Best 2007 Performance:

High Jump - 1.76m
Triple Jump - 11.73m
100m - 12.92
200m - 26.69

Teams:

2007 - Royal Canadian Legion 15 yr-old Team
2006 - BC Summer Games Team

Future Goals:

World youths, juniors, nationals and eventually (hopefully) Olympics

Favourite aspect of track:

Travelling and meeting new people

Achievements:

2007 – Legion Championships High Jump, 1st – 1.76m, national meet record
2007 – Legion Championships Triple Jump, 2nd – 11.73m
2007 – BC Midget Championships High Jump 1st – 1.74m
2007 – BC High School Championships High Jump, 3rd – 1.69m

Best 2007 Performance:

100m - 11.16
200m - 22.83
Long jump - 6.82

Teams:

2007 – Royal Canadian Legion 15 yr-old Team
2006 – BC Summer Games team

Future Goals:

World youths, juniors, nationals and eventually (hopefully) Olympics

Favourite aspect of track:

Travelling and meeting new people

Achievements:

2007 – Royal Canadian Legion Championships Long Jump, 1st - 6.82m, national meet record
2007 – BC Midget Championships 100m, 1st – 11.34
2007 – BC Midget Championships Long Jump, 1st – 6.34m
2007 – BC High School Championships Long Jump, 1st

Best 2007 Performance:

400mH Junior - 60.92, #1 BC Ranked
400m Junior - 55.80, #1 BC Ranked

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

#1 Ranked BC Junior 400m - 56.28

Teams:

2007 – BC Western Canada Summer Games Team
2007 – Canadian Junior Team
2006 – Canadian Junior Team
2002 – BC Summer Games

Achievements:

2007 – BC Junior Championships 400mH, 1st - 61.85
2007 – BC Junior Championships 400m, 1st - 56.95
2007 – Western Canada Summer Games 400mH, 1st - 62.01
2007 – Western Canada Summer Games 400m, 2nd - 55.80
2007 – Canadian Junior Championships 400mH, 2nd - 60.92
2006 – BC High School Championships 400m, 2nd - 56.28

Best 2007 Performance:

1.71m - #2 BC Junior

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

1.72m - #2 BC Juvenile

Teams:

2007 – BC Western Canada Summer Games team
2007 – BC Junior team
2005 – Canada Summer Games team
2005 – BC Junior team
2004 – BC Juvenile Team

Achievements:

2007 – Canadian Junior Championships – Champion
2007 – BC Junior Championships – 2nd
2007 – BC-Alberta Dual meet – Champion
2007 – BC High School Championships – 2nd
2005 – Canadian Junior Championships – 5th
2004 – BC High School Championships – Champion

Future Goals:

Continue to compete at the University of Boston this fall, hopefully jump 1.75m soon. Eventually be able to make a Canadian Team.

Favourite Track Experience:

Meeting athletes from around the country at the National Legion Camp.

Best 2007 Performance:

1500m - 4:34
1500m SC - 5:07
2000m SC - 6:53
3000m - 11:12

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

Was injured

Teams:

2007 – BC Juvenile Cross Country Team
2007 – BC Junior Team
2007 – Canadian Pan Am Junior Team

Achievements:

2007 - Set new BC 2000m Steeplechase record 6:53
2007 - 6th Pan Am Juniors 3000m steeplechase

Future Goals:

Improve all my times and be successful with my new future at Illinois.

Favourite Track Experience:

Pan Am Juniors in Brazil

Best 2007 Performance:

2.06m - #1 BC Junior

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

2.00m - #1 BC Juvenile

Teams:

2007 - BC Junior, Senior and Western Canada Summer Games teams
2006 - BC Royal Canadian Legion Juvenile Team
2004 - BC Royal Canadian Legion Midget Team

Achievements:

2006 - Royal Canadian Legion Juvenile Champion
2004 - Royal Canadian Legion Midget Champion
BC Summer Games High Jump Record Holder

Future Goals:

Be the best I can be… make the Olympics and spread love of the sport.

Favourite Track Experience:

All of them… all part of the Shawn Swartz story.

