January 7, 2013
TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Sharon Anderson Memorial Meet & Guelph New Year Opener
University of Guelph New Year Opener Meet
A new year and the first full meet in the new Gryphon Fieldhouse brought out the best in the newest members of University of Guelph track and field team. Gryphon rookies captured five individual titles at the Guelph New Year Opener, highlighted by Mitchell Torres (Quinte West) a men’s high jumper and Madeline Yungblut (Wroxeter) in the women’s 3000 metres, both achieving CIS automatic qualifying marks.
Yungblut’s run was the most dominant of the meet, lapping the entire field in the women’s 3000 metres and posting the top ranked performance in the country. Torres’ jump of 2.02 metres was a personal best and part of an impressive showing from the Gryphon rookie jumpers who also registered wins in the men’s long jump Matt Fontanna (Grand Valley) (6.89) and men’s pentathlon Anthony Broeders (Wolfe Island) (3353). Fontanna is currently ranked second nationally in both the men’s long and triple jumps, while Broeders is the top ranked pentathlete in the early season rankings. Rounding out the Gryphon rookie wins was Brandon Shirk in the men’s 300 metres; Shirk won by nearly a second with a time of 35.66.
The Gryphons captured 26 events at the meet, other highlights included: Tim Hendry (Parry Sound) sweeping the men’s throws events posting a CIS automatic qualifying throw in the men’s weight throw of 17.94 metres and winning the shot put with a best throw of 17.45; Pat Dufresne (Sault Ste. Marie) winning the men’s triple jump with a mark of 14.25, a mark that ranks him first in the CIS, one spot ahead of where he finished at last year’s championships; Julia Wallace (Whitby) winning the women’s triple jump in a mark of 12.39 metres. Wallace, the Gryphons’ master of all trades, automatically qualified for her third event at the CIS Championships and is currently ranked first in the country in all three events the women’s long, triple and high jump.
Other Gryphon female winners were: Kerry-Ann Cornwall (Guelph) (60 metres), Corinne Smith (Oakville) (600 metres), Nadine Frost (St. Andrews) (1000 metres), Genevieve Lalonde (Moncton) (1500 metres), Tomeizel Barry (Waterloo) (60 metre hurdles), Erika Fiedler (Kitchener) (pole vault), Sarah Dougherty (Renfrew) (shot put and weight throw) and Jessica May (Binbrook) (pentathlon).
Gryphon male winners were: Benoit Boulay (North Bay) (1000 metres), Steve Holmes (Port Hope) (1500 metres) and Paul Worndl (Kitchener) (pole vault).
The Gryphons will be back in action next weekend at the Can-Am Classic hosted by the University of Windsor. Their next home meet will be the Guelph Last Chance February 15th and 16th at the Gryphon Fieldhouse.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
The Waterloo Warriors showed they were still sharp after the winter break when they travelled to the University of Guelph this weekend and competed in the Tenka Classic grabbing 25 lifetime bests.
The men's sprints group continued their winning ways sweeping the 60m event. Shlomo Dunyo (Hamilton), Kofi Kwarko-Fosu (Toronto) and Mohamed Yassin (Waterloo) took first, second and third place respectively. Dunyo, Kwarko-Fosu and Yassin are now ranked third (6.88), eighth (7.03) and 12th (7.07) in the CIS respectively. Yassin also competed in the men's 300m, taking second place in a personal best time of 36.44.
In the men's long sprint event, the 600m, team Captain Adam Neale (Dundas) (Dundas) ran a well-paced race for a seasonal best time of 1:24.67 and second place in the men's 600m. Neale is currently ranked twelfth in the CIS. Closing out the sprints for the men was rookie hurdler Edward Wang (Toronto) who ran a personal best time of 9.47 in the men's 60m hurdles, which was good enough for second place.
The women's sprint group was led by rookie Jenny Carrique who ran a personal best 8.19 in the women's 60m which was strong enough for fifth place, and 43.41 in the women's 300m for eighth place. Naomi Lance also put in a solid effort running 9.53 (less than a tenth off of her personal best) in the women's 60m hurdles for fourth place. Lance stumbled out of the blocks but was able to regain composure and run a great time. The hurdler is showing great promise for this season.
In the distance events, the men's team was led by Justin Spalvieri (Alliston) whose 4:12.74 in the men's 1500m was good enough for sixth place while rookie Kristen Flanagan (Kitchener) lead the women with a 4:57.25, breaking the 5 minute barrier, and placing fourth overall. Flanagan is now ranked twelfth in the CIS with this weekend's performance.
The warriors were also busy on the field as five warrior athletes took part in the season's first pentathlon. Justin Conlon (Ayr) led the men's team with a score of 3287 which was good enough for second place at the meet and ranks him second in the CIS. Justin had an all-around strong day with his most notable performance being his personal best in the 60m hurdles of 9.23.
