Welcome to the Langley Mustangs
Track and Field Club!
The Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club
is located in Langley, BC, Canada and is both a high performance
and recreational club ranging in ages from elementary school
athletes to Masters (35+ years).
News
& Updates
The season continues
for nine Mustangs who have qualified for the 2010
Summer Games. The Fraser Valley Zone 3 will be
particularly strong in Athletics as they have been
in the past. The Summer Games takes place on July
22nd -25th in Langley which gives our competing
athletes the home track advantage. Congratulations
go out to: Georgia Ellenwood (200 metre hurdles,
high jump, long jump), Alison Giesbrecht (200
metres, long jump), Taylor Neveu (high jump), Jacob
Houlton (300 metres, high jump, shot put), James
Hellner ( race walk, steeplechase), Eli Kastelein
(300 metres, 200 metre hurdles), Aiden Kits (800
metres), Adam Marshall (2000 metres), and Ben
Marshall (200 metre hurdles, 100 metre hurdles).
This group of 14 and 15 year olds will compete in
their individual events and may also be part of the
4x100 metre or 4x400 metre relay teams.
Mustangs 2010 Season
Photos Taken by Chris Gillespie
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Dolfo Golden at U.S.
Championships
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Mustang Pride
No rain and a
great turn out combined for a successful
home meet. The Langley Mustangs had over a
hundred participants from ages 9 to 81 years
old. The weather cooperated over the three
days of events which gathered athletes from
all over North America. It is the only time
that the entire Mustang club competes at the
same meet including our Junior Development
group which features our talented 9 to 13
year olds, our Legions and Gold groups which
have some of the finest athletes in Canada
and our Masters division with 81 year old
Ike Theissen , the only remaining original
Mustang from when the club formed over 30
years ago. With the addition of the
pole vault pit and the resurfaced oval the
facility was a complete success. A huge
thank you to all the athletes, officials and
parent volunteers that helped make the 31st
Annual Pacific Invitational a meet to be
proud of.
Mustangs
Produce Winners at B.C. High School
Championships
The local
Langley high schools were able to benefit
from the well trained and talented athletes
of the Langley Mustangs. The 44th annual
B.C. High School Track and Field
Championships took place in Burnaby at
Swangard Stadium on June 4th and 5th. Many
of these athletes gave personal best
performances and were rewarded with top
podium finishes. The meet however was not
without hardship. Sprinter, Carolyn
Sutherland had to pull out of the 100 meter
final due to an injury and favoured Brennan
Gademans stumbled out of the starting blocks
due to an equipment malfunction but somehow
managed to fight his way to a 3rd place
finish. Better luck was had by numerous
other athletes including Braedon
Dolfo. He had a record breaking jump of 6.17
meters in long jump establishing the
Canadian record for the visually impaired.
Mustang medalists were as follows:
Senior Men
Chris Sutherland
(gold 200m, gold 4x100m)
Brennan Gademans
(silver 200m, bronze 100m, bronze 4x100m)
Stuart Ellenwood
(bronze 400m, bronze 4x100m)
Braedon Dolfo
(bronze 4x100m)
Gabe Marshalok
(bronze 4x100m)
Adam Osborne
(bronze pole vault)
Jesse Lynch
(bronze 400m hurdles)
Senior Women
Georgia
Ellenwood (gold long jump, gold heptathlon,
silver high jump, silver 100mh)
Carolyn
Sutherland (bronze long jump)
Grade 8,9
Boys
Jacob Houlton
(gold 400m, gold shot put)
Eli Kastelein
(silver 400m)
Grade 8,9
Girls
Amy Vicic
(silver high jump)
Saints Rise to
Challenge
Georgia
Ellenwood was a force at the B.C. high
school championships over the weekend.
Ellenwood BC's
Best in Multi-events
Georgia Ellenwood is
the first Grade 9 student to win the senior
girls BC high school heptathlon.
The combined
events meet took place in Abbotsford on May 28th
and 29th. Girls from all over the Province
representing their schools came to compete in
seven individual events. Ellenwood won five of
the seven events - 100 meter hurdles, 200 meter
dash, 800 meters, long jump and high
jump. Adding the remaining two events (javelin,
shot put) her combined score was 4,661. This
was 116 points ahead of grade 11 Zarria Storm of
Oak Bay and 634 points ahead of third place
Hayley Lloyd (grade 12) of Ladysmith. Walnut
Grove's Shelby Smithson had a strong
performance, finishing in 5th place. Georgia is
a student at Langley Secondary School, and
trains with the Langley Mustangs club. The
competition continues at the BC High School
track and field championships on June 4th and
5th where Ellenwood will be a medal hopeful in
three individual events - the senior girls long
jump, high jump and 100 meter hurdles.
Adam Osborne also
had a strong performance in the Boys Decathalon
finishing 5th.
Here is a link to
the BC Athletics website with further
information on this event:
Mustang
Girls Dominate Junior Olympics
The Junior Olympics
Track and Field meet was held on May 15-16th at
Bear Creek Park in Surrey. With a point total of
271 the girls took first place over 22 teams.
Leading the way in their respective age
groups for the Mustangs were Mariana
Martinez {1st in 800m, 1500m},
Hanna Rolfe {1st high jump},
Jaclyn Pauley {1st long jump}, and
Alexa Robichaud {1st shot put}.
The 13-14 year old girls broke the existing
4x100 relay time. With a time of 55.73
Miranda Gregory, Robyn Buckingham, Rebecca
Lindsay and Emma Harrison now hold the
record time to beat. The boys placed second with
140 point which made this meet a successful team
victory. First place finishes came from Drey
Blair in shot put, Nathan Gregory in triple jump
and Josiah Perovich in the 1500m. This junior
development group of 9-14 year olds are looking
strong once again this year. The next meet will
be hosted by the Coquitlam Cheetahs the 12th and
13th of June.
