Caren (Rathie) Reindl
Caren Reindl was born and raised in Saskatoon and became the Saskatoon High School Champion at 100, 200, and 400 metres in 1974, 1975, and 1976. Following a stellar provincial high school career Caren’s successes continued at the Western Canadian and Canadian levels with victories across Canada. In national meets Caren competed successfully in the [...]
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Doreen (Dredge) Wolff
Joe Griffiths saw Doreen Wolff jump 4 feet, 10 ½ inches at a high school track meet. He put spikes on her and only two weeks later she set a new junior world record, jumping 5 feet, 1 ½ inches. At an Olympic qualifying meet in Winnipeg in 1948, she tied the Canadian record jumping [...]
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Jurgen Wittenberg
An internationally ranked official, Jurgen Wittenberg officiated at the 1967 Pan American Games, the 1976 Olympics, and the 1983 World Student Games. In addition, he participated in numerous Canadian and western Canadian games. Wittenberg provided leadership in the administration of athletics as chair of Athletic Canada’s Records and president of Saskatchewan Athletics. He also spent [...]
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Lynn (Kanuka) Williams
Between 1973 and 1981, Lynn (Kanuka) Williams finished in the top three in every track event she entered at the local and provincial levels. Lynn set eleven Canadian senior running records between 1983 and 1989 in the 1500m, 2000m, 3000m, 5000m and mile. Highlights of her track career include a bronze (3000m) medal at the [...]
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Ron Walsh
At the age of 27, Ron Walsh noticed an ad in the University of Saskatchewan’s newspaper asking for volunteers to referee games for an intramural eight-man football league – no experience necessary. He decided to give it a try. It was a humble beginning to what would become a lifelong career. Starting in 1962, Walsh [...]
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Margaret (George) Tosh
Margaret Tosh set a new Canadian open record in javelin at the Canadian Olympic trials in Hamilton, 1956. The record throw of 145’5” stood until 1964. Margaret competed in the Olympics at Melbourne, Australia in 1956. In 1957, at the Western Canada Championships, Margaret set a new provincial native record in javelin at 141 feet, [...]
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