On the women's side, Captain Chantel Pilon (Trenton) scored a personal best of 2939 in the women's pentathlon finishing third overall. Pilon had several strong performances including her victory (and personal best) 2:29.99 in the 800m event. Pilon is currently ranked fourth in the CIS with her score this week. In the men's high jump, Andrew Good (Whitby) jumped a height of 1.90m which was good enough for the bronze medal. Last year, Andrew qualified for the CIS championships and this strong opening performance bodes well for his return this season. Good is currently ranked eleventh in the CIS.
The meet finished with the men's and women's 4 by 400m relays and the Warrior teams took second and third respectively. The women's team was led by rookie Rachel Brown in 62.2, running her first 400m race, while the men's team was led by Captain Adam Neal who split 52.2. Next up for the warriors is a short trip down the 401 to the St. Denis Centre at the University of Windsor for the Can Am Track Classic on January 11th and 12th.
Source: Waterloo Sports Info
Sharon Anderson Memorial Meet
Click below for the results of the 2013 Sharon Anderson Memorial track and field meet on Saturday, January 5 at the Athletic Centre Field House.
Full recap to come.
Full Results
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Lions open 2013 with successful Anderson Meet
Several members of the York University Lions track and field team were at the University of Toronto on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 5) to compete at the annual Sharon Anderson Meet, kicking off what promises to be an exciting 2013 season.
On the men's side, three student-athletes reached the CIS qualifying standard while another eight hit the OUA qualifying standard.
Weight throwers Daniel Novia (Mississauga, Ont.) and Eric Brathwaite (Brampton, Ont.) both reached the national standard in their event. Novia won the competition with a throw of 19.28 metres, while Brathwaite was right behind him in second place with a toss of 17.75 metres.
Umar Khan (Markham, Ont.) also reached the national standard in the shot put with a throw of 16.65 metres to win the event, and Brathwaite qualified for the OUA championships in the shot put as well with a toss of 13.70 metres to finish in fourth place on Saturday.
Rookies Caleb Ducelien (Scarborough, Ont.) and Anojan Sivalingam (Scarborough, Ont.) booked their tickets to their first OUA championships with strong performances at the University of Toronto.
Ducelien qualified for two events after finishing in first place in the long jump and in fourth place in the 60m. His time of 7.10 seconds in the 60m also represented a personal best in the event. Sivalingam, meanwhile, will join Khan and Brathwaite in the shot put after a toss of 13.58 metres.
Like Ducelien, Wesley Huff (Elliot Lake, Ont.) and Dahn Pratt (Teaneck, N.J.) also qualified for the OUA championships in two events, the 60m and 300m. He finished just behind Ducelien in sixth place in the 60m with a personal-best time of 7.22 metres, and also recorded a season-best time of 36.49 in the 300m.
Pratt finished just behind Ducelien in the long jump, winning the silver medal with a jump of 6.28 metres, and also advanced to the OUA championships in the triple jump with a distance of 13.22 metres.
Teammate Ricky Szeto (Toronto) will join Huff in the 300m after his season-best time of 37.31 was enough to eclipse the OUA qualifying standard.
Rounding out the men's qualifiers for the OUA championships are pole vaulters David McKay (Victoria) and Vince DiBacco (Woodbridge, Ont.), as well as Andrew Heaney (Scarborough, Ont.). McKay, the defending OUA champion in the pole vault after winning gold as a rookie in 2012, finished in second place at the Sharon Anderson Meet with a season-best height of 4.60 metres and DiBacco was third with a jump of 4.25 metres, which was also a season-best mark.
Heaney won the 1000m race with a time of 2:32.69.
On the women's team, Kristin Obrochta (Mississauga, Ont.) won the weight throw competition with a toss of 17.84 metres to qualify for the CIS championships, where she is the defending champion and has won the national gold medal twice overall in her career.
Three other Lions booked their spots at the OUA championships in late February: thrower Ciji Service (Sarnia, Ont.) qualified in both the shot put and weight throw after finishing first (11.28 metres) and second (12.00 metres), respectively, in the two events on the weekend.
Also in the field, Alessandra Tartaglia (Toronto) recorded a new personal best in the pole vault with a jump of 3.20 metres, and Belanie DeGracia (Mississauga, Ont.) cleared 1.55 metres in the high jump.
The rest of the squad missed the meet as they were en route back from their December training camp in Florida. The entire team will return to action next weekend (Jan. 11-12) at the Can Am meet hosted by the University of Windsor. The meet will serve as a good warm-up event for the OUA championships, which will be hosted by the Lancers the last weekend of February (Feb. 23-24).
