St. Thomas Legion Track & Field Club
112 Fairchild Cresent N6E 3E8 London, ON, Canada

And the great results are kept on coming at the AO under 18 and Open Provincial championships. Our group of 12 athletes performed very well again over the weekend in Toronto. Our athletes collected a total of 10 medals (4 golds, 4 Silver, and 2 Bronze) in various events. Many new personal bests and new Club records were set. U18: - Hallee Knelsen, had 2 gold individual medals in the 800m with a very respectful time of 2:10.90 and in the 1500m 4:38.29 both PB’s and NCR.... - Tayah DeSousa, gold in the 60m Hurdles with a time of 8.73 and silver medal in the Long Jump with a new PB and improving her own CR with a jump of 5.44m. Tayah also had a NPB and NCR in the 60m clocking at 7.96 and placing 7th. - Gold medal in the Sprint Medley Relay by our U18 boys of Dylen Belanger, Vince Moore, Harrison Belanger and Mason Basson, with a New Club record of 3:49.80 - AJ Stanat, had a silver medal in Weight throw (18.54m) and a bronze in the Shot Put (14.28m) with a new personal best. - Mason Basson , captured the silver medal in the 800m with a time of 1:59.14 marking a new PB and a new CR. He was also placed 5th in the 1500m with a time of 4:13.41 also a NPB. - A Silver medal for our U18 girls’ team in the Sprint Medley Relay. The team of Tayah DeSousa, Kyra Vellinga, Claire Craig and Hallee Knelsen. - Michael Roth had a Bronze medal in the Open Men’s 400m with a NPB and NCR time of 50.67 and placed 4th. in the 200m with a time of 22.69, also a NPB and NCR. - New PB for Bailey Couch in the Open men’s 400m (53.07) - Dylen Belanger, placed 6th In the U18 boys 60m Hurdles with a NPB and NCR of 8.55. He also had a PB in the 400m with a time of 54.35 - New PB for Kyra Vellinga in the U18 girls 400m with a time of 1:01.62 placing her at the 7th spot. - Harrison Belanger, placed 8th in the U18 boys 800m with a new PB of 2:03.21 - Vincent Moore had a couple PB’s in the 800m and 1500m with a 2:05.98 and 4:25.88 respectively. - Claire Craig improved her 1500m and 3000m PB with a 5:20.74 and 11:44.79 - Justin Cole improved his 3000m PB with a time of 10:15.13 **It’s worth mentioning that St. Thomas Legion TFC was 2nd in the Team Scores for the Indoor Club title, just 5 points behind the Flying Angels Congratulations to everyone! See more

More great results from the AO Combined Events Championships and Prep # 2 Meet at York University, with 11 STL athletes competing over the weekend. Our athletes came home with a Gold and Silver medal in the Combined Events, a new Provincial record, 5 new Club records, 1 tied record, and 24 new PB’s in various events during the Prep portion of the meet. >Bailey Couch led the way by winning the Gold medal in the U20 Men’s Heptathlon, setting a new Provincial record with 4542 p...oints. Bailey had 5 PB performances during the 2 day competition: 60m (7.33), SP (12.24m), 60mH (8.45), PV (3.40m) and 1000m (2:56.40). Bailey’s achievement now ranks him # 1 Nationally in the U20 Heptathlon and #6 in the 60mH. >Tayah DeSousa also reached the podium with a Silver medal in the U18 Girl’s Pentathlon, scoring 3210 points and breaking her own previous Club record. Tayah had 2 PB’s during the competition with an exceptional time in the 60mH (8.72), which also set a new Club record, and an equally impressive PB in the 800m (2:36.05). Tayah is currently ranked #2 in the U18 Pentathlon and #2 in the 60mH. >Hallee Knelsen had another head turning meet, competing in 3 events during the Prep #2 portion of the weekend. She placed 1st in the 1500m (4:43.58), and then 1 hours later ran a 400m race for the first time ever. She amazed everyone with a remarkable time a 57.97, breaking a 14 year old Club record. The next day, she won the 800m, setting yet another PB and a NCR (2:12.58). At this point Hallee is ranked #1 Nationally in the 400 & 800m and #2 in the 1500m. >Mason Basson improved his PB time in the 1500m (4:15.91), also had a PB in the 400m (53.78) and placed 3rd in the 800m (1:59). Mason is ranked #4 Nationally in the 800m. >AJ Stanat also improved his Weight throw PB (13.02m) placing 2nd, and placed 1st SP (13.59m), ranking him #6 Nationally in both events. >Dylen Belanger had 4 PB’s over the weekend in 60m (7.58), 60mH (8.69) tying the Club record, 200m (23.99) and 400m (54.45). Dylen is Ranked #10 Nationally in 60mH. >Harrison Belanger PB’d by over 4 seconds in the 1500m (4:19.07) and a new PB in the 800m (2:04.51) >Vince Moore ran for 3 PB’s in the 1500m (4:32.29), 400m (56.77) and 800m (2:06.75) >Justin Cole also achieved 2 PB’s in the 1500m (4:42.20) and 3000m (10:17.22) >Kyra Vellinga also improved her 400m PB time (1:02.35) and ran 27.64 in the 200m >Emma Westbrook placed 7th in the U16 girls LJ(4.17m) and PB’d in the 200m U16 (29.05) Congratulations to everyone for your efforts and performances. See more

