Nanaimo Track and Field athletes training for 2018 season
NANAIMO — Spring training sessions are underway at the Nanaimo Track and Field Club.
There are two sessions every week on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
The Rotary Bowl is divided up into a number of stations including running, high jump, javelin, and hammer throw.
Video from a typical training day at Nanaimo’s Rotary Bowl:
About 300 school aged kids are part of the club at various levels of competitiveness.
Mike Viers is the head power/speed coach for the NTFC and puts in 2-3 days a week working with local athletes.
He says there are a number of key competition dates coming up.
“We have the North Island Championships at the very beginning of May, Island High School Championships are May 16 and 17. BC High School Championships are the first weekend in June, and that’s the first big thing that happens with our club,” said Viers.
There’s also the Vancouver Island Meet Series which starts at the end of April.
Competitions take place in Victoria, Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Duncan, and Comox.
Nanaimo’s event is the annual Elwood Wylie Meet on May 26 and May 27.
One of the athletes expecting to have a successful year is 16-year-old hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg.