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| About Coach Doug ... |
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| As an athlete Doug was a member of the Huskies track and field team for 5 yrs. He was a team captain in 1997 when the Huskie men won a Can-West Championship. That year Doug won a Can-West silver medal and was ranked second in Canada among CIS university athletes. (There was no CIS national weight throw back then). In 1995, Doug competed in the hammer at the WCSG in Abbotsford. In 1998, he was 8th in the hammer at the Commonwealth Games trials. Doug is a multiple provincial champion in hammer and shot put and was a hammer champion at the Tri-Province senior meet. Coach Medernach has coached numerous athletes and champions, CIS and CanWest medallists, Tri-Province champions, HS champions, WCSG medallists, World Police and Fire Games medalists, provincial and national record holders, and Canadian and World Masters Champions including: Heather Howe - Can West medallist (shot and wt) Howard West (co-coach w?Alex Johnstone) - Masters WORLD CHAMPION Shauna Tanner - Multiple Medalist - World Police and Fire Games Heidi Epp - Canada West and CIS Medallist, Tri-Province Senior Medallist Heather (Schidlowsky) Robertson - Canada West Medallist Cora Andreas - High School Discus Champ, Tri-Province Gold -Discus, Jr Nats, Sr Nats, WCSG Tim Johnstone - Canada West Medallist, High School Champion Tyler Danielson - Canada West Medallist, High School Champion Tara Baker - CanadaWest Medalist Rebbecca Atkinson - 3 time CanWest weight throw champ, WCSG - bronze in discus Karla Johnson - CanWest and CIS Champion and former Record Holder; WCSG - Gold, silver, bronze Greg Garbolinsky - High School Shot Champion, Canada Games Derek MacIntyre - High School Javelin champion, Western Canada Games Caitlin Fowler - 2* High School Champ, Sask Summer Games and Juvenille Dual Gold, WCSG medal - Shot Put Rick Krahn - Master Nationals - multiple medalist Bob Edwards - Masters Nationals - multiple medalist Perleen Baptiste - Masters Nationals - GOLD - wt pentathalon Brigitte Lupilak - High school medalist, Canada Games, Jr Nationals Chris Pickering - High School champ, WCSG medalist Athletes I've worked with for part of their careers Megan Reid (2002 - CanWest Champ) Tyler Sivertson (Legion Medallist) Jay Bradshaw (Legion Medallist) Liz Dubourt - Sr Nationals Medallist Lindsay Facca (High School champion) Taryn Suttie (w/Andrew Schellenberg) - High school recored holder, Legion Medallist Athletes from Other Sports / Multiple Sports Kelly Bates - CIS university football, CFL Jill Wesseen - CIS University basketball Janci Templeman - Canada Games Badminton (High School and Sask Summer Games Shot put champion) Karla Johnson - Kickboxing - CIS champion Jeff Piercy - CFL football Janna Konihowski - CIS Volleyball |
| Doug Medernach is the throws coach of the University Saskatchewan Huskies track and field team and the Riversdale Athletics. He has previously been a coach with the Saskatoon Track and Field Club and E.D. Feehan High School. He is fully certified level 3 in the throws, and is currently working on his level 4/5 tasks. Doug has also taken level 2 jumps and sprints/hurdles and is a level 4 throws official. Level 4/5 Tasks Completed: 1: Energy Systems 2: Strength Training 4: Nutrition for Optimal Performance 6: Recovery and Regeneration 7: Mental Preparation for Coaches 8: Mental Preperation for Elite Athletes 10: Biomechanical Analysis of Advanced Skills 17: Leadership and Ethics Doug is a clinician for Saskatchewan Athletics and a course conductor for level 2 throws (Technical) and level 1 general track and field (Technical). He has coached Team Sask to almost every major competition and major games including: Jeux Canada Games, Western Canada Games, Senior Nationals, Junior Nationals, Olympic trials, Commonwealth Games trials, Midget Dual vs Alberta, Juvenille Dual Vs Manitoba, Tri-Province Senior, High School Dual vs Manitoba, Pan-Am Games trials, Francophone Games trials, FISU (World Student Games) trials, NACAC trials, and Pan-Am Juniors trials. |
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