First Place Female – Sadie-Jane Hickson

Lindsay Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Lindsay

Average: 93%

OFSAA Summary:

Qualified in Cross Country and Track and Field every year

Grade 12: 2ndplace, 1500m steeple chase 4:53

Grade 11: 14thplace, 3000m 10:34

District F Qualifier: 1stplace, 2000m 7:08

School Participation:

  • 4time athlete of the year, 5 time cross country MVP, 4 time track & field athlete of year
  • Vice-president, Athletic Union:(fund raising to assist in purchase of athletic equipment, organized meetings, athletic banquets, athletic points and publicity
  • Student council member: organized school dances, spirit events, BBQ’s
  • Spartan Squad: assist new students in school orientation
  • Team Captain: cross country and track & field teams: assist coaches, help new runners prepare for completion, lead warm-up and occasional practises, role model to provide ethics, fund raising for team uniforms, pre-season training sessions
  • Co-captain, wrestling team: led warm-ups, demonstrate drills and proper wrestling techniques
  • Intramural sports: indoor soccer, floor hockey, dodgeball, volley ball

Community Participation:

  • 4-H youth Ontario Ambassador: judging and showing livestock at agricultural fairs; visits to seniors at nursing homes; travelling throughout Ontario giving public speeches at conferences and youth camps sharing her experiences, representing the agricultural community, promoting programs, being a role model and providing inspiration for youth to become more self-confident
  • Volunteer at Leslie Frost Elementary School as coach for soccer, track & field and gym class assistant for children from kindergarten to Grade 8
  • Sunday school assistant: weekly Sunday School and week-long day camps

Graduation:

Guelph University: Bachelor of Science, major biomedical sciences

  • plant sciences or agricultural business at the agricultural college
  • attend varsity cross-country and track & field teams

Scholarships:Guelph University Entrance Scholarship - $3,000

Angelo & Frank Agro Scholarship - $7,000 over 4 years

Guelph Athletic Scholarship - $2,000

Elizabeth B. Weldon Bursary – undetermined amount

Second Place Female – Madison Greenough

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St. Catharines

Average: 97%

OFSAA Summary:

Qualified every year in cross country except for one year due to an injury

Qualified every year in track in field except Grade 9 where she did not compete

Grade 12: 10thplace, 1500m steeple chase, 5:16

Cambridge Classic Mile (1609m) 1st Place, 5:25

School Participation:

  • peer tutor assisting students in mathematics and science
  • selected as school Ambassador: planned open house and fund raising events, parent-teacher interviews, other school events
  • mathematic contest competitions, Grade 10 achieved highest score in Waterloo Math Contest
  • selected for a very competitive Brock University Science Mentorship Program: completed a mathematics research project in statistical analysis under supervision of 2 mentors; gave a presentation at the Brock University Mathematics Department and at the Canadian Education Conference
  • school badminton team, captain of school cross country team leading warm-ups and giving attention to younger runners in their training techniques
  • participated business competitions against other schools
  • participated in National Regional Science and Engineering Fair, winning the Brock University Mathematics Award at the fair

Community Participation:

  • numerous community fund raising activities, most notably raising a cumulative of $11,000 for Canadian Cancer Society on annual walks over six years where she also event organizer; this achievement motivated her to set high goals for herself and continue to help others
  • St. Catharines Rotary Club Australian exchange student, hosting Australian students in December 2016 and planning events: visited Australia in July 2017
  • Volunteered at track meets for elementary schools and Provincial Special Olympics
  • Assisted at Church Community children camps, school fun fairs

Graduation:

University of Waterloo: Bachelor of Mathematics

Wilfrid Laurier University: Bachelor of Business Administration

  • 5-year co-operative program, double degree program focused on Actuary Sciences and Statistics
  • Participation in varsity cross country and track & field teams

Scholarships:

  • Gene Luczkiw Sprit of Enterprise: $1,500
  • Cambridge Classic Mile Female Championship: $750

Third Place Female - Keili Shepherd

Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa

Average: 95%

OFSAA Summary:

Qualified cross country and track & field every year

Grade 12 – 8th place individual, team Bronze Overall Girls

Grade 9 – 9th place individual, team Silver Overall Girls

Grade 11, Team Gold, 16th individual; Grade 10, Team Silver, 19th individual

800m: Grade 9, 4thplace, 2:18; Grade 10, 3rd, 2:16; Grade 11, 10th, 2:16

1500m: Grade 9, 3rdplace, 4:45; Grade 10, 7th 4:40;

3000m: Grade 12, 12thplace, 10:25

Nike Rowland Games: 3000m 12th place, 10:20

OFSAA Nordic Ski, qualified every year, Grade 12, 12th place, Team Bronze

Soccer –Grade 3 to Grade 11

2015 competed in the Schwan USA Cup, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2013 Gothia Cup, (largest international youth competition)Gothenburg Sweden, quarter-finals

School Participation

  • Athletic Council: organized intramural sports, pep rallies, fund raising for equipment,
  • Glebe Unified Sports Team: provided developmentally delayed class opportunities to participate in school sports
  • volley ball, soccer, cross country skiing, lead morning spin workouts and yoga/fitness sessions
  • Intramural sports: dodge ball, soccer, floor hockey, Charity Dodge Ball Tournament, Spinathon
  • Winner of Dr. Robert A. Back Award, ($350) in recognition for a poem written by Keili

