UBC - Canada's Prodigy Buidling Dynasty Capital

[152nd]

UBC Canada's new home to extremely unnecessarly amazing track & field athletes.

This year the Thunderbirds have hatched a flock of studdly freshmen, to add to there already potent nest.

3 British Columbia 95 12 15 19 23 26 32 47
Total Time: 2:05:34.91
Average: 25:06.99

Recent results have them scheduled for a break season, remenicent of a similar UBC team from the 90's

Only graduating 2 Sr.'s this year and possibly hatching more studdly young prodigies, Canada better get ready


"Now we will rule the NAIA" - MJ

Guelph was so 2008

[aklives]

152 is correct.

The trails and roads have not seen this much heat since the Golden UBC years...

The field is lead by Senior "Kamikaze" Kerry Kazuta off a scorching 24:51.51.

A close second is another Senior Ben "ThaRinga" Thistlewood - 25:00.47.

Ripping up the scene in third, is famous freshman, Luc "Bentley Crescent" Bruchet - 25:09.6

Fourth goes to 2nd year, Jordan "Build-It" Smith- 25:15.95 38

Another blazing freshman close behind Smith is Rowan "Ladysman" Forseth- 25:17.41.

3rd year, Nigel "The Real Coach" Hole hits up a huge PB - 25:22.62.

Adding to the punch is 2nd year Aidan "Redbeard" Kennedy - 25:47.

And rounding out the field is freshman Tim "Noisewater" Huebsch. 26:11

featuring McTavish "I love Chinese Food"- 27:30.



Thunderbirds going to be making some noise...

[forest]

Wait until there outdoor season

They could make a splash in the Canadian record books down the road, with there 4 x 800m crop.

At least 5 guys running 153 or faster, w/ 4 of them still have freshmen eligibility.

[tracktrashtalker]

wise words from a wise man...
the bricks have been laid, the entourage has been formed. we also have a key component in our franchise: Mark Bomba, you should all be shitting bricks right now. In the words of Shaq: Our dominance is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

[trackspike]

Sounds like you might ALMOST be good enough to compete in CI's again. (-;

[F.T]

Is Langridge running XC for UBC?

Oct 6, 2009 1:13:23 GMT -5 tracktrashtalker said:

In the words of Shaq: Our dominance is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

Lmao

[leroy]

152nd, care to comment on the "possibly hatching more studdly young prodigies" comment.

gimme a hint at least.

[gnardog]

Nice to see some enthusiasm and great running UBC! I had kinda forgotten about you guys now that there is no more SFU vs. UBC smack talk thread on here.
All the best!

[tracktrashtalker]

Oct 6, 2009 0:26:08 GMT -5 152nd said:

Guelph was so 2008

qfe

[tracktrashtalker]

Oct 6, 2009 11:24:52 GMT -5 trackspike said:

Sounds like you might ALMOST be good enough to compete in CI's again. (-;

HA! who won CIS's last year anyways? The Guelph gryphons? let's be completely honest right now, Carleton University could probably take them down at this point let alone a powerhouse like UBC, nuff said

[152nd]

2009 World Trials
University of Toronto

Men
200
Rohan Stewart 8th - 1
400
Joel Halcro 7th - 2
*Nathan Vadeboncoeur (taking his masters at UBC) 1st - 0
High Jump
*Mike Mason 3rd (graduated 2008, if we were CIS, he would have been 5th year) - 0
Discus
David Skermer 8th - 1
Javelin
Curtis Moss 2nd - 8
Decathlon
Reid Gustavson 1st - 10
*Mark Chenery had a score of 3677 after day one before he hurt his hamstring - 0
10km racewalk
Evan Dunfee 1st - 10
20km Racewalk
Inaki Gomez 1st - 10

Total: 42
*total: 58

Women
Discus
Lara Ter Laak 6th - 3
Javelin
Liz Gleadle (Canadian Record Holder) 1st - 10
20km Racewalk
*Megan Huzzey ((graduated 2008, if we were CIS, he would have been 5th year) 2nd - 0
Nicola Evangelista 4th - 5

