Track and Field Team Index Schedule Photos Track and Field History 2003 Panther Track and Field Team Middle-Long Distance Sprinters Field Events Cody Lawler Will Killen Steven Carquez Dylan O'Dwyer Anthony Colangeli Ron Carquez Conor Williamson Stefan Palimaka Phil Blenderman Jairus Streight Sonny Mercer Bobby Tozer Sam Gouett Nolan Chesney Bryan McMillan Travis Cummings Jan Rossiter Dave Le Brendan Kenny Jeff Burns Andrew Zoutman Pat Irwin Brennan Wright Charlie Covell Jeremy Burtch Dave Keo Marcin Fiturski Les Henderson Alex Mercer Ashley Gollogly Neil Hazelton Stephanie Griffin Natashia Cadue Halya Snider Caitie Wright Brittani Jones Jessica Breckenridge Dupe Oyewumi Jesse Minnes Alison Young Lisa Nolan Annie Kingston Em Sheppard Jessica Brennan Martha Williamson Anna Graham Georgia Kalsabamis Jocelyn Kilpatrick Alison De Sousa Michelle Bevington Laural Niedbala Nicole Rodriquez Amanda Stenson Chantele Trembaly Katie Minnes Craig Bearss Sara Mastantuono Tyler Brennan Sarah Adams Emily Murray Brittani Peters Todd Alward Track and Field Meet Schedule (03.17.03) RMC Indoor Meet March 19 RMC - Kingston B.S.S. Road Race April 17 Bayridge - Kingston T.I.S.S. Pirate Relays - 2nd Annual April 17 T.I.S.S. - Brockville Queen's Alumni Meet April 25 Queen's Univ - Kingston Grenville Christian College Meet April 30 G.C.C. - Brockville Thousand Island S.S. Invitational May 9 and 10 T.I.S.S. - Brockville KASSAA Championships May 14-15 Queen's Univ. - Kingston EOSSAA Championships May 20 - 21 Terry Fox Stadium - Ottawa East Regionals May 26 - 30 Terry Fox Stadium - Ottawa OFSAA Provincial Championships June 5 -7 St. Catherines Panther Results at OFSAA Two Athletes from Regiopolis-Notre Dame - one competing at his first provincial track and field championship, the other likely contesting his last-each won a silver medal Saturday at the final day of the three day competition. Click Here to Read the fully story of Sam Gouett's and Bobby Tozer's success at the 2003 OFSAA Track and Field championships. Todd Allward Cleared 1.75 Metres and finished tied for fourth in the Midget boys high jump. Ron Carquez Had a best attempt of 13.23 metres and finished 16th in Senior boys shot put. Dupe Oyewumi Ran in the Junior Girls 100 metres finishing in a time of 13.03 seconds placing eighth. Travis Cummings Finished 21st in Senior boys 3000 metres in 9 minutes 22.20 seconds. Steve Carquez Threw 45.41 metres in the Midget boys javelin to finish in fourth place. Jeremy Dalcourt Had a best attempt of 13.97 metres and finished 12th in senior boys shot put. Sam Gouett Won the silver medal in Midget boys 3000 metres in a personal best 9 minutes 19.57 seconds. Finished 6th in the Midget boys 1500 metres in a time of 4 minutes, 17.73 seconds Bobby Tozer Had a best attempt of 6.65 metres and won the silver medal in senior boys long jump. Had a best attempt of 13.94 metres, a season best, and won the silver medal in senior boys triple jump. Sonny Mercer Competed in the Junior Boys 100 metres hurdles in a time of 15.37 seconds. Boys 4x400m relay Finished 14th based on a time of 3 minutes 32.46 seconds. Hurdling brothers hitting their stride By Claude Scilley Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 07:00 http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentID=33732&catname=Local+News Local News - It was a startling revelation for Walt Sepic, one day not long ago, when Alex and Sonny Mercer, the hurdling brothers from Battersea, arrived for practice. "Sonny comes to me and says, 'You know what, Mr. Sepic? Alex was hurdling yesterday from noon to 6 o'clock in the back yard.' "I heard that and I said, 'Oh,' " said Sepic, somewhat taken aback by the news. That's a long time to be rehearsing anything, let alone something as demanding as the hurdles. Sepic was suitably impressed. "You don't know these things about these athletes, what they do at home," he said. "To find out he was out there for several hours? To me 90 minutes is a good practice. Several hours? On his own? Then you realize his level of involvement and commitment." It should come as no surprise that the Mercer brothers are bound to represent Regiopolis Notre Dame