Quinte Legion sent four athletes to the Hershey Qualifier T&F Meet at Whitby last Sat. 

Mitchell Mowbray had a great day by placing 3rd in the 11-12 Boys 400m in 1:11.83.  He was out of 2nd by less than a second.  There were two heats.  Number one and two finishers were in the other heat.  He would have done better had he been able to run in the first heat.  The 800 was much different.  He took and held the lead for the entire race, holding  off a late charge by two other runners to win the 800m in 2:37.19. 

Tyler Gordon also did well.  He finished 3rd in the 11-12 Boys 200m in 31.25sec, 3rd in the Standing Long Jump and 4th in the 100m sprint in 14.61.   

Will Arsenault enjoyed a good day.  He won a 3rd place ribbon in the 11-12 Boys Ball Throw, 5th in the 100m in 15.77, and he placed 6th in the 400m in 1:14.37.

 Megan Zelle had the benefit of good meet experience.  She faced a strong field in the 11-12 Girls 100m finishing 7th in 15.87 and was still smiling.  She also ran the 200m in 33.58.

Mitchell has qualified for the Hershey Ontario final at Whitby on Jun 30th in the 800m.

Quinte Legion athletes competed at the annual Gord Rusby MTA Track and field Meet held at Burlington Sat May 19th.  

Running in the Mite Girls events, 7 year old Myha Thomas had a huge day by winning the 400m in 1:21.  She also captured gold in the 800m with 3:06 which is the 9th fasted of all time for the MTA Mite Girls 800m!!

Myha also placed 4th in the Long Jump.

Keenan Levean sprinted to 2nd in heats for 100m MTA Senior 13-14 category in 13.84  

Current and recent members of Quinte Legion excelled at the LOSSA and Bay of Quinte Invitational Meets this week.

At the LOSSA Invitational Trevor Greendwood won the Junior Boys Discus with a huge 58.71, he also won the Shot Put with a great 15.39m. and he placed 3rd in the Javelin with 40.70m to round out an excellent day.  Paige Minicola captured two wins in the Junior Girls Shot and Discus with throws of 9.78m and 24.22m respectively.  

At the Bay of Quinte Invitational in Senior Girls events, Rachel Faulds had a huge day on the track by breaking the meet record for the 1500m in 4:42.80! Not finished she also established a new meet record in the 3000m with 10:04.40! to break a long standing time.  Arielle Fitzgerald won the Triple Jump marking 10.37m and she also place second in the Long Jump at 4.50m.  Tabby Casselman covered the 1500m Steeple Chase in 5:22.73 to win first.  Jess Warrener threw the Javelin 32.89m to win her event.

In Senior Boys action, Mitchel Torres won the High Jump clearing 1.90m.  Veteran Nick Holden placed second for the 800m in 1:57.50.  He also raced to second in the 1500m with 4:05.80.  Kanoa Gaudreault won the Triple Jump bounding 12.66m, and he also finished eighth in the Long Jump with 5.82m.  In his first year as a Senior, Adam Doxtator finished fourth in the 3000m in 9:30.40.  He also placed 7th over the 1500m Steeple in 5:40.00  

For Junior Girls results Caroline Simons sprinted over 100m to win in a time of 12.90.  She also placed second in the 200m and broke the meet record in 26.70!  Emma McGarvey finished fourth in the 400m in 1:06.70 and fourth in the 800m in 2:42.40.  Laura Hatt finished seventh in the 1500m in 5:40.00.  Elizabeth Birchard finished seventh in the 3000m in 12:27.20 and tenth in the 1500m in 5:44.50.

 Junior Boys had a great day.  Leaugen Fray-Benoit won the Triple Jump bounding 12.98m.  He also won the High Jump clearing 1.83m and placed 4th over 100m in 12.00.  Mitchell Reid also enjoyed a good day having sprinted to third in the 200m in a fast 23.80, fourth in the High Jump at 1.65m, and fourth in the Triple over 11.43m.

