1. BMY CHAMPS - YUTC Brings Home 9 Medals

1. BMY CHAMPS - YUTC Brings Home 9 Medals!!

Only 7 YUTC athletes make the long trip north to Timmins for the Athletics Ontario Bantam, Midget,Youth Provincial Championships, but 9 medals came home!

Highlights:

• Highlight of the meet for YUTC has to have been Brooke Rowland. The medal machine Brooke, fresh from placing 2nd in the javelin at the Canadian Jr. Championships in PEI the weekend before, (a midget) won 3 gold medals and a bronze!!

• Boy’s Hammer Throw – Three YUTC athletes were recently introduced to the hammer and they have taken to it very well. All 3 athletes ended up winning a medal at the championships.Ezra Shanto (Midget) won the hammer with a personal best and a new YUTC midget record of 43m. Placing 2nd was Kevin Kiezun with a personal best of 36m. In the youth boys hammer, Christian Ruiz was second.
• Ezra Shanto also threw a PB in the shot taking the bronze.
• Rodney Fajardo, who competed last weekend at Jr. Nationals (as a Youth) was back in form and missed winning the gold by 1cm (just 2cm off his PB).
• Chloe Major placed 4th but there was a 3 way tie at 1.50m.

Ontario Champions

Brooke Rowland Midget Javelin

Brooke Rowland Midget Triple Jump

Brooke Rowland Midget High Jump

Ezra ShantoMidget Hammer Throw

Silver Medalists

Kevin KiezunMidget Hammer Throw

Christian Ruiz-Ayesta Youth Hammer Throw

Rodney Fajardo Youth Long Jump

Bronze Medalists

Brooke RowlandMidget Shot Put

Ezra ShantoMidgetShot Put

2. YUTC TAKES 12 Medals at Quebec Championships!

Nine YUTC junior/senior athletes took on Quebec at their provincial championships and if they would award out of province athletes medals, YUTC athletes would have won 2 Gold, 7 Silver and 2 Bronze!

Highlights:

• Cynthia Appiah had tow huge personal bests! In the shot, she threw 14.10m breaking her own jr. YUTC record. Then after placing 2nd in the hammer with her 3rd best throw ever, she placed 2nd in the discus with a personal best throw of 40.87m – another YUTC Jr. & Sr. record!
• Dontae Richards-Kwok set a personal best in winning the men’s 400m in a time of 48.66 in a strong head wind down the last 100m stretch! Dontae was second through 300m when the leader could not hang on, giving Dontae the opportunity to sprint to the finish well ahead of 2nd place.
• Matt Stiver- Balla won the B Final and placed 2nd overall in a strong negative wind in a time of 11.05.
• Team Ontario representatives at next month’s Canada Summer Games - Kristin Obrochta and Elizabeth Petrov went to Quebec to keep competitive ready for Canada Summer Games. Kristin threw her 2nd best throw ever (53.05m) to finish 2nd to her rival Annie Larose. Elizabeth placed 2nd in the sr. women’s shot with 13.16m, her 9th meet in a row over 13m!!
• Diandra Forde – ran seasonal best 1:00.55 in placing 3rd in the jr. women’s 400m.

Complete YUTC results are in the results section below.

3. PARKINSON NAMED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR-BUSINES & MARKETING FOR SPORT YORK

TORONTO, July 21, 2009 --YorkUniversity

York University Sport & Recreation is pleased to announce the hiring of Richard Parkinson as the associate director, business and marketing. In this new position, he will be responsible for the marketing and business strategies designed to enhance and promote Sport & Recreation at YorkUniversity.

As an award-winning marketer and a coach of national and provincial champions, Parkinson brings a unique combination of marketing experience and an understanding of the Sport & Recreation department at York to this new position. In addition to his 19 years in consumer marketing, he has spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the Lions track and field team.

“I am very excited about this new position because it is the perfect combination of my two passions, marketing and sport,” said Parkinson. “I believe I can add value for the student-athletes, coaches and support staff and I am also looking forward to rekindling relationships with York students and alumni. We are an untapped resource that has the ability to change people’s lives in the community and as a marketer, I am excited about this phenomenal opportunity at the third-largest university in Canada, located in the biggest media market in the country.”

With over 20 years of marketing and agency experience, Parkinson has been a proven catalyst for change with a focused understanding of consumer insights and a talent for strategic thinking. He orchestrated successful brand revitalizations and identified numerous global market breakthrough opportunities for corporations like Spalding Sports, GlaxoSmithKline, Dare Foods, Foot Locker and Wrigley.

At Wrigley he was the director of marketing for six years, first in Toronto and then at the global head office in Chicago. While there, he identified and developed the global rebranding plan for all products, creating Hubba Bubba as Wrigley’s “Fun” global master brand. He also led the global revitalization of the Juicy Fruit brand through the award-winning, guitar-smashing “Sweeeet” campaign.

