Golden Ears Athletics Track&Field Club

News & Updates

Trevor Craven Memorial (July 9th & 10th, 2011)
GEA Athletes turning in peak performances!

Golden Ears Athletics had another great weekend of fine performances at the Trevor Craven Track and Field meet held at Swanguard Stadium on July 9th & 10th.

The weather was spectacular which fortunately made the long delays between scheduled events a little more bearable. Many personal bests were achieved and it looks like many of our athletes have timed their peak performances well this year leading up to the Championship meets in the coming weeks.

Of notable performances at the meet were Nicholas Aron who claimed 1st place finishes in all 5 of his events dominating the track for his age group from the 60m sprint to the 1000m run. Not to be outdone by her 9 year old male counterpart, Chisom Obioha, swept gold in all 5 of her events too but also managed to achieve all time BC top 10 results in both the 60m dash and the high jump.

Here are some other great performances at the meet by our GEA Athletes:

Athlete Name		Result	Place
1 Aron, Angela - Female - Year: 69
	#34 Women 40-44 100 Meter Dash	16.05	1
	#310 Women 40-44 Long Jump	3.74m	1
2 Aron, Codrin - Male - Year: 96
	#10 Men 15 1200 Meter Run	03:42.0	2
	#94 Men 15 1500 Meter Steeplechase (.	05:13.1	4
	#151 Men 15 800 Meter Run	02:14.5	3
	#348 Men 15 Javelin Throw 600g	34.23m	3
3 Aron, Nicholas - Male - Year: 02
	#22 Men 9 1000 Meter Run	03:35.5	1
	#55 Men 9 100 Meter Dash	15.94	1
	#123 Men 9 60 Meter Dash	10.17	1
	#163 Men 9 600 Meter Run	02:05.5	1
	#311 Men 9 Long Jump	3.35m	1
4 Auersperg, Natalie C. - Female - Year: 97
	#64 Women 14 300 Meter Dash	41.65	1
	#132 Women 14 200 Meter Dash	26.15	1
	#150 Women 14 800 Meter Run	02:29.6	1
	#335 Women 14 Long Jump	4.61m	2
	#368 Women 14 Javelin Throw 600g	18.34m	3
5 Dunlop, Janae N. - Female - Year: 94
	#382 Women 16-17 Triple Jump	9.64m	6
6 Dunlop, Jared - Male - Year: 96
	#10 Men 15 1200 Meter Run	03:47.8	3
	#151 Men 15 800 Meter Run	02:14.0	2
7 Haintz, Marquesis - Female - Year: 02
	#21 Women 9 1000 Meter Run	03:47.2	1
	#162 Women 9 600 Meter Run	02:07.0	1
	#316 Women 9 Long Jump	2.95m	3
	#352 Women 9 Shot Put 2Kg	3.39m	8
8 Haintz, Mateya - Female - Year: 01
	#340 Women 10 Javelin Throw 400g	6.38m	3
	#345 Women 10 Discus Throw 750g	14.16m	2
	#352 Women 10 Shot Put 2Kg	5.62m	2
9 Harrison, Trisha - Female - Year: 96
	#64 Women 15 300 Meter Dash	45.03	4
	#150 Women 15 800 Meter Run	02:39.2	4
	#335 Women 15 Long Jump	3.64m	3
11 Huston, Emma K. - Female - Year: 02
	#54 Women 9 100 Meter Dash	16.95	5
	#316 Women 9 Long Jump	2.73m	6
	#375 Women 9 High Jump	1.00m	5
12 Huston, Madelyn - Female - Year: 99 -
	#70 Women 12 300 Meter Dash	50.94	8
	#156 Women 12 800 Meter Run	02:47.5	6
	#307 Women 12 High Jump	1.25m	5
14 Karamanian, Jacob J. - Male - Year: 94 -
