A group of 13 Royal City Track and Field Club athletes showed the club proud in Kelowna June 28-29 at the Jack Brow Memorial Meet. A total of 17 medals were won by these athletes who showed top performances against not just lower mainland and other BC athletes but also against athletes from two different track and field clubs from Alberta and against a group of Aussie athletes competing at the meet.

Pole vaulter, Kinsey Weir took bronze for her performance in pole vault in the 16-17 year old girls’ category and also a fifth place finish in triple jump. In the 16-17 year old boys category, Fraser Stewart-Barnett took 15th place for the 1500m run.

For 14 year olds, Brianna Bates took 2nd place in the javelin competition  and 4th place in pole vault for the girls and Emmanuel Dadson took 2nd place in pole vault for the boys and 9th place in the 300m.

For 13 year olds, Jenevieve Patry-Smith won 1st in pole vault and shot put and 2nd place in javelin for girls and Shea Janke took silver for his 2000m race and bronze in the 800m for boys, and Jeremy Belcher won gold for 200m hurdles, silver for triple jump and bronze for his 80m hurdles race.

In the 12 year old girls’ category Michelle Dadson won 1st place in the discus throw and 3rd place in her shot put throw against a field of 20 competitors, as well as 6th place in long jump. Lauryn Savela accomplished a bronze medal for her performance in javelin and top 10 for her high jump, discus and 800m race. Emma Dolman placed 13th in 80m hurdles and 11th in high jump.

Kate Stewart-Barnett won a trio of medals in the 11 year old girls’ category for her 2nd place performances in the 600m and the 1000m and 1st place in high jump. David Patry-Smith took 6th place for shot put for 11 year old boys.

Kaia Polanska Richardson took 7th place in both long jump and discus and an 8th place in javelin for 10 year old girls.

Elizabeth Bowles competes in long jump at pentathlon

Congratulations to all 15 Royal City Track and Field Club athletes who competed at the 2014 Pentathlon June 21st, showing strong representation for the club and accomplishing many personal bests and top performances!

Highlights for Royal City Track and Field Club at the meet include Devin Strome’s 2nd place for 14 year old girls’ (bronze medal in the 14/15 year old girls’ category) and Max Jones’ bronze in the 13 year old boys’ category.

Top 8 finishes were also accomplished by the following athletes: Cameron Dewith for 10 year old boys, Emma Celle for 12 year old girls, Shea Janke and Ryan Jensen for the 13 year old boys.

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Royal City Track and Field Club turned out 39 athletes at the Annual Jesse Bent Memorial Meet June 7-8 and the little club from New Westminster performed well on both the track and in the field events against many larger lower mainland clubs.

Forty medals were won by Royal City Track and Field Club kids and more than 80 top 8 performances were demonstrated at the meet by club athletes.

Congratulations also to the many Track Rascals who participated at the meet and to the Royal City athletes who attained personal bests and competed in new events at the meet!

Highlights in the Field:

Royal City Track and Field Club pole vaulters took home 5 medals in all:

• For 16/17 year old girls, Kinsey Weir won silver with a pole vault height of 2.80m
• For 14/15 year olds, Brianna Bates (1.80m) took silver, Emmanuel Dadson won gold, vaulting 2.30m and Ian Hunter won bronze, vaulting 1.90m
• For 13 year old boys, Max Jones won gold with a vault of 1.90m

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Royal City Track and Field athletes performed to new heights in high jump and in the long jump pit.

• Devin Strome took silver for high jump (with a jump of 1.50m which is a qualifying standard in U16 for competing in Canadian Legion Youth National Championships in August in Langley) and 5^th for long jump in the 14/15 year old girls group, Kathryn Van Oostenbrink took 10th place in high jump and Jessica Klein took 7th in long jump
• In the 13 year old category, Ryan Jensen won bronze in triple jump and Jeremy Belcher took silver in long jump
• Kate Stewart-Barnett won gold in high jump in the 11 year old category and
• For 11 year old boys, Callum Eaket took 13^th place for his jump
• For 10 year old girls’ high jump, Monika Arcadi took 4^th place, Emily Bowles took 9^th place and Charlotte Taylor took 14^th place
  

  Emma Celle competes in long jump at Jesse Bent

Highlights by Royal City athletes in the throws events also demonstrate some top performances.

