Kajaks News Archives 2007Nov 29/07: Club Records and All-Time Top Ten updated Nov 27/07: 2008 Club Membership Application is now available for download. Nov 10/07: JD Crest winners now posted. Nov 9/07: 2007 Kajaks Award Winners: Perpetual Trophies; JD Awards. Congratulations to all our award winners. Nov 5/07: Spencer Jackson was the top Kajaks finisher in the BC High School Cross Country Championship at Beaver Lake, Victoria (Nov 3rd) finishing in 41st place. Jamie Andrews came in 80th, Daniel Ribi 148th and Patrick Riddell 188th. Evan Dunfee, who was expected to do very well this year, was unable to finish due to illness. In the girls' race, Stephanie Santa Cruz came in 179th and Heather Warwick 206th. If anyone has been missed, please email records@kajaks.org. Oct 30/07: It was quality rather than quantity for Kajaks at
the BC Cross Country Championships (Victoria, Oct 27th).
Those athletes that made the trip had excellent runs. Christopher
Gaio (M11) came in 4th, while Connor Forsythe (M10) and
Patrick Riddell (M13) both finished 5th in their races (see
the JD Page for details). In the Lower Mainland JD XC
Series, both Patrick Riddell (M13) and Christopher Gaio
(M11) finished in 2nd position. Oct 25/07: Kajaks JDs continue to do well in the JD Cross Country series. With one race to go (the BC Cross Country Championships in Victoria this weekend) Patrick Riddell (M13) is in second place, with 77 points from 3 races. He was unable to finish the Frank Reynolds Memorial race, due to a twisted ankle. More results Oct 20/07: Masters' BC records recently approved this
year (see
BC Athletics website) include those of Kajaks Masters athletes
Rose Hare and Andy Aadmi. Oct 18/07: It's time to celebrate! The 2007 Kajaks Annual
Awards Banquet is happening Sunday, November 4th at the
Richmond Country Club (9100 Steveston Hwy, Richmond). Doors open
at 5pm, Dinner at 6pm. Guest speaker: Ryan Hayden. Silent Auction,
50/50 draw. October 14/07: Congratulations to Jerry Ziak who
finished in 11th place in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront
Marathon on September 30th in his first marathon. He clocked a
very fast time of 2:17:23.9. Jerry was a member of the
Canadian team, and the second Canadian finisher in a very strong
field. The race was won by John Kelai in 2:09:30, one of 5 Kenyan
athletes in the top 10. Full results at here.
There is an interview with Jerry here. October 10/07: JD Cross Country season off to a great start at first 3 meets. October 9/07: Results from Elementary/Jr High XC Meet are now posted. September 23/07: Congratulations to our 2007 BC Athletics JD Award winners: M13 Pauljit Bhandal Throws HT 37.95m Receiving a BC Athletics JD Award is a great achievement, and these athletes have been turning in impressive performances all track season. BC Athletics have changed the criteria and age-group for these Senior athlete Jamie Epp finished third overall in the Timex September 2/07: Results from Labour Day Weekend 8k - updated Sep 8 August 23/07: Kajaks racewalkers Evan Dunfee and Heather Warwick had outstanding performances at the Junior Racewalk Dual meet (Hauppauge, New York on Aug 8th). Evan came in 3rd in a time of 49.19 racing over 10km, and Heather was 5th in the 5km race in a time of 27.14. See full report in the BC Athletics bulletin: www.bcathletics.org/main/bulletin/2007-26.htm. August 15/07: Congratulations on some excellent performances to our Kajaks athletes competing on the BC team at the Western Canada Games (August 3-11th Strathcona County, AB). Evan Dunfee won the 5000m RW in a very close finish, while Heather Warwick easily won the Women's event. Lara Ter Laak was a double medallist in the throws. Adelle Johns, the only senior athlete among the group, put in excellent performances to take the Heptathlon gold medal, while Gabrielle Payne won bronze in the high jump. Evan Dunfee 1st 5000mRW 22:45.56 Kajaks athletes set new Legion recordsSabrina Nettey along with younger sister Christabel set two meet records at the 2007 National Legion Juvenile Championships held last week in Oromocto NB. Sabrina set a new meet record in the 200m with a time of 24.13 breaking the old record of 24.19. Sabrina also won a gold medal in the100m and 4 X 100m relay. Christabel Nettey set her record in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 13.90 seconds