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Masters Women - 8km Run

Spartans Masters athletes all did very well at the 4th Edition of the World Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships, held in Kamloops, BC, March 1 - 6.

4x200m Relay

W50 - Gold Medal - Canadian Record

W45 - Silver Medal - Canadian Record

Spartans athletes show strong results at the first indoor meet of the season

Speed and Power

Distance

Dino Opener Results December 05/2009: Dino Opener the first Indoor Meet of the 2009/2010 season started off on a great note for our group with three athletes getting personal best, five first place finishes, one second place finish an one third place finish.

300m Open Women

300m Open Men

800m 14yr Old Boys

800m Open Women

800m Open Men

3000m Open Women

3000m Open Men

Sprint and Hurdles

Junior Women 5km Race: (165 Competitors)

Junior Men 8km Race: (202 Competitors)

Senior Women 7km Race: (53 Competitors)

Senior Men 10km Race: (92 Competitors)

Lisa Harvey with her 5th place finish has once again qualified to represent Canada and the Spartans at the Americas Cross Country Championships (formerly the NACAC Cross Country Championships) March 6, 2010 in Trinidad & Tobago. In order for the Canadians to qualify for the IAAF World Cross country Championships which are being held in Bydqoszcz, Poland the team must first finish in the top 2 among the competing NACAC countries at the Americas Championships.

Since the first NACAC Cross Country Championships began in 2006 the Canadian Senior Women’s Team have won it twice (2007 & 2008) and finished second twice (2006 & 2009).

If Lisa and the rest of the Canadian Senior Women’s team can continue this trend then this will be Lisa’s Unbelievable 11th World Cross Country Championships Team dating back to 1989. Lisa best results at World Cross Country as a Junior was 6th place and as a Senior 32nd place.

Congratulations Lisa Harvey on an amazing running career that has spanned now over 20 amazing years!!!

Full results

Thanks to all the prizes sponsors; Gord’s Running Store (gift cards, shoes, socks, etc), Rich Hesketh (Flames tickets and Jersey), Manyana, FitterFirst (various fitness apparatus), Edge Technology (Hitman Tickets), Chapters, Roots, The Keg, Gap

Pictures from Steve Burger, password = tripod

OUTSTANDING ATHLETES

• JD Group
  Male – Callum Westaway
  Female – Emma Dixon
• Midget
  Male – Simon-Daniel Jolicoeur
  Female – Emily Roth
• Junior
  Female – Danielle Kendall
• Youth
  Female – Evelyn Anderson
• Senior
  Male – Evan Kimick
  Female – Samantha Anderson
• Masters
  Male – Brian Harris
  Female – Sheryl Schoenthaler

MOST IMPROVED ATHLETE

• JD Group
  Male – Tyson Hoskins
  Female – Carly Kimmet
• Distance – Evelyn Anderson
• Speed and Hurdles – Evelyn Burnett
• Combined Events – Maple “Syrup” Liu

SPIRIT AWARD

• JD Group - Lauren Cosman
• Distance – Travis Brown
• Speed and Hurdles - Katelyn Hunerfauth
• Combined Events – Bonnie Liu

TEAM AWARDS

• North American Hersheys Championships
  Emma Dixon and Callum Westaway
• Canada Summer Games
  Danielle Kendall, Evan Kimick, Owen DeLange
• Legions Nationals
  Simon-Daniel Jolicoeur

SPECIAL AWARDS

• JD Points Award
  Callum Westaway, Alexandra Burk
• Bingo Recognition Award
  Samantha Anderson won two Flames tickets; drawn from the dedicated volunteers pool
  Bill Liu nominated Bill “Bingo Barn” Liu…hardest bingo volunteer

Congratulations to Greg Urbanczyk for winning the “grand prize”; an autographed Flames Jersey donated by Rich Hesketh.

