Kajaks News Archives 2009

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In reverse chronological order:

December 10/09: 2010 Kajaks Membership Application now available. Discounts available: Early Bird Discount – 5% discount for returning Kajaks members until January 31, 2010. $30 Discount for any parent of members registered in the JD, Youth, Junior or Senior category and for those members 65 years of age or older.

November 16/09: 2009 Kajaks Awards Winners; 2009 JD Awards Winners

October 31/09: Two of our Kajaks participated in the 2009 World Masters Games held in Sydney Australia October 11-19 in athletics, one of 28 sports offered. Total games competitors exceeded 28,000 of which 10% made up the highly competitive field in athletics. Coach Byron Jack was a competitor in the Long Jump, Pentathlon, 400 metre hurdles and Triple Jump. Treasurer Bob Cheng was a competitor in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres as well as the 4 x 400 relay, achieving a silver in the men's 200 - 239 total team age category. This marked the 2nd consecutive World Masters Games that Bob has brought home a medal, he won gold in the men's 200-239 age category 4 x 100 relay at the 2005 Edmonton World Masters Games.

October 27/09: Holiday Favourites Fundraiser (PDF, 1.35 MB) - including appetizers, entrees and cookies
Order deadline Thursday November 11.

October 21/09: Results now posted for BC Elementary & Junior High Schools Cross Country Meet

October 20/09: JD Cross Country Season 2009 results to date

October 15/09: 

2009 ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009
RICHMOND COUNTRY CLUB
9100 STEVESTON HWY
RICHMOND, BC

DOORS OPEN @ 5:00 PM
DINNER @ 6:00 PM
GUEST SPEAKER: JENNIFER JOYCE
SILENT AUCTION / 50/50 SALES

TICKETS: Adult $25 per person; Children 6-12  $15 per person

Please join us for good food and good fun as we celebrate the past Track & Field season. 
Send us an email (info@kajaks.org) to reserve your spot!!

If you have any items to donate for the silent auction, please let us know. If you have any questions or require additional information, please give me a call at 604-241-9094 or send Susan Henderson an email message at info@kajaks.org. 

October 8/09: Four of our Junior Development athletes have received 2009 BC Athletics JD Awards. They are:

John Kairis-Cates M95 Sprints 200m(24.27s)
Asianna Covington F95 Throws DT(32.29m), SP(11.77m)
Connor Forsyth M97 Jumps HJ(1.52m)
Gurleen Bhandal F98 Throws DT(22.19m)

Congratulations to these athletes, and many thanks to our JD Coaches for their hard work.

October 8/09: Two of our Senior athletes were selected to represent Canada for the Francophone Games (Beirut, Set 27-Oct 6th). They are Trey
Henderson and Chantal Spies (a second-club member). Both train with head coach Richard Collier, who was named as an event coach for the team.

Chantal finished in 8th place in discus with an excellent throw of 48.69m. Unfortunately Trey did not have a legal throw in the hammer event. Full results are on the Athletics Canada website.

October 8/09: Kajaks hosted the track and field portion of the 2009 Senior Games held at Minoru (16-19th September). The road races were held outside the Oval. Our club president, Fred Pawluk, did an excellent job organizing the track and field portion, as did long-time club member and coach George Agnew organizing the road-races. A number of club members volunteered at the event to help make it a success.

A large group our Masters athletes competed in the events. Gwen McFarlan was outstanding, winning her events in record times and racing 1500m, 5km and 10km all within the space of a few days! Avril Douglas, Fred Pawluk, John Winfield and Steve Hosford were also in excellent form, winning all their events.

Full results can be found on this website.

• W75 Gwen McFarlan 1st 1500m 7:06.32, 1st 5000m 25:09.00, 1st 10000m Road Race 52:33.00
• W60 Avril Douglas 1st 100m 15.53, 1st 200m 31.95, 1st 400m 1:14.71 
• W55 Germaine Joyce 3rd Hammer(3kg) 13.91m, 1st 10000m Road Race 54:20.00
• W55 Jo Anne Gray 2nd 5000m Power Walk 41:55.56, 1st Discus 16.68m, 2nd Javelin 18.80m, 3rd 100m 17.96, 3rd 400m 1:32.19
• M70 George Agnew 4th Shot Put 8.33m, 1st Outdoor Pentathlon 1055 points (1st 100m 31.02,1st Shot Put 8.57m, Javelin 19.05m, Long Jump 2.17m, 1500m 11:10.19)
• M60 Jess Brewer 2nd 200m 30.17, 1st 400m 1:08.88, 2nd Triple Jump 8.57m, 3rd 100m 14.66
• M60 John Winfield 1st 100m 13.58, 1st 200m 27.37
• M60 Fred Pawluk 1st 800m 2:36.45, 1st 1500m 5:18.94
• M55 Steve Hosford 1st 800m 2:26.98, 1st 1500m 4:59.37