In the Midget Girls events, Tasha Whitley won the 1500m in 5:09.60 and she was also victorious over 3000m in 11:18.80.  Marlisa Bevaart ran to third in the 800 in 2:37.40. Georgia Dow finished sixth over 800m in 2:42.80 and she finished seventh over 1500m in 5:33.20.  Madison Hathaway ran to sixth place in the 3000m in 13:06.70 and she competed the 1500m in 6:18.70

Midget Boys performed very well.  Cole Norton won the 100m sprinting 11.60.  He also won the Long Jump leaping 5.95m to break the meet record by 23cm!  Andrew Hatt ran the 1500m in 5:49.60.  Tayor King ran second over 3000m in 9:56.40 and he grabbed third in the 1500m with 4:38.20.  Cam Frenken ran to third in the 300mh in 47.20 and he finished fifth in the 400m in 59 flat.  Ryan Ebbers sprinted to third in the 100m in 12.30 and he grabbed another third in the 200m in 25.20.  Jacob Jamnicky finished fifth in the 3000m in 10:39.60 and seventh in the 1500m in 4:46.20. 

Quinte Legion athlete Hailie Conley 12 grabbed a Bronze medal in the Bantam Girls Shot Put with 8.33m at the MTA Indoor Champs held at York Sunday Apr 1st.  She also had fun at the Long Jump. 

Hailie performed very well indoors in her first season with our Club.  She also won a Silver in the Shot Put at the BMJ Champs with 8.71m

Remember the name Cole Norton, aged 15, a Grade 9 student at PECI. Competing for Quinte Legion at the Flying Angels Indoor Track and Field Meet at York University last Saturday, Norton unloaded a 5.78m jump then another huge PB with a 6.26m leap on his last attempt in the Midget Boys Long Jump!

To put this outstanding performance into perspective, Quinte Legion Coach Tom Carr reported this jump would have placed Norton well into first place at OFSAA last year, and his PB before this meet was 5.45m. He also sprinted to a close second in the 60m sprint with another big PB of 7.32 sec. Norton is following in the footsteps of last years star Mitchell Reid, both products of a very successfull PECI Track program.

Trevor Greenwood 15 also grabbed Gold at this meet. The fifth place finisher at OFSAA in the Discus last year, rising star Greenwood won the Shot Put with a 12.84m heave. This capped off an excellent indoor season for him having won Silver at the Athletics Ontario Indoor Midget Shot Put, Gold at the Ontario Legion Indoor Championships, and fifth place at the Ontario Junior 18-19 age Championships.

First time competitor Melana Mowbray showed great confidence and potential in running to a Gold medal time of 3:23.24 in the Bantam Girls 800m. Brother Mitchell Mowbray 12 won a Bronze in the Bantam Boys 800m run with 2:45.57, and he placed fifth over the 1500m in 5:30.26.

Madison Hathaway 15 established a PB in the Midget Girls 1500m by finishing 4th in 6:18.91. Jacob Jamnicky 15 also placed 4th in the Midget Boys 1500m in 5:14.62.

Quinte Legion member Rachel Faulds 16 won the Gold Medal in the Junior (18-19) Womens 3000m run at the Athletics Ontario Indoor Provincial Championships held at York University March 3-4.  Her time of 10:05.92 in a convincing victory was about 11 sec ahead of the second place runner.  Silver medalist at 2011 OFSAA Cross Country last November, Faulds is now also a double AO Provincial Champion having won Gold at the AO Cross Country Championship last November.  Rachel also establihed a huge PB in the 3000m at the Ottawa Winter Invitational Meet Feb 11th running 9:59.89!

Standout Cole Norton 15 also had a big meet by grabbing Silver in the Midget Boys Triple Jump with 11.09m, he raked in a Bronze at the Long Jump leaping 5.45m, and finished 4th in the 60m spring in 7.44 sec having ran a PB in the semi final in 7.41sec.  In the last three meets, Norton has registered four second place results, three thirds and a fourth in the 60m, Long and Triple Jumps, as well as helping his Ontario Team win the dual QUE-ON Midget Meet.

Rounding out other impressive results, new Quinte Legion member Hailie Conley 12 won a Silver in the Bantam Girls Shot Put with 8.71m.  Also, AO Youth Silver medalist Trevor Greenwood 15 showed excellent potential throwing 6kg for the first time by finishing 5th in the Junior (18-19) Mens Shot Put with 11.69m.  

At the concurrent AO Champs, another quickly developing athlete, Trevor Greenwood (16), won Silver in the Youth Boys Shot Put with 13.06m. Greenwood, a member of the Ontario Legion Team at the National Youth Championships last August, also won Gold in the Shot Put at the Legion Meet in January with a PB of 13.20m!

OFSAA medalist Arielle Fitzgerald (18) competed in the concurrent AO Senior Championships Saturday placing 5th^. in the Triple Jump with 10.61m.