Congratulations to all Spartans athletes for an amazing outdoor season and to the following athletes that are still training and have made various Alberta Teams. Results and links will be posted when available, stay tuned:

• Western Canadian Midget Championship - Simon-Daniel Jolicoeur - Shot Put, Discus, Javelin
  Western Canadian Midget Champion in Shot Put - 13.59m
  Fourth in Javelin, Third in Discus - Full Results
• Legions Nationals Results - Simon-Daniel Jolicoeur - Shot Put (13.19m 6th), Discus (41.29m 5th)


• Tri-Province Meet Aug 8-9
  
  Danielle Kendall:
  Women 400m Sprint:
  2nd place with a time of 56.25
  Women 200m Sprint:
  4th place with a time of 25.65
  
  Evan Kimick:
  Men 400m Hurdles:
  2nd place with a time of 54.77
  Men 400m Sprint:
  5th place with a time of 49.24
  
  Owen deLange:
  Men 3000m Steeple Chase:
  2nd place with a time of 9:43.29
  
  Peter Corrigan:
  Men 1500m:
  1st Place with a time of 3:54.35
  
  Team Alberta 4x400m Relay:
  Women:
  The women team won the Gold
  Danielle Kendall had the fastest split time for the women with a hand time of 55.87
  
  Men:
  The men team was an exciting finish which had to be determined by a photo finish unfortunately Saskatchewan took the gold by two thousandth of a second!
  Evan Kimick had the fastest split time for the men with a hand time of 47.78


• Hershey North American Championships - Emma Dixon - 400m, Callum Westeway - 800m
• Canada Summer Games - Evan Kimick - 400m,400mH & 4X400m Mark Baerg - Combined, Owen DeLange - 3000m Steeplechase, Peter Corrigan - 1500m, Danielle Kendall - 400m & 4x400m

Simon-Daniel competed in the Midget Provincial Championships July 30-31 in Medicine Hat in Discus, Javelin and Shot Put. First event was Discus, after two standing throws around the 30m mark, he was in third place. He started spinning and threw a 5 meters PB, 37.78m and secured the silver. Second event was Javelin, Simon kept his best throw for the last, 34...m, and with it captured the silver. Last event, Shot Put. He started gliding on the third attempt and threw 12.16m for another silver while putting pressure on the first place thrower.

Simon-Daniel has recently joined the Speed and Power group, training with Rich Hesketh. He is looking forward to improve those marks and to a strong showing at the Western Canadian Midget Championships, July 11-12, in Medicine Hat.

Mother's Day Run And Walk

Indoor Provincials brought about some great results with a number of athletes running their personal best and moving way up in the rankings Provincially and Nationally!

Evelyn Anderson, is the Alberta Juvenile Girls 2009 Indoor 1500m Provincial Champion with a new personal best time of 4:50.61, Evelyn is also the Juvenile Girls 2009 Indoor 3000m Provincial Champion and also set a new personal best time of 10:34.53 for this race as well. Evelyn is now currently ranked #1 for Juvenile girls indoors in the province for both the 1500m & 3000m.

Heather Stark, is the Alberta Junior Girls 2009 Indoor 800m Provincial Champion with a new personal best time of 2:20.81 however she had a lot more in the tank so I’m sure were going to see even faster times from Heather in the summer! Heather also received a Silver Medal and a new Personal best time for the Junior Women 1500m race with a time of 4:55.55. Heather is now currently ranked #1 for Junior Girls indoor in the province for the 800m and #3 for the 1500m.

The Speed and Power group had strong results; BJ with new W50 Canadian records in LJ and HJ and Jovette HJ to a new PB. Bonnie was still nursing an injury, but it did not stop her from throwing her best shot put. Karen had great result in TJ and Sam in LJ. Maple also competed strong, just back from Canada West CIS.

From what I could see throughtout the two days competitions, the Junior Development Group were very dominating in their respective age group. Great job all!

Lisa wrote:

Lisa Harvey runs an amazing time of 1:18:27.4 at the "First Half" Vancouver half-marathon

Second overall female among 1118

Second among 84 in her age group; 35-39

38 overall among 2031 runners

Great start to the opening of the 08/09 Indoor Track & Field Season for our Middle & Long Distance group of athletes

300m Event Results

800m Event Results

3000m Event Results

Junior Nationals

Calgary Spartan athletes glitter with medals after bringing home Gold, Silver and Bronze from the 2008 Canadian Junior National Track & Field Championships in Abbotsford, British Columbia!

Peter Corrigan is the 2008 Junior Men’s 1500m Canadian National Champion!

