After a year of the Pandemic, we’re pleased to return with our monthly selections
with a tie for our AOTM in Ontario.

W35 Christy Ihunaegbo ran a CAN Record 57.32 in the 400m at the June 18th AC High Performance meet.
Previous CAN was 57.82 set by Renee Belanger PQ at the Worlds in Gateshead 1999
Previous ONT was 59.17 by Maureen Rodrigue in 2001

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M45 Jason Tunks threw a CAN Record 49.19 in the Discus at the June 18th AC High Performance meet.
Previous CAN was 45.65 by Dan Parsons AB in 2016.
Previous ONT 33.35 by Richard Parkinson ON in 2009

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We are recognizing OMA members who are frontline workers, during the pandemic, whether it be in healthcare, security, store workers, transit workers, etc. Their training may have been curtailed, there are no competitions happening, but their sacrifices go above and beyond being an athlete at the track or on the field, however their work is appreciated/respected by all the OMA membership
Joy Kramarich (centre) works at Sunnybrook Hospital

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Every individual has an important role to play in achieving community objectives. Success will require more than individual accomplishments. Honouring all OMA members during these challenging and unprecedented times reflects the importance of everyone’s contributions.

“Athletics through life. Life through athletics.”

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The M55 World Record in the 4×400 Relay was broken at OMA Indoors

4:05:85   Paul Osland, Jose Fuentes, Simon Rayner, Serge Faucher
Old WR 4:24.39 USA ’19, old CAN 4:48.85 BC ’16

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A record 270 athletes competed at the Toronto Track & Field Centre on March 8th

There were 8 CAN Records, 27 Meet Records, and one World Record broken at the championships

New World Record M55 4x400m Relay 4:05.85
Old WR 4:24.39 USA ’19   Old CAN 4:48.85 BC ’16
Paul Osland Oly, Jose Fuentes, Simon Rayner, Serge Faucher

W65 Karla Del Grande broke the CAN Record in the 60m in 8.91
She also broke Meet Records in the 200m and 400m

M60 Ayman Mazhar broke the CAN with a 17.64 Weight Throw

M65 Ward Hazen broke the CAN with a 10.49 in the 60m Hurdles
(photo – Sue Sitki)

W45 Tracy Viggers broke the CAN with a 10.20 in the Weight Throw

W65 Kris Kozell broke the CAN with a 17:46.49 in the 3000m Racewalk

M70 Richard Lech broke his own CAN with a 10.79 in the 60m Hurdles
(photo by John MacMillan)

JamCan – winners of the Brian Keaveney Trophy for the top scoring club

This is what 1/1000th of a second difference looks like
in Karla and Wendy’s 200m

 

Results, Club Scores and Photos 

Photos by Dan Slovitt

 

W60 Wendy Alexis

Wendy ran 8.76 in the 60m at Masters Mini Meet #3
(104.57%, according to the 2014 factors)

Photo by Dan Slovitt 

W65 Karla Del Grande

At OMA Mini Meet #2, Karla broke the W65 Canadian record for the 60m, running 8.87 (105.19%).

At Mini Meet #1, she came within 0.05s of her own Canadian record in the 50, running 7.71 (104.15%, according to the 2015 age grading factors).

Photo – John MacMillan

W65 Clara Northcott

Clara finished 12th overall and 2nd W60 in the Egg Nog Jog on Dec. 8th in Caledon, Ontario. Clara ran 48:25, which has an age grading of 86.13%.

M55 Geoff Peat

At the Canadian Cross Country Championships in Abbotsford, B.C., Geoff finished 14th overall in the Masters 8K, in 28:36. His age grading (87.94%) was the third highest overall, and first among Ontario athletes. He also led Team Ontario to a third place finish in the GAAT masters team standings.

Photo from the Ontario Championships in King City