at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations championships this week in St. Catharines. For Sonny, a second-year junior, it will be a return to the meet where he finished sixth last year. For Alex, a Grade 9 student, it will be his debut on the provincial stage. For both, it will be the result of a serious spring of preparation aided, in no small part, by the set of home-made hurdles commissioned for the pair by their father, John Mercer, at one time a standout senior A hockey player with the Kingston Aces. "We practise at home, in the back yard, on the driveway," Sonny said. "We live out in the country, so there's not much good running terrain, but it helps you work on your form." For hours at a time? "I love to,"Alex said. "I do it as much as I can. Just to go to OFSAA will be my reward." Sepic said that for Sonny, this was a season of fine-tuning and strength development. "Last year, technically he was good but his speed between the hurdles wasn't as good. This year, it's better." "I've been working on my power, exploding out of the blocks really hard, and trying to maintain it, keeping my speed throughout the race," Sonny said. He said he overcame a poor start to finish third at the east regional qualifying meet in Ottawa Thursday, in a personal-best 15.31 seconds. "I came out of the blocks pretty slow," he said. "I think I was in fourth until about three-quarters of the way through and I got up to third by the finish. It's some good momentum [for OFSAA]. I felt quick. "My brother did well, too. That got my spirits up a bit." Having his kid brother around has been beneficial, Sonny said. "We kind of push each other. Even though I'm two years older than he is, if he does well it makes me feel better and I run well, too. "You feel proud to see your sibling taking after you. He's actually doing better than I did in Grade 9. In Grade 9, I didn't make OFSAA. He did. I'm glad to see that." Alex went to OFSAA last year as a spectator and was taken with the atmosphere of the big meet. He took up hurdling this year for one reason: "Sonny. I saw him do it, go to OFSAA for it. That was kind of nice, so I wanted to do it. It looked fun." He initially expected only to make it to EOSSA and he said it's "awesome" to be going to the provincial championship meet. "I ran a really good race" at the regional meet, he said. "Faster steps between the hurdles, [and] my stride going over was a lot better." Last year Sonny Mercer ran the OFSAA final in 15.48 seconds, his best time until last week, when he improved it by 17 one-hundredths of a second. "I'm not quite sure what to expect," at OFSAA, Sonny said. "I've seen some pretty fast times. I'm hoping to get into the 14's for OFSAA." The improvement, Sonny said, has come partly from approaching each race as a whole, instead of a series of little races to get over each hurdle. "I got into that mindset last year about this time and I've tried to do it this whole year," he said. "If you're thinking of keeping your speed going through, it makes the race a lot more smooth." That would be music to the ears of coach Sepic. "I say, 'Look at the finish line, don't think of the race as sections of small races, one hurdle at a time,' " Sepic said. "It's a sprint race. [To understand that] helps them change their perspective, to understand they deserve to be here, that they have the skill, they have the talent, don't be overshadowed by others' abilities." It helps with their confidence, Sepic said, and that's an aspect where both athletes have come a long way. "Alex in particular, as a first-year hurdler, to watch him from his first practice back in March, I'm thinking, whoa, is he ever polished," Sepic said. "He's actually become a hurdler. Before, he was a bit of a jumper, a runner between the hurdles. Now he's a hurdler. He's understood and he's felt the speed between the hurdles. He's actually sprinting through the race, which is nice, to give him the freedom to apply the skill to hurdle. "They've both come up a fair way." Sepic said it's gratifying to share those moments of enlightenment with athletes. "Your heart flutters," he said. "You watch them and it's like, 'You understand,' and to me