Kajaks Athletes
Wow! Kajaks Athletes Perform at the 2007 BC High School Championships
Kajaks athletes, Sabrina Nettey and sister Christabel had outstanding
performances at the BCHS Championships. However all Kajaks athletes had
great performances and I was beginning to wonder if the BCHS organizing
committee had enough medals and ribbons to go around for the rest of the
athletes. Every time I turned around during a medal presentation a Kajaks
athlete was on or near the top of the podium.
Sabrina Nettey was voted the Most Inspirational Performer of the 2007
BCHS Championships. Sabrina earned gold medals in the 100m, 200m, Long
Jump and anchored her school's 4X100 relay team along with her sister
Christabel.
Other outstanding performances by Kajaks athletes were achieved by gold
medallist Heather Warwick and Evan Dunfee in Race Walk. Evan also set a
new BCHS meet record in the men's 1500m race walk.
Jordan Mara's silver in the 1500m and gold in the 800m are a great
send off for this impressive young athlete heading to Arizona on a
scholarship.
Trey Henderson was a triple medallist with gold medals in the hammer,
shot put and a bronze medal in the men's discus. Trey is another Kajaks
athlete heading south not for track but on a football scholarship.
Christabel Nettey was also a triple medallist with silver in long jump
and the 100m and a gold medal on her school's 4 X 100m relay. Christabel
was also well on her way to winning the gold medal in the 100mh but had a
bad fall over a hurdle. Christabel was at least 1 hurdle ahead of the rest
of the pack when she fell.
Double medallist Angus Taylor a World Youth qualifier in men's discus
also won gold in discus and silver in the hammer throw.
Ryan Chester also World Youth qualifier was a gold medallist in the men's
400m hurdles.
The biggest upset of the meet was Kajaks Emma Kimoto winning the women's
high jump with a jump of 1.73m. Emma's new personal best was also a
qualifying jump for the Canadian World Youth team. Emma also participated
in the triple jump were she finished a respectable 4th place.
Other Kajaks members with outstanding performances:
- Gabrielle Payne, last year's winner in the high jump, finishing a
respectable 4th considering she was jumping with a knee injury
- Andrew Nathan with an impressive showing in the men’s 100m finals
finishing in 6th place
- Jessie Padrinao finishing in 5th in the hammer and 6th in discus
- James Lee 8th in men's discus
- Trevor Dueckman 6th in men's hammer
- Brittany Imlach finished in 6th place with great field in the 800m
run
- Regine Yngreso a newcomer to Kajaks and the hammer and discus
finished a respectable 11th and 13th in the discus
- Paul Hegele and Spencer Jackson both Kajaks athletes competed head
to head in the men's 1500m where Spencer finished in 7th place and
Paul just missed qualifying for the finals
Grades 8 and 9 athletes participated in the championships and Kajaks
had fine representation there too —
- Haley Stewart participated in the 100m and 200m and finished with a
bronze medal in the long jump.
- Raven Yngreso took part in long jump and won a silver medal on her
schools 4 X 100 relay team.
- Alex Dumont received a silver medal in the men's discus event.
- Tanner O'showy competed in the men's 100m and 200m where he
finished in a respectable 7th place in the 200m.
Complete results can be found at http://bcsscctfa.bc.ca.
We are all extremely proud of our young athletes and look forward to
seeing them develop into successful young men and women both on the track
and in all of their future endeavors. Congratulations and keep up the good
work — your "Kajaks Family" is behind you all the way.
Richard Collier
Head Coach Kajaks T&F
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Performances of Kajaks Athletes at the 2006
BC Provincial High School Championships
Once again Kajaks athletes' performances were outstanding this year,
including our grades 8 & 9 athletes. In 2006, Kajaks athletes stood on
the podium in almost every field event. Kajaks race walkers had stellar
performances as did our sprinters and middle distance runners. In spite of
their youth, this year we had more young athletes standing on the podium
than ever before.
For the past 4 years our Kajaks middle distance runners have been
absent from the podium. This year we have revived our middle distance
program with Jordan Mara winning the gold medal, followed by Mike Buikema
capturing the bronze in men's 800m. Connor Baldwinson received the
silver in the grade 8 & 9 invitational in the 1500m. Other young Kajaks middle
distance athletes with strong finishes in the 1500m were Alex Green
(10th), Brittany Imlach (11th), Paul Hegele (12th) and Spencer Jackson; and Linda
Stutz in the 800m. Kajaks' youngest athlete in the
invitational was Bal Gurjot who finished 27th overall in the men's 1500m.
Bal is only an 8th grader and is to be commended for his inspiring
performance.
Coach Mike Murray and his group of sprinters and long jumpers also had
successful performances. Paulina Kisielewska took gold medals in both the
women's 100 and 200 metres while grade 9 sensation Christabal Nettey
captured the silver medal behind Paulina in the 100 metres. Leo Murray won
the gold medal in long jump and also finished 7th in the men's 100m.