Total: 18
*Total: 26


Canadian Junior Championships

Men
100m
Andrew Nathan 5th – 4
200m
Rohan Stewart 1st – 10
Andrew Nathan 6th – 3
400m
Rohan Stewart 1st – 10
Rowan Forseth 6th – 3
800m
Jordan Langridge 2nd – 8
Rowan Forseth 4th – 6
Aidan Kennedy 10th – 0
Luc Bruchet 12th (PB of 1:51.98) – 0
1500m
Luc Bruchet 2nd – 8
Jordan Smith 7th – 2
Decathlon
Ross Enns 2nd – 8

Total: 62


FISU team members
Liz Gleadle
Inaki Gomez
*Mike Mason
*Megan Huzzey
*Nathan Vadeboncoeur
**Curtis Moss – achieved standard twice within the period, but his second performance was not recognized by AC and was not selected to the team

Pan Am Junior team members
Luc Bruchet
Evan Dunfee
Ross Enns
Rohan Stewart

All male members of the BC Junior team in the events 100m-1500m were UBC athletes. Ross Enns also competed there and came 2nd in the Decathlon.

Francophone Games team members
Curtis Moss
Reid Gustavson
Rohan Stewart
Inaki Gomez
*Megan Huzzey




If you are looking for other reasons why we will become the track capital, here are some,

· A world class education; in 2008 we were ranked 34th in the World and 2nd in Canada ahead of schools like California Berkeley and New York University
· Canada’s most successful Athletic Program; no school in Canada has won more National Championships that we have in recent history.
o A few years ago, there was a very impressive statistic floating around: in the previous 7 seven years, UBC had won 27 national championships while the total number of national championships won by all of the schools in Eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes) combined was only 28
· A brand new $ 4 million dollar Track & Field facility on campus
· Pacific Spirit Park borders the campus and houses 1900 acres of temperate old-growth forest filled with 35 km of running trails
· Many on-campus training facilities such as 9 natural grass fields, 3 artificial turf fields, 5 weight rooms, wet and dry saunas, both indoor and an outdoor 50m pools, and full medical facilities (health clinic, physiotherapy, massage therapy, and hospital).
· Right on campus, the Allan MacGavin Sport Medical Clinic provides prompt access to some of the best sport medicine doctors in North America.
· One of the most beautiful campuses on earth; it is surrounded by ocean, mountains and forest
· The warmest climate in Canada (well maybe Victoria is 0.2° higher); it is conducive to training outside year round
o Vancouver averages less than 3 days a year where we receive more than 6cm of snow and the average winter temperature is 3.9 degrees
· The opportunity to study and train in Canada under a Canadian training philosophy combined with the opportunity to compete in an American outdoor Track season (unlike almost all other Canadian Schools)
o For both Cross Country and Track, UBC competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) which is an American league with over 200 schools
o 9 Coaches who have coached athletes to the International level, including 4 who have coached National teams at the International level

[MrSymonds]

I am not really sure what to think of all this. I am probably UBC XC's biggest fan and am glad to see some great results and the posts on here. But honestly this seems a bit much. I was always about the UBC/SFU rivalry, the we are going to beat you guys and then we are going to get smashed afterwards type of mentality. aklives kind of captured that. I always found it cool and motivating to see your name posted on here, whether or not it was a teammate saying you are going to rock it or the competition tearing you down. However, this thread seems to be more about we have a few good results and we are letting everyone else know that we are the greatest. We are so great that..... We are going to rule the NAIA.... Guelph was so 2008....

If you guys are going to make statements where you tear down a program that has dominated the CIS, and is the hotbed of post university running, you better make damn sure you can back that up. You gotta back it up with results now, not where you could be or will be in four years. Here's something to consider.