Mustangs set Club
Records set at Fraser Valleys
Siblings Chris and
Caroline Sutherland put in personal best
performances at the recent BC High School Fraser
Valley track and field championships. Battling
extremely unsettled weather, Caroline Sutherland
(16 years old) jumped an amazing 5.69 meters
which is now the longest female jump in the
Mustangs club record books. Older brother Chris
(18 years old) ran to a first place finish in
the 200 meters with a quick time of 22.37
seconds. This broke his own club record set
last year. The Sutherlands attend Brookswood High
School in Langley. Newcomer Alexandra Connor of
Elgin Park high school also set a record for 14
year old girls in the 800 meters with a time of
2:23.60. Other first place finishes from the
Mustangs representing their schools came mainly
in sprints and sprint hurdles. Brennan Gademans
of Langley Secondary won the senior boys 100
meters and Stuart Ellenwood of Langley Secondary
won the 400 meters. In sprint hurdles, the top
spots went to Mustangs Jesse Lynch of Langley
Fundamental, Tanner Strauss of W.J. Mouat, and
Ben Marshall of Walnut Grove in senior, junior
and grade 8 divisions respectively. Eli
Kastelein also claimed top spot in the distance
hurdles for Langley Christian School. Georgia
Ellenwood, a grade nine student at Langley
Secondary, came first in the female senior
division. Ellenwood won the senior aggregate
award with three first place performances in
long jump, high jump and sprint hurdles. Christina
Juert of Elgin Park won discus, throwing over 35
m. All of
these athletes have qualified for the BC High
School Championships to be held on June 4th and
5th at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby.
Grocery Grab a Huge
Success
For the first time the
Langley Mustangs and IGA MarketPlace hosted a 2
minute grocery grab to raise funds for the club. It
was a huge success. The winner, Larry Martin had two
minutes to accumulate as many groceries as he could
get his hands on. Encouraged by the cheers of the
Gold team Larry took off cart in hand. Larry's wife
Jennifer and two daughters, Cassidy (11yrs) and
Callie (9yrs) should be proud of his performance.
The Martin family will not go hungry with $1137.72
worth of groceries added to their household. It is
the first year in the Mustang club for the Martin
family and what a way to start the season. A special
thank you goes out to Walnut Grove IGA manager,
Charlie Lee for donating the facility and throwing
in an extra carton of ice cream to a couple of
smiling girls.
Active Weekend for the
Mustangs
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Dolfo On His Way
Langley Mustangs
Braedon Dolfo is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
participate in the oldest and largest track and field
competition in the United States. This prestigious meet
often attracts over 15 000 participants and up to 50 000
spectators a day. Dolfo is a member of Canada's 4x100
metre visually impaired relay team which is competing
for the first time as a team. The team is racing for
high stakes. The top ranked 8 teams will qualify for the
2011 World Championships which is the ultimate goal. The
Mustangs support you and wish you the best of luck. The
race is Friday at 11:30 web streamed live at
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/236836/live.
Fraser Valley Relays
Results Click here...
Sprinter lives life in the fast
lane
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Mustang trains with Canadian
Paralympic team Read more here...
Tax Receipts
2009 receipts will be available
at the track office during practices starting Tuesday, March
16.
Mustang Carries The Olympic
Torch
Brennan Gademans, 16, of the
Langley Mustangs Gold Group has the honour of carrying the
Olympic Torch. His portion will take place in Merritt on
Saturday, February 6th.
Brennan won the 100 meters for
Youth at the 2009 BC Club Championships. He was a member of
BC's 4 X100 meter Gold Medal relay team at the 2009 Canadian
Youth Championships. He holds the Mustang club 100 meter
record at 10.90 seconds.
Mustang's High
Performance Groups Ready For Action
The Mustang’s
Gold Group, led by coaches Kim Chapdelaine, Dwayne
Lotnick and John Leavitt, have 25 athletes ranging in age from
15 to 19 years old. Training for this group started in
September with hill camp, weight training and core strength to
build a strong base to develop on.
Since
mid-October, training session have been 5 times per week.
Upcoming indoor meets will be February 14th, at the
University of Washington and Feb 18-20th in
Kamloops.
The Hawaii
training camp will occur during spring break and several of the
athletes will complet at the prestigious Oregon Preview March
20th. Ideally these athletes are looking for spots on the BC
team to compete at Provincial and National levels. Coach Kim
offers these words as encouragement:
Will
I am
I can
I will actualize my dream
I will press ahead
I will settle down and see it through
I will solve the problems
I will pay the price
I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream
Achieved!
Only through FOCUS can you do world class things, no matter
how capable you are...
The Mustang's
newest training group is now known as the Legions/Summer
Games group. This group of athletes is led by Doug
Vicic. They have been working hard since the beginning of
January. The group consists of athletes who are 13 and older,
and dedicated to competitive training. Ideally the goal would
be to qualify for the Zone 3 team which will compete at the
upcoming Summer Games in Langley in July, or even the Provincial
team which will compete at the Nationals in August. The
athletes are focusing on power, endurance, core, speed and
strength and they achieve this through track workouts, pool
workouts, weight training and gymnastics.
These two
high performance groups of the Langley Mustangs Track and Field
Club are enjoying new challenges and friendships. They are
definitely becoming a supportive team as they strive to
accomplish their personal bests. Expect great things from these
kids.
Other News and Highlights
Read all the present and past Mustang news and
updates here...
If you have any questions about the Langley
Mustangs Track and Field Club, please contact
us.
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