• Jenevieve Patry-Smith, 13, took gold in hammer throw (and qualified for Canadian Legion National Youth Championships in the U16 age group with her throw of 30.30m), silver in javelin, bronze in discus and 4^th place in shot put
• Courtney Vanee took 4^th place in hammer throw for 16/17 year old girls, with a performance just shy of qualifying standard for Canadian Legion National Youth Championships
• In the 14/15 year old category, Lauren Vanee won gold in javelin, Deirdre Bos took bronze in discus and 8^th place in shot put, Brianna Bates won bronze in javelin and 6^th in shot put, and Devin Strome took 5^th place in shot put.
• Ian Hunter won bronze in javelin for 14/15 year old boys
• In the 13 year old boys category, Jeremy Belcher won silver in javelin
• For the 12 year old girls, Michelle Dadson won a pair of bronze in shot put and discus, Emma Celle took home 6^th in shot put and 7^th in discus, Elizabeth Bowles won 7^th in shot put and Lauryn Savela won 6^th in javelin and 10^th in discus throw and 12^th in javelin
• For 11 year olds girls, Milena Kalisch won bronze in discus and in the 10 year old category, Kaia Polanska Richardson took 8^th place in javelin and 9^th in discus
  

  Lauryn Savela in the long jump pit

Highlights on the Track:

Royal City Hurdlers also competed to win:

• In the 14/15 year old age group, Devin Strome won 5^th place in the 80m hurdles and Lauren Vanee won 6^th place in the 200m hurdles
• For 13 year olds, Ryan Jensen won gold in 200m hurdles and 5^th in 80m hurdles, Jeremy Belcher won bronze in 200m hurdles and Max Jones won bronze in 80m hurdles
• For 12 year olds, Michelle Dadson and Lauryn Savela placed 14^th and 15^th respectively in the 60m hurdles
• Congratulations also to the 10 and 11 year old athletes who competed for pbs in their hurdles events
  

  Michelle Dadson competes in 60m hurdles

RCTFC Race Walkers compete with results:

• Grace Vanee won silver for her performance in the 1500m RW for 14/15 girls and Taylor Morrison took 5^th place
• Milena Kalisch took bronze for 11 year old girls in the 800m RW
  

  From left to right: Emily Chilton, Prachi Brahmbhatt, Amanda Scott, Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Grace Vanee, Brianna Bates, Devin Strome and Lauren Vanee

Royal City Track long, mid and sprint runner highlights include 3 all-time meet records:

• In the 14/15 year old girls category, Grace Fetherstonhaugh broke meet records and took gold in both the 1200m and the 2000m, qualifying for standard to compete in the Legions, Emily Chilton took gold in the 800m and bronze in the 1200m (qualified for Legions), Grace Vanee won 9^th in the 1200m, while Lauren Vanee won 8^th place in the 300m and Prachi Brahmbhatt won 9^th in the 300m
• For 13 year old girls, Amanda Scott won a pair of bronze medals for the 300m and the 1200m and placed 4^th in the 800m and the 200m
• For 13 year old boys’, Shea Janke won a trio of gold medals for his performances in the 800m, 1200m and the 2000m, Max Jones won bronze in the 100m, Jeremy Belcher won bronze in the 300m and 7^th place for the 100m and 200m
• In 12 year olds, Michelle Dadson placed 10^th in the 100m and Emma Celle placed 13^th in the 100m, Sabine Girt won bronze in the 800m and 7^th in the 200m and Elizabeth Bowles won 5^th for 1200m and 7^th for 800m
• For 11 year olds, Kate Stewart-Barnett took gold in the 1000m and bronze in the 600m while Milena Kalisch took bronze for the 1000m, 5^th in the 600m and 8^th in the 200m, Shankara Rajkumar took 8th in the 600m and 9^th in the 200m, Riley Storms placed 14^th in the 200m and Annette Scott took 7^th for her performance in the 200m and 9^th for the 600m
• Emily Bowles won gold in the 1000m and bronze in the 600m, Kate Bowles placed 8^th in the 600m and 6^th in the 1000m, Charlotte Taylor won 14^th place in the 600m, Sydney Christiansen placed 14^th in the 600m, Cameron DeWith won silver in the 600m for 10 year old boys
• In the 9 year old boys’ category, Angus Steele won gold in the 600m, breaking an all-time meet record in the process.
  

