NOC results and photo gallery

Following are the winners and top three local finishers in each event from a track and field meet held at the Niagara Olympic Club Sunday.

About 150 athletes participated in the first organized local event since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March.

“I think today is very exhilarating,” NOC president Sharon Stewart said Sunday morning. “We have a beautiful, beautiful day. The numbers have to be limited but there’s a lot of happy faces here and a lot of excited athletes.

“It’s a huge contribution to their progression as an athlete to see where their fitness is now and to be confident that life will come back and we will have this again.”

The COVID protocols included: an on-line questionnaire that was completed by athletes 24 hours before the meet; a maximum of 100 athletes in the facility, excluding coaches, officials and volunteers, and fans wanting to watch the competition had to watch from the fence surrounding the facility; 12 athletes in a flight for jumps and throws; four athletes on the track instead of eight, using lanes one, three, five and seven; throwers had to use their own equipment and retrieve the equipment themselves once thrown; and, high jumpers had to have their own personal tarp to put on the mat when they jump and remove it when they are done.

“We have to see how the numbers work the first time and how we survive all of that with the gate regulations and traffic patterns inside,” Stewart said. “The strange part is all the spectators are on the outside. That can be a good thing or a bad thing. It reduces the clutter in here a lot.”

A meet on Sept. 12 will feature the 200, 400 and 1,500 metres, javelin, discus, hammer and long jump and a Sept. 26 meet will include the 400, 800 and 3,000 metres and possibly the 100 metres again, javelin, discus, hammer and high jump.

MEN’S

100 metres U14: 1. Justin Cournoyea, Athletics Niagara. Time: 13:12.

100 metres U16: 1. Edward Takeyoshi, Hamilton Olympic Club; 2. Connor McEachern, Athletics Niagara; 3. Braden McEachern, Athletics Niagara. Time: 11.38.

100 metres U18: 1. Domenic Barresi, Hamilton Olympic Club; 3. Denis Tzvetkoc, Thorold Elite Track Club. Time: 10.97.

100 metres U20: 1. Carter Teal, Thorold Elite Track Club; 2. Noah Dommasch, Brantford TFC. Time: 11.14.

100 metres senior: 1. Jordan Miller, JAMCAN. Time: 11.14.

200 metres U14: 1. Sayanthan Arulrajan, United Tamil Sports Club. Time: 26.73.

200 metres U16: 1. Arwin Mathi, United Tamil Sports Club; 3. Conner McEachern, Athletics Niagara. Time: 23.97.

200 metres U18: 1. Domenic Barresi, Hamilton Olympic Club. Time: 21.97.

200 metres U20: 1. Carter Teal, Thorold Elite Track Club. Time: 22.86.

200 metres senior: 1. Jordan Miller, JAMCAN. Time: 23.02.

800 metres U14: 1. Matthew Luke, Burlington Track and Field Club; 3. Graham Tomori, Niagara Olympic Club. Time: 2:19.04.

800 metres U16: 1. Vincent Moore, St. Thomas Legion Track and Field Club; 3. Gavin Stone, Thorold Elite Track Club. Time: 2:05.96.

800 metres U18: 1. Eric Campbell, Niagara Olympic Club. Time: 1:59.50.

800 metres senior: 1. Robert McGill, Unattached Ontario. Time: 2:21.40.

Triple jump U14: 1. Sayanthan Arulrajan, United Tamil Sports Club. Distance: 11.47.

Triple jump U16: 1. Arwin Mathi, United Tamil Sports Club. Distance: 13.34; 2. Samuel Jeffery, Athletics Niagara.

Triple jump U18: 1. Michael Ivanov, Niagara Olympic Club. Distance: 12.84.

Shot put U14: 1. Andrew Deane, Brantford Track and Field Club. Distance: 6.74.

Shot put U16: 1. Caleb Grover, Thorold Elite Track Club; 3. Carson Gauthier, Thorold Elite Track Club. Distance: 11.26.

Shot put U18: 1. Jacob Back, Brantford Track and Field Club; 2. Denis Tzvetkoc, Thorold Elite Track Club; 3. Ravi Hollo, Niagara Olympic Club. Distance: 14.10.

Shot put senior: 1. Eric Brathwaite, SISU Throws Club. Distance: 14.87.

Discus U14: 1. Andrew Deane, Brantford Track and Field Club. Distance: 19.47.

Discus U16: 1. Caleb Grover, Thorold Elite Track Club; 2. Carson Gauthier, Thorold Elite Track Club. Distance: 38.79.

Discus U18: 1. Ravi Hollo, Niagara Olympic Club; 2. Tristian McDougall, Niagara Olympic Club. Distance: 37.93.

