Results

Week of February 10th-16th

Aaryanna Kurucz (Idaho) @ Boise State Challenge (Boise State U.)
400m 59.04 (9th)

Katarina Vlahovic (Iowa St.) @ Iowa State Classic (Iowa State U.)
60m Hurdles Heats 8.45 (1st)
60m Hurdles Final 8.44 (2nd)

Kenny Blackman Jr. (Trinity Western) @ Husky Classic (U. of Washington)
60m Heats 6.96 (5th)
60m Finals 6.95 (5th)

Jasneet Nijjar (Washington St.) OFF
Cedric Iyumva (Trinity Western) OFF
Jordan Jacobs (Simon Fraser) OFF
Anastas Eliopoulos (Universal Athletics) OFF

Week of February 3rd-February 9th (Monday-Sunday)

Aaryanna Kurucz (Idaho) @ Idaho Team Challenge (U. of Idaho)
400m 59.02 (3rd) *Collegiate PB
200m 25.71 (4th) *Collegiate PB

Katarina Vlahovic (Iowa St.) @ Frank Sevigne Husker Classic (U. of Nebraska)
60m Hurdles Heats 8.42 (2nd)
60m Hurdles Finals 8.33 (2nd) *All-Time PB

Jasneet Nijjar (Washington St.) @ Idaho Team Challenge (U. of Idaho)
60m Heats 7.98 (7th)
60m Final 7.96 (6th) *Collegiate PB
Shot Put 7.24m (6th) *Collegiate PB
Long Jump 5.20m (18th) *All-Time PB

Kenny Blackman Jr. (Trinity Western) @ New Mexico Collegiate Classic (U. of New Mexico)
200m 22.42 (16th)
60m 7.01 (21st)

Cedric Iyumva (Trinity Western) @ New Mexico Collegiate Classic (U. of New Mexico)
200m 23.76 (41st)
60m 7.34 (47th)

Anastas Eliopoulos (Universal Athletics) @ Pandas Open (U. of Alberta)
60m Heats 7.04 (5th)
60m Semifinals 6.98 (7th) *All-Time PB
60m Finals 7.00 (6th)
60m Hurdles Heats 8.34 (1st)
60m Hurdles Finals 8.18 (1st) *All-Time PB & Meet Record

Harry Jerome Indoor Track and Field Meet
Saturday 02-02-2020

Some Universal athletes started the competition season with performances at the Harry Jerome Indoor meet in Richmond, on Saturday February 1. All of our athletes competed with skill, and displayed the type of attitude for which our club is well known. We are proud of all our competitors. Thanks to Coaches Jessie, Dave and Jasmine for supporting our team.
A VERY Special Shout Out to:

Sunny Rai, competing in her FIRST EVER MEET, setting a PB in the Open Women’s 60 metres.
Aaysia Williams, setting a new meet record for U14 women in the 60 metres.
Our U18 men’s 4X200 team for the bronze medal. Congratulations to Jason, Tom, Robin and Harvir!

Full results in the Top 8 position are:
60 Metres
U14 Women, Aaysia Williams 1st
U18 Women Charity Obazughanmwen 1st
Open Women Jordan Jacobs 3rd
U16 Men Michael Fox   3rd
Open Men Kenny Blackman     2nd    Cedric Iyumva   6th

60 Metre Hurdles
U16 Women Tanya Dhanoa 3rd
U18 Women Jasman Bhullar 2nd
Open Women Manreet Sangha   1st

Relay 4X200 Men    3rd

National Championships

Universal wrapped up the 2019 track and Field Season with success.
The Canadian U20 and Senior Nationals were held in Montreal. Our congratulations to:
Kenny Blackman 3rd U20 100m.
Katerina Vlahovic 4th U20 100MH
Aaryanna Kurucz 5th U20 400MH

Thanks to Coach Jessie and Super Parent Marsha for supporting our athletes.

The Canadian Legion Nationals for athletes U18 and U16 were held in Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
Great results from:
Prab Wicramaarachchi 6th U18 400MH
Kristhina Vlahovic 2nd U16 80MH
4th U16 200MH
Thanks to their families for attending the meet and supporting their competition.

