Our Elementary Development Program is aimed at athletes between grades 3-8 and competing in the U12 and U14 divisions. Athletes in this program begin to learn and understand more specific event training and skill development. Here, they typically start finding what events they prefer to run whether that be cross country, shorter middle distance events such as 400, 800, 1200, or longer middle events like 1500, 2000, and 3000 meters. Some of our grade 7 and 8's get introduced to the 5km here too.

 

Competitive opportunities present themselves for these athletes at the school, MTA and AO level. They will also start competing at Provincial Championships. Bridging the gap between elementary school and high school is important for this group as it allows for a seamless transition to the high school level.