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European Karate Federation meets to discuss impact of major events

The European Karate Federation discussed the impact of its events ©WKF

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Fairview council meets to discuss events and programs

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The Fairview town council met on May 3. The SOS Event, set to happen downtown on Jun. 18 at 6 p.m, will have twenty carnival games, volunteers, and will have many businesses taking part. Food vendors have also been booked. 

The street will have to be blocked off (101 ave to 102 ave). 

The agreement with Northwestern Polytechnic to have use of the theatre is almost finalised. 

A request for the development of the back area at the Fairview Medical Clinic is set to be given back with a decision by May 18. 

A potential event idea discussed at the meeting was a dinner theatre event in the park. 

Councillor Flemming discussed a Women in the North Conference event. 

“It’s interesting to see it from both sides. The younger generation [is] looking at establishing new businesses [and] the older generation have been doing it for [years]–it gave the approach to  business from our local people,” said Flemming. 

 The Alberta Advantage Immigration Program was also discussed. The program is an economic immigration program that requires immigrants to contribute to the economy.  

A community must give an application to participate and indicate what jobs are available in the area. Support would be given by another group, such as a non-for-profit group. 

Music in the Park and Community Tailgate Sale will happen on May 14, Jun. 25, Jul. 16, and Aug. 13 from 1:30 p.m to 3:30 p.m in Hemstock Park. The event will have live music. 

A car show is also expected to occur with 100 cars. 

In regards to Community Services, it was discussed that garbage cleanup has started, as well as inspections of parks. 

A Community Centre Facebook page has also been developed. 

The development of a stage in town was discussed. 

It was said that the new stage shouldn’t be placed in the Hemstock Park or the Fine Arts Centre space and that it could be put in the Heart of the Peace Park. It was also said that there isn’t enough information on it to be developed since no one has been listed as responsible for it. 

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Owls Set Three School Records and Win Two Events at Pair of Meets – Kennesaw State University Athletics

Owls Set Three School Records and Win Two Events at Pair of Meets - Kennesaw State University Athletics


By: By Hunter McKay

Crimson Tide Invitational Final Results | Georgia Tech Invitational Final Results

Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 

The Kennesaw track and field teams finished competition at the Crimson Tide Invitational and the Georgia Tech Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) on Saturday.
 
School Records

 
Event Winners

  • Sarah Hendrick won the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 2:03.67.

  • Jasmine Akins won the long jump at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a mark of 6.26m (20’6.5″).

 
Top Performances (Crimson Tide Invitational)

  • Caleb Hartley landed a personal-best toss of 51.02m (167’5″) finishing second in the open portion of the men’s discus.

  • Corbin McLean (13.45 seconds), Olivia Brown (13.71 seconds) and Kywana Donahoo (14.44 seconds) took second, fifth and eighth in the women’s 100m hurdles.

  • Jayla Mobley posted a time of 55.78 seconds to secure seventh in the women’s 400m.

  • Reece Burton landed a throw of 60.42m (198’3″) to finish eighth in the men’s javelin.

  • Louise Tocays posted a wind-aided time of 11.70 seconds and grabbed fourth in the women’s 100m.

  • Tocays ran a time of 23.61 seconds to finish second in the women’s 200m.

  • Sultan Simms cleared 2.11m (6’11”) to finish fourth in the men’s long jump.

  • AJ Johnson got over the bar at a personal-best height of 5.15m (16’10.75″) to finish fourth in the men’s pole vault.

  • Courtney Lawrence took home eighth in the men’s shot put with a mark of 18.14m (59’6.25″).

  • Malik Hussie (21.30 seconds) and Aaron Goodwin (21.37 seconds) secured eighth and 10th in the men’s 200m.

 
 
KSU Director of Track and Field Cale McDaniel on the Weekend
“Another great opportunity for our program this weekend in Tuscaloosa and Atlanta. These young people took full advantage. Congrats to Kali, Anthony, Gavin, Sarah and all the men on both relays for establishing new school records. We also had some solid performances from Corbin McLean, Louise Tocays, Sultan Simms and many more. It’s always nice to mix it up with the big names in track and field and that’s exactly what we did this weekend. Now it’s time to fine tune and get ready for championship season.”
 
