200 METER - SILVER MEDAL!

Just finished the 200m FINALS with another ELITE time of 31.54!

 I won a SILVER MEDAL for finishing SECOND!
Not happy with my performance thought I thought I should have done better!

CBC is live streaming over the internet for 4 hrs http://www.cbc.ca/sports/trackandfield/video/live/#id=2234952886
and if you missed the races you might be able to find the races on Youtube!

100 METER - GOLD MEDAL!

Just finished the 100m FINALS with an ELITE time of 17.11!

 But there was an illegal wind so time does not count!

I did win a GOLD MEDAL for finishing FIRST!

NATHAN IS CALGARY BOUND!!!

Off to the Canadian Track & Field Trials in Caglary!

Foothills Athletic Centre is all ready to host athletes for the ‪2012 Trials‬ beginning on Wednesday!

SIX MORE DAYS UNTIL THE CANADIAN PARALYMPIC TEAM IS ANNOUNCED!

Olympic and Paralympic Standards Set Week of June 11 to 17

Olympic and Paralympic standards set week of June 11 to 17

http://athletics.ca/display_news.asp?newsid=1377

Photograph by: MATT LAW , Surrey NOW

London's calling and Surrey sprinter is ready to answer at Paralympic Games

By Michael Booth, Surrey Now June 14, 2012 1:42 PM

Photograph by: MATT LAW , Surrey NOW

  

 

Guildford's Nathan Dewitt has met all the qualifying standards and now awaits the call to represent Canada at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

It took him 15 years to realize it, but Nathan Dewitt is built for speed.
The 21-year-old Johnston Heights Secondary grad has found his calling and now his wheelchair is aimed at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
"It's interesting because I've never really had anything that I was any good at or could be described as a talent," Dewitt said after taking a few warm-up spins around the track at Holy Cross High School this week. "I would say this is a talent though. It was just natural ability at first because I didn't really work out before I tried it; I was just naturally kind of bulky with the muscle and the drive needed for the sport."
Born with spastic dyplegia cerebral palsy, Dewitt is fortunate enough to be in the high functioning end of the disability spectrum. He can walk without support and is eager to try different sports whenever he can. Defying the doctors' initial prognosis, Dewitt is happy to prove he can excel at whatever activity he puts his heart into.
"I wasn't supposed to ride a bike, walk or anything like that - but I do it all," he said proudly. "I like trying new sports. When I was 15 I decided to try sledge hockey and that's where it started. Sledge hockey kind of kicked me into gear and I've been really active ever since. I've tried all kind of sports - wheelchair basketball, kneeboarding, sledge hockey, tennis and of course wheelchair racing."

Pictures Take By A Now Newspaper Reporter June 12th!

Watch for an article coming out in the Now Newspaper about Nathan!

PERCY PERRY TRACK MEET-SATURDAY & SUNDAY!

Come on out and cheer Nathan on at the Percy Perry Track Meet at 1290 Pipeline Rd., Coquitlam.

Here are Nathan's race times:

Saturday

1500m - @ 1:45

100m - @ 2:45 (Paralympic Time Event)

400m - @ 3:45

Sunday

200m - @ 11:30 (Paralympic Time Event)

800m - @ 1:30

Come cheer Nathan on!

Hope to see you there!

CBC To Carry 4 Hours Of LIVE Trials Coverage!

CBC Sports has added two hours of LIVE streaming coverage to the 2012 Track and Field Trials broadcast package.  With two hours of LIVE television coverage already confirmed, the total of LIVE broadcast coverage for the event is now at four hours.

CBC Sports coverage of 2012 Track & Field Trials
Streaming: LIVE coverage, June 29, 7:30pm to 9:30pm eastern time (5:30pm to 7:30pm local)
Television : LIVE coverage, June 30, 4pm to 6pm eastern time (2pm to 4pm local)
The streaming and television coverage will include the following events:

*indicates Olympic selection event
**indicates Paralympic selection event

• 110m hurdles men FINAL*
• 400m women FINAL*
• 400m men FINAL*
• 400m men para ambulatory FINAL**
• 200m women para wheelchair FINAL**
• 200m men para wheelchair FINAL**
• 100m women FINAL*
• 100m men FINAL*
• High jump women FINAL*
• Long jump men FINAL*
• Javelin men FINAL*
• Hammer throw men FINAL*
• Shot put men FINAL*
• 400m hurdles women FINAL*
• 400m hurdles men FINAL*
• 1500m wheelchair men FINAL**
• 800m women FINAL*
• 800m men FINAL*
• 400m ambulatory men FINAL**
• 200m women FINAL*
• 200m men FINAL*
• 100m hurdles women FINAL*

London 2012 Athlete Tracking!

The following document serves as a guide to track Canadian athletes who have made Olympic and Paralympic standards, and what athletes need to accomplish to secure their place on the Olympic or Paralympic  team.
The tracking sheets are updated as athletes reach standards.

PARALYMPIC TRACKING: LATEST VERSION - MAY 31

• London 2012 tracking - men & women