Posts Tagged ‘track and field’

In heat and humidity, in perfect conditions and in a deluge of rain, track and field athletes from across Canada showed off their stellar qualities at the 2010 Legion Canadian Youth Track and Field Championships, Aug. 5-9 in Ottawa. In the process they broke 14 Canadian youth records and a total of 24 Legion records. “This is the third year this competition has been the official Canadian youth championships,” said Ontario Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley during the opening ceremonies. Although known for support of veterans, commemoration and community service, the Legion’s “largest single contribution is to the education and cultural programs for the young,” he said, [...]

The timing couldn’t have been better for the 2008 Royal Canadian Legion National Youth Athletic Championships. On the same weekend that Canada’s top junior athletes were gathering for the Legion competition in Sherbrooke, Que., Canada’s top senior athletes were joining the world’s best to gather in Beijing, China, for the 2008 Olympic Games. And just as many of the athletes at the Aug. 7-12 Legion event were looking forward to London in 2012, many of the athletes in Beijing could no doubt look back at their own youthful trips to the Legion national track and field event. With all this in mind, the [...]