2025--Hard to Beat!
- London Western T&F Club
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We wrapped up another stellar year at the 2025 Awards Banquet, held at Bellamere Winery on December 9.
Thanks to our dedicated athletes, coaches, and volunteers, we reclaimed the AO Outdoor Club Championship title (our 5th in six years!) and took silver for the Indoor Club Championships.
Outdoors, the Open and U18 divisions won Gold, U20 took the Silver, and U16 won Bronze. Indoors, the Open team won Silver while the U18 won Bronze. Outstanding!
A total of 44 National Outdoor Championship medals were won—
· Canadian Legion—4
· U20—4
· Open/Para—8
· Cross Country—6
· Masters—22 **wow! Our Masters rock!
National Team Members—14…and 3 World Medals!
· WA Outdoor Championships—Damian Warner, Kate Current, Julia Tunks, Favour Okpali
· FISU Games—Vivian Ogor, Favour (Bronze—4x400R), Sophie Coutts, Chloe Coutts,
Tyra Boug (Bronze—4x400R), Robin Selkirk, Emanual Deslits
· PanAm Jr Games (U23) and NACAN Championships (Bronze)—Julia
· World Masters Indoor Champs—Joanne Miklos Den Iseger (Bronze)
Club Records—23…including 4 Canadian Records + 12 Masters Records
· From sprints to distance to throws to jumps to multis!
Canadian Records—
Outdoor U20 5000m and Indoor U20 3000m, Rachel Forsyth
Outdoor U20 Discus, Julia Tunks
Outdoor U20 Decathlon, Jackson Mackay
Always thankful to Dave Mills and Ian Aseltine who compile and update this data!
Two inductees were added to our Hall of Fame.
· Mark Bujnowski—Athlete/Throws (Shot Put)—2013-2024
· National team member and multi USports Shot Put Champion
· Lanni Marchant—Athlete/Distance (Marathon)—1999-lifetime member
· Multi-National team member, 2016 Olympian (Marathon/10000m) and former
Canadian Women’s Marathon record holder
Guest speaker, Vickie Croley, delivered valuable tips and information about how best to explore post-secondary athletic opportunities to our members. This information will soon be available on our website.
Awards were presented to the outstanding female/male age group winners, Athletes Council special awards, with the prestigious Art Obokata award presented to Donna Tomicevic. Donna serves as the Treasurer for the Board of Directors as well as Head Coach of the Jumps group. Her selfless commitment to the LWTFC is representative of the same qualities that Art himself exhibited.
Thank you to our partners New Balance London, BackRoads Brews + Shoes, Damian Warner Fitness Centres, Skye Health, re-Charge Health & Wellness, and MHP Therapy for providing door prizes for the raffle draw, as well the following businesses for donating items as well: Nash Jewellers and Stretch Health Canada.
Many thanks to our banquet committee of Elysa Mascotto, Alisa Murphy-Smith, and Kathy Roberts for putting together a fabulous evening of food, fun, and recognition. A big thank you to our Athlete’s Council members for their help that night, especially co-emcees Elliott Nash and Carly Lightfoot. And finally…thank you to all who attended, helping to make another successful event!
The following is a full list of award winners and record breakers. Additional photos can be found in our Gallery at https://londonwesterntfc.wixstudio.com/2025-awards-banquet
with photo credit to coach Trevor Hall.
Let’s go 2026!