BC HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP
May 30-June 1, 2019

17 Universal athletes participated BCHS Championships in Kelowna. Our members competed with discipline, dedication, and respect. During the three day meet, and under very warm conditions, multiple finals were reached, and many awards earned. Even more importantly there were a tremendous amount of Personal Best finishes.

Our appreciation to Coaches Jessie, Luca and Sabrina and Officials Kevin and Sue. Special shout-out to older UAC athletes Kenny, Natasha, Aaryanna and Kat for traveling to Kelowna to support our high school athletes.

Top 8 finishers as follows. * indicates a PB performance

Grade 8
Tanya Dhanoa 200m 7*
Evander Sandhu SP 3*
Keerat Dhillon SP 5*
DT 5

Junior (Grades 9-10)
Krysthina Vlahovic 80 MH 2*
300MH 3*
Charity Obazughanmwen 100m 3*
200m 2
Charn Nijjar DT 3*
SP 7
Congratulations to all our athletes and to their families.

Senior (Grades 11-12
Prab Wickramaarachchi LJ 2
400 MH 2*
4X100 relay 1
4X400 relay 1
Manreet Sangha 100MH 7*
Jag Gill 100m 4*
200m 5*
Jordan Jacobs 200m 4
4X100 relay 1
4X400 relay 1
Simran Bangar SP 5*
DT 7
Jasneet Nijjar 100m 1*
200m 1
100MH 1*

South Fraser Junior Olympics Result

Congratulations to all our athletes competing in the Junior Olympics They competed well, demonstrated respect, and had lots of enthusasism! Thanks to Coach Komi and Jasmine for supporting our athletes at the meet.

Top 8 places went to:
Kai McCutcheon, 9yr G   Shehneet Sanya 11yr G Ashlygn Nahal 12yr G   Sareena Binng 13yr G
60m 2nd 60m 7th 200m 6th   200m 8th
100m 2nd   300m 5th
60mh 1st
Long Jump 2nd

Sahib Gill 13yr B   Sukhman Gill 10yr B Harjap Mattu 12yr B
200mh 2nd   60mh 5th Long Jump 7th
High Jump 1st

Fraser Valley High School Championship Result

Congratulations to all our athletes competing in the Fraser Valley Championships and qualifying for the BC High School Championships. They competed well, demonstrated respect, and were good sports. Thanks to Coach Jessie, and Officials Kevin and Sue for supporting athletes at the meet.

Top 8 places went to:
Senior Women (Grade 11-12)
Jordan Jacobs   Manreet Sangha   Simran Bangar Prab Wicramaarachchi Jasneet Nijjar
100m 4th 200m 5th Discus 3rd   Long Jump 2nd   100m 1st
200m 3rd 100m 5th Shot Put 4th 400 MH 1st   200m 1st
100MH 1st
Prab and Jordan were first and final runners on both Walnut Grove Secondary’s winning teams    4X100 relay 1st    4X400 relay 1st
Walnut Grove Secondary was the winner of the Senior Women Team, and also the Overall Team winner.
Jasneet was selected as the Fraser Valley Aggregate winner of all Senior Women.

Senior Men
Jag Gill 100m 3rd 200m 7th

Junior Women
Charity Obazughanmwen   Krysthina Vlahovic   Jasleen Grewal
100m 2nd 100m 7th 1500m 7th
200m 1st 300MH 1st
80MH 2nd
Krupa Patel was part of the 4x400 relay for her school, Guilford Park

Junior Men
Charn Nijjar   Harvir Panesar Robin Gill
Shot Put 2nd   100m 7th Triple Jump 5th
Hammer 3rd   200m 5th
Discus 2nd

Grade 8 athletes advancing to the BCHS Championship will be announced in the next week.
Grade 8 Women   Grade 8 Men
Tanya |Dhanoa Keerat Dhillon Evander Sandhu
100m 4th Discus 1st Shot Put 2nd
200m 7th   Discus 8th