“Richard is a highly innovative and creative pure marketer with an exceptional track record of taking on brand challenges and producing major results,” said Jennifer Myers, director, Sport & Recreation. “The addition of Richard to our team adds a depth and dimension which will create new opportunities to grow. With his impressive marketing background and winning track record, we look forward to seeing what he can accomplish here at Sport York.”

As an assistant coach with the Lions track and field team, Parkinson works closely with the throws athletes and in just two seasons has seen the program grow considerably. His work has resulted in six OUA top-eight placings, one OUA champion, three OUA all-stars, one CIS bronze medallist and has seen eight York interuniversity throws records fall. Under Parkinson’s guidance, three York Lions have recently been named to Ontario’s Canada Summer Games team and one to Canada’s Pan American junior national team.

Parkinson’s last day of Head Coach for YUTC and varsity assistance coach will be July 31st. He will continue to work with both the interuniversity student-athletes and the York University Track Club athletes in the coming seasons.

Anyone interested in applying for the vacant YUTC Head Coaching & Assistant Varsity Coaching position should apply through online process at York University Careers Section on the Yorkwebsite

3. YUTC ATHLETES IN ACTION THIS WEEK:

July 28thYUTC Twilight #4

Start Time: 6pm

Events Offered: 200m, 800m, 3000m, Intermediate & Younger Hurdles, LJ, HT, SP, JT, PV

This roster was declared. All other entries must be done the day of the meet. Entry desk opens at 4:30pm. Coach Smith added some entries to this list on Monday that are not captured below.

Male
Anisko , Damian
Hammer Throw / 56.00
Biner , Mark
800M Run / 2:16.00
3000M Run / NT
Caggianiello , Domenico
200M Dash / 26.40
Casigay , Jamie
200M Dash / 25.27
Dabrowski , Andrew
Javelin / 52.00
Shot Put / 13.83
Dykes , Adam
3000M Run / 9:40.00
Facey , Kirk
200M Dash / 24.40
Fajardo , Rodney
Long Jump / 6.73
Halstead , Tyrone
200M Dash / 20.85
Kandeth , Vikram
200M Dash / 25.30
Khan , Umar
Hammer Throw / 35.00
Shot Put / 15.00
Kietun , Kevin
Hammer Throw / 30.00
Shot Put / 12.00
Lanni , Evan
300M Hurdles / 42.00
Montgomery , Kevin
3000M Run / 9:35.00
Parkinson , Richard
Javelin / 56.00
Richards-Kwok , Dontae
200M Dash / 21.18
Ruiz-Ayesta , Christian
Hammer Throw / 30.00
Shot Put / 12.00
Shanto , Ezra
Hammer Throw / 30.00
Shot Put / 14.00
Shu He , Michael
800M Run / 2:42.00
Silva , Francis
200M Dash / 2:00.00
Stiver-Balla , Mat
200M Dash / 21.75
Theriau , Chris
200M Dash / 22.5
Female
Appiah , Cynthia
Hammer Throw / 43.00
Shot Put / 13.77
Blom , Stephanie
200M Dash / 29.6
Charles , Lataya
200M Dash / nt
Enkin , Talia
200M Dash / nt
Flynn , Shana
200M Dash / nt
Forde , Diandra
200M Dash / 28.00
Hamilton , Heather
Pole Vault / 4.22
Horner , Kelsey
800M Run / 2:31.00
Manson , Sarah
Hammer Throw / 40.00
Obrochta , Kristin
Hammer Throw / 54.00
Shot Put / 12.24
Petrov , Elizabeth
Javelin / 41.00
Shot Put / 13.70

1. Upcoming Meets:

August 1stWindsor CSG Prep Meet

In an attempt to attract the best competition, Windsor Legion has moved their twilight meet from Thursday, July 30th to Saturday.

Entry Deadline: Coaches entries are due to me July 29th – this Wednesday!

Meet Details are on Windsor Legion website.

August 4thLions Throws Only Meet – Final

Start Time 4pm

Events Offered: HT, SP, DT and then JT

July 29 to August 9thPan American Jr. Games

Good Luck to YUTC’s Crystal Emmanuel (100m) & Suyi Georgewill (Hammer)!!

Results will be on

August 6 to 9thCanadian Youth Championships

Sherbrooke, QuebecQualified Provincial Champions & those Youth athletes with entry standard who wish to enter at their own expense. Information can be found on under calendar & results.

August 15 to 16thCanada Summer Games

Charlettetown, PEI

YUTC Athletes Named to Team Ontario are:

Crystal Emmanuel100m, 200m

Suyi GeorgewillHammer, Discus, Shot

Tyrone Halstead100m, 200m

Kristin ObrochtaHammer

Elizabeth PetrovShot

6. YUTC MEET RESULTS:

Flying Angels Youth Meet5/26/09 – results final online!

