Kyle Geuke

About

My name is Kyle Geuke I am a 17 years old Canadian track and field athlete born in toronto.

I have been in a multitude of sports from a very young age, whether it be soccer, basketball, or even tennis, I have always loved the competition of sports and the rush of pushing my body to its limits. When I came to high school however, I found out that I wasn’t very good at one specific sport, so I began to experiment. This lead to me joining the track team in grade 9 where my school coach saw my athleticism and talent for the sport. I started with hurdles and pole vault as I liked to challenge myself with the hardest events, and even though I was new to the sport my school coaches helped me to qualify for OFSAA in my first year of track and field with no real professional training.

After my grade 9 year my coach referred me to quest sports, a track and field team that had a great hurdles coach. This was the first time that I had gotten high level training. As I began to train I realized that I should focus less on pole vault and completely committed to hurdling. The workouts that I received were intensive and difficult, but I gave every practice my all as I knew that the more I pushed my body the faster I would become. I would go on to qualify for OFSAA again for both my grade 10 and 11 years which I plan to do again in my grade 12 year. This showed me that there is always room for improvement and that I’m able to do whatever I set my mind to.

I realize that hurling is something that I truly enjoy doing and would love to pursue to a higher level, the combination of speed, precision and power of the hurdles when combined with the competitive aspect has created a sport that I’m willing to fully commit to. The improvement that I’ve made through great coaching and hard work keeps me motivated to take this passion of mine to the next step through my post secondary education as id love to pursue legal studies whilst taking the sport I love to a more serious level.