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HOC
Awards Night, Friday January 29, 2010
For more Awards pictures,
check the Gallery.
Awards Night Highlights
www.canusagames.com
Track and Field Results
Canusa
Games Picture Gallery
(Pictures
by Heidi Davidson)
More
Canusa Games Pictures
(Pictures
by Peter Breeson)
Hamilton
has won track and field in both the boys and girls
category and overall for only the 11th time in the
52 year history of the Games (Flint now leads 41-11
overall since 1958)! Congratulations team! Again,
the final scores are TBD but, unofficially it was
Hamilton 775.5; Flint 667.5.
This
is a testimony to the hard work and determination
of all athletes, and your willingness to step out
of your comfort zone and try something a little different,
be it a throws event or a distance race.
Winning,
however, isn’t the most important thing about
CANUSA as we have all expereienced this weekend. The
friendships and memories will last a lifetime....
Thank
you again and congratulations to you all!
Rich Gelder
CANUSA Games Track and
Field Coordinator
Members of the Hamilton Olympic Club
competed in national championship meets on both sides
of the country this past weekend. The Canadian
Junior Championship Meet was held in Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island. Katie Klodnicki, came
sixth in the discus with a throw of 38.35m, as well
as having a seventh place hammer result of 39.04m.
Kelly Morrison had a seasonal best with her
eight place result of 1.60m in the high jump. In the
110mHurdles event, Conor Fanning ran 14.86sec
to place eighth.
Meanwhile, in Kamloops, British Columbia, the Canadian
Masters Athletic Association was staging its championship
meet. On the first day of competition, Rhona Trott
won the gold medal in the W60 pentathlon with a Canadian
record of 3682 points, including a Canadian record
in the 80MHurdles of 14.58sec. The next day, running
against a 4.5kph wind, she came second in the 100m
dash, followed by another win in the 80mH with a 15.43sec
-- this time into a 3.8kph wind. On the final day,
Trott fought a tough battle to win the 300mHurdle
event with a record 58.29sec result.
The annual HOC BBQ was a great success. Thanks to
all the volunteers and parents that donated food and
deserts. Special thanks to Mrs.Marticotte for
the terrific HOC Cake. BBQ pictures can be found in
the Gallery. The BBQ leftovers
were donated to the Good Shepherd Centre of Hamilton.
Great event all!!
Ten Athletes
from HOC were named to the Legion B team for Ontario
Championships. In the girls 15 and under category,
Michelle VanderMeer took three firsts: high
jump, long jump and triple jump, while Alyssa DiCesare
got a first in the javelin and second in both the
shot put and discus events. Marissa Codispodi
got second in 400m and third in 800m. In the boys
15 and under group, Kurt McClure won the 400m
and got second in the 200m. He will also compete in
800m. Arty Coventry-MacDonald got a second
in 100m and third in 400m and will add 200m to his
events. Alec Mannarino won the 3000m and will
also contest the 1500m. The girls 17and under have
both Lindsay Wallace and Chantelle Robbertse
nominated to compete in the heptathlon, while Katie
Klodnicki will be throwing both the hammer and
discus. Gethika Kaltsidis won the triple jump
event and place fourth in long jump. With all these
fine performances, it is no surprise that HOC finished
second in each of the above named team standings.
