(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

     At the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships, Claire Percival of Sarnia Athletics Southwest placed 2nd in the 2000m steeplechase.  Claire's time of 7:18.02 established a new Ontario Junior (Under 20 years of age) Record beating the previous best mark of 7:20.78 .  Bevin Kennelly, of British Columbia, set a new Championship record in the event.  Bevin's performance of 7 minutes and 12.51 seconds lowered the old mark of 7:19.75, which she set at last year's Championships.  Claire also finished ahead of the old record, with her second place performance. 

Claire also placed 4th in the 3000 metres in 10:28.08 on Day 1 of the competition. Maggie Lynch and Andy Ysebaert both finished 9th overall in their respective events.  Maggie ran 64.88 in the 400m Hurdles to just miss qualifying for Sunday's final.  This time is just off Maggie's personal best of 64.66. Andy represented the club in the shot put and heaved a best of 12.19m.

Full results are available at Junior Championships Page