2025 Awards
JD Male— Jaden Lim
JD Female— Mackenzie Cake
MI Male—Jack McLellan
MI Female—Sarah Schollier
Purple Heart Male—Miguel Del Gordo
Purple Heart Female—Kaya Shepherd
U16 Track Male— Kevin Arriaga Venegas
U16 Track Female— Lucy Schiedel
U16 Field Male— Noah Vanneck
U16 Field Female— Sophia Basso
U18 Track Male— Kirk Hallman
U18 Track Female— Eva Wilson
U18 Field Male— Noah Mitoraj
U18 Field Female— Ali Jasinskas
U20 Track Male— Alex Leinweber
U20 Track Female— Haley Haskett
U20 Field Male—Tumi Komolafe
U20 Field Female— Jenna Tunks
Open Track Male— Damian Warner
Open Track Female— Favour Okpali
Open Field Male— Erik Tyler
Open Field Female— Julia Tunks
Masters Male – Andrew Galloway
Masters Female – Nikki Anderson
XC Male—Noah Cann
XC Female—Autumn Vandermeer
Most Improved Male— Ethan Atkinson
Most Improved Female— Aisha Medina
Overall Male— Jackson Mackay
Overall Female— Kate Current
Art Obokata—Donna Tomicevic
Athlete Council Special Awards—
Spirit—Liam Carr, Kieran Drouin, Kapri Schwartz
Leadership—Ian Aseltine, Angela Kalopsis, Elliott Nash
Adversity—Brody Bressette, Tumi Komolafe, Siena Naisbitt
2025 Club Record Breakers
**Canadian Record
Women
Ali Jasinskas
Outdoor U18 Girls Pole Vault 3.94m Calgary, AB August 10, 2025
Charlotte Piscione
Outdoor U18 Girls 2000m S/C 7:19:61 London, ON May 30, 2025
Jenna Tunks
Outdoor U18 Girls Shot Put 15.53m Toronto, ON June 7, 2025
Rachel Forsyth
Indoor U20 Women 3000m 8:53.50** Boston, MA Feb. 15, 2025
Outdoor U20 Women 1500m 4:11.92 Grand Rapids, MI July 21, 2025
Outdoor Open Women/U20 Women** 5000m 15:30.50 Jacksonville, FL May 31, 2025
Julia Tunks
Open Women/U20 Women** Discus 62.95m Ramona, OK April 6, 2025
Kate Current
Indoor Open Women 3000m 8:50.00 Boston, MA Feb. 15, 2025
Outdoor Open Women Mile 4:26.27 Des Moines, IA April 26, 2025
Outdoor Open Women 1500m 4:02.79 Budapest, HUN August 12, 2025
Vivian Ogor
Indoor Open Women 60m 7.22 Windsor, ON Feb. 22, 2025
Favour Okpali
Indoor Open Women 400m 53.13 University Park, PA Feb. 1, 2025
Outdoor Open Women 400m 52.10 London, ON June 22, 2025
Nikki Anderson
Outdoor W50 Masters Women Shot Put 11.91m Toronto, ON August 17, 2025
Joanne Miklos Den Iseger
Indoor W75 Masters Women Shot Put 7.72m London, ON Nov. 30, 2024
Outdoor W75 Masters Women Hammer Throw 23.40m Gainesville, FL March 25, 2025
Patricia Nnaji
Outdoor W45 Masters Women F54-56 Shot Put 6.83m Toronto, ON June 29, 2025
Stephanie Reisler
Outdoor W60 Masters Women Shot Put 9.14m Toronto, ON August 17, 2025
Men
Ethan Atkinson
Outdoor U18 Boys Pole Vault 4.50m Toronto, ON June 7, 2025
Kirk Hallman
Indoor U18 Boys Mile 4:37.56 Ann Arbor, MI Jan. 19, 2025
OutdoorU18 Boys 1500m 3:52.74 Hamilton, ON June 13, 2025
Noah Mitoraj
Indoor U18 Boys Shot Put 16.76m Toronto, ON Feb. 9, 2025
Indoor U18 Boys Weight Throw 21.26m Toronto, ON March 21, 2025
Outdoor U18 Boys Discus 55.89m Windsor, ON June 21, 2025
Jackson Mackay
U20 Men Decathlon 7652 points** Ottawa, ON July 31, 2025
U20 Men Pole Vault 4.60m Toronto, ON June 7, 2025
Ian Aseltine
Indoor M40 Masters Men800m 2:07.12 Toronto, ON March 16, 2025
Andrew Galloway
Indoor M40 Masters Men 400m 55.04 Toronto, ON Feb. 23, 2025
Outdoor M40 Masters Men 400m 53.63 Laval, PQ August 2, 2025
Michael Johnstone
Outdoor M35 Masters Men T37 100m 15.18 London, ON June 22, 2025
Outdoor M35 Masters Men T37 Long Jump 4.05m Ottawa, ON August 2, 2025
Damian Warner
Outdoor M35 Masters Men Gotzis, AUT May 31, 2025
100m 10.35**
400m 47.57**
Long Jump 7.51m**
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