BC Junior Development Championship

​Four UAC athletes ventured to Kelowna for the JD Championships this past weekend.  The temperatures were very hot, but our athletes competed well, and were great representatives of our club.

Top Eight results were:
Keerat Dhillon         Gold (Discus)
Gurleen Mander     Gold (Discus, Shot Put)
Jasleen Nagra        Silver (100m), Bronze (200m), 7th (200mH)
Mangot Nagra        8th (60mH)

 
Well done UAC, and thanks to Coach Sabrina for supporting our athletes.
Special appreciation to our parents who helped at the meet. 

BC SUMMER GAMES RECAP

Top 8 finishers were:
 
Zone 3
Mitchell Gibbs                     100m, 3rd     200m, 2nd   LH, 2nd                      
​                                               4x100, 1st
Taylor Sillars                        300MH, 4th  TJ, 2nd         4x400, 4th 
Zone 4
Estella Mainella                   100m, 3rd     200m, 3rd   4x100, 1st 
Charity Obazughanmwen  200m, 4th     4x100, 1st
Nathan  Chan                       300m, 6th     4x400, 1stt
Praise Aniamaka                100mh, 2nd   300mh, 1st  TJ, 1st    4x400, 1st
Charanjit Nijjar                    SP, 2nd           DT, 2nd
Krysthina Vlahovic             300mh, 2nd   80mh, 7th
Kyu Yoon                             4x400   1st 
 
Zone 5
Robin Gill                           300m, 7th

The Games were in Duncan on Vancouver Island, July 19-22.

Great congratulations to Praise Aniamaka who broke a 25 year old BC Summer Games Triple Jump record with a 13.30 metre jump!!
Universal members participated in the BC Summer Games in many different ways. Thanks to UAC coaches Iuliana, Sabrina, Jasmine and Komi for giving of their time to support the zone teams at the Games. Special thanks to Zone 3 coordinator Julie Sillars. Kevin and Sue were working at the Games with the BCA Officials. A good time was had by all!

BC HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT

The 2018 BC High School Championship is history, and UAC has had our best results ever. We are SO proud of all our competitors.
Special recognition to coaches Jessie, Iuliana, and Luca for preparing our athletes, Kevin, Emily, Natasha, Sabrina and Sue for working as officials at the meet, and Julie for her management skills. 

Be sure to read these articles and pictures by Howard Tsumura on the "Varsity Letters" blog about two of our athletes. Please Click Here for one, Click Here for the other.

Here are the Top 8 finishes from our wonderful athletes! 
 
Grade 8 Girls:
Angelica Billows      4x100     8th
Jasman Bhullar       200MH   8th
Krysthina Vlahovic  80MH     1st
                                   200MH   1st
Imani Washington  100m       3rd

Junior  Girls:
Karman Kang           80MH     5th
Estelle Mainella      100m      2nd
                                   200m      5th

Junior Boys:
Praise Aniamaka     100MH          3rd
                                   300MH          1st
                                   Triple Jump  1st
                                   4X400            2nd
Nathan Chan           4X400            2nd
Mitchell Gibbs         Long Jump   2nd
                                  4X400             2nd
Charn Nijjar             Discus            2nd
                                  Shot Put         2nd
Taylor Sillars           4x400             2nd

Senior Boys:
Kenny Blackman     100m             1st
                                    200m            2nd
 
Senior Girls:
Simran Bangar             Discus       8th
Aaryanna Kurucz         400m         2nd
                                        400MH      1st
                                        4x100        1st
                                        4x400        1st
Jasneet Nijjar               100m         1st
                                        200m         1st
                                        400m         1st
Amanda Moore            400m         4th
Katarina Vlahovic       100MH       1st
                                        200m         2nd
​

Oregon Relays, 2018
UAC Travels to Hayward Field

Six Universal Athletics Athletes were selected for invitation to compete at the prestigious Oregon relays event in Eugene Oregon, April 14 and 15.
 
Amanda Moore, Kenny Blackman, Aaryanna Kurucz, Manreet Sangha, Jasneet Nijjar and Katarina Vlahovic traveled to "Track City" with their familes, and had a valuable developmental experience at this large meet with a high level of competition.
Coach Jessie accompanied the UAC group.
 