Michelle VanRuyven finished 5th in the women's long jump while Christabal
finished 22nd. Emerson Murray had a strong performance in the grades 8
& 9 invitational winning the gold medal in the long jump and finishing
5th in the 100m.
Race-walkers Evan Dunfee and Heather Warwick are two of Kajaks' young
up and coming performers whose names we will hear for the next two years
whenever BC high school rack-walk comes up. Heather Warwick, in spite of
walking with a fibreglass cast on her right arm, still managed to win the
gold medal with no other competitor even close to her. Heather's focus on
her training for race-walk paid dividends in this year's BCHSC. Evan
Dunfee also had a great performance in men's race-walk, capturing the
silver medal in his event. Both Heather and Evan are only in grade 10.
Coach Sarah McDiarmid with her high flying jumpers had some awesome
performances. Grade 11 student Gabrielle Payne with her gold medal
performance had no other jumper even close to her 1.70m jump. There were 5
high jumpers who finished with the same height of 1.60m for 2nd place. But
when the dust cleared grade nine Emma Kimoto finished 4th. Rounding out
the top 8 at the BCHSC was Janet Wong finishing 7th.
Byron Jack, who did most of the announcing at the BCHSC, could not be
with his athletes most of the time. He had former Kajaks long and triple
jumper Andrea Engleman take over the coaching duties for his athletes.
Both triple jumpers finished in the top 10 with Aretha Munro placing 6th
and Ekaterina Daviel finishing 10th in women's triple. In men's triple
jump Elliot Svob finished in 6th place with a mark of 12.80m. It should be
noted that 6th was only centimetres from third. In women's long jump
Ekaterina Daviel finished 8th while grade nine Emma Kimoto finished 14th.
In the throwing events there were some surprises. Janet Wong, who was
ranked 6th going into the javelin competition, ended up receiving the
bronze medal.
Kris Burleigh, also ranked 6th, came away with a bronze medal in men's
javelin. Kris also competed in the discus where he finished in 5th place
out of 26 throwers. Kris is also one of our younger athletes who is in the
10th grade. Williston Wong, who never practices the javelin, still came
away finishing in 7th position. What a surprise this was to all the
competitors. Williston also competed in the hammer where he finished 4th,
and placed 12th in discus.
Another young sensation was Angus Taylor. Only in grade 10, Angus was a
triple medallist at this year's BCHSC, capturing a silver medal in hammer
and 2 bronze medals in discus and shot put. Trey Henderson was this year's
BCHSC double gold medallist in hammer and discus. His performances in both
events were far above all the other competitors in his field. Trey is only
in grade 11.
Newcomer Lara ter Laak proved herself this year. This was Lara's first
year competing in women's hammer and she came away with the silver medal.
Lara is also a double medallist in this year's BCHSC taking home the gold
medal in women's discus.
Another newcomer to Kajaks is Jessica Padrinao. She is only in grade 9,
but came up with some impressive performances. Jessica managed to finish
in the top ten in both hammer and discus. In the women's hammer out of 23
competitors she finished 7th and in discus out of 17 competitors she
finished 9th.
To see all our of our Kajaks and BCHSC results go to www.bcsscctfa.bc.ca
or www.bcathletics.org. With as
many wonderful young athletes as we have I fear I may have missed someone.
So many of them did so well. If I have missed any of your athlete(s)
please let me know.
Richard Collier
Head Coach, Kajaks Track and Field
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Performances of Kajaks Athletes at the 2005
BC Provincial High School Championships
This year was a fantastic year for our Kajaks race walk athletes taking
home medals in both male and female categories.
Young Heather Warwick took the silver medal in her event, Evan Dunfee
won a bronze medal, and Janet Wong placed 4th.
Because of their ages we should see more of them in the next three to
four years at the BC high school championships.
Beside race-walk our field event athletes did extremely well.
Starting with throws:
Chelsea Payne not only won two gold medals but also received a bronze
medal in the women's hammer. Her gold medals came in shot put and discus,
but she also achieved a personal best in the discus throw. Chelsea is also
a repeat gold medallist from last year's shot put.
Tyrell Mara also won the gold medal and was a repeat gold medallist in
the men's discus throw from last year. Tyrell also achieved a personal
best in the discus throw.
Joe Eppele won two medals: gold in the men's hammer and silver in the
men's shot put.
Angus Taylor (only in grade 9) won his first medal at the BC high
school championships, receiving a bronze medal in men's hammer.
Like our young race-walkers he too will be heard from in the next 4
years. Angus also finished 6th in men's discus.
Williston Wong also performed well in men's hammer finishing 7th, and
4th in the men's discus. Willis is also one of our up-coming athletes.
