Some of the crew at Legion Nationals in Sydney, NS
Our season came to a quick end a few weeks ago with the AO U14/U16/U18 Championships in Windsor and the Legion National Championships in Sydney, NS.
We had 1 athlete, Zach McPhee, make Team Ontario for Legion Nationals, coming from our strong endurance group and racing the 3000m and 2000mSC. He finished 4th and 6th, respectively. Daniella Beckett was our lone medal winner, taking home silver in the U16 girls pole vault with a vault of 2.90m. Owen McDonald broke the U18 Dec Pole Vault record, with a vault of 3.90m, ultimately finishing 5th overall.
The trip itself was a fun one for the athletes, parents and coaches that attended. Hotels were scarce in Sydney and our group that committed to going kept on growing, forcing us to seek alternate arrangements. Turns out Sylvia's friend had a cottage not too far away, so a handful of athletes stayed at the cottage and a team bbq was arranged 1 night for all to attend, with an intense game of spoons and sign making!
A week earlier, our U14/U16/U18 athletes were down in Windsor for AO's to close out the provincial championship series. We picked up 16 medals, with Ella Caponcini leading the way with 2 golds (80H and 200H) and 1 silver (HJ). I am happy to report London Western has officially won the outdoor team title! We are back-to-back overall champs, having won this past indoors, as well. Congratulations to our athletes and coaching staff for all of your efforts. Let's make it a 3-peat this coming indoor season! Details on how everyone performed in both meets can be seen below.
Intense game of Spoons!
Courtney, Megan and Daniella enjoying some east coast lobster
U14/U16/18 AO PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Gold
Ella Caponcini – U14 200mh 33.33s, U14 80mh 14.50s
Owen McDonald – U18 Pole Vault 3.72m
Jeremy Vandenboorn – U16 Discus 44.98m
Jadyn Luna – U16 Long Jump 4.77m
Daniela Beckett – U16 Pole Vault 3.02m
Zachary McPhee – U18 3000m 8:54.08s
Silver
Makayla Roy – U18 Javelin Throw 40.43m
Ella Caponcini – U14 High Jump 1.35m
Dylan Johnson – U14 300m 43.33s
Bronze
Connor MacLean – U16 200mh 27.39s
Kaitlyn Koyanagi – U14 800m 2:23.62s, 1200m 3:48.92m
Ryan Garrett – U18 Hammer Throw 49.99m
Lili Spoozak – U18 Shot Put 12.65m
Megan Langhorn – U18 Pole Vault 3.22m
U14 Girls
Ainsley Vasarhelyi – 12th 800m 2:48.80s, 9th 300m 48.70s
Erika Lealess – 4th 150m 20.36s, 4th Long Jump 4.18m
Lila Corby – 8th 150m 20.83s, 5th 80m 11.38s, 4th High Jump 1.30m
Ella Caponcini – 5th Long Jump 4.05m
U14 Boys
Richard Latham – 8th 1200m 4:13.29s
Andrew Beckett – 12th 1200m 4:34.06s, 11th Long Jump 3.39m
Dylan Johnson – 6th Long Jump 4.47m
Richard Latham – 8th Long Jump 3.98m
U16 Girls
Jadyn Luna – 10th 200mh 30.74s, 12th 80mh 13.17s, 6th Javelin Throw
Amber Judge – 9th Triple Jump 9.99m, 4th Pole Vault 2.67m
Lila Corby – 12th Triple Jump 8.88m
Raeden Black – 26th 100m 13.79s
Daniela Backett – 13th 80mh 13.51s
U16 Boys
Liam Larson – 9th Discus 35.65m, 7th Hammer Throw 31.33m, 10th Javelin 32.12m, 4th Shot Put 12.63m
Connor MacLean – 7th 100mh 14.80s
U18 Boys
Samuel Morrow – 9th Hammer Throw 32.38m, 8th Shot put 13.46m, 12th Discus 32.51m
Owen McDonald – 5th Javelin 38.00m, 13th 110H 16.17s, 14th Long Jump 5.70m
Keagan Zavits – 12th High Jump 1.60m, 11th Long Jump 5.79m, 14th Discus 32.06m
Justin Sanders – 31st 1500m 4:22.97s, 6th 3000m 8:59.69s
Ryan Garrett – 7th Shot put 13.59m, 8th Discus 41.23m
U18 Girls
Brooke Lawlor – 22nd 800m 2:32.05s, 25th 1500m 5:28.84s, 11th High Jump 1.40m
Clarissa Sladek – 8th 1500m 4:51.03s, 5th 3000m 10:34.13s
Lily Spoozak – 7th Discus 32.99m
Liv Sands – 9th Discus 30.82m, 5th Shot put 12.14m, 11th Hammer Throw 35.20m
Amy Schmit – 12th Discus 28.15m, 16th Hammer Throw 22.55m
Tyler Larson – 14th Discus 26.26m, 18th Shot put 8.79m, 8th Hammer Throw 40.90m
Allison Terrio – 16th Discus 21.11m, 15th Hammer Throw 30.19m
Kristyn Kistulinec – 4th Shot put 12.28m, 7th Hammer Throw 41.37m
Makayla Roy – 7th Shot put 12.08m
Allison Terrio – 15th Shot put 9.75m
Helen Bouffard – 6th Pole Vault 2.92m
LEGION NATIONALS
U16 Girls
Daniela Beckett – 2nd Pole Vault 2.90m, 13th 80mh 13.74s
Amber Judge – 20th Long Jump 4.54m, 4th Pole Vault 2.70m
U16 Boys
Jeremy Vandenborn – 4th Discus 47.17m, 6th Shot Put 14.76m, 5th Hammer Throw 49.54m
Connor Maclean – 5th 100mh 14.84s, 7th 200mh 26.92s
U18 Boys
Ryan Garrett – 4th Discus 43.97m, 8th Shot Put 13.45m
Samuel Morrow – 9th Discus 36.87m, 11th Hammer Throw 37.54m
Zachary McPhee – 4th 3000m 8:57.08, 6th 2000SC 6:14.70
Owen McDonald – 5th Decathlon 5886pts
U18 Girls
Megan Langhorn – 6th Pole Vault 3.10m
Lily Spoozak – 8th Discus 35.84m, 17th Shot Put 12.05m
Liv Sands – 15th Discus 33.20m, 11th Shot Put 12.60m, 12th Hammer Throw 39.21m
Makayla Roy – 6th Discus 39.58m
Kristyn Kistulinec – 10th Shot Put 12.65m
Makayla Roy – 16th Shot Put 12.07m
Emma Hendriksen – 9th Heptathlon 3738pts
It's been another great season for our small, but mighty club. We had 7 new club records set and most coming from the senior categories. Our club records are not easy to break, so it truly has been a fantastic year. Congrats again to all of our athletes and coaching staff.
Jack Sheffar - Senior Men's 1500m 3:47.24
Phil Parrot-Migas - Senior Men's 3000 8:12.55
Chris Balestrini - Senior Men's Marathon 2:22.10
Taylor Ehrhartd - Senior Men's Pole Vault 5.00m
Owen McDonald - U18 Boys Decathlon 5886pts
Erik Tyler - U20 Men's Javelin 68.09m
Joy Spear Chief-Morris - Senior Women's 100m 11.72s
Joy Spear Chief-Morris - Senior Women's 100mH 13.23s
Caroline Ehrhardt - Senior Women's Triple Jump 13.76m