Source: York Sports Info
A new year and the first full meet in the new Gryphon Fieldhouse brought out the best in the newest members of University of Guelph track and field team. Gryphon rookies captured five individual titles at the Guelph New Year Opener, highlighted by Mitchell Torres (Quinte West) a men’s high jumper and Madeline Yungblut (Wroxeter) in the women’s 3000 metres, both achieving CIS automatic qualifying marks.
Yungblut’s run was the most dominant of the meet, lapping the entire field in the women’s 3000 metres and posting the top ranked performance in the country. Torres’ jump of 2.02 metres was a personal best and part of an impressive showing from the Gryphon rookie jumpers who also registered wins in the men’s long jump Matt Fontanna (Grand Valley) (6.89) and men’s pentathlon Anthony Broeders (Wolfe Island) (3353). Fontanna is currently ranked second nationally in both the men’s long and triple jumps, while Broeders is the top ranked pentathlete in the early season rankings. Rounding out the Gryphon rookie wins was Brandon Shirk in the men’s 300 metres; Shirk won by nearly a second with a time of 35.66.
The Gryphons captured 26 events at the meet, other highlights included: Tim Hendry (Parry Sound) sweeping the men’s throws events posting a CIS automatic qualifying throw in the men’s weight throw of 17.94 metres and winning the shot put with a best throw of 17.45; Pat Dufresne (Sault Ste. Marie) winning the men’s triple jump with a mark of 14.25, a mark that ranks him first in the CIS, one spot ahead of where he finished at last year’s championships; Julia Wallace (Whitby) winning the women’s triple jump in a mark of 12.39 metres. Wallace, the Gryphons’ master of all trades, automatically qualified for her third event at the CIS Championships and is currently ranked first in the country in all three events the women’s long, triple and high jump.
Other Gryphon female winners were: Kerry-Ann Cornwall (Guelph) (60 metres), Corinne Smith (Oakville) (600 metres), Nadine Frost (St. Andrews) (1000 metres), Genevieve Lalonde (Moncton) (1500 metres), Tomeizel Barry (Waterloo) (60 metre hurdles), Erika Fiedler (Kitchener) (pole vault), Sarah Dougherty (Renfrew) (shot put and weight throw) and Jessica May (Binbrook) (pentathlon).
Gryphon male winners were: Benoit Boulay (North Bay) (1000 metres), Steve Holmes (Port Hope) (1500 metres) and Paul Worndl (Kitchener) (pole vault).
The Gryphons will be back in action next weekend at the Can-Am Classic hosted by the University of Windsor. Their next home meet will be the Guelph Last Chance February 15th and 16th at the Gryphon Fieldhouse.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
Warrior track team with impressive start to 2013
The Waterloo Warriors showed they were still sharp after the winter break when they travelled to the University of Guelph this weekend and competed in the Tenka Classic grabbing 25 lifetime bests.
The men's sprints group continued their winning ways sweeping the 60m event. Shlomo Dunyo (Hamilton), Kofi Kwarko-Fosu (Toronto) and Mohamed Yassin (Waterloo) took first, second and third place respectively. Dunyo, Kwarko-Fosu and Yassin are now ranked third (6.88), eighth (7.03) and 12th (7.07) in the CIS respectively. Yassin also competed in the men's 300m, taking second place in a personal best time of 36.44.
In the men's long sprint event, the 600m, team Captain Adam Neale (Dundas) (Dundas) ran a well-paced race for a seasonal best time of 1:24.67 and second place in the men's 600m. Neale is currently ranked twelfth in the CIS. Closing out the sprints for the men was rookie hurdler Edward Wang (Toronto) who ran a personal best time of 9.47 in the men's 60m hurdles, which was good enough for second place.
The women's sprint group was led by rookie Jenny Carrique who ran a personal best 8.19 in the women's 60m which was strong enough for fifth place, and 43.41 in the women's 300m for eighth place. Naomi Lance also put in a solid effort running 9.53 (less than a tenth off of her personal best) in the women's 60m hurdles for fourth place. Lance stumbled out of the blocks but was able to regain composure and run a great time. The hurdler is showing great promise for this season.
In the distance events, the men's team was led by Justin Spalvieri (Alliston) whose 4:12.74 in the men's 1500m was good enough for sixth place while rookie Kristen Flanagan (Kitchener) lead the women with a 4:57.25, breaking the 5 minute barrier, and placing fourth overall. Flanagan is now ranked twelfth in the CIS with this weekend's performance.
The warriors were also busy on the field as five warrior athletes took part in the season's first pentathlon. Justin Conlon (Ayr) led the men's team with a score of 3287 which was good enough for second place at the meet and ranks him second in the CIS. Justin had an all-around strong day with his most notable performance being his personal best in the 60m hurdles of 9.23.
