News Archives
2008:
July 30/08: Kajaks athletes had excellent results at the Canadian
Junior Track and Field Championships at Abbotsford (July
25-27). Emmalynne MacCorquodale took gold in Womens' Hammer
throw with a toss of 49.55m, while Angus Taylor won gold in
Mens' Hammer, throwing 62.09m, and silver in Discus, with a throw
of 50.42m. Gurinder Dosanjh took bronze in discus, throwing
48.61m.
Christabel Nettey also had an outstanding performance,
winning gold in long jump with a 6.06m jump, and bronze in 100mH.
Angus Taylor 1st HT 62.09 2nd Discus 50.42
Gurinder Dosanjh 3rd DT 48.61
Quinn Campbell 6th HT 44.55
Alex Dumont 9th HT 38.44
Emmalynne MacCorquodale 1st HT 49.55
Christabel Nettey 1st LJ 6.06 3rd 100mH 14.19
Emma Kimoto 6th HJ 1.68
July 30/08: Senior Middle distance runner Graeme Wells
continued his fine track season by running some very fast times on
his European tour. He completed an 800m in 1:47.64 in Liege,
Belgium on July 16th, and a sub-4 minute mile in Dublin, Ireland
(July 25th) in a time of 3:58.22.
July 28/08: Shai Davis was a double gold medal winner in
100m and 200m at the BC Summer Games held in Kelowna this
weekend. (See Province article for interview with Shai: 15-year-old Shai burns up the track).
Olivia McNair, Melissa Holyk, and Shai Davis also
won gold medals in the 4 x 100m Relay.
Hayley Stewart also struck gold in Long Jump and took
silver in the 4 x 100m Relay. Nicholas
Fyffe took silver in Pentathlon and Aman Kang won
silver in Hammer. See full results on JD
Page.
July 22/08: The BC teams for the 2008 Legion Track and Field
meet have been announced, and four Kajaks athletes have been
selected. In the 15-year old category, sprinter Shai Davis
(100m/200m) and jumper Hayley Stewart (LJ) have been named
to the team, and in the 16-17 year old category are Christabel
Nettey (100m/LJ/100mH) and Emma Kimoto (HJ/TJ). Both
Christabel and Emma competed at the World Youth Games last year.
Congratulations to these athletes.
Latest JD results here, from
five meets in late June and July.
July 19/08: Results
from Kajaks Hammer Meet
July 14/08: Evan Dunfee of Kajaks walked his way to 10th
place in the 10,000M RW in a field of over 30 world-class
athletes at the World Junior Championships (Bydgoszcz,
Poland on 11th July). He recorded a personal best of 42:56.82. Way
to go, Evan!
Athletics
Canada website news quotes Evan as follows:
"I felt great," said Dunfee, 18, whose previous personal
best was just over 43 minutes. "It was a close as perfect a
race as I could have asked for. My goal was to maintain a
consistent speed. The lead group were 20 seconds ahead of me off
the start but I stayed steady and I was able to pick off a whole
bunch of them. So it really worked."
Evan is in his first year as a Junior, and starts at UBC in
September. He is coached by Gerry Dragomir (Racewalk West) and
Kajaks coach Marek Jedrzejek. Evan also helps coach our JD
athletes.
Results from the Canadian Track & Field Championships
(Windsor, ON):
Christabel Nettey finished 4th in long jump with a jump of
5.85m, and Graeme Wells finished 11th in the 1500m in a
time of 3:54.88.
July 7/08: New event:
Kajaks Hammer Meet
July 19/20 2008
Men's Hammer - All Ages
Women's Hammer - All Ages
Entry Fee - $5.00
Please email your entries to Sam Collier at rmcollier@telus.net
The meet will begin at 2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday with the
Women's events followed by the Men's Events.
Note: We will only hold events on Sunday if there is enough
interest
July 6/08: Congratulations to Evan Dunfee, who has been
selected for the 2008 Canadian Junior Athletics Championship
team to compete in Poland July 8-13th. He will be competing in
the 10000m RW event. Kajaks coach Mike Murray has been
appointed as sprints/hurdles coach.
Two Kajaks athletes are on the BC Senior track and field
team competing at the Canadian track and field Championships
in Windsor, Ont July 3-6th. Graeme Wells will be running
1500m and Christabel Nettey will compete in long jump. Our
head coach, Richard Collier, is the throws coach for the
team.
Our Masters athletes were in action at the BC Masters
T&F Championships in Surrey 20-22 June, turning in
impressive results:
Steve Hosford M55 1st 1500m 5:05.25, 1st 5000m 18:33.55
Fred Pawluk M60 1st 1500m 5:20.24, 1st 800m 2:34.11
James Carwana M50 1st 100m 13.57
John Winfield M60 1st 100m 13.90, 1st 200m 27.81, 1st 400m
64.90
Gord Johnson M70 1st 400m 68.47
In Road Running, Ryan Hayden came in 3rd place in the "Chip's
not dead yet memorial road race", running a mile (uphill)
in 5:07.5, while Rachel Ruus was the first woman to finish
in 6:19.1.