	#319 Men 16-17 Javelin Throw 700g	28.98m	4
15 Knappett, Emma - Female - Year: 98 -
	#46 Women 13 100 Meter Dash	14.48	5
	#136 Women 13 200 Meter Dash	30.13	7
	#320 Women 13 Long Jump	3.96m	11
	#337 Women 13 High Jump	1.45m	2
	#378 Women 13 Triple Jump	8.90m	5
16 Knappett, James - Male - Year: 98
	#14 Men 13 1200 Meter Run	04:06.1	5
	#321 Men 13 Long Jump	4.08m	3
17 Lenton, Jorrin - Male - Year: 00 -
	#119 Men 11 60 Meter Dash	9.49	7
	#141 Men 11 200 Meter Dash	30.95	5
	#329 Men 11 High Jump	1.25m	2
	#379 Men 11 Discus Throw 750g	14.70m	3
18 McNeil, Kayleigh - Female - Year: 00 -
	#140 Women 11 200 Meter Dash	32.99	7
	#342 Women 11 High Jump	1.15m	3
	#343 Women 11 Long Jump	3.39m	5
	#358 Women 11 Shot Put 2Kg	5.72m	6
19 McNeil, Madysen - Female - Year: 97 -
	#93 Women 14 1500 Meter Steeplechase	05:35.0	1
	#112 Women 14 2000 Meter Run	07:30.8	2
	#335 Women 14 Long Jump	4.22m	6
20 Muller, Reid M. - Male - Year: 97
	#10 Men 14 1200 Meter Run	03:24.8	1
	#151 Men 14 800 Meter Run	02:05.8	1
	#317 Men 14 Long Jump	4.22m	3
	#348 Men 14 Javelin Throw 600g	32.97m	5
21 Obioha, Chisom - Female - Year: 02 -
	#32 Women 9 60 Meter Hurdles (21in /	11.76	1
	#54 Women 9 100 Meter Dash	15.64	1
	#122 Women 9 60 Meter Dash	9.76	1
	#316 Women 9 Long Jump	3.37m	1
	#375 Women 9 High Jump	1.20m	1
22 Payne, Shania M. - Female - Year: 95 -
	#40 Women 16-17 100 Meter Dash	12.7	1
	#130 Women 16-17 200 Meter Dash	26.13	2
23 Read, Allan - Male - Year: 94
	#131 Men 16-17 200 Meter Dash	25.29	8
	#377 Men 16-17 Shot Put 5Kg	11.85m	1
	#386 Men 16-17 Discus Throw 1.5kg	29.40m	5
24 Regan, Leah - Female - Year: 93
	#5 Women 18-19 1500 Meter Run	04:57.8	2
	#146 Women 18-19 800 Meter Run	02:20.2	1
25 Roberts, Graeme - Male - Year: 00
	#18 Men 11 1000 Meter Run	03:28.2	2
26 Smart, Mikaela - Female - Year: 97
	#150 Women 14 800 Meter Run	02:35.7	5
	#335 Women 14 Long Jump	3.67m	11
27 Thiessen, Andrew - Male - Year: 98
	#47 Men 13 100 Meter Dash	14.54	3
	#321 Men 13 Long Jump	4.16m	2
28 Tinkham, Mikayla J. - Female - Year: 98
	#116 Women 13 2000 Meter Run	07:59.7	3
	#154 Women 13 800 Meter Run	02:44.3	6
	#199 Women 13 200 Meter Hurdles 27	37.95	6
	#361 Women 13 Javelin Throw 400g	16.15m	4
	#378 Women 13 Triple Jump	7.82m	12
29 Wadhwani, Isaac K. - Male - Year: 97
	#10 Men 14 1200 Meter Run	03:37.9	4
	#65 Men 14 300 Meter Dash	43.41	4
30 Wadhwani, Nathan S. - Male - Year: 96
	#10 Men 15 1200 Meter Run	03:23.4	1
	#94 Men 15 1500 Meter Steeplechase (.	04:26.4	2
	#151 Men 15 800 Meter Run	02:03.3	1

Photos of the meet are also available
for viewing and download

GEA hosted Hershey Track & Field Games
Monday, July 4th, 2011 at MRSS Track

Golden Ears Athletics hosted the first annual local Hersheys Youth Track & Field Meet at the Maple Ridge Senior Seconday track on Monday, July 4th, 2011. The conditions could not have been better and the meet was a great success and enjoyed by all.

