Legion Canadian Youth Championship come to a close; amazing performances all around
Monday, August 08, 2011
OTTAWA – A number of athletes left their mark on the track and in the field this weekend as the 2011 Legion Canadian Youth Championship wound down in Ottawa, Ont.
Heading into the championships, World Youth teammates Brandon McBride of Windsor, Ont., and Tyler Smith of Wetaskiwin, Alta. were set to face off in the U18 800-meters. Capturing his first National title and re claiming the Canadian Youth record was Mc Bride who took the race in 1:48.41. In the U18 400-meters McBride would stop the clock at 46.83, in time to secure his second Canadian Youth record and gold medal of the championships.
Georgia Ellenwood of Langley B.C established a new Canadian Youth record in the seven event heptathlon with a score of 5043 points. Georgia captured her first National title surpassing the 2005 mark of 4928 held by Saskatoon, Sask.’s Brianne Theisen. In the U18 girls 200-meters, Christian Brennan of Waterdown, Ont., bettered her own Canadian Youth record stopping the clock at 23.43. Brennan set her original record of 23.47 last month when she claimed silver at the World Youth Championships in Lille, France.
Two other Canadian Youth records were bettered this weekend; in the boys 4x100 meters relay, Team Ontario of McBride, Wesley Best of Toronto, Andre Wright of Pickering, and Nienkel Paljola of Kitchener took gold with a time of 41.94, while the girls from Alberta, Ellie Hirst and Jenna Westaway of Calgary, Alexa Hrycun of Edmonton and Sage Watson of Medicine Hat stopped the clock at 3:45.32.
New Legion Canadian Youth Championships Records
Name
Event
Mark
Team/Club
Anne-Marie Comeau
U16 1200m
3:35.33
Québec
Asiana Covington
U18 Discus
45.04m
British Columbia
Yanique Bennett
U18 300mH
41.93
Ontario
Khamica Bingham
U18 100m
11.55
Ontario
Christian Brennan
U18 200m
23.43
Hamilton Olympic Club
Christian Brennan
U18 400m
53.11
Hamilton Olympic Club
Deon Clifford
U 18 2000m SC
5:49.65
British Columbia
Georgia Ellenwood
U18 Heptathlon
5043pts
British Columbia
Katelyn Hayward
U18 2000m SC
6:44.34
Pacific Athletics
Nathan Kyeame
U16 300m
35.87
Ontario
Brandon McBride
U18 400m
46.83
Ontario
Brandon McBride
U18 800m
1:48.41
Ontario
Hana Ready
U18 3000m RW
15:46.84
Ontario
Taylor Stutley
U16 Discus
39.05m
Nova Scotia
Julia Zrinyi
U18 800m
2:08.73
Manitoba
Team Alberta
(Hirst, Westaway, Hrycun, Watson)
U18 4x400m
3:45.32
Alberta
Team Ontario
(Solomon, Paljola, Best, McBride)
U18 4x400m
3:17.31
Ontario
Team Québec ‘A’ (Paiement, St-Pierre, Bédard, Morin- Houde)