September 20/09: Results from BC Senior Games Track & Field (Sept 16-19)

September 18/09: Evan Dunfee set a new Kajaks club record of 1:29.13 competing in the 20K Race Walk in Edmonton (Sept 12th). Earlier in the season, he set a new Canadian Junior record of 41.55 for the 10K Race Walk, breaking a record set in 1981.

September 18/09: Kajaks athletes had excellent results at the Canada Games last month (24-28th August in Charlottetown, PEI), competing on the BC team. They brought home 6 medals between them. Angus Taylor won two silver medals in discus and hammer, finishing just ahead of Trey Henderson, who had to settle for the bronze in hammer. Kevin Lim was a member of both 4x100 and 4x400 BC relay teams, winning silver and bronze medals respectively, while Shai Davis helped the 4x100m relay team to take silver in the Womens' event. Our athletes were unlucky not to win more medals, as Emmalynne MacCorquodale, Lara ter Laak, David Skermer and Shai Davis all had 4th place finishes. David also helped the 4x100m team to a place in the final.

This event was for athletes aged 16-24, so Shai at 16 was one of the youngest competitors. Emmalynne and Angus are Juniors.

Photo: Shai Davis (3rd from left) with her relay team at the World Youth games 2009 - photo by Laura Davis

Emmalynne MacCorquodale 4th Hammer 52.79m, 10th= Shot Put 11.21m
Lara ter Laak 4th Discus 43.18m, 5th Hammer 47.81m, 10th= Shot Put 11.21m
Angus Taylor 2nd Discus 47.27m, 2nd Hammer 55.88m
Trey Henderson 3rd Hammer 55.80m
David Skermer 4th Discus 45.45m, 9th Shot Put 12.21m, 6th 4x100m Prelim
Kevin Lim 2nd 4x100m 41.77, 3rd 4x400m 3:15.11, 6th 400m 48.52
Shai Davis 4th 100m 12.05, 2nd 4x100m 46.86

Complete results at www.athleticsvideos.com/Rankings/2009_CSG_Results.htm 

September 9/09: JD cross country training sessions begin on Wednesday, September 9 at 6:00pm. Meet at the grandstands at the Minoru Track. Training will be on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:00pm, until the light starts to fade, and then we may move the start time to 5:30pm.

August 22/09: Kajaks Hammer thrower Jennifer Joyce (see photo) finished 11th in qualifying group A at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, throwing 67.07m. She did not advance to the final, but she has had a great season, setting a PB of 70.35m in July. Canadian record-holder Sultana Frizell did make the final, finishing 10th with a throw of 70.88m. Full results are on the Athletics Canada website. 
Photo: Mundo Sport Images / msievents.com.

August 21/09: Our racewalkers Evan Dunfee and Heather Warwick were in excellent form at the Canada-USA Junior Dual Racewalk Meet held August 16 in Minneapolis. Heather won the women's event 5K in a personal best time of 26.06, and along with her two teammates (one from Victoria and one from Quebec) tied the U.S. Women. Evan won the Men's 10K event in a time of 44.24 and along with his two teammates (both from Quebec) won the Men's portion of the dual meet. Overall Canada was the winner of the dual meet. 

Full results can be found at http://twincitiesracewalkers.org/results 

August 16/09: Results and Photos from Richmond Oval 8km are now posted: see race info page.

August 13/09: Seven Kajaks athletes are on the Team BC Athletics roster for the 2009 Canada Games (PEI). They are Shai Davis, Trey Henderson, Kevin Lim, Emmalynne MacCorquodale, David Skermer, Angus Taylor, and Lara ter Laak. The athletics portion is scheduled 24-28th August. Athletes must be aged between 16 and 23.

