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Lancer Track and Field Assistant
Head Coach Brett Lumley has received
a 2008 Petro-Canada Coaching
Excellence Award, the Coaching
Association of Canada announced.
The awards were presented during
Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif
2008, in Calgary in November. The
Sport Leadership Awards ceremony
took place November 7 at the Calgary
Telus Convention Centre.
The prestigious awards recognize
coaches whose athletes won medals
at the 2008 Olympic Games, the 2008
Paralympic Games, the 2007 Special Olympics World
Summer Games, and at various other world championships.
“With a conference theme of ‘Executing Excellence,’
what better way to honour our coaches than with the
Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence
Awards,” said Steven Keith, director of
Olympic and Community Partnerships,
Petro-Canada. “This year has been
very successful and we are proud to
recognize Canada’s coaches for their
tremendous contribution to sport.”
Coach Lumley guided Stephanie
Reid to a bronze medal at the
Paralympic Games in the Women’s
200m in August in Beijing. Reid clocked
a Canadian record of 28.85 seconds for
her first career Paralympic medal.
“Being recognized with this award is a
great reflection of Stephanie’s success and the hard work
that was put in over the last year,” commented Lumley.
“Thank you to the sponsor Petro Canada for honouring me
with this award.”
LUMLEY RECEIVES PETRO-CANADA COACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD
In front of a capacity crowd,
four Windsor Lancers
were honoured at the 4th Annual WESPY Awards in
October. The WESPY Awards recognize local athletes for
their success and contribution
to their respective sports, with
proceeds going to the Windsor
Firefighters Benefit Fund.
Lancer Banner Shield Award
recipient Dranadia Roc took
home the top female basketball
athlete of the year award. Roc
had an outstanding season for
the Lancers as she distinguished
herself as one of the top players
in Canada.
She led her squad to a 14-8
record, the program’s best ever,
and to its first-ever home playoff game at the St. Denis
Centre. In the playoffs, she put on a tremendous show, leading
her team to a berth in the OUA West Championship.
On the men’s side, Lancer basketball grad and DeMarco
Award winner Ryan Steer was the top male basketball athlete
of the year.
As co-captain of the Lancer Men’s Basketball team, Steer
was a dominating force for the Lancers all season long. He
led the country in assists during the season, was an OUA First
Team All-Star, and was the OUA’s Ken Shield Community
Award winner.
Lancer Track & Field star
Jamie Adjetey-Nelson was named
the male track and field athlete of
the year. After graduating in 2007,
he competed for the Windsor
Legion Track Club and was a
nominee for that organization.
In 2007, Adjetey-Nelson
captured a bronze medal at the
Canadian Senior track and field
championships in the pentathlon,
and followed that performance
with a ninth-place finish at the
FISU University Championships later that summer.
Of the major awards, Windsor Lancer track and field
assistant coach Denise Hebert received the female Legacy
Award. A teacher at Assumption High School, Hebert has
coached at the high school level for the past 19 years and with
the Windsor Legion Track Club for 21 years.
FOUR LANCERS HONOURED AT WESPY AWARDS
Lancer Track and Field Assistant Head
Coach Brett Lumley
From left: WESPY Awards winners Dranadia Roc, Jamie
Adjetey-Nelson and Denise Hebert.
