Geordie and Earl Farrell founded the Saugeen Track and Field Club (STFC) over 40 years ago and, although Geordie is no longer actively involved and Earl has passed a way, their legacy lives on.
Since those early years, the STFC has become one of Canada’s top-ranked track and field clubs. The club’s excellent coaching staff has produced three Olympians, one Rhodes Scholar, and two World Championship medalists. Overall, club athletes have won over 100 National Championship medals and over 1,800 provincial titles.
The STFC is always looking for highly-motivated and hard-working athletes to become members of our successful team.
London, ON
Congratulations to all of the athletes who were selected for, and competed at, the Ontario Summer Games in London this weekend. Some great results!
Hallie (U16) 1200m 3:56.39 (PB); 800m 2:28.95
Perry (U16) 1200m 3:21.01 (PB) (#4 all time for the Club); 800m 2:03.26 (PB) (Bronze medal)
Zuhayr (U16) 300m 38.51; 200m 24.95 (PB)
Emerson (U14) 1200m 3:57.59 (PB); 800m 2:24.83
Silas (U14) 3:59.70 (PB); 800m 2:30.14
Mikayla (U14) 80m 11.81; 11.18; 150m 21.24; 21.71
Brampton, ON
Some great racing at the Provincial U14, U16 and U18 championships:
Zuhayr (U16) 300m 38.30; 200m 25.05
Madalynn (U18) 400m 1.04.20; 100mh 17.15Q; 16.73 (#6 all time for Club) ; 400mh 1:11.97 (#7 all time for Club)
Avery (U18) TJ 10:48 (#6 all time for Club); 100m 13.18; LJ 4.58 (#10 all time for Club)
Zoe (U18) 100mh 17.09 (#7 all time for Club); LJ 4.78 (#9 all time for Club)
Hailey Frede (U14) 2000m 8:23.57; 1200m 4:42.82; 800m 2:47.13
Sydney (U16) 1200m 4:20.20
Silas (U14) 1200m 4:12.44
Ben (U14) 1200m 3:58.09; 800m 2:25.50
Cole (U16) 1200m 3:43.43; 800m 2:20.38
Reid (U16) 800m 2:25.43
Ava (U18) 1500m 4:39.16 (Bronze medal)
James (U18) 1500m 4:14.30
Rimyelle (U16) 1500msc 6:20.50; 800m 2:46.81
Olivia (U14) 2:40.19
Gillian (U18) 1500m 5:21.59; 800m 2:37.98
Avery (U18) 1500m 5:34.96
4 x 800m relay (U18) Sydney, Keira, Gillian, Avery 10:40.26
Toronto, ON
A magical night at 800m fest in Toronto on Tuesday night, 19 Saugeen athletes competed in the 800m with 17 leaving with a personal best performance.
In addition, Ava Moric and Claire Rands became the 2nd and 3rd fastest Club athletes in Saugeen TFC history (over 40 years!).
Eli 1:59.02 (PB)
Aidan 2:01.18 (PB)
James 2:03.36
Perry 2:03.74 (PB)
Cole 2:18.08 (PB)
Silas 2:20.82 (PB)
Reid 2:21.05 (PB)
Knox 2:21.28 (PB)
Emerson 2:22.27 (PB)
Ben 2:37.53
Ava 2:10.51 (PB) (Club Age Class Record) (#2 all time for the Club)
Claire 2:11.94 (PB) (Club Age Class Record) (#3 all time for the Club)
Grace W 2:17.78 (PB)
Hailee 2:25.12 (PB)
Gillian 2:29.45 (PB)
Sydney 2:33.36 (PB)
Olivia 2:35.21 (PB)
Keira 2:36.19 (PB)
Grace S 2:36.81 (PB)
Toronto, ON
At the U20 and Open Ontario championships in Toronto the distance crew came home with multiple medals.
Tristan (Open) 3000msc 9:45.78 (Gold medal)
Grace W (U20) 1500m 4:38.53 (PB) (#10 all time for the Club) (7th); 3000m 10:21.17 (Bronze medal)
Ava (U20) 800m 2:12.65 (Bronze medal)
Toronto, ON
At the Provincial Legion Championships in Toronto, several PBs and medals:
Ava Moric (U18) 1500 4:40.57 (Silver Medal), 800m 2:11.77 (Gold medal), (PB), (Club Age Class Record – #2 all time)
Madalyn McGregor (U18) 100m hurdles 17.17 (14th); 400m hurdles 1:13.32 (6th)
James Wheeler (U18) 2000m steeple 6:25.19 (5th) (PB); 3000m 9:08.38 (7th)
Eli Bouius (U18) 3000m 9:02.81 (Bronze medal), 1500m 4:14.57 (7th)
Rimyelle Grady (U16) 1500m steeple 6:19.49 (6th); 800m 2:45.20 (14th)
Perry Smith (U16) 800m 2:05.19 (6th) (PB); 300m 39.62 (10th)
Montreal, PQ
Congratulations to all of those who competed at the U20 and Open Canadian championships in Montreal. The Open division was the Olympic trials for team Canada.
