See the 2018 Indoor Highlights in the Gallery!
Summer Camp 2018
Outdoor Season will begin on April 24th 2018.
At this time we will be accepting new registrations!
Practices will be held Tuesday’s and Thursday’s 6:30-8:00pm at Loyola Catholic School 4010 Sladeview Cres. Mississauga ON , L5L6B1 and Sundays 3:00-4:30pm St. Marcellinus Secondary School; 730 Courtneypark Drive West, Mississauga ON, L5W 1L9
2017 OFSAA Cross Country Championships
The Mississauga Olympians would like to congratulate Sandra Guga for qualifying for the 2017 OFSAA Cross Country Championships. Sandra competing as a first year senior this year, ran a time of 26:33.9 for her 6km race, finishing 79th overall in a field of 271 competitors. Way to go Sandra! For representing yourself and the Mississauga Olympians Track and Field Club
Indoor Season 2017-2018
Our indoor season training has begun. The schedule will be as follows:
November 6th 2017– March 31st 2018
York University 231 Ian Macdonald Blvd North York ON
Days: Mondays and Wednesdays
Time 6:30pm-8:00pm
Lisgar Middle School 6755 Lisgar Dr. Mississauga ON
Day: Thursday
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Quantum Fitness (Upper Level) 914 Burnhamthorpe Rd West Mississauga ON
Day: Sunday
Time: Gr. K-5 3:00pm-4:00pm, Gr.6-12 3:30pm-4:30pm
Sunday September 24th Practice Cancelled!
Today’s practice due to the hot weather alert that issued for the GTA and surrounding areas. Practice resumes Tuesday September 26th.
Fall Season – 2017
The Mississauga Olympians Fall Season will begin at 6:30p on Tuesday September 19th 2017 at Loyola Catholic Secondary School. At this time we are accepting new registrations for children age 5-18 and of course welcoming back all past participants.
PRACTICE LOCATIONS
Loyola Catholic Secondary School
Address : 4010 Sladeview Crescent, Mississauga
Days : Tuesday and Thursday
Time : 6:30 – 8:00pm
St Marcellinus Secondary School
Address : 730 Courtney Park Rd West, Mississauga
Day : Sunday
Time : 3:00 – 4:30pm
MO Summer Camp
Want to learn to Run, Jump Throw? Mississauga Olympians is offering a Summer Camp this year to help youth ages 7-14 with skill development guided by The Long Term Athletic Development framework (LTAD). The camp will consist of specific track and field events in the morning session. The afternoons will consist of playing various team sports and activities, arts and crafts , cooperative games and other team-building games and activities, that complement morning activities. Every child should bring lunch, snacks and a reusable water bottle to camp each day, Please respect that we are a “Nut Aware Environment”.
Some of the track events will include:
* Middle Distance Racing: 400/800 meters
* Longer Distances and Cross Country Running
* Sprints: 60/80/100/200
* Long Jump
* Relays
* Throws
Inclement Weather
In case of bad weather, we will move to shelter in a designated area until it is suitable to restart activities. On rainy days, each child should bring a towel, change of clothing and a rain jacket to camp.
Summer camps will run for 6 weeks from July 3rd-August 11th 2017. Please click here to register.
For more information on our programs please contact us at www.mississaugaolympians.com
info@mississaugaolympians.com or 905-997-2713
MO Athletes at OFSSA
OFSSA; the largest High School track and field event in Canada and 3rd largest in North America behind Texas and California. This year MO was well represented by 4 of our very talented ladies, Sandra Guga, Titilayomi Sijuade, Tunlano Oladipo & Tia Luke. Sandra competed in the Junior girls 1500m and finished 18th overall. Titi and Tunlano helped power the Midget girls 4x100m relay team of Loyola to a silver medal. Tia competed in the Junior girls High Jump and finished 11th overall. It is a very big achievement to make it to OFSSA and these ladies were very competitive in their respective events.
Congratulations to you all for working hard and attending the big show. Keep pushing for even bigger achievements.
May 28th – Kitchener Results
Results have been posted for the May 28th meet in Kitchener. Congratulations to all athletes.
Click here for the results.
MTA Indoor Championship – Congratulations Athletes
Day 1 of the Minor Track Association Indoor Championship lived up to it’s anticipation highlighted by the performance of the Mississauga Olympians Track and Field Senior Boys 4x200m relay team at the Toronto Track and Field Centre. The 4 speedsters, Diarra-James Powell-Burgess, David Hurst Jr., Jalon Rose and Jadon Rose, powered their way to a 1st place finish while setting a new record. The previous record (1:36.90s) set in 2009 was ousted by the Olympians boys with a blistering time of 1:36.79s. The foursome continued their success throughout the day. Twins Jadon and Jalon Rose finished 1 and 2 in the Senior Boys 60m final with times of 7.36s and 7.37s respectively while David Hurst Jr. and Diarra-James Powell-Burgess finished 1 and 2 in the Senior Boys 400m with times of 56.26s and 56.56s respectively. Day 2 was equally as exciting with more exhilarating performances starting with the Senior Girls 800m where Olympians athlete Nicole McKenzie ran to a 1st place finish and personal best of 2:21.71s.