Lataya Charles Mite100m Prelims 1st17.29

Finals 1st16.85

200mFinals1st36.91

Long Jump2nd2.91m

Talia Ekin Mite100mPrelmins14th21.47

Long Jump 12th1.45m

Shana FlynnTyke100m Prelims7th16.39

Finals6th16.38 Ties PB

400m2nd1:20.68

Long Jump5th3.27m

Rasheeda GurleyTyke100m Prelims14th17.54

Long Jump7th2.84m

Georgia WallerTyke200m Finals6th35.96

400m3rd1:21.10 PB

Long Jump11th2.38m

Hawaa ZaroualAtom100m Prelims14th17.17 PB

800m4th3:20.04

Long Jump 15th2.45m

Katie DisiminoAtom400m3rd1:15.05

Kelsey HornerAtom1500m1st5:20.15

Nikelle MarierSr100m Prelims10th14.17

200m11th29.39

Stephanie BlomSr100m Prelims11th14.18 PB

200m12th29.64 PB

Nydia RodriguesSr400m4th1:06.10 PB

Brooke RowlandMidget Triple Jump1st11.13m

Megan MukaiYouth200m8th29.87

Nicole LudzkiYouth 1500m1st5:51.91

Chris KlinowskiAtom100m Prelims1st14.25

Finals1st14.25PB

200m1st30.63

Andrew KlinowskiAtom100m Prelims2nd14.30

Finals2nd14.27 PB

200m2nd31.00

Robert LawandAtom1500m1st5:02.01 PB

Tobin WineSr.100m Prelims13th13.43 PB

D. CaggianielloSr.400m3rd56.86

Ezra ShantoSr. Shot2nd12.88m

Kevin KiezunSr.Shot4th10.42m

Rodney FajardoYouth100m Finals2nd11.82

LJ1st6.63m

Kirk FaceyYouth100m Finals5th12.28

Jamie CasigayYouth200m 7th25.35

Richard JensenYouthTJ1st12.75m

Christian RuizYouth Shot1st10.26m

The Following athletes did not show for the event listed. These no shows/DNS cost the club $165.00 in entry fees. Athletes please repay the club $15 per entry. We can not continue to have coaches enter athletes and have the athletes not show up or decide not run. The club works too hard to raise these entry fees to be wasting them.

Lauren Rainford Mite200mDNS

Hannae Zaroual Mite200mDNS

LJDNS

Katie DisiminoAtom 200mDNS

Kelsey HornerAtom800mDNS

Brooke Rowland Midget HJDNS

Brooke Rowland Midget SPDNS

Chloe Major Youth HJDNS

Sophie MacRaeYouth HJ DNS

Kara GriffithsYouth LJDNS

Flora ChangYouth TJDNS

AO Bantam/Midget/Youth Championships

YUTC Entries - FinalAge GroupEvents

Rodney FajardoYouthLJ2nd (by 1cm)6.71m (2 cm off pb)

100m 13th12.04 -0.7

Chloe MajorYouthHJ4th1.50m (3 way tie for 3rd)

Christian Ruiz-AyestaYouthHT2nd32.20m

DT4th35.99m

SP7th10.87m

Nick SmithYouth1500m 24th4.29.47

3,000m 11th 9.49.05

Brooke RowlandMidgetHJ1st1.60m

TJ1st11.20m

JT1st44.85m (meet rec)

SP3rd11.03m

Ezra ShantoMidgetHT1st43.15m PB

SP3rd13.92m PB

DTDNS

Kevin KiezunMidgetHT2nd32.57m

DT5th34.58m

SP7th10.31m

QUEBEC PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 24 -26thLocation: Montreal

Cynthia AppiahShotJr.2nd14.10m PB YUTC Jr. & Sr. Rec.

Hammer2nd40.85m

Discus2nd40.87m PB YUTC Jr. & Sr. Rec.

Diandra Forde400m3rd100.55 SB

Umar KhanShot 1st14.17m

Discus2nd38.98m PB

Kristin ObrochtaHammer2nd53.05m

Elizabeth PetrovShot2nd13.16m

Richard Parkinson Javelin3rd53.61m

Dontae Richards-Kwok400m1st48.66 PB

Matt Stiver 100m2nd11.05 -2.1

Christ Therieu110mH2nd Prelims 14.90 / Finals 1st 14.71

7. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT!

a. YUTC ON-LINE -

Be sure to check out our website or club bulletin board on the stairs leading the upstairs gallery for all the latest YUCT information, news, updated competition schedule and all our athletes’ season bestrankings.

If you have any questions in regards to the above arrangements, please email me.

AO TV

Athletics Ontario now has on-line videos of races from the AO Jr. Championships and National Qualifier. Someone at Athletics Ontario forgot that our sport is Track n Field as there are no field events posted and we know Coach Russell videoed a lot of field events.

Check it out at:

_Ontario_TV/video