News Archives
2008:
May 27/08: Province
Article on Evan Dunfee
The BC High School Provincial meet is taking place May 30-31 at
Swangard. Some of our male athletes who will be competing are Angus
Taylor (DT,HT,SP), Ryan Chester (400mH), Evan Dunfee
1500mRW, Niko Monachini (TJ,LJ,HJ), Gurinder Dosanjh
(DT), Hosam Shahim (HT), Alex Dumont (DT,HT), James
Lee (HT), Emerson Murray (DT,LJ,SP) and Andrew
Nathan (100m,200m).
Among the female athletes are Christabel Nettey
(100m,100mH,LJ), Emma Kimoto (HJ,TJ), Heather Warwick
(1500mRW), Jessica Padrinao (HT,DT) and Stephanie Santa
Cruz (1500m).
Kajaks also have athletes in the Grade 8-9 invitational,
including Pauljit Bhandal (DT SP), Hayley Stewart
(80mH,LJ) and Shai-Anne Davis (100m,200m).
Good luck to all our athletes competing.
If anyone has been missed, please let me know
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May 26/08: Results
for BC Elementary T&F
Championships (May 23-25)
May 14/08: JD athletes perform well
at Norwesters Elementary and Kajaks HS Meet
May 10/08: Results
from Kajaks High School Meet are now posted.
May 4/08: Kajaks were big winners at this year's Richmond
Sports Awards. Racewalker Evan Dunfee was selected as
High School Male, and thrower Angus Taylor won Junior Male.
Both are in Grade 12 and competed at the World Youth track and
field championships in Czechoslovakia last summer. Masters athlete
Steve Hosford won the Masters Male for his domination of
middle distance running in the M55-59 age group, and Head Coach Richard
Collier won for Builder for his work in throws coaching. Some
of the outstanding local athletes he coached are Jennifer Joyce,
Trey Henderson and Angus Taylor.
Kajaks racewalker Heather Warwick, throwers Trey
Henderson and Dariusz Slowik, and coach and masters
triple jumper Byron Jack were also nominated for awards in
various categories.
See
full report on the Richmond Review website.
May 4/08: JD's off to great start in 2008
Track and Field season at Fraser Valley HS Meet.
May 1/08: Province
article on Emma Kimoto
April 29/08: NEW: Kajaks is now offering an Introduction
to Track & Field - May 5 to July 2, 2008 at
Minoru Track, for kids Grades 3 to 7. All
details in flyer (PDF).
April 24/08: The Kajaks Track & Field Club Board of
Directors is proud to offer the Kajaks Scholarship Award to
eligible club members who are graduating from grade 12. Scholarship
Award Info and Application
form - closing date May 31st.
April 22/08: Ryan Hayden was the top finisher for Kajaks
at the 2008 Vancouver Sun Run (Sunday April 20th). He came
in third place overall in his second-best time of 29:38. He was
also the first Canadian finisher, behind two Kenyan athletes. Ryan
also finished in third place last year. Evan Dunfee was
47th overall in a time of 33:50 taking 2nd place in the 16-18
category. Rachel Ruus placed 3rd among women 30-34 and 12th
female overall, in 36:23.
Masters athletes also had excellent runs, with Steve Hosford
finishing in 38:43, 3rd in the M55-59 category, and Gwen
McFarlan winning the F70-74 category with a time of 53:28.
Congratulations to them and to all the Kajaks athletes who
competed.
April 17/08: JD training
times updated for 13-15 year olds
Updated Kajaks JD
Awards Standards (PDF)
April 10/08: Kajaks athletes in the media:
Province
Article: Ryan Chester
April 4/08: Kajaks athletes in the media:
Province
Article - Angus Taylor
Province
Article - Christabel Nettey
March 27/08: 2008 JD Track &
Field Schedule is now posted
March 26/08: Evan Dunfee had a fantastic start to his
2008 track season (and his first year as a Junior athlete) with a
record breaking time of 43.09 in a 10K Race Walk in Burnaby (March
16th). This time not only qualifies him for the World Junior
Championships later this year, but also breaks the BC Junior
record. Way to go, Evan!
Masters and Men's Club Records and
All-Time Top 10 updated/corrected.
March 23/08: Invitation to Open
House & Pre-Season Registration (PDF) - Sunday March
30th, 9am to noon, Minoru Park Complex - Clements Track. This
is a family event you don’t want to miss!!
February 26/08: Club Event Calendar and Volunteer Hours form
is now available in the Membership
section.
2008 Board of Directors now
listed.
February 22/08: Club Records and
All-Time Top Ten updated
February 11/08: Congratulations to the following Kajaks club
members and coaches who won prestigious BC Athletics Awards
for 2007:
Track & Field Excellence (15 year olds):
Alexander Dumont Discus (1kg) 50.06m
Emerson Murray 100m 11.58 High Jump 1.79m Long Jump, 6.01m
Shot Put (4kg) 14.16m
Juvenile Female Athlete of the year:
Christabel Nettey 100mH 13.49s LJ 6.14m; Bronze medalist
in World Youth Games medley relay
Senior Male Road Runner of the Year:
Ryan Hayden 1:04:44 -First Half Marathon - 1st overall
29:24 - Sun Run 10K- 3rd overall/ 1st BC male
30:24 -TC 10K - 1st overall
30:41 MDS Nordien 10K Ottawa
Senior Coach Award:
Mike Murray Sprints/Hurdles/Relay coach for the 2007
World Youth Team; he coaches Christabel and Sabrina Nettey
Richard Collier Served as Head Coach and Throws Coach BC
Senior Team, Throws Coach for the BC Legion team; he coaches
Dariusz Slowik, Trey Henderson, Angus Taylor
Also sharing the Senior Coach award was Gerry Dragomir of
Racewalk West. Among the athletes he coaches are Kajaks
racewalkers Evan Dunfee and Heather Warwick.
Three other Kajaks athletes were nominated for awards, but did
not win. These were Sabrina Nettey (Juvenile Female), Angus
Taylor and Evan Dunfee (Juvenile Male).
January 30/08: AGM change of date: Wednesday, February
13th, 7:30 - 10:00 PM
The meeting will be held at the same location as last year:
The Common Room, Benryk Mews Housing Co-op
#61 - 8631 Bennett Road (center/back of the complex)
Richmond, BC
Parking: you can park in any stall marked “visitor” or on
Bennett Road
Directions: Bennett Road is one block south of Granville Ave/one
block north of Jones Road
8631 Bennett Road is between Garden City Road and St. Albans Road
January 27/08: Graeme Wells and Rachel Ruus win the Steveston
Ice-Breaker 8k in icy conditions. RESULTS
and PHOTOS are available here - results updated Jan 28
January 9/08: Updated JD
Training Times and Locations
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