There were many other outstanding performances by Mississauga Olympians athletes throughout the weekend.
Day 1 Highlights: Atom Girls 400m Nyla Cuffy – 1:06.73s – 3rd place Senior Girls 400m Nicole McKenzie 58.89s – 1st place Jaden Mullings 1:01.54s – 2nd place Senior Girls 60m Shiloh Boswell 8.07s – 3rd place Senior Girls Long Jump Jaden Mullings 5.07m – 1st place Tyke Girls 4×200 Meter Relay Aliyah Whyte, Dorian Powell-Burgess, Meadow Nash & Naomi Shillingford – 2:21.34s – 3rd place Senior Girls 4×200 Meter Relay Naomi Layne, Shai Cuffy, Nicole Mckenzie & Jaden Mullings – 1:47.64s – 1st place Mite Boys Long Jump Cahjay Warwick 3.05m – 1st place Atom Boys 4×200 Meter Relay Kynu Samuels, Darrius Mullings, Connor-Jay Cassells-Watson & Isaiah Luke – 1:55.91s – 1st place Senior Boys Long Jump – 5.33m – 2nd place Diarra-James Powell-Burgess
Day 2 Highlights: Tyke Girls 200m Naomi Shillingford – 30.33s – 2nd place Senior Girls High Jump Jaden Mullings – 1.60m – 1st place Senior Girls 1600M Sprint Medley Relay Shiloh Boswell, Shai Cuffy, Naomi Layne, Nicole McKenzie – 4:27.82s – 1st place Tyke Boys 200m DJ Luke – 31.17s – 3rd place Atom Boys 200m Isaiah Luke – 26.34s – 1st place Atom Boys 1600M Sprint Medley Relay Darrius Mullings, Isaiah Luke, Connor-Jay Cassells-Watson, Kynu Samuels – 4:42.30s – 1st place Senior Boys 200m Jalon Rose – 23.40s – 1st place Jadon Rose – 23.76s – 2nd place David Hurst Jr. – 23.97s – 3rd place
Congratulations to all athletes for their hard work. This wraps up the indoor season for the Mississauga Olympians Track and Field Association. We will continue competition for the outdoor season starting in May with many local meets in the GTA as well as travelling to the US for international meets.
MTA Championship – Full Results
The results from Day 1 have been posted. Click here to browse.
No Practice Mar. 27th – Apr. 2nd
Please be advised there are no practices for the week of March 27th – April 2nd. The new schedule will be posted shortly.
Congratulations Naomi Layne
We would like to wish congratulations to Naomi Layne for finishing 3rd and setting a personal best in the Bantam Girls 300m at the Athletics Ontario BMJ Championship. Naomi ran 43.07s to better her previous time of 43.25s. Congratulations Naomi! Keep up the hard work!
Congratulations to the MO Athletes of Excellence
On February 25th, the Minor Track Association held it’s annual Rick Westwood Athlete of Excellence Banquet. MO was well represented and our athletes brought home an abundance of hardware. Congratulations to the following athletes for coming to the track with Purpose, for striving for Progression and for Persevering to be a better you.
Jasaiah Swaby, Nicole Mckenzie, Shai Cuffy,
Diarra-James Powell-Burgess, David Hurst Jr., Jadon Rose, Jalon Rose
Congrats Nicole McKenzie – Team Ontario Member
Congratulations to Nicole McKenzie on finishing 1st place in the 800m and powering the 4x200m relay team to a win at the Team Ontario vs. Team Quebec meet on February 11th. Nicole ran the 800m in a time of 2:22.37. Thank you for your hard work and for representing MO. Keep up the hard work!
No Practice at York Friday and Saturday
Please be advised that there is NO practice today, Friday February 10th and Saturday February 11th. The track is being used for track meets on both days. Practice will resume on Monday, February 13th.
Congratulations Nicole McKenzie – Team Ontario
Congratulations goes out to Nicole McKenzie who has qualified as a member of the Team Ontario. Nicole will be representing the Mississauga Olympians and Ontario in the Ontario vs. Quebec Midget Dual Meet. We are very proud of Nicole and this huge accomplishment.
MO Athletes in the Mississauga News
Congrats to MO Athletes for being recognized in the Mississauga News:
Mississauga twins break track record: Rose brothers triumph at Bullet Indoor Games
Twin brothers Jadon and Jalon Rose from the Mississauga Olympians Track and Field Club each had a strong showing at the Brampton Bullets Indoor Games on Sunday, Jan. 22 at the Toronto Track and Field Centre.
Competing in the senior boys’ 50-metre dash, they each broke the previous Minor Track Association of Ontario record set by Wesley Best in 2008.
Jadon set the new standard, clocking in at 6.33 seconds, one hundredth of a second faster than his brother.
Full article can be found here.
Training at York
As the indoor competitions have now started, Saturday practice at York University will vary based on the availability of the track. Alternative practices dates and times will be communicated to you by email. This week there is a practice on Friday January 13th as the track is closed on Saturday.
