Congratulations to all the RCTFC athletes who competed at BC High School Track & Field Club Championships!

On the throws side of things, highlights included: JV Patry-Smith‘s trio of Bronze in discus, javelin & shot put, Jarrett Chong‘s Gold in discus, Silver in shot put and 4th place finish in shot put and Lauryn Savela‘s Silver in javelin!

For jumps, Katie Stewart-Barnett won Silver in high jump, Ella Foster took 4th place for pole vault and Jeremy Belcher nabbed 5th place in triple jump!

On the track, Ryan Jensen won 4th place in the 110m hurdles in the Senior category, Katie Stewart-Barnett and Grace Fetherstonhaugh both set meet records for Junior & Senior steeple chase respectively. As well, Fetherstonhaugh won Silver in the 3000m and the 1500m, which contributed to her winning the BC High School Track & Field Championship’s Most Inspiring Athlete Award for 2018. Stewart-Barnett took 4th place in the 3000m, as well as being part of the Silver medal St Thomas Moore Junior Girls Relay Team! With her duo of Silver medals and 4th place finish in the 3000m, Stewart-Barnett was a huge contributor to her high school’s winning of the Junior Female Track & Field Championship Banner for 2018!

Congratulations to all RCTFC athletes who competed at the Championships!

Full results can be viewed at the following link:

http://bctfa.ca/results.html#currentresults

Congratulations to the RCTFC squad of Midget athletes who competed at the BC Summer Games Trials for Zones 3 & 4!

Strong performances by all, with several personal best and “season-so-far” best performances accomplished, the following athletes are to be congratulated: Ella Foster (pole vault), Henry Ruckman (mid distance), Isabella Brunoro (mid distance), Ryan Goudron (mid distance), Katie Stewart-Barnett (mid distance & high jump), Kaitlyn Heslop (mid distance) and Kirin Wanniarachchi (sprints)! The selections to the regional teams that will compete at BC Summer Games this July will be announced June 12 based on the performances at the trials! Good luck to these talented midget athletes during the selection process!

Congratulations to RCTFC Athlete Monika Arcadi for winning the Gr 8 Gold at the 2018 BC High School Multi Event Championships!

Arcadi posted personal bests in both long jump and shot put during the all day competition held at South Surrey Athletic Park.

Congratulations to all RCTFC JD athletes & all track rascal athletes who competed at the South Fraser hosted Junior Olympics Meet May 19 & 20! All athletes are to be recognized for their wins and personal best accomplishments. Well done everyone!

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All together, RCTFC won 50 medals!

Medal Highlights from the event included:

On the Track:

9 Year Olds:

• Olivia Robinson-Gold in 60m & Bronze in 100m
• Mia Gracia-Silver in 600m
• Jacob Billard-Silver in 60m
• Tirell Cunningham-Bronze in 60m

10 Year Olds:

• Ava Forsyth-Gold in 600m & Gold in 1000m
• Nissi Dann-Gold in 100m
• Marek Laga-Bronze in 60mH
• Jackson Schiebler-Silver in 600m & 1000m

11 Year Olds:

• Ellie Yong-Silver in 60m & Bronze in 100m, 200m, 600m

12 Year Olds:

• Mballany Kambidi-Gold in 80mH & 200m, Bronze in 100m
• Indira Chiang-Silver in 80mH
• Zehra Ali-Silver in 800m
• Ross McCrae-Bronze in 200m
• Noah Brolin-Silver in 200m

13 Year Olds:

• Annika Yong-Bronze in 80mH
• Kairo Chiang-Silver in 200m

RCTFC entered 6 relay teams and competed well to win 3 Bronze, 3 Gold and 1 Silver!

Jumps:

9 Year Olds:

• Olivia Robinson won Gold in high jump
• Nathan Sedore won Silver in high jump
• Tirell Cunningham won Silver in high jump
• Aiden Allenby won Silver in high jump

10 Year Olds:

• Ava Forsyth won Silver in high jump

11 Year Olds:

• Ben Williams won Bronze in high jump

12 year Olds:

• Lishan Melles-Hewitt won Bronze in high jump

13 Year Olds:

• Levi Turra won Gold in high jump
• Kairo Chiang won Bronze in high jump

Throws:

9 Year Olds:

• Amara Chiang-Gold in shot put
• Nathalie Roulston-Silver in shot put

10 Year Olds:

• Talia Phangura-Gold in shot put & in discus
• Abby Brolin-Silver in shot put
• Maresa Loconte-Bronze in shot put & Silver in discus

11 Year Olds:

• Manny Montakhab-Silver in shot put & Bronze in discus

12 Year Olds:

• Indira Chiang-Gold in shot put

Full results from the track meet can be found at the link below:

Click to access meet-results-final.pdf

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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!

Ryan R, Ryan G, Ashlynne, Grace, Christina & Henry

Congratulations to a small contingent of RCTFC athletes who competed at the 2018 BC Athletics Road Race Championship & BMO St Paddy’s Day 5K Road Race at Stanley Park on March 17, 2018! For many of them, it was their very first road race.

RCTFC Head Coach Sean Dixon with athletes Grace Fetherstonhaugh & Katie Stewart-Barnett

Distance Runner/Steeplechaser Grace Fetherstonhaugh and Distance Runner/Steeplechaser/High Jumper Katie Stewart-Barnett were recognized at the 2017 BC Athletics Annual Awards Banquet on February 4, 2018.

Fetherstonhaugh was named 2017 BC Athletics Youth Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Highlights of her season included Gold at Canada Summer Games in 3000m steeplechase and Bronze at Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships in 3000m steeplechase. She currently holds the record in 2000m steeplechase (6:41.46) at the Canadian Youth Legion National Championships and in 2017 was ranked 1st provincially and nationally in both 2000m and 3000m steeplechase.

Katie

(shown here at 2017 Junior Nationals in Ottawa) Grace Fetherstonhaugh’s immediate plans include attending Oregon State University to study Science (KIN) and be on the Oregon State Track Team, training with Coach Louie Quintana.

Stewart-Barnett was named 2017 Midget Female Cross Country Runner of the Year. Stewart-Barnett won the Gold medal at the BC Cross Country Championships in the Female 14 age group and she won the Bronze Medal at BC High School Junior Championships. She won the Female 14 Lower Mainland Cross Country Series and was undefeated in 4 races. Stewart-Barnett was also a recipient of the BC Athletics Midget 14 Female Track & Field Award. She accomplished the standard in the 2000m (with a time of 6:34.05) with her Silver medal win at the Jesse Bent, in the 1500m steeplechase (with a time of 5:04.66) with her Gold medal win at the BC Athletics Track & Field Championship Jamboree and also in high jump with her Gold medal win at the Ocean Athletics Summer Series #1 Meet with a jump of 1.60m.

Congratulations to all Royal City Track & Field Club Athletes and Coaches on a very successful 2017 Track & Field Season and Cross Country Season as well!

Here are some highlight pics from the 2017 Royal City Track & Field Club Banquet:

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Congratulations to all RCTFC Athletes for their personal accomplishments and to all the RCTFC Coaches for their time, energy and expertise!

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Thank you to Coach Jason Delesalle for the photos.