Best 2007 Performance:

47.98m - #4 in Canada

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

40.61m - #3 Juvenile in Canada

Teams:

2004 - Summer Games Zone 6 Team
2004 - Midget Legion Team
2007 - BC Western Canada Summer Games Team/Dual Meet Team
2007 - BC JR Team
2007 - BC SR Team

Achievements:

Track and Field scholarship to SLU (Southeastern Louisiana University)
2004 - Gold in Javelin at Midget National Championships
2006 - 4th in Javelin at BC High Schools
2006 - 1st in Javelin at NAIG
2006 - 1st in High Jump at NAIG
2007 - 2nd in Javelin at BC High Schools
2007 - 2nd in Javelin at SR Nationals Championships

Future Goals:

My future goals are to break conference records and such as I head down to SLU for university this fall. I am aiming to be on the NCAA podium next year as a freshman, and would like to qualify for World Juniors this upcoming year along with breaking the Canadian junior record. As for long term goals I plan on making the FISU games in 2009 and as every other athlete to hopefully continue on to the Olympics one day maybe even 2012.

Favourite Track Experience:

The team trips traveling together locally, provincially, and even nationally. My favourite experience is getting the chance to compete with other elite athletes as teammates, opponents, and as friends. I enjoy being able to learn from others through these experiences to continue to move forward in becoming a well rounded athlete.

Best 2007 Performances:

100m - 10.91
200m - 21.87

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

100m – 10.99, BC #4 Junior
200m – 21.82, BC #1 Junior

Teams:

2002 Zone 3 Summer Games Team
2006 BC Junior Team
2007 BC Junior Team
2007 BC Senior Team

Achievements:

2006 - Gold in 200m at BC high schools
2006 - Gold in 200m at BC Junior Championships
2006 - Bronze in 100m at BC Junior Championships
2006 - 9th in 100m at Canadian Junior Championships
2006 - 7th in 200m at Canadian Junior Championships
2007 - Silver in 100m at BC Junior & Senior Championships
2007 - Silver in 200m at BC Junior & Senior Championships

Future Goals:

Olympics 2012

Best 2007 Performance:

52.98m

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

54.84m, #1 Ranked 10th Grade in North America

Teams:

2004 - Zone 6 for BC Summer Games
2005 - Team Canada for IAAF World Youth
2006 - Team BC for Canadian Juniors and Canadian Legions
2007 - Team Canada for IAAF World Youth

Achievements:

2004 - Gold in Hammer for Summer Games
2004 - Silver for Shot Put in Summer Games
2006 - Silver for Canadian Juniors
2006 - Gold Canadian Legions

Future Goals:

Olympics 2012, and University

Favourite track moments/memories:

The travelling segment of track meets

Best 2007 Performances:

100m 10.78
200m 21.44 - a Canadian Youth record

Best 2006 Performance and Ranking:

100m - 11.00, BC Juvenile #1

Teams:

2007 - Canadian World Youth Team
2006 - BC Royal Canadian Legion Team
2005 - BC Royal Canadian Legion 15 yr-old Team
2004 - BC Summer Games Zone 4

Future Goals:

Compete at 2008 World Juniors
Run track in University
Eventually represent Canada at the Olympics

Achievements:

2007 - BC High School Track and Field Championships, 100m Champion
2007 - BC High School Track and Field Championships, 200m Champion
2007 - BC High School Track and Field Championships, 4x100m Champion
2007 - BC Junior Championships, 100m Champion
2007 - BC Junior Championships - 1st 200m
2006 - BC High School Track and Field Championships, 100m Champion
2006 - BC High School Track and Field Championships, 200m Champion
2006 - BC High School Track and Field Championships, 4x100m Champion
2006 - Canadian Juvenile Championships, 100m - 3rd
2006 - Canadian Juvenile Championships, 4x100m Champion
2005 - Canadian 15 Year Old Championships, 100m - 3rd
2005 - Canadian 15 Year Old Championships, 200m - 3rd
2005 - Canadian 15 Year Old Championships, 4x100m - 2nd