Also competing in the Youth events Jacob Jamnicky (15) ran the 3000m in 11:05 min and Madison Hathaway finished the 3000m in 13:05.

Quinte Legion sent 5 athletes to the Royal Canadian Legion Indoor Track and Field Championships at Toronto Sat 28 Jan. 

Cole Norton (14) blasted out of the blocks to grab a Bronze medal in the Midget Boys 60m sprint in a PB of 7.42!  Just warming up for the day, he grabbed a Silver Medal in the LJ with a PB of 5.44m and he raked in a second Silver in the TJ with  another PB of 11.68m!

Mitchell Reid(16) produced a great first meet results by leaping 5.48m in the Youth Boys LJ and he bounded 11.32m in the TJ

Good new for our runners.  Jacob Jamnicky(15) ran over 12 sec faster in the 2000m to finish 10th of 16 runners in the Midget Boys 2000m with a PB of 7:10.52.  He also placed 10th of 16 in the 4:04.60. that at the last meet. 

Madison Hathaway knocked off 44sec from her last race over 2000m with a PB of 8:34.56 .49.  She also established a PB running the 1200m in 5:01.27     

The next meet will be the Provincial Youth-Senior Champs 18-19 Feb at York.  Sat Feb 18th will also see a concurrent Midget Quebec-Ontario dual Meet.

Quinte Legion entered 6 athletes for the annual International Indoor Youth Meet of Champions held at The Toronto Track and Field Centre 25-27 Nov.

Mitchell Mowbray continued his terrific fall season by winning Gold in the Atom Boys 800m in a PB of 2:44.37!  He also captured the Silver Medal in the 1200m in a new PB of 4:12.66!

In the Midget Boys 2000m Landen Dobsi grabbed a Silver Medal in a very close finish in 6:21.12 for a PB! and and Gavin Taylor won Bronze in 6:21.81 also a PB!.

In the Youth Boys High Jump, Mitchell Torres finished 5th with a 1.80m clearance.  

Jacob Jamnicky and Madison Hathaway had a great training workout on the weekend.  Both ran the Midget 800m, 1500m and 2000m establishing new PBs in each event. 

Quinte Legion placed 22 of 47 Clubs in the team score event!

Quinte Legion sent 23 members to compete at the Athletics Ontario Cross Country Championships held at Guelph Sunday November 13th.  The Club finished 10th overall of 33 Clubs.  OFSAA Silver Medalist Rachel Faulds turned in the best individual performance with a convincing finish to capture Gold in the Junior Womens 5km event.

As well, the Quinte Legion Junior Women won Silver in the team competition with Faulds (1st), Teghan Henderson (5th), Carly Ramsay (19th), Amy Hein (24th), and Tabatha Casselman (27th).

Quinte Legion Youth Boys raced very well over 6km to finish 7th of 16 teams. Nick Holden finished 14th of 105 runners, Andy Hein (26th), Adam Doxtator (41st), Patrick Daley (68th) and Aaron Thomas (73rd).

Both the Midget Girls and Boys ran very well to place 8th of 16 Teams in the Province with Danielle Jossinet 12th of 105, Natasha Whitley (13th), Marlisa Bevaart (61st) and Georgia Dow (77th).

For the Midget Boys Taylor King finished 28th of 123 runners, along with Landen Dobsi (40th), Gavin Taylor (62nd) Jarrett Carter (64th) and Jacob Jamnicky 110th.

Mitchell Mowbray aged 11 finished the Bantam Boys (12-13) run in a promising 32nd of 57 competitors.

In the Junior Mens event Kaelan Parker and Curtis Parker ran well.

Quinte Legion sent 23 members to compete at the Athletics Ontario Cross Country Championships held at Guelph Sunday November 13th.  Our Club finished 10th overall of 33 Clubs.  OFSAA Silver Medalist Rachel Faulds turned in the best individual performance with a convincing finish to capture Gold in the Junior Womens 5km event.

As well, the Quinte Legion Junior Women won Silver in the team competition with Faulds (1st), Teghan Henderson (5th), Carly Ramsay (19th), Amy Hein (24th), and Tabatha Casselman (27th).

Quinte Legion Youth Boys raced very well over 6km to finish 7th of 16 teams. Nick Holden finished 14th of 105 runners, Andy Hein (26th), Adam Doxtator (41st), Patrick Daley (68th) and Aaron Thomas (73rd).