  Grace Fetherstonhaugh wins gold in the 2000m run

Congratulations to Royal City Track and Field Athletes Emily Chilton, Emmanuel Dadson, Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Joshua Goundar, Ian Hunter, Devin Strome, Lauren Vanee, Tomas Ward and Kinsey Weir who represented their schools in competition at the BC Highschool Championships in Langley May 28-30, 2014.

Left to right: Emily Chilton, Ian Hunter, Emmanuel Dadson, Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Devin Strome, Tomas Ward and Lauren Vanee. Missing from photo: Joshua Goundar and Kinsey Weir

As the sole Royal City Track and Field Club competitor at the Elwood Wylie Meet in Nanaimo May 24-25, Jenevieve Patry-Smith held her own and then some in the throws events.

A highlight for 13 year old Patry-Smith was her shot put throw of 9.73m (just centimetres shy of BC Athletics’ Award Standard and second best throw in the province so far this year) which earned her gold in the event! She also accomplished silver in discus, javelin and hammer throw.

Representing their schools, six Royal City Track and Field Club JD athletes set out to compete against hundreds of elementary-aged competitors at the BC Elementaries’ Meet in Richmond May 24^th.

A meet highlight for RCTFC athletes was Amanda Scott’s silver medal in the 13 year old girls’ category for her performance in a competitive 800m race! Scott took the lead early in the final lap and fought off her competitor until the final 125 metres of the race.

Congratulations also to Jeremy Belcher, Shea Janke, Lauryn Savela, Michelle Dadson and Milena Kalisch for their successful competitions at the Elementaries’.

RCTFC athlete Amanda Scott, shown here competing at an earlier trackmeet, won silver for her 800m performance at the Elementaries’ trackmeet.

Just over 30 medals, almost 70 top 8 performances and 2 BC Athletic JD Award Standards were achieved by 26 Royal City Track and Field JD-aged athletes at the South Fraser Junior Olympics trackmeet May 17-18. As well, a group of Royal City Track and Field Club Track Rascal athletes participated in their first track meet of the season.

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Many personal bests and winning performances were accomplished by all RCTFC athletes competing this weekend but of particular note is the BC Athletic Award Standard performances by Michelle Dadson in the 12-year old discus (26.04m) and by Milena Kalisch in the 11-year old 1000m (3:22:55). Both achieved gold for their outstanding accomplishments.  Kalisch also took silver in 600m and Dadson achieved 4^th in shot put and 6^th in long jump.

In the 9-year old boys’, Angus Steele won gold in the 100m dash and 7^th in shot put, and in 10-year old boys’ Cameron Dewith won bronze for his performance in the 1000m.

In the 10-year old girls’ category, Emily Bowles led the pack in both the 600m and 1000m, taking gold in both. Other highlights included: Monika Arcadi taking 5^th in high jump and 11^th in her 600m, Kate Bowles winning 8th place in both 600m and high jump, Sydney Christiansen completing her first ever race in 60m hurdles, Grace Hodges taking 8^th in 60m dash, 11^th in 60m hurdles, and 12^th in both 100m and long jump and Kaia Polanska-Richardson’s 5^th in discus, as well as competing in 60m dash, 60m hurdles, long jump and shot put! The 10-year old girls relay team also took gold for the 4 x 100 relay!

Also in the 11-year old girls’ category,  Kate Stewart-Barnett won silver in high jump and bronze in 600m, newcomer Shankara Rajkumar took 10^th in 600m, Annette Scott took 5^th in 600m, 7^th in 60m dash,  and 12^th in both 100m and 60m hurdles while Riley Storms accomplished 7^th in shot put and 13^th in 60m hurdles. The girls won silver in the 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m relays.

The rest of the 12-year old girls with Royal City Track accomplished much with Elizabeth Bowles taking bronze in 1200m and 5^th in 800m, Emma Celle taking 5^th in long jump, 7^th in high jump, 8^th in shot put, 9^th in 200m, 11^th in 100m, Lauryn Savela accomplishing 8^th in discus and top 10 in long jump and high jump, newcomer Sabine Girt taking gold for 1200m, silver for 800m and top 8 in 100m, 200, 300m and 80m hurdles.  This team took silver in their relay.