Kris Burleigh (another grade 9 athlete) made it to the BC high school
championships in men's javelin and we hope to see big performances from
him in the future.
Janet Wong not only competed in race-walk but also threw javelin and
finished 10th.
Jumps:
Leo Murray won the gold medal in long jump, however he did not enter
the high jump this year but had he done so, he most likely would have
received another medal in this event.
Michelle Van Ruyven finished 8th in the women's long jump. She was not
having a good day with her foot placement; if she had been, she most
likely was capable of medalling in this event.
Parveen Dosanjh finished a respectable 12th place.
When you look at the amount of girls (27) participating in the long
jump we did all right.
Ekaterina Daviel in women's triple jump finished with a respectable 8th
place. She was unlucky to foul on her best jump, and is also battling
injury, one reason she scratched from long jump.
Janessa Chin-Aleong also in triple jump finished in 9th.
Aretha Munro, another Kajaks triple jumper, finished in 12th place.
Again when you consider that they were 28 triple jumpers in this event,
our triple jumpers performed extremely well, although they did not win any
medals.
Gabrielle Payne, one of our young high jumpers in grade 10, finished
respectably in 5th place. Gabrielle tied for 4th but because she had
missed a jump earlier in the competition, she had to settle for 5th place.
Sprints:
Looking at our young sprint group, Kajaks again performed extremely
well.
Michelle Van Ruyven ran a great qualifying time finishing 3rd overall
against 29 women 100m sprinters. In the final she finished in 4th. In her
200m events Michelle finished in 7th place.
Leo Murray, like Michelle, ran a great qualifying time to finish 2nd
out of 32 sprinters in the 100m. He also picked up a bronze medal in the
100m finishing in 3rd place.
Janessa Chin-Aleong, as a senior, had one of her better performances in
the 200m, finishing 3rd and picking up a bronze medal. What a great finish
to end her high school career.
Other Kajaks sprinters who did not make it out of the qualifying rounds
were Yik Wah Penner in the 100 and 200m. Thanks to basketball he suffered
an elbow injury, but still gave it his best effort. Parveen Dosanjh also
did not make it out of the qualifying rounds along with Gabrielle Payne
and Collette Johns in the 400m. However because of their young ages I am
sure we will see then in the future.
Distance:
As in the past our Kajaks distance group again performed with stellar
results with a group of young runners.
Starting with August Griffin, her performance in the 3000m placed her a
respectable 7th place in the finals out of 26 runners. She then competed
in the 1500m and again she placed 6th in finals. Kajaks can again look
forward to seeing August in many more years to come.
Britanny Imlach again another young and up and coming runner finished
in 7th in the qualifying round and finished in 10th place in the finals.
Alisa Dalhuisen ran a great final in the 1500m steeplechase finishing
in 11th place out of 22 runners.
Jordan Mara like his older brother Tyrell is a fierce competitor.
Jordan finished with the 4th fastest time in the qualifying rounds and
finished in 4th place in the finals.
Grace Ling finished 8th in the 1500m Grade 8/9 category.
When you look at the amount of distance runners in all the events you
will notice that our young group of Kajaks runners can hold their own in
all the distance events.
To see all the results go to the BC HIGH SCHOOL website www.bcsscctfa.bc.ca.
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Kajaks Athletes at 2004 Provincial High School Championships
Kajaks Medallists
- Kimmy Taylor—2nd Women's 1500m
- Morgan Twitchell—3rd Women's 100mh
- Michelle Van Ruyven—3rd Women's long jump
- Leo Murray—1st long jump
- Joe Eppele—1st shot put, 3rd hammer throw
- Tyrell Mara—1st discus
- Chelsea Payne—1st Women's shot put, 2nd Women's hammer throw
- Trey Henderson—2nd hammer throw
Kajaks Athletes who Placed
- Gabrielle Payne—4th Women's high jump
- Michelle Van Ruyven—4th Women's 200m, 7th Women's 100m
- Ekaterina Daviel—5th Women's triple jump
- Leo Murray—5th 100m, 8th High Jump
- Yik-Wah Penner—5th 200m
- Evan Dunfee—5th 1500m Race Walk
- Angus Taylor—6th hammer throw
- Nicole Akeroyd—7th Women's 3000m
- Kimmy Taylor—8th Women's 3000m
- Joe Eppele—8th discus
- August Griffin—9th Women's 3000m
- Chelsea Payne—9th Women's discus
- Heather Warwick—9th Women's 1500m race walk
- Janessa Chin Aleong—10th Women's triple jump
- Brittany Imlach—10th Women's 1500m
Looking at the outcome of the BC high school championships, Kajaks
athletes are represented by athletes that are made up of mostly
underclassmen. Only one athlete is a senior and will be graduating this
year. Two of our young hammer throwers, Trey Henderson and Angus Taylor,
are still JD athletes, as are Brittany Imlach, Gabrielle Payne, Evan
Dunfee and Heather Warwick. All others are in grades 10 and 11.