Special congratulations to Natalie Auersperg and Reid Muller who with their outstanding performances in the 200m and 800m respectively, qualified along with 10 year old Cade Cote of Maple Ridge to the Hershey refional team and are now off to Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA in early August to compete in the Hershey North American Track & Field Championship. Way to go guys!

Photos of the meet are available
for viewing and download

Langely Mustang's Pacific Invitational (June 17th, 18th & 19th, 2011)
GEA Athletes both young and old out in force!

GEA athletes, parents and families came out in force this Father’s Day Weekend to participate in the annual Pacific Invitational Track and Field Meet hosted by the Langley Mustangs.

GEA had one of the largest teams present and our athletes turned in a number of outstanding performances. Download results

In addition to our younger athletes, a number of parents grabbed the baton (literally) to show their prowess on the track. Leading the way was Coach Norm Tinkham who blasted his way to a second place finish in the masters 1500 meter event, and sort of blasted in the 60 meter sprint. This was followed by our women’s 4x100 metre relay team of Angela Aaron, Deborah States, Lori Muller and Amanda Roberts who did the Club proud in pounding to a solid finish. Our men’s relay team of Norm, Rick Lloyd, Roberts and Eric Muller was also outstanding in finishing (yes, it’s enough at a certain point just to say you finished!). Congratulations to all the parents who ran, had fun, showed the younger athletes a real competitive spirit, and, most importantly, spared us full body spandex!

While the weather was a bit challenging this year, the event also gave the Club an opportunity to unveil a new acquisition. During the rainy periods, the whole Club, and a host of wet others, were able to take shelter under a new GEA tent. As many will be aware, the Club has purchased a new, extra large, event tent which is decked out in GEA colours and emblazoned with the our Club logo. The tent gave GEA, by far, the most visible presence at the meet and made for a great gathering place for athletes and families during a rather wet weekend. We anticipate that our new tent will be a tremendous asset at all future track meets, both in protecting our athletes and families from the elements, but also as a source of Club pride and a gathering place to bring people together. The tent was purchased from this years fundraising proceeds and we thank everyone that contributed at both the Eagles Track Meet and the Pub Night allowing this purchase to be made.

The new shelter also allowed us to host a great BBQ on the Saturday, despite the steady drizzle. Many thanks to all the members who contributed food and beverage items for the BBQ and who brought more snacks, coffee and goodies on Sunday. The generous contribution of all the Club families helped to make this a great event for the athletes as well as for participating family members.

Contributed by Kevin Regan

Photos of the meet are also available
for viewing and download

South Fraser Junior Olympics (May 21st & 22nd, 2011)
GEA Well Represented

Golden Ears Athletics was well represented at the May long weekend’s South Fraser Junior Olympics at Surrey’s Bear Creek Park. A dull cloudy day and relative lack of announcing made one think that it might be a long day at the track. The weather, although cool held out pretty good and the meet ran smoothly and relatively on time.

Golden Ears Athletics members fared well, especially in the 9 year old category. Leading the way were Chisom Obioha (1st 100m, 2nd in long jump and high jump), Nicholas Aron (1st 1000m and 100m, 2nd in long jump) and Marquesis Haintz (1st 1000m). Brielle Cadwell ran the 60m and threw the shot put and Sydney Hennessey made the final of the 100m. In the 10 year old division Avery Walsh won the shot put and Mateya Haintz placed 5th in the discuss. 12 year old Sarah Hoffman managed 5th in the high jump with 1.20m and 11th in the long jump. In the 800 Jamie Hennesey and Madelyn Huston placed 6th & 7th respectively with only .02 of a second separating them. They both had personal best times. Madelyn also managed 5th in the 300 and Jamie placed a strong 2nd in her first ever 1200 race in 4:27. In the boys 12 yr old division Ben Walsh placed 6th in the 200 with a 32.19 clocking. In the 13 yr old girls division Mikayla Tinkham had her first try at 1200 and managed a time of 4:35 good enough for 8th . Emma Knappet placed 4th in the 200 and 9th in the 100m. In the 13 yr old boys Andres Ortiz Soto better known for the 800 3rd & 1200 2nd won the discus with a toss of 17.35 meters. James Knappet also ran the 1200 6th plus the long jump 2nd and triple jump 4th.

