Heather Steacy golden at Canada Games

trevor.kenney — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:06:00 +0000

What did you do on your summer vacation – probably not as much as Heather Steacy.

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge track and field star added another accolade to her impressive resumé on Thursday, winning gold at the Canada Summer Games in Charlottetown, PEI.

With a furthest throw of 59.92 metres, Steacy dominated the hammer throw competition, winning by more than six metres. Quebec's Annie Larose finished second at 53.62m, while Ontario's Kristin Obrochta was third at 52.89m.

"It was a really good throw technically today for me so I'm happy for sure," Steacy, who was ranked number one heading into the competition, says. "Obviously anything can happen in a competition, but I did think I could do this."

Steacy returns to campus this fall to begin her fourth year at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ. In three seasons with the Horns, the 21 year-old Lethbridge native has claimed three Canada West titles in the weight throw to go along with two CIS titles. She has also earned a CIS bronze medal.

Steacy's golden toss is another step forward in her quest to compete for Canada internationally, including a possible trip to the Olympic Summer Games. Her brothers Jim and Sean Steacy have both competed at the international level and Jim, a multiple Canadian champion in the hammer throw, represented Canada at the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing last summer.

"It has been really good to have the experience of my brothers to rely on and it is definitely encouraging to see how well they have done," Steacy says. "It is definitely motivating, especially watching Jim compete in Beijing at just 24 years old."

Heather Steacy claims bronze

trevor.kenney — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:04:06 +0000

For the third consecutive year, ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns thrower Heather Steacy earned a medal at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport track and field championships. For the first time however, it wasn't gold.

Steacy, the two-time defending champion in the weight throw, captured bronze at the CIS championship meet in Windsor, Ont. Thursday, throwing well but not reaching the personal-best level she would have needed to move up in the standings.

Steacy did battle back to get onto the medal podium, saving her best throw of the meet until the fourth round. Heading into that round, Steacy sat fourth and out of the medals but she moved into second with her best throw of the meet, registering a 17.82-metre throw. That throw was only 15 centimetres shy of her personal best, 17.97 metres.

In that same round, Liz Dubourt of ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Saskatchewan passed both Steacy and Sherbrooke's Annie Larose to win the title with a throw of 18.09m. Larose captured the silver with a throw of 17.98m.

Pronghorns thrower Jim Steacy, Heather's brother, will compete in the men's weight throw later Friday. He was named CIS male field athlete of the year for the fourth time in his career prior to the championship meet.

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