Aug 20 2008 - Team New Brunswick dominates at the Jeux

Team New Brunswick dominates at the Jeux de la Francophonie Canadienne

Edmonton, Alberta - With a total of 42 medals team NB wins the track team banner at the 2008 Jeux de la Francophonie Canadienne. All 20 athletes captured at least one medal!

Meet records:
Jason Bouchard (FLTC) 200m (22.09)
Geneviève Lalonde (ASEA) 800m-2:13.83 1500m- 4:36.51 3000m- 9:57.79

Full results can be found here (http://www3.telus.net/vschmid/2008JdlFC/)

Aug 11 2008 - Lalonde selected to 2008 Commonwealth Yo

Lalonde selected to 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games team

Genevieve Lalonde who set new Juvenile & Junior provincial records in the 3000m yesterday has been selected to represent Canada in the1500m and 3000m in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. The games will begin on October 12 with athletics taking place from October 14 to 16 at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports City, a 153-acre sports complex .

Aug 10 2008 - Day 2 brings 3 gold medals to New Brunsw

Day 2 brings 3 gold medals to New Brunswick

Canadian Youth Track and Field Championships.

Sherbrooke, Qc- Trainning partners Genevieve Lalonde & Ryan Cassidy both won their 3000m race.  Ryan's time of 9:10 (PB) won the Boys U15 event while Genevieve's 9:36.77 is not only a new  Juvenile & Juniors provincial record but a new Canadian  Youth record. Caleb Jones, who started to throw javelin this year, became the national youth champion with a toss of 63.65m. With this throw Caleb beats his own provincial record.


Full Results can be found here:
15&U Women 15&U Men 17&U Women 17&U Men

Aug 9 2008 - NB Picks up Four Medals on Day One of th

NB Picks up Four Medals on Day One of the Legion National Championships

Led by a gold courtesy of Genenieve Lalonde, in the juvenile girls 1500m in 4:31,  the NB contigent grabed 4 medals as the 32 Annual Legion Nationals kicked off in Sherbrooke PQ. Sarah MacPherson won a bronze medal with a 4:35.  Ryan Cassidy ran a huge personal best, 4:08, to take the silver in the midget boys 1500 meters. Rounding out the day the juvenile girls 4 x 400 meter relay placed 3rd with a time of 4:05. Members of the team are Grace Annear, Rebecca Barton, Jocelyn Lockhart & Sarah MacPherson.  

Congrats to all on the MANY personal bests as the athletes headed back to the residence for a well deserved rest as they prepare for as good or even better day on Sunday.

Aug 4 2008 - Carl Lewis Gives Tommy McGinn the &ldquo

Carl Lewis Gives Tommy McGinn the “Shirt off his Back.”   Hershey North American Final:  In a bold move of “shirt trading” Tommy McGinn convinced Olympic Legend and 9 time Olympic Gold Medal winner, Carl Lewis to trade his “Team USA Track shirt” for Tommy's “Region 6 Atlantic Province shirt.” What a trade!!!!  

Aug 2 2008 - Relay Teams Shine At Hershey North

Relay Teams Shine At Hershey North American Final Motivated by the cheers of Olympics legends Carl Lewis, Bruce Jenner and Rafer Johnson, sixteen 4x100 relay runners from New Brunswick competed at the Hershey North American Track & Field Finals in Hershey Pennsylvania on August 2nd. The team was the largest contingent ever for NB. The Girls 11-12 4x100m relay team, made up of MacKenzie Amos, Cassidy Richards, Alyson Colpitts and Kylie Paulsen (All of Fredericton)came 5th with a time of 58.98 which was over a second faster than their qualifying.   In the Boys 13-14 4x100m relay, the New Brunswick team of Trevor Floyd (Hampton), Intekhab Hossain (Saint John), Tommy McGinn (Fredericton) and Mathieu Boudreau (Shediac) ran to a strong 6th place finish improving their result by over a second in a finish time of 50.20.   Four Saint John area youth made up the Boys 11-12 4x100m relay. Anthony Cormier (Saint John), Joshua Shanks (Chance Harbour), Benjamin Fowler (Grand Bay/Westfield) and Alec Alston (Welsford) ran to an 8th place finish equaling their qualifying time of 58.69.
The team in the Girls 13-14 4x100m relay made up of Ashley Gallagher (Fredericton), Kalie Smith (Fredericton), Erin Kelly (Saint John) and Katie Robinson (Saint John) came in 8th with a time of 54.22, a tenth of a second better than their qualifying time.
Full Results and Photos  

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