South Fraser Valley Invitational Result

Junior Women
Charity Obazughanmwen       100m 1st
200m 1st
Senior Women
Jasneet Nijjar 100m               1st
Manreet Sangha 100MH            2nd
Prab Wicramaarachichi           400m               1st
400MH            1st
Open Women
Jasmine Gill 200m               1st

Junior Men
Harvir Panesar 100m               4th
                                                200m               2nd
Manav Gill 400m               7th
                                                800m               1st
Senior Men
Cedric Iyumva 100m               5th
200m               4th
Jag Gill                                   100m               6th
200m 2nd
Kenny Blackman 100m               1st
200m               1st

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY OPEN MEET

The SFU meet was held on Sunday April 7, 2019, which was an outdoor season opener for some of our older athletes. All athletes competed in one age group, so our high school athletes were in the same group as University athletes. Thanks to Coach Jessie and Coach Luca for supporting our athletes, and Sue for working the meet as a BCA Official.
Top 8 results were as follows:
Manreet Sangha 100MH 1st
Jordan Jacobs 100m 3rd
Kenny Blackman 100m 5th
Jag Gill 100m 6th
Charity Obazughanmwen 200m 3rd
Jasneet Nijjar 400m 1st
Simran Bangar SP 4th DT 6th
Keerat Dhillon DT 4th HT 6th
Charan Nijjar DT 1st SP 2nd

UBC Invitational, March 29th, 2019

Kenny Blackman opened his outdoor season with a commanding win in the 100M with a time of 10.85.

Grade 11 Student Prab Wicramaarachchi ran a huge personal best 400 with a result of 59.37, her season opener taking her under the 60 second mark for the first time. Watch her in lane 2.

Congratulations to both of our athletes competing at UBC

Harry Jerome Indoor

The Harry Jerome Indoor Meet was held Saturday, February 2, at the Richmond Oval. UAC athletes competed very well, with many PB performances. Special thanks to other Club members, although not competing this weekend, who came out to cheer on their team-mates. We are proud of each and every one of you.
Special shout out to Emily Kydd who was the meet Secretary.

Top Five Results as follows:
U 16 Women:
Krysthina Vlahovic                        60 metre hurdles            1st
U 18 Women
Charity Obazughanmwen            60m                                    2nd
Open Women (18+)
Jasneet Nijjar 60m                                    1st
60 metre hurdles            1st
Manreet Sangha 60 metre hurdles            2nd
Jordan Jacobs 60 m                                    3rd

Open Men (18+)
Kenny Blackman 60m 1st
Amar Sandhu 60m 4th

Check out this amazing video, made by our Jasmine Gill!

BC Junior Development Championship

Four UAC athletes ventured to Kelowna for the JD Championships this past weekend. The temperatures were very hot, but our athletes competed well, and were great representatives of our club.

Top Eight results were:
Keerat Dhillon Gold (Discus)
Gurleen Mander Gold (Discus, Shot Put)
Jasleen Nagra Silver (100m), Bronze (200m), 7th (200mH)
Mangot Nagra 8th (60mH)

Well done UAC, and thanks to Coach Sabrina for supporting our athletes.
Special appreciation to our parents who helped at the meet.

BC SUMMER GAMES RECAP

The Games were in Duncan on Vancouver Island, July 19-22.

Great congratulations to Praise Aniamaka who broke a 25 year old BC Summer Games Triple Jump record with a 13.30 metre jump!!

Universal members participated in the BC Summer Games in many different ways.

Thanks to UAC coaches Iuliana, Sabrina, Jasmine and Komi for giving of their time to support the zone teams at the Games.
Special thanks to Zone 3 coordinator Julie Sillars.
Kevin and Sue were working at the Games with the BCA Officials.
A good time was had by all!

