The Royal City Track and Field Club travelled to Victoria to compete in the 2013 Dogwood Track & Field meet on May 10-11th. This meet is the largest meet of its kind on Vancouver Island and hosted over 500 athletes. The team had tremendous success at this meet winning 21 medals and an additional 26 top 8 finishes. Maxwell Jones lead the teams medal count winning gold in the 100M, 200M, 80M & 200M hurdles. Teammate Ryan Jensen won gold in Long Jump and 800M RW, silver in the 60M hurdles and bronze in the 1200M. Jenevieve Patry-Smith threw her way to the top with pair of gold medals in javelin and shot put, a silver in discus and bronze in the 80M hurdles. Sprinter Emmanuel Dadson won gold in the 100M and a pair of silvers in the 200M and 200M hurdles while sister Michelle Dadson won a pair of silver medals in discus and shot put. Club veteran Kinsey Weir won silver in pole vault and bronze in triple jump while teammate Emily Chilton won a pair of silver medals in the 1200M and 2000M. In addition to medal performances outstanding top 8 performances were achieved by sisters Deirdre and Kathryn Bos and David Patry-Smith.
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2013 Outdoor Track Season Has Begun
On April 2nd the club officially headed outdoors full time for training. As always, we will be running full programs for all age groups, all events, and all abilities. So if your passion is sprinting, hurdles, middle distance, long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, javelin, discus, shot put, hammer throw, or race walk, we have a place for you.
2013 Track and Field Season Underway
The 2013 track and field season has kicked off at the Royal City Track & Field Club with the start of our pre-season indoor training. This year the training will include extra outdoor sessions as well for those really wanting to get a jump on the season. Check the schedule and get your registration in to take part!
With the club boasting over a hundred medals, hundreds of ribbons, the girls’ team taking 1st place overall at the Junior Olympics meet, 30 JD Crest awards, three athletes receiving BC Athletics JD Achievement Awards, two athletes recording BC top ten of all time performances, and 3 athletes as provincial champions in the 2012 season, we are extremely excited about our 2013 season!
Three Royal City Track Athletes Recognized At 2012 BC Athletics Awards Banquet
Three Royal City Track and Field Club athletes were recognized at Junior Development Awards Banquet. Athletes are selected for recognition by meeting the JD Awards Standards set by BC Athletics.
The athletes were:
- Jeneviève Patry-Smith (Javelin – 24.03m)
- Maxwell Jones (60m – 8.61s and 60m Hurdles – 10.47s)
- Megan Lauener (60m Hurdles – 10.99s)
Royal City’s Cross Country Runners Begin the 2012 Season With Fine Effort
The RCTF squad was at The Pinetree Classic Race this past Saturday September 15th at Mundy Park in Coquitlam. A beautifully warm and sunny day greeted Royal City’s XC squad to kick off an eventful running day. In their 2.5km race, freshmen runners Shea Janke and Grace Fetherstonehaugh had a great first time out with Shea taking 2nd place in the 11 year old boys group and Grace coming in 4th place for her girls age group.
Veteran club runner, Jeremy Belcher, came in 3rd place right behind Shea in the same group. Other veteran runner, 13 year old Emily Chilton, came in a very strong 4th place in her 3.5km race.
Ian Hunter, Emmanuel Dadson and Michelle Dadson gave good strong efforts with Ian finishing 8th, Emmanuel 9th and Michelle 12th place for their age groups.
The Royal City XC Teams’ next event is 22nd September at Bear Creek Park in Surrey.
2012 Cross Country Season Kicks Off
For those athletes interested in participating in our cross country season – it starts the week of September 10th!
Training will be Mondays and Wednesdays at Cariboo Park which is on the corner of 10th Avenue and Cariboo Road from 5:30 – 6:45. Meet in the playground area.
This training is included for all our competitive athletes. Those that participated in Intro to Track are welcome to join X-Country but will need to pay the difference between the Intro rate and the competitive rate ($50) plus the BC athletics upgrade to competitive if they plan on competing.
For new athletes joining Cross Country, the cost is $100 for the season. Please download the 2012 Registration and Waiver Form XC.
Royal City Picks Up Numerous Medals at JD Championships Despite Spate of Injuries
It was an injury filled weekend at the 2012 BC JD Championships in Richmond with top athletes Megan Lauener, Lauren Vanee, and Anaiyah Bernier all suffering injuries that eventually made them pull out of competition.
But there were some break through performances as well, particularly with the Royal City javelin throwers. Most all of the athletes threw the javelin and broke personal bests by great margins. Leading the pack was 11 year old Jeneviève Patry-Smith with a throw of 24.03m which places her in the top ten of all time and meeting the BC award standard.
Also of note in javelin were 10 year old Michael Baxter throwing to second place, Maxwell Jones finishes 5th in the 11 year old boys, followed by a 7th place for Ryan Jensen. Ian Hunter picked up 5th in the 12 year old category joined by Brianna Bates equalling the performance on the girl’s side.
