Track and Field

Cindy Scott

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 9th, 2023

Cindy Scott is one of the top three female athletes in the sports history of Brockville. At TISS High School, she was a star on a senior girls’ basketball team that won three consecutive All-Ontario Championships in the mid-1990s. In track and field, she won a provincial gold medal in the long jump and in the 4 x 100 relay. She played five years of basketball at Western University, winning rookie of the year and being named a league All-Star. She won team MVP and All-Canadian honours in 2000. She was inducted into Western’s Wall of Honour in 2016 and 2018.

She is now teaching and giving back to young athletes by coaching sports at a school in the Toronto area.

Corry Fox

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 9th, 2017

Corry was a talented, multi-sport athlete who was named MVP in track and field, basketball, volleyball, plus Athlete of the Year at TISS. She was the top female athlete at the first-ever McDonald’s – TISS Invitational Track and Field Meet, winning the hurdles and 200 metres with school records.

Corry led the University of Western Ontario to three Ontario and two Canadian Team Championships in track and field. She established a school record in the pentathlon, earning All-Canadian Honours. Corry represented Canada internationally in the heptathlon, competing in England and the United States.

She enjoyed a successful teaching career at area elementary schools, mostly at Westminster, coaching a wide variety of Sports. She convened the Leeds and Grenville Elementary School track and field championships for 20 years.

Doug Currier

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 12th, 2015

Doug Currier was a talented and versatile multi-sport athlete with speed and power at South Grenville District High School. Playing football, soccer and track and field. Earning All-Ontario silver and gold medals in shotput in the mid-1980’s. He set school records that are still standing thirty years later. He also played Junior hockey in Prescott and with the Brockville Braves.

He joined the Canadian Bobsled Team in 1989. Winning the Canadian and World Cup Championships in the two-man and four-man sleds from 1990 to 1992. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic Bobsled Team in 1992 before retiring.

He was inducted into the South Grenville Hall of Fame in 1998.

Jack Weststrate

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 13th, 2008

While Jack Westrate was an Ontario-level athlete in track and field, he made his mark in helping young people reach that level in a 30-year high school teaching career at TISS. Westrate was best known for coaching cross-country, along with track and field. He helped the Pirates develop into a provincial power in both sports, coaching numerous athletes to multiple gold medals. Helping them to achieve U.S. Scholarships. He covered major track and field meet events, along with officiating.

Westrate was honoured by the Leeds and Grenville and Provincial Associations for his leadership. Dedication, spirit and love of all sport, along with his coaching accomplishments. He has also given back to his community, coaching minor fastball and minor hockey.

Jacqueline Rasenberg

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 12th, 2025

In the early 1980s, Jacqueline Rasenberg was a multi-talented athlete at Brockville Collegiate. Rasenberg starred in basketball, volleyball and track and field, qualifying for the All Ontario High School Championships on several occasions. She graduated as one of the best ever female athletes at the school.

She received athletic scholarships in three sports from American Universities, and played on track and basketball scholarship at the University of Alabama. Injuries brought her back to the University of Ottawa, where she played basketball and volleyball. After becoming a firefighter, Rasendberg competed for 17 years in the firefighter combat challenges. In 2007, she won the Canadian Individual Championship. In 2009, she won the Canadian and world titles in the team competitions. She won six Canadian and eight World Championships. Rasenberg volunteers her time with the Special Olympics.

Jim (James) Earle

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 15th, 2007

Jim was an outstanding athlete who excelled at basketball and discovered rowing. He competed at the Canadian Schoolboy Championships for five consecutive years, winning 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. He rowed competitively for 16 years, competing at three world championships. He stroked the four to the petite final win in Nottingham, England in 1975. Jim won four Canadian Henley Titles in three different decades: 1969, 1971, 1974 and 1981. During his 16-year career, Jim helped his team win over 100 races worldwide. After rowing, the sport of running would become his passion. He has been racing competitively for 25 years and has 390 wins or age group placings.

Besides coaching himself, Jim has also coached numerous high school teams for 25 years. Some of his many accomplishments include taking his cross country team to OFSSA 6 of the last 9 years, 3 EOSSA Championships in boys basketball and several trips to OFSSA in track.

Josh Jonker

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 15th, 2018

Josh Jonker was the premier sprinter in Eastern Ontario and was recognized on the national stage during his running career with the TISS Pirates. He was also a two-time Canadian Midget Champion at 100 and 200 metres, as well as the Juniot 100-metre Champion. He represented Canada on the national stage.

In 1983, he was the first athlete from TISS to win an OFSAA Gold Medal when he won the 100 metres. He finished his High School career with four golds, two silvers and a bronze from the Provincial High School Track and Field Championships. He set 100 and 200-metre records at EOSSA in 1987, and those marks still stand today. He started the Motto “Excellence is a TISS Tradition” that is still used by the Pirates.

Karen Blachford

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 12th, 2009

Karen Blachford grew up in Brockville, attended Toniata Public School and then BCI before heading off to University. It was in London that Karen was diagnosed with MS. Not one to give up, she would begin to try wheelchair sports.

Starting with baseball, playing with kids from there, her career is a tale of awards. In 1998, she was a provincial five-time golf medalist in track & field in 1999, a provincial champion and six-time gold medalist. In 2000, she was named London’s Sports Person of the Year and the 1999 Female Athlete of the Year at the Kitchener Athletic Awards Banquet. She was also the Provincial Champion and a six-time gold medalist in 2001. She achieved her certified level 2 hockey official. In 2002, she won a silver medal at the world championships in Switzerland. In 2004 and 2005, gold medals at the Canadian National Wheelchair Curling Championships and in 2006, a gold medal at the Winter Paralympic Games in Italy.

Karen continues to compete and inspire disabled people throughout the world.

Kevin Beatty

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 15, 2012

Kevin Beatty didn’t begin a running career until late high school. He began to excel as a member of the Queen’s University Cross-County and Track teams during University. He was Queen’s Cross-Country Rookie of the Year in 1997 and OUA All-Star in 2001 for the University of Waterloo.

In 2000, he began marathon running and placed 6th overall in a field of 25,000 at the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington. He competed at the National Capital Marathon in Ottawa in 2002, ran a personal best to finish 6th overall and took home the silver medal in the Canadian Championship. Finished the year as the 3rd fastest marathon runner in Canada.

Kevin ran the 2004 Chicago Marathon, one of the World Marathon Majors, finished 20th overall in a personal best time of 2:21:37, and once again finished the year as the 3rd fastest Canadian marathon runner. In 2005, he was selected to be a member of Team Canada and helped Canada finish in first place. In 2008, he turned his attention to triathlons and finished 3rd in his age group, top Canadian and had the fastest run split of all competitors. Selected in 2008 as Triathlon Canada Athlete of the Year of the Olympic Distance.

Paula Wiltse

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 15th, 2018

Paula Wiltse has enjoyed tremendous success in master’s running results since 2003. Her career began when she was the Ontario College Cross-Country Champion in 1999. She became the Canadian Masters Cross Country Champion in 2003.

She has become one of the top women’s masters runners in Canada. Competing and winning in marathon races in Canada and the United States. She coached running groups in Brockville in 2013. She became the Canadian record holder in the 30-kilometre race. She finished in third place in her age category at the Boston Marathon in 2014. In 2017, Paula set the Ontario record for her age group in 5k and marathon races. She set the Canadian Marathon record for her age group in 2017. She was the Brockville and Area Sportsperson of the Year in 2014.