QUINTE LEGION LYNX TRACK AND FIELD CLUB

Region's best source for track and field

Affiliated with Athletics Ontario, Minor Track Association of Ontario and The Royal Canadian Legion

In the Legion’s early days, Legionnaires promoted youth sports as a way to help children whose fathers or mothers were serving abroad. From these informal beginnings, the Legion developed local, provincial and national youth athletics programs.

Today, Legion Branches support youth sports in their communities and help channel athletes into the Legion’s Provincial and National track and field programs.

The Legion’s National Youth Track and Field competition is the only one of its kind in Canada and has come to be regarded as one of the best in the country. Annually, it helps hundreds of athletes aged 12 to 17 years to develop their potential and strive to become Canada’s future Olympians. In fact, many of our former participants have gone on to international and Olympic success.

Quinte Legion TFC had an amazing 2024 season for a small track and field club. With support of local legions; the club was able to send athletes to the 46th Royal Canadian Legion Canadian National Championships held in Calgary, AB. Where some 968 athletes from across Canada gathered to compete. Quinte Legion Lynx TFC placed 9th out of thirtynine track and field clubs in the country. The below highlights some of our athletes accomplishments over the past year.

THROWS
AIDAN CRAWFORD- 2024 U18 Athletics Ontario Champoinship Shot Put Bronze Medalist/2024 U18 National Indoor Championships Shot Put Silver Medalist/2024 Royal Canadian Legion District F Gold Medalist Javelin and Shot Put/Royal Canadian Legion Provincials Bronze Medalist Javelin and Shot put/2024 Athletics ON U20 Provincial Championships Silver Medalist Javelin/2024 U18 National Royal Canadian Legion Championships Silver Medalist Javelin

SYDNEY JOHNSON- 2024 U18 Athletics Ontario Champoinship Shot Put Gold Medalist/2024 Canadian National Indoor Championships Shot Put Gold Medalist/2024 OFSAA Gold Medalist Shot Put and fourth in Discus 2024 Royal Canadian Legion District F Gold Medalist Shot Put and Discus/ Royal Canadian Legion Provincials- Gold Medalist Shot Put and Discus/Royal Canadian Legion Nationals U18 Champion Shot Put

HIGH JUMP
JOSHUA THOMAS- Royal Canadian Legion District F Gold Medalist
Royal Canadian Legion Provincials Gold Medalist
Athletics Ontario U18- Gold Medalist
Royal Canadian Legion National Championships- Bronze Medalist

POLE VAULTING
Royal Canadian Legion District F- Isla B. Gold Medalist Griffin C. Silver Medalist,
Ben P. Silver Medalist, Rachel P. Bronze Medalist
Royal Canadian Legion Provincials- Isla B. 4th
Athletics Ontario U18 Championships- Griffin C. 6th Isla B. 9th
Athletics Ontario U16 Championships- Ben P. 5th