2009 Reports
2009 Track and Field Season
VANCOUVER OLYMPIC CLUB MEET, April 25
Kajaks Elementary-aged athletes were off to a great start at the first meet
of the season. Sara Cathcart showed excellent form winning the long jump,
while Gurleen Bhandal took gold in shot put. Among the boys Connor
Forsyth won the high jump and finished third in shot put, while Jamieson
Lee and Levi Ursel were off to a good start in their first
competition.
F11 Gurleen Bhandal 1st SP 7.45m
F11 Sara Cathcart 1st LJ 3.58m, 5th 60m 9.21, 10th HJ 1.10m
M10 Jamieson Lee 9th 60m 9.68, 18th LJ 2.83m
M12 Levi Ursel 5th 800m 2:44.25, 15th HJ 1.10m
M12 Connor Forsyth 1st HJ 1.40m, 3rd SP 7.50m, 15th 100m 15.32
NORWESTERS MEET - Burnaby, May 2-3
Sara Cathcart had excellent results in long jump and 400m, while Gurleen
Bhandal excelled in the throws once more, easily winning the discus, while Christopher
Gaio put in an excellent performance to take 4th in 400m.
M10 Jamieson Lee 9th 100m 16.16
M13 Christopher Gaio 4th 400m 1:09.89, 8th HJ 1.30m, 6th LJ 4.15 metres
F11 Sara Cathcart 1st LJ 3.65m, 2nd 400m 1:14.52, 9th HJ 1.10m
F11 Gurleen Bhandal 1st Discus 18.44m, 3rd SP 6.82m
F12 Emma Smithson 13th HJ 1.20m, 9th SP 5.95m
Kajaks High School Meet - Richmond, May 9
Our athletes were outstanding at the Kajaks HS meet, with Asianna
Covington winning all three of her throws events, and Pauljit Bhandal
winning two and taking bronze in shot put. Petri Daviel took the bronze
medals in her two throwing events. Jumper Olivia McNair won the Junior
long jump, but unfortunately fouled in triple jump. Nicholas Fyffe jumped
over 6.13m to finish 3rd in LJ, competing in the senior event. Runners Linus
Wong and Patrick Riddell just missed out on the medals in their
events.
F15 Olivia McNair 1st LJ 4.92
F14 Asianna Covington 1st Hammer (4kg) 38.24, 1st Discus (1kg) 30.67, 1st
SP 10.87
F14 Petranella Daviel 3rd Hammer (4kg) 32.23, 3rd Discus (1kg) 23.80
F15 Olivia McNair 1st LJ 4.92
M15 Nicholas Fyffe 3rd LJ 6.13
M15 Pauljit Bhandal 1st Hammer (4kg) 44.99, 1st Discus(1kg) 47.82, 3rd SP
11.03
M15 Linus Wong 4th 100m 12.91
M15 Patrick Riddell 4th 1500m 2:21.00
Junior Olympics - Surrey, May 16-17
Kajaks JDs did very well at the Junior Olympics meet, winning 6 medals. Gurleen
Bhandal won both her throws events, and Connor Forsyth took 2nd in
Discus and 3rd in High Jump. Sara Cathcart took silver in Long Jump and
finished 4th in 60m, and Marc Ashford won bronze in 200m.
M13 Christopher Gaio 6th 400m 1:08.53, 10th 800m 2:51.98
M12 Connor Forsyth 2nd Discus 19.52m, 3rd HJ 1.40m
M12 Levi Ursel 5th HJ 1.30m
M11 Marc Ashford 3rd 200m 32.54, 6th 100m 14.95, 7th LJ 3.32m
F11 Sara Cathcart 2nd LJ 3.83m, 4th 60m 9.00
F11 Gurleen Bhandal 1st Discus 18.15m, 1st SP 7.08m
F11 Galia Freiwirth 6th Discus 10.19m
F11 Paarus Kahlon 5th 200m 33.71, 6th 800m 2:53.30
Fraser Valley HS Invitational - Surrey, May 25
Our throwers were off to a great start, with Asianna Covington off to
a great start, winning all her throw events, and setting a meet record in
hammer, with Petri Daviel setting two PBs. Pauljit Bhandal also
put in some excellent performances winning Hammer and Discus, and coming 3rd in
SP (actually 2nd place in his SP weight category).