Top 8 finishers were:

Zone 3
Mitchell Gibbs 100m, 3rd 200m, 2nd LH, 2nd
4x100, 1st
Taylor Sillars 300MH, 4th TJ, 2nd 4x400, 4th
Zone 4
Estella Mainella 100m, 3rd 200m, 3rd 4x100, 1st
Charity Obazughanmwen 200m, 4th 4x100, 1st
Nathan Chan 300m, 6th 4x400, 1stt
Praise Aniamaka 100mh, 2nd 300mh, 1st TJ, 1st 4x400, 1st
Charanjit Nijjar SP, 2nd DT, 2nd
Krysthina Vlahovic 300mh, 2nd 80mh, 7th
Kyu Yoon 4x400 1st

Zone 5
Robin Gill 300m, 7th

5th Annual UAC Track & Field Meet

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BC HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT

The 2018 BC High School Championship is history, and UAC has had our best results ever. We are SO proud of all our competitors.
Special recognition to coaches Jessie, Iuliana, and Luca for preparing our athletes, Kevin, Emily, Natasha, Sabrina and Sue for working as officials at the meet, and Julie for her management skills.

Be sure to read these articles and pictures by Howard Tsumura on the "Varsity Letters" blog about two of our athletes. Please Click Here for one, Click Here for the other.

Here are the Top 8 finishes from our wonderful athletes!

Grade 8 Girls:
Angelica Billows 4x100   8th
Jasman Bhullar   200MH   8th
Krysthina Vlahovic 80MH 1st
200MH 1st
Imani Washington 100m 3rd

Junior Girls:
Karman Kang   80MH   5th
Estelle Mainella 100m 2nd
200m 5th

Junior Boys:
Praise Aniamaka   100MH 3rd
300MH 1st
Triple Jump 1st
4X400 2nd
Nathan Chan 4X400 2nd
Mitchell Gibbs   Long Jump   2nd
4X400 2nd
Charn Nijjar   Discus 2nd
Shot Put 2nd
Taylor Sillars   4x400 2nd

Senior Boys:
Kenny Blackman 100m   1st
200m 2nd

Senior Girls:
Simran Bangar Discus 8th
Aaryanna Kurucz 400m 2nd
400MH 1st
4x100 1st
4x400 1st
Jasneet Nijjar 100m 1st
200m 1st
400m 1st
Amanda Moore 400m 4th
Katarina Vlahovic 100MH 1st
200m 2nd

Oregon Relays, 2018
UAC Travels to Hayward Field

Six Universal Athletics Athletes were selected for invitation to compete at the prestigious Oregon relays event in Eugene Oregon, April 14 and 15.

Amanda Moore, Kenny Blackman, Aaryanna Kurucz, Manreet Sangha, Jasneet Nijjar and Katarina Vlahovic traveled to "Track City" with their familes, and had a valuable developmental experience at this large meet with a high level of competition.
Coach Jessie accompanied the UAC group.

Top 8 finishes from UAC were:
Katarina Vlahovic 1st 100m   12.19 1st 100MH 14.19
Jasneet Nijjar 2nd 100m   12.22 1st 200m 25.14
Aaryanna Kurucz         4th 400m 58.35 8th 4x400 1.47.61
Kenny Blackman 6th 100m 11.05         6th 200m 22.89

UBC Open Track and Field Meet
Friday March 30, 2018

A group of UAC senior athletes participated in the UBC Open on Saturday March 30, 2018. This was a great season opener for all of our athletes. Top 8 results are as follows:

UAC Women’s results:
Katarina Vlahovic 100mh 1st 14.50
Manreet Sangha 100mh 3rd 16.65
Jasmine Gill                  400m         8th 59.95
Aaryanna Kurucz 200m         6th 26.69
Jasneet Nijjar 200m         1st 24.97

UAC Men's Results:
Amar Sandhu 100m         2nd 10.81
200m         1st 22.03
Kenny Blackman 100m 3rd 10.97
Rocky Singh                  200 m 7th 23.27

Universal Results from Husky Indoor Open

Along with Coach Jessie, a group of UAC athletes traveled to Seattle to compete at the 2018 Husky Indoor Open at the University of Washington. Many Indoor PB's were achieved during this very high level competition.

