2012 JD Training begins Jan. 7th

Training 2012 will begin January 7th for the JD group (14 and under). Meet at the track at 10AM as usual.

Vote for Sportsnet Athlete of the year

Please support the nomination of Dylan Armstrong - one the worlds best shot putters & from Kamloops.  Please follow the link and vote.  Lets get a track and field athlete winning this award.  mo

Sportsnet Athlete of the Year – Vote for Dylan Armstrong

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BC Cross Country Championships

Ocean Results at the BC Cross Country Championships – October 29^th in Aldergrove

Congratulations to our 3 BC Champions:
Cayla Smith – 10 year old Girls Gold Medalist
Michael Milic – 13 ear old Boys Gold Medalist
Chelsea Ribeiro – 14 year old Girls Gold Medalist

We also had these 6 Ocean Athletics medalists:

Hannah Milic – 10 year old Girls Silver
Danielle Steer – 12 year old Girls Silver
Dawson Ribeiro – 12 year old Boys Bronze
Melanie Oster – Youth Women Silver
Peggy Noel  – Junior Women Bronze (qualified for Team BC)
Deon Clifford – Junior Men Silver (qualified for Team BC)

Masters:
Maureen de St. Croix – 1^st in category
Debbie Jordan – 1^st in category

Great day of running for all of our athletes and a well run event by Ocean Athletics, thanks to all of our volunteers.
Jim

5 Gold medals for Danielle Steer at BC JD Championships

Danielle Steer (12) lead the way with 5 individual Gold (200m, 300m, 800m, 1200m 200mH), 1 Silver (relay) and 1 Bronze (80mH) at the 2011 Junior Development Championships with several results in BC's all time top ten.  A little jetlag didn't bother Cayla Smith (10) as she won Gold in 600m and 1000m as well as Bronze in both the 60m and 100m events.  Hot dry weather resulted in several Ocean athletes being hampered by blisters but it didn't slow them down.  Raquel Pinto (12) won Silver in the 100m and Bronze in the long jump.

Rori Denness (10) won Gold for her Javelin event, Gold in Discus and Bronze in 800m Racewalk.  Raegan Saint-Onge (10) picked up Bronze in High Jump to match Jolden Boparai's (13) Bronze in the 2000m event.  Aaryanna Kurucz (11) won Silver in her 80mH event before being forced to retire with a hip flexor injury.

New member, Bryan Niwinski to Ocean Athletics impressed his coaches with a very close 4th place in 100m and a Bronze in the long jump.

Silver medal was awarded to our 4x100m relay team (12s) of Danielle Steer, Hope Steeves, Brooke Trainor and Raquel Pinto. 

A very special thanks to Michael Butler who made the trek to Kamloops to be our club's volunteer help at the meet so that Coaches and parents were free.  Michael is pursuing his officials certification levels and is now certified at level 2 and working on level 3. 

Full Ocean Athletics filtered results can be viewed here, full overall results will be available on the Kamloops Track & Field Club's website shortly.

4 Ocean Athletes selected to BC Team to Legion Championships

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent BC at the Canadian Legion Championships (2 categories 15 and 16-17 year olds) in Ottawa Ontario.

Deon Clifford (2000m Steeplechase), Ben Ingvaldson (throws), Alison Williams (800m) and Jordan Watson (High Jump).

Representing Ocean Athletics will be Sarah Korpach (300m hurdles), Meghan Palesch (300m hurdles) and Peggy Noel (800m and 1500m).