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3 Ocean Athletics Members accept NCAA Track & Field Scholarships

oceanathletics — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:21:26 +0000

February is a busy month for NCAA Track and Field recruiting commitments and 3 of our grade 12 Ocean Athletics distance runners have signed their National Letters of Intent.

Rachel Cho, Deon Clifford and Peggy Noel have committed to Nova Southeastern University, University of Texas at El Paso and Simon Fraser University respectively. I think Rachel is going to the most beautiful place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she earned a combination academic and athletic scholarship. Deon is going to the most competitive environment, an NCAA division 1 school where he will be challenged to keep up with his Kenyan teammates, he is going on an athletic scholarship. Peggy has the comfort of staying pretty close to home at SFU, but still competing in the NCAA Division 2 with the only Canadian school member, Peggy also earned a combination of academic and athletic financial aid.

We are all very proud of their accomplishments on the track and in the classroom and happy to see them gain these opportunities to advance their running career and most importantly to get an education.

Ocean has managed to train athletes through our program and into scholarships for several consecutive years now, and we expect the trend to continue. The lesson for our younger athletes is to work hard in the classroom and also at your chosen Track & Field events and you might also gain these opportunities.

Jim Clifford

Head Coach

Ocean Athletics

South Surrey

Peggy Noel earns track scholarship

oceanathletics — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:18:42 +0000

Burnaby, BC – Peggy Noel of Tsawwassen, BC will become a member of the Simon Fraser University Clan track and field team in September.

The South Delta Secondary School student competes in the 800-metre, 1500-metre, steeplechase and cross country.

“I am really excited about joining such a high quality team,” said Noel. “Working with Brit, and having the opportunity to train with some of the best middle distance runners in Canada is such a great opportunity. I really look forward to excelling at SFU.”

Noel’s long list of accomplishments include being a member of the gold medal winning BC provincial team in cross country and top-10 finishes at the 2011 Canadian Youth Championships in the 800-metre and 1500-metre competitions.

She also finished third in those two events at the BC Youth Track and Field Championships in 2011.

Noel, who will be studying business at SFU with a minor in communications, has excelled in the classroom as well, earning her way onto the Principal’s List for finishing grade 11 with an average higher than 92%.

At South Delta Secondary School, she was named Athlete of the Year in 2011, Sportsperson of the Year in 2010 and Junior Athlete of the Year 2009.

“I'm happy to be able to get a great education and be part of an excellent athletic program that competes in the NCAA,” continued Noel. “Being able to stay on the West Coast is also great. I was really impressed with the great team atmosphere at SFU and how successful people have been that have gone to Simon Fraser.”

UBC's Jack Williams 2nd in JAPAN!

oceanathletics — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:43:34 +0000

Check out this fantastic result from Japan on the weekend. Congratulations Jack! The Cross Country in Chiba is a huge race.

Junior Men's 4 km
1. Naoki Nakamura (Suma Gakuen H.S.) - 12:25
2. Jack Williams (Canada) - 12:29
3. Daiki Suzaki (Muroran Otani H.S.) - 12:30
4. Ryo Nishiyama (Yamanashi Gakuin Prep H.S.) - 12:36
5. Takao Kizu (Sakuragaoka Nihon Prep H.S.) - 12:40

Master John Jordan 3rd

oceanathletics — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:42:18 +0000

John came 3rd in his age group at the weekend's half marathon in a time of 1:45, Congratulations John!

2012 JD Training begins Jan. 7th

oceanathletics — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:28:11 +0000

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

oceanathletics — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:28:09 +0000

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

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BC Cross Country Championships

oceanathletics — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:03:31 +0000

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

oceanathletics — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:52:44 +0000

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

oceanathletics — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:37:30 +0000

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).

BC Club Championships Midget, Youth, Junior, Senior

oceanathletics — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:21:23 +0000

The BC Track and field championships for Ages 14+ were held in Coquitlam last week-end under cool and sometimes rainy conditions.

A few major spots of sunshine came through in the form of Ben Ingvaldson who surpassed 50 Metres in both Midget boys Hammer (Gold) and Discus (Silver) to earn his spot on Team BC going to Legions in August. Deon Clifford was a double Gold winner in the Juvenile division 1500 Metres and Steeplechase, both runs were in standard to earn him a spot on Team B.C. and in the final races of the week-end 800 Metre champion Alison Williams had a solid run to secure her 2^nd consecutive Team BC uniform. These 3 are expected to be officially selected this week and head off to Ottawa, Ontario August 3^rd to take on the best in Canada. Very close to making the team were Jordan Watson who won Juvenile Men’s High Jump Gold with a 1.90m leap when he needed a 1.91m standard (meet organizers should have planned the increment schedule properly), Peggy Noel (double Medalist in Juvenile Women’s middle distances) who has also made 99.5% of standard in the 1500M and Meghan Palesch who won the Juvenile Women’s 300M Hurdles in a triumphant return from injury in the last month of this season, but she was a second over the required standard.

Other medalists from the week-end included:

Luc Bruchet, Senior Men’s 800M Silver in a new club record 1:50.92

Jake Hanna, Midget 14 - 200M Hurdles Gold and 300M Silver.

Chelsea Ribeiro, Midget 14 – Double Gold in 1200M and 2000M

Lexie Reimer, Midget 14 100M Silver and 200

Ryan Sommer, Junior Men’s Discus Silver

Hunter Walkow, Midget 15 200M Bronze

Delling Ingvaldson, Junior Men’s Shot put, Discus and Javelin Bronze

Joe Walkow 200M PB

Richard Roberts 300M 4^th place in a PB

Sarah Korpach in all 3 of her events, led by a 2:24 800M

Reta Dobie 1500M

Jake Bruchet 1500M

Jack Williams 800M in 1:54.92, 2nd best in club history.