2007 Best to date:

High Jump – 1.45m,Canadian T44 Record

Best Performances:

Long Jump – 4.32m
100m – 15.17
200m – 32.08

Teams:

2006 – Team Canada, IPC World Championships in Assen, The Netherlands
2005 – Team Canada, Paralympic Games
2004 – Team Canada, Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece

Achievements:

2007 – Canadian record in T44 High Jump – 1.45m
Has been awarded sponsorship from the Royal Bank of Canada under the RBC Olympians program and from Hudson Bay Company as part of the HBC Run for Canada.
2006 – National Paralympic Track and Field Championships Long Jump t44 Champion
2006 – National Paralympic Track and Field Championships 100m T44, 2nd
2006 – IPS World Championships Long Jump, 8th
2006 – IPS World Championships 100m, 8th
2005 – Paralympic Games Long Jump T44 Champion
2004 – Paralympic Games Long Jump T44 Champion
2003 – Canadian Long Jump record holder in class – 4.32m

Future Goals:

Academically, Andrea hopes to complete my Account Manager Training Program this December and eventually complete her MBA, specializing in Leadership.

Athletically, she hopes to set the World High Jump record (1.55m) this fall, win the Gold in Long Jump at the 2008 Paralympic Games. In addition, Andrea is aiming to compete in the 2010 Games here in Vancouver in either alpine skiing or snowboarding.

2007 Best to date:

3.60m Phoenix, AZ, 2nd Junior in Canada

2006 Best Performance & Ranking:

3.75m - Ranked 2nd in BC, 4th Junior in Canada, Ranked 2nd Youth in Canada 2006

Teams:

2006 – BC Senior Team
2006 – BC Junior Team
2005 – BC Juvenile Team

Achievements:

2007 – BC High School Pole Vault, 2nd
2006 – Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships Pole Vault, 4th
2006 – BC High School Pole Vault, 2nd
2005 – Canadian Legion Track and Field Pole Vault, 3rd
2005 – BC High School Pole Vault, 2nd

Future Goals

Continue Vaulting in Post Secondary School at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, Arizona next year. I would like to vault over 4 metres in the near future, and make a Canadian team.

2007 Best to date:

4.70m – Pole Vault

2006 Best Performance & Ranking:

4.30m – BC Juvenile #1, Canada Youth #2

Teams:

• 2006 – BC Juvenile Team
• 2004 - Zone 5 BC Summer Games

Achievements:

• 2007 – BC High School Pole Vault Champion
• 2007 – BC High School Decathlon, 4th
• 2006 – BC High School Pole Vault, 2nd
• 2006 – BC High School Decathlon, 4th
• 2006 – BC Juvenile Championships Pole Vault Champion
• 2006 – Canadian Juvenile Championships Pole Vault Champion
• 2006 – Canadian Juvenile Championships 4x100 (Team BC) Champions

Future Goals:

2007 Pan-American Junior Team
2008 World Junior Team
Continue vaulting at the University of Toronto
Jump 5.00m in the near future

2006 Best to date:

• 10km RW – 43:46, Vancouver International Racewalk, 1st
• 5km RW – 22:16, NAIA Championships, 2nd

2005 Best Performance & Ranking:

• 10km RW – 48:18, USA vs Canada Jr. Dual, 3rd
• 5km RW – 22:46, Burnaby All-comers, 1st

Teams:

• 2007 – UBC Track and Field National Team
• 2006 – UBC Cross Country National Team
• 2006 – USA vs. Canada Junior Dual Team

Achievements:

• 2007 – NAIA Track and Field Championships, 2nd
• 2007 – Vancouver International Racewalk Champion
• 2006 – BC High School Track and Field Champion
• 2006 – Canada vs USA Junior Dual meet, 3rd
• 2005 – BC High School Track and Field Champion

Future Goals:

As an athlete my sights are set on the Olympic Games in London 2012. Ever since I became a competitive athlete, originally as a swimmer, I have dreamed of one day making an Olympic team. With my progression in the discipline of Racewalking, I feel that that dream has become more attainable.