Toronto Olympic Club

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Nakluski Leads All TOC at National Championships

Toronto, ON (August 1, 2010) - Congratulations to Derek Nakluski!! He finished 3rd in the 5000m final run Friday evening at the Athletics Canada Senior National Championships. On Saturday afternoon, TOC members, Anthony Berkis, Chris Rengifo and Saheed Khan, all running in the 1500m final, finished 5th, 6th and 8th respectively. All four finishes, demonstrate the depth of quality, and range in ability of TOC's distance program. In the Men's Team scoring, TOC finished 12th of 58 clubs, with all of our points coming from two distance events; 5000m and 1500m!! Congratulations to all.

For complete results, please click here.

TOC Junior Olympians Rock At TDSB City Finals

TOC Junior Olympian Race
Scarborough, ON (June 21, 2010) - TOC Junior Olympians absolutely rocked the TDSB City Finals on Wednesday June 21 at Birchmount Stadium.  Kenzie Lemieux led the way with a record setting performance in the grade 8 girls 1500m.  Along the way she collected two medals (gold and silver).  Daniel Turino also won two medals; one each in the grade 7 boys 1500m and 800m events.  Hanna Coyle Asbil, representing our Junior Olympian East program, finished second in the grade 7 girls 400m.  Here is a list of all their accomplishments:

Hannah Coyle Asbil 2nd in grade 7 girls 400m
TOC Junior Olympian Race
Hayley Robertson 6th in Grade 7 1500
Hayley Robertson 4th in Grade 8 (late fill in) 4X400 relay
Abby Thorson 8th in Grade 8 girls 800
Abby Thorson 4th in grade 8 4x400 relay
Samantha Robertson 5th in 4x100 relay
Grade 7 boys 1500m Daniel Turino 2nd
Grade 7 boys 800m Daniel Turino 3rd
Grade 7 girls 1500m Emma Rogers 8th with a pb of 5:30
Grade 7 girls 800m Emma Rogers 10th
Grade 8 girls 1500m Kenzie Lemieux 1st with a pb and city record of 5:01
Grade 8 girls 800m Kenzie Lemieux 2nd

By my count, that's 5 medals and 8 other top 10 performances!  Wow!!

Congratulations to all and coaches Brent Lockridge and Gary Westgate. 

Berkis & Rengifo Represent In Indy!

Indianapolis, IN (June 16, 2010) - TOC members Anthony Berkis and Chris Rengifo finished 1st and 8th in the American Milers Club High Performance Mens 1500m last night in Indianapolis.  Anthony's winning time was 3:43.45 and improvement on his previous pb of 3:48.  Anthony's time also makes him a strong contender for the National Team competing at this year's NACAC Championships later this summer in Florida. 

Chris finished 8th in the same race, just 7/10ths of a second out of second place.  His time of 3:45.75 improved his pb by more than 4 seconds. 

Congratulations to both!

For complete results, click here.

Matt Hughes NCAA Steeplechase Champion!

Eugene, OR (June 6, 2010) - Congratulations to Matt Hughes who last night became the 2010 NCAA Outdoor 3000m champion. His winning time was 8:34.18. Second place was timed at 8:38.90. Here's what Matt had to say about the race:

Matt Hughes "The wind was acting up but it really wasn't a factor. I just wanted to keep the pace up so it wouldn't be a factor. Keep the race honest. Ever since I started the steeple I've PR'd by 12 seconds every year since high school. I think now that I've finally reached what I thought I could race."

For complete results, click here.

For Matt's post race interview on Flotrack, click here.