We had some very good performances and a few more personal bests at the Don Wright Team Challenge and All Comers meet on Sat. Jan 18 at Thompson Arena, UWO. U16 Girls: >Emma Westbrook: 60m, 5th. (8.84) PB - LJ, 1st.(4.34m) >Cerena Aitken: 1500m, 1st. (5:19.37) PB... >Lynsey Last: 300m 7th. (49.98) U18 Girls: >Tayah DeSousa:60m Hurdles, 1st. (8.84) PB - LJ, 1st (5.19m) PB/NCR - 60m, 4th(8.19) PB - NCR - SP, 4th.(9.24m) >Hallee Knelsen: 1500m, 1st. (3:42.11) PB /NCR >Kyra Vellinga: 300m, 2nd. (44.15) - 60m, 7th (8.63) >Claire Craig: 1500m, 5th. (5:35.01) >Emma Zwicker: 300m 8th. (48.46) PB >Taiya Freeman: HJ, 3rd. (1.40m) PB - LJ, 5th.(4.11m) >Claireese Coffey: TJ, 3rd. (9.92m) U18 Boys: >Dylen Belanger: 60m Hurdles, 2nd (9.07) - 300m, 3rd.(38.22) - 60m, 5th, (7.67) >Harrison Belanger: 1500m, 3rd. (4:28.21) >Mason Basson: 800m, 1st. (2:02.32) >4x400m, 4th. (3:40.44)(Dylen,Vincent, Harrison, Mason) U20 Men: >Michael Roth: 300m, 1st (36.06) PB/NCR - 60m, 3rd (7.40) >Bailey Couch: 60m, 5th. (8.57) - SP, 1st. (11.74m) >AJ Stanat: SP, 1st. (13.61m) Great job everyone!

Great way to start our new competitive Indoor season over the weekend in TO. We had 17 athletes competing over the weekend at York University TRAC centre. We had 2 Gold medals in the 4 x 200m and 4 x 400m Relay for the U20 Men category both new Club record times. A Bronze medal in the 4 x 800m U18 Male category. Our athletes had 26 new personal bests collectively over the two days of competition and 9 New Club Records.... Hallee Knelsen: 1st over all in the 800m and 1500m both New PB's and new Club records. Michael Roth: First in the 400m by opening up with the exact time he ran last year in this event (51.57), and he was 5th over all in 200m. Mason Basson: Placed 2nd over all in the 800m (NPB &NCR) and 5th in the 1500m Bailey Couch: 3 Personal bests in the Shot Put, 60mHurdles and High Jump. Harrison Belanger: 2 NPB's in the 800m and 1500m respectively placing 5th and 8th. over all. Vincent Moore: 2 NBP's at the same events by placing 7th and 14th over all. Dylen Belanger: 3rd in the 60m Hurdles U18 category with NPB and he was 8th in the 400m also with a NPB. Kyra Vellinga: Had a new personal best in the 400m placing 7th over all in that event. Tayah DeSousa: A first place finish in the Long Jump (NPB &NCR) and 2nd place placing in the 60m Hurdles also a NPB. Claireese Coffey: She had 2 NPB's in the 60m and Long Jump Claire Craig: a new PB in the 3000m Justin Cole: 2 NPB's in the 1500m and 3000m Fox Gray: A PB n the 60m Emma Zwicker: 2 PB's in the 60m and 200m Ethan Zwicker: 3 PB's in the 60m, 200m and 300m Camryn Roth: New PB in the 400m Lynsey Last: Competing for a first time in T&F posting some promising results in the 60m and 200m and been a part of the 4x200m relay team See more

We had great participation at today's Nutrition and Health seminar, featuring Lisa Spriet (Registered Dietician) from Nutriprocan, and Juliana Bergin (Physiotherapist) from Modern Health & Performance. Many thanks to Lisa and Juliana for providing our STL athletes and parents with a very informative day.

Congratulations to STL distance runners for making it to OFSSA Cross Country Championships to compete on Saturday November 2nd. representing their respected schools, after competing successfully at WOSSA championships Cerena Aitken - St. Joseph's HS in the Jr. Girls 5km Hallee Knelsen - East Elgin SS in the Sr. Girls 6km Mason Basson - Parkside CI in the Jr. Boys 5km Harrison Belanger - St. Joseph's in the Jr. Boys 5km... Brent Hagerty - St. Joseph's in the Jr. Boys 5km Vince Moore - Parkside CI in the Jr. Boys 5km We wish them all good luck in Sudbury!!

