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.  

Three Youth athletes competed for Quinte Legion at the Athletics Ontario Bantam, Midget and Youth T&F Champs held at York University 23-24 Jul.

Mitchell Torres (17) had a great day, soaring 1.90m at the High Jump to grab a Bronze Medal and equal his personal best!  He barely missed 1.93m and will have another chance at the National Youth Champs 5 Aug at Ottawa.

Nicholas Holden (17) raced to a new personal best in a very strong 800m field placing 7th of 36 runners in a time of 1:59.63.  He also placed 9th of 49 in the equally talented 1500m event with 4:08.17 

Adam Doxtator (16) finished 18th of 49 over a great 1500m in 4:14.04 for a new PB!! Adam also ran 12th of 23 for the 3000m in 9:42.43 on a very hot and humid Sat. 

Both Nicholas and Adam will also be competing at Ottawa along with Rachel Faulds and Jess Warrener who are new members of our Club. 

Quinte Legion entered two members into the MTA Champs held at Guelph 16 Jul.

 Cole Norton (14) continued to improve his PBs with a 5.60m Long Jump to grab a Silver Medal!!   He also raked in a Bronze with 10.65 in the Triple Jump.  Rounding out the day he sprinted 12.4 in the 100m.

Amber Saar ran the 400m, 800m and she won a Bronze Medal in the Triple Jump! 

Five Quinte Legion members and 4 Quinte Area athletes competed with the District F Team at the Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Track and Field championships held at Chatham 15-16 July.

In the Boys Under 18 Category, Nicholas Holden won a Bronze Medal in the 1500m with 4:11.25.  He also won Silver in the 800m with a PB of 2:01.61!  

Mitchel Torres placed 5th in the High Jump clearing 1.82m, narrowly missing 1.87m

In the Girls Under 16 events Marlisa Bevaart earned a Bronze Medal in the 1500m Steeple Chase running 5:54.85 for a PB!  

Emma McGarvey led the first lap and placed 4th in the 800m with 2:33.64

For Boys Under 16, Mitchell Reid placed 8th in the Triple Jump, 12th in the High Jump, and 10th in the Long Jump  

Results for other Other Quinte Area Athletes at the Meet are as follows:

For Girls Under 18, Rachel Faulds  won a Silver Medal in the 3000m with 10:23.89 and a Bronze Medal for the 1500m in 4:49.75. 

Alexandra Rainville-Barzey  won a Silver in the 1500m in 4:49.36

For Girls Under 16, Kayla Cassibo won a Gold Medal for the 1500m Steeple in 5:38.24 and she placed 7th in the 1200m in 4:12.85 

And in the boys Under 16 events Curtis Murray won a Silver in the Pentathlon!

Four members competed at the annual Mississauga MTA Meet.  Coach Dave Bevaart observed that our athletes did well against some stiff competition.  Results were as follows:
 
Cole Norton--  5.43 in LJ which was a PB and earned him 1st place, 12:39 in 100m which earned him second place, and 2nd place in TJ with a jump of 10.58
 
Marlisa Bevaart ran 5:44 in the 1500m for 9th spot, and she got a PB in the 800m with a 2:43;33 (11th out of 18)
 
Kirsten Bevaart got a PB in SP with a 6.61m to earn a 5th place ribbon.  She also ran the 200m for the first time in 38.03
 
Brandon did an amazing job in 800m with  a PB of 3:27 (7th place), and he earned a 3rd place medal in SP with a throw of 6.12m

Next Meet will be the MTA Champs at Guelph next Sat 16 Jul. 

The Royal Canadian Legion District F Track and Field Meet took place at Bruce Faulds Track Sat 25 June.  District F extends from Pickering to Haliburton to Bancroft to Napanee, to Picton, to Port Hope and all Cities enclosed.  

High calibre athletes from all over the District competed.  This was also a qualifying meet for the Legion Provincial Champs to be held at Chatham 15-16 Jul.   Host Club Quinte Legion won a total of 26 medals and established many personal bests.   

In the Boys Under 18 group, Nichpolas Holden took home two Gold Medals.  He dashed to Gold in the 800m in 2:02.57, and he won the 1500m in 4:08.85. 

Mitchell Torres won the Silver Medal in the High Jump leaping over 1.90 for a new PB!

Adam Doxtator won Bronze over 3000m in 9:39.31, and placed 4th for 1500m in 4:17.10 

In the Girls Under 18 events, Arielle Fitzgerald raked in a Gold Medal at the Triple Jump bounding to 11.38m, and she also took Gold at the Long Jump leaping 5.04m. 

