(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

 

Sarnia Athletics Southwest Track and Field Club sent 6 athletes to the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships and all finished in the top 8 in their respective events.

 

Leading the way were Lydia Willemse and Jordan Banninga with bronze medals.  Lydia was third in the 2000m steeplechase in a time of 7:09.67 which is a new Ontario Junior record.  Lydia was also selected to the National Junior Team that is competing in Scotland later this month.  Jordan was third in the javelin (800g) with a personal best throw of 58.48m

 

Jillian Drouin made her debut in the heptathlon with a fifth place finish and a point total of 4144.  Jillian was in contention for a medal throughout out the 2 day event.  Also finishing fifth was Claire Percival in the steeplechase.  Claire fell going over a barrier early in the race but continued on to finish fifth.

 

Andy Ysebaert was seventh in the shot put (6 kg) with a toss of 14.24m.  Rob Nickels was eighth in both the long and triple jumps with distances of 6.58m and 13.56m respectively.

 

Russell Christie of the Petrolia Track and Field Club finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:51.84.  Jenni Vanos also competed for Petrolia in the 400m hurdles but she fell on a hurdle and finished well back.

 

Next year's meet will be in Montreal and it will likely be the qualifier for the Pan Am Juniors which will be held in Windsor in early August of 2005.

For full results see 2004 National Juniors