New Brunswick Shines at Legion Nationals
New Brunswick Shines at Legion Nationals
The 2024 Royal Canadian Legion Youth Track and Field Championships wrapped up on Sunday afternoon at the Foothills Athletic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
Team New Brunswick was comprised of 36 athletes representing all 5 clubs in the province. Highlight performances from this past weekend include:
- Claire Gromack (Team NB) held the NB Flag twice on the podium this past weekend. Claire threw a new provincial record of 50.66m in the U16 girl’s hammer throw to take the top sport on the podium, surpassing the previous NB record by almost 15m. Not only was this a U16 girl’s provincial record, this also broke the U18 girl’s provincial record that stood at 42.65 m. She also secured a bronze medal in the U16 girl’s shot put with a best throw of 12.18 m.
- Orandy Campbell (Team NB) started us off with an outstanding run over the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.05s (+2.6m/s), securing the gold medal in the event. His time of 13.77s (-2.6m/s wind) in the prelims surpassed the U16 boy’s NB record held by Olympian Craig Thorne. Orandy’s time of 13.05s also ranks him 2nd fastest all time (all conditions) in Canada.
- Frédéric Roy (Team NB) won New Brunswick’s first gold medal in the event since Caleb Jones in 2008. The provincial U16 record holder threw an impressive 49.15m to secure the top spot on the podium.
- Dylan Reddy (Team NB) captured yet another medal for Team NB in the U16 boy’s shot put with a best throw of 13.45m to finish 3rd.
- Julianna Lemaire (Team NB) won bronze in the U18 girl’s 2000m steeplechase with a time of 7:18.60. With an outstanding kick to the finish, Julianna was able to capture the 3rd sport on the podium by the slightest margin of 0.15s over her closest competitor.
- Audrée LeBlanc (ASEA) won silver in the U18 girl’s shot put, surpassing her own previous provincial record with a best throw of 14.75 m.
- Alisson Wasson placed 4th in the U18 girl’s 3000m and 6th in the U18 girl’s 800m, Audrée Sinclair placed 6th in the U16 girl’s 300m, Team NB U18 boy’s 4x100m (A. Richards, C. Wolverton, G. Tremble, B. Grey) finished in 8th place with a new NB record of 44.01s.
We saw numerous seasonal bests, personal bests, nine top-8 performances, as well as the New Brunswick flag on display on 6 different podiums!
This has been one of New Brunswick’s most successful championships in recent years! We want to congratulate all athletes on their performances and wish you all the best of luck in your upcoming season!
New Brunswick athletes were well represented at these championships, and we look forward to the successes of this team in the future.
You can find the full results here: https://live.athletic.net/meets/39172.