Sunday, February 27, 2011
Proudfoot Wins International Race
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
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"
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/
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Proudfoot set to compete for Canada
"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."
"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."
Sunday, February 13, 2011
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
Sunday, February 06, 2011
"Proudfoot Qualifies for CIS Indoor Track Nationals"
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
Monday, January 31, 2011
Proudfoot runs to silver in Montreal
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
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Devon Kershaw - Gold and 2 Silvers!!!
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/
Monday, January 03, 2011
2nd Place for Devon Kershaw
Saturday, December 18, 2010
TNOR in Athletics Magazine & Ross in N Life
The magazine can be downloaded free of charge from the Athletics Ontario website at: http://www.athleticsontario.ca The article appears on page 21.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Proudfoot National XC Champ & Other Results
Monday, November 15, 2010
Proudfoot CIS Rookie of the Year, All Canadian
Photos and Video from OFSAA XC
Here's a video that describes how to download photos from PhotoBucket:
Sunday, November 07, 2010
OFSAA XC Results
Sunday, October 31, 2010
NOSSA XC Championships'10
7, Owen Sarmatiuk, St. Ben, 19:26
Junior Girls, 4km
1, Emily Marcolini, St. Ben 16:16
3. Brandon Belan, St Ben, 21:09
4. Michael Niven, Manitoulin, 12:30
2. Alannah MacLean, Lo-Ellen, 20:05
3. Katie Wismer, Lockerby, 20:06
4. Kyla Pettigrew, Lo-Ellen, 20:08
1. Jeremy Cooper, Manitoulin, 23:22
17. Zack Caverson, Lockerby, 27:10
Congrats everybody. There is video of the races at the following link:
http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=videos&year=2010&event_id=5046&folder_id=recent#video
See a Sudbury Star article at:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Proudfoot's Solid XC Season Continues in Oregon
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Proudfoot Top Rookie at Major NCAA Meet
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Athletes of the Week X 2
Clarissa Elliott from Lo-Ellen and Zach Gallo from Notre Dame.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Proudfoot wins Western International XC Race
Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot, competing for the University of
Guelph won the prestigious 36th Annual Western International cross-country
running race today at the Thames Valley Golf Course in London, ON.
Competing against a star-studded field that included several All-Canadians from
14 universities in Ontario and a strong Central Michigan team, Proudfoot claimed
the gold medal by covering the men's rolling 10 kilometre course in a time of
was 31 minutes and 50 seconds.
A graduate of Lo-Ellen Park, Proudfoot ran with the large pack of lead runners
for the first 6 kilometres of the race before breaking away with a small lead
pack of three runners. Proudfoot made a strong surge with just under a one
kilometre to the finish to distance himself from the eventual silver medallist,
Terefe Ejigu of Central Michigan University.
Proudfoot commented following the race:
"I felt really good. The first five kilometres felt relaxed and when the leaders
put in a surge at 6km I knew I could match it. Once I caught them, the pace
actually slowed a bit and I knew I had a chance for the win so with a kilometre
to go I decided to push hard for home. I'm extremely happy with my finish as
this is the first university race of my career and the first time I've race 10
kilometres in cross-country."
"We have a really deep team at Guelph and I feel I'm adjusting well to their
training program. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season."
Proudfoot's Track North coach Darren Jermyn commented:
"Ross' performance today was simply incredible. I've seen him win a lot of big
races but he's never faced this type of competition in a cross-country race
before. Not many rookies have ever won this race but he handled himself like a
seasoned veteran out there."
Proudfoot and his Guelph teammates, currently ranked number one in Canada, will
next compete at the Paul Short Invitational in Lehigh Pennsylvania on Oct 2nd.
Full results for the Western International can be found at:
http://www.westernmustangs.ca/documents/2010/9/25/western_intl_men2010.pdf?id=451

