Kajaks News Archives: 2000

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Sunday, 26 November 2000
Ryan Hayden won the 2000 Junior Men Canadian Cross-Country Championships, yesterday, 25 November, at Centennial Park, Etobicoke, Ontario. Ryan with other Kajaks Juniors: Simon Holmes (32nd), Mark Lister (34th) and Chris Durkin (42nd), finished second in the Junior Men team competition.
Other Kajaks results:

• Junior Men: Sam Pawluk (47th), Chris Dalhuisen (84th).
• Junior Women: Stephanie Bennett (7th).
• Senior Women: Nicki Knapp (20th).
• Senior Men: Allan Klassen (14th), Randy Moody (19th).

Wednesday, 22nd November 2000
Ryan Hayden finished 29th at the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championships, Monday, 20 November, at Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa.
He ran the 10km in a 30:59.2 (a 39 seconds improvement over his time on the same course, last 18 October), the second runner of the Villanova University team, which finished 6th.
He was the fastest "true" Freshman (1st year at university).
Congratulations, Ryan, on a very successful Cross-Country season.

Monday, 13 November 2000
Ryan Hayden finished 9th at the 2000 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Championships Saturday, 11 November, at Penn State University.
He ran the 10km in a blazing 30:40.14, making him the second runner of the Villanova University team, which finished 2nd out of 25 universities.
He will go with the Villanova University team at the 2000 NCAA Cross Country Championships at the Iowa State University, Monday, 20 November 2000.

Tuesday, 07 November 2000
Congratulations to Herb Phillips who won the 2000 Haney to Harrison 100 km ultra in 8:07:09, more than 46 minutes ahead of the second runner.

Tuesday, 07 November 2000
Congratulations to the Kajaks Team Zoom: they won the 19th Annual Haney to Harrison 100 km (62 Miles) relay, Saturday November 4, 2000. Several members of the team are current or former members of the Kajaks.
Of the 8 members of the team, 5 were the fastest in their leg.
The team in order of running was composed of: Ahmed Krama, Graeme Fell, Norm Tinkham, Shane Bilodeau, Oliver Utting, Dave Milne, Randy Moody and Scott Kent.
Look at a picture of seven members of the team.

Monday, 06 November 2000
We now have the results of the 2000 BC High School Cross-Country Championships that took place Saturday, 04 November 2000, at Beaver Lake, near Victoria.
Females: Gaelle Banini: 7th, Kasia Orzechowski: 20th, Ashley Doty: 27th.
Males: Sam Pawluk: 3rd, Mark Lister: 5th, Graeme Wells: 7th, Nick Sebastian: 11th, Chris Dalhuisen: 12th, Calen Nixon: 39th, Allen Wootton: 75th, Mark Wilkie: 78th, Saad Muradagha: 97th, Louis Chan: 133rd.

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Wednesday, 25 October 2000
The Kajaks athletes that ran in the High School Richmond/Burnaby/New Westminster Cross-Country Zone Meet, qualifying for the BC High School Cross-Country Championships (Victoria, 04 November 2000) did well.
Let's say that nobody beat them. Look at the pictures of the race.

Saturday, 21 October 2000
A number of our JD athletes will be given BC Junior Development Awards, at the BC JD Awards Banquet, next Saturday, 28 October 2000.

• 1989 Girls:
  Gabrielle Payne
  Jodi-Ann Robinson
• 1988 Girls:
  Jessica Witzel
• 1987 Girls:
  Chelsea Payne: Sprint, Throws
  Carmen Vicente: Throws
• 1987 Boys:
  Danny Larsen: Jumps
  Tyrell Mara: Throws
• 1985 Girls:
  Kasia Orzechowski: Distance
  Breanne Watson: Jumps
• 1985 Boys:
  Samuel Pawluk: Distance

Wednesday, 18 October 2000
Ryan Hayden, who is now a Freshman at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania, has finished 34th out of 380 runners, at the Pre NCAA Championships NCAA Race, at Iowa State University, last week-end. He ran the 10,000m in 31:38.
He is also ranked 10th junior in the world by the International Amateur Athletic Association (IAAF) in the 1500m.
Congratulations, Ryan.

