Kajaks Athletes
Performances of Kajaks Athletes at the 2005
BC Provincial High School Championships
This year was a fantastic year for our Kajaks race walk athletes taking
home medals in both male and female categories.
Young Heather Warwick took the silver medal in her event, Evan Dunfee
won a bronze medal, and Janet Wong placed 4th.
Because of their ages we should see more of them in the next three to
four years at the BC high school championships.
Beside race-walk our field event athletes did extremely well.
Starting with throws:
Chelsea Payne not only won two gold medals but also received a bronze
medal in the women's hammer. Her gold medals came in shot put and discus,
but she also achieved a personal best in the discus throw. Chelsea is also
a repeat gold medallist from last year's shot put.
Tyrell Mara also won the gold medal and was a repeat gold medallist in
the men's discus throw from last year. Tyrell also achieved a personal
best in the discus throw.
Joe Eppele won two medals: gold in the men's hammer and silver in the
men's shot put.
Angus Taylor (only in grade 9) won his first medal at the BC high
school championships, receiving a bronze medal in men's hammer.
Like our young race-walkers he too will be heard from in the next 4
years. Angus also finished 6th in men's discus.
Williston Wong also performed well in men's hammer finishing 7th, and
4th in the men's discus. Willis is also one of our up-coming athletes.
Kris Burleigh (another grade 9 athlete) made it to the BC high school
championships in men's javelin and we hope to see big performances from
him in the future.
Janet Wong not only competed in race-walk but also threw javelin and
finished 10th.
Jumps:
Leo Murray won the gold medal in long jump, however he did not enter
the high jump this year but had he done so, he most likely would have
received another medal in this event.
Michelle Van Ruyven finished 8th in the women's long jump. She was not
having a good day with her foot placement; if she had been, she most
likely was capable of medalling in this event.
Parveen Dosanjh finished a respectable 12th place.
When you look at the amount of girls (27) participating in the long
jump we did all right.
Ekaterina Daviel in women's triple jump finished with a respectable 8th
place. She was unlucky to foul on her best jump, and is also battling
injury, one reason she scratched from long jump.
Janessa Chin-Aleong also in triple jump finished in 9th.
Aretha Munro, another Kajaks triple jumper, finished in 12th place.
Again when you consider that they were 28 triple jumpers in this event,
our triple jumpers performed extremely well, although they did not win any
medals.
Gabrielle Payne, one of our young high jumpers in grade 10, finished
respectably in 5th place. Gabrielle tied for 4th but because she had
missed a jump earlier in the competition, she had to settle for 5th place.
Sprints:
Looking at our young sprint group, Kajaks again performed extremely
well.
Michelle Van Ruyven ran a great qualifying time finishing 3rd overall
against 29 women 100m sprinters. In the final she finished in 4th. In her
200m events Michelle finished in 7th place.
Leo Murray, like Michelle, ran a great qualifying time to finish 2nd
out of 32 sprinters in the 100m. He also picked up a bronze medal in the
100m finishing in 3rd place.
Janessa Chin-Aleong, as a senior, had one of her better performances in
the 200m, finishing 3rd and picking up a bronze medal. What a great finish
to end her high school career.
Other Kajaks sprinters who did not make it out of the qualifying rounds
were Yik Wah Penner in the 100 and 200m. Thanks to basketball he suffered
an elbow injury, but still gave it his best effort. Parveen Dosanjh also
did not make it out of the qualifying rounds along with Gabrielle Payne
and Collette Johns in the 400m. However because of their young ages I am
sure we will see then in the future.
Distance:
As in the past our Kajaks distance group again performed with stellar
results with a group of young runners.
Starting with August Griffin, her performance in the 3000m placed her a
respectable 7th place in the finals out of 26 runners. She then competed
in the 1500m and again she placed 6th in finals. Kajaks can again look
forward to seeing August in many more years to come.
Britanny Imlach again another young and up and coming runner finished
in 7th in the qualifying round and finished in 10th place in the finals.
Alisa Dalhuisen ran a great final in the 1500m steeplechase finishing
in 11th place out of 22 runners.
Jordan Mara like his older brother Tyrell is a fierce competitor.
Jordan finished with the 4th fastest time in the qualifying rounds and
finished in 4th place in the finals.
Grace Ling finished 8th in the 1500m Grade 8/9 category.
When you look at the amount of distance runners in all the events you
will notice that our young group of Kajaks runners can hold their own in
all the distance events.
To see all the results go to the BC HIGH SCHOOL website www.bcsscctfa.bc.ca.
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Kajaks Athletes at 2004 Provincial High School Championships
Kajaks Medallists
- Kimmy Taylor—2nd Women's 1500m
- Morgan Twitchell—3rd Women's 100mh
- Michelle Van Ruyven—3rd Women's long jump
- Leo Murray—1st long jump
- Joe Eppele—1st shot put, 3rd hammer throw
- Tyrell Mara—1st discus
- Chelsea Payne—1st Women's shot put, 2nd Women's hammer throw
- Trey Henderson—2nd hammer throw
Kajaks Athletes who Placed
- Gabrielle Payne—4th Women's high jump
- Michelle Van Ruyven—4th Women's 200m, 7th Women's 100m
- Ekaterina Daviel—5th Women's triple jump
- Leo Murray—5th 100m, 8th High Jump
- Yik-Wah Penner—5th 200m
- Evan Dunfee—5th 1500m Race Walk
- Angus Taylor—6th hammer throw
- Nicole Akeroyd—7th Women's 3000m
- Kimmy Taylor—8th Women's 3000m
- Joe Eppele—8th discus
- August Griffin—9th Women's 3000m
- Chelsea Payne—9th Women's discus
- Heather Warwick—9th Women's 1500m race walk
- Janessa Chin Aleong—10th Women's triple jump
- Brittany Imlach—10th Women's 1500m
Looking at the outcome of the BC high school championships, Kajaks
athletes are represented by athletes that are made up of mostly
underclassmen. Only one athlete is a senior and will be graduating this
year. Two of our young hammer throwers, Trey Henderson and Angus Taylor,
are still JD athletes, as are Brittany Imlach, Gabrielle Payne, Evan
Dunfee and Heather Warwick. All others are in grades 10 and 11.
