Golden Ears Athletics

2008 Eagle Classic - Meet Program (with entries)

Eagle Classic 2008 Program

Online Registration for the 2008 Track Season Programs is still OPEN.

Golden Ears Athletics is now accepting a limited number of new applicants for its Track Rascals, Track Titans, & Competitive programs.

"Completed Applications" includes Online Registration, Membership fees, BC Athletic Membership Application & Fundraising cheques (If applicable).

Eagle Classic 2008
Track & Field Meet
May 10, 2008

Golden Ears Athletics track and field club extends a warm invitation to all the schools and track clubs in BC to attend the fourth annual Eagle Classic track and field meet in Maple Ridge May 10, 2008. This year`s meet will be bigger and better than ever and our goal is to provide a first rate experience for athletes and spectators in terms of fun and excitement.

The meet will include events in sprints, distance, jumps, and throws. The historic mile will again be our feature distance race; this event is only rarely offered nowadays but has special significance for B.C., as it was in Vancouver that the four-minute mile barrier was broken for the first time by two competitors, Roger Bannister and John Landy.

This year will again feature keeper trophies for the top three in each event category (for elementary age) and ribbons for places fourth to eighth. Beautiful perpetual trophies will be presented to the top high jumpers of the day; the top male and female mile runners, the most outstanding individual meet performance, the top school or club team.

There will again be professional electronic photo finish timing, professional announcing, and officiating by BC Athletics. The meet has BC Athletics ‘top 10’ status.

We hope to see you and your athletes at this year’s meet!

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For more information or if you have any questions
Please contact:

Meet Director: Greg Clark
bcclarks@shaw.ca
Meet Technical Director: Andrew Lenton
golden_eagle@telus.net

GEA Telephone: (604) 463-4796

June 8, 2006
Maple Ridge Times - Wakefield 2nd at BC High Schools

Brett Wakefield from Thomas Haney Secondary placed second in the men's 1,500-metre run at the B.C. Provincial Track and Field Meet at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby on Saturday. Wakefield's final time was 4:07.03. Jamie Clark, a Grade 10 student at THSS, ran a personal best time to ...read more..

May 30, 2006
Maple Ridge Times - Runner Breaks Coach's Record

The Grade 10 Thomas Haney Secondary student (pictured) was "going hard" when the junior track athlete broke club coach Andrew Lenton's record for the fastest 1500-metre race by a junior boy at the Fraser Valley meet. The record of 4:11.30 had stood since 1984 before Clark ran the race in 4:09.78...read more..

May 16, 2006
Maple Ridge Times - Legend on Track

Debbie Brill signs autographs for a new generation of track and field fans on Saturday at the MRSS track. The Maple Ridge Secondary School track now goes into the B.C. record books for 65-year-old men for the 100 meter and 200 meter after the dashing performances of Herb Gee on the weekend...read more..

Mar 28, 2006
The Province - Finding enough time to train

"Back in the day, when Andrew Lenton was a distance runner of such renown that he captured the unofficial U.S. indoor high school title at 3,000 meters, he never gave a second thought to the freedom he had to train and achieve at the highest levels. " ..read more..

Jan 10, 2006

The Province - Is the running magic still there?

"I want to see if the magic is still there," the 37-year-old teacher at Port Coquitlam's Terry Fox Secondary says. "For a long time, it seemed like running was the only thing I did really well. But now I'm 60 pounds heavier and I haven't trained in almost 15 years." ..read more..

Dec 27, 2005
The Province - Unique motivations, common goal

At one end of the spectrum we have the most decorated runner we’ve ever had in former Simon Fraser University All-American cross-country champion Andrew Lenton, 37, of Coquitlam. ..read more..

Nov 10, 2005
Maple Ridge Times - Runner on track at big US college

After earning all-conference honours at the USA Conference Championships in Florida - finishing 11th overall in the five kilometer event with a personal best time of 17 minutes and 57 seconds, the 19-year-old member of Golden Ears Athletics is headed to the NCAA Mid-West Regional Championships in Iowa this weekend where she'll be looking to qualify for NCAA national championships. ..read more..

Nov 10, 2005
Maple Ridge Times

Brett Wakefield of Thomas Haney Secondary competes in the B.C. Cross Country Championships in Abbotsford last week where he finished ninth overall in the six-kilometre race, in a time of 21 minutes 55 seconds, just behind teammate James Clark, who finished seventh in 21:44. ..read more..

July 29, 2005
Maple Ridge Times - Teen goes the distance

Racing the 800 meter event at the 2005 B.C. Track and Field Championships in Richmond a few weeks back, Jamie Clark knew there was absolutely no pressure on him; he had already qualified for the nationals in the 1500m and the 3000m races.
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