2019 Youth Nationals It was a very successful year for STL at the Youth Nationals held in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It was actually one of our best years ever based on the results, and a great way to wrap up the 2019 outdoor season with a total of 7 medals earned by STL athletes. 5 medals were achieved in STL colours and 2 by one of our athletes competing on the Ontario Legion team. We also had six top 8 finishes, a number of PB’s, and 3 new Club records. Here’s the recap of ...last weekend’s results: - Tayah Desousa captured the Silver medal in the U18 Girls 100m Hurdles with a time of 14.70 - Michael Roth was our STL athlete representing Ontario at this meet. He came home with a team Gold medal as a member of Ontario’s 4 x 400, and an individual Bronze medal in the U18 boys 400m with a new PB of 48.69, also a new club record. - Hallee Knelsen ran for the Bronze medal in U18 girls 800m in very windy conditions, with a time of 2:09.79 Hallee also placed 4th in the 1500m with a new PB and new club record of 4:35.42 - AJ Stanat threw for a Bronze medal in the U18 boys Shot Put with a new PB of 14.67m. He also placed 6th in Discus with a throw of 43.11m - Mason Basson came home with 2 Bronze medals. Individually, he earned the Bronze in the U16 boys 1200m with a time of 3:18.08 He also placed 4th in the 800m with 2:02.97 - STL’s final Bronze medal came from our U16 boys in the Sprint Medley relay. The team of Mason Basson(400m), Fox Gray(200m), Vince Moore(200m)and Harrison Belanger(800m) had a combined effort for a new Club record of 3:48.49 - Other top 8 performances were achieved by - Fox Gray placing 8th in the U16 boys 300m with a time of 38.13 - Vince Moore placing 7th in the U16 boys 800m with a new PB - Harrison Belanger placing 8th in the U16 boys 800m and 8th in1200m Congratulations to everyone! Time now to rest & recover, and enjoy the rest of our summer before we start the next new season.

Great results at the U14,U16 & U18 AO Championships in Windsor for the STL team! Our young athletes captured 13 medals, had 8 new Club records (NCR), one new Provincial and Meet record and some very impressive personal bests (PB's) throughout the competition in all areas of our sport (Throws, Jumps, Sprints and Distance) Leading the way was Lexi Stanat by capturing the Gold medal in the U14 Girls Javelin with a personal best (29.89m) and a new Club record. A silver medal in D...iscus (37.37m) and Shot Put (10.24m) also NPB's & NCR. In the U16 boys Category Mason Basson won the silver medal in the 1200m with a time of (3:18.03) and a bronze medal in the 800m (1:59.54) both times are NPB's and a NCR. Michael Roth had a Gold medal in the U18 boys 400m with a very impressive time of (48.90) marking a new PB and a NCR. He also captured the Bronze medal in the 200m (22.24) and he placed 4th. in the 100m (11.12) Hallee Knelsen had an amazing weekend at this championships! She improved her Personal best by 7 sec" in the 1500m while capturing the Silver medal in the process running a NCR of (4:36.64). A new PB and NCR also in the 800m with the time of (2:09.54) and a Bronze medal in a very tight finish, showing great form going in to next weeks National youth Championships. Tayah Desousa improved her own CR and her PB in the 100m Hurdles by winning the Silver medal with an impressive time of 14.22. She also placed 4th. in the Long jump (5.14m). AJ Stanat captured the Bronze in the Boys Shot Put with a PB throw of 14.62m. He also placed 6th in the Hammer throw (41.78m) and 6th in Discus Throw with (43.57m). A Bronze medal for Justin Cole and a new PB while competing in the boys 2000mS/C with a time of 7:19.99. He also competed in the 3000m when he improved his personal best by 16 sec. A new Provincial and Meet record and a Gold medal in the process in the Sprint Medley relay in the girls U18 category. Our team of Kyra Vellinga, Tayah Desousa, Earen Klassen and Hallee Knelsen ran an impressive time in that event of (3:06.68). Other results: -Jared Parkin-4th. in the Shot Put (14.28m) NPB -Fox Gray-6th in the 100m (11.59) NPB -Cerena Aitken-8th in the 2000m (7:11.81) NPB -Ethan Zwicker-8th in the U14 Boys 80m (11.90) -Ryan Jeffery- NPB's in the 100m(12.92), 200m(26.44) & 300m(42.62) -Emma Zwicker- NPB in the 100(14.42) & 200m(29.44) Joshua McCandless-NPB in the High Jump (1.60m) www.windsortiming.com/LiveResul/2019/AOU14U16U18/index.php

STL's 2019 Hurdle-a-thon/BBQ party It was a fantastic day! This year's Annual fundraiser event for our club had another very successful outcome on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. Excellent fundraising, success over the hurdles, great food, amazing deserts, and tons of fun.... Thanks for everyone's hard work and support. Special thanks to the Knelsen's! See more