On the women's side, Captain Chantel Pilon (Trenton) scored a personal best of 2939 in the women's pentathlon finishing third overall. Pilon had several strong performances including her victory (and personal best) 2:29.99 in the 800m event. Pilon is currently ranked fourth in the CIS with her score this week. In the men's high jump, Andrew Good (Whitby) jumped a height of 1.90m which was good enough for the bronze medal. Last year, Andrew qualified for the CIS championships and this strong opening performance bodes well for his return this season. Good is currently ranked eleventh in the CIS.
The meet finished with the men's and women's 4 by 400m relays and the Warrior teams took second and third respectively. The women's team was led by rookie Rachel Brown in 62.2, running her first 400m race, while the men's team was led by Captain Adam Neal who split 52.2. Next up for the warriors is a short trip down the 401 to the St. Denis Centre at the University of Windsor for the Can Am Track Classic on January 11th and 12th.
Source: Waterloo Sports Info
Sharon Anderson Memorial Meet
Click below for the results of the 2013 Sharon Anderson Memorial track and field meet on Saturday, January 5 at the Athletic Centre Field House.
Full recap to come.
Full Results
Source: Toronto Sports Info
Lions open 2013 with successful Anderson Meet
Several members of the York University Lions track and field team were at the University of Toronto on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 5) to compete at the annual Sharon Anderson Meet, kicking off what promises to be an exciting 2013 season.
On the men's side, three student-athletes reached the CIS qualifying standard while another eight hit the OUA qualifying standard.
Weight throwers Daniel Novia (Mississauga, Ont.) and Eric Brathwaite (Brampton, Ont.) both reached the national standard in their event. Novia won the competition with a throw of 19.28 metres, while Brathwaite was right behind him in second place with a toss of 17.75 metres.
Umar Khan (Markham, Ont.) also reached the national standard in the shot put with a throw of 16.65 metres to win the event, and Brathwaite qualified for the OUA championships in the shot put as well with a toss of 13.70 metres to finish in fourth place on Saturday.
Rookies Caleb Ducelien (Scarborough, Ont.) and Anojan Sivalingam (Scarborough, Ont.) booked their tickets to their first OUA championships with strong performances at the University of Toronto.
Ducelien qualified for two events after finishing in first place in the long jump and in fourth place in the 60m. His time of 7.10 seconds in the 60m also represented a personal best in the event. Sivalingam, meanwhile, will join Khan and Brathwaite in the shot put after a toss of 13.58 metres.
Like Ducelien, Wesley Huff (Elliot Lake, Ont.) and Dahn Pratt (Teaneck, N.J.) also qualified for the OUA championships in two events, the 60m and 300m. He finished just behind Ducelien in sixth place in the 60m with a personal-best time of 7.22 metres, and also recorded a season-best time of 36.49 in the 300m.
Pratt finished just behind Ducelien in the long jump, winning the silver medal with a jump of 6.28 metres, and also advanced to the OUA championships in the triple jump with a distance of 13.22 metres.
Teammate Ricky Szeto (Toronto) will join Huff in the 300m after his season-best time of 37.31 was enough to eclipse the OUA qualifying standard.
Rounding out the men's qualifiers for the OUA championships are pole vaulters David McKay (Victoria) and Vince DiBacco (Woodbridge, Ont.), as well as Andrew Heaney (Scarborough, Ont.). McKay, the defending OUA champion in the pole vault after winning gold as a rookie in 2012, finished in second place at the Sharon Anderson Meet with a season-best height of 4.60 metres and DiBacco was third with a jump of 4.25 metres, which was also a season-best mark.
Heaney won the 1000m race with a time of 2:32.69.
On the women's team, Kristin Obrochta (Mississauga, Ont.) won the weight throw competition with a toss of 17.84 metres to qualify for the CIS championships, where she is the defending champion and has won the national gold medal twice overall in her career.
Three other Lions booked their spots at the OUA championships in late February: thrower Ciji Service (Sarnia, Ont.) qualified in both the shot put and weight throw after finishing first (11.28 metres) and second (12.00 metres), respectively, in the two events on the weekend.
Also in the field, Alessandra Tartaglia (Toronto) recorded a new personal best in the pole vault with a jump of 3.20 metres, and Belanie DeGracia (Mississauga, Ont.) cleared 1.55 metres in the high jump.
The rest of the squad missed the meet as they were en route back from their December training camp in Florida. The entire team will return to action next weekend (Jan. 11-12) at the Can Am meet hosted by the University of Windsor. The meet will serve as a good warm-up event for the OUA championships, which will be hosted by the Lancers the last weekend of February (Feb. 23-24).
Source: York Sports Info