After being named CIS Rookie of the Year for Cross Country and earning a spot on Team Canada for 2008 World Cross Country Championships Peter capped the 2008 Track & Field Season off in perfect fashion by taking the Junior Men’s 1500m National Title by almost a full second. With 700m to go Peter took over the lead in the men’s 1500m and never let it go pulling away from the field and winning the Junior Men’s 2008 1500m National Championships!

Danielle Kendall Lead and Evan Kimick Anchored the two Alberta 4x400m Relay teams to a Bronze & Silver Medal!

Danielle Kendal brings home a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay team by taking the lead leg and gaining a lead for Team Alberta as they went on to capture the 2008 Canadian Junior National Championships Bronze Medal in the Women’s 4x400m Relay, While Evan Kimick anchored the Men’s team to a silver medal in the 4x400m relay.

2008 Canadian Junior National Track & Field Championships Results for Calgary Spartan Athletes;

Peter Corrigan:

Men’s 1500m Finals: 2008 Canadian Junior National Champion (Gold)

Evan Kimick:

Men’s 4x400m Relay: 2nd Place (Silver)
Men’s 400m Finals: 10th Place

Danielle Kendall:

Women’s 4x400m Relay: 3rd Place (Bronze)
Women’s 400m Finals : 7th Place

Ryan Wilkes:

Men’s 100m Prelims: 6th Place

Heather Starks:

Women’s 800m Prelims: 33rd Place

2008 Masters Canadian & US Nationals

Spartans master athletes rounded up their competitive season with a blast; strong finishes and setting new Alberta and Canadian records.

Pictures from Steve Burger

Pentathlon

BJ Freeman Gold 3588
Jovette jolicoeur Silver 2879

Long Jump

BJ Freeman Gold
Susanne Lauridsen Gold
Darcy Meyers Gold

100m

Sheryl Schoenthaler Gold
Susanne Lauridsen Bronze
Evelyn Burnett Bronze
Darcy Meyers Bronze
Brian Harris Silver

Discus

Jovette Jolicoeur Gold

Shot Put

Darcy Meyers Bronze
Jovette Jolicoeur Gold
BJ Freeman Silver

High Jump

BJ Freeman Gold

200m

Sheryl Schoenthaler Gold
Susanne Lauridsen Silver
Brian Harris Silver
Darcy Meyers Bronze

Javelin

Jovette Jolicoeur Gold
BJ Freeman Silver

Short Hurdles

BJ Freeman Gold
Susanne Lauridsen Gold

Long Hurdles

Susanne Lauridsen Gold

Tripple Jump

Susanne Lauridsen Gold

4 x 100m

BJ Freeman Gold
Jovette Jolicoeur Gold
Sheryl Schoenthaler Gold
Susanne Lauridsen Gold

4 x 400m

Sheryl Schoenthaler Gold

US Nationals

4 x 100m Gold Medal and New Canadian Record

Full US Results

Shot Put

Jovette Jolicoeur 4th

400m

Susanne Lauridsen Silver

Short Hurdles

Suzanne Lauridsen W50 Gold
BJ Freeman W45 Bronze

Long Jump

Suzanne Lauridsen W50 Silver New Canadian Record
BJ Freeman W45 Silver
Jovette Jolicoeur W45 4th

Discus

Jovette Jolicoeur 4th (again)

Javelin

BJ Freeman 4th and a huge PR
Jovette Jolicoeur 7th

100m

Sheryl Schoenthaler W40 5th
Susanne Lauridsen W50 Bronze

200m

Sheryl Schoenthaler W40 Bronze
Susanne Lauridsen W50 Silver

300m Hurdles

Susanne Lauridsen Gold and a new Canadian Record

Tripple Jump

Susanne Lauridsen Silver

Hammer Throw

Jovette Jolicoeur 4th (once more) and a new Alberta Record

2008 Alberta Summer Games

Bonnie Liu

Bonnie won the toughest event for women in Track and Field at ASG!

She had several PR performances along the way including the score.

She PRed in Hurdles, Javelin, 800m, and 200m.

Her score of 3096 is impressive for her first Heptathlon.

