- YUTC MISS ONTARIO INDOOR TITLE BY 2pts!
Athletics Ontario Youth/Senior Championships were held last weekend and YUTC was well represented. In fact, the YUTC senior athletes scored a combined total of 48pts just 1pt back of first place team Take Flight Athletics.
Just image if we had entered all our seniors who where resting for this coming weekend’s OUA Championships?! Well, done!
YUTC Ontario Champions
Brooke RowlandYouth Girls High Jump
Kristin Obrochta Sr. Women’s Weight Throw
Elizabeth PetrovSr. Women’s Shot Put
YUTC Silver Medal Winners
David St. Bernard Sr. Men Triple Jump
Cynthia Appiah (jr)Sr Women’s Weight Throw & Sr. Women’s Shot
Suyi Georgewill (jr)Sr. Men’s Weight Throw
YUTC Bronze Medal Winners
Kaitlin CoopmanSr. Women’s 1500m
Suyi Georgewill Sr. Men Shot Put
- OUA CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK!!
OUA Track & Field Championship will be held this week at YorkUniversity on Friday, Feb 27th and Saturday, Feb 28th. Come out and watch the best university track & field has to offer.
The meet begins Friday afternoon at 12:30pm with the pentathlon. Then the bulk of the meet begins around 4pm with the exciting 4x200m relays!
Please visit the OUA Championship website for meet schedule and performance lists. Live Results will also be posted!!
- WELCOMING NEW ATHLETES!!
New AthleteAge Group/EventsCoach
Flora ChiangYouth / Horizontal JumpsDavid St. Bernard
- CALL FOR ENTRIES!
Coaches – I need your entries for the AO BMJ Championships before this Thursday evening.
FEBRUARY MEETS & ENTRY DEADLINES
YUTC Coaches Entry Due Date / Competition / Competition DateThurs, Feb 26th / AO Bantam, Midget, Junior Championships
Held at YU / March 7&8
3.NEXT FUNDRASING EVENT
Bantam, Midget, Junior AO Championships – March 7&8th
YUTC will be hosting only 2 more indoor meets and the next opportunity to gain volunteer hours will be May 2nd. Don’t wait until last moment – book your volunteer hours now with Coach Parkinson at . Here are the meets YUTC is hosting as fundraising events this indoor season. We need approximately 30 volunteers for each of these indoor meets, please volunteer.
March
7 to 8OTFA BMJ Championships
28York U High School Invitational
4. YUTC ATHLETES IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND!
OUA CHAMPIONSHIPS – YorkUniversity, Feb 27 & 28th
YUTC Has several athletes that will competing at the OUA Championships. Here is a list of YUTC athletes and the university they will be competing for:
YorkUniversity
Cynthia AppiahSP & WT
Randolph Fajardo60m, 300m, 4x200m, 4x400m
Suyi GeorgewillSP & WT
Tyrone Halstead60m, 300m, 4x200,
Heather HamiltonPV
Kevin Montgomery4x800m
Kristin Obrochta SP & WT
Elizabeth PetrovSP
Stefan Ristic4x800m
Mat Stiver-Balla300m, 4x200m
London Western
Sarah Manson SP & WT
University of Toronto
Chantelle Maryuen Middle Distance
University of Windsor
Eduardo Paulini Distance
MTA Provincial Championships, Sunday, March 1st
Venue: TTFC at YorkUniversity
Time: 9am
YUTC Athletes Competing and in which events:
Jack Sterling60m, 200m
Robert Lawand800m, 1500m
Michael ShuHe400m
Kelsey Horner800m, 1500m
Nikelle Marier60m, 200m
Alexandra Barnett60m, 200m
Stephanie Blom60m, 200m
Georgia Waller60m, 400m
Talia EnkinLong Jump
Katie Disimino200m, 400m
Lataya Charles60m, 200m
Please see the attached meet information package for the meet schedule.
Good luck to all YUTC Athletes!
5. AO’s ATHLETE/COACH MARCH BREAK CLINIC
Athletics OntarioFREE athlete/coach clinic!
Join them for this unique opportunity to train and learn from the best. Coaches and their athletes are invited to attend this session. The athletes will be guided through a technical practice with experienced coaches. Some basic testing will be done to point out areas for improvement.
Date:Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Time:9:45am to 3pm (bring a lunch)
Location: TrackCenter at YorkUniversity
Cost: FREE to Athletics Ontario Members
Ages: 14 to 17 years old.
Featured Coaches:
Milt Ottey – YorkUniversity Lions Jumps Coach
Desai Williams – Elite Edge TC – Sprints Coach
Angella Issajenko – Mississauga TC – Sprints Coach
Peter Pimm – University of Toronto - Distance Coach
Richard Parkinson – YorkUniversity Lions & YUTC - Throws Coach
Sue Wise – Athletics Ontario High Performance Coordinator
Tentative Schedule
9:45 – 10amAthlete Sign-in (note bring waiver signed)
10:00 – 10:30am Group Warm up
10:30 – 11:30am Event Specific Technical Work
11:30 – 12:30pmTesting
12:30 – 1:30pmLunch
1:00 – 2:00pmEvent Specific Training
2:00 – 2:30pmWarm-down / Wrap Up
To Register – complete the registration form that is on the and submit it by email to Athletics Ontario office. Do it now as there is a limit to 100 athletes.
6. YUTC WEBSITE -
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 bestrankings.
7. YUTC RESULTS:
Hamilton Spectator Games, Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Thurs Feb 19th
Heather Hamilton 1st PV 3.90m
Jeff Hayhoe Men PV - ?
Athletics Ontario Youth/Senior Indoor Championships – Feb 21st & 22nd
Youth WomenJustine Sparkes60m – 33rd 8.54
200m – 30th 28.54
Megan Mukai200m – 33rd 28.84 PB
400m – 30th 1.07.21 PB
Brooke RowlandHJ – 1st 1.66m
Chloe MajorHJ – 6th 1.50m
Sophie MacRaeHJ – 10th 1.50m
Youth Men
Vikram Kandeth60m – 32nd 8.00
200m - dnc
Evan Lanni200m – 28th 25.12
400m - dnc
Nicholas Smith 1,500m – 38th 4:47.36
3,000m – 26th 10:03.50
Senior Women
8 Medals by Senior Women!!
YUTC Sweeps Women’s Shot
Elizabeth PetroffSP – 1st 12.73m
Cynthia AppiahSP – 2nd 12.56m
WT – 2nd 13.98m
Kristin ObrochtaWT – 1st 17.05m – New YUTC & YU Rec
SP – 3rd 12.45m PB
Katie Coopman1500m – 3rd 4:45.49 SB
Sheree Mullings60m – 15th 8.37
LJ – 5th 4.76m
Senior Men
Suyi GeorgewillWT - 2nd 15.35m
SP – 3rd 12.73m
Francis Silva200m – 20th 23.79 SB
400m–17th 53.61 SB
David St. Bernard TJ – 2nd 14.48m
LJ – 12th 6.21m