that's a bigger thing than a skill acquisition, the awareness part of it … the concept, the integral foundations of the event. "When you get really high and technical, there are a lot of components [to hurdling]. They're just scratching the surface, but when they get into that surface you go, 'You've got it,' and you watch a little grin, just a little smile and, you know, you don't want to belabour it but it's such a pleasure to see them come into that new level of awareness: Hurdling is no longer a mystery. They understand it. "I really enjoy that part of it. The technical thing, yeah, most people can do the exercises, but to watch their mental awareness improve, that's a real pleasure." To experience it with young athletes like the Mercers makes it particularly special. "They're outstanding individuals, human beings, young gentlemen," Sepic said. "Perfect. Not a conceited bone in their bodies. They're humble. "You'll find that with [Sonny]. He's quite humble but he's a damn good athlete." Continued Success at EOSSAA 5.23.03 On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week our Regi track and field team participated in the EOSSAA track and field championships in Ottawa. The team had a solid performance qualifying over 30 athletes for the East Regional OFSAA qualifying meet. Winning performances were achieved by Dupe Oyewumi int he junior girls 100m, Ashley Gollogly in the junior women's triple jump, Sam Gouett in the midget men's 3000m, Steve Carquez int he midget men's javelin, Sonny Mercer in the junior men's 110m hurdles, Travis Cummings in the senior men's 3000m and 1500m, Bobby Tozer in the senior men's long jump and Ron Carquez in senior men's shot put. Second place performances are accredited to Alex Mercer in the midget men's 100m hurdles, and the midget men's 4x100 relay, Todd Allward in the midget men's high jump and Bobby Tozer in the senior men's triple jump. Third place performances go to Ashley Gollogly in the junior women's long jump, the senior women's 4x100m relay team, Anthony Colangeli in the midget men's 200m dash, Sam Gouett inthe midget men's 1500m, Jarius Streight in the Junior men's 3000m and Bobby Tozer in the senior men's high jump. Also, the mens 4x400 relay of Cody Lawlor, Will Killen, Conor Williamson and David Keo provided the most exciting race of the day, placing and extremely close 4th. Panthers Provide Top Performances at KASSAA 5.16.03 With the numerous personal best times, heights and distances posted by the 66 RND track and field athletes on Wednesday and Thursday the most impressive number from the meet may be that 53 athletes or 80% of the RND team qualified for the EOSSAA championship next Wednesday in Ottawa. RND's goal of individual excellence paid off as Garnet and Gold captured more first place medals then any other KASSAA school, 25 in total. Despite dropping the team competition by a mere 13 points the Panthers racked up their points the hard way, with top results in each event which resulted in the huge number of Panthers headed to Ottawa for EOSSAA and the most successful KASSAA track and field meet in school history Congratulations Panther athletes and coaches. KASSAA Results - Boys Travis Cummings First Senior 1500m Sam Gouett First Midget 1500m Brennan Wright First Junior 300m Hurdles Brennan Wright First Junior 100m Jan Rossiter First Midget 100m Brennan Wright First Junior 200m Anthony Colangeli First Midget 200m Dave Keo First Senior 400m Will Killen First Junior 400m Sam Gouett First Midget 800m Neil Hazelton First Senior 3000m Sonny Mercer First 110m Hurdles Neil Hazelton First Open 2000m Steeplechase Boys Relay First Junior 4 x 100m Boys Relay First Midget 4 x 100m Boys Relay First Open 4 x 400 Bobby Tozer First Senior Long Jump Bobby Tozer First Senior Triple Jump Bobby Tozer First Senor High Jump Steve Carquez First Midget Javelin Second and Third Place Finishers Cody Lawlor Conor Williamson Jeremy Burtch Travis Cummings Brendan Kenny Alex Mercer Dylan O'Dwyer Dave Keo Stefan Palimaka Todd Allward Ron Carquez Jeremy Dalcourt Phil Blenderman Jarius Streight Will Killen Tyler Conner KASSAA Results - Girls Dupe Oyewumi First Junior 100m Girls Relay First