NEXT UP
The Owls will travel to Athens, Ga. to compete in the Torrin Lawrence Memorial on April 29-30.
 
Keep up with Owls track and field teams by following KSU on Twitter at @KSUOwlNation and @KSUTrackFieldXC, on Instagram @ksuowlstrackxc  or by liking Kennesaw State Owls on Facebook.
 
 
 
 

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Strong Showing in Field Events Leads Penn State on First Day of Split-Squad Meets – Penn State University Athletics

Strong Showing in Field Events Leads Penn State on First Day of Split-Squad Meets - Penn State University Athletics

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Penn State track and field teams collected seven event victories and two field event sweeps on a successful opening day of split-squad action at the UCF Knights Invitational and Raleigh Relays Friday.

In addition to the seven event victories, multiple athletes achieved personal records and top-10 program placements in the strong Penn State showing Friday.

Indoor Big Ten runner-up Katie Jones kicked the day off in Orlando with a first-place finish in women’s pole vault, clearing a height of 4.00m. The win began a dominant string of field events for Penn State that saw Tyler Merkley come out on top of a Nittany Lions men’s discus sweep, with a throw of 52.11m. Senior Thomas Bojalad and sophomore Duane Knisely rounded out the sweep with throws of 51.13m and 48.23m, respectively. The duo followed up by also placing second and third, respectively, in men’s shot put, with marks of 16.69m and 16.24m.

Indoor Big Ten bronze medal winner Breanna Gambrell won the women’s long jump with a mark of 6.24m, setting both a new outdoor personal record as well as the eighth-best jump in Penn State history.

Strong performances by the men’s throwers continued after first-year Collin Burkhart spearheaded another Nittany Lion sweep, winning the men’s javelin with a new personal best throw of 68.19m. Kevin Bartosh followed in second with a throw of 65.06m, and Tristan Schmidt completed the sweep with a distance of 61.48m. On the women’s side, the duo of Madison Smith (44.37m) and Ryann Brundage (40.79m) placed second and third in strong showings.

Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year Mallory Kauffman saw two top-3 finishes on the day, as she placed third in women’s discus with a toss of 45.58m before finishing second in women’s shot put with a throw of 16.82m.

On the track, Penn State saw a sweep of the 400m hurdles from both the men’s and women’s side, as both Godwin Kabanda (54.08) and Antoninette Bradley (1:00.42) secured first-place finishes. Ka’mere Day won the men’s 200m dash with a new personal best time of 21.02.

In their outdoor debuts, Korbin Martino finished fourth in the men’s 200 with a personal best time of 21.45, and Allen Taylor finished second in the men’s 400m hurdles with a 54.92.

In the Raleigh Relays, Madaline Ullom ran the ninth-fastest women’s 1500m in program history with a time of 4:20.27. Makenna Krebs achieved a new personal best time of 4:29.01. Senior Connor McMenamin led Penn State in the men’s 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:03.26. 

Penn State closed out the day in the 5000m race, with Faith DeMars running a time of 16:27.07 and Alison Willingmyre running a 16:35.41. Sophomore Sophia Toti finished with a time of 16:40.34.

The Nittany Lions will resume action in Orlando tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. ET, beginning with women’s hammer throw.

 

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Fairview Council Meeting meets to discuss budget analysis and potential events

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On Mar. 1, the Fairview town council carried through the motion regarding Tony Prypysh’s application to be the member-at-large representative for the library board for the Town of Fairview. 

The Alta. budget analysis was also released on Feb. 25. There will be a 1.5% increase in the education work requisitions, zero funding for any economic development projects, $64 million for EMS. There was no change in MSI funding, a 52% decrease in infrastructure grants in comparison to 2021, and in general, a 2.4% increase in health services. 