5 University of Guelph 209 15 18 34 45 97 116 143 24:24 0:55

or how about this from Willamette, an NAIA school,

Southern Oregon 41 2 5 10 11 13 29 39
Total Time: 2:03:19.16
Average: 24:39.84

I totally respect what you guys have done but if this is the mentality of the team, that's a bad sign. Honestly, I still think SFU has a better team than you guys this year. I wish you guys all the best and I hope you continue the strong results, just drop the arrogance until you can back it up.

[jordan1234567890]

.. Ya im Running XC but red-shirting as cross country is not my strongest sport and am waiting to develop later on in my cross country career as there is too much competition from my own team members to make the starting lineup.

In regards to the ' Prodigy'...Wait until Track. Nuff said!

[152nd]

Oct 6, 2009 17:51:48 GMT -5 MrSymonds said:

I totally respect what you guys have done but if this is the mentality of the team, that's a bad sign. Honestly, I still think SFU has a better team than you guys this year. I wish you guys all the best and I hope you continue the strong results, just drop the arrogance until you can back it up.

3 Simon Fraser 133 4 11 31 41 46 59 63
Total Time: 2:09:23.48
Average: 25:52.70

1 British Columbia 87 13 14 17 21 22 23 32
Total Time: 2:08:02.86
Average: 25:36.58

Depth? Take a look from 3-6? Are they really better? UBC had 6 guys under 25,50 at that meet 2 being freshmen and 2 being sophomores

Yes Guelph is Canada's hot bed for distance runners in the CIS and will continue to be dominant in Canadian running

UBC is making a serious resurgence, having 5 freshmen this year with 800m PR's under 155, ranging to XC where 2 have already ran under 25,20

I guess will see how they do against a CIS team when two weeks from now they face their fellow BC rivals, UVIC, in Portland

Maybe it's more safe to say watch out in the next few years as it could get very serious again out west

[phoenixvic]

Oct 6, 2009 15:28:34 GMT -5 152nd said:

The opportunity to study and train in Canada under a Canadian training philosophy

Sorry if my facts are dated 152, it's been awhile for me, but Marek's still running your program isn't he? He's got such a heavy Manitoban accent.


I am going to group you in with the rest of Vancouver, who just recently took their collective mouths off luongo's nuts, and let you know it's poor form to brag about how great you are just cause some guy joined your squad. Come post in November.

[ronb]

Good for you, UBC gang --- love the spirit....
I clearly remember being on the trail side in Halifax at the CIS Championships, and watching
Schiebler and Fell and Crook pushing the pace up front....wow, amazing stuff!
Unfortunately, I must remind you that you are no longer able to assess your cross-country team against the rest of the CANADIAN schools, because you are now quasi-American...
You will be down competing against various podunk U's from south of the border, while the true Canadian schools will be laying it down at the CIS Championships. This is partly just fun of course, but partly because I would love to see UBC/SFU at the CIS Champs....

[aklives]

Oct 6, 2009 17:51:48 GMT -5 MrSymonds said:

I am not really sure what to think of all this. I am probably UBC XC's biggest fan and am glad to see some great results and the posts on here. But honestly this seems a bit much. I was always about the UBC/SFU rivalry, the we are going to beat you guys and then we are going to get smashed afterwards type of mentality. aklives kind of captured that. I always found it cool and motivating to see your name posted on here, whether or not it was a teammate saying you are going to rock it or the competition tearing you down. However, this thread seems to be more about we have a few good results and we are letting everyone else know that we are the greatest. We are so great that..... We are going to rule the NAIA.... Guelph was so 2008....

If you guys are going to make statements where you tear down a program that has dominated the CIS, and is the hotbed of post university running, you better make damn sure you can back that up. You gotta back it up with results now, not where you could be or will be in four years. Here's something to consider.

5 University of Guelph 209 15 18 34 45 97 116 143 24:24 0:55

or how about this from Willamette, an NAIA school,

Southern Oregon 41 2 5 10 11 13 29 39
Total Time: 2:03:19.16
Average: 24:39.84

I totally respect what you guys have done but if this is the mentality of the team, that's a bad sign. Honestly, I still think SFU has a better team than you guys this year. I wish you guys all the best and I hope you continue the strong results, just drop the arrogance until you can back it up.

