Trinity Tutti gets to defend her Canada Games title close to home. The 22-year-old Welland native won the discus and placed third in the shot put at the 2017 Summer...
Like many other local athletes, Noah Dommasch is enjoying the chance to be a part of the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. “I have never had the opportunity to be...
Grace Tennant is thrilled to be competing at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. “This is my second Canada Summer Games and this one is a lot closer to home....
Owen Konkle kicked off his debut at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games in impressive fashion Tuesday. The 22-year-old Beamsville native ran the Special Olympics 100-metre heat in a time...
Shannon Swinson heads into the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games with mixed emotions. “I am excited and nervous at the same time,” the 22-year-old Beamsville resident said. “I am a...
Sharon Stewart will be hard-pressed to find more enthusiastic volunteers than Laurie and Scott Bennett for the track and field competition at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. Stewart, the...
Ava Young quickly realized that javelin would be the perfect track and field discipline to pursue in high school. “I am a strong-armed girl and I like hitting and doing...
Cassie Orr exceeded expectations by winning a silver medal in the novice girls javelin at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations track and field championships in early June. “I...
Jack Brownlee looked anything but a potential champion in his first attempt in the novice boys javelin competition at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations track and field championships...
No one had Lauren Clarke picked as a favourite in junior girls discus heading into the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations track and field championships. The Grade 10 student...
Kaleb Kennedy thought the worst when he injured his back high jumping and had to take a couple of months off from training. “After I came off my injury, I...
Big things were projected for Ava Neumann after she set a record with a leap of 1.64 metres in the bantam girls high jump at the District School Board of...
After winning the senior boys pole vault and high jump at the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association track and field championships, Michael Ivanov stated his goals of winning medals at...
It was a satisfying moment for Ryan Zucco when a bronze medal was hung around his neck at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations track and field meet. The...
Tommy Dallman’s first high school track and field season did not begin with expectations he would win Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations’ gold medals in junior boys shot put...
Local athletes came away with 19 medals from the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Track and Field Championships over the weekend at York University in Toronto. Thomas Dallman,...
Jeremy Talsma is a natural. The 15-year-old, Grade 10 student at Smithville Christian High School earned a bronze medal in the junior boys triple jump Thursday at Ontario Federation of...
It’s no surprise it’s all sports, all the time at the May household. With mom Wanita Dykstra-May, one of the most decorated and successful female high jumpers in Canadian history,...
Winning the St. Catharines Athlete of the Year Award never grows old for Mohammed Ahmed. On the strength of his silver medal in the 5,000 metres and sixth-place finish in...
Sophia Cino has come a long way since last August. That month, the winner of the junior girls 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres at the South Regionals track and...
Julia Tremeer is a master multi-tasker. The 14-year-old, Grade 9 student at Notre Dame student managed to finish second in the novice girls 800 Friday at the Day 2 of...
Tommy Dallman is picking up right where he left off. Last year in his first full season of competing with the Thorold Elite Track Club, the Grade 10 student at...
Michael Ivanov is preparing for another hectic day Thursday at the South Regionals track and field meet at Welland Centennial. The 12B student at A.N. Myer Secondary School in Niagara...
E.L. Crossley won the combined, boys and girls titles at this week’s Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association track and field meet held Wednesday and Thursday at Welland Centennial. The top...
Carolyn Buri didn’t need beginners’ luck to win the junior girls 800-metre race at Day 2 of the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association track and field meet held Thursday at...
Following are winners and top five results from Niagara athletes competing at Day 1 of the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association track and field meet held Wednesday at Welland Centennial....
Graham Tomori had an eye-opening race at last fall’s Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations cross country championships. Competing a year up, the Grade 9 student at Eden raced to...
Alexandra Nickel is a quick study. The Grade 12 student at Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf at Welland started training for the 2,000-metre open steeplechase a few weeks. After running it for the first...
Cassie Orr is shown competing in the javelin at Wednesday’s Niagara Catholic Athletic Association track and field meet at the Niagara Olympic Club. Cassie Orr is the definition of versatility....
Following are results from Wednesday’s Niagara Catholic Athletic Association track and field meet held at the Niagara Olympic Club. The top four finishers advance to the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools...
