Thursday, August 25, 2016

2016-2017 Marauder Recruits (Ladies)

Rachel Faulds


High School: Trenton High School
Previous School: West Virginia University


Running Accomplishments: 
2013 OFSAA Sr. Girls 3000 Silver
2012 OFSAA Sr. Girls Cross Country Bronze
2012 Youth National 3000 Silver
2012 Jr. National 3000 Bronze
2012 OFSAA Sr. Girls 3000 Silver
2011 OFSAA Sr. Girls Cross Country Silver
2011 OFSAA Jr. Girls 3000 Bronze

Personal Bests: 
800 - 2:21
1500 - 4:38 3000 - 9:46 
Program: Life Science 
Fun Fact: Before becoming a runner Rachel was a competitive swimmer who competed in distance freestyle events.


Emma Waddington


High School: Westdale Secondary School

Sports Accomplishments: 

2016, 2015, 2014 Canadian Orienteering Elite Sprint Champion 
2014 North American Orienteering Sprint Champion 
2014 OFSAA Sr. Girls Cross Country Team Silver 
2013 OFSAA Jr. Girls Cross Country Team Champions 
PC: Maxine Gravina
Personal Bests: 
1500 Steeplechase - 5:23

3000 - 10:38
Program: Kinesiology
Fun Fact: Emma competed at both the Jr World and World Championships for Orienteering when she was 17 continues to race for Team Canada!
Last week she was racing for Team Canada at the World Championships for Orienteering in Sweden! Emma anchored the Canadian Sprint Relay Team to 19th place.


Sarah Haliburton

Previous School: McMaster University (Graduated from Nursing in 2012)
Previous Employment: Registered Nurse at SickKids Hospital
Running Accomplishments:
Member of McMaster CIS Cross Country and Track Teams 2008-2012
2009 CIS Cross Country Team Bronze
2010 CIS Cross Country Team Silver
2010 CIS 4x800m Relay Team Bronze
2011 CIS Cross Country Team Bronze

Personal Bests:
1500 - 4:34
3000 - 9:48
Program: Nurse Practitioner Graduate Program
Fun Fact: Sarah volunteered for CBC at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games for three weeks. She loves to travel!


Monday, August 22, 2016

Summer Recap

Over the summer, we had many Harbour Athletes racing all over the province, the country and a few even around the world! Here are a few of the many highlights:

Hamilton Twilight Series


We hosted four Hamilton Twilight Track Meets in our Summer Series this year. Thanks to all the racers, coaches, officials and volunteers for making each one a huge success! Hamilton is a great place to run fast, as we saw tons of PBs, a few new records and even a two American Paralympic records. If you didn't get a chance to win a swanky button, they will be back next year!

Hamilton Twilight Meet #1, May 29, 2016

http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/Results/2016-hamilton-twilight-meet-1/5440/?keywords=hamilton

Hamilton Twilight Meet #2, June 21, 2016
Kaitlyn Pansegrau and Emily Nowak running
800m PBs at Hamilton Twilight Meet #2
PC: Richard Zazulak

http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/results_docs/hamilton-twilight-meet-22016-07-17-05-03-36.pdf

At this meet, American Paralympic Medallist Patrick Blake Leeper set two new American Paralympic Records in the 200m and 400m races. Read about his inspirational journey here http://www.marauders.ca/news/
2016/6/15/track-paralympian-to-start-comeback-at-mcmaster.aspx

Hamilton Canada Day Twilight, July 1, 2016

http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/results_docs/hamilton-canada-day-twilight2016-07-17-05-02-25.pdf


Hamilton PB Twilight, August 1, 2016

http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/results_docs/hamilton-pb-twilight2016-08-02-05-04-17.pdf


Other Exceptional Summer Races

Ontario 10,000m Track Championships, London, May 14, 2016

Blair Morgan and Sergio Raez Villanueva
in the 10,000m Champs
PC: Maxine Gravina
PBs for Paul Rochus and Blair Morgan as well as PB and Junior World Track qualifying time for Sergio Raez Villanueva


Marauders.ca Article

Canadian Half-Marathon Championships, Calgary, May 29 2016

Mac Alum and Harbour Athlete Steph Macneill ran a great race to finish as the 4th Female in a time of 1:22:21.

https://www.startlinetiming.com/en/races/
2016/calgarymarathon/event/Half


Emma Waddington at the Jr World
Orienteering Champs
PC: Mike Waddington via Twitter

World Junior Orienteering Championships, Engadin, Switzerland, July 10, 2016


Incoming recruit Emma Waddington finished 30th in the Sprint event at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland, as well as racing for the Canadian team in the Relay event.



IAAF World U20 Track & Field Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland, July 19-25, 2016

Incoming recruit Sergio Raez Villanueva finished 23rd in the 10,000m at the World U20 Champs


3 New Joggling World Records for Gabrielle Foran

Joggler Gabrielle Foran achieved 3 New World Records in the Women's 3-ball 400m, 1 Mile and 10km joggling events. She was also undefeated at the International Juggler's Association Championships in El Paso, Texas on July 30, 2016.

To see all her current Joggling WRs, go to http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/joggling.html


Other meets that Harbour Athletes competed in include the RCLDS Twilight Meets, Speed River New Balance Twilight Meets, University of Toronto Twilight Meets, and Athletics Ontario Championships among others. All results can be found at Trackie.ca



European Racing Tour for Tweedle, Morgan, Darlington and Schnurr


Morgan, Tweedle, Falk and Darlington
Photo from Instagram
Jeff Tweedle, Blair Morgan, Connor Darlington and Coach Paula Schnurr teamed up with Nick Falk, Paul Janikowski and Coach Gary Malloy to get some international racing experience in Europe. They started their travels at the Canadian National Track & Field Championships in Edmonton then brought them to Belgium and England.

Highlights include a 10s PB for Morgan in the 5000m of 14.10.76 in Belgium, and an 800m PB for Darlington of 1.49.06 in Oxford.

Canadian Track & Field Championships, Edmonton, July 7- July 10, 2016
http://results.deltatiming.com/edmonton/2016-ac-trials

Nacht Van Der Atletiek, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, July 16, 2016
http://www.timetronics.be/results/nacht2016/schedule.html

Eltham British Miler's Club Regional Race, Eltham, England, July 20, 2016
http://www.britishmilersclub.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=165326

Oxford British Miler's Club Grand Prix, Oxford, England, July 23, 2016
http://www.britishmilersclub.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=167823

Updates from Triathlon


Alum Andrew Yorke represented Canada and McMaster at the 2016 Rio Olympics! Unfortunately he suffered a crash on the bike but bravely persevered to finish the race in 42nd place. Read more here http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/rio-2016/the-sport-is-cruel-man-no-quit-in-canadian-triathlete-yorke-who-finished-42nd-in-olympic-event

Alum Taylor Forbes won Bronze at the Canadian Elite National Championships, taking silver in the U23 Category. Read the Marauders.ca article http://www.marauders.ca/news/2016/7/25/mens-cross-country-running-forbes-wins-bronze-at-canadian-national-triathlon-championships.aspx

Marauder Andrew Beardsall won the IRONMAN 70.3 Muskoka Triathlon, a huge race for him! http://www.ironman.com/de-ch/triathlon/events/americas/ironman-70-3/muskoka/results.aspx#axzz4I5fBYhPd

Alum Lionel Sanders has won more 70.3 races than we can count this season, follow his burgeoning career on his blog https://lsanderstri.com

Alum Taylor Reid has also been racing well in the 70.3 triathlon races, check out his results here http://www.taylor-reid.com/#intro