Hello all!!!!
Sorry for the delay, but once again being a student athlete means doing school work! Who would of thought! Anyway, to recap CIS in one word... WOW! As simple as that. To begin let's talk about it day by day.




Practice:
We walk into this new (to the Lancers) facility and are slightly impressed, nothing like home, but manageable. So we walk out to the center of the track where the circle is located... The way the staff at the Winnipeg track decided to set up the circle and cage for practice... was let's just say it was "flawed." The cage was at straight line with the back 100 of the track, which means that if someone were to throw out the left sector line... they would throw onto the track, where many of runners jumpers etc. were warming up. And as we all saw coming... it happened. A few weights got yanked out the left sector line onto the track, lucky no one was hurt seriously but one of our own distance runners got clipped and ended up with a bruise on his shin. After a few close calls one of the coaches decided it would be best to go stand over in that area and try and protect the people using the track. That worked for the most part. Problem number 2 with practice... Where the shots and weights were being released was directly into the path of the pole vault runway. Which meant if a pole vaulters had a longer approach then we had to move the barriers and stop all throws until they completed their jump. Thirdly was the distance they allowed for the barriers. As I explained earlier on in my blogs, heaves are a type of warm up for shot put and well generally go a lot further then a normal throw would go. With this being said once then men and some women started to heave the shots bounced right up and over the barriers and almost took out an athlete stretching. Now once that was all said and done and practice concluded it was time to hit the sack and get some sleep for the next day... the start of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Track and Field Championships.


Day 1
Rankings going into Women's Weight Throw:
Ami Schimanski- ranked #5
Steffi Stephenson- ranked # 8
Shea McLaughlin- ranked # 9




It was a decent morning in Manitoba and the weather actually wasnt that bad by afternoon. Women's weight throw began at 2.30pm sharp and got off to a bang!
In the first round Ami Schimanski let a bomb go off and threw a new school record of 17.21 and in her second round 17.22! Just amazing!! But not to be forgotten about Steffi Stephenson was after that school record previously held by Ami of just 17.03 and she ended up throwing 17.12m which was a new personal best for her but just fell short of the school record. Shea McLaughlin cannot be forgotten she ended up throwing 15.41 and coming in 11th place. Ami just missed the podium in 4th and Steffi right behind her in 5th position. This brought in some well needed points for the women's team.


Day 2
Rankings going into Women's Shot put:
Celine Freeman-Gibb- ranked 3rd
Steffi Stephenson- ranked 4th
Jacinta Cowan- ranked 5th
Shea McLaughlin- ranked 6th
Allison Loyst- ranked 10th




Having all 5 shotputters in the competition gave the Lancers a edge up on the rest of the women. Once the competition started at 8:15pm some big throws were hit by both York girls who were ranked number 1 and 2 coming into the CIS Championships. But in the end the winner was Celine Freeman-Gibb with a seasons best of 14.60m just 12cm off of her PB (and the school record) which was set last year at OUA Championships, Followed by Steffi Stephenson with her Seasons Best of 13.93cm placing her in 4th and only missing out on a podium position by 17cm close behind her was Shea McLaughlin with a throw of 13.83m rounding out in 5th. Only three of the potential 5 Lancers made it to the final however it was all worth it bringing in 19 points for the Lancers Women's team, the most points brought in by a single event. Allison Loyst missed the cut off for the final by only 22cm placing her in 9th position with a throw of 12.77m however having an amazing throw and the rookie Jacinta Cowan finished in 10th with a throw of 12.66m.




Day 3
Rankings going into Men's Shot put:
Andy Ysebaert- ranked 5th
Cole Bloxam- ranked 10th




Going into this competition the goal was to get both men into the final so they could accumulate more points for their team however this is the best competition that the CIS has ever seen for Men's Shot put. The winner from Guelph ended up throwing an impressive 18.31 which was only 17cm off of the CIS record in Men's shot put. But Andy Ysebaert (the men's school record holder in Shot put) broke even in the rankings bringing in 4 points for his team with a throw of 17.19m placing him 5th overall and Cole Bloxam missed out on the final by 2 places ending him in 10th place with a throw of 14.74.




Now for the final results of the Men's and Women's...
As favorites coming into the CIS the Lancers men's team fought a hard battle with injury and performances which ultimately ended them in 3rd place overall. Great Job Boy's! Next year we will all be waiting to see your come back story.
The women's team on the other hand was not favored to win but that didn't stop them from competing like true champions and defeating Guelph for the Lady Lancers 4th team title in a row. The Lancers Women's Team finished first overall and brought home the trophy once again! 4-peat!! Way To Go Ladies! I'm so proud of each and everyone of you!!!


I would like to make a special note that it is both Andy and Cole's last year on the Lancer Track and Field Team and I would like to say that they will both be missed around the circle and the track. It has been a great experience getting to know each of you individually and as a teammate. And I wish you both the best of luck in the furture. Forever a Lancer. 


