The Hamilton Hammerheads had a fantastic showing at the Ontario Summer Games in Sudbury, including a gold medal individual performance by Rui Xu in the boy’s race and a bronze medal showing by Heather Summers in the girl’s race. Sean Mackinnon and Aleksa Despinic both placed fourth, while Kent Hambly was fifth. Trevor Clark (15) and Gallacher Patterson (21) also had great showings in the boy’s race.
Julia Stacey finished seventh in the girls race, while Paige Tate finished 13th, Nicole Sulewski was 21st and Maddie Ross managed to overcome an extra 3 km of biking to finish 25th.
In the relay event, the Festival region team, made up of Rui, Sean, Aleksa and Heather took the gold medal. The rest of the team were put on other teams and all had fantastic performances. Overall it was a fantastic day of racing and the Hammerheads, which had more athletes (11) than any other club in the province, did exceptionally well.

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The Ontario Association of Triathletes held their Inaugural Draft Legal Provincial Championship in Ottawa on July 31. Members of the Hamilton Hammerheads were well represented in the Junior Championship (16-19 year old) and 14-15 year old development categories. 

In the Junior Men’s Championship, Taylor and Austin Forbes placed 8th and 9th, respectively; David Hopton 12th, and Derek Hambly finished 14th.  In the Junior Women’s division, Chelsea Mackinnon capped her race with an impressive run to take third place and Julia Stacey came in 10th position.

In the newly established 14-15 year old draft legal development race, Sean Mackinnon secured second place with a very fast bike split while Kent Hambly’s outstanding run led to a third place finish for the men.  On the women’s side, Heather Summers was first and Paige Tate took third with Natalie Stacey (5th) and Aleksa Despinic (9th) also placing well in a highly competitive field.

At the National Capital Triathlon held earlier the same day, Ian Mackinnon took third position in a field of 89 competitors while Ian Summers was second for his age group in the Sprint Event (9th of 252 overall). 

In total, 11 Hamilton Hammerhead athletes in a 15-16 year old category have qualified to compete in the 2010 Ontario Summer Games to be held in Sudbury next week.  Congratulations and good luck to Trevor Clark, Aleksa Despinic, Kent Hambly, Sean Mackinnon, Gallacher Patterson, Maddie Ross, Julia Stacey, Nicole Sulewski, Heather Summers, Paige Tate, and Rui Xu.

This year 13 Hamilton Hammerheads were recognized at the Breakfast of Champions put on by Sport Hamilton at Carmen’s Banquet Center on December 2, 2009.  All 13 were Provincial Champions during 2009.

Fin Adams was Provincial Gold Medalist for Tyke Girls Indoor Track 400m and 800m, in York on Mar. 1, 2009. Fin was also the Provincial Gold Medalist forTyke Girls Outdoor Track 800m, in Mississauga on July 19, 2009.

The Midget Girls Cross Country team of Phoebe Cseresnyes, Heather Summers, Karen Thompson, Aleksa Despinic, Jacklyn Lloyd, Kaitlyn Pansegrau, Paige Tate won the Athletics Ontario Gold Medal in King City on November 15th.

The Mite Boys Cross Country Team were Provincial Champions at the Minor Track Association Cross Country Championships in Burlington, on October 24, 2009.  Team members were Owen Jones, Liam Boatsmith, Jesse Manzin, Sydney Flageole-Bray, Adam Shenker.

The Hamilton Spectator also featured two of the Mite Boys on the front page.

  

photos by Sport Hamilton