Contributed by Norm Tinkham

Fraser Valley High School Track & Field Championships
GEA Athletes show solid performance before BCs

Golden Ears Athletes enjoyed a strong showing at the Fraser Valley High School Track & Field Championships this past week. The new Mondo track at Town Center proved to be very fast and the weather was favorable for most of the competition allowing many athletes to set personal bests throughout the week.

Of notable performances at the meet were Natalie Auersperg who claimed 1st place in all three of her events (Gr 8 Girls Long Jump 4.67m, 200m Dash 26.98 and 400m Dash 1:01.0) wining the Grade 8 Girls Aggregate trophy and scoring 30 points for her school. Team mate Shania Payne also gave an encore performance doubling in both the Senior Girls 100m and 200m as she glided thru the finish with a smile on her face as usual :)

Other notable performances came from Reid Muller (1st in the Gr. 8 boys 800m and 3000m and 9th in the Javelin), Ewert Van Rensburg (1st Jr. boys 800m, 2nd 3000m, and 3rd 1500m), Leah Regan (1st and 3rd in the Senior girls 3000m and 1500m respectively), Isaac Wadhwani (1st in the Gr. 8 boys 1500m and 3rd in the 800m), Christina Johnstone (3rd in the Gr. 8 girls 800m) and Janae Dunlop (4th Senior girls Triple Jump). Both Madysen McNeil (Open Junior 1500m Steeplechase - 5:46.2) and Nathan Wadhwani (Senior boys 3000m 9:15.3) also performed well running up several age groups and setting personal bests in their respective events.

The following is a complete list of athletes and their performances at the meet:

Aron, Cody - Maple Ridge
	#67 Boys 14- 16 800 Meter Run Junior	02:16.0
Auersperg, Natalie - Maple Ridge
	#4 Girls 14 Long Jump Grade 8	4.67m	1
	#51 Girls 14 200 Meter Dash Grade 8	26.98	1
	#57 Girls 14 400 Meter Dash Grade 8	01:01.0	1
Brown-Walkus, Janelle - Thomas Haney
	#64 Girls 14- 16 800 Meter Run Junior	02:50.3
	#70 Girls 14-16 1500 Meter Run Junior	06:02.6	18
	#105 Girls 14-16 1500 Meter Steep Open Juni	07:20.0	13
Cooper, Chelsea - Garibaldi Se
	#14 Girls 14 Discus Throw Grade 8	18.49m	10
	#45 Girls 14 100 Meter Dash Grade 8	13.93	7
	#51 Girls 14 200 Meter Dash Grade 8	28.45	5
Dunlop, Janae - Maple Ridge
	#32 Girls 14-18 Triple Jump Senior	9.72m	4
Dunlop, Jared - Maple Ridge
	#67 Boys 14- 16 800 Meter Run Junior	02:22.9
Harrison, Trish - Pitt Meadows
	#52 Girls 14- 16 200 Meter Dash Junior	28.31
	#58 Girls 14- 16 400 Meter Dash Junior	01:04.7	5
Jansen Van Rensburg, Ewert - Maple Ridge
	#67 Boys 14- 16 800 Meter Run Junior	02:01.9	1
	#73 Boys 14-16 1500 Meter Run Junior	04:17.0	3
	#79 Boys 14-16 3000 Meter Run Junior	09:37.6	2
Johnstone, Christina - Thomas Haney
	#63 Girls 14 800 Meter Run Grade 8	02:26.0	3
	#69 Girls 14 1500 Meter Run Grade 8	05:27.3	7
Karamanian, Jacob - Thomas Haney
	#26 Boys 14-18 Long Jump Senior	5.65m	8
Lloyd, Adam - Pitt Meadows
	#3 Boys 14-18 High Jump Senior	1.60m	10
	#41 Boys 14-18 Triple Jump Senior	10.86m	11
	#62 Boys 14- 18 400 Meter Dash Senior	56.4	8
McDonnell, Niamh - Archbishop C
	#69 Girls 14 1500 Meter Run Grade 8	05:59.6	15
McNeil, Madysen - Samuel Rober
	#93 Girls 14 80 Meter Hurdles Grade 8	14.96
	#105 Girls 14-16 1500 Meter Steep Open Juni	05:46.2	3
Muller, Reid - Pitt Meadows
	#27 Boys 14 Javelin Throw Grade 8	26.59m	9
	#66 Boys 14 800 Meter Run Grade 8	02:11.7	1
	#78 Boys 14 3000 Meter Run Grade 8	10:14.7	1
Obioha, Njideka - Meadowridge
	#47 Girls 14- 18 100 Meter Dash Senior	DNS
O'Dwyer, Niamh - Pitt Meadows
	#70 Girls 14-16 1500 Meter Run Junior	05:49.3	17
	#76 Girls 14-16 3000 Meter Run Junior	12:10.1	11
Payne, Shania - Pitt Meadows
	#46 Girls 14- 16 100 Meter Dash Junior	12.82	1
	#52 Girls 14- 16 200 Meter Dash Junior	26.7	1
Porta, Nico - Pitt Meadows
	#101 Boys 14-16 1500 Meter Race Walk Op Jun	08:45.6	5
Read, Allan - Meadowridge
	#13 Boys 14-18 Shot Put Senior	10.80m	10
	#35 Boys 14-18 Discus Throw Senior	30.25m	10
	#56 Boys 14- 18 200 Meter Dash Senior	25.51
Regan, Leah - Maple Ridge
	#71 Girls 14-18 1500 Meter Run Senior	05:02.8	3
	#77 Girls 14-18 3000 Meter Run Senior	11:03.2	1
Smart, Mikaela - Archbishop C
	#51 Girls 14 200 Meter Dash Grade 8	30.42
	#63 Girls 14 800 Meter Run Grade 8	02:36.8
Wadhwani, Isaac - Thomas Haney
	#66 Boys 14 800 Meter Run Grade 8	02:13.6	3
	#72 Boys 14 1500 Meter Run Grade 8	04:40.3	1
Wadhwani, Nathan - Thomas Haney
	#74 Boys 14-18 1500 Meter Run Senior	04:20.2
	#80 Boys 14-18 3000 Meter Run Senior	09:15.3	6