Top  8 finishes from UAC  were:
Katarina Vlahovic        1st   100m   12.19       1st   100MH   14.19
Jasneet Nijjar               2nd 100m   12.22        1st   200m      25.14
Aaryanna Kurucz         4th  400m   58.35        8th  4x400      1.47.61
Kenny Blackman          6th  100m  11.05         6th  200m      22.89
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UBC Open Track and Field Meet
Friday March 30, 2018

A group of UAC senior athletes participated in the UBC Open on Saturday March 30, 2018.  This was a great season opener for all of our athletes. Top 8 results are as follows:
 
UAC Women’s results:
Katarina Vlahovic         100mh       1st           14.50
Manreet Sangha           100mh       3rd          16.65
Jasmine Gill                  400m         8th          59.95
Aaryanna Kurucz          200m         6th           26.69
Jasneet Nijjar                200m         1st           24.97
 
UAC Men's Results:
Amar Sandhu                100m         2nd          10.81
                                         200m         1st           22.03
Kenny Blackman           100m         3rd          10.97
Rocky Singh                  200 m         7th          23.27
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Universal Results from Husky Indoor Open

Along with Coach Jessie, a group of UAC athletes traveled to Seattle to compete at the 2018 Husky Indoor Open at the University of Washington.  Many Indoor PB's were achieved during this very high level competition. 
 
Top Ten Results include:
Open Men
Amar Sandhu           60m 7th,   200m 4th
 
Open Women
Katerina Vlahovic   60 metre hurdles 3rd,   60 metres 9th
Jasneet Nijjar          60 metres 7th,    200 metres 2nd
4X400 relay             5th  (Jasmine Gill, Natasha Friedmann,                                              Jasneet Nijjar, Aaryanna Kurucz)
​

2018 Harry Jerome Indoor Games

The Harry Jerome Indoor Games, February 3, 2018, was a tremendous success for Universal Athletics.  All of our athletes competed well, and most achieved Personal Bests at this very early season event.
 
Highlights:
Midget Boys 4X200 relay team (Sillars, Aniamaka, Chan, Gibbs) set a meet record with their gold level performance.
Jasneet Nijjar achieved a meet record in the 60 metres for youth women, and
Iyimi Fagbamiye set the 12 year old boys 60 metre record, both winning gold medals.
Outstanding Youth Womens athlete of the meet: Jasneet Nijjar
Outstanding Open Womens athlete of the meet:  Katarina Vlahovic

​UAC results: Women
Women's Midget 14-15, 60 metre hurdles
1st VLAHOVIC, Krysthina 9.51
2nd KANG, Karman 9.74
3rd MAINELLA, Estella 9.88
 
Women's Open, 60 metre hurdles
1st VLAHOVIC, Katarina 8.89
 
Womens's Youth 16-17, 60m hurdles
1 NIJJAR, Jasneet 8.97 10
2 SANGHA, Manreet 9.71 8
 
Women's Open, 60 metres
1st VLAHOVIC, Katarina 7.75
5th FRIEDMANN, Natasha 8.23
8th MOORE, Amanda 8.28
 
Women's Youth, 16-17  60 metres
1st NIJJAR, Jasneet 7.84
 
Women's Midget 14-15, 60 metres
1st MAINELLA, Estella 8.08
4th VLAHOVIC, Krysthina 8.46
 
Women's 12 Year Old, 60 metres
2nd NAGRA, Jasleen 8.91
 
Women's Midget 14-15, 300 metres
8th BHULLAR, Jasman 48.48
 

Special recognition to Universal Official Emily Kydd for her operation of the new entry and results technology for the meet. 
 
Congratulations to all our athletes, coaches, officials, and families
 
Full results are on the Harry Jerome website, Click Here. Club results below.
Check out this article from the Jerome site, including some UAC photos. Click Here. ​

UAC results: Men
Men's Midget 14-15, 60m Hurdles
3rd ANIAMAKA, Praise 9.08
5th SILLARS, Taylor 9.81
 
Men's Open, 60 metres
2nd SANDHU, Amarveer 6.96
3rd BLACKMAN, Kenny 7.04
 
Men's Youth 16-17, 60 metres
2nd IYUMVA, Cedric 7.30
 
Men's Midget 14-15, 60 metres
1st GIBBS, Mitchell 7.49
 
Men's 12 Year Old, 60 metres
1st FAGBAMIYE, Iyimi 8.40
 
Men's Midget 14-15, 300 metres
2nd ANIAMAKA, Praise 39.84
 
Men's Open 600, metres
4th DAVIS, Shemar 1:32.09
 
Men's Midget 14-15, 600 metres
3rd. GILL, Robin 1:37.05
 
Men's Midget 14-15, 4 x 200m Relay
1st UNIVERSAL ATHLETICS CLUB 1:44.46
 
Men's Midget 14-15, High Jump
1st SILLARS, Taylor 1.55m ​