Discus U20: 1. Toren Burr, Brantford Track and Field Club; 2. Noah Dommasch, Brantford Track and Field Club. Distance: 41.67.

Discus senior: 1. Shawn Beaudoin, Windsor Legion Track and Field Club. Distance: 32.38.

Hammer U12: 1. Caleb Grover, Thorold Elite Track Club. Distance: 31.66.

Hammer U18: 1. Alex Deane, Brantford Track and Field Club. Distance: 34.17.

Hammer finals senior: 1. Jared Skeath, SISU. Distance: 62.90.

WOMEN’S

100 metres U12: 1. Leah Orr, Thorold Elite Track Club. Time: 15.80.

100 metres U14: 1. Holly Cornforth, South Simcoe Dufferin Track and Field Club; 2. Kyjiah Slowley, Thorold Elite Track Club. Time: 13.62.

100 metres U16: 1. Hasveena Arulrajan, United Tamil Sports Club; 2. Kennedy Hall, Athletics Niagara. Time: 13.56.

100 metres U18: 1. Jillian Catton, Brantford Track Club. Time: 12.13.

100 metres senior: 1. Tameran Defreitas, South Simcoe Dufferin Track and Field Club. Time: 11.97.

200 metres U12: 1. Leah Orr, Thorold Elite Track Club. Time: 37.78.

200 metres U14: 1. Holly Cornforth, South Simcoe Dufferin Track and Field Club; 2. Talia Goveia, Niagara Olympic Club; 3. Izzy Brenzil, Athletics Niagara. Time: 28.02.

200 metres U16: 1. Amelia Dodds, Monte Cristo Track Club; 2. Lauren Thomas, Niagara Olympic Club. Time: 27.31.

200 metres U18: 1. Emily Martin, South Simcoe Dufferin Track and Field Club. Time: 23.53.

200 metres U20: 1. Jaden Delima, Niagara Olympic Club. Time: 27.52.

200 metres senior: 1. Tameran Defreitas, South Simcoe Dufferin Track and Field Club. Time: 24.61.

800 metres U12: 1. Leah Kremble, Niagara Olympic Club; 2. Ayla Laing, Thorold Elite Track Club. Time: 2:59.75.

800 metres U14: 1. Julia Tremeer, Niagara Olympic Club; 2. Isabelle Nguyen, Niagara Olympic Club; 3. Zoe Quinn, Niagara Olympic Club. Time: 2:37.74.

800 metres U16: 1. Amelia Dodds, Monte Cristo Track Club; 3. Portia Watts. Time: 2:18.40.

800 metres U18: 1. Hallee Knelson, St. Thomas Track and Field Club. Time: 2:13.88.

Triple jump U14: 1. Rosie Radford, Niagara Olympic Club; 2. Izzy Brenzil, Athletics Niagara. Distance: 9.83.

Triple jump U16: 1. Hasveena Arulrajan, United Tamil Sports Club. Distance: 10.39.

Triple jump U18: 1. Jillian Catton, Brampton Track Club. Distance: 11.33.

Triple jump senior: 1. Caroline Ehrhardt, London Western Track and Field Club. Distance: 12.56.

Shot put U12: 1. Leah Orr, Thorold Elite Track Club; 2. Lucy Young, Thorold Elite Track Club. Distance: 4.99.

Shot put U14: 1. Emma Negri, U Windsor Athletic Club; 2. Cassie Orr, Thorold Elite Track Club; 3. Ava Young, Thorold Elite Track Club. Distance: 9.88.

Shot put U16: 1. Julia Tunks, London Legion Track and Field Alliance. Distance: 12.62.

Shot put U18: 1. Liv Sands, London Western Track and Field Club. Distance: 12.45.

Shot put senior: 1. Brittany Crew, SISU Throws Club. Distance: 18.32.

Discus U14: 1. Emma Negri, U Windsor Athletic Club. Distance: 31.92.

Discus U16: 1. Julia Tunks, London Legion Track and Field Alliance. Distance: 47.92.

Discus U18: 1. Emily Alty, Unattached Ontario. Distance: 39.39.

Discus senior: 1. Trinity Tutti, SISU Throws Club. Distance: 53.71.

Hammer U14: 1. Emma Negri, U Windsor Athletic Club. Distance: 21.12.

Hammer U16: 1. Sydney Johnson, Brantford Track and Field Club. Distance: 22.28.

Hammer U18: 1. Liv Sands, London Western Track and Field Club. Distance: 44.70.

Hammer U20: 1. Mackenzie Campbell, Brantford Track and Field Club. Distance: 47.55.

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S

Wheelchair 100 senior: Katty Abran, London Legion Track and Field Alliance. Time: 18.99.

Wheelchair 200 senior: Katty Abran, London Legion Track and Field Alliance. Time: 37.40.

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