Category Archives: NOC Athletes

Research with youth athletes – University of Ottawa

We have been asked by researchers from the University of Ottawa, to invite young competitive athletes and their parents to consider participating in their Research Project. Please review this Recruitment Letter and decide if the project merits your involvement.  

Zone 4 at NOC. The Standard Reports…

Courtesy of Bernie Puchalski at The Standard… Two-time champion (NOC’s Shane Decker) The fastest man in Zone 4 is in no hurry to get out of high school. Shane Decker, a Grade 12 student at Denis Morris and the reigning SOSSA senior boys track and field champion in the 100 and 200 metres, plans onContinue reading “Zone 4 at NOC. The Standard Reports…”

NOC competed as a cohesive team in the Nationals

Excellent comments from Coach Bill MacDonald: As you can see by the posts, NOC had a phenomenal weekend in Vancouver, especially Heather, but what can’t be overlooked is the phenomenal performance by the NOC TEAM. Six athletes went to Vancouver, six athletes showed up on the line ready to race and six athletes made NOCContinue reading “NOC competed as a cohesive team in the Nationals”

Heather’s Interview by Athletics Illustrated Magazine after Winning the 2013 XC Nationals

From ​Coach ​Bill MacDonald​:​ Here is Heather’s interview after winning the Junior Women’s Cross Country Nationals in Vancouver…

Heather Petrick wins the XC Nationals

Congratulations to Heather Petrick on winning the XC Nationals in Vancouver today by a serious margin! We are speechless, in awe, WOW! The ladies’ team was 7th overall, just a fabulous achievement all round. Congratulations to Sharon and all the coaches. Your dedication continues to give our athletes opportunities they only dreamed about!

NOC Front and Centre (literally)

Not sure if you spotted NOC’s Troy Smith in the banner photo (from last year’s race) of the AC website for this year’s Vancouver XC Championships tomorrow (Nov 30th). Go Team!  

Let’s Cut To The Chase (almost literally). AO XC Champs on Sunday.

Good results for our NOC Athletes! Open the pdf in your browser, then find NOC results by hitting Ctrl F keys (simultaneously). Then enter “Niagara Olympic” (without the quotes) into the search box, and you can scroll from one result to the next.