• Good Luck to Everyone Competing at the National Track & Field Championship This Weekend

  • massive-dev  |  July 6, 2016

Good luck to the athletes competing at the 2016 National Track and Field Championships in Edmonton this weekend. BCWSA will be sending its largest contingent ever: 10 athletes and 4 staff. A special congratulations to Dakoda Darling and Ryan Schweizer, who are competing in their first nationals ever.

The BCWSA athletes attending are:

  • Jessye Brockway (F57) – Seated Shot Put
  •  Dakoda Darling (T54/F57)– 100m, 200m, 400m, Seated Javelin, Seated Discus
  • Nathan Dewitt (T34) – 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m
  •  Djami Diallo (T34) – 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m
  •  Peter Isherwood (F52) – Seated Discus, Seated Shot Put
  • Ryan Schweizer (F51) – Club Throw
  • Sedrick Skabar (T53/F54) – 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, Seated Discus
  • Tristan Smyth (T54) – 400m, 1500m, 4 x 400m Relay
  • Eddy Solla (F34) – Seated Shot Put
  • Michelle Stilwell (T52) – 100m, 400m

 
Coaches:

  • James Hustvedt – Provincial Wheelchair Racing Coach
  •  Michelle McDonell – BCWSA Staff
  • Lisa Myers – Provincial Seated Throws Coach
  • Jennifer Schutz – Apprentice Wheelchair Racing Coach

 
To view the entire schedule for the athletes, click here.

You can cheer our athletes on via livestream here or see their results here.

Here’s a more detailed schedule for BCWSA athletes. Note that times are in local time, and are one hour ahead.

Thursday July 7
Racing
6:10pm – 100m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T33/34/51/52)
6:15pm – 100m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T53/54)
6:20pm –  100m Men para wheelchair FINAL (T34/51/52)
6:25pm – 100m Men para wheelchair FINAL (T53)
6:30pm – 100m Men para wheelchair FINAL (T54)
7:35pm – 1500 Women para wheelchair FINAL
7:45pm – 800 Men para wheelchair FINAL (T34/53)
7:50pm – 800 Men para wheelchair FINAL (T54)
 
Friday July 8
Racing
1:15pm – 400m Men para wheelchair Semi Final (T54)
5:40pm – 800m Women para wheelchair FINAL
5:50pm – 400m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T34/51/52)
6:00pm – 400m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T53)
6:10pm – 400m Men para wheelchair FINAL (T54)
 
Saturday July 9
Racing
11:05am – 200m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T33/34/51/52)
11:10am – 200m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T53/54)
11:20am – 200m Men para wheelchair FINAL (T34/51/52/53)
11:25am – 200m Men para wheelchair FINAL (T54)
7:30pm – 1500m Men para wheelchair FINAL
 
Throws
10:00am – Javelin & Club throw Seated Men FINAL
12:30pm – Javelin & Club throw Seated Women FINAL
1:30pm – Discus Seated Men FINAL
3:30pm – Discus Seated Women FINAL
 
Sunday July 10:
Racing
1:40pm – 400m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T33/34)
1:45pm – 400m Women para wheelchair FINAL (T52/53/54)
3:40pm –  4 x 400m Para Wheelchair Relay FINAL
 
Throws
10:30am – Shot put Men FINAL
1:00pm – Shot put women FINAL