The U20 Championships took place this past weekend at the Toronto Track and Field Centre at York University. Over the span of four days, almost 400 athletes from across the province competed for Provincial titles in their respective events.
The first championship of the season also marked the deadline to qualify for the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, which are set to take place from August 17 through August 22.
The meet saw many outstanding performances, including a few Athletics Ontario athletes who achieved auto-qualifying standard for the U20 World Championships.
Michael Roth of St. Thomas Legion Track and Field Club qualified in both the 200m and 400m, respectfully. He ran the exact qualifying time in the men’s 400m, with a winning time of 47.35s in the pouring rain. Roth also won gold in the 200m with a time of 21.18s, and the 4x400m, where he was the anchor for the team as they ran a 3:24.65s.
In the same event Flying Angels Track Club sprinter, Almond Small, ran alongside Roth to take the Men’s 200m silver medal with a time of 21.26s. Small was the first to cross the men’s 100m finish line, taking home the gold with a time of 10.70s. He will also be competing for Canada at the U20 World Championship in both events.
Micaiah Ellis, an unattached athlete, confirmed his chance of competing at the U20 World Championship in the men’s 800m, where he ran a qualifying time of 1:50.47 in a nail-biting race. (U20 World standard is 1:50.80). Ellis also ran in the 400m, where he placed fifth with a time of 49.42s.
On the women’s side, Hallee Knelson of St. Thomas Legion Track and Field Club narrowly missed out on achieving the U20 World auto-qualifying standard in the women’s 800m, running an exciting race in a time of 2:09.16s, the U20 world standard is 2:08.70s.
Bianca Borgella of the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club is a T13 para athlete, who competed in three events over the weekend. She unofficially broke her own Canadian record in the 100m, with a time of 12.74s. Borgella also placed eighth in the women’s 200m, with a time of 25.86s. She also brought home a silver medal as the anchor in the 4x100m relay.
We would like to give a special thank you to all of our volunteers, including those from York University TFC and JamCan International Athletics!
All results can be found >>HERE<<
Photos from the weekend can be found on the Athletics Ontario Facebook page
Miss the livestream? Catch up on all the action now on the Athletics Ontario YouTube!
Congratulations to all of the Athletics Ontario members who have officially been named to the World U20 Championship Team!
Athletes
- Heather Abadie (Port Elgin, Ont.) – Women’s pole vault
- Isabella (Izzy) Goudros (Toronto, Ont.) – Women’s 100 metres and 200 metres
- Abdullahi Hassan (Scarborough, Ont.) – Men’s 800 metres
- Sydney Juszczyk (Kingsville, Ont.) – Women’s javelin throw
- Michael Roth (St. Thomas, Ont.) – Men’s 200 metres and 400 metres
- Callan Saldutto (Welland, Ont.) – Men’s javelin throw
- Almond Small (Toronto, Ont.) – Men’s 100 metres and 200 metres
Staff
- James Cunningham (Toronto, Ont.) – Team Leader
- Nicole Clarke (Kingston, Ont.) – Team Manager
- Molly Killingbeck (Toronto, Ont.) – Coach
For more information on the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, click here.
Next up in the 2021 championship series is our Ontario Open + Para Championship!
DON’T FORGET!
- Regular deadline tonight at 11:59pm http://www.trackiereg.com/
2021-ontario-open-champs - Those on the wait list and have exceeded the standard will receive an email from Trackie to complete the registration payment and will then be moved to the confirmed list.
- Updates to schedule. Please ensure to review. Find link on the championship site here: https://athleticsontario.ca/
events/2021-ontario-open- championship/ - Coaches that attended the U20 Championships are asked to bring their pass back for the Open Champs. Those that still need a pass can register here: http://www.trackiereg.com/
2021-ao-coaches-pass - Reminder for clubs with relay teams, to ensure they email Randolph Fajardo at randolphfajardo@
athleticsontario.ca if they have members that are only attending the championships for a relay. This will ensure they receive a bib number. - Performance lists and seeded heats will be posted on the live results which will be sent to all registrants on Thursday and posted on the AO home page
- All coaches are asked to send scratches to randolphfajardo@
athleticsontario.ca. Refunds will be issued for all scratches received before the late entry deadline of Thursday July 29 at 10am - For track athletes, the traditional AO event declaration will not occur at this years championship. Athletes only need to show up to the start line of their event before the start of their event to find out what their lane assignment is and receive hip numbers for long distance events.