Community Involvement

  • Assistant Coach: Ottawa International Soccer Club
  • Sleep Out for Youth Homelessness (fund raising and sleeping outdoors)
  • Cheo Drive: raised funds for local hospital
  • Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale: wrapped gifts, stocking shelves, directing customers
  • assisted a Masters in Biomedical Engineering student in the designof orthopaedic braces

Graduation:

University of Ottawa, 5-year double degree program: B.Sc. biochemistry and B.Sc. chemical engineering

Scholarships:

University of Ottawa Research Scholarship, $10,000

University of Ottawa summer research assistant, $3,750, subsequent summer months: $$6,250

University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship: $4,500

First Place Male – Liam Donnelly

St. Mary Catholic Secondary School, Hamilton

Average: 95%

OFSAA Summary

Cross Country: Grade 12: 33th place, Grade 10: 12th place, Grade 9: 10th place

Track & Field: qualified every year

Grade 12, 3000m 11th place, 8:46

Grade 10, 3000m, 6th place, 9:03

2016 Canadian National Cross Country Championship: < 18, 12th place

2016 York H.S. Indoor 2000m, 1st place 5:46 (meet record)

2017 York H.S. Indoor 1500m, 1st place 4:01

Provincial Triathlon Team member: Junior Canadian Championships: < 18, 1st place, 7th overall, 2015

OFSSA Grade 12 Swim Team Qualifier

School Participation

  • Director’s Award for top male Grade 11 student
  • Student Council: organized fund raising and school spirit events, orientation BBQ’s
  • Athletic Council President: fund raise co-instructional school programs, organized special events,
  • Peer tutoring in mathematics during lunch hours
  • represented St. Mary at annual Euclid mathematics and computer competition
  • Assistant cross country coach: planned workouts, providing encouragement prior to race
  • Member of varsity teams: volley ball, swim, badminton

Community Involvement

  • Ontario Gleaners: prepared dehydrated vegetables for delivery to developing countries
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel BBQ, assisted in fund raising events including set up and clean up
  • Discomfort Zone Tri Club: Mentoring young triathletes, assisted with certification of athletes
  • Optimist Club of Strabane Essay Contest: Gold Medal, (Topic: Success not necessarily brings happiness but rather, happiness helps us achieve success)
  • Optimist Club of Strabane: 3-day Central Ontario Leadership Conference
  • Free the Children Initiative: Fund raising for local food banks; promoting awareness of denial of children rights in developing countries
  • Walk With Christ Pilgrimage to fund raise and support issues of developing countries

Graduation:

Western University, Dual Degree Program: B. Sc. Mathematics and Ivey Business HBA

Scholarships:

Western University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship, $12,000

Second Place Male – Braydon Clarke

Erin District High School, Erin (near Guelph)

Average: 85%

OFSAA Summary:

Cross Country, qualified every year:

Grade 12, 3rd place; Grade 10 7th place

Track and field, qualified every year

Grade 12, 1500m, 6th place 3:59;

Grade 10, 1500m 2nd place 3:59; 800m 3rd place 1:57

Grade 9, 1500m, 2nd place 4:00

School Participation:

  • Athletic council: organizing sporting events fund raising to purchase athletic equipment
  • Varsity basketball team
  • Organized intramural programs
  • Represented Erin High School in Guelph Dodgeball Tournament

Community Involvement:

  • Coached at 8 week summer sport camp training children to develop basic skills and techniques to give them a competitive advantage in track and field in a fun and positive environment
  • Fund raising for the Speed River Track and Field Club

Graduation:

University of Guelph, Bachelor of Science (Human Kinetics major)

Scholarships:

University of Guelph Entrance Scholarship, $2,000

University of Guelph Athletic Scholarship, $4,000

Third place male – Isaiah Frielink

Unity Christian High School, Barrie

Average: 88 %

OFSAA Summary:

Qualified every year

Cross Country: Grad 12, 10thplace

Track & Field:

Grade 12, 1500m 1st place, 3:54 3000m 2nd place 8:29

Rowland Games 2017: 3000m 1st place, 8:27

Athletics Ontario Junior Indoor Championships 2017: 1500m 2nd place, 4:03

1500m Night. 2017: 3rd place, 3:51

School Participation:

  • Athletics council
  • Varsitybasketball, volley ball

Community Involvement:

  • Serve Trip: 2014 weekend mission to repair bicycles for Syrian community in Richmond Hill
  • Serve Trip: 2015 week-long mission to help the homeless and the elderly on welfare, soup kitchen, cleaned their homes
  • Active member of Covenant CRC, youth group participation and helping community in Barrie

Community environmental initiatives:

  • Rain Garden: helped design and build and maintain school’s rain garden to reduce pavement runoff
  • Community Garden: 2014 worked to create garden and redesigned it in 2016
  • Successfully obtained grant from Rotary Club to fund water bottle refill station to reduce water waste at Unity school

Graduation:

University of Western Ontario: Bachelor of Engineering

Scholarships:

University of Western Ontario Athletic Scholarship: $4,500