Jerry Ziak won the Vancouver HBC 10K Run for Canada
(July 1st), in a time of 32:30, while Rachel Ruus was the
3rd female finisher in 37:11.
See BC
Athletics Bulletin for details.
Also see 2008 JD T&F Reports for
latest updates from BC JD Pentathlon - June 21st, Surrey.
June 30/08: Kajaks athletes have had some excellent results in
the recent Kajaks International and Harry Jerome meets. Graeme
Wells put in some very fast times, winning the 800m
Invitational at the Kajaks meet in 1:48.63 and running the 1500m
in 3:39.02 coming in 7th place (and incidentally breaking the
Kajaks club record).
Kajaks International (June 15th, Richmond)
Graeme Wells 800m 1:48.63
Shai Davis 100m 12.40
Andrew Nathan 100m 11.21 200m 22.14
Kevin Lim 400m 48.88
Angus Taylor 1.75kg DT 51.63m 2kg DT 47.49m
Gurinder Dosanjh 1.75kg DT 45.66m 2kg DT 42.07
Maureen Watson 4kg HT 49.33m
Lara ter Laak 4kg HT 49.25m
Niko Monachini HJ 1.91
Emma Kimoto HJ 1.65
Harry Jerome International (June 21st, Burnaby)
Graeme Wells 1500m 3:39.02
Kevin Lim 400m 48.73
Gurjot Bal 1500m 4:42.89
Emma Kimoto HJ 1.66
Angus Taylor 2kg DT 49.59m
Ryan Hayden has been in action recently in the Timex
Road Series, winning the Sandcastle City 10k in 30:30 (June 8th)
and the Longest Day 5k race (June 13th) in 14.52.6. Earlier in the
season, he finished 3rd in the Vancouver Sun Run. Other Kajaks
athletes taking part in the Series are Rachel Ruus who was
the 2nd Female finisher in the Sandcastle 10k; Steve Hosford
(M55) first in his category also at the Sandcastle race; and Daniel
Ribi, 3rd Under16 at the Longest Day 5k race.
|
Sandcastle City 10k |
Longest Day 5k |
Current Series Ranking |
| Ryan Hayden |
30:30 |
14:52.6 |
M25 1st |
| Steve Hosford |
38:19 |
18:12.1 |
M55 1st |
| Rachel Ruus |
35:51 |
|
W30 1st |
| Daniel Ribi |
|
17:59.1 |
M19&under 2nd |
June 30/08: JD's shine in Langley
Pacific Meet (June 15-17)
June 19/08: Results
from 2nd Annual Mabel Collier Invitational
June 15/08: Results
from Kajaks International
Track Classic are now posted.
June 14/08: Some excellent JD
results from the Jesse Bent Memorial meet at Coquitlam,
held on June 8, and from the Garriock Track Meet, Duncan
June 7-8.
June 4/08: Kajaks JD athletes excel at BC
High School Championships
May 27/08: Province
Article on Evan Dunfee
The BC High School Provincial meet is taking place May 30-31 at
Swangard. Some of our male athletes who will be competing are Angus
Taylor (DT,HT,SP), Ryan Chester (400mH), Evan Dunfee
1500mRW, Niko Monachini (TJ,LJ,HJ), Gurinder Dosanjh
(DT), Hosam Shahim (HT), Alex Dumont (DT,HT), James
Lee (HT), Emerson Murray (DT,LJ,SP) and Andrew
Nathan (100m,200m).
Among the female athletes are Christabel Nettey
(100m,100mH,LJ), Emma Kimoto (HJ,TJ), Heather Warwick
(1500mRW), Jessica Padrinao (HT,DT) and Stephanie Santa
Cruz (1500m).
Kajaks also have athletes in the Grade 8-9 invitational,
including Pauljit Bhandal (DT SP), Hayley Stewart
(80mH,LJ) and Shai-Anne Davis (100m,200m).
Good luck to all our athletes competing.
If anyone has been missed, please let me know
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May 26/08: Results
for BC Elementary T&F
Championships (May 23-25)
May 14/08: JD athletes perform well
at Norwesters Elementary and Kajaks HS Meet
May 10/08: Results
from Kajaks High School Meet are now posted.
May 4/08: Kajaks were big winners at this year's Richmond
Sports Awards. Racewalker Evan Dunfee was selected as
High School Male, and thrower Angus Taylor won Junior Male.
Both are in Grade 12 and competed at the World Youth track and
field championships in Czechoslovakia last summer. Masters athlete
Steve Hosford won the Masters Male for his domination of
middle distance running in the M55-59 age group, and Head Coach Richard
Collier won for Builder for his work in throws coaching. Some
of the outstanding local athletes he coached are Jennifer Joyce,
Trey Henderson and Angus Taylor.
