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| Saturday, July 18 2009 - Canadian Junior Championships, Day 1 |
The 2009 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships got underway in Charlottetwon, PEI, on Friday. This is one of the largest Junior Championships held in many years with close to 600 athletes competing, including over 100 Atlantic Canadians.
Atlantic performances on the first day of action were highlighted by a gold medal from Saint John's Caleb Jones, who threw 65.10m to capture the men's title. Other notable performances included several Atlantic athletes advancing to semi-finals and finals. Showing depth in the javelin event, three Atlantic athletes made it on to the women's javelin final - Alexandra Black of NB, Lindsay Gauvin of NB, and Chelsea Whalen of NS. Other advancing athletes included:
Juliana Blois (NS) in TJ
Ryan Cassidy (NB) in 1500m
Jessica Chamberland (NB) in SP
Kyu-Won Cho (NS) in 100m
Cassandre Collins (NS) in 100m
Adam Gaudes (NB) in 400m
Daniel Lewis (NS) in 1500m
Nick MacAdam (NS) in LJ
Sarah MacPherson (NB) in 1500m
Nicholas Moore (NS) in 100m
James Murphy (NB) in 1500m
Patrick O'Grady (NL) in 1500m
Shakara Paris (NS) in 100m
Spencer Smith (PE) in 400m
Sarah Taplin (NB) in in 100m and LJ
Chelsea Whalen (NS) in SP and JT |
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