breaking the old record of 14.06 seconds. Christabel also won a gold medal in the Long Jump with a performance of 6.28m. Had it not been wind aided it would have stood as a new Legion and Canadian Youth record. She also received a silver medal in the 100m. Christabel was also a member along with Sabrina on the gold medal BC 4 X 100m relay team. Kajaks athletes with outstanding performances at the 2007 Legion ChampionshipsAngus Taylor won 3 medals to help BC to a second place finish at the Legion Championships. Angus had gold medals in hammer and discus and silver in shot put. Emma Kimoto took the gold medal in the 17 and under female high jump. Young up and coming thrower Alex Dumont receiving a bronze medal in the 15 and under discus throw. Gurinder Dosanjh placed 4th in the 17 and under men’s discus and Ryan Chester 7th in 400m hurdles timed finals. Kajaks Athlete voted the most outstanding athlete of the 2007 Legion Championships:Christabel Nettey was voted the most outstanding female athlete of the 2007 Legion Championships. This was the first time the Legion has acknowledged outstanding male and female athletes at this competition. 17 & Under: Angus Taylor 1st Discus 51.37m, 1st Hammer 62.19m, 2nd
SP 14.76m 15 & Under: August 3/07: Welcome to our new sponsor: Popeye's Supplements. Popeye's Supplements is Canada's leader in sport nutrition, providing a wide range of athletic and health supplements for all Canadians, and has been doing so since 1989. One of the newest locations in our 50 strong family is in Richmond BC. They are located in the Time Square Shopping Centre across from Richmond Centre and can be contacted at 604-247-2299, or visit their website at www.popeyescanada.com. Kajaks racewalkers Evan Dunfee and Heather Warwick have been selected as part of the Canadian team to take part in the Canada-USA Junior Racewalk Dual Meet, Hauppauge, New York on Aug 8th. Heather will be racing over 5K, Evan over 10K. (See BC Athletics bulletin ISSUE #23-2007) Congratulations Evan and Heather! July 30/07: Congratulations to Senior Kajaks athlete Dariusz Slowik who won a bronze medal in Discus at the Pan Am Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 28th) with a throw of 57.37m. Dariusz is the Commonwealth Games bronze medallist and BC Record Holder at 63.47m. See report on Athletics Canada Website. Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships Abbotsford,
July 27-29: Kajaks athletes put in some excellent performances
at the Canadian Junior Championships. Christabel Nettey won
gold in Long Jump, and silver in 100mH, while Angus Taylor
won the Hammer event on his first throw, and took silver in
Discus. Also taking silver in discus was Lara ter Laak. Sabrina
Nettey took bronze in 200m, finishing 4th in 100m and Long
Jump. Gabrielle Payne came in 3rd in High Jump. Williston
Wong was just out of Many of our athletes who competed are still in the Juvenile age group, so will be in action again at the Legion Games in August. Angus Taylor 1st Hammer 54.96m 2nd Discus 49.78m 11th SP
12.29m Christabel Nettey 1st LJ 6.07m 2nd 100mH 14.31 July 18/07: New option for Masters membership: recreational with no club support The nine Kajaks athletes (aged 9-14) who competed at the JD
Championships in Kamloops (July 13th-15th) took home a total
of 19 medals! Nicholas Fyffe won 5 gold medals, and Pauljit
Bhandal The BC Juvenile and BC Western Canada Games teams have been announced. Congratulations to the following Kajaks athletes who have been selected: Juvenile Team: Western Canada Games Team: Mike Murray is selected as coach. July 15/07: Day 5 of the World Youth Games: Many congratulations to Christabel and Sabrina Nettey on their awesome performances, and also to our other athletes who competed (racewalker Evan Dunfee, thrower Angus Taylor and jumper Emma Kimoto). Kajaks athletes results from the RBC Canadian Championships in Windsor, Ontario (July 12-15th): Dariusz Slowik 2nd Discus 60.96m Dariusz and Jerry were on the BC Team, and Byron is a Master Athlete, familiar to many as Kajaks' horizontal jumps coach. Heather is still a Juvenile athlete, and BC High School RaceWalk champion. July 14/07: Day 4 at the World Youth Games: Day 3: Heartbreak for Angus Taylor in the discus as he fouled all three throws, to be eliminated from the Discus event. July 13/07: Day 2 action at the World Youth Games: July 11/07: After the first day of the World Youth Games
