Athletics East Track and Field Club

Big congrats, Scarlet and Emma!

Legion Nationals Youth Track and Field Medal Alert!
Team NS/NU - Scarlet Mason, Emma Laycock, Ella Knock and Makayla Willsey
Silver Medal - U16 1600m
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Photo Credit: Gillian Crouse

We're used to seeing them in sunglasses and singlets, but our Athletics East members of Team Nova Scotia/ Nunavut were looking pretty spiffy at the Legion National Track and Field Championships wrap-up celebration in Regina last night.
We couldn't be more proud of this crew. They represented our club and our province tremendously well. They are among the best in the nation and one of our biggest club contingents at nationals ever (if not the biggest!).
Thank you to the Legion team who year after year put on an amazing championship event for young Canadian athletes.
And a special congrats to medalists Emma Laycock and Scarlet Mason who both ran their way to podium finishes. What a way to wrap up outdoor season 2026!

Congratulations, Emma!!! We’re so super proud!

Legion Nationals Youth Track and Field Medal Alert!
Emma Laycock - Team NS/NU
Bronze Medal - U16 1200m
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Photo Credit: Aaron Knock

Nationals bound! ✈️
Best of luck to all the athletes representing Nova Scotia!

Team NS/NU is off to the 2026 Legion Youth National Track and Field Championships in Regina! Best of luck to everyone!

We hosted our first ever club summer celebration at the track this week.

It was a chance to celebrate our Atlantics medal winners (our club placed third overall!), the athletes who competed with us for the first time this year, and the countless PBs achieved.

It was also an opportunity to say farewell to our high school seniors, thank our coaches, and give a rousing send off to our athletes bound for Legion nationals in Regina next week (good luck!!!).

Thanks, all, for a great outdoor track and field season!

The Atlantic Track and Field Championships held at the wonderful new facility in Truro last weekend included so many achievements for our athletes - one post could never capture it all.

And while medals are amazing, perhaps what stood out the most is the growth. So many athletes hit new PBs. Others tried new events. Many stepped out of their comfort zones.

We’re super proud of every single Athletics East athlete who competed.

A huge thanks to the coaches, volunteers, and families who made the meet possible. A very special thank you to Athletics NS and the host Truro Lions for putting on such a great event.

Anyone who says Track and Field isn’t a team sport has never experienced a meet like last weekend’s. The support, encouragement, sportsmanship, and team spirit spoke for themselves.

Congratulations, all!

UPDATE!
Now they're 11! Athletics NS this morning named Oliver Knowles to the 2026 Legions Team NS/ NU. That's 11 Athletics East athletes headed to nationals this summer!
Read more below.
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We're super proud to share that 11 Athletics East athletes have been named to Team Nova Scotia/ Nunavut for the 2026 Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships.
These impressive athletes will represent their province on the track and in the field in Saskatchewan from August 7 to 9.
- Alayah Budgell
- Tim Delong
- Seamus Howard
- Niko Katsihtis
- Oliver Knowles
- Emma Laycock
- Scarlet Mason
- Serena Sonnichsen
- James Thibault
- Charlotte Whitman
- Nataliya Woycheshyn
Congratulations, all!

We’re super proud to share that 10 Athletics East athletes have been named to Team Nova Scotia/Nunavut for the 2026 Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships.
These impressive athletes will represent their province on the track and in the field in Saskatchewan from August 7 to 9.
- Alayah Budgell
- Tim DeLong
- Seamus Howard
- Niko Katsihtis
- Emma Laycock
- Scarlet Mason
- Serena Sonnichsen
- James Thibault
- Charlotte Whitman
- Nataliya Woycheshyn
Congratulations, all!

It’s meet day! Let’s go, Athletics East!

The 2026 Legion Trials and Open Meet is here.

Find the final schedule here: https://files.trackie.com/uploads/event/2026-07-10-15-51-28-669151398-463700.pdf?rand=384692992

Live Results: https://athleticsnovascotia.ca/live-results

Legion Team Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepyDkWN7s24VoARbrjDgsEk076wG4J5-uqG2yQIfsE5mxxWA/viewform

Good luck to all those participating!

Athletics NS needs your help to make provincials run smoothly this weekend. Please consider signing up for a volunteer shift!

This is our final plea - we need. all of the help we can get to make our Provincials this weekend run on time and all events as scheduled. Absolutely no experience needed, and parents this is where we could really use your help. If you are on site and watching/waiting between events, we could really use you!
Positions left to be filled:
Saturday
Moving Hurdles with help - 12-130pm
Long Jump - 1245-5pm
Para Throws - helping with measuring throws (no experience needed) 1245-145pm
Wind Gauge (sitting position) 130-5pm
Lap Counter - 5-545pm
Race Walk - 6-630pm

Sunday
Lap Counter 9-945am
Jumps 9-130pm
Tetrathlon - our event for the kids 10-1230pm
Wind Gauge - 9am-1pm
Hurdles - 120-330pm
Lap Counter - 2-3pm

Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/znGOgvp
All volunteers receive a gas card as a thank you.