Evelyn Anderson

You would never know that Evelyn Anderson is brand new to the sport of Track & Field if you looked at the times she has run this year! Evelyn capped off here amazing first year in the sport with a Silver Medal in the Girls 800m at the 2008 Alberta Summer Games which were held in Medicine Hat. It was unfortunate that Evelyn who is the reigning 2008 Midget Girls 1500m Alberta Provincial Champion & ranked #1 in the Province for Midget Girls and was favoured to win gold was unable to toe the line due to sickness. Evelyn however still sick mustered up the energy the next day for the 800m finals and went on to capture the silver medal missing gold by only less then 4 tenths of a second. As we move into the new season we will be looking forward to some great things from Evelyn!

Championship website, see full results and pictures.

Peter Corrigan 66th
Junior Canadian Team 7th

Lisa Harvey 77th
Senior Women Canadian Team 12th

Has qualified for IAAF cross-country finals

Rick Northrop

Calgary Herald

CREDIT: John Roberts, MoondancePhoto.ca

Peter Corrigan, centre, is one of three Calgarians heading to the IAAF cross-country running world championships at the end of March in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Stuck in a pack with about 15 other runners, Peter Corrigan decided to make his move.

Turning on the jets, he tore past the group and his main competition, Kyle O'Neill of western Ontario, at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport cross-country running championships.

At the finish line Corrigan gazed back, and the realization hit him. His burst of speed at the end of the
10-kilometre championship race on Nov. 10 in Victoria's Beacon Hill Park had not only given him CIS rookie of the year, it also placed him on the all-Canadian squad.

"Crossing the line, I knew I was rookie of the year," says Corrigan, who was raised in Calgary and finished 11th overall in November's race while wearing the colours of Halifax's Dalhousie University Tigers. "I was thinking, 'Wow, it was pretty much a flawless season. Every goal I wanted to accomplish, I accomplished.' "

A few weeks later, on Dec. 1 at Guelph, Ont., Corrigan finished sixth at the Canadian junior cross-country championships - and that result qualified him for the upcoming 36th International Association of Athletics Federation world cross-country championships on March 30 at Edinburgh, Scotland.

Fellow Calgarian distance runners Nyial Majock and Lisa Harvey will join him.

Steve Adams has been Corrigan's coach for two and a half years but he's hesitant to make any bold predictions regarding the outcome of worlds in Edinburgh.

"I'm hoping for a top 50, top 40 . . . that would be great," says Adams. "But you never know what can happen.

"This is an intense competition."

Headlining the world championships will be runners from distance powerhouse Ethiopia, including five-time IAAF cross-country champion Kenenisa Bekele.

At first Corrigan, 19, who lives in Halifax, wasn't sure what goals to set in the face of such stiff competition. Despite his success on Canadian soil, surely he wouldn't be able to win, would he?

"Top North American would be really nice, or top Canadian, even," says Corrigan, who ran in Calgary for Bowness High School and the Calgary Spartans track club. "That's how I am looking at it. I'm not looking at being in the top 50 or top 60."

However, Corrigan does have youth and dedication on his side. Adams said Corrigan has poured himself into his training, staying healthy and progressively getting better along the way.

"When he wants to go after something, he really puts his mind to it. He does everything in his lifestyle that he has to do in order to obtain that goal," says Adams.

This is just the first step, according to Adams. He thinks we'll see Corrigan wearing the Maple Leaf for Canada at the Olympics one day.

"I think he's going to be somebody we're going to see competing at a world level in the future," says Adams.

After worlds in Edinburgh, the pair plan on traveling to the IAAF world junior championships from July 8 to 13 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Corrigan says he is a career runner and doesn't foresee a time in the near future when he'll hang up the shoes.

"I'm never going to stop running," he says.

"I definitely want to be running competitively as long as I can."

Spartans Masters set new Canadian Records...again!

Lots more pictures, thanks to Steve Burger.

Women 6k Run Senior

1. Douma-Hussar, Carmen- Canada 19:24
2. Hinds, Korene- Jamaica 19:33
3. Trotter, Kathleen- USA 19:35
4. Ramsey, Serena- USA 19:36
5. Dromgolle, Erin- USA 19:37
6. Wightman, Elizabeth- Canada 19:41
7. Maldonado, Zenaida- Puerto Rico 19:58
8. Doetzel, Danette- Canada 20:07
9. Harvey, Lisa- Canada 20:09
10. Coria, Michelle- Puerto Rico 20:11
11. Hyman, Marderea- Jamaica 20:13
12. MacLean, Erin- Canada 20:18
13. Moody, Tera- USA 20:42
14. Valles, Carmen- Puerto Rico 20:58
15. Binne-Huse, Suzanne- Canada 21:08
16. Mendex, Erika- Puerto Rico 21:22
17. Stewart, Bobette- Jamaica 22:09
18. James, Merrica- Jamaica 22:15

