Monday 27 January 2020

2020 Dino Classic

DINO CLASSIC INDOOR TRACK MEET RESULTS The Dino Classic Track Meet took place at the University of Calgary on Sunday January 26th. It was the final chapter of a 3 meet series that started in early December. The athletes received points for their placing each time they competed in a race. At the end of the 3rd track meet all the points were added up and the top 3 male & female point scorers in each age group were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals. Passtrak had 6 athletes who earned themselves some hardware for their efforts. Cammy Hay received a gold medal for first overall in the under 10 girls category and Marley Winter picked up the bronze medal in the same age group. Colton Sutherland grabbed a silver medal in the 11 year old boys division. Eve Winter placed first overall for the gold in the 12 year old girls group. Jack Bailey earned a silver medal in the 15 year old boys group and Craig Hay also picked up a silver medal in the Masters division. Passtrak had 8 athletes who took part in this third instalment of the 2020 series. They competed in 21 events where they produced 9 life time best performances and earned 3 third place finishes for their efforts. Marley Winter ran the fastest 60 metres of her life in 10.74 seconds for 3rd place. She also ran the fastest 150 metres of her life in 27.45 seconds for 4th place then finished the day running the 600 metres for the first time & placing 3rd in 2:35.66. Marley was in the 9 year old girls events. Cammy Hay joined Marley in the 9 year old girls group. She ran the fastest 60 metres of her life as well in 10.88 seconds for 4th place. She then placed 5th in the 150 metres in 27.90 seconds & finished the day in 4th place in the 600 metres with a time of 2:44.40. Hayley Labun completed her first competition in a Passtrak uniform. She was in the 10 year old girls category where she ran 12.50 seconds for 5th in the 60 metres. Her 150 metre time was 32.30 seconds for 5th place as well. Carson Hay had 2 events in the 11 year old boys group. He ran a personal best in the 150 metres in 32.47 seconds for 12th place & 2:37.68 in the 600 metres for 8th place. Cohen Folkard completed 3 events also in the 11 year old boys division. He ran the 60 metres in 11.51 seconds for 11th, 30.74 seconds in the 150 metres for 11th & 2:36.23 in the 600 metres for 7th. Eve Winter emerged as Passtrak’s top athlete of the meet. She improved in all 3 of her events in the 12 year old girls age group. Her 60 metre time was 9.55 seconds for 5th place, her 150 metre time was 24.05 seconds for 7th place and her 600 metre time was 2:18.91 which which cut more than 12 seconds off her previous time for a 4th place finish. Clara Websdale had a 9th place finish in the 14 year old girls 60 metres where she clocked 9.96 seconds. She placed 9th once again in the 300 metres in 55.69 seconds. In her 1000 metre race she chopped 1 minute & 3 seconds off her previous time to finish 4th in 4:08.75. Jack Bailey represented Passtrak in the 15 year old boys division. He took 4th place in the 60 metre hurdles in 10.99 seconds then proceeded to slash over 12 seconds off his previous best time in the 1000 metres. He placed 3rd in that event in 3:29.27.

Monday 6 January 2020

2020 Jack Simpson Open

JACK SIMPSON OPEN INDOOR TRACK MEET The first track & field competition of 2020 took place at the University of Calgary on January 5th. Passtrak had 10 athletes who contested 29 events. They accumulated 23 top 3 finishes along with 12 life time best performances. Along the way they also set 5 new Passtrak club records. Marley Winter completed her first competition in a Passtrak uniform. She had 3 events in the U10 girls age group. She placed first in the 60 metres in 10.90 seconds and first in the 300 metres in 1:03.23. That was a new Passtrak club record for her age group. She finished third in the 150 metres in 27.96 seconds to round out the day. Cammy Hay was in the same category and the same 3 events. She placed second in the 60 metres in 11.02 seconds which was a life time best performance. She ran the fastest 150 metres of her life in 27.62 seconds for a first place finish. In the 300 metres she took second place in 1:09.32. Carson Hay had 2 fourth place finishes in the boys U12 division. He clocked 33.49 seconds in the 150 metres and 1:14.39 in the 300 metres. Colton Sutherland had 3 second place finishes in the same age group. He recorded 10.81 seconds in the 60 metres, 28.87 seconds in the 150 metres and 1:00.60 in the 300 metres. Also in the U12 boys events, Cohen Folkard scored 3 third place finishes. He timed 11.51 seconds in the 60 metres, 30.13 seconds in the 150 metres and 1:12.95 in the 300 metres. Eve Winter earned the title of Passtrak’s top athlete of the track meet by improving in all 3 of her events. In the girls U14 age group she placed first in the 60 metres in 9.69 seconds and first in the 150 metres in 24.40 seconds. In her third event, the 400 metres, she placed third in 1:23.20. Clara Websdale represented the club in the U16 girls category. She placed seventh in the 60 metres in 10.04 seconds and fifth in the 150 metres in 25.24 seconds. She chopped a massive 18 seconds off her personal best in the 400 metres by finishing in 1:21.37 for third place. Jack Bailey placed third in the U16 boys 60 metres in 8.82 seconds. He then cut 5 seconds off his previous best 400 metre time by taking second place in 1:10.50. His third event was the 60 metre hurdles where he ran a personal best of 10.86 seconds for second place. Alec Morado was in the boys U18 events. He came ninth in the 60 metres where he tied his best ever of 8.09 seconds. He ran the fastest 300 metres of his life in 43.77 seconds to place eighth then completed the 600 metre race in 1:48.76 for third place. Craig Hay represented the club in the Masters category. He ran 8.96 seconds in the 60 metres for third place which also set a new Passtrak club record. He set his second club record of the day in the 300 metres where he placed first in a life time best of 48.69 seconds. To continue the streak he set a third club record in the 600 metres and another life time best by finishing first in 2:00.07.