Friday, June 29, 2012

200 METER - SILVER MEDAL!

Just finished the 200m FINALS with another ELITE time of 31.54!

I won a SILVER MEDAL for finishing SECOND!
Not happy with my performance thought I thought I should have done better!

CBC is live streaming over the internet for 4 hrs http://www.cbc.ca/sports/trackandfield/video/live/#id=2234952886
and if you missed the races you might be able to find the races on Youtube!

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

100 METER - GOLD MEDAL!

Just finished the 100m FINALS with an ELITE time of 17.11!

But there was an illegal wind so time does not count!

I did win a GOLD MEDAL for finishing FIRST!

Monday, June 25, 2012

NATHAN IS CALGARY BOUND!!!

Off to the Canadian Track & Field Trials in Caglary!

Foothills Athletic Centre is all ready to host athletes for the ‪2012 Trials‬ beginning on Wednesday!

SIX MORE DAYS UNTIL THE CANADIAN PARALYMPIC TEAM IS ANNOUNCED!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Olympic and Paralympic Standards Set Week of June 11 to 17

Olympic and Paralympic standards set week of June 11 to 17

http://athletics.ca/display_news.asp?newsid=1377

Photograph by: MATT LAW , Surrey NOW

Thursday, June 14, 2012

London's calling and Surrey sprinter is ready to answer at Paralympic Games

By Michael Booth, Surrey Now June 14, 2012 1:42 PM

Photograph by: MATT LAW , Surrey NOW

Guildford's Nathan Dewitt has met all the qualifying standards and now awaits the call to represent Canada at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

It took him 15 years to realize it, but Nathan Dewitt is built for speed.
The 21-year-old Johnston Heights Secondary grad has found his calling and now his wheelchair is aimed at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
"It's interesting because I've never really had anything that I was any good at or could be described as a talent," Dewitt said after taking a few warm-up spins around the track at Holy Cross High School this week. "I would say this is a talent though. It was just natural ability at first because I didn't really work out before I tried it; I was just naturally kind of bulky with the muscle and the drive needed for the sport."
Born with spastic dyplegia cerebral palsy, Dewitt is fortunate enough to be in the high functioning end of the disability spectrum. He can walk without support and is eager to try different sports whenever he can. Defying the doctors' initial prognosis, Dewitt is happy to prove he can excel at whatever activity he puts his heart into.
"I wasn't supposed to ride a bike, walk or anything like that - but I do it all," he said proudly. "I like trying new sports. When I was 15 I decided to try sledge hockey and that's where it started. Sledge hockey kind of kicked me into gear and I've been really active ever since. I've tried all kind of sports - wheelchair basketball, kneeboarding, sledge hockey, tennis and of course wheelchair racing."