTS
Some TNOR athletes competed at the Rowland Games in Etobicoke this weekend.

JUNIOR GIRLS
Caroline Ehrhardt
LJ, 1st, 5.52!!
400m, 3rd, 60.64
100m, 7th, 13.60

JUNIOR BOYS
Joe Burke
400, 6th, 55.17
100, 31st, 12.85