Jumpers Nick Fyffe and Olivia McNair had a great start to the
season, with Nick winning the long jump, and Patrick Riddell took 3rd in
800m.
F14 Asianna Covington 1st SP (4kg) 10.06m, 1st Discus 29.82m, 1st
Hammer (4kg) 35.73m
F14 Petri Daviel 2nd Discus 23.88m, 2nd Hammer (4kg) 30.77m
F15 Olivia McNair 4th 100m 13.94, 3rd LJ 4.86m
M15 Nick Fyffe 1st LJ 5.75m
M15 Patrick Riddell 3rd 800m 2:27.47, 9th 1500m 4:57.29
M15 Pauljit Bhandal 1st Discus (1kg) 46.37m, 1st HT (12lb) 43.88m, 3rd SP
(4kg) 11.43m
BC Elementary Championship - Richmond, May 22-24
Kajaks JDs were out in force at the BC Elementary Championships at Minoru, held in hot
sunny weather. Connor Forsyth jumped 1.48m
to take bronze in High Jump. Just missing a medal were Sara Cathcart with
a 4th place finish in 100m, and 5th place finishers Julia Wilshire in
100m and Derek Jeary in Discus. Other top 10 finishers were Gurleen
Bhandal with two 6th places in throws, Paarus Kahlon (7th 800m), and Levi
Ursel (8th= High Jump).
Top 30 finishers were:
Gurleen Bhandal F11 6th SP 6.29m, 6th Discus 15.29m
Sara Cathcart F11 4th 100m 15.16 (15.08 prelim), 13th LJ 3.52m
Paarus Kahlon F11 7th 800m 2:57.28, 19th 200m 33.58
Julia Wilshire F11 5th 100m 15.37 (15.09 prelim)
Teya Wijayakoon F10 13th LJ 3.02m
Kirsten Wilshire F9 12th 60m 10.43 (10.41 prelim)
Connor Forsyth M12 3rd HJ 1.48m, 13th Discus 16.84m
Lachlan Macaulay M12 16th 80mH 16.40, 26th LJ 3.53m
Levi Ursel M12 8th= HJ 1.35m, 22nd 800m 2:56.43, 23rd Discus 13.69m
Wade Washington M12 24th Discus 12.99m
Marc Ashford M11 19th 200m 32.78, 23rd 100m 15.76
Derek Jeary M11 5th Discus 18.77m, 19th HJ 1.05m
Jamieson Lee M10 12th 60m 9.87 (9.84 prelim)
If anyone has been missed, please let me know at records@kajaks.org
Results from the BC High School Grade 8-9 Meet, Burnaby June 5th-6th
Many of our 14 and 15-year old athletes competed in the Grade 8-9
Invitational events at the BC High School Championships last weekend.
Pauljit Bhandal provided an exciting finish by taking gold in the
Discus event on his final throw, after fouling his two previous attempts. Nick
Fyffe took silver in Long Jump and bronze in the 4x400m relay, while Petri
Daviel threw a PB to take the bronze medal in the Discus event.
Other top 10 finishers were Olivia McNair, 4th in long jump, John
Kairis-Cates also 4th in long jump, Melissa Holyk, 6th in 200m, Nick
Fyffe 9th in 200m, and Mark Kalmykov 10th in Discus.
M14 John Kairis-Cates 4th LJ 5.87m, 16th 100m 12.21, 14th 200m 24.93
M14 Mark Kalmykov 10th Discus 32.33m
M15 Pauljit Bhandal 1st Discus 44.38m, 15th SP 10.90m
M15 Nick Fyffe 2nd LJ 6.00m, 3rd 4x400m Relay, 9th 200m 24.49, 15th 100m
12.20
M15 Patrick Riddell 17th 800m 2:15.74
F14 Petri Daviel 3rd Discus 24.42m
F14 Isabella Aversa 23rd 200m 29.08, 27th 100m 14.21
F15 Olivia McNair 4th LJ 5.08m, 20th 100m 13.75
F15 Melissa Holyk 6th 200m 27.14, 14th= 100m 13.44
Jesse Bent Memorial Meet, Coquitlam June 12th-14th
Kajaks had excellent results at Coquitlam. John Kairis-Cotes led the
way finishing in first place in all 4 of his events: 100m, 200m, Long Jump and
Shot Put. Other gold medallists were Connor Forsythe in Javelin, Gurleen
Bhandal in Discus, and Olivia McNair in Triple Jump. Petri Daviel
won both discus and hammer.