And finally I would like to thank out Lancer's coaching staff a special thank you to our throws coaches Mike Miller and Nathan Lennie for keeping our dreams alive right until the end.


I hope you enjoyed this last and final post of the season. Thank you to all my readers and critics it has been a pleasure.


Yours truly,


---throwergirl :)

HELLO HELLO HELLO!!
After trying and trying my youtube throwing video has finally been uploaded! :)
It took some time to complete so I hope you enjoy it!
Also I know its a very plane and simple youtube channel but I will try and spice things up tonight!
---throwergirl :)
ps. tonight or tomorrow morining I will give you a recap of what took place at OUA's this past weekend! (I've been trying to catch up on school work this week)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPujqQXUqdM&feature=youtu.be

And here we are,

Today is the first day of OUA the Ontario championships for indoor track. As I sit in my hotel room there is not much to do other than watch countless pump up videos and focus on the task at hand. I compete tonight alongside my teammates for our shot at history. Events started at 2:30pm (technically 1:30 men’s weight throw but seeing as we don’t have anyone in that it’s slightly pointless to report about, however there were some monster throws coming in around 21m with the 35lbs weight.) Our first event with a Lancer in it is at 2:30pm... men’s long jump. I would like to take a moment to wish all lancers luck this weekend and in 2 weeks when the Canadian Championships take place in Winnipeg.

Today Men’s weight throw and Women’s shot put. Tomorrow Women’s weight throw and Men’s shot put. To give you a brief over view of what the (OUA) rankings look like heading into this weekend,

Overall team rankings: MEN 1^st WOMEN 2^nd

Women’s Shot put rankings: Celine Freeman-Gibb 3^rd, Jacinta Cowan 4^th, Shea McLaughlin 5^th, Steffi Stephenson 6^th and Allison Loyst 8^th.

Men’s Shot put rankings: Andy Ysebaert 2^nd and Cole Bloxam 7^th.

Women’s Weight throw rankings: Ami Schimanski 3^rd, Steffi Stephenson 6^th, Shea McLaughlin 8^th, Celine Freeman-Gibb 9^th and Allison Loyst 10^th.

Results will be posted as soon as possible and update will be made whenever I get internet access and my computer handy.

Thank you for supporting our Windsor lancers throwers and stay tuned for Tuesday uploaded YouTube video about throwing.

---throwergirl :)

Hello Everyone!
This is a podcast about throwing indoors! I have a special guest Allison Loyst, who is a second year nursing student and is also on the Windsor Lancers Throwing Squad. We are going to discuss her daily activities, elements of training and some of the other throwers.I hope you enjoy!
---throwergirl :)

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As promised here are the current women's throws placements in the CIS:

Shot Put

1. 14.75 * Cynthia Appiah

2. 14.01 * Celine Gibb

3. 13.92 * Jacinta Cowan

4. 13.82 * Elizabeth Petrov

5. 13.82 * Shealyn McLaughlin

6. 13.80 * Steffi Stephenson

7. 13.24 Jamie Waine

8. 13.14 Kristin Obrochta

9. 13.07 Allison Loyst

10. 13.05  Karla Gabruch

Weight Throw

1. 17.38 * Cynthia Appiah

2. 17.23 * Kristin Obrochta

3. 17.03 * Kristen Mackie

4. 17.02 * Ami Schimanski

5. 16.90 * Elizabeth Petrov

6. 16.43 Karla Gabruch

7. 16.00 Jenine McCutheon

8. 15.99 Cara Marcantonio

9. 15.93 Jamie Waine

10. 15.83 Steffi Stephenson

11. 15.71 Elizabeth MacDonald

12. 15.28 Shealyn McLaughlin

13. 15.15 Chelcie Kucharchuk

14. 15.04 Ciera Heshka−Wolf

15. 15.00 Chantelle Labrecque

16. 14.96 Celine Gibb  

17. 14.65 Allison Loyst 

* indicate auto qualification for the event. 

Athletes indicate Windsor Lancers. 

Welcome back!

I apologise for the delay, however, I have been extremely busy so this week I plan to make up for it.

Today’s topic will cover who the Windsor Lancer Throwers are and what they’re trying to accomplish this CIS season.

To begin, who are the Windsor Lancer Throwers?

The throws team consists of:

Ami Schimanski – 4^th year Philosophy

Steffi Stephenson- 4^th year Biological Sciences

Shea McLaughlin- 4^th Human Kinetics

Celine Freeman-Gibb- 3^rd year Human Kinetics

Allison Loyst- 2^nd year Nursing

Jacinta Cowan- 1^st year Criminology

Cole Bloxam- Bachelors of Education  

Andy Ysebeart- BA History and Bachelors of Education, continuing studies

With coaches, Mike Miller and Nathan Lennie

Now that’s out of the way, I will talk about what their goal is, rather what our goal is this season. The main team goal ultimately, is to win the men’s and women’s CIS title. Now within the throws sector our goal is to medal as many athletes as possible on the podium and to score as many points at both OUA and CIS championships.

