Athletics Through Life. Life Through Athletics.
We have c0-winners this month!
W60 Elizabeth Waywell
She ran 3:13:05, which translates to an impressive age grading of 92.46%. She finished second in her age category
M80 Keijo Taivassalo
won his age category in Boston, running 3:47:10, with an age grading of 86.22%
Photo Credits – Canadian Running (top), and Keijo
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32 OMA Members registered for Team Canada for the World Championships
OMA was well represented on Team Canada at the 2019 WMA Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland.
Between setting new World, Canadian, Ontario, and Personal Records, OMA athletes shone brightly in the company of international competitors and friends. Congratulations all!
See everyone at NCCWMA 2019 in Toronto
Jay Brecher
Vern Christensen – Team Manager
Michelle Clarke
Jerzy Dabrowa
Karla Del Grande
Serge Faucher
Doreen Garner
Mirco Graenert
Hazel Harding
Big John Kasperski
Chris Lemassif
Phil Martin – Official and Marcus Skeete
Wendy Melvin – Assistant Team Manager
Paul Osland
Jody Oxenham
Nanci Patten
Bill Pearson
Simon Rayner
Shaggy – W80 800m Finals
Dr Michael Sherar
Susan Stone
Chris Warburton
Maria Weber
Bill Wells
Debbie Zinman
Peter Zowkewych
We have a tie for the award this month !
W65 Karla Del Grande
– Double gold medallist in Torun (200, 400), and both were World Records
– 200 in 29.73 (99.97%; the age-graded calculator doesn’t delineate between outdoor and indoor times; if it did, this mark would be over 100%, as would the age grading for her 400 time)
– 400 in 68.39 (97.44%)
– Karla and silver medallist Caroline Powell of Great Britain both broke the previous 400 W65 indoor world record (70.34) in both the Heats and Final in Torun
M90 Earl Fee
– Earl missed the registration deadline for Torun, so instead he ran in a USATF meet in Grinnell, Iowa, one day after turning 90
– He broke both the 400 and 800 World Records by huge margins
– 400 in 1:30.76 (109.07%; broke the previous WR by 16 seconds!)
– 800 in 3:42.52 (106.07%; broke the previous WR by 33 seconds!)
– According to Earl, these are the highest age gradings ever in his career as a masters athlete
Photo of Earl courtesy John MacMillan
2019 Board of Directors
Mirco Graenert, Lily Whalen, Dan Fiorini, Laura Houston, Paul Roberts
Executive – Norm Creen (Treasurer) Jay Yakabowich (Secretary), Doug Smith (President) Damian Dupuis (VP)
(Missing – Phyllis Berck, Bill Pearson, Lynn McFerran, Peter Zowkewych)
Post meeting buffet
St Patrick’s Day Guinness
M95 Atter Singh Sekhon
Atter set SIX Canadian Records at the OMA Indoor Championships on February 24th
60m (15.51; 98.00%)
200m (1:07.59; 75.45%)
400m (3:06.60; 72.65%)
Long Jump (1.14m; 58.76%)
Shot Put (4.07m; 70.17%)
Weight Throw (4.79m; 54.93%)
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OMA President Doug Smith presents The Brian Keaveney Trophy
to Niegel Geohagen and the JamCan International Athletics Club
The Trophy goes to the top scoring Club at the Provincial Indoor Championships
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This was the 49th Annual Championships. We had the largest turnout in history
M95 Atter Singh Sekhon set CAN Records in SIX Events
60m – 15.51
200m – 1:07:59
400m – 3:06.60
LJ – 1.14m
SP – 4.07m
WT – 4.79m
The W35 JamCan Relay team broke the CAN 4X200m Relay Record in 1:59.36
Debbie King, Kem McLean, Linda Reid, Sheree Mullings
The old CAN was 2:07.90 – Nancy Catton, Amy Ballon, Kate Cochrane-Brink, Marijana Primorac – 2015
M70 Richard Lech ran 11.11 in the 60m Hurdles
breaking Ian Hume’s 11.3 CAN Record from 34 years ago!
Mixed 50 UTTC Relay team finally set an ONT Record in the 4X400 in 5:38.16
Wayne Chee, Clara Northcott, Anne Koch, Chris Madsen
We have recornized Mixed Gender Relays (2 women and 2 men) for a few years – nobody’s ever out a team together!
Club Scores
1) JAMCAN International Athletics 390
(added 14 pts from the Pentathlon Championships)
2) University of Toronto T.C 355
3) Throwers Club 89
4) Ottawa Lions T.F.C. 64
5) Newmarket Huskies Track Cl 60
6) Variety Village Athletic 38
7) Toronto Harriers 30
8) The Gazelles 26
9) Longboat Roadrunners 24
10) Brantford T.F.C. 22
11) Dundas Valley Track Club 21
11) Physi-Kult Kingston 21
11) Brockville Legion Track Cl 21
14) Muskoka Algonquin Runners 17
15) Runner’s Life 16
16) Ultimate Body Sprint Club 14
16) Guelph Track & Field Club 14
18) U Windsor Athletic Club 12
18) York University Track & Fi 12
18) Niagara Olympic Club 12
21) Thames Athletics Club 11
22) Cambridge Harriers 8
23) Toronto Race Walkers 7
23) Monarch Athletics Club 7
23) Etobicoke Track & Field Cl 7
26) Toronto Olympic Club 5
World’s Best Masters Woman Sprinter
W65 Karla Del Grande ON
Runner Up – World’s Best Woman Racewalker
W65 Kris Kozell ON
M55 Michael Sherar
AO Indoor Championship Series Meet 1, Jan. 19th
Mike ran the 800m in 2:09.06 (93.98%) a NEW CANADIAN RECORD!
(old record was 2:11:00, Francois Martel, Mar. 29, 2009)
Mike with his Coach Paul Osland
Top photo from Mini Meet #1
Bottom photo courtesy Joy Kramarich
W65 Kris Kozell
Kris broke the W65 Canadian Indoor Record in the 5000M Racewalk by nearly two minutes, on Dec. 29th in Rochester, New York.
Her time was 31:07.04 (85.58%). The previous record was 33:06.2 (June-Marie Provost, 2003)
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Honorable Mention goes to Jianping Xu. He racewalked 10,000m in 52:52.31 (81.78%) in Rochester NY, Dec. 29/18.