Special congratulations to Brooklyn Quanz who took home the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase (11:03.71)
In the U20 division. Ava Moric ran a great 800m preliminary in the U20 division (2:12.76) and qualified for the semi finals.
Other club athlete results include Jasmine Broere (U20) discus bronze medal, Heather Abadie (Open) pole vault bronze medal, Billie Martin (Open) hammer throw 7th, Harley Martin (Open) hammer throw 12th.
London, ON
Congratulations to the three members of the STFC Distance Crew who competed very well at the OFSAA track and field championships in London.
Special congratulations to Ava Moric who brought home bronze in the senior girls 1500m.
Ava Moric (Senior Girls) 1,500m Prelim 4:42.75; 1,500m Final 4:37.64 (Bronze); 800m Prelim 2:15.49; 800m Final 2:16.00 (6th)
Eli Bouius (Junior Boys) 1,500m Prelim 4:11.90; 1,500m Final 4:04.92 (PB) (10th); 3,000m 8:45.28 (PB) (5th)
Claire Rands (Senior Girls) 800m prelim 2:26.67
Etobicoke, ON
Congratulations to our SCFT athletes who had very impressive results at OFSAA in Etobicoke on Saturday.
Perry Smith (Novice Boys) 8th
Eli Bouius (Junior Boys) 5th
Ava Moric (Senior Girls) 7th
Over 250 athletes are in each race/age division in what is generally considered the most competitive high school cross country meet in North America.
Legion Nationals - Sherbrooke, PQ
Congratulations to Eli Bouius who, competing for Team Ontario at the Canadian Youth championships in Sherbrooke last weekend, came home with bronze in the 2000m (5:45.97) in a club and age class record!
But, more impressive, Eli stepped up and ran the anchor leg of the 4 x 100m for Team Ontario for a fourth place finish!
Athletics Ontario - U14, U16, U18 - Provincial Championships
Ava Moric (U18) 3000m 10:08.96 (PB) (Gold)
Eli Bouius (U16) 5:53.49 (Silver)
Athletics Ontario - U20 - Provincial Championships
Congratulations to the U20 athletes who competing in Toronto over the weekend at their age class Provincial Championships:
Tristan Bouius - 3000m Steeplechase 9:36.21 (Gold) (#3 all time for the Club)
Claire Rands, Grace Wheeler, Kara Tichbourne, Ava Moric - 4 x 800m Relay 9:18.22 (Gold) (Age Class and Club Record)
Congratulations to the Saugeen distance crew on some excellent performances over the last three days at OFSAA in Ottawa. Many personal best performances and 4 medals brought home!
Tristan Bouius (SB) 2000m Steeplechase - 6:01.27 (Silver) (PB) (#2 all time for the Club)
Grace Wheeler (SG) 3000m 10:19.57 (9th) (PB)
Claire Rands (SG) 800m (prelims) 2:15.58; (finals) 2:21.30 (6th)
James Wheeler (JB) 1500m (prelims) 4:13.78 (13th); 3000m 9:20.83 (10th)
Ava Moric (JG) 1500m - 4:34.56 (Gold)(PB)(#4 all time for the Club); 3000m - 10:14.33 (Gold)
Eli Bouius (NB) 1500m - 4:11.05 (7th)(PB); 3000m - 9:03.46 (Silver)(PB)
Congratulations to all of the Saugeen TFC athletes who competed for their schools at the OFSAA Cross Country
Championships at Dagmar Ski resort outside Oshawa on Saturday.
A very difficult course, warm/humid weather and over 250 athletes competing in each race.
A special congratulations to Ava Moric who came home with the gold medal in the junior girls race.
OFSAA is generally considered the largest and most competitive high school cross country race in North America.