in the Czech Republic (Wed. July 11th), Sabrina Nettey has
qualified for the semi-final round in the 100m with a PB of 11.84
in the 1st round, followed by a 3rd place finish in the
quarter-final with a time of 11.90. The BC Senior, Junior and 15 year old track teams have been announced, and the following Kajaks athletes have been selected: Senior Team Junior Team 15-year old Team The Senior Team will be be competing in the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Windsor, Ontario this weekend (July 12-15th), and the Junior Team will be competing at Abbotsford in the Canadian Junior Championships, July 27-29th. The 15-year old Team and the still-to-be announced Juvenile Team will compete at the Legion Games (Aug 6-13th), New Brunswick. July 9/07: A number of our athletes took part in the July 7-8th
meet in Nanaimo, i.e. the Western Canada Summer Games Trials
Meet and BC Midget, Youth & Juvenile Championships. The
athletes were competing for places on the BC Teams, trying to make
the various standards. Even though five of our top young athletes
are away competing at the World Youth Games (Czech Republic),
Kajaks athletes still had an excellent meet. Senior Junior Juvenile Congratulations to Senior athlete Mark Bomba (M35) who
won the HBC Run for Canada 10km road race (July 1st) in
Vancouver with a fast time of 32:24. Other Kajaks athletes taking
part were: July 5/07 - The last two All-Comers Meets, August 16 & 23, have been cancelled due to track repairs / painting. June 28/07 - Results from the BC Masters Championships, Langley (15-17 June): Avril Douglas W60 1st 200m 32.27, 1st 200m 74.34 Results from the BC Junior and Senior Championships, Kamloops (June 23rd-24th): Juniors Seniors Two of our JD athletes competed in the 14/15 year old category. June 27/07 - Outstanding performances by JD's at the BC JD Pentathlon championships, June 23 June 25/07 - JD athletes impressive at Langley Pacific Invitational June 24/07 - Online registration is now open for the Labour Day Weekend 8k. All 2007 details posted. June 22/07 - Athletics Canada have announced the teams, and no less than six of our athletes have been selected to compete for Canada: 2007 Pan American Games (Brazil July 22-29th): 2007 World Youth Championships (Czech Republic, July
11-15th): Diane Cummins, a former Kajaks athlete, has also been named to the Pan American games team for 800m. There cannot be many clubs that have put five athletes on a National team! Many congratulations to all these athletes and their coaches. June 21/07 - 2007 details for Labour Day Weekend 8k. June 17/07 - Results from All-Comers Meet #5 Juvenile High Jumper Emma Kimoto has been added to the list of athletes who have made the standard for the World Youth Games. Her 1.73m jump at the BCHS Championships equals the standard, while discus thrower Lara ter Laak has made the standard (43.90m) for the Pan American Junior Championships with her throw of 43.96m (Fresno, California). The qualifying period ends today (Jun 17th), so the teams should be announced soon. Several Kajaks athletes were out running the Longest Day 5k
Road Race (UBC Campus, Friday June 15th) on a fine, sunny
evening. Senior athlete Jamie Epp finished in 3rd place
overall with a fast time of 15:49.3. This race is part of the
Timex Series of road races, also popular with some of the Masters
distance runners. Prior to this race, Jamie was in 4th place
overall in the Series, 1st in the M25 age group. As always, please let me know () if anyone as been missed. June 14/07 - JD Report from Cheetah Invitational (June 9-10) The following Kajaks athletes have met the qualifying standards
(shown in brackets) for the 2007 Pan American Junior Championships
(Sao Paulo, Brazil): Sabrina and Christabel Nettey competed in the Harry Jerome International Track Classic in Burnaby (June 8th). Sabrina, a Juvenile athlete, finished 3rd in the 200m in a time of 24.82s, beating international athletes from China and team Canada. She and her sister Christabel also were half of the BC 4x100m relay Team, finishing in second place behind Team Canada. At the Cheetah Invitational (Coquitlam, June 9-10th) Angus
Taylor (Juvenile) made the hammer standard for the World Youth
Games with a throw of 64.51m (standard is 63.19m with 5kg hammer).