For 13-year old Royal City Track and Field girls, Jenevieve Patry-Smith won silver for discus, 4^th for shot put and 6^th for high jump,  Joelle Pinvidic took 5^th in 200m and 9^th in long jump and Amanda Scott finished up with a silver in 300m, 800m and long jump, bronze in 1200m and 4^th for 200m dash. The girls won bronze in their relay.

The 5 Royal City Track boys in the 13-year old category hauled in 9 medals including: Jeremy Belcher taking silver in long jump and bronze in 200m hurdles (4^th in 300m and 7 in 100m), Shea Janke taking  silver in 800m and 1200m, Ryan Jensen winning silver in triple jump (4^th in 80m hurdles and 7^th in long jump), and Max Jones accomplishing silver in 200m hurdles and high jump and bronze in 80m hurdles (4^th in long jump, 5^th in 100m and 200m).  Other highlights included newcomer Nicholas Lovell’s personal best accomplishments in 200m, 80m hurdles, shot put and long jump. The boys also took silver as a team for the relay.

Congratulations also to Track Rascals Oliver Livesley, Sadie Storms, Benjamin Talbot, Corinna Talbot, Christina Hodges, Livia Russo and Apollo Polanska-Richardson who competed in their first track meet of the season as Royal City Track and Field club athletes!

A small but competitive Group of Five Royal City Track and Field Club JD athletes competed in their first club meet of the season. Not only were medals won but a JD Award Standard was accomplished as well.

Angus Steele won a trio of gold medals for 600m, 60m dash and 100m for 9 year old boys’ and Cameron Dewith took gold in 600m, 4th in both the 60m  and 100m dash in the 10 year old boys’ category.

Elizabeth Bowles won a strong 4^th place in both the 800m and 1200m for 12 year old girls’.

In the 10-year old girls’ group, Emily Bowles won a silver in the 1600m and a bronze in the 600m, and Kate Bowles took 7^th in high jump and top 10 performances for the 600m and 60m dash.

It is worth noting that for his performance in the 600m, Steele (9-year old boys’) set a new meet record, made the BC Top 10 list and accomplished a JD Standard for his time of 1:58:06 and Dewith (10-year old boys’) set a new meet record for his time of 1:57:39 in the 600m.

Congratulations to this group for their accomplishments this past weekend!

A group of 11 Royal City Track and Field athletes competed at the Victoria Dogwood track and field meet May 10-11, competing in sprints, middle distance, long jump, hurdles, pole vault, long jump and throws events. The club’s athletes won an impressive 26 medals in all at the Victoria meet.

Highlights include:

Milena Kalisch and Kate Stewart-Barnett took gold and silver respectively in the 11 year old girls’ category for the 600m and 1000m. Stewart-Barnett also took silver in high jump, bronze in 60m hurdles and 6th place in long jump. Kalisch took 4th place in 100m, 800m RW and 200m, as well as 6th in shot put and discus.

The 13 year old boys trio, Jeremy Belcher, Maxwell Jones and Ryan Jensen accomplished 10 medals between them. Belcher won gold in long jump, a pair of silvers in 200m hurdles and 300m and bronze in 100m. Jones took gold for 200m hurdles and pole vault, silver in 100m and bronze in long jump. Jones also placed 5th in high jump. Ryan Jensen took gold in 80m hurdles, silver in triple jump, and placed 7th in both 100m dash and Javelin.

Emily Chilton took gold in the 2000m and silver in the 1200m for 14-15 year old girls, while Jenevieve Patry-Smith took home a pair of gold medals in discus and javelin, a silver in shot put and a bronze in high jump for the 13 year old girls’ category, and Kinsey Weir took silver in pole vault for 16-17 year old girls’ accomplishing 2.51m.

Michelle Dadson won bronze in discus and the 800m racewalk for 12 year old girls’, as well as 4th in shot put, 5th in long jump, 6th in 80m hurdles and 7th in 100m dash.

Emmanuel Dadson won silver in pole vault for 14 year old boys’. He also accomplished 6th in 200m, 7th in long jump and 9th in 100m dash.

In the 10 year old category, Kaia Polanska Richardson placed 6^th in javelin and 8^th in long jump.

Well done and congratulations to everyone who competed in Victoria!

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