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Team Scores

1. Canada
   Total Time: 1:19:21.00
   Average: 19:50.25
   
   
2. United States of America
   Total Time: 1:19:30.00
   Average: 19:52.50
   
   
3. Puerto Rico
   Total Time: 1:22:29.00
   Average: 20:37.25
   
   
4. Jamaica
   Total Time: 1:24:10.00
   Average: 21:02.50

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Men 6k Run Junior

1. Kuternin, Aleksandr- Canada 17:21
2. Sheridan, Ryan- USA 17:23
3. Brendan, Gregg- USA 17:32
4. Majock, Nyial- Canada 17:47
5. Williams, Kevin- USA 17:51
6. Ahmed, Mohammad- Canada 17:54
7. Corrigan, Peter- Canada 18:08
   
8. Britt, Barry- Canada 18:09
9. Jackson, Rob Canada 18:11
10. Otero, Jean Carlos- Puerto Rico 18:37
11. Ortiz, Luis- Puerto Rico 18:52
12. Cruz, Reimanuel- Puerto Rico 18:58
13. Rodriguez, Luis- Puerto Rico 19:25
14. Mendez, Cesar- Puerto Rico 19:29
15. Roman, Frenando- Puerto Rico 19:38
16. Newbold, Lacquardo- Bahamas 20:49
17. Lacquardo, Trevino- Bahamas 22:18

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Team Scores

1. Canada
   Total Time: 1:11:10.00
   Average: 17:47.50
   
   
2. Puerto Rico
   Total Time: 1:15:52.00
   Average: 18:58.00

Spartans athletes of all ages, had some awesome performances in Edmonton.

Masters athletes show off their great competition shape, with new Alberta/Canadian records and personel bests.

Also,
Lisa Harvey placed second at the First Half Marathon held in Vancouver BC on Feb. 10. Her time was 1:19.

Well this weekend provincials proved to be a great one. The JD Group came home a little bit heavier. This year's Combined Events Provincials proved to be a very succesful one not only at an individual level, but also as a group.

Junior Men

Peter Corrigan, who was this years CIS Rookie of the year for Cross Country had the race of his life at the AGSI Junior Men's Canadian National Cross Country Championships. For the first 3km Peter took a commanding lead on a very cold, tough and snow covered course. In the end Peter would give up that lead to place 6th place but at the same time earn himself a guaranteed spot on the very powerful Canadian Junior Men's Team. Peter Corrigan will be part of the 2008 XC team who will first compete at the NACAC Cross Country Championships in Early March and then head off to represent Canada & the Spartans in Edinburg, Scotland at the World Cross Country Championships on March 30, 2008! Congratulations Peter, all of your hard work and determination has finally paid off! This is just step one to a very promising and hopefully long career at the World Class level of Distance Running.

Spencer Pootz also ran a great race at the AGSI Junior Men's Canadian National Cross Country Championships. Spencer Pootz ran a great race on the very cold and tough snow packed course placing only 1min and 3 seconds out of the top 10 placing him 42nd out of a very tough field of 201 Junior Men, the largest field of competitors at this years Canadian Cross Country Championships!

Senior Women

Lisa Harvey, took the course as the weather began to drop to very uncomfortable conditions and ran on a very beaten up snow covered course against some of the countries top female distance runners. Lisa who has been a member of many Canadian Cross Country Teams since she was a Junior Athlete placed 11th and earned her spot in the Selection Pool which considers the top 12 places at the trials for Team Selection. As only 6 members will represent each team her placement on the Canadian National Team heading to Worlds is yet to be determined.

Videos and Interviews from This years Canadian Cross Country Championships can be viewed at the FloTrack Website.

