When the 2014 Youth Track and Field Championships begin Yo.ca will be there - and so will Arielle Tessier.

Tessier, a fifteen-year-old from Maple, has had an extraordinary season. During the Royal Canadian Legion trials in Ontario (July 11 and 12) she captured gold finishes in both the 100 metre and 200 metre sprints. This feat was repeated soon after at the 2014 Ontario Federation of School Athletics Provincial Championships, where Tessier snagged double medals in track and OFSAA recognition.

Metro Regional Midget Girls Champion and CISAA Midget Girls Champion titles soon followed, branding Tessier as one of the most decorated athletes of the year. 

And now she has been chosen to join the prestigious RCL Team Ontario, lending her record-breaking speeds and indomitable spirit to the 2014 Legion Nationals.

Yo.ca can’t wait to see what Tessier will accomplish on the track!

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There will be many participants during the 2014 Youth Track and Field Championships. Boys and girls from across the country will descend upon McLeod Park, hoping to snag medals and records.

Yo.ca is proud to showcase these athletes - and we wish now to highlight Jenevieve Patry-Smith.

Patry-Smith is a 13-year-old member of the Royal City Track and Field Club and, during the Junior Development Meet, she stunned the locals with an exceptional performance - garnering a silver finish in the javelin category and bronze finishes in both the pole vault and shot put categories.

This, combined with an impressive gold finish at the Elwood Wylie Nanaimo Meet in May, ensured Patry-Smith a qualifying position at the 2014 Legion Nationals!

Yo.ca expects great things from this young athlete. We can’t wait to see how she performs at the Langley trials!

To learn more about Jenevieve Patry-Smith, as well as other Legion National athletes, contact Yo.ca.

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The Legion Nationals are just weeks away, and athletes are scrambling to earn a place at the podium.

Rebecca Herman is no exception.

Herman - a Collingwood teen, home-schooled and dedicated to her craft - will soon compete in the Royal Canadian Track and Field Provincial Championships (a regional qualifier for the 2014 Nationals). She’ll battle other teens for the right to represent Ontario, having already proved herself proficient in the javelin and shot put.

If successful Herman will advance to the Legion Nationals, competing against the country’s best young athletes and earning attention from sponsors and coaches alikes.

Yo.ca wishes her well and can’t wait to see what she accomplishes at the Royal Canadian Championships!

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