Distance running was represented by Patrick Riddell, who took 3rd in
1500m. Jamieson Lee put in a solid performance with a 5th place finish in
400m, and Connor Forsythe just missed a medal with a 4th place finish in
High Jump.
Patrick Riddell M15 3rd 1500m 4:49.81
John Kairis-Cotes M14 1st 100m 12.22, 1st 200m 24.95, 1st LJ 5.35, 1st SP
10.74
Lachlan Macaulay M12 11th 400mH 36.45, 12th 200m 33.27, 15th LJ 3.41m
Connor Forsythe M12 1st Javelin 21.09m, 4th HJ 1.45m, 12th 100m 15.17,
5th LJ 3.83, 6th TJ 8.22m
Jamieson Lee M11 5th 400m 1:23.06, 8th 200m 34.31
Olivia McNair F15 1st TJ 11.02m
Petri Daviel F14 1st Discus 24.16m, 1st Hammer 35.63m
Gurleen Bhandal F11 1st Discus 20.05m, 5th SP 6.40m
Langley Pacific Open Invitational Meet, June 19th-21st
Our athletes had excellent results at the Langley meet, with 11 athletes
bringing home 17 medals between them, 8 of which were gold.
In throws, once again Pauljit Bhandal, Gurleen Bhandal and Petri
Daviel were in very good form, either winning or finishing 2nd in their
events. Derek Jeary also had an excellent win in Discus, and Connor
Forsyth took 2nd place in Javelin and 3rd in Discus.
Connor also came in 2nd place in high jump, and our other horizontal
jumpers/sprinters were also in great form. Olivia McNair dominated the
jumps, winning both long and triple jump, and placing 2nd in 100m. Nick Fyffe
was also in good form, winning long jump and 200m, and finishing 3rd in the
100m. Melissa Holyk was also in action, coming in 4th in the 200m.
Our long distance runners also did very well. Patrick Riddell came in
5th in both 1500m and 800m, and Paarus Kahlon had excellent races,
finishing 2nd in 400m, 3rd in 800m and 4th in 200m, while Lachlan Macaulay
came in 8th in the 800m.
Derek Jeary M11 1st Discus 20.18 9th 60mH 12.65 10th= HJ 1.10m
Connor Forsyth M12 2nd Javelin 22.02m 2nd= HJ 1.40m 3rd Discus 16.51m
Lachlan Macaulay M12 8th 800m 2:44.18
Nick Fyffe M15 1st 200m 24.30 1st LJ 6.11m 3rd 100m 12.16
Pauljit Bhandal M15 1st Discus 45.03m 1st SP 11.18m
Patrick Riddell M15 5th 800m 2:18.15 5th 1500m 4:44.11
Gurleen Bhandal F10 1st Discus 19.96m 2nd SP 7.31m
Paarus Kahlon F11 2nd 400m 76.36 3rd 800m 2:55.95 4th 200m 33.37
Petri Daviel F14 2nd Discus 24.64m 2nd Hammer 36.59m
Olivia McNair F15 1st LJ 4.99m 1st TJ 10.59m 2nd 100m 13.97
Melissa Holyk F15 4th 200m 27.29
Jack Brow Meet, Kelowna, June 26th-28th
The few Kajaks athletes who made the trip to Kelowna had excellent results,
with John Kairis-Cates and Asianna Covington winning all their
events. Gurleen Bhandal won discus, while Petri Daviel came 2nd in
Hammer and Discus, and Autumn Covington 2nd in Shot Put and Discus. Pauljit
Bhandal unfortunately was injured while throwing Discus, and was unable to
compete in hammer. Patrick Riddell put in some solid performances in
middle distance running.