Lisa Harvey finished 9th in this International Marathon Full Results

Juniors Nationals

Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase Final

Men 5000 Meter Run Final

Men 1500 Meter Run Final

Women 3000 Meter Run Final

Women 400 Meter Dash Final

15. Kendall, Danielle - Calgary Spartans 58.31

Seniors Nationals

Andrew Ching - 9th High Jump - 2.00m

Masters Nationals (Canadian & US)

BJ Freeman, Susanne Lauridsen and Jovette Jolicoeur ended their outdoor season with personnal bests and came back with extra weight in their luggage:

Canadian Masters Championships full results
Pictures by Steve Burger
Pictures by Doug Smith

BJ Freeman: 7 gold and 1 silver (PB's 80mH 13.47, JT 20.56m)
Susanne Lauridsen: 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
Jovette Jolicoeur: 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze (PB 200m 30.86)

US Masters Championships full results
Pictures by Doug Smith

BJ Freeman: 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze (PB's JT 21.19m, 800m 2:50, 80mH 13.29 CA W45 record)
Susanne Lauridsen: 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze (PB 400mH 1:28.32)

2007 USCAA Corporate Cup National Championships full results
Pictures

Jovette Jolicoeur: 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze (PB Shot Put 8.92m)

2007 Hershey's North American Championships

Full results

A couple of weeks ago, one of the JD Group athletes was chosen to represent Region 3 in the 9-10 year old girls 100m for the 2007 Hershey's North American Championships, held in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

The Calgary Spartans would like to congratulate Kenny Shokoya on her selection, and her outstanding performance in the 100m. She finished 4th overall and second amongst all 9 year olds. Great job Kenny!

Amanda McLeod and Ken Myers win HSBC Marathon

See videos from the meet

Great Spartans results

The rain and the wind didn't stop the Calgary Spartans JD Group with coming away with some medals and more importantly, achieving many personal bests.

One of the big winners from the team was Rona Herzog. In only her second time competing in the Speed and Stamina Triathlons, she not only came away a double gold medal winner, but shattered many of her PBs. She set new PBs in overall points in the Speed and Stamina, she beat her old 100m PB by 0.4 seconds, her Shot Put by almost 50cm, her Long Jump by almost 30cm, and her 800m time by 9 seconds. Well done Rona!

Another double gold winner was Nicole Ronsky. She won the Bantam 100m and 200m in less than ideal sprinting conditions. Nicole ran the 100m like if she was a seasoned pro. She won the prelims with a fast time of 14.17s (a new PB by 0.2 seconds). But she wasn't done there. She followed that performance in the finals by being the only girl to run under 14 seconds in the race, 13.77s, shaving off an unheard of 0.4 seconds off her PB that she set a couple hour earlier. But Nicole saved her best performance for last. She won her 200m in a time of 28.69s, beating her old PB by 2 seconds. Well done Nicole!

And finally rounding out the top three performances for the weekend was Kenny Shokoya. She finished a tight second in the Speed Triathlon behind Rona, but set some unbelievable PBs. She beat her old point total PB by 121 pts, ran her 100m 1.15 seconds faster, threw 70cm farther in Shot Put, and jumped 40cm farther in Long Jump. Well done Kenny!

Other athletes that bested their previous PBs (New PB vs Old PB):

Alex Burk
Speed Triathlon (323 pts vs 286 pts)
Stamina Triathlon (352 pts vs 303 pts)
Long Jump (2.50m vs 2.40m)
800m (3:17.85 vs 3:26.94)

Saeed Shokoya
Speed Triathlon (693 pts vs 436 pts)
100m (14.27s vs 14.95s)

Taiwo Shokoya
100m (16.78s vs 18.19s)

Krystine Samson
100m (16.60s vs 16.99s)

Simon-Daniel Jolicoeur
Shot Put (10.35m vs 9.70m)
Long Jump (3.10m vs 2.89m)

Aisha Shokoya
100m (13.85s vs 12.73s)

Again a big thank you goes out to the parents for "wading" in the make shift pool, we call Foothills Track.