(May apologies if I missed anyone - please let me know)

As a result of these solid performances, an impressive number of club athletes qualified to compete in either the Junior or Senior divisions at the BC High School Track & Field Championships to be held at Swanguard Stadium on June 3rd and 4th next week.

Congratulations to all that participated!

GEA Athletes Compete in Chehalis, Washington (April 22th, 2011)
Good performances all arround at the Activators Classic T&F Meet

On Friday April 21 and Saturday April 22, five GEA athletes travelled to Chehalis, Washington to compete in the annual Activators Classic Track and and Field Meet. The GEA athletes participated as part of a combined group from Maple Ridge Secondary and Pitt Meadows Secondary. All the athletes had a great time and the weather turned out beautiful, which was a pleasant change from previous years in which participants experienced freezing weather and even snow! The GEA members traveling to Chehalis were Janae Dunlop, Ewert Jansen Van Rensburg, Shania Payne, Leah Regan and Nico Porta. Shania had a particularly good race finishing 1st in the 100m and a very close 2nd in the 200m event. Shania would likely have won the 200m race had her blocks not come lose at the start. Ewert also had a strong performance in the Boys 1600m, where he finished first in his group, and in the 800m, where he placed second. Overall, the MRSS and PMSS teams accounted themselves very well at the meet. All the athletes reported a great road trip, including the annual late night chaos at Denny's across the line.

Contributed by Leah Regan

District 42 Spring Elementary Cross Country (April 12th, 2011)
Allouette Lake

The Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge Spring Elementary Cross Country Meet at Allouette Lake was held 2 weeks early this year on April 12. With our long rainy winter the expectation was that this would be a cold, muddy event with participants battling hypothermia on the start line. Luckily, the clouds parted for a pleasant day at the lake. Golden Ears Athletics head coach Andrew Lenton redesigned the course for last falls event eliminating the dreaded hill at the end of the course ( the runners still have to plod through ‘the river’ ¼ of the way through the 2 km loop, always a favourite). However, placing the finish line next to the rocky beach start leads to a much more exciting finish with lots of fan support.