Sprinters Shai and Kevin are coached by Mike Murray, and throwers Trey, Emmalynne, David, Angus and Lara are all coached by Richard Collier.

August 11/09: Three of our athletes were in action at the Legion Canadian Youth track and field championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec August 8-9th, competing on the BC Teams.

Nick Fyffe, on the 15-year old team, broke the Legion games Triple Jump record with a phenomenal jump of 13.73m. Incidentally, Nick also broke the long-standing BC Midget triple jump record set in 1971 with this jump. Nick also won the long jump with a leap of 6.36m, and was part of the BC 4x100m relay team that finished in 2nd place.

In the 17 and under category, Shai Davis tied for first place in the 200m sprint in a time of 24.38, finished 2nd in 100m in a time of 11.97 and anchored the winning BC 4x100m relay team.

Also in this age category, Sam Kennedy won hammer with a throw of 42.47m (photo by Petranella Daviel), and finished 13th in javelin with a throw of 29.70m.

Nick is coached by Byron Jack, Shai by Mike Murray and Sam by Richard Collier. Congratulations to these athletes and their coaches!

August 4/09: Christabel Nettey wins a silver medal at the PanAm Juniors!

Christabel Nettey jumped 6.05m on Sunday to win a silver medal at the PanAm Junior Track and Field Championships (31st July to 2nd Aug) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Her jump was only 3cm behind the winner. Way to go, Christabel!

Congratulations also to Emmalynne Macorquodale who just missed a medal, finishing in 4th place in Hammer with a huge throw of 53.18m, and Evan Dunfee who placed 6th in the 10kmRW in a time of 43:27.04. Angus Taylor was also competing in Hammer, but unfortunately his throws were fouls.

Photos at right: 1. Christabel Nettey competing in long jump at the 2009 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships, PEI July 17-19, 2009. Photo: Mundo Sport Images/msievents.com 
2. Evan Dunfee at the Junior National 10km RW event, Toronto, July 2009.

July 31/09: Kajaks sprinter Shai Davis is one of only 13 athletes that Athletics Canada has identified for the 2010 World Junior Championships to be held in Moncton. Shai has already achieved standard in both the 100 and 200m sprints! Way to go, Shai. For more info see www.athletics.ca.

Photo at right: Shai Davis in the 100m at the 2009 Canadian Junior Championships, PEI. 
Photo: Mundo Sport Images / Athletics Canada

Athletics Canada has also named Kajaks Senior Hammer thrower Jennifer Joyce as one of the 2009 IAAF World Championship team to compete in Berlin, August 15-23.

Check the club Photo Gallery for new images as of July 31st.

July 28/09: Kajaks athletes excel at 2009 BC JD Championships - Our athletes had a great final meet of the season at the JD Championships hosted by Ocean Athletics in hot sunshine. Many athletes set personal bests.

July 25/09: Four Kajaks athletes have been named to the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships team by Athletics Canada. The team will compete July 31 to August 2 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

Competing for Canada will be:

Evan Dunfee, 10kmRW
Emmalynne MacCorquodale, Hammer
Christabel Nettey, Long Jump
Angus Taylor, Hammer

Evan Dunfee is coached by Gerry Dragomir of Racewalk West, Emmalynne and Angus by Richard Collier, and Christabel by Mike Murray, who accompanies the team as Head Coach. Congratulations and good luck to these athletes.

July 22/09: Congratulations to our athletes who have been selected for BC Teams:

Legion Midget (15) BC Team :
Nick Fyffe LJ/TJ

Legion Youth (16/17) BC Team :
Sam Kennedy HT
Shai Davis 100m
Joanna Franke-Kuhn HT

Junior BC Team :
Emmalynne MacCorquodale HT
Lauren Stuart HT/DT
Angus Taylor HT/DT
Christabel Nettey LJ
Gurinder Dosanjh DT
Shai Davis 100m
Joanna Franke-Kuhn HT

Nick Fyffe is coached by Byron Jack, Shai Davis and Christabel Nettey by Mike Murray, and Emmalyne MacCorquodale, Lauren Stuart, Angus Taylor, Gurinder Dosanjh, Joanna Franke-Kuhn and Sam Kennedy are all coached by Richard Collier. Joanna is a second club member with Kajaks.