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The Middle & Long Distance Group had some awesome performances regardless of the weather. Notable standouts this weekend were:

Ciara Kary: Gold in both the Midget Girls 800m & 1500m
Danielle Kendall: Gold in the WCSG Trials 400m and Bronze in the 200m
Peter Corrigan: Gold in the WCSG Trials 1500m
Owen deLange: Gold in the WCSG Trials 3000m steeplechase & Bronze in the 3000m
Spencer Pootz: Silver in the WCSG Trials 3000m
Evan Kmick: Bronze in the WCSG 200m and 5th in the 400m
Wol Ngor: Silver in the Senior Men 1500m

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Athletes from the Sprints/Hurdles & Speed/Power Groups also showed strong results in spite of the weather conditions. Personnel bests were set:

BJ Freeman: 200m (29.38), SP (8.11m) and a new Canadian W45 record in 80m in a time of 13.68.
Jovette Jolicoeur: Javelin (18.98m)
Maple Liu: Javelin (23.35m)

WCSG Team members:

Peter Corrigan: 1500m
Owen deLange: 3000mSC & 3000m
Andrew Ching: LJ & HJ
Evan Kimick: Alternate

The Calgary Spartans Junior Development sent up a strong contingent to the 2007 Hershey Provincials held this year in Edmonton at Foote Field. With a strong showing at the qualifying meet in Calgary, there was high hopes to carry on the success in Edmonton. Athletes that qualified for the provincials were Alex Burk, Nicole, Ronsky, Saeed Shokoya, Kenny Shokoya, Aisha Shokoya, Taiwo Shokoya, Jenna McIntyre, Rona Herzog, Pascal Herzog, Simon Jolicoeur, Cody Wenkoff. Krystine Samson and Mallory Kroeker did qualify but could not make the trip to Edmonton.

With a beautiful day to compete under, many of the Spartans were able to come back to Calgary with an assortment of colourful ribbons for finishing in the top 8.

Alex Burke - 8th in the 9-10 year old girls 200m
Nicole Ronsky - 6th in the 13-14 year old girls 200m
Saeed Shokoya - 1st in the 10-11 year old boys 100m and 2nd in the 200m
Kenny Shokoya - 1st in the 9-10 year old girls 100m and 1st in the 200m
Aisha Shokoya - 5th in the 13-14 year old girls 100m and 3rd in the 200m
Taiwo Shokoya - 4th in the 9-10 year old boys 50m
Jenna McIntyre - 7th in the 11-12 year old girls 800m
Simon Jolicoeur - 5th in the 13-14 year old boys Ball Throw
Cody Wenkoff - 4th in the 13-14 year old boys 800m and 4th in the 1600m

Honourable mentions go out to Aisha Shokoya who just missed out in the top 8 with a 9th place finish in the Standing Long jump, Nicole Ronsky who just missed out making the 100m finals with a 9th place finish missing the finals by a tenth of a second, and Cody Wenkoff who missed the top 8 in Ball Throw is a 9th place finish. We would also like to note that even through Rona and Pascal Herzog did not finish in the top 8 in their respective events, they had some personal best in their events. Both shattered their personal best in Ball Throw (Rona and Pascal) and Standing Long Jump (Pascal).

Another huge shout goes out to the parents of the athletes. On behalf of Trish, myself and the athletes we like to thank the parents for their spirited support and the chauffeuring skills.

It was great to see that everyone had success at the Hershey's Provincials but most importantly everyone had fun.

This weekend Danielle Kendall went under the World Youth Qualifying Standards mark for the 400m (which is set at 56.87) with a time of 56.62 at the 2007 Calgary Spring Combined Events Meet. Currently this ranks Danielle #2 in the Country for Youth Women in the 400m and as of now a spot on the Canadian National Team for the 2007 World Youth Championships taking place in Ostrava, Czech Republic from July 11 - 15.

Combined Events Sunday Afternoon Slide Show (Steve Burger, Photographer)

Rona Herzog (11 & Under) - 2nd Triathlon Speed, 3rd Triathlon Stamina
Kenny Shokoya (11 & Under) - 4th Triathlon Speed
Alexandra Burk (11 & Under) - 5th Triathlon speed, 5th Triathlon Stamina
Nicole Ronsky (12-13) - 2nd Tetrathlon Speed
Aisha Shokoya (14-15) - 2nd 100m
Kate-Lyn Gordey (16-17) - 6th 100m, 3rd 200m
Kiyomi Lee (16-17) - 7th 100m
Pam Williams (Senior) - 13th 100m (Prelim), 4th 400mH
Evelyn Burnett (Master) - 16th 100m (Open Prelim )
Sheryl Schoenthaler (Master) - 13th 100m (Open)
Danielle Kendall (Senior) - 3rd 200m, 2nd 400m
Ciara Kary (14-15) - 1st 800m, 1st 1500m
Veronica Nhukwete (Senior) - 6th 800m
Courtney Scott (14-15) - 3rd 80mH
Kylee Whetstone (18-19) - 5th HJ (Open), 10th LJ (Open)
Susanne Lauridsen (Master) - 9th LJ (Open)
Maple Lui (Senior) - 1st Shot Put, 1st Javelin
BJ Freeman (Master) - 1st Heptathlon
Jovette Jolicoeur (Master) - 2nd Heptathlon