The Drama couldn’t have been much better than the finish of the girls Grade 6 event. 4 girls ran as a pack until the last 200 yards when 2 time defending champ Jaimie Hennesey took command and tried to run away with the race. During the twisting finishing stretch she was challenged by fellow classmate and Golden Ears Athletics member Madeline Husdon. In the end, Madeline (improving from 6th last fall) pulled away in the finishing stretch and Jaime ended up a courageous 3rd after tripping in the finishing straight. This should set the stage for an exciting Grade 7 rematch next fall.

The boys grade 6 race was less dramatic, but no less impressive as Ryan Butler dominated from the start to easily defend his win from last October. In the grade 4 race Golden Ears Athletics Avery Walsh led early and went on to finish 6th. Defending champion Graeme Roberts ran to a strong 2nd place in the Grade 5 boys division.

The Grade 7 boys event had a different twist with Andres Ortiz Soto defeating defending champ James Knappett. Andres, who is from Mexico is staying with the Knappett family while attending school here. Apparently James was trying to be a good host and made sure Andres had to work hard for the win. Trevor Roberts also had a strong run in this event finishing 10th. In the grade 7 girls event Emma Knappett was strangely absent in her favourite event and apparently forgot her cross country shoes so couldn’t participate. In their final elementary cross country race had strong races Mikayla Tinkham and Madeline Para had strong races placing 7th and 9th respectively. This was Madeline’s first ever top 10 finish in this event after missing the fall event due to injury.

Contributed by Norm Tinkham

Nick Wilkes Invitational Track & Field Meet (April 7th, 2011)
GEA Athletes Off to a Strong Start

The sun was out and the conditions were just right for the annual Nick Wilkes Invitational track and field meet held on Thursday, April 7th at MRSS. Fifteen of our high school athletes participated in their respective school colors kicking off the track and field season with a bang and turning in some strong performances throughout the day.

Getting off on the right foot (pun intended) with a fantastic debut in the girls open 1500 steeplechase event was Madysen McNeil who claimed victory for SRT with a finishing a time of 5:44.1 and well ahead of her closest competitors. That was quickly followed up with wins in the grade 8 Boys and grade 8/9 Girls 400m events by Reid Muller and Natalie Auesperg with times of 59.75 and 1:02.41 respectively. Shania Payne in usual stride, also took home an easy first place finish in the Grade 10 girls 100m with a time of 12.75.

GEA athletes also shined in a number of field events including the Girls 10-12 long jump where Njideka Obioha took home first place with a jump of 4.58m and the Boys 10-12 High Jump where Adam Lloyd claimed victory with a jump of 1.7m.

Good job all!

Other notable performances of the day were as follows:

Grade	Event	Place	GEA Athlete	Result
8/9 Girls	100m	9	Mikaela Smart Carney	14.89
Sr. Girls (10,11,12)	400m	4	Nicole Foster PMSS	1.02.34
Sr. Girls (10,11,12)	400m	10	Janae Dunlop MRSS	1.08.89
Sr. Boys (10,11,12)	400m	5	Ewert Jansen VanRensburg MRSS	56.36
8/9 Girls	800m	7	Mikaela Smart Carney	2.48.1
8/9 Girls	800m	8	Niamn McDonnell Carney	2.53.8
8/9 Boys	800m	2	Isaac Wadhwani THSS	2.18.6
8/9 Boys	800m	3	Cody Aron MRSS	2.20.2
Sr. Girls (10,11,12)	800m	2	Leah Regan MRSS	2.30.1
Sr. Boys (10,11,12)	800m	2	Ewert Jansen VanRensburg MRSS	2.08.7
Sr. Boys (10,11,12)	800m	3	Nathan Wadhwani THSS	2.10.2
8/9 Boys	Long Jump	5	Cody Aaron MRSS	4.67
Sr. Boys (10,11,12)	Long Jump	4	Adam Lloyd PMSS	5.39
8/9 Boys	Javelin	4	Reid Muller PMSS	25.68

Running club helps upgrade UBC trails (Pub September 15, 2010)
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A team of 40 volunteers organized by the Golden Ears Athletics Track and Field and Cross Country Running Club soaked up the rain for much of Sunday while fixing trails in the UBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest.