Kajaks racewalker Heather Warwick, throwers Trey
Henderson and Dariusz Slowik, and coach and masters
triple jumper Byron Jack were also nominated for awards in
various categories.
See
full report on the Richmond Review website.
May 4/08: JD's off to great start in 2008
Track and Field season at Fraser Valley HS Meet.
May 1/08: Province
article on Emma Kimoto
April 29/08: NEW: Kajaks is now offering an Introduction
to Track & Field - May 5 to July 2, 2008 at
Minoru Track, for kids Grades 3 to 7. All
details in flyer (PDF).
April 24/08: The Kajaks Track & Field Club Board of
Directors is proud to offer the Kajaks Scholarship Award to
eligible club members who are graduating from grade 12. Scholarship
Award Info and Application
form - closing date May 31st.
April 22/08: Ryan Hayden was the top finisher for Kajaks
at the 2008 Vancouver Sun Run (Sunday April 20th). He came
in third place overall in his second-best time of 29:38. He was
also the first Canadian finisher, behind two Kenyan athletes. Ryan
also finished in third place last year. Evan Dunfee was
47th overall in a time of 33:50 taking 2nd place in the 16-18
category. Rachel Ruus placed 3rd among women 30-34 and 12th
female overall, in 36:23.
Masters athletes also had excellent runs, with Steve Hosford
finishing in 38:43, 3rd in the M55-59 category, and Gwen
McFarlan winning the F70-74 category with a time of 53:28.
Congratulations to them and to all the Kajaks athletes who
competed.
April 17/08: JD training
times updated for 13-15 year olds
Updated Kajaks JD
Awards Standards (PDF)
April 10/08: Kajaks athletes in the media:
Province
Article: Ryan Chester
April 4/08: Kajaks athletes in the media:
Province
Article - Angus Taylor
Province
Article - Christabel Nettey
March 27/08: 2008 JD Track &
Field Schedule is now posted
March 26/08: Evan Dunfee had a fantastic start to his
2008 track season (and his first year as a Junior athlete) with a
record breaking time of 43.09 in a 10K Race Walk in Burnaby (March
16th). This time not only qualifies him for the World Junior
Championships later this year, but also breaks the BC Junior
record. Way to go, Evan!
Masters and Men's Club Records and
All-Time Top 10 updated/corrected.
March 23/08: Invitation to Open
House & Pre-Season Registration (PDF) - Sunday March
30th, 9am to noon, Minoru Park Complex - Clements Track. This
is a family event you don’t want to miss!!
February 26/08: Club Event Calendar and Volunteer Hours form
is now available in the Membership
section.
2008 Board of Directors now
listed.
February 22/08: Club Records and
All-Time Top Ten updated
February 11/08: Congratulations to the following Kajaks club
members and coaches who won prestigious BC Athletics Awards
for 2007:
Track & Field Excellence (15 year olds):
Alexander Dumont Discus (1kg) 50.06m
Emerson Murray 100m 11.58 High Jump 1.79m Long Jump, 6.01m
Shot Put (4kg) 14.16m
Juvenile Female Athlete of the year:
Christabel Nettey 100mH 13.49s LJ 6.14m; Bronze medalist
in World Youth Games medley relay
Senior Male Road Runner of the Year:
Ryan Hayden 1:04:44 -First Half Marathon - 1st overall
29:24 - Sun Run 10K- 3rd overall/ 1st BC male
30:24 -TC 10K - 1st overall
30:41 MDS Nordien 10K Ottawa
Senior Coach Award:
Mike Murray Sprints/Hurdles/Relay coach for the 2007
World Youth Team; he coaches Christabel and Sabrina Nettey
Richard Collier Served as Head Coach and Throws Coach BC
Senior Team, Throws Coach for the BC Legion team; he coaches
Dariusz Slowik, Trey Henderson, Angus Taylor
Also sharing the Senior Coach award was Gerry Dragomir of
Racewalk West. Among the athletes he coaches are Kajaks
racewalkers Evan Dunfee and Heather Warwick.
Three other Kajaks athletes were nominated for awards, but did
not win. These were Sabrina Nettey (Juvenile Female), Angus
Taylor and Evan Dunfee (Juvenile Male).
January 30/08: AGM change of date: Wednesday, February
13th, 7:30 - 10:00 PM
The meeting will be held at the same location as last year:
The Common Room, Benryk Mews Housing Co-op
#61 - 8631 Bennett Road (center/back of the complex)
Richmond, BC
Parking: you can park in any stall marked “visitor” or on
Bennett Road
Directions: Bennett Road is one block south of Granville Ave/one
block north of Jones Road
8631 Bennett Road is between Garden City Road and St. Albans Road
January 27/08: Graeme Wells and Rachel Ruus win the Steveston
Ice-Breaker 8k in icy conditions. RESULTS
and PHOTOS are available here - results updated Jan 28
January 9/08: Updated JD
Training Times and Locations
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