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Tuesday 29 August 2000
The National Post of today has an article about Shane Niemi, who missed the standard to go to the Olympic Games by 8/100ths of a second, in the 400m.

Friday 25 August 2000
The results of the Memorial Van Damme IAAF Golden League Meet, in Brussels, Belgium can now be found here.
Jeff Schiebler ran the 5,000m in 13:46.65.

Sunday, 13 August 2000, 14:30
At the 2000 Canadian Track & Field Championships, in Victoria, Shane Niemi won the silver medal in the 200m.
BC won 4 out of six gold medals in the middle and long distance events:
Diane Cummins, 800m Women,
Zack Whitmarsh, 800m Men,
Leah Pells, 1500m Women,
Tina Connelly, 5000m Women.
Other BC medals in these events: 1 silver (Jeff Schiebler, 5000m) and 2 bronze (Marty Cluff, 800m, and Ryan Hayden, 1500m).
Congratulations.

Sunday, 13 August 2000, 13:00
At the Canada Dry 2000 Canadian Track & Field Championships and Olympic Trials, in Victoria, Caroline Wittrin won the bronze medal in the hammer throw, with a throw of 58.30m.
Robyn Lyons won the gold medal, with a new Canadian Championships record of 62.70m, and Michelle Fournier won the silver wit a throw of 60.26m.

Saturday, 12 August 2000
Finally, we have the Results of Friday and Saturday of the Canada Dry Canadian Track & Field Championships and Olympic Trials, in Victoria.

Saturday, 12 August 2000
At the Canadian Legion Camp, the Canadian Juvenile Championships, Marcel Hewamudalige won the gold medal in the 1500m, in just 3:57.35.
Here are the comments of Ian Fallas, who did not watch the race: "apparently, Hewamudalige pulled an "El Guerrouj", complete with kisses, on the homestretch".
Nataniel Grams won the silver medal in the long jump, with 1.90m.
Graeme Wells finished 4th in the 1500m and was part of the team that won the gold medal in the 4x400m.
The results of the Canadian Legion Camp can be found here.

Saturday, 12 August 2000
We still don't have the official results of the 2000 Canada Dry Canadian Track & Field Championships and Olympic Trials, but here are some partial results:
Shane Niemi won the gold medal in the 400m, in a time of 45.79 (unfortunately, it seems that it is not enough for him to go to Sydney, because he did not meet the qualification time (45.50) which is 2/100th of a second better than his own Canadian record! (45.52).
Ryan Hayden won the bronze medal in the 1500m, in 3:49.16. Kevin Sullivan won the gold, and Scott MacDonald the silver. Ahmed Krama, although qualified, did not compete in the final, because of injury.
Other BC Athletes: Leah Pells won the gold medal in 4:13.27, in the 1500m.

Friday, 11 August 2000
We don't have the official results of the first day of the 2000 Canada Dry Canadian Track & Field Championships and Olympic Trials, but several Kajaks athletes did very well:
Shane Niemi won his heat in the 400m.
Allen Klassen, Ahmed Krama amd Ryan Hayden qualified for the 1500m final that will take place Saturday at 14:55.
Jeff Schiebler finished second in the 5000m. This was a very fast 5000m, around 13:25, a new meet record. The previous meet record dated from 1987, 13:37.68 (Paul McCloy, Ottawa).
Other BC Athletes: Tina Connelly won the 5000m, Dylan Armstrong won the hammer throw.

Saturday, 5 August 2000
Tonight, at Swangard Stadium, in Burnaby, the Pre Olympic Trials High Performance Meet took place, starting at 7:30 PM. The results and some photos of the meet can be found here.
Robyn Meagher, from Victoria, finshed first in the 1500m, in 4:24.6. Finishing respectively second and third, Stephanie Hirtle, from Salmon Arm, and Kirsty Smith, from West Vancouver, had huge PB.
In the 1500m Men "A", Jeff Schiebler passed Ryan Hayden in the last metre. They both had a time of 3:42.8, another PB for Ryan, and a new BC Junior record. Ahmed Krama finished third, 0.7 second behind the leaders. A very interesting race.

