RCTFC Thrower Zuzu Liniewski mid hammer throw

8 of Royal City Track & Field Club’s high school-aged athletes won well at the South Fraser Invitational!

Congratulations to Isabelle Brunoro, Christina Heslop, Ryan Goudron, Ryan Holloway, Lauryn Savela, Zuzu Liniewski, Jenevieve Patry-Smith and Katie Stewart-Barnett for their performances.

It was a weekend of PBs for the RCTFC mass of throwers at the meet!

Jenevieve Patry-Smith threw a pb of 41.21m in javelin (600g) which brought her a 1st place, Zuzu threw 41.25m in the 3K hammer throw also taking 1st place, Lauryn Savela took 2nd place with a pb throw of 38.05m in javelin (500g) and Ryan Holloway threw a pb of 28.22m in discus (1.75k)!

On the track Katie Stewart-Barnett took 1st place in the 15-16 1500m steeplechase, Isabella Brunoro took 3rd and Christina Heslop took 4th place!

Congratulations also to Ryan Goudron who took 2nd place in the 1500m steeplechase as well as 4th place in the 800m!

Full results can be viewed here:

http://www.southfrasertrackclub.ca/

RCTFC Compete at Emilie Mondor Varsity Meet

Shout-out also to the RCTFC high school-aged athletes who competed at the Emilie Mondor Varsity Meet in early April on the SFU Campus!

Grace Fetherstonhaugh runs 2000m SC to 2nd place at Emilie Mondor

Competing against other club high school-aged athletes, but mostly against university athletes, were Kaitlyn Hanger (shot put, hammer), Ryan Roberts (1500m), Isabella Brunoro (1500m), Jenevieve Patry-Smith (javelin, discus), Zuzu Liniewski (hammer), Ryan Holloway (discus), Grace Fetherstonhaugh (2000m SC), Katie Stewart-Barnett (high jump, 2000m SC), Jack Foster (triple jump), Lauryn Savela (javelin), Brianna Bates (javelin), Shea Janke (2000m SC) and Ryan Goudron (2000m SC).

Full results can be viewed here:

http://athletics.sfu.ca/documents/2018/4/7//2018_Emilie_Mondor_Invitational_Results_Final.pdf?id=481

Congratulations to distance runners Katie Stewart-Barnett and Grace Fetherstonhaugh and throwers Jenevieve Patry-Smith, Jarrett Chong, Zuzu Liniewiski and Lauryn Savela on their performances at the 2018 Oregon Relays at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.

Highlights include Jarrett Chong‘s 3rd place in shot put and javelin (57.39m) and also a top 10 performance in discus, Grace Fetherstonhaugh‘s 1st place in the 3000m and 2nd place & pb in the 1500m, Katie Stewart-Barnett‘s 2nd place in the 3000m and 5th place in high jump (she is gr 9 against a field of gr 11 & 12s). Stewart-Barnett jumped 1.60m in high jump and Fetherstonhaugh’s pb in the 1500m was 4:31:38. Congrats to JV Patry-Smith on her 4th place in javelin and Zuzu‘s performance in the varsity aged hammer where she took 14th place out of 25 as a gr 10 against seniors. Also of note is Lauryn Savela‘s javelin throw of 34.20m (first time throwing new javelin weight). Her performance brought her 14th place out of 33 as a gr 10 against a field of gr 11 & 12.

Full results can be found at the link below:

http://oregonrelays.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?do=info&year=2018&event_id=26

In the best interest of those JD (Junior Development is ages 9-13) athletes already registered for the 2018 season, JD registration for the 2018 season is now closed!

If you missed the registration this year, please check back with the club in the fall for Cross Country Season or in November to register for Track & Field in 2019. Thanks everyone!