COACH JESSIE FEATURED IN DESI TODAY MAGAZINE

Jessie was featured in the Desi Today news-magazine on December 31, 2019.  To read this excellent article about Jessie and our Club. ​Click Here

UNIVERSAL FUNCTION IS A WRAP

​The UAC Function was held on Nov. 16, 2019 and as usual was a roaring success.

Many thanks to the invited guests who came and partook in the fine food, comradeship and helping us to honour our athletes.

The year in reveiw slide show and pictures of the function are here. We will put up pictures and videos up as they become available.

If anybody has any good pictures of the UAC family please don't hesitate to send them to Kevin Kydd, Jasmine Gill or Emily Kydd. We can then use them on the various platforms we have. 

VARSITY LETTERS

Check out the below link for a wonderful article featuring Jasneet Nijjar by Howard Tsumura, writer of Varsity Letters.  Thanks to Howard for an excellent article, and special shout out to Wilson Wong for his outstanding photography. They certainly captured our Jasneet, both competitively and personally.
Howard and Wilson have long been supporters and promoters of high school and university athletics, and deserve our great appreciation for their efforts. Check out Varsity Letters for many brilliant articles on a range of sports in BC.
 
https://varsityletters.ca/a-royal-chapter-closes-queen-elizabeths-jasneet-nijjar-thrice-golden-once-more-yet-versatility-defines-the-future-washington-state-cougar/
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GOOD LUCK TO OUR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The following members will be continuing their education in September:

​Amanda Moore         Trinity University
Katerina Vlahovic      Iowa State
Aaryanna Kurucz       University of Idaho
Jordan Jacobs           Simon Fraser University
Gagan Nijjar                Fraser Valley University
Cedric Iyumva            Trinity University​

​Jasneet Nijjar             Washington State University
Kenny Blackman        Trinity University
Jag Gill                         Fraser Valley University
Manreet Sangha         Fraser Valley University
Simran Bangar            Simon Fraser University
Amar Sandhu              Kwantlen Polytech University

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT PENTATHLON

​Congratuations to Kaia McCutcheon, age 9, for a first place standing in the JD Pentathlon, Saturday July 13, 2019, held in Maple Ridge. Kaia was in second place going into the final event, and pulled off the win with a stellar and gutsy performance in the 600 metres. Well Done Kaia!

MAKING TEAMS/TRAVELLING ACROSS CANADA!

Best wishes to Kenny Blackman and Jasneet Nijjar for their selection to the BC team.  They will be competing in 100m in  the U20 division of  the Canadian  Nationals in Montreal July 25-28.  
Krysthina Vlahovic has been selected to the BC  U18/U16 team travelling to Sidney,  Nova Scotia for the Legion Meet August 8-12.  Congratulations to our Krysthina for qualifying for her first BC team, and we will cheer from the west coast as she competes in the sprint hurdles.

2019 UNIVERSAL ATHLETICS TRACK & FIELD MEET

​The 2019 UAC T&F meet is a wrap. Wonderful weather and happy people abounded. What a weekend. Oh yea, there were results. Click on the PDF file to the right to see how everybody did.

Brian Cliff took some pictures during the meet, Click Here to go to the drop box file. Please contact Brian Cliff (blcliff@telus.net) to request higher resolution jpegs of photos.” The only restrictions are 1) they are not to be used for any commercial purpose, and 2) credit Brian Cliff. Thank you so much to Brian Cliff for his thoughtfulness and generosity of sharing his photo's. Click Here for final results. 

VARSITY LETTERS

Click Here for a wonderful article featuring Jasneet Nijjar by Howard Tsumura, writer of Varsity Letters.  Thanks to Howard for an excellent article, and special shout out to Wilson Wong for his outstanding photography. They certainly captured our Jasneet, both competitively and personally.
Howard and Wilson have long been supporters and promoters of high school and university athletics, and deserve our great appreciation for their efforts. Check out Varsity Letters for many brilliant articles on a range of sports in BC.