Quinte Legion currently has a wealth of potential future standouts in our 12-15 year old Boys and Girls on the track and at field events as well.  Here are the examples.

In the Girls Under 16 category Caroline Simons won two Silver sprint Medals, first in the 100m with a new PB of 12.58, and then over the 200m in 27.66.  She also took bronze in the 300m dash.

Mackenzie McCulloch also competed very successfully, winning Gold for the Javelin, Silver at the Shot Put, Silver at the Discus,  Bronze over the High Jump, and 7th for the Triple Jump. 

Emma McGarvey won her first 800m event with a PB of 2:33.81, and she placed 4th in the 200m.

Marlisa Bevaart took a Silver in her first 1500m Steeplechase in a very good time of 5:57.10, and she placed 6th in the Triple Jump.  

Cassy Jianopoulos enjoyed a busy day taking Silver in the 1500m Race Walk, a Bronze in the Triple Jump, and she placed 4th in the 100m, 4th in the 200m Hurdles (new PB of 31.57),  and 4th in the Long Jump!!

Stephanie Carr made 3 PBs by taking a Gold in the Discus, a Silver in the Javelin and a Bronze at the Shot Put. 

Elizabeth Birchard won a Bronze over 1200m PB 4:29.61, and she plced 4th in the 2000m

Laura Hatt placed 4th in the 1200m with 4:33.92

Christine Bolik placed 5th in the 200m Hurdles in 32.40, 6th in the 300m in 48.23, and 6th in the 80m Hurdles in 14.81. 

Kisten Bevaart placed in the Shot Put with 5.82m 

In the Boys Under 16 events, Mitchell Reid took home Gold at High Jump ove 1.63m.  He also raked in two Silver Medals at the Triple Jump 11.33m and Long Jump 5.33 

Ryan Ebbers won a Bronze in the Triple Jum,p with a 5.02m PB, placed 4th in the Triple with a 10.36 PB, and his third PB of the day was a fifth place in the 200m in 25.83 

Cam Frenken placed 5th in the High Jump, and he

Andrew Hatt placed 4th in his first 1500m Steeple run in 6:31

A very successful day overall for our competitors.

Five of our quickly developing athletes in Quinte Legion competed at the Flying Angels Classic Meet Sunday 19 June at Birchmount Stadium.  What a great Fathers Day it turned out to be, as we brought home 10 medals and PBs for all!

Caroline Simons sprinted to win a Gold Medal in the 13-14 Girls 100m in a new PB of 12.92! and she smoked the rest in her heat in the 200m to grab a Silver Medal in another PB with 27.04!!

Nick Hoey also had a great day by running to a Bronze Medal in the 11-12 Boys 1500 in 5:18.71 lopping off 6 sec for a new PB.  He also won a Silver Medal in the 400m with 1:06.89, and another Bronze in  the 800m with 2:31.33 for more PBs!!  

Cam Frenken won two Gold Medals in 13-14 Boys events - first in the 400 with a strong 1:02.52!, and then in the high Jump clearing 1.35m

Cassy Jianopoulos won two Bronze Medals in the 13-14 Girls Jumps.  She soared 4.44m in the Long Jump and she bounded to 9.78m in the Triple -- both PBS!! Cassy also finished 4th in the 100m in 13.56

Not to be outdone, Stephanie Carr won the 14-15 Girls Shot Put Gold Medal with a big PB of 7.85m

Three Quinte Legion Members participated at a very competitive Hershey Qualifying Meet hosted by Durham Athletics at Whitby 28 June.

Sarah Kay and Ryan Ebbers qualifed for the Ontario Hershey Final to be held 26 June.

Sarah ran to a first place finish in the Girls 11-12 800m in 2:55.11.  She also finished 4th in the 400m in 1:16.81.

Ryan qualified in the Boys 13-14 Standing Long Jump by placing second with a great jump of 8ft 2.5in.  He also finished 5th with 13.83 in the 100m and 6th in the 200m with 27.95

Zachary Kay ran to a 6th place in the Boys 9-10 100m with 19.08 and he aslo finished 6th in the 400m in 1:27.61

Many cross country, indoor and outdoor members of Quinte Legion during the last year competed for their High Schools at the Michelle Foley Bay of Quinte Invitational Meet 29 April. 

Standout Mitchell Reid continued his excellent year by raking in GOLD at the Midget Boys Long Jump leaping to a PB 5.36m, GOLD at the Triple Jump bounding to another PB of 11.84m! and he set a meet record in 200m blasting to 24.75! Must have been the new spikes.

Arielle Fitzgerald won GOLD at the Senior Girls Triple Jump setting a meet record of 11.00m, and she take home GOLD for the Long Jump. 

