OFSAA Cross Country Championships
Congratulations to the 11 members of the Saugeen TFC distance crew who,while competing for their respective high schools, qualified for and competed at the OFSAA cross country running championships on November 2nd in Sudbury. Great performances all around including Brooklyn Quanz‘ silver medal in the novice girls race and another four top 10 finishes.
Brooklyn Quanz (SDSS) - novice girl - silver medal
Claire Rands (SMSS) - novice girl - 7th
Grace Boyce (GHSS) - novice girl - 25th
Grace Wheeler (BPSS) - novice girl - 47th
Payton Dodd (CCCI) - novice girl - 106th
Evan Barry (SMSS) - novice boy - 62nd
Tristan Bouius (JDSS) - junior boy - 17th
Emily Bryce (SDSS) - senior girl - 4th
Samara Quanz (SDSS) - senior girl - 8th
Ana Morariu (SHSS) - senior girl - 20th
Ethan Kruisselbrink (SMSS) - senior boy - 10th
Saugeen TFC Captures Provincial Team Title
27 members of the Saugeen Track and Field Club travelled to the University of Windsor on August 2-4 to compete for the Athletics Ontario U14/U16/U18 Track and Field Championships. The Championships involve the top track and field athletes from over 100 clubs across the province. STFC returned home with the Midget (U16) Overall Championship and were second in the Youth (U18) division. This is an amazing accomplishment from a small rural club competing against all the big centres across the province. We are very proud of our athletes.
Saugeen athletes combined for 24 medals – 10 gold, 11 silver and 3 bronze. 30 personal best performances and 8 STFC Age Class Records were also recorded over the weekend competition.
Michelle Van Stuyvenberg set an AO Meet Record and an Athletics Ontario U15 record in the Midget Girls 3k Hammer with a 48.85m launch.
Jeremy Elliott, Ryan Jacklin, Harley Martin, Billie Martin, Ben Brewer, Emily Bryce and Chloe Kaufman were all multiple medalists. Elliott led the way with 4 medals – 1 gold and 3 silver.
19 Medal Performance at Ontario Legion Provincial Championships
Saugeen TFC athletes came home with 19 medals from the Royal Canadian Legion Provincial Track and Field Championships in Brampton on July 12-13.
Medal winners were as follows:
15 and under age class:
Michelle Van Stuyvenberghammer throw(gold)
Harley Martin Javelin (silver); shot put (silver)
Claire Rands 1200m (silver); 800m (gold)
Ben Brewer shot put (gold); discus (bronze)
Lucas Jacklin javelin (gold)
Tristan Bouius 2000m (silver)
17 and under age class:
Billie Martin hammer throw (gold); shot put (silver)
Emily Bryce 3000m (gold)
Hanna Van Stuybenberg discus (silver)
Ryan Jacklin hammer throw (gold); discus (gold); shot put (bronze)
Jeremy Elliott hammer throw (silver); discus (silver); shot put (silver)
5 Medal Performance at Athletics Ontario Under 20 and Open Championship
Congratulations to the Saugeen TFC athletes who competed at the Athletics Ontario Provincial under 20 and Open track and field championships at York University on July 12-14.
These athletes came home with five medals:
Jeremy Elliott U20 hammer throw (gold)
Billie Martin U20 hammer throw (silver)
Emily Branderhorst Open high jump (bronze)
Caleb Keeling U20 high jump (bronze)
Naomi Herman U20 3000m (silver)
8 Medal Performance at OFSAA Track & Field Championships
Congratulations to the 12 Saugeen TFC athletes who, while competing for their high schools, competed at the OFSAA track and field championships June6 -8 in Guelph.
These athletes competed in 21 events and brought home 8 medals.
Ryan Jacklin (SB) shot put (9th), discus (13th)
Jeremy Elliott (SB) shot put (5th), discus (Bronze)
Scott Gilstorf (SB) high jump (12th)
Billie Martin (SG) shot put (4th), discus (7th)
Hanna Van Stuyvenberg (SG) discus (Bronze)
Anna Carruthers (SG) 1500m (19th), 3000m (16th)
Samara Quanz (SG) 2000m steeplechase (9th)
Emily Bryce (JG) 1500m (9th), 3000m (Gold)
Ana Morariu (JG) 1500m (10th), 3000m (7th)
Tristan Bouius (MB) 1500m (6th)
Ben Brewer (MB) shot put (Gold), discus (Gold)
Harley Martin (MG) shot put (Silver), discus (Gold), javelin (Gold)
Great Performances all around during Indoor Season
For the indoor season, Saugeen TFC won the U18 (youth) division, finished second in the U20 (junior) division and finished 3rd overall in Provincial Club standings (for all divisions combined).
Highlights from the season include:
A 10 medal performance at Athletics Ontario U18/Senior Provincial championships (Feb 9/10):
Naomi Herman (SG) 1500m bronze, 3000m gold
Billie Martin (YG) shot put gold, weight throw gold
Hanna Van Stuyvenberg (YG) shot put bronze
Ryan Jacklin (YB) shot put gold, weight throw gold
Jeremy Elliott (YB) shot put bronze, weight throw silver
4 x 800m (YG) gold (Morariu, Rands, Quanz, Quanz)
An 11 medal performance at Athletics Ontario U14, U16, U20 Provincial championships (March 2/3):
Emily Bryce (JG) 3000m gold
Naomi Herman (JG) 3000m silver
Caleb Keeling (JB) high jump silver
Harley Martin (MG) shot put gold
Billie Martin (JG) shot put bronze, weight throw silver
Michelle Van Stuyvenberg (MG) weight throw silver
Jeremy Elliott (JB) weight throw gold
Ryan Jacklin (JB) weight throw silver
4 x 800m (MG) silver (Quanz, Wheeler, Hilbers, Rands)
4 x 800m (JG) silver (Morariu, Bryce, Jez, Quanz)
A 3 medal performance at the Minor track and field Provincial championships
Claire Rands (SG) 1500m bronze, 800m silver
Eli Bouius (AB) 1500m gold
In addition, the following Club and Age Class records were set this indoor season:
17 Year Olds
Ryan Jacklin shot put, 17.93 (5k) (previous record K. Bowman 2010)
Ryan Jacklin shot put, 15.01 (6k) (previous record K. Bowman 2010)
Billie Martin weight throw, 15.27 (20lb) (previous record C. Bailey 2005)
Billie Martin weight throw, 16.75 (16lb) (previous record H. Diebol 2015)
Ryan Jacklin, weight throw, 21.79 (20lb) (previous record K. Bowman 2010)
Jeremy Elliott, weight throw, 19.69 (25lb) (previous record A. Pilar 2008)
4 x 800m relay (A. Morariu, C. Rands, B. Quanz, S. Quanz) 10:08.67 (previous record Green, Rudell, Hunter, Hodgson 2008)
16 Year Olds
Emily Bryce 3000m, 10:13.92 (previous record P. Kuntz 1990)
15 Year Olds
Harley Martin weight throw, 14.10 (12lb) (previous record S. Fischer 2017)
14 Year Olds
Michelle Van Stuyvenburg weight throw, 14.82 (12lb) (previous record H. Martin 2018)
12 Year Olds
Eli Bouius 1500m, 5:14.50 (previous record S. Nusselder 2011)
Let’s build on these great performances and have an even more impressive outdoor season!