 ONE WOMAN ROAD RACING TEAM!

​Congratulations to Universal’s One Woman Road Racing Team! Emily Kydd set a new personal best in the Scotia Bank Half Marathon on Sunday June 23, 2019, breaking her last result by four minutes.

BC HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP 
May 30-June 1, 2019

17 Universal athletes participated BCHS Championships in Kelowna.   Our members competed with discipline, dedication, and respect.   During the three day meet, and under very warm conditions, multiple finals were reached, and many awards earned.  Even more importantly there were a tremendous amount of Personal Best finishes. 

Our appreciation to Coaches Jessie, Luca and Sabrina and Officials Kevin and Sue.  Special shout-out to older UAC athletes Kenny, Natasha, Aaryanna and Kat for traveling to Kelowna to support our high school athletes.

To see the results please go the "Results" Page

OUTSTANDING JASNEET

​UAC is pleased to announce the selection of Grade 12 athlete Jasneet Nijjar as the Outstanding Female Athlete of the BC High School Championships. Jasneet won three gold medals, in the 100m, 200m and 100 metre hurdles. Jasneet has been a member of Universal Athletics since she was a track rascal and is a testament to the benefits of Long Term Athlete Development. Congratulations to Jasneet, the Nijjar family, and Coach Jessie.

​GOLDEN EARS INVITATIONAL

These UAC athletes participated in the Golden Ears Invitational Meet on Saturday May 11.  Kennedy Walker, Sahib Gill, Ekta Kooner, Arsh Bhullar, Sukhman Gill, Alisha Nahal, Ashlyn Nahal, Uday Boparai, Harjap Mattu, Sareena Binng, Hargun Sangha, Ram Daniel Raja, Amarveer Sandhu
 
They represented UAC well, were respectful and good sports.  Many athletes achieved new Personal Bests, and we were proud of them all.  Thanks to coaches Jonelle and Jasmine, Officials Emily and Sue.  Look up the photos and videos on our Instagram page.
A special Shout Out to:

• All our new athletes, who participated in their first meet, and set personal bests
• Sahib Gill for a huge 10 CM improvement in the high jump, placing second overall with a 1.45 performance.
• Amar Sandhu for his 3rd Place Open Men’s 100 performance, running under 11 seconds, and regaining his form after a month stay in India!

UNIVERSITY UPDATE

​Our Aaryanna Kurucz, first year student at University of Idaho,  won the 400 metre hurdle silver medal at the 2019 Mondo Team Challenge at Sacramento State University. Aaryannas time was 63.29.

UAC'S CLUB PRESIDENT IN OTTAWA

​Sue is currently in Ottawa, volunteering at Encounters With Canada, and had the opportunity to meet with Surrey Newton Member of Parliament Sukh Dhaliwal on Monday February 25, 2019. They discussed sport in Surrey, especially track and field and the upcoming developments at Bear Creek Park. She also shared some photos from the UAC Instagram page, and he was very pleased to hear of our club success. Mr. Dhaliwal kindly gave Sue an opportunity for some behind the scenes look at the Parliament building, and she was introduced to the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Honorable Geoff Regan. (Note from web master; Above you can see Sue telling the speaker of the house how to conduct a proper meeting.)

"TEAM UNIVERSAL" ROCKS THE VANCOUVER "FIRST HALF" MARATHON

​Emily Kydd ran the Vancouver "First Half" Marathon on Sunday February 10, braving sub-zero temperatures to achieve a personal best time in the 21 Km event. The last half marathon Emily ran was in Jamaica, just a bit warmer than Sundays race, but she broke that time by 7 minutes. It also helped that the snow held off until she had crossed the finish line. Emily began her athletic career as a 9 year old, and is still running, plus volunteering as a provincial BCA Official.  She welcomes any other UAC members to join her in long distance running. Congratulations to our one person Road Racing Team!

(Note crazy woman in background jumping up and down and waving her arms in video above.)