Alexandra Rainville-Barzey won GOLD in the Junior Girls 1500m and another GOLD one in the 3000m with 5:06.55

Nicholas Holden won GOLD for the Senior Boys 1500 in 4:13.78 and he also earned GOLD in the 3000m in 9:13.93

Kanoa Gaudreau was Golden in the Junior Boys Triple with 11.87m

Veteran Adam Doxtator grabbed a Silver Medal in the Junior Boys 1500m in 4:31.64 and another Silver for the 3000m over 9:29.64 

Sarah Cleve placed second for a Silver for the Girls Steeple Chase in 6:26.90 

Emma McGarvey made an excellent track debut by taking home a Silver Medal in the Midget Girls 400m over 1:05.83, and she was Bronze in the 200m in 28.69.

Kelsey Saunders earned a Bronze Medal in the Senior Girls 800m in 2:37.99 and she finished 4th in the 1500 in 5:37.03

Laura Hatt ran well in her first High School Meet placing 6th in the Midget Girls Steeple Chase in 6:34.46 

Quinte Legion sent 4 members to the MTA Champs held at the TTFC 2 April.

Multi talented Jahmari Sutton(14) won Gold in the Boys High Jump and set a new meet record with 1.63m!  He also ran the 1500m in 5:11 and the 800m in 2:25.

Andrew Hatt doubled in the 400m with 1:22 and 800m in 3:00.

Amber Saar enjoyed a busy day covering the 400m in 1:22; 800m in 3:11 and 1500m in 6:11.

Mitchell Reid (15) continued an excellent indoor season last weekend by winning two Bronze medals in the Youth (16-17) category at the Flying Angels Meet.  

He bounded 11.34m in the Triple Jump, an indoor season best and not far off his PB.

Mitch also leaped 5.24m in the Long Jump, again not far off his PB.

Rounding out the Day, Mitchell sprinted 200m in 25.85, a very good time for him.

In checking the 2010 Bay of Quinte, COSSA and East Region results, Mitchell shows excellent potential to place well this year.  

Quinte Legion athletes Mitchell Reid and Arielle Fitzgerald both won Gold Medals at concurrent Indoor Provincial Track and Field Meets held at the Toronto Track and Field Centre Sat 19 Feb. 

Continuing excellent season performances, Fitzgerald repeated victory again this year at the Athletics Ontario Youth (16/17) and Senior (20-29) Championships. In the Youth Girls Triple Jump she landed 10.70m away to capture Gold.    

Concurrently, Athletics Ontario hosted  a Dual Ontario-Quebec Meet for Midget (14/15) Boys and Girls.  Reid earned his Gold as a member of the winning Ontario Midget Team.  He leaped 11.25 in the Triple Jump and 5.19m in the Long Jump.  Last year he finished second in the Triple Jump and third in the Long Jump in Ontario for his age group.  

Three Quinte Legion athletes competed for the District F Team at the Royal Canadian Legion 2011 Indoor Track and Field Championships held at York University Sat.  Arielle Fitzgerald led the way by winning a Gold medal in the Youth Girls Triple Jump with 11.17m and a Silver medal in the Long Jump leaping 5.28m.  This is the third year in a row Arielle has won two medals in the TJ & LJ for this meet.

Rising star Mitchel Reid also won a medal.  He raked in Silver in the Midget Boys Triple Jump bounding 11.09m, and he took away Bronze in the Long Jump with a PB leap of 5.28m!

Laura Hatt ran a BP in the Midget Girls 800m in 2:50.99 to finish 12th.  Unfortunately brother Andrew developed a nose bleed just before his 800 and could not compete.

The Royal Canadian Legion has been sponsoring a Midget and Youth Track and Field Program at the District, Provincial and National levels for the last 35 years. 

Two Quinte Legion athletes competed at the Annual International Youth Meet of Champions held indoors at the Toronto Track and Field Centre last weekend.  For the third year in a row, OFSAA Gold and Silver Champion Arielle Fitzgerald hauled in two medals in the horizontal jumps. 

In an 8 jumper event, Arielle raked in Gold in the Youth Girls Triple Jump bounding 10.88m.  Note anyone looking at the results will see Adrain Camara finishing first.  This is a typo, since she did not compete and Tom was the Official for the TJ & LJ at this meet.  She also brought home a big Gold Medal in the Long Jump with 5.16m.   

 Kanoa Gaudreault also competed at this meet in the Youth Boys Triple and Long Jumps. He leaped 5.14m to place 8th in the LJ, and he won a nice Bronze medal in the TJ with 11.61m. 

Quinte Legion will be sending 6 athletes to compete at the Legion Indor T&F Championships at York this Sat.