The volunteers carted and spread mulch, trimmed overgrown trees and shrubs, and removed roots and rocks impeding trails.

Many of the trail sections were in desperate need of attention and efforts focused on areas most frequented by local runners and the region’s many hikers, said Kevin Regan, a director with the running club.

In addition to directors, parents and athletes from the Golden Ears club, the work crew also included a group of hardy volunteers from the Pitt Meadows Running Club and regular users of the trails.

“The UBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest was really pleased to have been able to work with the Golden Ears Athletics Club to make this project happen,” said Ionut Aron, research coordinator for the UBC operation.

“Without these kinds of community partnerships, on-going maintenance of the existing trail networks would be a challenge. We’re certainly hoping that we can continue to work with Golden Ears Athletics, the Pitt Meadows Running Club and, perhaps, in future, other local running clubs to keep up the trail system.”

Sunday’s effort at the research forest was made possible, in part, through a grant to Golden Ears Athletics by the Ministry of Housing and Social Development.

The project followed on maintenance work sponsored earlier this year by the B.C. Lottery Corporation.

In combination, these work projects represent the first major upgrade to the trail network in over 10 years.

“We were really pleased with the results of the initiative”, said Regan.

“The UBC Research Forest is a jewel in this community and we think that a partnership between the local running groups and the research forest makes a lot of sense for the clubs and for the community as a whole.

“We were particularly pleased by the turnout of our student athletes. We’re hoping that participation in these kinds of activities will instill in the kids, and others involved, a sense of pride in, and ownership of, the trail system in the Malcolm Knapp Forest,” he added.

“The Golden Ears and the Pitt Meadows Running Club volunteers did a great job yesterday, especially in the kind of weather we had and I hope to be able to keep doing this kind of maintenance on a yearly basis,” said Aron.

Golden Ears Athletics Track and Field and Cross Country and Club delivers a year-round running program focused on students from elementary school through Grade 12.

More information on the Club’s fall cross country program, its winter strength and conditioning program and on the spring track and field season is available on the club’s website at www.golden-ears.org

How to Get Recruited for College Track - NCAA TRACK & FIELD SCHOLARSHIP & RECRUITING PROCESS

US College costs are skyrocketing

What does college cost today in the United States? What will it cost tomorrow? Brace yourself for a shock. The table below shows some very real cost of attendance estimates for the 2010-2011 academic year. The costs were obtained directly from the websites of 4 schools. Search on the websites of the colleges you are interested using key phrases like "cost of attendance," to find out costs. (One of the first things you will likely find is that these total cost estimates are often hidden from plain sight. That's an acknowledgement that they are scary numbers!)

Note: these costs are for one year. Costs for four years will almost certainly exceed four times the one-year costs. This is because each year college costs increase. These costs are breathtaking. At this point, the total cost for four years at many private schools tops $200,000. There may be less expensive and more expensive schools, but these are representative costs for colleges and universities in the categories listed.

Example college costs for 1 year and 4 years

School

famous private university

small private university
small private college

famous state university (non-resident)
famous state university (in state)

smaller state university (non-resident)
smaller state university (in state)

2010-2011
school year

$56,135

$53,742
$50,750

$52,582
$29,771

$34,672
$23,630

4-year estimate*

$235,499

$225,160
$209,524

$249,668
$143,305

$144,950
$106,570

Current data from actual college/university websites.
*(Four-year estimate based on the increase in costs these same schools had from the previous year to this year.)

But wait, it gets worse!

The cost picture gets worse because more than half of all college students today will take five or more years to graduate. With costs going up each year, the fifth year will cost 15-20% more that the first year and therefore that fifth year may add 25-30% to the total cost of college.

How to Get Recruited for college track

Facts about the track scouting and scholarship process

You might be one of the best runners at your school but if your not in the top 3% then don’t expect the NCAA track coaches to come to you; you have to make it happen and apply to as many colleges as possible. Remember, you wont make your dream come true if you don’t do everything you possibly can to get recruited. You must have a detailed, professional athletic resume prepared and you must get it into the hands of the NCAA track and field coaches. ...... Continued (Download full text)