New Records Set at the 2013 National Youth Track and Field Championships!

Remember all of the amazing performances by the athletes? Everyone did a fantastic job, and there were definitely some standouts! In fact, 12 new Championship records were broken:

- Girls' U16 200m: Zion Corrales-Nelson (BC), 24.53s

- Girls' U16 80m Hurdles: Chicago Bains (BC), 11.48s

- Girls' U16 Pentathlon: Nina Shultz (BC), 3332 pts

- Girls' U16 4x100m Relay: Team BC-Yukon, 47.69s

- Girls' U16 Pole Vault: Kassandra Hordal (AB), 3.20m

- Girls' U16 Discus: Grace Tennant (ON), 39.23m

- Girls' U16 Hammer Throw: Chanell Botsis (BC), 55.21m

- Womens' U18 Hammer Throw: Natasha Akbarizadeh (BC), 56.21m

- Boys' U16 Pentathlon: Jasper Schiedel (BC), 3257 pts

- Boys' U16 Shot Put: Joseph Maxwell (ON), 19.66m

- Boys' U16 Discus: Joseph Maxwell (ON), 63.22m

- Mens' U18 3000m Race Walk: Marek Adamowicz (Que), 12:47.97

Congratulations to our new Championship Record Holders!

Results Courtesy of Athletics Canada

Guess Who’s Coming to Langley? Nova Scotia locals are headed to Nationals!

Josh Bell had never been a part of his school track and field team in Nova Scotia until this year.

This weekend he will be competing at Nationals! In fact he currently holds the provincial gold medal for Discus in Nova Scotia.
 
In every competition he’s attended this year, he had surpassed his personal best and we can’t wait to see what he’s going to accomplish at the 2013 Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships!
 
Josh isn’t the only local kid representing Team Nova Scotia. Joining him are Sarah Milton (a fellow Bluenose Athletics athlete), James Lucas, and Tobias Wolter – the 2012 Canadian record holder for the 1500m Steeplechase.
 
Read all about Josh’s story in South Shore Now here.
 
Keep following our blog to stay up to date with all of the action at McLeod Athletic Park this weekend.
 
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Guess Who’s Coming to Langley? The 4x400m Relay Team from Mississauga!
 
The results are in, and the 4x400m Relay Team of Jordan Stanford, Alex Zaranek, Matthew Leliever and Cameron Nurse have qualified for Legion Nationals!

The foursome – from Etobicoke Track and Field Club, Mississauga – competed at the Ontario Championships and set the Canadian Record for the Male Under-17 4x400m Relay with a time of 3m 24.70s.
 
This event was reported in the Mississauga News. Click here to read the rest of the article.
 
For more information on the athletes, the events, and the championships, please visit the official site for the 2013 National Youth Track and Field Championships.
 
Best of luck to all our competitors!

Guess Who’s Coming to Langley? Keiran Leboe is aiming high for Nationals

Prince George's Keiran Leboe is ready for the big stage.

The 15 year old will be making his first Team BC appearance at the 2013 National Youth Track and Field Championships August 9-11 in Langley, BC.
 
He already passed the Team BC standard for Hammer Throw at the Jamboree as a member of the Prince George Track and Field Club and now he wants to take on the Canadian Legion record.
 
As reported to the Prince George Citizen, Leboe says, “The Canadian Legion record is only 53 metres, so I'd like to keep working and see if I can get up to 54 just to make sure nobody steals it the next year.”
 
We wish Keiran and all the competitors lots of luck at Nationals next weekend! It would definitely be exciting to see record be broken and history be made.
 
Click here to view the Prince George Citizen article.
 
For more information on the athletes, the events, and the championships, please visit the official site: YO.ca.

Chicago Bains breaks 27 year old BC Hurdles Record! 

History has been made by BC Athlete Chicago Bains. The 15 year old track star has set a new 80m Hurdles record with a time of 11.42 seconds! The previous record – 11.50 seconds – has stood since 1986.

You can see Chicago Bains and many other outstanding Canadian athletes at the 2013 Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships at McLeod Field, Langley, BC from August 9-11.
 

Stay up to date with the championships and Canada’s youngest rising stars at YO.ca
 
The Cowichan News Leader, the local paper in Bains’ hometown, reported on the event.
 
Click here to read their full article!