Tutti concentrating on athletics
Trinity Tutti is putting all her eggs in one basket for the time being.
The 20-year-old Welland native has been training full time and living in Toronto since graduating from Eastdale and the results have been impressive.
Among her accomplishments are: a gold medal in the women’s shot put and a silver in the discus throw at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships; a pair of golds in the discus and shot put at the 2019 Canadian Track and Field Championships; a gold in the discus and a bronze in the shot put at the 2019 USATF (USA Track and Field) Powerfest; and, a gold in the discus and a bronze in the shot put at the 2019 International Throwing Meeting.
Tutti, who also broke the 2017 Canada Games record in the discus, feels school has to take a backseat for now while she pursues her athletic dreams.
“Pretty much (just concentrating on athletics) and see where it goes,” Tutti said Sunday at the Niagara Olympic Club. “I think I’ll get to school eventually but I just want to focus and see where I can go with this. I want to try and make a living.”
Tutti enjoyed getting back into action Sunday at NOC. She averaged just more than 50 metres for six throws in the discus with a long toss of 53.71. Her personal best is 56.95.
“Just to compete,” she said, when asked about her goals for the meet. “With COVID, it was however many months we went without competing and it was close (to home) so it was nice to be with familiar people. I wasn’t really looking for a certain distance, just trying to work on things we have been working on in practice.”
She will take the results for the time being.
“Still a couple of metres off, but not bad,” she said.
Tutti was away training with Athletics Canada when COVID put a stop to competition.
“It’s been tough, mentally it’s been hard,” she admitted. “We were in New Zealand and I felt I was set up for a couple of good competitions and then it was all shutdown.”
Tutti returned home and then had to quarantine for two weeks.
“Not doing anything kind of gets to your head,” she said.
Tutti, who has moved back home for the time being, has been able to train at home thanks to a discus ring she has in her backyard and a weight rack she had built for her by her father.
“I’ve been able to keep up which is very fortunate.”
She also trains with the SISU Track Club in Toronto once or twice a week.
Tutti has set the bar high with her long-term goals.
“In a perfect world I would throw a PB (personal best) and get picked for a couple of national teams but I think that’s a stretch goal to make the Olympics, maybe in 2024,” she said.
She is also concentrating almost 100 per cent on the discus for the moment.
“I’m just focusing on one event. It’s hard because I only see my coach once or twice a week so it’s hard to focus on two events,” she said.
Tutti plans to continue competing in as many small, local events as possible for the time being.
“It’s just whatever we can get,” she said.
BPSN’s coverage of the track and field season is made possible with the support of the Niagara Olympic Club (https://nocrunners.com).
BPSN and the COVID-19 pandemic
Like all small businesses dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, BPSN is not sure what the business landscape will look like when things return to normal. Our website is financed primarily through advertising revenues and partnership agreements with many local sports and educational organizations in Niagara. Our goal is to continue providing our readers with the extensive local sports coverage you have come to expect from our site. Since our inception, we have written more than 2,800 stories on our local athletes and teams. Many of our readers have given us one-time donations or send us monthly contributions to help offset our costs. We would be eternally grateful if others would consider doing the same by using the Support Us button located on the right-hand side of our home page below the mosaic.
Thank you for your continued support.
Bill and Bernie.
