Provincial Championships
3/24/2009

Oakville Speedsters Successful at K-W Provincial Championships

 

March 14-15, 2009

 

 

There were 163 elite speed skaters in attendance from all over the Province of Ontario, with Oakville having 30 members compete.  As a Club, Oakville qualified the largest number of skaters in the Province.  In order to compete at the Provincial Championships, skaters had to be ranked in the top 15 of their respective age class category.

 

Oakville proved to be once again, extremely competitive in having in excess of 50% of   Oakville skaters competing in the Primary Super Finals on Sunday.  Oakville brought home a record for the Club of 15 Medals: 8 in their respective age class categories and seven in Relay Races. Gold:  Tiago Santos, Joshua Sullivan, Emma Hobson; Silver:  Hal Malcolm, Sean McAnuff, Samuel Chin-Cheong; Bronze: Ryan McAnuff and Zoe O’Neill.  Relay Races:  Hazel Garde, Katie Quesnelle, Sean McAnuff, Ryan McAnuff, Zachary Lin, Blake Sullivan and Samuel Chin-Cheong.

 

Oakville also had 6 members who finished top 5 placements in their respective age class categories:  Anne Marie Gildea, Eli St. James, Nicholas Kothleitner, Zachary Lin placed 4th; Katie Quesnelle and Blake Sullivan placed 5th.

 

Nicholas Kothleitner, as a first year Bantam, entered the Club’s Sub 60 Club, where a skater skates his/her 500m race in less than 60 seconds.

 

As a result of their ranking throughout the season at Ontario Cup competitions and their finishing placement at the Provincials, 8 Oakville skaters were named to Team Ontario to compete at the Canadian Championships being held in Cambridge March 27th to 29th, 2009.  Congratulations to:  Patrick Duffy, Zachary Lin, Ryan McAnuff, Samuel Chin-Cheong, Sean McAnuff, and Emma Hobson.  Katie Quesnelle and Blake Sullivan were named as Alternates.