1. Name: Jordan Banninga
2. Year of Birth: 1986
3. Sarnia ASW Club member since: 2003
4. School: St. Clair Secondary School
5. Graduation Date: 2004
6. Events and Personal Bests: Javelin - 600g -
49.98m (2001)
- 700g -
62.00m (2003)
- 800g -
57.87m (2003)
- 300m hurdles - 41.3
- 400m - 55.0
7. Major Achievements: OFSAA Gold Medallist Junior
Boys Javelin, Representing Canada at the 2003 IAAF
World Youth Games, Bronze Medallist at the Peewee
All Ontario Hockey Championships
8. Why did you start participating in Track and
Field: I started in gr.5 at elementary school
because I was a good athlete and enjoyed playing all
sports.
9. What does participating in Track and Field mean
to you: It means competing to the very best of your
ability at every competition and working hard during
practice to see continual improvement.
10. To what do you attribute your improvements in
the sport: All of my improvements can be directly
attributed to coaching and hard work. I put a lot of
time, and sweat into practices, and also in the
weight room and I believe I couldn't have
accomplished anything without hard work. I have also
been fortunate to have coaches willing to share
their time and expertise in order to help me
improve.
11. What is the highlight of your athletic career:
Competing for Canada at the IAAF World Youth Games,
it was an incredible experience I feel lucky to have
enjoyed.
12. Future Goals: My ultimate goal is to obtain an
athletic scholarship, and make the World Jr. or Pan
Am Jr. team. Other than that I just hope to improve
my times and distances.
13. Plans after you finish running: I plan on
entering the medical field, eventually becoming a
sports doctor or physiotherapist
14. Inspirational quote: "The price of success is
hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the
determination that whether we win or lose, we have
applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
-Vince Lombardi
"You have no control over what the other guy does.
You only have control over what you do."
