Claire Bass from St. Ignatius and Steven Rowland from St. Anthony were repeat winners in the 1500 and 800 meter runs.  Bass set a new record in the 1500 and Rowland broke records in both the 1500 and 800.

Other winners in the 800 included:

Girls

Champion: Claire Bass 2:59.62 from St. Ignatius School

Second: Jerrica Pachl from Pacific Crest Academy

Third: Kayah Ryerson from Holy Trinity

Boys

Champion: Steven Rowland from St. Anthony with a new record time of 2:36.40

Second: Lucas Martin from St. Thomas More

Third: Shaw Powell from Holy Trinity

Claire Bass CYO 800 Meter Roadrunner Champion 2012

Steven Rowland, CYO Roadrunner 800 Meter Champion 2012

Heating the pool is progressing nicely now that we seem to be past the snow!  The pad has been prepared for pouring a concrete slab which will take place late this week or early next week.  Heaters and fixtures have been ordered and the technicians are on top of having the pool ready to go well before camp begins.

The pool gets covered with a “rhino cover” at the end of the summer and it is removed in late spring.  It will be removed a little earlier this year to prep for the heating process.  Everyone is excited about the pool getting a heater – especially me.  I am excited about it because it has been the number one complaint of kids for the past 15 years.  Thanks to the Champions of Faith fundraising Dinner this past fall, we are now financially able to do it.

Pool House extension pad ready for concrete pour.

These next few days I will be unveiling some improvements at Camp Howard to look forward to.  I will show you the progress on heating the pool AND what we did at the dining room!  We will also be taking you on a work party at the camp so you can see how work parties benefit the camp.  Blanchett High School students will be joining us on Friday at the camp.  Karen has asked me to come up and help drive so I will take you along with me.  Sound like fun?  I can assure you it will be so stay tuned!

Can you tell where I am?  I am at a leadership conference until tomorrow (Wednesday) then back to the CYO office.  Are there enough clues here to determine the location?

Tom Farley does all of the CYO Dances every month at Oaks Park for CYO 7th and 8th graders.  He does a great job for CYO and we are really proud to share this news clip on Tom.

Bryan and MaryAnn Stewart, the CYO Middle School Dance Coordinators have worked with Tom Farley, the CYO DJ, for the past 7 years and have this to say about Tom: “In working with Tom for the past 7 years at the CYO Middle School Dances we have come to appreciate his skill as a DJ. Tom has been extremely helpful ensuring our mission of offering a safe, fun and appropriate environment for  several hundred youth who attend each of the dances.  We recently saw Tom featured as a Community Hero on KATU news. It was evident that Tom uses his position of a DJ as a mission showing dignity and respect to all that he works with.  We are honored to work with such a wonderful individual, who clearly shares our mission and values here at CYO/Camp Howard!”

http://www.katu.com/news/specialreports/147415925.html?tab=video

Next CYO Dance is April 20th open to all current CYO 7th and 8th Graders – sign up on the CYO Website if you haven’t been before!