YUTC THIS WEEK – July 13 th
CDN JR CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEK!
1. YUTC Athletes to Compete at CDN Jr. Championships! 2. YUTC Athletes Named to CSG Team! 3. YUTC Athletes in Action This Week - YUTC Throws Twilight! - CDN Jr. Chmps - MTA Provincial Championships 4. Up Coming Meets & Entry Deadlines - Bantam, Midget, Youth Chmps – Entry Deadline!! Monday July 13th 5. Volunteering/Fund Raising: 6. YUTC Meet Results: www.yorku.ca/yutc
1. CANADIAN JR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS!! Charlottetown, PEI July 17 to 19th Ten YUTC Athletes, 3 coaches and one parent will travel to PEI this Thursday for The Canadian Jr. Championships. This meet will also be acting as the team trails for the Pan Am Jr. Games.
YUTC athletes competing & their events are: Athlete Event Entry Standard Performance YTD Cynthia Appiah Shot 12.50m 13.77m***PB YUTC Rec. Hammer 34.00m 43.05m PB Discus 34.20m 38.60m Top 3 qualifier Christa Aquah 100mH 16.00 15.74 PB Eric Brathwaite Shot 14.00m 14.07m PB Hammer 42.00m 46.27m PB Crystal Emmanuel 100m 12.70 11.80 PB 200m 25.6 23.42 PB Rodney Fajardo Long Jump 6.45m 6.68m PB Suyi Georgewill Hammer 42.00m 58.99m*** PB YUTC Rec. Discus 43.00m 51.21m***PB YUTC Rec. Shot 14.00m 14.93m PB Sophie MacRae High Jump 1.62m 1.62m PB Brooke Rowland High Jump 1.62m 1.65m PB Javelin 35.00m 40.42m
YUTC Coaches Attending are: Russell, Inglis & Parkinson
2. 5 YUTC ATHLETES NAMED TO ONTARIO’S CANADA SUMMER GAMES TEAM!! The long year of training and preparation are almost done as Athletics Ontario have named the athletes that will represent Ontario at The Canada Summer Games. Canada Summer Games will be held in Charlottetown, PEI on August 24 to 28th. Team Ontario will gather and conduct their training prep at YU on the 22nd before traveling to PEI.
The 5 YUTC athletes being named to the team are: Tyrone Halstead – 100m, 200m Crystal Emmanuel – 100m, 200m Suyi Georgewill – Discus, Hammer, Shot Elizabeth Petrov – Shot Kristin Obrochta – Hammer
Four of the YUTC athletes are current members of the YU Lions varsity team. The only one who is not, is Crystal Emmanuel and that is because she is still in high school. Other athletes making the team worth mentioning are; Emma Crombeen (PV) and Umar Khan (SP). Both Emma and Umar will be attending YU this coming September and will be a strong addition to the YU Lions’ varsity team.
Complete Team Ontario team list can be found at AO website at: http://www.athleticsontario.ca/Content/News%20and%20Events %20Calendar/Archived%20News.asp?ItemID=58346
3. YUTC ATHLETES IN ACTION THIS WEEK: July 14th York Lions’ Throws Only Meet First event starts at 5pm Volunteer Positions are filled for this meet – Thank you. Events: WHT followed by MHT and then MDT & W SP HT – Kristin, Cynthia, Damian, Suyi, Eric, Kevin, Christian DT – Damian, Andrew, Suyi, Eric, Kevin, Christian, Ezra - Cynthia, Kristin, Megan V. SP – Cynthia, Elizabeth, Megan July 17th to 19th Canadian Jr. Championships – see above
July 17th Asian Games Location: York University Meet Schedule: attached YUTC Athletes Age Group Events Nikelle Marier Bantam 100m, 200m Nydia Rodrigues Midget 400m Megan Mukai Youth 200m, 400m Kara Griffiths Youth Long Jump Shannae Steele Open 100m, 200m Elizabeth Petrov Open Shot, Javelin
Chris Klinowski Bantam 100m, 200m Andrew Klinowksi Bantam 100m, 200m Domenico Caaggianiello Midget 400m Vikram Kandeth Midget 100m, 200m Kevin Kiezun Midget Shot Ezra Shanto Midget Shot Simon Tsekouras Midget 200m, 400m Tobin Wine Midget 100m
Nick Smith Midget 800m, 1500m Jamie Casigay Youth 100m, 200m Kirk Facey Youth 100m, 200m Christian Ruiz-Ayesta Youth Shot Andrew Dabrowski Open Javelin Daniel Novia Open Shot Umar Khan Open Shot Dontae Richards-Kwok Open 400m Mat Stiver-Balla Open 100m, 200m