John Kairis-Cates M14 1st 200m 24.27, 1st HJ 1.60m, 1st LJ 5.61m, 1st
SP 11.13m
Patrick Riddell M15 5th 800m 2:16.32, 7th 1500m 4:58.89
Gurleen Bhandal F11 1st Discus 22.19m, 7th SP 6.29m
Autumn Covington F12 2nd SP 7.19m ,2nd Discus 20.12m
Asianna Covington F14 1st SP 11.60m, 1st Discus 32.29m, 1st Hammer 42.13m
Petri Daviel F14 2nd Hammer 36.30m, 2nd Discus 24.01m
Trevor Craven Memorial Meet, Burnaby, July 3rd-5th
Our athletes had another excellent weekend at the Trevor Craven meet in
Burnaby. Several athletes set personal bests, and four athletes (Egidio
Cantarella, John Kairis-Cates, Nick Fyffe and Asianna Covington) won
every event they entered. Nick Fyffe's triple jump of 13.20m would have
placed 3rd in the BC High Schools, and is only 30cm short of the Kajaks club
record for this age group, that has stood for almost 30 years!
The eight JD and four Youth-15 athletes who competed brought home a total of
17 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze medals!
Egidio Cantarella M9 1st 60m 9.65, 1st 100m 15.98, 1st Long Jump 3.50m
Connor Forsyth M12 2nd Javelin 24.50m, 3rd HJ 1.40m, 6th 800m 2:48.10,
6th Discus 15.01m
John Kairis-Cates M14 1st HJ 1.50m, 1st LJ 5.85, 1st SP 11.00m
Patrick Riddell M15 2nd 1500m 4:40.12, 3rd 800m 2:14.20
Nick Fyffe M15 1st 100m 11.97, 1st 200m 24.02, 1st LJ 6.15, 1st TJ 13.20m
Sara Cathcart F11 1st 60m 9.11, 3rd LJ 3.92m
Gurleen Bhandal F11 1st Discus 19.77m, 4th SP 7.01m
Autumn Covington F12 1st Hammer 25.88m, 1st SP 7.89m, 2nd Discus 21.47m
Asianna Covington F14 1st SP 11.64m, 1st Hammer 42.20m, 1st Discus 29.22m
Petri Daviel F14 2nd Hammer 34.40m, 2nd Discus 25.15m
Melissa Holyk F15 2nd 100m 13.51, 2nd 200m 27.25
Olivia McNair F15 2nd LJ 5.09m, 2nd TJ 10.79m
BC Jamboree meet, Abbotsford, July 10th-12th
Our 15-year-old athletes were in good form at the Jamboree Meet, except for Pauljit
Bhandal, who has been unable to train for two weeks due to an ankle injury.
He was not able to produce his best form, and finished 4th.
Nick Fyffe, however, was in excellent form, and performed fine jumps
to win triple and long jump, exceeding the BC team standards for these events.
Our other jumpers were Adrian Francis who finished 5th in Triple and 11th
in Long Jump, and John Kairis-Cates, 6th in Long Jump.
Olivia McNair was also in action, finishing 4th in Triple Jump and 6th
in Long Jump. Sprinter Melissa Holyk finished in 8th spot in the 200m,
and middle-distance runner Patrick Riddell put in good runs to come in
5th in 800m and 6th in 1500m.
Melissa Holyk F15 8th 200m 27.51
Olivia McNair F15 4th Triple Jump 10.85m, 6th LJ 4.89m
Patrick Riddell M15 5th 800m 2:12.79, 6th 1500m 4:43.78
Nicholas Fyffe M15 1st Long Jump 6.25m, 1st TJ 13.15m, 1st 200m Prelim
24.15m
Pauljit Bhandal M15 4th Discus (1kg) 44.45m
John Kairis-Cates M14 6th LJ 5.61m
Adrian Francis M15 5th TJ 10.62m, 11th LJ 4.61m
BC JD Pentathlon, Coquitlam, July 18th
Six athletes made the trip to Coquitlam for the JD Pentathlon. This consists
of five events: sprint hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump and 800m. Connor
Forsythe and John Kairis-Cates just missed a medal, finishing in 4th
place.