Both the Midget Girls and Boys ran very well to place 8th of 16 Teams in the Province with Danielle Jossinet 12th of 105, Natasha Whitley (13th), Marlisa Bevaart (61st) and Georgia Dow (77th).

For the Midget Boys Taylor King finished 28th of 123 runners, along with Landen Dobsi (40th), Gavin Taylor (62nd) Jarrett Carter (64th) and Jacob Jamnicky 110th.

Mitchell Mowbray aged 11 finished the Bantam Boys (12-13) run in a promising 32nd of 57 competitors.

In the Junior Mens event Kaelan Parker and Curtis Parker ran well.

Natasha and Mitchell Whitley have run very well this season at two MTA Cross Country Meets

 At Etobicoke, Natasha raced to grab a Bronze Medal in the Girls 13-14 yrs 3000m, and Mitchell placed 6th in the Atom Boys 2000m.

Then at Brampton Natasha captured the Silver Medal for the Girls 13-14 run and Mitch finished 13th in the Atom Boys event.  

Saturday Oct 14 was cold, windy and rainy but that did not bother our Atoms Boys running at the Kitchener-Waterloo Cross Country Meet.

Over a challenging hilly course, Mitchel Mowbray (11) finished 1st to grab Gold with a big lead.  Derek Hokkanen (12) ran to very good 4th place, and Max Hokkanen (11) finished a respectable 7th.

This was their first MTA Cross Country meet.  Team total of 1+4+7 = 12 easily won them the Gold Medal for the Team Event. 

Six Quinte Legion runners had a great day in Burlington 8 Oct at the annual Ken Lake Cross Country Meet.  The kids had their eyes opened to a tough, challenging course as well as some seasoned competition.  Overall, a good day for getting ready for their School District meet next week and gaining some race experience.  
 
Tyke Mark Legere--  11th out of 24 runners in a time of 6;22
Tyke Brandon Bevaart-- 22nd out of 24 runners in a time of 7;18
Tyke Olivia Legere-- 23rd out of 27 runners in a time of 7;40
Atom Mariel Legere-- 24th out of 34 runners in a time of 11;00
Bantam Marlisa Bevaart-- 7th out of 19 runners in a time of 14;49(was third until twisted ankle on last km)
Bamtam Alex Phillips-- 17th out of 21 runners in a time of 14;45

Well done Team.  Next meet is Kitchener Sat 15 Oct   

The Royal Canadian Legion and Open Canadian Youth and Midget Track and Field Championships, held at Ottawa 5-7 Aug, resulted in great success again this year.  Despite very hot and humid weather, there were numerous records broken and new PBs.  There were many OFSAA medalists on the 39 member Ontario Legion Squad which won the Team Championship again this year amassing 43 medals.  

Quinte Legion sent 5 of our best 16-17 members to compete in the Canadian Youth Championships Open Category among many high quality athletes.

Rachel Faulds from Frankford placed 6th of 20 in the 3000m in 10:17.65.  She also finished 13th of 40 in the 1500m in 4:46.94.  Rachel is currently ranked 13th in Canada for the Youth 3000m and 25th for the 1500m! 

Nicholas Holden from Belleville ran a 1:58.21 PB in the 800m to place 19th of 30, and he finished 15th of 30 in the 1500m for another PB of 4:05.26.  Nick is ranked 35th in Canada for Youth in both events!   

Mitchell Torres from Trenton placed 7th of 11 in the High Jump clearing 1.85m.  Mitch is ranked 7th in Canada with a best of 1.90m this season!

Jessica Warrener from Madoc placed 12th in the Javelin with 31.35m.  Jess is currently ranked 25th in Canada with a best of 31.63m!

Adam Doxtator from Frankford ran to a 15th of 23 placing in the 3000m in 9:14.98.  He also finished the 1500m in 4:17.98.  Adam is ranked 37th in Canada for these events!  

Trenton Legion Member and Quinte Legion Coach Tom Carr went to Ottawa as Head of the Ontario Legion Team and Fred Jordan was a key member of the Chaperone-Coaching Staff.  

Kayla Cassibo from Belleville was the only Quinte Area member of the Ontario Team.  She ran the Midget 1500m SC in a PB of 5:36.33; the 2000m in a PB of 7:22.21 and the 800m leg of the Medlay Relay.