July 18th MTA Provincial Championships Location: St. Marcellinus Secondary School 600 Courtneypark Drive, Mississauga Time: 9am Meet Schedule has been attached YUTC Athletes Competing Age Group Events Nydia Rodrigues MTA Sr. 400m Nikelle Marier MTA Sr. 100m, 200m Kelsey Horner Atom 800m, 1500m Andrew Klinowski Atom 100m, 200m Chris Klinowski Atom 100m, 200m Robert Lawand Atom 800m, 1500m Michael ShuHe Atom 800m, 1500m Katie Disimino Atom 200m, 400m, Long Jump Aiden Rainford Tyke 100m, Long Jump, Shot Shana Flynn Tyke 100m, 200m, Long Jump Georgia Waller Tyke 400m, 800m Lataya Charles Mite 100m, 200m, Long Jump Talia Ekin Mite 100m, Long Jump Lauren Rainford Mite 100m, 200m, Long Jump
7. Upcoming Meets:
AO Bantam/Midget/Youth Championships – Deadline!! Location: Timmins, Ontario Meet Schedule: Has been attached for your reference. YUTC coaches entries due to Coach Parkinson: Monday, July 13 th before 6pm. YUTC Hotel Booking Period – Expired July 10th Transportation – athletes/parents must find own way to Timmins. Schedule – tentative schedule has been attached.
YUTC Entries To-date Age Group Events Rodney Fajardo Youth 100m, LJ Chloe Major Youth HJ Megan Mukai Youth 200m, 400m Christian Ruiz-Ayesta Youth SP, DT, HT Nick Smith Youth 800m, 1500m, 3000m Brooke Rowland Midget HJ, TJ, JT Ezra Shanto Midget SP, DT, HT Kevin Kiezun Midget SP, DT, HT
July 25th Olympic Discus Series Final London Events: SP, DT only
July 28th YUTC Twilight #4 Start Time: 6pm Coaches – Send entries via email to me. Sign up board not being used effectively. Emails are better. Events Offered: 200m, 800m, 3000m, Intermediate & Younger Hurdles, LJ, HT, SP, JT, PV
August 4th Lions Throws Only Meet – Final Start Time 4pm Events Offered: HT, SP, DT and then JT
August 6 to 9th Canadian Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Quebec Qualified Provincial Champions & those Youth athletes with entry standard who wish to enter at their own expense. Information can be found on www.athletics.ca under calendar & results. August 15 to 16th Canada Summer Games Charlettetown, PEI Athletes named to Team Ontario from AO Team Trials.
8. Next Volunteer Opportunities: email me if you want to help! Email me at [email protected] Twilight Meets – July 28 Throws Meets – August 4
9. YUTC MEET RESULTS: Speed Power Meet – London July 10 th Jr. Men Shot: Jr. Men Hammer Throw: Suyi Georgewill 14.85m 1st Suyi Georgewill 58.34m Eric brathwaite 13.85m 4th Eric Brathwaite
Women Shot: Women Hammer: 2nd Elizabeth Petrov 13.22m 1st Kristin Obrochta 50.97m 3rd Kristin Obrochta 12.22m
Legion Provincial Championships – Hamilton July 10-11 th Brooke Rowland – 1st Javelin 42.55m, 1st High Jump 1.58m, 1st Triple 11.12m Sophie MacRae – 2nd High Jump 1.55m Rodney Fajardo – 2nd Long Jump 6.71m Ezra Shanto – 4th Shot 13.81m Kevin Kiezun – Discus Christian Ruiz-Ayesta – Discus – ND Triple Foul
Bullets Standard Meet – Brampton July 10 th As typical with MTA meets – results are not available until weeks after the meet.
7. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT! a. YUTC ON-LINE - www.yorku.ca/yutc Be sure to check out our website or club bulletin board on the stairs leading the upstairs gallery for all the latest YUCT information, news, updated competition schedule and all our athletes’ season best rankings.
If you have any questions in regards to the above arrangements, please email me. AO TV Athletics Ontario now has on-line videos of races from the AO Jr. Championships and National Qualifier. Someone at Athletics Ontario forgot that our sport is Track n Field as there are no field events posted and we know Coach Russell videoed a lot of field events. Check it out at: www.flotrack.org/members/Athletics _ Ontario _ TV/video