PG Track News – June 22nd, 2011
Canadian Senior Track and Field Championships – Calgary, Alberta
Three PG Track Athletes will be in Calgary this weekend for the senior Championships.
Alyx Treasure will be competing in the high jump, Geoff Martinson will do the 1500m run and Kevin Gaiesky will do the 10km Junior mens racewalk. Alyx and Geoff will compete as part of the BC Senior team while Kevin will use his race to try for a qualifying time for the CanAm racewalk meet in Boston later this summer. Here are the entries for Kevin’s event:
Event: Men’s 10km RW
Pos Name Category Team Seed
1 Thorne, Benjamin Junior WALK 47:00.00
2 Carrière, Bruno Junior UNA 50:47.93
3 Kenney, James Senior ADRE 52:27.09
4 Keenan, Dave Senior HRWC 1:01:39.00
5 Gaiesky, Kevin A. Junior PGTF NT
Total entries: 5
This will be Alyx’s first time competing at the senior meet. Last year Alyx competed at the Canadian Jr. meet and placed second. At the senior meet Alyx is seeded 4th behind………
Event: Women’s High Jump
Pos Name Category Team Seed
1 Drouin, Jillian Senior SARN 1.89
2 Parent, Holly E. Senior VTFC 1.85
3 Boyle, Sarah Senior UTTC 1.81
4 Treasure, Alyxandria M. Senior PGTF 1.80
5 Kimoto, Emma Senior UNBC 1.78
6 Machin, Rachel Senior UCAC 1.78
7 Bergevin, Lindsey Senior EITC 1.78
8 Buttinger, Maddie Senior UTTC 1.73
9 Charlesworth, Nicky Senior CALT 1.67
10 Dugas, Katerine Senior COCH 1.66
11 Irwin, Paige Senior EITC 1.65
Total entries: 11
Later this summer Alyx will compete at the Canadian Junior meet in Winnipeg which will also serve as the Pan Am Junior Team Selection Meet.
Geoff returns to the senior meet after placing second last year, narrowly beating former Olympian, Taylor Milne, to the finish line. Last year’s winner will not be back to defend his title, however another former Olympian, Nate Brannen will be there. Going in to the weekend, Nate, Taylor and Geoff are the top three seeds. This year’s winner should come from these three.
Event: Men’s 1500m
Pos Name Category Team Seed
1 Milne, Taylor Senior OSPR 3:36.30
2 Brannen, Nathan Senior UNA 3:36.98
3 Martinson, Geoffrey B. Senior PGTF 3:39.58
4 Boorsma, Kyle Senior OSPR 3:41.16
5 Berkis, Anthony Senior OTOC 3:42.54
6 Hulse, Matt Senior KNAP 3:42.63
7 Duncan, Justin Senior ATOR 3:42.80
8 Corrigan, Peter Senior RRAC 3:43.76
9 Walters, Mathew Senior ONBL 3:44.13
10 Kellar, Adam Senior UN-NB 3:44.87
Total entries: 40
Complete entry information is here: http://www.trackie.com/online-registration/entries.php?event_viewing_id=8&id=348
Again this year, CBC will televise the finals on Saturday from 1- 4 pm.
More information here: http://www.athletics.ca/calgary2011/main.asp?id=596
Live results will be posted online here: http://athleticsvideos.com/Live_Results/2011/Canadian_Seniors/
Jack Brow meet – Kelowna
Entry deadline for the meet is Saturday the 25th. I have attached a list of the entries as of tonight.
Junior League Night
Next Wednesday will be the final night for the Junior League competition. After the final event we will have pizza and hand out awards for the team competition.
01-Jul-11 Jack Brow 2011