The provincial budgets had a surplus amount of around $500 million. With $62.6 billion in revenue, there was $62.1 billion in expenditures. 

The council discussed the possibility of putting in electrical vehicle parking lot stations, but the property of interest, the GPRC Fairview Campus parking lot on the south end, must be owned before implementation. A grant cannot be applied until this location is owned.

The RCMP live town hall, planned for Feb. 22, was cancelled. No new date has been confirmed. 

The Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF), to be discussed on Mar. 7, will go over the community centre business plan. 

The Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting (AGM) is set to occur on Mar. 17. Councillor Paul Buck will be presenting on behalf of the Economic Development Committee. 

Councillor Buck also presented to the council an event idea on behalf of the Recreation Advisory Committee, stating, “The Dunvegan gold rush [is] a new thing that we’re working on. We’re hoping to get off the ground this year. [A] triathlon, biking, canoeing, swimming, running type of event that they did in the 80s, and we want to bring it back in the summer.”

There was a concern that crossing the Peace River by canoe may be a liability issue. 

An event for people aged eighteen years and up has been planned for Jun. 18. There are hopes that downtown bars will open beer gardens for this event. 

Discussed at the last Fairview town council meeting on Feb. 15, the name for the pond located on the east side of Highway 732 by the Cummings Lake Recreation Area and Fairview Golf Course has been decided by town council. “Ruby’s Pond” was decided. 

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Olympics Live Updates: Peng Shuai Meets With I.O.C. President

Olympics Live Updates: Peng Shuai Meets With I.O.C. President
Credit…Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

After finishing a disappointing 14th in the 5,000-meter speedskating race at the 2018 Olympics, Nils van der Poel did not skate again for almost two years. He barely even trained, in fact. Instead, he joined the Swedish army and became an ultramarathon runner, among other pursuits.

And then he came back. Van der Poel won the 5,000-meter race Sunday night in 6 minutes 8.84 seconds, an Olympic record. His gold medal-winning performance came a year after he set two world records, and he is a heavy favorite to win gold in the 10,000 meters on Friday.

After his victory, van der Poel spoke at length about his unusual training plan and where he finds the motivation needed to be an elite athlete.

How are you setting world records while also not living, eating, breathing speedskating?

When you are a professional athlete in a sport that sucks as much as speedskating sucks, you’ve got to find a way to make it suck a little less. And whatever you can get inspired by, you need to find that.

Perhaps the guy who trains the most wins. Perhaps it’s like that. It is pretty likely. So what do you have to bribe yourself with to train more than the others? If you can find the answer to that, perhaps you can win the Olympics.

What is the answer for you?

So I did like 20 ultras. One thousand sky dives. I served in the army for a year. I did a lot of parties. I went snowboarding a lot. I did a lot of ski mountaineering. I biked the entire Sweden.

All since 2018?

Not all of it, but most of it.

So it was like, I had to make it adventurous, because I knew there would come a time when it wouldn’t be adventurous no more, when I would lock myself up in Inzell* for two months just going for it. But I knew if I wanted to endure that, I had to, like, build up a mountain of motivation because I’m going to need that motivation one day.

*Inzell is a German town where many speedskaters train.

You can’t do speedskating day after day?

I don’t think so, no. No. It is too monotonous to me.

I love it. I really love this sport. More than most things. But if you’re going to train as much as it’s needed, you’ve got to, you’ve got to love it, man. And if you want to keep loving it, I mean, you’ve got to work for it. It is like a relationship. It doesn’t come to you. It doesn’t become perfect. You’ve got to work for it.

I think the mistake I made when I was younger was that I didn’t work for my motivation. I expected my motivation to be there. It’s not. It’s not going to be there. You’ve got to chase it. A lot harder than you chase your opponents. You’ve got to chase your motivation.

Because what if you wake up and you want to train? What if that happens every day? Perhaps you will be the one who trains the most.

Is this your last season?

I’ve been trying to quit two times and I haven’t succeeded. I don’t think I’ll succeed this time either. Maybe.