Senior 4 x 100m Ashley Gollogly First Junior Long Jump Ashley Gollogly First Junior Triple Jump Second and Third Place Finishers Lisa Nolan Dupe Oyewumi Em Shepperd Caitie Wright 4 x 100m Relay Team Annie Kingston Natashia Cadue Martha Williamson Amanada Stenson Brittani Peters Ashley Gollogly Steph Griffin Track and Field Results at T.I.S.S. 05.11.03 In a final warm-up for this weeks KASSAA Track and Field Championships the Panther Track and Field Team traveled to Brockville and posted some impressive results at the Kinsmen-Hungerford Meet held at Thousand Islands Secondary School. RND was the highest placing Kingston area school in the team competition. Notable Performances:   Bobby Tozer First Place Senior Boys Triple Jump Bobby Tozer Second Place Senior Boys High Jump Travis Cummings First Place Senior Boys 3000 m Travis Cummings Second Place Senior Boys 1500 m Jessica Brennan Second Place Midget Girls 200 m Dylan O'Dwyer Third Place Boys Steeplechase Alex Mercer Third Place Sprint Hurdles Sonny Mercer Thrid Place Sprint Hurdles Dupe Oyewumi First Place Junior Girls 100 m The RND Scoreboard has posted the following pages of results. Click on each page to see results. Results from Friday Evening Results from Saturday Overall Team Results You can explore all the team and individual results by linking to the meet website at: http://www.recorder.ca/tisspiratestcc/ Grenville Christian College Meet 04.25.03 On Wednesday, April 30 the Track and Field Panthers travelled one hour east to Brockville, Ontario to compete in the annual Grenville Christian College Meet. Even though they didn't run the 26 mile race the meet at Grenville Christian College was certainly a Marathon. The Panthers prevailed despite the delays and posted some personal best results. Meet Results will be posted later on the team site. A complete list of entries can be found at: http://www.alcdsb.on.ca/~regiath/spring/trackandfield/GCC2003EntryForms(RND).html KASSAA Meet Information 04.28.03 Some preliminary information about the KASSAA Track and Field Championships can be found on the KASSAA web site at: http://www.kassaa.ca/track_&_field.htm Also included on these pages are KASSAA Meet Records and results from previous years. Queen's Alumni Meet Results 04.27.03 RND headed to Richardson confident of success in the first major meet of the 2003 season. As anticipated Panther Athletes posted some impressive results.   Dupe Oyewumi 100m and 200m Ashley Golligly Triple Jump Amanda Stenson High Jump and Discus Brendan Kenny 3000m Sonny Mercer and Brendan Wright 110m hurdles Bobby Tozer High Jump Steve Carquez Shot Put, Discus and Javelin Conor Williamson 800m You can see the total results for the entire meet at: http://www.queenstrack.com/index.html/68,c,91,00.html Queens Alumni Meet Info 04.20.03 RND entries for the 29th Annual Queen's Alumni High School Track and Field Meet (Richardson Stadium - Saturday, April 26th, 2003) can be found at: http://www.alcdsb.on.ca/~regiath/spring/trackandfield/2003QueensAlumniEntryForm.htm A great deal of information regarding the upcoming Queen's Alumni Meet is available on the web site of the Queens Track team. Use the link: http://www.queenstrack.com/index.html/68,c,77,00.html Regi Runners Rule BSS Road Race 04.21.03 he first major Track and Field Meet of the season, the Queen's Alumni Meet, is set for later this week. In preparation, RND runners posted some outstanding results at the BSS road-race held on the Thursday before the Easter holiday. Travis Cummings Gold Senior Boys Neil Hazelton Silver Senior Boys Dylan O'Dwyer Fourth Senior Boys Conor Williamson Fifth Senior Boys Jarius Streight Gold Junior Boys Em Sheppard Bronze Junior Girls Sam Gouett Silver Midget Boys Jeremy Burtch Fourth Midget Boys You can see results for the entire Road Race at: http://post.queensu.ca/~bl6/bssrr.html Early Season- All Comers Meet Results 03.31.03 Several RND Track and Field Athletes competed at an open event at the Royal Military College of Canada on Wednesday, March 19. Click Here to go to the Meet Results for RND Athletes. You can also find complete results for this meet posted at: http://home.cogeco.ca/~runningbydesign/allcome2.htm