Top Ten Results include:
Open Men
Amar Sandhu 60m 7th, 200m 4th

Open Women
Katerina Vlahovic 60 metre hurdles 3rd, 60 metres 9th
Jasneet Nijjar 60 metres 7th, 200 metres 2nd
4X400 relay 5th (Jasmine Gill, Natasha Friedmann, Jasneet Nijjar, Aaryanna Kurucz)

Harry Jerome Indoor Games

The Harry Jerome Indoor Games, February 3, 2018, was a tremendous success for Universal Athletics. All of our athletes competed well, and most achieved Personal Bests at this very early season event.

Highlights:
Midget Boys 4X200 relay team (Sillars, Aniamaka, Chan, Gibbs) set a meet record with their gold level performance.
Jasneet Nijjar achieved a meet record in the 60 metres for youth women, and
Iyimi Fagbamiye set the 12 year old boys 60 metre record, both winning gold medals.
Outstanding Youth Womens athlete of the meet: Jasneet Nijjar
Outstanding Open Womens athlete of the meet: Katarina Vlahovic

Special recognition to Universal Official Emily Kydd for her operation of the new entry and results technology for the meet.

Congratulations to all our athletes, coaches, officials, and families

Full results are on the Harry Jerome website, Click Here. Club results below.
Check out this article from the Jerome site, including some UAC photos. Click Here.

UAC results: Women
Women's Midget 14-15, 60 metre hurdles
1st VLAHOVIC, Krysthina 9.51
2nd KANG, Karman 9.74
3rd MAINELLA, Estella 9.88

Women's Open, 60 metre hurdles
1st VLAHOVIC, Katarina 8.89

Womens's Youth 16-17, 60m hurdles
1 NIJJAR, Jasneet 8.97 10
2 SANGHA, Manreet 9.71 8

Women's Open, 60 metres
1st VLAHOVIC, Katarina 7.75
5th FRIEDMANN, Natasha 8.23
8th MOORE, Amanda 8.28

Women's Youth, 16-17 60 metres
1st NIJJAR, Jasneet 7.84

Women's Midget 14-15, 60 metres
1st MAINELLA, Estella 8.08
4th VLAHOVIC, Krysthina 8.46

Women's 12 Year Old, 60 metres
2nd NAGRA, Jasleen 8.91

Women's Midget 14-15, 300 metres
8th BHULLAR, Jasman 48.48

UAC results: Men
Men's Midget 14-15, 60m Hurdles
3rd ANIAMAKA, Praise 9.08
5th SILLARS, Taylor 9.81

Men's Open, 60 metres
2nd SANDHU, Amarveer 6.96
3rd BLACKMAN, Kenny 7.04

Men's Youth 16-17, 60 metres
2nd IYUMVA, Cedric 7.30

Men's Midget 14-15, 60 metres
1st GIBBS, Mitchell 7.49

Men's 12 Year Old, 60 metres
1st FAGBAMIYE, Iyimi 8.40

Men's Midget 14-15, 300 metres
2nd ANIAMAKA, Praise 39.84

Men's Open 600, metres
4th DAVIS, Shemar 1:32.09

Men's Midget 14-15, 600 metres
3rd. GILL, Robin 1:37.05

Men's Midget 14-15, 4 x 200m Relay
1st UNIVERSAL ATHLETICS CLUB 1:44.46

Men's Midget 14-15, High Jump
1st SILLARS, Taylor 1.55m

2017 Results

The 3rd Annual Universal Track & Field Meet

It was a grand weekend of sun, competition, PB's, samosas, podium photos, and friendship as athletes participated in the UAC 3rd Annual Meet on July 1-2, 2017. Our appreciation to all competitors who joined us this past weekend.

A tremendous thank you to everyone in our "Universal Family" who came out to support our club, and made the meet run smoothly.
Special thanks to the 23 wonderful BCA Officials who honoured us as they volunteered their time and skills to make our meet a success. You are the very best!

Results for the 3rd Annual UAC T&F Meet can be found in the PDF below.