1. Name: Jillian Drouin
2. Year of Birth: 1986
3. Sarnia ASW Club member since:
2003
4.
University: Syracuse
5. Graduation Date: 2008
6. Events and Personal Bests:
High Jump - 1.73 m, 80m Hurdles - 12.46 (+0.6), 400m -
1:02, 100m Hurdles - 15.11
7. Major Achievements:
Gold medal in high jump at OFSAA
(2003), Representing Canada at the IAAF World Youth Track & Field
Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec (2003)
8. Why did you start
participating in Track and Field:
I always found running and jumping so much fun.
Plus it was just another sport at school I could have been
doing. Another
way to burn my energy and miss school.
9. What does participating in
Track and Field mean to you:
It’s a chance to be able to participate on a team but also
being able to work for yourself at the same time.
You get to meet new people and it helps keep you healthy
while doing something you love.
10. To what do you attribute
your improvements in the sport:
Always working for goals and great coaches.
11. What is the highlight of
your athletic career:
Medaling at OFSAA as an unknown newcomer in grade 9;
Holding all three elementary school high jump records;
Being part of Team Canada for the IAAF World Youth
Track & Field Championships and winning my first gold medal at
OFSAA in the same year (2003), tying to break the LSSAA 100m
senior hurdle record
12. Future Goals: Have
a successful university career, get into sport medicine and have a
family after school
13. Inspirational quote:
“A race is not well-run unless you’ve crossed the finish
line knowing you couldn’t have gone one more step.
If you could have, then you didn’t give it everything you
had.” Jackie
Dugall