Category: Uncategorized

Congratulations to the five CTAC athletes (Kieva, Rebecca, Niamh, William and Oliver) who travelled to Boston to race the New Balance Indoor Nationals (NBIN) at the spectacular Track at New Balance. Just qualifying for this meet is a feat unto itself. Qualifying standards must be run between November 2025 and March 2026, a period in our training plan where it is extremely difficult to run fast. But they did!! Both Oliver and Kieva established new PB’s. Kieva’s 2:16.29 is a new indoor PB, and Oliver’s smokin’ 9:14.95 in the 2-Mile equates to 8:34.02 for 3000m, well below his club record and personal best. Rebecca’s 2-Mile 10:55.94, equates to one of her best 3000m indoor times, despite not being at her best. William and Niamh both turned in brave and gutsy performances.

The NBIN was a new experience for all. Its depth of talent is far and above what we have experienced in past years at the Nike Indoor Nationals (NIN). We all learned valuable lessons which we will take to the outdoor season and next year at the NBIN.

Congratulations to all! Boston, beware, we’ll be back!!

That’s a wrap on the 2025 cross-country season and what a way to go out!  Once again, the Canadian Cross Country Championships were held at Fanshawe Golf Course, and true to form, it was snowy, breezy, cold (both days), and a sloppy course for Sunday’s mixed relay. Not to be deterred the CTAC ‘A’ U18 4 x 2k Mixed Relay team won the team Gold and are the 2025 U18 Canadian Cross Country Champions!  Congratulations Oliver, Rebecca, William and Kieva.  Equally impressive was the performance of the CTAC ‘B’ team.  Fifty-seven teams from across Canada raced the event.  The team of Matthew, Chloe, Jacob and Niamh finished 19th!  Not to be overshadowed by Sunday’s results, Saturday’s team races demonstrated CTAC’s depth of talent.  All four teams finished in the Top 10; U16G and U16B were 9th, U18G 4th, and the U18B 7th.  Individually CTAC had four in the Top 20, including Niamh 9th, Rebecca 6th, Kieva 14th, and William 7th.  Strong running in difficult conditions.  What a blast the whole weekend was!  Congratulations to all on an incredible finish to a very successful season!! For complete results use this link; https://live.athletic.net/meets/59274

Raining PB’s at 800m Night

Well, that was some evening of racing!  Fourteen of our crew raced the UTTC 800m Night last evening and the results were amazing! Conditions could not have been better; warm not too hot, no wind, fast track and competitive heats.  Eleven turned in new personal best performances, some of which were huge.  Congratulations to: Sophia, Naomi, Isabelle, Maya, Kieva, Morgan, EthanG., Ty, Braden, William, and CharlieG. It was one thrilling race after another.  You barely had time to catch your breath before the next thrilling race.

For complete results, use this link  https://athleticsontario.anet.live/meets/54734

Oh, and did I forget?  Three new ‘Stache Standards; Morgan (her second), Maya and Kieva 🥸🥸🥸

Congratulations all!

Huge congratulations to the crew who raced AO U20 Championships in Windsor!  The temperatures were hot and so were we!  In total CTAC athletes had ten Top 10 finishes including, Gold and Silver for Morgan in the U20 Women’s 1500m and 800m, and a Bronze medal for Chloe in the U20 Women’s 2000mSC.  Along the way, new 1500m personal best performances from William, Oliver and an 800m PB for William in the U20 Men’s 800m.  It was 41 degrees for almost all or our races!  

For complete results see https://athleticsontario.anet.live/meets/54609

That was some weekend in London! The Canadian Cross Country Championships were held at Fanshawe Golf Course. It was snowy, breezy and cold both days. Not to be deterred the CTAC U18 Girls team won the team Gold and are the 2024 U18G Canadian Cross Country Champions! Way to go ladies. The Vancouver Thunderbirds were 2nd and Newmarket Huskies 3rd. Running for each other, it was clearly a team effort. Rebecca finished 12th, Kieva 15th, Morgan 18th and Niamh 38th. Congratulations also to William who had a strong effort in the U16B race finishing 22nd. The CTAC U16G, led by Chloe, finished 12th, and the U18B led by Kyrie were 18th. It was another exciting day on Sunday, racing the U18 4 x 2k Mixed Relay. Despite the continued cold and wind, it was chaotic but a very exciting race, added as a pilot project this year. Sixty-two teams from across Canada were entered. Three CTAC teams competed with two finishing in the Top 20. Charlie, Morgan, Kyrie and Kieva finished 8th, with William, Niamh, Oliver and Rebecca 15th. What a blast the whole weekend was!

Congratulations to all on an incredible finish to a very successful season!!

For complete results use this link; https://live.athletic.net/meets/41715/events/xc/1529413