More Great Results for NOC Athletes

Extracted from the excellent coverage by Bernie Puchalski in The St. Catharines Standard: KORSMIT BACK ON TRACK Laura Korsmit knew something was wrong during spring’s high school track and field season. “I ran very slow at track,” the Grade 12 student at Holy Cross said. She discovered she was battling the same iron deficiency issuesContinue reading “More Great Results for NOC Athletes”

Let the Games Begin! Will Canada be Medaling in Medellin?

From NOC Coach Bill MacDonald (in Medellin, Colombia): Heather Petrick races tonight at 6:50 local time, 7:50 Ontario time. Things are going very well in Medellin and Heather is ready. Weather at race time should be good as it cools down every night to around 17 and when she races it should be close toContinue reading “Let the Games Begin! Will Canada be Medaling in Medellin?”

Heather sets out her goals on video…

NOC’s Heather Petrick candidly discusses how she decided on running the 3000 at the Pan Am Jr Games, representing Canada, coming up soon in Colombia. She also talks about her one year absence from running and what motivated her to return reinvigorated. See it here. And, please share it with your friends and family.

Heather Petrick Chosen to Represent Canada at the Pan Am Jr Games

With her phenomenal Bronze medal winning time of 9:42 in the 3000m at the Canadian Junior  Track and Field Championships this past weekend in Laval, Quebec, Niagara Olympic Club’s Heather Petrick has qualified to represent Canada at the upcoming Pan Am Junior games being held August 23-25 in Medellin Colombia. Heather was in the enviable position of beingContinue reading “Heather Petrick Chosen to Represent Canada at the Pan Am Jr Games”

2013 Hershey Qualifying Meet (at NOC June 1st). Results.

A big THANK YOU to all the athlete participants, parents, coaches, volunteers, and officials for a fun sun-filled day of competition. We are pleased to post the results both here and accessible from our Forms Download section in the left hand column of the website. We wish all the athletes who are going to theContinue reading “2013 Hershey Qualifying Meet (at NOC June 1st). Results.”

All four Canadian teams place in top 10 at today’s World Cross Country Championships!

From Athletics Canada: Bydgoszcz, Poland – All four Canadian teams finished in the top ten at today’s International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships.  The senior women’s team placed eighth, the junior men and senior women placed ninth while the junior men’s team placed tenth.  In the senior men’s 12km race MohammedContinue reading “All four Canadian teams place in top 10 at today’s World Cross Country Championships!”