July 22/09: The BC Junior team was in action in Charlottetown, PEI at the Canadian Junior Championship (17-19th July).

This also was the selection meet for the Pan Am Junior games. Three of our athletes won their events. Christabel Nettey jumped 6.10m to win the Long Jump, Emmalynne MacCorquodale won Hammer with a throw of 51.38m, and Angus Taylor won Hammer with a 64.32m throw. Angus also finished third in Discus. Our other medallists were Joanna Franke-Kuhn (2nd place in Hammer), Shai Davis (3rd in 100m) and Emma Kimoto, who missed selection for the BC Team, placed 3rd in High Jump with a 1.70m jump. Lauren Stuart just missed a medal with a 4th place finish in Discus.

Christabel Nettey 1st LJ 6.10m (wind-aided). Legal jump 5.98m (Pan Am Junior Standard)
Emmalynne MacCorquodale 1st HT 51.38m (JDLF** Standard)
Angus Taylor 1st HT 64.32m (Pan Am Junior Standard), 3rd DT 50.39m
Joanna Franke-Kuhn 2nd HT 45.54m
Shai Davis 3rd 100m 12.01
Emma Kimoto 3rd HJ 1.70m
Lauren Stuart 4th DT 41.70m (Pan Am Junior Standard)
Gurinder Dosanjh 9th DT 44.86m

**Jeux de la Francophonie

For complete results, see the Athletics Canada website: www.athletics.ca.

July 22/09: Our Master athletes were in excellent form competing at the Canadian Masters' Track and Field Championships in Kamloops, (July 17-19th).

Avril Douglas W60 1st 200m 31.60, 1st 400m 73.50
Emma Adams W40 1st 400m 67.67, 3rd 100m 15.49, 3rd 200m 29.85, 3rd 800m 2:34.27
John Winfield M63 1st 100m 13.84, 2nd 200m 27.5h, 3rd 400m 70.69
Fred Pawluk M60 1st 800m 2:37.31, 1st 1500m 5:18.83
Steve Hosford M55 2nd 800m 2:25.97, 2nd 1500m 5:01.50

July 14/09: Our athletes shone at the BC Track & Field Championships Jamboree held July 10th-12th in Abbotsford.

In the Senior category, Kajaks male and female athletes dominated the Hammer and Discus events. In Hammer, Jennifer Joyce came in 2nd with a fine throw of 67.34m, and Trey Henderson won the mens' event, throwing 53.96m. Chantel Spies won Discus with a throw of 48.74m, while David Skermer won the mens' event with a 49.57m throw. Lara ter Laak took 2nd place in Discus and 5th in Hammer, throwing 43.60m and 50.34m respectively.

Senior athlete Kevin Lim had two excellent wins in the 100m and 400m sprints, clocking 10.91s and 47.87s respectively. Kajaks jumps coach Byron Jack came in 2nd in the triple jump with a jump of 12.03m.

Angus Taylor: gold in Hammer and Discus, Junior category

In the Junior category, all of our athletes finished in the top three. Our throwers were again dominant, with Emmalynne MacCorquodale, Lauren Stuart and Jessica Padrinao taking the top three places in Hammer. Lauren Stuart went on to win Discus and Shot Put. Angus Taylor took the gold medals in both Hammer and Discus, narrowly beating Gurinder Dosanjh into second place in discus. In jumps, Kevin Lian won triple jump, Christabel Nettey won long jump, and Emma Kimoto finished second in high jump. Racewalkers Heather Warwick and Evan Dunfee were also in action, both winning their 5000mRW events.

In the Youth category, Samantha Kennedy led the charge with a fine throw of 44.57m to win Hammer, and finished 3rd in Javelin. Alex Dumont finished 2nd in Hammer and 3rd in Discus. Mandeep Khatkar finished 2nd in Shot Put. Three of our star athletes were missing from the meet: Shai Davis and Joanna Franke-Kuhn were at the World Youth Games, and Hayley Stewart was unable to compete due to injury.

Nick Fyffe was the stand-out among our 15-year old athletes, leaping 13.15m in Triple Jump and 6.25m in Long Jump to win both events. A full report of our athletes' performances is on the JD & Youth-15 page.