Thursday, 3 August 2000
Last Sunday, 30 July 2000, at Minoru Park, the first Annual Kajaks "Throws Only" Meet took place.
The results can be found here as a Microsoft Excel file.

Tuesday, 1st August 2000
At the Hershey Harriers All Comers Meet, tonight at Burnaby Central High School, Leah Pells won the 800m Women elite in 2:04.9, and Ryan Hayden won the 800m Men elite, in 1:49.1, a new PB.
Herb Phillips barely missed the Canadian record in his age group (60-64) in the 10,000m. The current record is 37:17.4, Herb ran in 37:18.3!
The complete results of the meet are here.

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Saturday, 29 July 2000
Ian Fallas, from time to time, establishes the Canadian Rankings for the 1500m, from performances established this year.
In the first 20, there are two Kajaks Women: Cindy O'Krane (5th) with 4:16.03 and Nikki Knapp (18th) with 4:24.38, and three Kajaks Men: Ahmed Krama (8th) in 3:42.3h, Ryan Hayden (11th) in 3:44.2h, and Allan Klassen (14th) in 3:44.90.

Thursday, 27 July 2000
The results of the BC Junior Development Pentathlon Championships, Saturday 22 July 2000, in Maple Ridge are now available: Girls and Boys.
Some of the Kajaks Girls did very well:
11 years girls: Jodi-Ann Robinson, Gabrielle Payne and Katherine Kalnin finished first, second and third respectively!
12 years girls: Aretha Munro finished second.
14 years girls: Adelle Johns finished first.
Congratulations to all of them.

Tuesday, 25 July 2000
The results of the Hershey Harriers All Comers Meet, tonight at Burnaby Central High school are here.
Ahmed Krama improved his best performance of the year, and Ryan Hayden had another lifetime PB, in a race rabbited by Jeff Schiebler.
Diane Palmason (62) ran the mile in 6:17.9, equivalent to her world record of last May at the UBC-Kajaks Track Classic.

Monday, 24 July 2000
The results of the BC Juvenile and Senior Track & Field Championships, held in Abbotsford, last week-end, 22 & 23 July 2000, are here.
Several Kajaks Athletes won gold medals:
Juvenile Women High Jump: Breanne Watson (1.65m)
Senior Women 800m: Kerry MacKelvie (2:09.02)
Senior Women Discus: Carol Stevenson (38.55m)
Senior Women Hammer: Caroline Wittrin (62.28m)
Juvenile Men 800m: Graeme Wells (1:55.48)
Juvenile Mem 1500m: Marcel Hewamudalige (4:00.0h)
Juvenile Men 3000m: Marcel Hewamudalige (8:45.53)
Senior Men 1500m: Ahmed Krama (3:54.61)
Senior Men 3000m Steeple Chase: Randy Moody (9:00.15)
Senior Men Triple Jump: Mark Ramos (13.18m)

Monday, 17 July 2000
Results of Kajaks (or ex-Kajaks) Athletes at the Canadian Junior Championships in Montréal, Québec, July 14-16 2000:
Stephanie Bennett, fifth in the 1500m, in 4:32.42.
Ryan Hayden, gold medallist in the 1500m, in 3:50.49.
Marcel Hewamudalige, bronze medallist in the 5,000m, in 14:47.73.
Jim Heys, gold medallist in the 10,000m Race Walk in 49:45.81.
Jennifer Padrinao, fourth in the Hammer, with a throw of 47.58m.
Mark Ramos, silver medallist in the Long Jump with a jump of 7.21m.
Carol Stevenson, gold medallist in the Discus with a throw of 46.16m, bronze medallist in the Shot Put with a throw of 12.30m and bronze medallist in the Hammer with a throw of 49.97m.
Congratulations to all of them!

