WCSSAA Track: Records are Made to Be Broken

After the change in 2004 to new age categories for high school track and field, the respective WCSSAA track and field records were reset.  Reason being the old "apples to apples" phrase ---- when I competed (in the era of the "3 year junior" for regular sports), grade 12s born after September 1st would still be eligible to compete in the junior track and field ranks.  Nowadays, it's restricted to grade 10s, so you can see the difference we're talking about there.

At any rate, I'll take a quick look at some of the top track performances from the recent TrackWars 2010 event and we'll see what has to happen for some records to be broken.  Of course, these are just results from one early-season meet and people are generally running a lot better by the time they get to WCSSAA.  Also keep in mind that conditions, etc., can have a big impact on results.

***The Bolded Events are, in particular, ones to keep an eye on***

100m Dash (Midget Girls):  Tegan Sauer, Forest Heights - 13.11
WCSSAA Record (New):  12.03

100m Dash (Junior Girls):  Jenny Carrique, Grand River - 13.32
WCSSAA Record (New):  12.26

100m Dash (Senior Girls):  Chisomo McHaina, Southwood - 12.65
WCSSAA Record (New):  12.75, 2006 - Lesley Cira, Waterloo CI
WCSSAA Record (Old):  12.01, 1995

100m Dash (Midget Boys):  Jordan Sherwood, Cameron Heights - 11.85
WCSSAA Record (New):  11.22

100m Dash (Junior Boys):  Mitch O'Donnell, Forest Heights - 11.36
WCSSAA Record (New):  11.09

100m Dash (Senior Boys):  Devon Rittinger, Forest Heights - 11.23
WCSSAA Record (New):  10.46

800m Run (Midget Girls):  Brooke Lidstone, Preston - 2:41.28
WCSSAA Record (New):  2:26.99

800m Run (Junior Girls):   Victoria Jones, Bluevale - 2:35.44
WCSSAA Record (New):  2:32.95
WCSSAA Record (Old):  2:13.1 (1995)

800m Run (Senior Girls):  Simonne Tomasovic, Cameron - 2:29.20
WCSSAA Record (New):  2:17.00

800m Run (Midget Boys):  Ian Anderson, Forest Heights - 2:18.10
WCSSAA Record (New):  2:09.28

800m Run (Junior Boys):  Joel Webster, Southwood - 2:12.13
WCSSAA Record (New):  2:10.15
WCSSAA Record (Old):  1:52.6 (2000)

800m Run (Senior Boys):  Abdu Zaghlol, Jacob Hespeler - 2:05.18
WCSSAA Record (New):  1:59.43

1500m Run (Midget Girls):  Breanne Lyons, Glenview - 5:30.25
WCSSAA Record (New):  4:56.11

1500m Run (Junior Girls):  Taylor Martin, Cameron - 5:29.53
WCSSAA Record (New):  5:13.77

1500m Run (Senior Girls):  Meghan Hankins, SJAM - 5:31.55
WCSSAA Record (New):  4:35.50

1500m Run (Midget Boys):  Ryan O'Donnell, Galt - 4:57.98
WCSSAA Record (New):  4:35.53

1500m Run (Junior Boys):  Joel Webster, Southwood - 4:39.31
WCSSAA Record (New):  4:24.06

1500m Run (Senior Boys):  Abdu Zaghlol, Jacob Hespeler - 4:20.07
WCSSAA Record (New):  3:56.46

4x100 (Midget Girls):  Bluevale, 58.49
WCSSAA Record (New):  54.25

4x100 (Junior Girls):  Forest Heights, 55.26
WCSSAA Record (New):  52.97

4x100 (Senior Girls):  Cameron Hts, 52.69
WCSSAA Record (New):  52.31
WCSSAA Record (Old):  50.10 (Cameron Heights, 1990)

4x100 (Midget Boys):  Forest Heights, 49.96
WCSSAA Record (New):  48.43

4x100 (Junior Boys):  Grand River, 47.29
WCSSAA Record (New):  46.16

4x100 (Senior Boys):  Forest Heights, 43.94
WCSSAA Record (New):  44.66
WCSSAA Record (Old):  42.4 (1992 - Cameron Heights)

4x400 (Open Girls):  Cameron Heights, 4:22.14
WCSSAA Record (New):  4:18.61
WCSSAA Record (Old):  3:58.20 (1991 - Cameron Heights)

4x400 (Open Boys):  Bluevale, 3:38.24
WCSSAA Record (New):  3:34.54
WCSSAA Record (Old):  3:24.9 (1984 - Eastwood CI)