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Brennan Seguin Vaults to Under 20 Canadian
National Pole Vaulting Champion
By Casey Leger Brennan’s future. “Brennan is being
scouted by, and in contact with, every
ole vaulting is an expensive Canadian university that has a pole
Psport, even for a gold medalist vaulting team,” said Blackadder.
at the Canadian Track and Field
So, what’s next for the high-flying
Championships. Brennan Seguin
athlete? He’s off to London, Ontario
knows because he is the under 20
for what’s called a “street vault”; part
national pole vaulting champion. He
of a festival called Vault the Park
soared to gold on the strength of a
that will be held in conjunction with
4.7 metre leap; a performance that
the city’s rib-fest. Then he’ll be in
bettered his OFSAA gold vault by 30
Bolton, Ontario, which he calls “the
centimetres.
hub of Canadian pole vaulting.”
The 18-year-old Char Lan student He’ll be jumping with senior vaulters,
is modest about his accomplishments. including Olympians. “I’m going to
Even though his national win came be a small fish in a very big pond,”
too late to secure him a spot in the he smiles.
Pan Am Games, he isn’t holding a
He’ll be back at Char Lan in the
grudge. “The guys who are going are
fall to further his studies.
great. They deserve to be there,” he
said while preparing to practise early All of this comes at a price. The
on a Wednesday morning. pole Brennan used to win national
And the best part of the National gold cost him, and his supporters,
Championships? Meeting Andre De a hefty $1 200. The young athlete
Grasse and shaking the man’s hand. Photo Submitted and his coach have raised $4 000
for training and equipment, and are
Coach Rory Blackadder is very looking to raise another 3K to keep
enthusiastic when it comes to Brennan in the air.
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