Results include:
Eli Bouius (NB) 4th
Kaj Kulakowski (NB) 166th
Tristan Bouius (SB) 6th
Olivia Latham (NG) 208th (Team 12th)
Ava Moric (JG) Gold (Team 9th)
Grace Wheeler (SG) 10th
Claire Rands (SG) 85th
The Saugeen Track and Field Club Under 18 girls relay team consisting of Ava Moric (Hanover), Claire Rands (Tara), Kara Tichbourne (Meaford) and Brooklyn Quanz (Port Elgin) broke the Canadian records for Under 18, Under 20 and Under 23 age classes, as well as the Provincial record (all ages), for the Distance Medley Relay.
The Distance Medley Relay is a four person track race made up of 1200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m. This race, conducted in very rainy conditions in Hamilton, resulted in the Saugeen girls team shattering all of these existing records by 10 to 30 seconds.
While competing for their respective high schools, Saugeen Track & Field Club athletes brought home six medals from the OFSAA track and field championships (2022).
Congratulations to all of the Saugeen athletes who competed in this very competitive event.
Ben Brewer (KDSS) (SB) shotput 15.77m (Silver medalist)
Tristan Bouius (JDSS) (SB) 2000m steeple chase 6:20.49 (Q); 6:09.04 (Bronze medalist)
Harley Martin (SHSS) (SG) shotput 11.81m (Silver medalist); discuss32.17m (6th)
Michelle Van Stuyvenberg (Madill) (SG) discuss 33.37m (5th)
Claire Rands (SMSS) (SG) 1500m 4:57.03 (19th); 800m 2:18.34 (10th)
Brooklyn Quanz (SDSS) (SG) 1500m 4:42.41 (Q); 4:36.75 (5th); 3000m 9:56.31 (Bronze medalist)
Kara Tichbourne (GBCS) (SG) 1500m 4:40.62 (Q); 4:47.27 (12th); 800m 2:17.07 (Q); 2:16.73 (4th)
Veronica Tedford (SDSS) (JG) discus 26.41m (7th)
Aidan Playfair (SDSS) (JB) 800m 2:01.80 (Q) (PB); 2:07.62 (6th)
Ava Moric (JDSS) (NG) 1500m 4:44.85 (Q) (PB); 4:42.33 (Gold medalist); 3000m 10:09.69 (Gold medalist)
Ten Saugeen TFC athletes competed for their respective schools at OFSAA in Lakefield on November 6th.
Fabulous results led by Novice Girl Ava Moric who brought home gold in the Novice Girls race.
Other results:
Ava Moric (JDSS), novice girl, gold!
James Wheeler (BPCS), novice boy, 66th
Jayla Catto (Sacred Heart), junior girl, 21st
Aidan Playfair (SDSS), junior boy, 63rd
Grace Wheeler (BPCS), senior girl, 11th
Brooklyn Quanz (SDSS), senior girl, 14th
Claire Rands (St. Marys), senior girl, 22nd
Cohen Martin (Sacred Heart), senior boy, 5th
Tristan Bouius (JDSS), senior boy, 23rd
Aiden Hinsperger (Sacred Heart), senior boy, 116th
Jeremy Elliott has accepted an offer of admission to York University in Toronto, Ontario that includes the maximum amount for the York University Renewable Entrance Athletic Scholarship and the York University Academic Entrance Scholarship.
A member of the Saugeen Track and Field, Jeremy has competed in weight throw, hammer throw, discus and shot put. His skill at these events has earned him six Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) medals and five national medals.
A student at Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton, Jeremy has over a 90% average in six subjects.
In the fall of 2020, Jeremy will be studying Kinesiology and developing his skills as a thrower under the direction of Richard Parkinson, Athletics Canada High Performance Coach - Throws.
Congratulations Jeremy on your achievements!
Saugeen Athlete Signs for Track & Field Scholarship to DePaul University
Billie Martin signed her letter of intent to attend DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois beginning in the fall of 2020.
Billie consistently had her top performances at the most important meets and as a result was selected as a 2019 All-Ontarian by Athletics Ontario and received the Outstanding Female Field Athlete for Saugeen Track & Field Club in both the Youth and Junior categories.
In 2 short years, Billie has climbed the Athletics Canada rankings in her throwing events and is motivated to see how far the sport will take her.
For now, she is excited to be heading to Chicago in the fall and competing for the DePaul Blue Demons.
Congratulations Billie!
September - November | December - March | April-Augest | |
Throwers | Outdoor ~ S.D.S.S | Indoor ~ PEMC (Old Port Elgin Arena) | Outdoor ~ S.D.S.S |
Runners | X-Country ~ Nodwell Park, Port Elgin / Saugeen Bluffs, Paisley | Warm up at PEMC ~ Outdoor Running | Outdoor ~ S.D.S.S |
Practices run weekly, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
