Paige breaks through the 4 m barrier.

May 22 on a beautiful vault day in Edmonton, Paige came through with a 4.01m jump that looked all too easy.  The jump puts her in the top 10 nationally during a banner year for womens vault in Canada.  We have the strongest crew of jumpers Canada has ever seen and our EITC jumpers are snuggled in to represent our city and our province.  Congrat's Paige on breaking through and achieving a long term goal.  Having seen the jump myself, I am confident that much more is to come.  Can't wait to see your next big jump.  

Lifetime PB & Provincial Record for Leanna

Early in the season, Lindsey equalled her provincial outdoor record of 4.25 while down in Phoenix Arizona. 

Leanna Carriere was quick to respond on a beautiful Friday night in Edmonton by posting a new lifetime personal best of 4.27.  

Leanna is now currently tied for third in the National rankings. She is hoping to improve that mark  in order to be top two in Canada to make the Pan Am Games this July in Toronto. Leanna was close this past Sunday May 31st, having good attempts at 4.35!! Lindsey is ranked fifth Nationally and just back from her honeymoon.  We are so excited to see the girls train hard and see continued improvements.  Both are currently ranked in the top 75 in the World!   

CIS Championships

It was a very successful meet for EITC athletes:

Kathryn enters the CIS national championships in a dead heat with three other women ranked 7th in the country.  She improved that ranking by jumping a lifetime best 3.81m! This bested her previous PB by 6 cm and scored essential points for the Pandas in the team competition.

Nathan entered the weekend competition ranked third in the country and jumped 4.92m on his first attempt to capture the CIS silver medal.  He also scored valuable points for the Bears in the team competition. 

 

CanWest

EITC athletes Kathryn van Ryswyk and Nathan Filipek represented the U of A Golden Bears and Pandas at the Canada West championships. 

Kathryn entered the competition neck and neck with two others who were also ranked 3rd in the conference.  With a jump of 3.70m Kathryn finished with the second best height at the competition but had to settle for the bronze due to count backs.

Nathan entered the competition ranked third in the conference.  After some jockeying Nathan skipped to 4.93m, clinched a CanWest gold medal, and set an indoor personal best in the process! Just shy of his lifetime best, this jump has Nathan trending upwards at a critical moment of the indoor season.

Golden Bear Open and Alberta Indoor Games

Megan Lim made a splash with a new lifetime personal best jump of 3.40m at the Alberta Indoor Games and is well poised to continue the trend throughout 2015!

The Edmonton International Track Club places tremendous value in the developmental program and has seen steady improvements from all of the athletes in their practices.

These improvements have culminated in a new lifetime personal best for Lauren who jumped 2.61m at GBO!

EITC depth on the National Senior Rankings

Our group is doing a great job climbing up the national senior rankings.  Our top boys are ranked 4th and 5th (Deryk 5.10m and Nathan 5.00m) while the girls are ranked 2nd (Lindsey 4.25m), 4th (Leanne 4.15m), and 8th (Paige 3.90m).  

This group brings together jumpers from three different clubs to enjoy a great training atmosphere and sights on an ever improving future.