In the other throwing events, Jeneviève Patry-Smith was consistent in picking up silver medals in both the shot put and discus, throwing personal bests in both events with a 22.38m in discus, a centimetre shy of the BC award standard.
Michael Baxter also placed 2nd in the shot put for the 10 year old boys. And Michelle Dadson proved her discus throw at the Trevor Craven was no accident by winning the silver medal for the 10 year old girls. Finally, Ryan Jensen picked up a pair of sixth place ribbons in both the shot put and discus.
The Royal City runners also did well with 10 year old Anaiyah Bernier finishing 8th in the 100m and 5th in the 60m. Of the same age, Michelle Dadson finished 5th in the 100m and 8th in the 60m hurdles. And despite injury, Megan Lauener was still able to pick up a 3rd place finish in the 60m hurdles in the same age group. Katie Stewart-Barnes won silver in the 9 year old girl’s 600m. At the 11 year old boys’ category, Maxwell Jones had a pair of 5th place ribbons in the 60m and 60m hurdles. He also placed sixth in the 100m. Ryan Jensen came 8th in the 60m hurdles.
Dominating the sprint track was 12 year old Emmanuel Dadson with a 7th in the 80m hurdles and a bronze medal in the intensely competitive 100m. But Emmanuel would settle for none other than a gold medal in the 200m with a blistering personal best run of under 28 seconds.
Joining Emmanuel in the 100m finals was rookie 100m finalist, Ian Hunter, who finished in a respectable 7th place. Ian also finished 5th in the 300m. 11 year old Ryan Jensen joined older team mates Ian and Emmanuel to form a 4×100 team and won gold.
In the longer distances, Royal City also showed dominance. Emily Chilton lead the charge with a gold medal performance in the 13 year old girls’ 2,000m. She continues to dominate in the event with her smartly orchestrated racing. She was joined by Taylor Morrison, Brianna Bates, and Amanda Scott to place 3rd in the 13 year old medley relay.
Other distance finalists were 11 year old Ryan Jensen with a 6th in the 1,000m and a bronze medal in the 800m race walk. 12 year old Ian Hunter came 5th in the 1,200m.
Rounding out the weekend on the jump aprons were Katie Stewart-Barnett with a gold medal in the 9 year old girls’ high jump. Ian Hunter captured a bronze medal and a personal best jump of 1.35m in the 12 year old boys’ high jump. For the 11 year old boys, Max Jones and Ryan Jensen traded places in the long jump and high jump with 7th and 8th place finishes, respectively.
In summary, Royal City continued to prove itself as one of the best all-around junior developement track and field clubs in the lower mainland.
Kinsey Weir Vaults to Silver at Summer Games
Royal City athlete, Kinsey Weir, competed in the BC Summer Games in mid July and took home a silver medal in the pole vault with a personal best performance of 2.50m.
She also placed eighth in the javelin with a personal best throw of 24.69m. It was only the third meet that Kinsey had ever thrown the javelin.
Midgets perform well at Jamboree
Three Royal City athletes competed in the BC Athletics’ midget to senior track and field jamboree in Coquitlam from July 13th to 15th.
Kinsey Weir competed in a full slate of events including long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault and javelin. She placed 5th in javelin, 4th in triple, and 3rd in pole vault, her specialty.
Courtenay Vanee joined Kinsey in the javelin and placed sixth.
Richard Wang placed 5th in the 2,000m run.
City Trackers Shine in the Rain at the BC JD Pentathlon Championships
June 23rd found the Royal City Trackers squad of 28 athletes in competition at the BC JD Pentathlon Championships in South Surrey. On a day where the weather started warm but finished in torrential rain, Royal City Track athletes warmed to the occasion with shining results.
The club earned a total of 13 top 8 finishes in a very strong field of competitors from rival clubs from around the province. Strong performances were achieved in almost all age groups for the girls and boys with multiple PB’s achieved in events at the meet.
- 9 year old girls – Katie Stewart-Barnett placed 3rd with 1079 points and Alysha Sidhu 6th with 737 points.
- 9 year old boys – David Patry-Smith 8th place with 808 points.
- 10 year old girls – Megan Lauener 3rd place with 1753 points.
- 10 year old boys – Hamish Muttersbach 8th place with 1175 points.
- 11 year old girls – 11th Jenevieve Patry-Smith, 13th Shianne Lowka, 14th Emma Barnett.
- 11 year old boys – 5th Max Jones with 1904 points, 7th Ryan Jensen with 1712 points, 8th Jeremy Belcher 1686 points.
- 12 year old girls – 8th place Sarah Forgie with 1820 points, 10th Grace Vanee
- 12 year old boys – 6th place Ian Hunter with 1847 points, 9th Emmanuel Dadson, 12th Jaimie Whittemore.
- 13 year old girls – 6th place Lauren Vanee with 2061 points, 7th Brianne Lowka with 2030 points, 8th Emily Chilton with 1831 points, 10th place Kathryn Bos, 11th Olivia Noort.
The Pentathlon is a meet composed of 5 events; high jump, long jump, sprint hurdles, shot put and either a 600m, 800m or 1000m race depending on age.
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