Senior
Jennifer Joyce 2nd Hammer 67.34m
Lara Ter Laak 2nd Discus 43.60m, 5th Hammer 50.34m
Chantel Spies 1st Discus 48.74m
Kevin Lim 1st 400m 47.87, 1st 100m 10.91
Trey Henderson 1st Hammer (7.62kg) 53.96m
David Skermer 1st Discus (2kg) 49.57m
Byron Jack 2nd Triple Jump 12.03m

Junior
Emmalynne MacCorquodale 1st Hammer 51.16m
Lauren Stuart 1st SP 10.65m, 1st Discus 41.87m, 2nd Hammer 46.51m
Jessica Padrinao 3rd Hammer 41.77m
Heather Warwick 1st 5000mRW 27.16.10
Emma Kimoto 2nd High Jump 1.65m
Christabel Nettey 1st LJ 5.93m
Evan Dunfee 1st 5000mRW 20:26.70
Kevin Lian 1st Triple Jump 13.33m
Angus Taylor 1st Hammer (6kg) 65.33m, 1st Discus (1.75kg) 50.61m
Gurinder Dosanjh 2nd Discus 50.54m

Youth
Samantha Kennedy F16 1st Hammer 44.57m, 3rd Javelin 32.42m, 7th Discus 28.34m
Norika Renm F17 6th 800m 2:35.76
Alexander Dumont M17 2nd Hammer (5kg) 50.78m, 3rd Discus (1.5kg) 49.68m
Gurjot Bal M17 7th 1500m 4:22.49, 7th 800m 2:05.20
Karnpaul Kang M17 4th LJ 5.68m, 5th 400mH 1:02.19
Mandeep Khatkar M17 2nd SP (5kg) 11.68m, 7th Discus (1.5kg) 37.15m
Christian Covington M16 4th Hammer 40.09m, 8th Discus 37.14m
Amanvir Kang M16 5th Hammer 39.17m, 11th Discus 29.55m

July 14/09: On Day 4 of the IAAF World Youth Championships (Italy) Shai-Anne Davis was 4th in her semi-final for 200m in a time of 24.36 and did not advance to the final.

July 13/09: Kajaks Track & Field Club is proud to join with the City of Richmond and the BC Senior Games Society to host the track & field portion of the 2009 BC Senior Games at Minoru Park in Richmond, BC from September 16 - 19, 2009. Volunteers are urgently required to assist throughout the four days and Kajaks is pleased to provide you with another opportunity to complete your volunteer hour's requirement.

Additional information regarding the Games can be found at www.bcseniorsgames.org/bcsgs 

The current schedule can be found at www.bcseniorsgames.org/bcsgs/Portals/0/Documents/Sport%20Specific%20Rules/Track%20and%20Field.pdf 

To volunteer, please send an email to info@kajaks.org. 

July 10/09: At the IAAF World Youth Championships (Italy) Shai-Anne Davis has advanced to the semi-final of the 200m sprint, by finishing 2nd in her heat with a time of 24.40. In Hammer, Joanna Franke-Kuhn threw 45.68m to finish 16th in her group, and did not advance to the final.

July 7/09: Kajaks Racewalker Evan Dunfee was the Vancouver Sun's male athlete of the week in the back page of the July 4, 2009 edition. See www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/Athletes+week/1759177/story.html 

Evan was also featured on the 2009 BCSSA T&F championships video as a racewalk official, recently aired on Shaw Cable (see www.bcsscctfa.bc.ca/).

At the Trevor Craven Memorial Meet July 3-5, Kajaks JDs and Youth-15s brought home a total of 17 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze medals! See Club results here.

July 6/09: Richmond Kajaks Jennifer Joyce had a great meet in Madrid, Spain (July 4th) where she had a World Championship qualifying throw and her personal best of 70.35 metres in women's hammer. Jennifer will now be representing Canada in Berlin at the World Championships (Aug 15-23). Congratulations, Jennifer!

July 3/09:  Two Kajaks athletes have been selected to the Canadian Team for the IAAF World Youth Championships (Italy, July 8-12). Athletics Canada has named Shai-anne Davis for the 200m sprint and Joanne Franke-Kuhn for Hammer. Shai is coached by Mike Murray and Joanne by Richard Collier. Congratulations and good luck, Shai and Joanne.