Monday, 17 July 2000
Gaëlle Banini finished fifth at the French Juvenile Championships in the 800m in Évry-Bondoufle, yesterday Sunday 16 July 2000.
She wants to go back next year to do better.

Friday, 07 July 2000
Today, at MacGill International, in Montréal, Ahmed Krama ran the 1500m in 3:44.45.
This is his best time this year.
The complete results of the meet are here.

Friday, 07 July 2000
Shane Niemi ran 45.68 to finish third in the 400m on Thursday, July 6th in the third meet of the Athletics Canada High Altitude Series, in Flagstaff, Arizona.
He finished behind two U.S. athletes, Ja Warren Hooker (44.95) and Kempa Busby (45.31).
This improves his Canadian leading mark, and ties his second best performance ever.
He will run again on Saturday morning in an attempt to get the Olympic Standard of 45.50, which will also break his Canadian record of 45.52.

Thursday, 06 July 2000
Kirk Dillabaugh has ranked the Canadian athletes, according to their best performance of the season, across events using the Mercier Scoring Tables (cut-off 850 pts).
In his list of 83 athletes, there are 5 Kajaks: Jeff Schiebler, Jennifer Joyce, Shane Niemi, Laurier Primeau and Caroline Wittrin.

Tuesday, 4 July 2000
At the Hershey Harriers All Comers Meet, tonight at Burnaby Central High School, Diane Cummins ran the 800m, Zack Whitmarsh ran the 400m, ... and Jeff Schiebler played soccer with other athletes!
The complete results are here.

Tuesday, 4 July 2000
Several Kajaks athletes (or ex-athletes) did very well in the BC Junior Championships, last weekend, in Kelowna during the Jack Brow Meet:
Marcel Hewamudalige won the 5000m in a new meet record of 15:11.67, below the funding standard.
Gaëlle Banini won the 800m in 2:12.40, a new PB.
Carol Stevenson won the discus with a throw of 43.81m, the shot put with a throw of 11.70m, and the hammer with a throw of 49.74m!
Jim Heyes (ex-Kajaks) won the 10,000m race walk in 47:47.39.
Ryan Hayden won the 1500m in 3:56.10.
There were many great performances at the Jack Brow. You will find the complete results here.

Monday, 3 July 2000
Shane Niemi just returned from Germany where he won all three 400m races he was entered in. He was first in Rehlingen (June 11th), first in Rhede (June 23), and first in Nuremberg (June 25). Despite poor weather he still ran 46.20 in Nuremberg, and is currently ranked first in the country. On Tuesday July 4th, he will be leaving for Flagstaff in Arizona, where he will participate in the Flagstaff High Altitude Series.

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Wednesday, 28 June 2000
Judi-Ann & Bridgid address a big thanks to the volunteers who helped make the Concession at the Y2K BC Elementary Championships a success.
This includes the BBQ, the hospitality, the suppliers, etc...

Sunday, 25 June 2000
Oliver Utting, of the Kajaks, finished fifth at the ScotiaBank Vancouver Half Marathon (21.1km), today, in a time of 1:08.07.
The winner, Julius Gwako, from Kenya, had a time of 1:04:46.
Graeme Fell, now a Master, was sixth in 1:08:36, Herb Philips, 61, was 35th in 1:21:27, and George Agnew, 53, finished in a time of 1:57:18.
Congratulations to all of them. The complete results of the race can be found here.

Sunday, 25 June 2000
Results of Kajaks athletes at the Adidas Oregon Track Classic, today in Portland, Oregon:
Cindy O'Krane, 4:17.16 in the 1500m
Ryan Hayden, 3:45.74, in the 1500m (a new junior club record)
Allan Klassen, 3:50.38, in the 1500m
Randy Moody, 8:31.04, in the 3000m
Congratulations to all of them.
The complete results of the meet can be found here.

Friday, 16 June 2000
At the Prefontaine Classic, in Eugene, Oregon, on June 24th, Dr. Doug Clement, who founded the Kajaks Track & Field Club, will be one of the "greatest student athletes" of Bill Bowerman, the famous University of Oregon Track Coach, who will pay tribute to their coach, the "professor of competitive response" who passed away last Christmas eve.
The Prefontaine Classic will be broadcast live for an hour on CBS and also "Webcast" on the Nike web site for several hours.
You can read the Nike press release.

