High Jump Clinic with Boswell & Boateng

Attention all high jumpers, their coaches, clubs and Track & Field fans!
Canada's two best high jumpers, Mark Boswell and Kwaku Boateng, are providing a clinic for BC athletes.

The clinic will take place on June 5, 2003 at 6:00 pm at Clement Track (North Side), Minoru Park, Richmond, BC.

In this 1.5 - 2 hour clinic you will hear some really useful advice from the top Canadian performers in High Jump. Bring your questions and they will try to answer them. If you are lucky enough you can get a postcard with their autographs. Do not miss this rare opportunity to learn from the leading athletes of the Canadian Team!

Registration

$5 for BC Athletics members, $10 for non-members.

Click here for on-line registration (secure form). Printable version here (text).

Instructor/Athlete Profiles

Mark Boswell - High Jump

PERSONAL DATA:
Sex: Male
Height: 189 cm
Born: 28 SEP1977
Weight: 66 kg
Birthplace: Mendeville, JAM
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Brampton, ON, CAN
Club: Lightning Track and Field Club
Residence: Austin, TX, USA
Coach: Dan Pfaff
Languages: English
Occupation: Full-time athlete

PERSONAL BEST:
High Jump- 2.35m - 1999 World Championships, Seville, ESP (23AUG99)
2.35m - Golden Gala, Rome, ITA (Jun 30, 00, Jul 12, 02)

2002 CANADIAN RANKING: 
High Jump - 1st - 2:35m - Gala Rome Jul 12

2002 WORLD RANKING: 
High Jump - 4th - 2:35m - Gala Rome Jul 12

PAST PERFORMANCES:

2002
Gala Rome 2.35
Athens, Greece 2.33
Zurich, SW 2.33
Eberstadt, Ger 2.33
Goodwill Games, Manchester, GBR 1 2.28
In 2002 season 15 jumps 2.25 m and higher

2001
Goodwill Games, Brisbane, AUS 4 2.31
World Championships, Edmonton, CAN 7 2.25
Francophone Games, Ottawa, CAN 1 2.31
Canadian Championships, Edmonton, CAN 1 2.23
World Indoor Championships, Lisbon, POR 12 2.20

2000
Olympic Games, Sydney, AUS 6 2.32
Canadian Championships, Victoria, CAN 1 2.31
NCAA Championships, Durham, NC, USA 1 2.31
NCAA Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, AK, USA 1 2.33

1999
World Championships, Seville, ESP 2 2.35
Pan American Games, Winnipeg, CAN =1 2.25
World University Games, Palma de Mallorca, ESP 2 2.30
Canadian Championships, Winnipeg, CAN 3 2.15
NCAA Championships, Boise, USA 1 2.33

1998
NCAA Championships, Buffalo, USA 10 2.15

1997
World Championships, Athens, GRE 8GpA 2.23
Canadian Championships, Abbotsford, CAN 1 2.28

1996
World Junior Championships, Sydney, AUS 1 2.24
Olympic Trials, Ottawa, CAN 2 2.05
Canadian Junior Championships, Kitchener, CAN 1 2.20

HUMAN INTEREST:
Boswell is the Canadian record holder in the high jump...he won a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships, setting a Canadian record of 2.35m...also broke the Canadian Indoor record at the 2000 NCAA Indoor Championship with a jump of 2.33m...won an unprecedented 4 consecutive NCAA Championships and 19 consecutive high jump titles...was awarded the gold medal (tied with countryman Kwaku Boateng) at the 1999 Pan American Games after first place Javier Sotomayor of Cuba tested positive...is the 1996 World Junior high jump champion and after entering the competition ranked 12th, he set a personal best performance (2.24m), he became the first and only Canadian to ever win the World Junior Championships...his 2.33m win at the 1999 NCAA Championships lead the world rankings in JUN 99, and tied the Canadian Outdoor record with Milt Ottey (1986)...has been most influenced by his club coach, Gary Lubin, and his mother for her support without pressure...in 1996, he was honoured by the City of Brampton and presented with a special plaque from the Mayor...was named by Maclean's magazine as one of "100 Canadians to Watch"...

Boswell grew up in Jamaica where his family was involved in track - he tried everything, including the shot put, but was afraid to try high jump because they didn't have any landing mats...moved to Canada in 1988 and started high jumping...father is Levi and mother is Norma...has 3 sisters: Norma, Yazmine and Claudette...attended Central Peel High School, which raised funds to assist with his trip to the 1996 World Junior Championships in Australia...had to forgo his senior year of his scholarship in order to concentrate completely on the Sydney Olympics...returned to Texas JAN 01 to fulfill his College diploma requirements....would like to pursue a career in business...enjoys music, reading and collecting sports cards...

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Kwaku Boateng - High Jump

PERSONAL DATA:
Sex: Male
Height: 182 cm
Born: 30 JUN 1974
Weight: 80 kg
Birthplace: Eastmont, GHA
Marital Status: Married
Hometown: Montreal, QC, CAN
Coach: Daniel St-Hilaire
Residence: Montreal, QC, CAN
Occupation: Graphic Artist
Languages: English

PERSONAL BEST:
High Jump - 2.34m - Meeting Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO (03JUL00)

2001 CANADIAN RANKING:
High Jump - 2nd - 2.31m - Francophone Games, Ottawa, ON, CAN (21JUL01)

2002 WORLD RANKING (as of June 3, 2002):
High Jump - 8th

PAST PERFORMANCES:

2002
Commonwealth Games, Manchester, GB 2 2.25
Eugene, OR 2.25
Osaka, JAP 2.24
Canadian Championships, Edmonton, CAN 2 2.24
10 jumps over 2.20 in 2002 season

2001
World Championships, Edmonton, CAN 9 2.25
Francophone Games, Ottawa, CAN 2 2.31
Canadian Championships, Edmonton, CAN 2 2.20
World Indoor Championships. Lisbon, POR 12 2.20

2000
Olympic Games, Sydney, AUS 12 2.25
Canadian Championships, Victoria, CAN 2 2.28
Grand Prix II Meeting Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO 1 2.34

1999
World Championship, Sevilla, SPA 6 2.29
Pan American Games, Winnipeg, CAN 1 2.25
Canadian Championships, Winnipeg, CAN 1 2.24

1998
Canadian Championships, Montreal, CAN 1 2.15

1997
Canadian Championships, Abbotsford, CAN 3 2.14

1996
Canadian Championships, Kitchener, CAN 1 2.24

HUMAN INTEREST:
Boateng was awarded the gold medal (tied with countryman Mark Boswell) at the 1999 Pan American Games after first place Javier Sotomayor of Cuba tested positive...3-time Canadian high jump champion...

Boateng came to Canada in 1994 and now attends Concordia University in Montreal, where he studies computer graphics...is currently employed as a graphic artist...his wife, Dianetia Stewart, is a student - they married on 08 FEB 97 in Montreal...they had their first child this past winter, a son, Kwaden ...father Alexander is a chief...mother Betrice Brikorang is a business woman...Boateng is the youngest of 5 children - he has a sister and 3 brothers...enjoys basketball, walking around with friends and shopping...

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