June 30/09: Kajaks Performances at Canadian National Track & Field Championships

• Jennifer Joyce wins gold in Women's Hammer competition with a throw of 69.05m her season best for 2009.
• Evan Dunfee wins gold in men's Junior 10k Race Walk with a time of 41:55, Evan also set a Canadian Junior Race Walk record by 42 seconds.
• Heather Warwick also a gold medallist in Junior Women 10k Rack Walk with a time of 56:09
• Chantel Spies second club member finished second in Women's Discus with a throw of 48.38m.
• All of our young Kajaks athletes were strong competitors finishing in the Top Ten at the Canadian National Championships
  • Trey Henderson 7th in men's hammer
  • Angus Taylor 9th in men's hammer
  • Christabel Nettey 5th in women's long jump
  • Shai Davis 8th in 100m & 200m
  • Lara TerLaak 6th women's discus
  • David Skermer 8th men's discus

Complete results are on the Athletics Canada website.

June 23/09: BC Athletics have announced the 2009 BC Senior Team for the Canadian Nationals (June 25-28th in Toronto), and five Kajaks athletes have been selected! Trey Henderson, Angus Taylor and former Canadian record-holder Jennifer Joyce are on the team for throws; sprinter and long jumper Christabel Nettey is also selected, as is 16-year-old jumper Hayley Stewart.

Two of our coaches are also travelling with the team. Kajaks Head Coach, Richard Collier, is appointed the team Throws and Head Coach, and Mike Murray is the Sprints/Hurdles coach.

Also competing at the Senior Games will be sprinter Shai Davis, and travelling with the Senior team will be racewalker Evan Dunfee, who will be competing in Toronto.

June 22/09: Kajaks Scholarship Award: deadline has been extended to June 23, 2009.  Information (PDF)

June 18/09: Team Scores  (PDF file) are now available for the BC Elementary T&F Championships held May 22-24

Kajaks Athletes in the News - The Province:

• June 17: Knee injury throws former football star a new athletic identity
• June 18: Rebuilding with the hammer - Goes with throw as injury ends football career

June 16/09: Meet reports:

Harry Jerome Classic 2009 (June 14th, Burnaby)

Kajaks had four athletes competing in the Invitational events at the Harry Jerome Classic. Commonwealth silver medallist Jennifer Joyce threw 67.55m to finish 2nd in the Hammer, and middle-distance runner Graeme Wells finished 9th in the 800m in a time of 1:53.14. Junior athlete Emma Kimoto was competing once again in High Jump, and finished 4th, clearing 1.66m. Shai Davis (still aged 15) finished 7th in the 100m in a time of 12.02.

Competing in the High School division was Gurjot Bal, who ran the 1500m in 4:33.62.

Review Kajaks International Meet (June 12th at Minoru)

Many of our athletes took advantage of the International competition at the Kajaks International meet in front of a small but enthusiastic crowd.

It was great to see Angus Taylor in action, now back from University in the US. He easily out-threw the high school hammer champion to win Hammer with a throw of 61.48m. He also narrowly won discus by 5cm from fellow-Kajaks Junior Gurinder Dosanjh with a throw of 47.55m (1.75kg).

Kajaks had two medalists in the Senior Discus events, with David Skermer finishing 2nd with a throw of 44.98m (2kg), and Lara ter Laak 3rd with a throw of 41.83m (1kg).

Long-time Kajaks athlete and former Canadian record holder Jennifer Joyce won the hammer event with a throw of 67.22m. Maureen Watson finished 4th in the same event, throwing 47.66m.

Other Senior athletes in action were Kevin Lim, who ran the 400m in 49.05 to finish in 5th place, and Kajaks record-holder Mark Ramos in the Long Jump, finishing 3rd with a jump of 7.15m in his first competition for over a year.

Our Junior-aged racewalkers were also in good form, with Evan Dunfee finishing 2nd in the mixed 5000mRW in a time of 21:12.20, and Heather Warwick was the 2nd female finisher in 26:59.60.

Among the younger athletes taking part were two long jumpers, Hayley Stewart and Olivia McNair. Hayley finished 2nd with a fine jump of 5.16m, and Olivia finished 3rd with a jump of 4.94m.

Last but not least was sprinter Shai Davis, running a spectacular time of 11.82 to finish 5th in the 100m, and then running the 200m in 24.25, also finishing 5th.

June 13/09: RESULTS from Review Kajaks International Track Classic

June 11/09: Report on the 2009 BC High School Championships, June 5-6th, Burnaby

Kajaks high school athletes were in great form at the BC High School Championships June 5-6th in Burnaby.

Thrower Lauren Smith put in a stellar performance, winning the prestigious "Outstanding Female Performer" award for her triple gold medal performance in Hammer, Shot Put and Discus. The last athlete to achieve this feat was also a Kajaks athlete, Garrett Collier.

Our girls swept the Hammer event, taking all the top four spots. Besides Lauren in 1st place, Joanna Franke-Kuhn (who throws with Kajaks as a second club) took 2nd place, Jessica Padrinao came in 3rd, winning her first high school medal, and 4th place was Sam Kennedy who is only in Grade 10. Sam also finished 10th in Javelin, while Jessica and Joanna finished 5th and 10th in Discus respectively.

Other outstanding performances were also by two Grade 10 athletes: sprinting sensation Shai Davis won both the 100m and 200m Sprints, while jumper Hayley Stewart won Triple Jump and missed the gold in Long Jump by only 1cm! Former gold medalist Emma Kimoto finished 3rd in High Jump.

The boys also put in outstanding performances. Two of our athletes competed in Triple Jump. Kevin Lian won gold, and Christopher Adams finished in 7th spot. Kevin and Hayley gave Kajaks a sweep of the Triple Jump gold medals this year.

Our male throwers were also in excellent form. James Lee took silver in Hammer and 7th place in Discus, and Alex Dumont silver in Discus and 7th in Hammer. Imrose Baga (who throws with Kajaks as a second club) finished in 5th place in Discus.

Top 10 performances:

Lauren Stuart 1st Hammer 48.80m, 1st Discus 38.38m, 1st Shot Put 11.21m
Shai Davis 1st 100m 12.03, 1st 200m 24.70
Hayley Stewart 1st Triple Jump 11.07m, 2nd Long Jump 5.69m
Joanna Franke-Kuhn 2nd Hammer 46.13m, 10th Discus 27.08m
Emma Kimoto 3rd High Jump 1.65m
Jessica Padrinao 3rd Hammer 44.22m, 5th Discus 31.20m
Sam Kennedy 4th Hammer 39.70m, 10th Javelin 30.02m

Kevin Lian 1st Triple Jump 13.62m, 9th Long Jump 6.08m
James Lee 2nd Hammer 51.17m, 7th Discus 42.61m
Alex Dumont 2nd Discus 49.59m, 7th Hammer 44.10m
Imrose Baga 5th Discus 44.20m
Christopher Adams 7th TJ 12.85m

Many of our younger High School athletes competed at the Grade 8-9 All-Comers Meet held in conjunction with the High School Championships. Our medalists were Pauljit Bhandal (1st Discus), Nick Fyffe (2nd Long Jump) and Petri Daviel (3rd Discus). Full report is on the JD page.

June 10/09: Latest JD results from BC JD Championships and BC High School Gr.8-9 meet

June 9/09: Four Kajaks Masters athletes won their age categories at the Ambleside Masters' Mile in West Vancouver on June 6th. They were:

Steve Hosford M55 1st 5:16
Gihan Wickremasuriya M35 1st 5:26
Avril Douglas F60 1st 6:24
Emma Adams F40 1st 5:37

Congratulations on a great run!

June 6/09: BC Teen sprint star goes with the "Flo" (Vancouver Sun story on Shai-Anne Davis)

May 27/09: Junior Development/Youth Track and Field Reports from Junior Olympics and Kajaks HS Meet

May 24/09:  BC Elementary Track & Field Championships Results: Track | Field

May 21/09: Online registration is now open for the Richmond Oval 8km Race (Aug 16) - register now!

May 17/09: Junior Development/Youth Track and Field Reports for the first 3 meets of the 2009 season

May 14/09: Athlete Travel Fund – Pub Night - Saturday June 6 at O'Hare's 
$15.00 / ticket - includes a burger with fries, a glass of Canadian beer and one raffle entry (food will be served at 7:30) We will offer approximately 10 - 15 raffle items and loads of other fun stuff. Try and get as many friends and family out as you can, as this should be a great night! Download flyer for more info (PDF)

May 9/09: Results from Kajaks High School Meet

May 4/09: Please join me in congratulating the follow Kajaks Track & Field members who recently received a Richmond Sports Award for their achievements last season.