Monday, 05 June 2000
Last Friday, 2 June 1000, some "former athletes and current friends" of Dr. Doug Clement participated in the "Thank You for Coaching Doug Clement Dinner/Cruise".
During the cruise, Lynn Williams and Sue Lee sang "Ode to Our Coach" that many former athletes of Dr. Doug Clement will appreciate.

Sunday, 04 June 2000
Saturday, 3 June 2000, Jeff Schiebler won the 10,000m Canadian Championships, that was part of the Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome Track Classic 2000. His time was 28:14.30.
The results of the Harry Jerome can be found here.

Saturday, 03 June 2000
Kajaks athletes did very well at the 2000 BC Secondary School Track & Field Championships, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June 2000, at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby.
Gold medallists include:

• Gaëlle Banini (800m)
• Jennifer Padrinao (HT)
• Ryan Hayden (800m and 1500m)
• Matt Love (3000m)
• Marcel Hewamudalige (2000m Steeple)
• Mark Ramos (LJ and TJ)

Saturday, 03 June 2000
Last Wednesday, at the UBC-Kajaks Track Classic, Diane Palmason of the Kajaks set a new Canadian and World record in the Mile for the Women 60-64 age group.
Her time was 6:18.12. The Canadian record was 6:42.13 and the World record was 6:24.8.
Take a look at the age graded results of the Masters Mile.

Thursday, 01 June 2000
Yesterday, 31 May 2000, at the NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships, in Durham, North Carolina, Jennifer Joyce finished 4th in the hammer throw, with a throw of 62.22m.
The results of the Women Hammer Throw can be found here.

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Wednesday, 31 May 2000
The 2000 UBC-Kajaks Track Classic took place tonight at Minoru Oval.
We witnessed some great races, and you can look at the complete results.

Tuesday, 30 May 2000
The Kajaks Women Hammer Throwers are on top of their game!
Jennifer Joyce finished 2nd at the recent PAC 10 Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with a throw of 62.86m.
It is less than a meter short of Caroline Wittrin's Canadian record at 63.47m.
Look at the complete results of the PAC 10 Champs.

Wednesday, 24 May 2000
Carol Stevenson is just finishing her first year at California State Usiverity, Northridge (CSUN), an NCAA Division I university.
She recently won the Big Sky Conference Championship in hammer with a throw of 54.50m.
You can read here her experience as a first year student in an US university.

Monday, 22 May 2000
Caroline Wittrin, a prominent member of our club, is the Canadian record holder in hammer, with a throw 63.47m in July 1999.
We asked her a few questions about her past, present and future life as an international athlete.
You will find her responses here.

Friday, 12 May 2000
Do you want to know how it is to be a student athlete in a top US University?
Then read the article Life at an American University, by Jennifer Joyce.
Jennifer is one of the best throwers in Canada. She is the Canadian junior record holder in hammer and is currently ranked 6th in hammer in the NCAA Division I, with a throw of 61.94m.

Wednesday, 10 May 2000
Margaret Butler, a long time member of the Kajaks is in her fourth year (the senior year) at the University of Washington in Seattle.
She had, until recently, the Canadian Junior Record in 5000m, with a time of 16:45.6.
We asked her to give us her impressions of a student athlete in an US University. You will find them here.
She will compete in the 1500m at the UBC-Kajaks Track Classic, on May 31st.

Thursday, 04 May 2000
Jeff Schiebler finished 4th, yesterday 03 May, in the 5000m of the Shizuoka International Track Meet in Japan, with a time of 13:25.04.
His time is better than the A Standard for selection to the Olympic Games in Sydney (13:28:00).

