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Archived News
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| September 12: Peninsula Plodders Half Marathon
Many Thanks to all the Pen Track volunteers, young and old, who helped man the water stops for this event.
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September 1 to 4 : BC Seniors Games (55 yrs and older), Penticton
Seniors Athletes of Peninsula Track some records and won many medals. Details
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August 15 : Final Results for Island Track Series Awards
Eighteen Peninsula Track athletes competed in at least four of the six Island meets and therefore are eligible for the VIAA Best of Meet and Run, Jump, Throw awards. Results for Peninsula Athletes. Click here Complete Results for the Island.
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August 5 to 12 : Legion National Track and Field Championships , Sudbury, Ontario
Thomas Riekki of Pen Track is one of 40 BC Athletes attending. At the competition for 14 and 15 year olds on August 7 and 8, Thomas came FIRST in the 100m hurdles, FOURTH in the 300m hurdles, FIFTH in the 100m and was part of the fourth place 4 x 100m relay team . Complete Results.
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July 23 to 25 : BD Junior Development Track and Field Championships , Kamloops
8 Pen Track Athletes brought home 8 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 4 bronze medals. Three of them also had All Time Top Ten performances. Thomas Riekki was selected as one of the 15 BC fifteen year old athletes on the BC Team going to the Legion Camp in Sudbury. Results for Peninsula Athletes and Complete Results.
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July 17 and 18: Canadian Masters Track and Field Championships , Calgary
Dan Daniels and Sandy Anderson from Pen Track competed. Results for Peninsula Athletes and Complete Results.
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July 15 to 18: BC Summer Games, 2004 , Abbotsford
Hot! Hot! Hot! Three days of great track and field. Peninsula Track and Field members of the Zone 6th team performed splendidly, bringing home three gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Results for Peninsula Athletes and Complete Results for Athletics.
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July 9 to 11: Canadian National Track and Field Championships and Olympic Trials , Victoria
Three days of great track and field. Several younger JD athletes took part in a demonstration of Athletics Canada's Run, Jump, Throw program at the stadium on Saturday. Several Peninsula Track Rascals were present at the Breakfast of Champions on Monday where Canada's Olympic Track and Field Team was announced (photo).
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| July 9 and 10: SportsFest for Disabled Athletes , Langley
Florence and Tom Dingle helped run and officiate at the track and field part of this competition for athletes who have cerebral palsy. Phots will be posted shortly.
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July 6 and 7: Zone 6 summer Games Camp , Courtenay
Club members Romaie Martin, Thomas Riekki , Peter Root and John Minkley (new) attended along with Meghan Schaeffer, Cory Thomson and Kyle Seele, Zone 6 team members who have been training with the club. Throwing coach John Root was part of the coaching staff and Tom Dingle went as the Zone 6 representative for athletics. 43 athletes and 10 coaches had two days of hard workouts, technical sessions and fun! Most of the athletes commented on how much they had improved in their events.
Photos will be posted later.
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July1: Sidney Days 5km Run/Walk, 2km Youth Run , Sidney
280 people ran or walked which is 100 more than last year! Complete results
Photos of Race -- Photos of Pen Track in Parade
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June 26 and 27: BC Juvenile Championships , Abbotsford
3 Pen Track Athletes competed in a very tough field. Complete results and Pen Track Results
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June 26: BC JD Pentathlon Championships , Nanaimo
8 Pen Track Athletes competed and came home with 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal, 1 fourth place, and 2 sixth place ribbons. Complete results (these are revised from those posted at meet). Thomas Riekki and Dustin Sapala both had All Time Top Ten Placings in the Pentathlon and the Sprint Hurdles.
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March 20: Throws Clinic #4 and Sprint/Hurdles Clinic #2
Peninsula Athletes Thomas Feil, Jordan Larson, Peter Root and Thomas Riekki; Masters Athletes Sandy Anderson and Peggy Morfitt; and Peninsula Coaches Emily Alderson, Eleanor Richardson and John Root attended Click here for summary and photos. There are no more clinics this season. Click here for details of all the clinics
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March 11: 1st World Masters Championships Indoors
Peninsula Track Coach and Athlete Dan Daniels came THIRD in the Pentathlon for males 75 to 79. Click here for details
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March 8: Cross Country Series Results
Peninsula Track came third in the Team Competition. We had 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 1 fourth and 1 fifth in the individual awards. Great Showing by our Cross Country athletes!! Click here for details and photos.
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February 29: Peninsula Cross Country Challenge
52 Athletes ran in beautiful weather. Thanks to all those who helped. Click Here for description and photos.
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February 28: Throws Clinic #3 and Sprint/Hurdles Clinic #1
Three Pen Track athletes, one coach and one other member attended this Clinic as did more than 60 others. Click Here for description and photos.
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February 1: Oceanside Cross Country
4 Pen Track Athletes (Bobby Eng, Ryan Leigh, Katrina and Samantha Schurman) ran in this race Click Here for results
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January 16: Throws Clinic
3 Pen Track Athletes (Thomas Feil, Peter Root and Mike Woodward) and coach John Root attended the Second Throws Clinic Click Here for details and photos.
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January 11: Water Stop at the Pioneer 8 km
15 Pen Track Athletes and parents and friends manned the water stop at the Pioneer 8 km race Click Here photos.
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