Currently looking at CIS ranking as of February 6, 2012, both the women’s and men’s teams are ranked first in the country. Notable performance by the men’s throwers are Andy Ysebeart in the shot put and Cole Bloxam in the shot put ranked 2^nd and 8^th respectively in the country. On the women’s side notable performances are in weight throw Ami Schimanski 3^rd, Steffi Stephenson 9^th, Shea McLaughlin 12^th, Celine Freeman-Gibb  15^th, Allison Loyst 20^th and Jacinta Cowan 27^th in the country. I would like to just note these results are as of Friday February 10^th and therefore are not completely correct due to many outstanding performances this weekend.  I will update Women’s Shot Put results as soon as I know what they are and give you an accurate Women’s Weight Throw ranking as well.

Now, this season ultimately the goal is to win. Hands down, win the Men’s National Title and the Women’s National Title. For the men this would be back to back wins and for the women this would be their 4^th consecutive national title. However, there are many setbacks as a team in general. But individually the goals are the same, do the absolute best you can possibly do without any regrets. I can speak for myself on this one and say that not only have I been working my butt of since the end of august for this potential team National Title, I’ve been doing it for me too. I want to win, not just win a few meets here and there, NO, I want to win OUA’s and I want to win CIS. Now, I’m sure that many of your reading this are thinking, well isn't she cocky, but the truth is, I’m just being honest. It’s every athletes dream to be the best; they want to outperform every other competitor they have the heart, the soul, the drive to win. And it takes more than just a few push ups, sprints, cleans and jerks to get there. It takes months upon months of perpetration, both physical and mental. Eventually, it all comes down to a moment; one moment where you need to make a decision, “Do I go for it?” or “Do I play it safe?” the answer is GO FOR IT. I’m actually getting a little too far ahead of myself and I’ll pull this entry back into perspective. The Lancer Throws have a dream, we want to win both Men’s and Women’s National Titles, and each one of us dreams of being on top of that podium getting that gold medal, with a huge grin on our faces thinking to our selves this is it, this is what I’ve poured countless hours minutes and seconds into, to get here, this is it, take it in and never forget.

As I promised I will post new results hopefully by tomorrow and if not definably by Monday morning, of what the rankings are. I am also going to introduce our Multi-eventers, who compete indoors with a Pentathlon, in which one element is Shot Put. I will take you through a step by step process of what there preparation is and who it differs from a strict throws workout. As well I will talk to you about what other elements go into throwing, a behind the scenes look if you will at what it takes to be the best.

Until next time,

throwergirl :)

Hello again!!

Last time I said I would be talking about how does an individual get into throwing and I thought I would add in my own personal experiences too.

 To begin how does an individual get into throwing?
In most cases children grow up wanting to run, wanting to run in the 100m final at the Summer Olympics. Now the percentage of children who grow up to be world class sprinters is very low, however, if they are introduced to other events such as long distance running, jumping and throwing their chances increase, not by much, but they still increase. Being introduced to track and field events is usually dependent on the child’s parents and teachers. At a young age children are not aware of all the possibly events in track and field.
In grade school students get exposed to the different events, more specifically running and horizontal jumps. Vertical jumping and throwing is usually not introduced until high school. Even in high school if they do not have the equipment or the coaching staff some events cannot or are not made accessible for the athletes.
At the end of grade school and the beginning of high school this is generally when kids begin to start specializing in events. By this time if they are really into an event or group of events they can join a club team. Clubs usually have coaches in all event groups and are highly skilled and knowledgeable.
My personal experience was that in grade school I was introduced to throwing Shot Put. My gym teacher thought it would be a good idea for me to try it out and I did pretty well. When it came to high school I played soccer my first year and didn’t even think twice about track. In my second year I decided to give track another try because soccer was getting a little hard on the knees. I competed and qualified for OFSAA, myself and two others from my school were the only ones who went. This was when I fell in love with throwing.  You get to miss school because of meets, you get to practice outdoors in the sun for a couple hours each day, and when you’re at meets you get to meet people from all over and compete against people who are better than you, pushing you to try and win to be one better. It’s addicting to say the least. The adrenaline of the sport, walking into the circle or on to the run way everything goes quiet, and you focus. You body goes almost numb all you’re doing is focusing on the goal, the proper technique the finish... and then you go. You don’t think about it anymore you just do it. Safely exit the circle or run way and wait for the distance... This might be one of the most nerve racking experiences of your life depending on the competition. You generally know if it’s a good throw, but even then it is hard to judge the distance. Then the official reads the distance aloud (it's further than anything you have ever throw before, maybe it's breaking a school record, a meet record or maybe it is just your best throw of all time). You get filled with this over whelming emotion, it’s unbelievable, you jump for joy, some might cry others high five and some just stand there with their mouths open in awe. That’s one of the best feelings you can ever experience. I hope that each and everyone one of you has the change to experience something like that in the future or already has. It's something you will never forget.

Next time I plan to talk more in depth about who the Windsor Lancer Throwers are and what they’re trying to accomplish this CIS season.

---throwergirl :)