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Sunday, 30 April 2000
Performances of Kajaks Athletes at the evening session of the Oregon Invitational, Saturday May 29:
Women
Cindy O'Krane: 4:21.93 (1500m, 3rd)
Nikki Knapp: 4:27.10 (1500m, 7th)
Caroline Wittrin: 59.12m (Hammer, 1st)
Men
Chris Johnson: 1:52.67 (800m, 5th)
Allan Klassen: 3:46.44 (1500m, 2nd)
Randy Moody: 3:47.82 (1500m, 6th)
The complete results are here.

Thursday, 27 April 2000
Following his fourth place at the Vancouver Sun Run on 17 April 2000, Kajaks.org did an interview of Ahmed Krama.
Ahmed Krama was born in Algeria in 1973. He has competed internationally for several years. In March 1999, he arrived in Vancouver. Since then, he has become a Landed Immigrant. He has joined the Kajaks and he trains under the direction of Marek Jedrzejek.
You can read the interview here.

Sunday, 23 April 2000
On Sunday 23 April 2000, in Kobe, Japan, Jeff Schiebler finished 2nd in the 10,000m in a time of 27:53.85, a little more than 8 seconds over his Canadian record, that he achieved also in Kobe, two years ago, almost to the day.
The winner, Simon Maina, from Kenya had a time of 27:18.95.
Jeff's comments: "I was left with a choice of going with Maina or staying back with the Japanese. I went with Maina, but he got away from about 3km until the end. So I ran from 3km until the finish completely on my own. Very boring race in windy conditions".
Congratulations, Jeff.

Tuesday, 18 April 2000
Kevin Sullivan, a world class miler, from Bramptford, Ontario, has indicated that he will run the 800m at the UBC-Kajaks Track Classic at Minoru Park, on Wednesday, 31 May 2000.
See the Press Release.

Monday, 17 April 2000
We have the results of some of our athletes at the Mt SAC Relays:
Gaëlle Banini (800m) 2:15.99, Chris Durkin (3000m) 9:26.34, Ryan Hayden (1500m) 3:51.98, Marcel Hewamudalige (3000m) 8:45.43, Allan Klassen (Mile) 4:09.66, Matt Love (1500m) 4:07.05, Sam Pawluk (3000m) 9:31.44, Graeme Wells (1500m) 4:05.04.

Monday, 17 April 2000
Ahmed Krama, from the Kajaks, finished 4th and top Canadian at the Vancouver Sun Run, Sunday 16 April 2000, with a time of 29:44.
James Koskie of Kenya won the race in a time of 27:36.
The results will soon be here.

Wednesday, 12 April 2000
Several Kajaks athletes are going to compete this week-end at the Mt SAC Relays, in Walnut, California:
Gaëlle Banini (800 m), Amanda Clifford (Discus), Chris Durkin (3000 m), Ryan Hayden (1500 m), Marcel Hewamudalige (3000 m), Byron Jack (Triple Jump), Allan Klassen (Mile), Matt Love (1500 m), Sarah McDiarmid (High Jump), Jennifer Padrinao (Hammer and Discus), Sam Pawluk (3000 m), Lara Peters (Discus), Mark Ramos (High and Triple Jumps), Graeme Wells (1500 m) and Caroline Wittrin (Hammer).
The Mt SAC Relays Web site is here.

Friday, 07 April 2000
Andy Kowalewski, from West Van, sent us pictures of last year's Track City Classic in Eugene, Oregon. You can see some of our young athletes during the competition here.

Thursday, 06 April 2000
The organizing committee of the UBC-Kajaks Track Classic (formerly Review Kajaks Relays) is pleased to announce that Clare Taylor, from Eugene and Ryan Chaney, of Portland have confirmed their participation at the event that will take place at Minoru on May 13th 2000.
Read more ...

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Tuesday, 28 March 2000
Ryan Hayden who participated last week in the World Cross-Country Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal, wrote his impressions.
You can read them here.

Sunday, 19 March 2000
Ryan Hayden finished 91th and first Canadian, at the World Junior Cros-Country Championships, today in Vilamoura, Portugal. The Canadian team finished 19th. 159 athletes finished the race, and 27th teams are ranked. You can look at the results here.