He now has the qualifying standards for both Discus and Hammer.
Needless to say, Angus also broke the Meet Record in both Hammer
and Discus (50.99m), and also took gold in Shot Put (14.29m). June 13/07 - Wow! Kajaks Athletes Perform at the BC High School Championships - report from Head Coach Richard Collier June 8/07 - Results from All-Comers Meets #3 and #4 June 5/07 - The Richmond Sports Awards have been
announced (Richmond Review, June 2nd) and Kajaks Athletes have won
in three categories. Trey Henderson is Sportsperson of the
Year. Trey holds the Canadian Youth Record in the Hammer, besides
being an outstanding football player. Senior Male Athlete of the
Year is discus thrower Dariusz Slowik, Bronze medallist at
the Commonwealth games and BC record holder. Andy Aadmi is
the Male Masters Athlete of the Year. He set four Provincial
records and won 12 medals at the Canadian championships in the
M70-74 age category. June 3/07 - Results from Kajaks International Track Classic JD's shine at BC Elementaries and BC High School champs May 28/07 - Results are now posted for BC Elementary T&F Championships - revised May 30 May 22/07 - JD track and field reports: top six finishers in recent meets May 22/07 (update) - FIVE Kajaks athletes made the qualifying standard
for the Canadian World Youth Team: May 7/07 - Kajaks JD high school athletes opened the Track season in fine style, turning in very impressive results at the Fraser Valley High School Meet ...more May 4/07 - Results from All-Comers Meet #2, May 3 April 27/07 - Results are now posted for Kajaks High School Meet April 23/07 - Kajaks
Scholarship Award info and application
- submission deadline May 31/07 Kajaks International Track Classic meet info and entry forms are now posted. Date will be June 3. Online registration available. April 21/07 - Results from All-Comers Meet #1, April 19 April 16/07 - Meet Package and modified Schedule of Events for BC Elementary T&F Championships - revised April 21 Schedule for Kajaks All-Comers Meets now posted. April 10/07 - Junior Development training times updated for age 9-12; 2007 JD Track & Field Schedule April 10/07 - Updated Membership and Event Calendar/Volunteer Hours forms Kajaks Pre-Season Registration / Open House -
Sunday, April 1st March 21/07 - new phone and fax numbers for the club. March 20/07 - NEW DATE for Kajaks High School Meet. We have pushed it back by 1 day to make the results eligible for World Youth and Pan Am Junior team qualifying. The qualifying period set by Athletics Canada starts April 26th, 2007. March 4/07 - 2007 Board of Directors February 19/07 - 2006 JD Awards and Reports are now posted February 18/07 - ALL photos from Ice-Breaker 8k February 9/07 - Race photos posted from Ice-Breaker 8k February 6/07 - Congratulations to our
four Kajaks 2006 BC Athletics Awards winners: Jennifer Joyce,
Kirsty Smith, Avril Douglas and Trey Henderson. February 1/07 - The Kajaks AGM is on Tuesday, February 13,
7:30 - 10:00 PM but has been moved from the Brighouse location to
the address below. Please join us.
January 28/07 - Results are posted from the Steveston Ice-Breaker 8k January 24/07 - Message from club manager Debrah Burleigh:
This is a notice to everyone that I unfortunately need to step
down do to health reasons. I am truly going to miss working with
everyone. I really enjoyed it. Club Manager: Membership fees & BC Athletic fees must be collected and completed in a timely and orderly manner. The Manager must also be a liaison between the members the Board and the Community at large. All administrative functions of the Club must be performed within the guidelines of the current Job Description and the Privacy Laws governing Associations and Clubs. January 23/07 - Club members, you can look up your BC Athletics number here. You will need your number to register for meets. January 16/07 - new online volunteer sign-up system January 1/07 - indoor (gym) JD training times starting Jan 8 |