• Shai-Anne Davis - High School Female Athlete
• Evan Dunfee - Junior Male Athlete
• Gwen McFarlan - Masters Female Athlete
• John Winfield - Masters Male Athlete
• Graeme Wells - Senior Male Athlete

In addition, congratulations are also extended to the following Kajaks nominees:

• Christabel Netty
• Angus Taylor
• Rachel Ruus

Regards,
Susan Henderson
Kajaks Club Manager

May 4/09: Gwen McFarlan, winner of the Kajaks Female Masters award, set a world best at yesterday's BMO Vancouver Marathon in the 75-79 age division. Her time was 3:57:26. It appears that her time was faster than males in the same age group!

April 27/09: KAJAKS Jennifer Joyce finished second at the prestigious Penn Relays in Women's Hammer with a throw of  68.37m

April 23/09: 2009 Info posted for Richmond Oval 8km Race. Registration will open soon.

April 20/09: Volunteer sign up page has been updated with our upcoming schedule.

April 20/09: (update)

IMPORTANT NOTICE OF DATE CHANGE FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO TRACK PROGRAM

The Introduction to Track Program will run for 8 consecutive weeks. The program has a rolling start, earliest sign up date is April 15th and the last day to join is May 3rd.
Program highlights are as follows: (see membership page for forms)

• This introduction program is available to athletes in Grades 3 – 7 only.
• The program will run Mondays & Wednesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
• The program is available to new members only & only available in their first year of membership.
• Fee includes 2 practices per week with our certified coaching staff & BC Athletics membership.
• Members (or their parents/guardians) are expected to complete 5 hours of volunteer time during the two month program, preferably at the BCEC Meet May 22 – 24th.
• Members in this category will have the right to purchase a club singlet to wear at track meets.
• Members may upgrade to a full membership at any time for an additional fee.

April 8/09: 2009 info for Review Kajaks International Track Classic  

March 26/09: 2008 Kajaks Award winners now posted
Updated Board of Directors; Coaches list

March 23/09: JD Meet Schedule for 2009 is now posted.

Kajaks 2009 Spring Clinic

Saturday March 28 2009, 8:30am to 4:00pm

Doug Clement Track at Minoru, Richmond BC - grandstand at 8:30am
The day will begin with information on the day's events and timetable and an introduction to the technicians.

Fee: $10.00 (includes lunch)
RSVP: Richard Collier at rmcollier@telus.net 
Ph: 604 271-0851

Event Schedule

• 8:30 - Registration ($10)
• 9:00 - 9:45 Warm up - Conditioning - Stretching
• 10:00 - 11:30 Sprints / Hurdles 
  10:00 - 11:30 Shot Put & Discus
• Lunch: 11:30 - 12:00 
  12:00 - 12:45 Open Discussion on Morning events (questions & answer period)
• 1:00 - 2:00 High Jump
• 1:00 - 3:30 Javelin & Hammer
• 2:00 - 3:30 Long & Triple Jump
• 3:30 - 4:00 Open Discussion on Afternoon & Day's Events.

February 9/09: Two of our athletes have won BC Athletics Track and Field Athlete of the Year awards:

Shai-Anne Davis won the Midget 15 Female category. Shai had an outstanding season last year, finishing by breaking the National Midget 100m record at the Canadian Youth Championships with a time of 11.85.

The Junior Male Award went to Evan Dunfee, whose achievements in Race Walking last season included a 10th place finish in the 10,000M RW at the World Junior Championships (Bydgoszcz, Poland). Evan also won an Outstanding Athlete of the Year award from Athletics Canada, and has been nominated for a Sport BC Award.

Angus Taylor was also nominated for Junior Male athlete of the year, and Christabel Nettey was nominated in the Youth Female Athlete category.

Congratulations to all these athletes!

February 2/09: Overall results, Age Group results and Photos from Ice-Breaker 8k are now posted. 

January 30/09: New date, location and name for Labour Day Weekend 8k - now the Richmond Oval 8k on August 16. Details coming soon. Will start/finish at the new Olympic speed skating oval in Richmond.

January 22/09: club-hosted event dates for 2009 are now posted.

JD Training Times for 9-12 yr olds updated

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