I agree with the "arrogance" factor. I just want to get our team pumped up-And to be honest, just being able to have such an amazing training group, and good all around guys should be enough. If we focus on that, and the fact we are blessed to have such an amazing place to train, success will follow. A little SFU bashing on the side doesn't hurt either...

[phoenixvic]

Oct 6, 2009 22:17:55 GMT -5 aklives said:

A little SFU bashing on the side doesn't hurt either...

Fair enough, but 152's not even botherin' with sfu, he's just hollering out to his new friends at ubc to come join him for a big ol' circle jerk on your new track.

If dyl or the twins ever represented sfu with such a lack of class, especially on the internet, I would have made sure I punched them in the balls the very next practice. It's called self-respect. One man just made your entire program look like self-absorbed douche bags. It's either sack 'em hard or accept that your mainly running on estrogen.


Man I forgot how much I loved this place.

[aklives]

Oct 6, 2009 22:42:17 GMT -5 phoenixvic said:

Oct 6, 2009 22:17:55 GMT -5 aklives said:

A little SFU bashing on the side doesn't hurt either...

Fair enough, but 152's not even botherin' with sfu, he's just hollering out to his new friends at ubc to come join him for a big ol' circle jerk on your new track.

If dyl or the twins ever represented sfu with such a lack of class, especially on the internet, I would have made sure I punched them in the balls the very next practice. It's called self-respect. One man just made your entire program look like self-absorbed douche bags. It's either sack 'em hard or accept that your mainly running on estrogen.


Man I forgot how much I loved this place.

Maybe its time to start-up some old threads then... forget the straight facts about the school, money spent on this or that, how much the grass cost on the infield.. and just get the heated rivalry jump-started once again. Another reason I came out here from Ontario-I liked what the two schools had going on (Achilles Cup etc).

[phoenixvic]

depends.... are you going to punch 152 in the balls? I don't want to be friends or rivals with someone who lets a teammate get away with that kind of shit. I assumed you were a west coaster, but if you're from ontario, you got no excuse to be this soft.

[tracktrashtalker]

Oct 6, 2009 23:03:22 GMT -5 phoenixvic said:

depends.... are you going to punch 152 in the balls? I don't want to be friends or rivals with someone who lets a teammate get away with that kind of shit. I assumed you were a west coaster, but if you're from ontario, you got no excuse to be this soft.

calm down, calm down, don't get a big dick!

but seriously, this is all in good fun man, there's nothing wrong with stirring up a little rivalry

[hybrid]

here's a little more trash talk. SFU's 4X400 B team will beat UBC this year. And the A team will sit back and watch

[152nd]

Oh really, well lets have a 4 x 800m? UBC will have and A & B team possibly a C team that will take SFU to school

[feens]

Last I checked, it's still XC season. Who cares about track races.

[hybrid]

cause tracks the sheit and its never too early to hype it up. Plus 4X400 is the money event

[Bomba]

..how the hell did my name end up in this one??

[Bomba]

..and isn't 152nd in reference to a street in Surrey?

[dgant]

I said this a few years ago, and I'll say it again now: PRs from Willamette do not count. Run on a real course then come here and talk some smack.

[dgant]

Oct 6, 2009 23:28:29 GMT -5 tracktrashtalker said:

Oct 6, 2009 23:03:22 GMT -5 phoenixvic said:

but seriously, this is all in good fun man, there's nothing wrong with stirring up a little rivalry

Rivalries are stirred up through slanderous rumor mongering regarding one's rivals sexuality, talk of which enemy females you might like to "lob it into", and facebook creeping of certain siblings, not sprouting off like some kind of perverted, skinny-white guy version of Terrell Owens.

But yeah, by all means fire up the smack, I've got a lot of time on my hands and fantasy hockey pools can only take up so much time.

[Angus Macaulay]

Sounds like we need to get all these teams on the same start line one of these days.

Regardless we could have a race, invite all the schools in Canada and call it something like the Canadian Intra-University Championships.... Wait...is that right?