Congratulations to all the coaches and athletes for a successful
championship meet and we look forward to even greater success the rest of
the year.
Prepared by Richard Collier, Head Coach Kajaks T&F
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Kajaks Athletes Report – July 8, 2003
May was a very successful month for Kajaks athletes. We
started off the month with a newcomer to Kajaks, Novelle Murray winning
the Discus Throw at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Championships in
her first year competing with the University of Hawaii. Moving on—Jennifer
Padrinao won the National Athletic Intercollegiate Association (NAIA)
Championships and set a new meet record in the Hammer Throw. Jennifer
attends SFU.
Our high school athletes did extremely well with
newcomer Yvonne Mensah voted as the Outstanding Female Athlete at the BC
High School Championships. Yvonne set a couple of BC High School records
in both the 100m and 200m. The 200m record she set was a long standing
record that held by former Kajaks athlete Camille Nöel. Yvonne still was
not finished and continued on to take the gold in the 100mh making her a
triple gold medal winner in the BC High School Track & Field
Championships. This fall she will be attending the University of Illinois
on a full scholarship.
Another athlete who was successful at this year's BC
High School Championships was Catrina Chisholm. Catrina won double gold in
the Hammer and Discus Throw. She also set a new BC High School record in
the Hammer breaking the old record by over 3 metres. The previous record
was held by another Kajaks athlete Jennifer Padrinao. Catrina will also be
heading south this fall where she will be attending the University of
Pennsylvania on a full scholarship.
Other Kajaks athletes who had great performances at the
High School Championships were Adelle Johns finishing 2nd in the 100mh...
Breanne Watson's 2nd in High Jump... Pat Smith 2nd in Men's Hammer... Ben
Park 2nd in Men's Javelin. Our younger athletes all were very impressive
with Tyrell Mara 3rd in Men's Discus... Chelsea Payne 3rd in Women's Shot
Put... Leo Murray 5th in Men's High Jump... Kimmy Taylor 6th in both 1500m
and 3000m, Michelle Van Ruyven 5th in the Long Jump and Ekaterina Daviel
4th in the Triple Jump.
Jeff Schiebler, our outstanding distance runner,
continued his reign as the number one 10,000m runner in Canada. At this
year's Canadian 10,000m Championships he was the first Canadian to cross
the finish line, again establishing himself as the number one 10,000m
runner. Alison Rendell also had a very impressive run in the Canadian
Women's 10,000m Championships finishing 6th.
At the BC Junior and Senior Championships Kajaks again
showed we are still one of the most productive clubs here in British
Columbia. Our Senior David Milne finished 1st in the 1500m... Sarah
McDiarmid 1st in high jump and Sarah is also our high jump coach... Carol
Stevenson 1st in women's hammer followed by Jennifer Padrinao 2nd and
Caroline Hay in 3rd ... 4th through 7th also Kajaks... Mark Ramos 1st in
Long Jump and Andrea Engelmann 1st in Women's Triple Jump and Signi
MacNeill 1st in Women's Javelin... Marcie Klassen finished 4th in Women's
1500m run.
Kajaks Junior athletes also had a great showing with Kol
Henrikson 1st in the 800m... followed by Sam Pawluk 1st in the 1500m...
Yvonne Mensah 1st in 100 and 200m and 100mh... Catrina Chisholm 1st in
Women's Hammer and 3rd in Women's Discus... Novelle Murray 1st in Women's
Discus and Shot Put... Pat smith 2nd in Men's Hammer ....Ben Park 3rd in
Men's Javelin.
Our Juvenile athletes participated in the Junior
division of the championships with Janessa Chin Aleong finishing 3rd
Women's Triple Jump... Adelle Johns 2nd in 100mh... Chelsea Payne 3rd in
Women's Shot Put and Kimmy Taylor finishing 6th in the Women's 1500m.
Six of our Junior athletes were selected to the BC
Junior team to represent BC at the Canadian Junior Championships in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Of the six athletes, 4 came home with medals. Sam
Pawluk – gold in 5000m, Kol Henrikson – gold in the 800m and both of them
will represent Canada in the Pan Am Junior Championships in Barbados...
Novelle Murray – gold in Women's Discus and Catrina Chisholm 3rd in
Women's Hammer.
Yvonne Mensah suffered an injury in the finals of the
100m where she was leading all of the competitors up until the 60m mark
when she pulled up with a hamstring injury. She was favoured to win all 3
events but her injury kept her from continuing on to the 100mh and 200m
race. Prior to the injury she led all the 100m heats by a large margin.
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