Congratulations to all the coaches and athletes for a successful
championship meet and we look forward to even greater success the rest of
the year.
Prepared by Richard Collier, Head Coach Kajaks T&F
Please report any errors or omissions to
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Kajaks Athletes Report – July 8, 2003
May was a very successful month for Kajaks athletes. We
started off the month with a newcomer to Kajaks, Novelle Murray winning
the Discus Throw at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships in
her first year competing with the University of Hawaii. Moving on—Jennifer
Padrinao won the National Athletic Intercollegiate Association (NAIA)
Championships and set a new meet record in the Hammer Throw. Jennifer
attends SFU.
Our high school athletes did extremely well with
newcomer Yvonne Mensah voted as the Outstanding Female Athlete at the BC
High School Championships. Yvonne set a couple of BC High School records
in both the 100m and 200m. The 200m record she set was a long standing
record that held by former Kajaks athlete Camille Nöel. Yvonne still was
not finished and continued on to take the gold in the 100mh making her a
triple gold medal winner in the BC High School Track & Field
Championships. This fall she will be attending the University of Illinois
on a full scholarship.
Another athlete who was successful at this year's BC
High School Championships was Catrina Chisholm. Catrina won double gold in
the Hammer and Discus Throw. She also set a new BC High School record in
the Hammer breaking the old record by over 3 metres. The previous record
was held by another Kajaks athlete Jennifer Padrinao. Catrina will also be
heading south this fall where she will be attending the University of
Pennsylvania on a full scholarship.
Other Kajaks athletes who had great performances at the
High School Championships were Adelle Johns finishing 2nd in the 100mh...
Breanne Watson's 2nd in High Jump... Pat Smith 2nd in Men's Hammer... Ben
Park 2nd in Men's Javelin. Our younger athletes all were very impressive
with Tyrell Mara 3rd in Men's Discus... Chelsea Payne 3rd in Women's Shot
Put... Leo Murray 5th in Men's High Jump... Kimmy Taylor 6th in both 1500m
and 3000m, Michelle Van Ruyven 5th in the Long Jump and Ekaterina Daviel
4th in the Triple Jump.
Jeff Schiebler, our outstanding distance runner,
continued his reign as the number one 10,000m runner in Canada. At this
year's Canadian 10,000m Championships he was the first Canadian to cross
the finish line, again establishing himself as the number one 10,000m
runner. Alison Rendell also had a very impressive run in the Canadian
Women's 10,000m Championships finishing 6th.
At the BC Junior and Senior Championships Kajaks again
showed we are still one of the most productive clubs here in British
Columbia. Our Senior David Milne finished 1st in the 1500m... Sarah
McDiarmid 1st in high jump and Sarah is also our high jump coach... Carol
Stevenson 1st in women's hammer followed by Jennifer Padrinao 2nd and
Caroline Hay in 3rd ... 4th through 7th also Kajaks... Mark Ramos 1st in
Long Jump and Andrea Engelmann 1st in Women's Triple Jump and Signi
MacNeill 1st in Women's Javelin... Marcie Klassen finished 4th in Women's
1500m run.
Kajaks Junior athletes also had a great showing with Kol
Henrikson 1st in the 800m... followed by Sam Pawluk 1st in the 1500m...
Yvonne Mensah 1st in 100 and 200m and 100mh... Catrina Chisholm 1st in
Women's Hammer and 3rd in Women's Discus... Novelle Murray 1st in Women's
Discus and Shot Put... Pat smith 2nd in Men's Hammer ....Ben Park 3rd in
Men's Javelin.
Our Juvenile athletes participated in the Junior
division of the championships with Janessa Chin Aleong finishing 3rd
Women's Triple Jump... Adelle Johns 2nd in 100mh... Chelsea Payne 3rd in
Women's Shot Put and Kimmy Taylor finishing 6th in the Women's 1500m.
Six of our Junior athletes were selected to the BC
Junior team to represent BC at the Canadian Junior Championships in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Of the six athletes, 4 came home with medals. Sam
Pawluk – gold in 5000m, Kol Henrikson – gold in the 800m and both of them
will represent Canada in the Pan Am Junior Championships in Barbados...
Novelle Murray – gold in Women's Discus and Catrina Chisholm 3rd in
Women's Hammer.
Yvonne Mensah suffered an injury in the finals of the
100m where she was leading all of the competitors up until the 60m mark
when she pulled up with a hamstring injury. She was favoured to win all 3
events but her injury kept her from continuing on to the 100mh and 200m
race. Prior to the injury she led all the 100m heats by a large margin.
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