Jennifer Joyce

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  But whatever the reason, Jennifer Joyce found the energy to set a new Canadian record in the women's hammer throw in the Trevor Craven Track and Field Meet at Swangard Stadium on Saturday.The Richmond-raised athlete, who is in her third year as throws coach at the University of California-Berkeley, blessed her parents and younger sister with a rare visit last weekend and then went out and beat her own previous record in the hammer throw by more than a quarter metre, with a best throw of 68.48 metres.Her previous best ever was 68.22 metres, which stood as the Canadian standard for more than a year.The result suggests she is peaking at the right time in search of the world A" standard of 69.50 metres leading to the World Track and Field Championships Aug. 6 to 14 in Helsinki, Finland.Joyce plans to defend her Canadian title at the nationals in Winnipeg next week, before heading to Belgium with the hope of being selected to the Canadian team for the worlds.Under Joyce's guidance, the throws program at Berkeley is rated third in the U.S. behind only UCLA and Georgia.Managing 20 collegiate men and women athletes leaves her little time to train herself.Joyce missed going to last summer's Olympic Games after falling 2.25 metres shy of securing a spot on the Canadian team which had set a qualifying criteria of two A-standards of 67.50 metres.She had thrown 68.22 metres to shatter her own Canadian record by more than two metres at a meet in Provo, Utah.

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  But Joyce was 2.25 metres shy of securing a spot on the Canadian track and field team that will be competing in this summer's Olympic Games, and thus failed to meet the Canadian Olympic Committee's qualifying criteria of two A-standards of 67.50 metres this season.She threw 68.22 metres to shattered her own Canadian record by more than two metres at meet last month in Provo, Utah.With the backing of Athletics Canada, Joyce appealed to the Canadian Olympic Committee last week but to no avail."It's disappointing," she says."But I've pretty much decided I'm not going through this process again on my own."However, the 23-year-old Canadian champion is planning to continue striving for a second A-standard.She says then she'll consider submitting a second appeal in hopes of being granted a late entry for the Olympic Games.Joyce planned to leave for Europe this week to compete in at least a couple of meets, including one Saturday in the Netherlands.But she's still having a hard time understanding why Canada's standards are so demanding."It completely closes out any development of younger athletes," she argues."I'm a perfect candidate to be a medalist in the 2008 and I'm not going to get that experience."Joyce said she competed in as many (four) of six "approved" meets as she could.She added her job as an assistant throws coach at the University of California at Berkeley prevented her from participating in two others."But there are 18 people who depend on me and I just can't take off," she says.Joyce says she would have easily made several other teams, noting the third-place finish at the U.S. open last week in Sacramento was only 65 metres.

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  Along with these accomplishments, Huffins has coached Cal Throws coach Jennifer Joyce to three Canadian national titles in the hammer, four Canadian hammer records and berths on Canada's 2005 World Championship team and 2006 Commonwealth Games team.

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  Jennifer Joyce Athletics

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  MELBOURNE - Jennifer Joyce of Richmond, B.C., won Canada's first medal in track and field at the Commonwealth Games on Monday with a silver in the women's hammer throw.
  
  Australian Brooke Krueger won the gold with a Games-record throw of 67.90 metres.Joyce was second at 67.29 metres, with England's Lorraine Shaw third at 66.00 metres.
  
  Joyce, 25, an assistant coach at the University of California at Berkeley, was seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and didn't compete at the 2004 Athens Olympics, narrowly missing the Canadian qualifying standard.
  
  ''I was hoping to win the gold medal here but it's still nice to get the silver,'' said Joyce with her first major international medal. ''For me it's the start of the season and it's very encouraging to know I'm only going to get better as the year goes on.''
  
  Joyce recoded her best throw on the second of six attempts and it was briefly a Games record.She fouled out on her first and third attempts and threw 64.93 on her fourth, 65.94 on her fifth and 65.83 on her sixth.Krueger overtook Joyce for the lead on her fourth attempt.

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  March 20th 2006, MELBOURNE - Jennifer Joyce of Richmond, B.C., won Canada's first medal in track and field at the Commonwealth Games on Monday with a silver in the women's hammer throw.
  
  Australian Brooke Krueger won the gold with a Games-record throw of 67.90 metres.Joyce was second at 67.29 metres, with England's Lorraine Shaw third at 66.00 metres.
  
  Joyce, 25, an assistant coach at the University of California at Berkeley, was seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and didn't compete at the 2004 Athens Olympics, narrowly missing the Canadian qualifying standard.
  
  ‘'I was hoping to win the gold medal here but it's still nice to get the silver," said Joyce with her first major international medal. ‘'For me it's the start of the season and it's very encouraging to know I'm only going to get better as the year goes on."
  
  Joyce recoded her best throw on the second of six attempts and it was briefly a Games record.She fouled out on her first and third attempts and threw 64.93 on her fourth, 65.94 on her fifth and 65.83 on her sixth.Krueger overtook Joyce for the lead on her fourth attempt.

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  Joyce was seventh at the hammer throw at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England after winning the Pac 10 Conference hammer throw title in the National Collegiate Athletic Association for U.S. colleges while at the University of California at Berkeley. For the last six years he has been the B.C. Team throws coach and in 1999 coached the Canadian team at the World University Games.

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  Jennifer Joyce Kajaks Track & Field Club

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  Things are looking up for Jennifer Joyce of Richmond, B.C.The hammer thrower was distraught at the Canadian championships last summer in Victoria after she failed to qualify for the Athens Olympics, saying she was considering switching allegiances to compete for the U.S.
  
  But Joyce, an assistant coach at the University of California at Berkeley, has a good shot at the Canadian team for the worlds under the 'rising star' rule - athletes who are No. 1 in their event and make the 'B' qualifying standard can be added to the team.
  
  "If Jennifer wins here with a good result, she'll be considered for nomination and she would be a likely selection," said Gardiner.
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  Joyce is on pace for a good performance - she lowered her own Canadian record last weekend at a meet in Vancouver, tossing the hammer 68.48 metres.

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  Hammer thrower Jennifer Joyce of Richmond, B.C., gymnast Alyssa Brown, of Mississauga, Ont., and swimmer Benoit Huot of Longueuil, Que., all won silver medals.
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  Joyce earned the distinction of winning Canada's first track and field medal here with a throw of 67.29 metres.The only one better was a Games-record effort of 67.90 metres by Australian Brooke Krueger.
  
  But Joyce didn't have much time to savour her first-ever medal at a major competition.The 25-year-old is an assistant coach at the University of California at Berkeley and began making the trip back to the U.S. hours after her performance.
  
  "I was disappointed, I really came here to win and for awhile it looked like I might have a chance," she said."I'm happy.

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