Jamieson Lee M10 7th 1419; 60mH 12:48, SP 4.98, HJ 1.17, LJ 3.33, 800m
2:13.58
Connor Forsyth M12 4th 2133; 80mH 15.44, SP 6.87, HJ 1.52, LJ 3.78, 800m
2:25.33
Levi Ursel M12 DNF 80mH 16.87, SP 5.84, HJ 1.37, LJ 3.25
Christopher Gaio M13 11th 2191; 80mH 15.70, SP 7.00, HJ 1.42, LJ 4.16,
800m 2:47.63
John Kairis-Cates M14 4th 2955; 100mH 19.23, SP 10.53, HJ 1.50, LJ 5.65,
800m 2:41.00
Paarus Kahlon F11 11th 1355; 60mH 11.99, SP 4.35, HJ 1.16, LJ 3.26, 800m
3:01.59
JD Championships, South Surrey, July 24th-26th
Petranella Daviel, 2nd in Hammer F14 Our athletes had a great final meet of the season at the JD Championships
hosted by Ocean Athletics in hot sunshine. Many athletes set personal bests. Egidio
Cantarella was outstanding, winning all three of his sprint events in
excellent times. Also outstanding was Asianna Covington, who won all
three throws events in fine style. Our jumpers were also in great form, with Sara
Cathcart winning Long Jump, and finishing 3rd in High Jump, and Jamieson
Lee also 3rd in High Jump.
Our throwers also did very well. Autumn Covington easily won hammer,
and placed 2nd in discus and shot put. Gurleen Bhandal was unable to find
her best form due to the heat, but still finished 2nd in Discus and 7th in shot
put. Petri Daviel finished 2nd in hammer behind Asianna, and
although off-form in discus, still managed to take 3rd place. Mark Kalmykov
(a second club member) won hammer and finished 3rd in discus. Valerie Wideski
just missed a medal in Javelin, placing 4th, although throwing with a broken
left arm.
Valerie Wideski F10 4th Javelin 14.54m
Sara Cathcart F11 1st LJ 4.17m, 3rd HJ 1.20m, 7th 400m 1:14.33
Gurleen Bhandal F11 2nd Discus 18.00m, 7th SP 6.16m
Autumn Covington F12 1st Hammer 24.72m, 2nd Discus 23.40m, 2nd SP 7.54m
Asianna Covington F14 1st Hammer (3kg) 40.66m, 1st SP (3kg) 11.25m, 1st
Discus 30.67m
Petranella Daviel F14 2nd Hammer (3kg) 36.88m, 3rd Discus 22.31m
Egidio Cantarella M9 1st 60mH 12.54, 1st 60m 9.61, 1st 100m 15.70
Jamieson Lee M10 3rd HJ 1.15m, 6th LJ 3.03m, 5th 60m 9.83, 6th 100m 15.50
Mark Kalmykov M14 1st Hammer 39.06m, 3rd Discus 29.74m
Injured and unable to compete were John Kairis-Cates, and Vicky, who twisted
her ankle on the Friday evening on her way to the track.
Many thanks to Vicky and the coaches who came out to the meet to encourage
the athletes, including Moseley Jack, Manjit Bhandal and head-coach Richard
Collier.
And a big thank-you to all the JD coaches for their time and patience over
the season, and to Vicky Forsyth, our JD co-ordinator.
2009 Cross Country Season
South Fraser Cross Country September 26th, Bear Creek Park
M9 1500m Egidio Cantarella 12th 6:23.66
M10 2000m Jamieson Lee 8th 9:03.19
M13 3000m Christopher Gaio 3rd 13:30.45
Ocean Athletics Cross Country Meet, October 3rd, Crescent Park
M10 2100m Jamieson Lee 12th 8:50.81
M13 4400m Christopher Gaio 41st 23:23.24
M15 4400m Patrick Riddell 2nd 17:03.89
Frank Reynolds Memorial Cross Country, October 17th, Cates Park
M13 3km Christopher Gaio 3rd 13:45
M15 4.2km Patrick Riddell 1st 15:42
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