Matthew Ferguson from St. Anthony won the Cadet Boys Long Jump today at the CYO Meet of Champions with a jump of 18’8″. A past CYO Meet of Champions winner, Ferguson has upcoming competitions tomorrow in the final day of the two day Championship meet.
Second Place: Enzo Czysz from Holy Family
Third Place: Devin Kaneshiro from St. Matthew
Noelle Mannen from Valley Catholic School was the winner of the Cub Girls Javelin throw at the CYO Meet of Champions today. Her toss of 96’7″ was the best distance of the day.
Second Place: Julie Duong from the Madeleine
Third Place: Sophia Sherlag from the Madeleine
During a slow down in the Running events today, it became evident to the crowd thanks to announcer, Jim Bridges, that there was a dual going on in the Cub girls High Jump and he drew the attention of the fans to that event. Jill Makin from St. Pius X and Hazel Reynolds from St. John Fisher were not only in competition to win the high jump they were encouraging one another as the other jumped. It was one of those moments when you see competitors at their best and it is fun to watch. As it turned out, both girls jumped 4’6″ and high jump winners are determined by how many misses you have at a height. Jill had fewer misses so she prevailed over Hazel. Both girls did a wonderful job.
Champion: Jill Makin from St. Pius X 5’6″
Second: hazel reynolds 4’6″
Third: Courtney Kingsley from West Hills Christian 4’4″
John Menor from Christ the King School won the 2012 Shot Put Championship at the CYO Meet of Champions. He put the shot 40’1.25″.
Second Place: Roth Morgan from St. John the Apostle.
Third Place: William Tsai from St. Ignatius School
Twenty feet separated the top eight participants in the CYO Meet of Champions this year and Kate Patterson from All Saints CYO club tossed her javelin 5″ further than the second place winner, Claire Schwyhart of St. Ignatious.
Champion: Kate Patterson from All Saints
Second: Claire Schwyhart of St. Ignatius
Third: Mikayla Bilyou from St. Ignatious
Sarah Nasson scored 10 points for the Cathedral CYO Club today with a jump of 15’8.75″ at the CYO Meet of Champions Track Meet. She narrowly defeated Dieudonne Mundy from the Madeleine by 2.24″. The top 8 finishers were within 1’4″ of each other.
Second Place: Dieudonne Mundy from the Madeleine School
Third Place: Audra Neyman from St. Pius X
He who “puts it” the furthest wins…and today that was Brendan Quinn from Holy Family with a put of 38’9.25″. Congratulations Brendan!
Second Place: Nicholas Carbone from Franciscan Montessori Earth School
Third Place: Ryan Ford from St. Pius X
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.
This week will be an exciting week for me. Life at CYO and Camp Howard is exciting in itself.
What am I looking forward to? Outside of CYO I am looking forward to the Seton High School Play “You Can’t Take it With You” starring, Madeline Hunter and co-starring, Cheyenne Cunning! The play opens Friday night at St. James in Vancouver and will play on Saturday and Sunday as well. The school could use your support so consider checking it out. Seton High School is a new Catholic High School as of 2009.
We have our Spring AD meeting on Wednesday night. This meeting will be filled with a lot of interesting information for CYO Athletic Directors for the coming 2012-13 year.
On Friday I will leave town for Sacramento, CA. joining some 40 Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon to travel in a chartered bus to see the Smithsonian Museum’s “Women in Spirit” – the history of Religious LIfe in America. I am looking forward to this trip because it caps our 125th anniversary as a religious community. It is the first time in my 30 years as a Sister that we have done anything like this as a community of Sisters.
I will be blogging about the trip from the bus and from Sacrament so stay tuned.
I hope this is a blessed week for YOU too!
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