Saeed Shokoya (11 & Under) - 2nd Triathlon Speed
Simon-Daniel Jolicoeur (12-13) - 1st Tetrathlon Throws, 1st Tetrathlon Jumps
Felix Choo (Senior) - 5th 100m, 6th 200m (Prelim), 1st LJ
Ryan Wilkes (16-17) - 1st 200m
Richard Gallimore (Senior) - 4th 200m
Terry Jennet (Master) - 5th 200m (Open)
Scott Zatylny (Senior) - 1st 800m
Pascal Herzog (14-15) - 4th 1500m, 3rd Discus,1st Javelin
Wol Ngor (Senior) - 3rd 1500m
Mark Furlong (Senior) - 4th 1500m
Mark Zatylny (18-19) - 3rd 110mH
Greg Urbanczyk (Senior) - 2nd LJ, 1st Shot Put, 2nd Javelin

BJ Freeman & Jovette Jolicoeur with Coach Rich
All smiles after the Heptathlon!


Simon-Daniel Jolicoeur, 1st Tetrathlon Jumps and Throws

Spartans athletes do well in Eugene

Amanda McLeod placed 2nd for females and 23rd overall. Also in the race was John Cadman who placed 54th overall.

The Calgary Spartans captured 3 Gold, 1 Silver & 3 Bronze at this weekend Idaho State University Spring Fest Relays held In Pocatello, Idaho.

Ciara Kary (2nd Yr. Midget):

Danielle Kendall (2nd Yr. Juvenile):

Spencer Pootz (1st Yr. Junior):

Peter Corrigan (1st Yr. Junior):

Owen deLange (2nd Yr. Junior):

Mark Furlong (Senior):

10Mile 30-39 Female

1/13 MCLEOD, AMANDA 01:05:15.80 CALGARY

Spartans Masters compete in Boston

60m

200m

400m

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Harry's Spring Run-Off 8 Km (4.97 Miles), Vancouver: ELITE RACE

JD Group competes at Provincials (March 3-4)

Suzanne Lauridsen

Susanne chattered the W45 Long Jump Canadian record of 4.52m that she just matched a few weeks ago with her best ever jump of 4.70m, at the Alberta Provincial Championships Saturday March 3.

Jovette Jolicoeur, Adele Thompson, BJ Freeman, Darlene Felix

On March 4, BJ Freeman and Jovette Jolicoeur teamed up with Adele Thompson from Cranbrook and Darlene Felix from Edmonton to set the W35 4x400m (indoor) record, running 4:49.67.

Peter Corrigan a first year Junior with his time run in Pocatello Idaho at the Simplot Games has him at this time ranked #4 overall in the Country.

2007 CANADIAN INDOOR RANKINGS

800m

1:51.33 Matt Lincoln 82 1 Toronto(MC) Feb 18

1:53.27 Darren Mazzei Feb 10

1:54.81 Justin Duncan 88 2 Toronto(MC) Feb 18

1:54.98 Peter Corrigan 89 2 Pocatello Feb 17

1:55.06 Krisjan Hunter Iowa State Feb 09

1:55.22 Sheldon Kilcullen Iowa State Feb 09

1:56.82 James Paul 89 3 Toronto Feb 18

1:57.68 Brian Cummings 88 1 Toronto(MC) Feb 18

Oversized Track (+100m)

Boys 3200m

Girls 1600m

Girls 800m

Check out the final on video

Boys 800m

Check out the heats on video

Check out the final on video

Calgary Spartans Individual and Team Results from the 2006 Canadian National Cross Country Championships

Junior Women 5km Race:(145 runners in the race)

Junior Men 8km Race:(129 runners in the race)

Senior Women's 6km Race:(41 runners in the race)

Senior Men's 10km Race:(71 runners in the race)

Gold

Silver

Bronze