Athletes from Canora Composite School (CCS) did well at the district track-and-field competition in Yorkton on May 23 and 24, with a number of top-ten finishes.
In peewee girls events, Zoe Thomas finished second in the triple jump with a distance of 8.61 metres and sixth in the long jump with a leap of 3.92 metres. Kailey Sleeva placed third in the shot put with a heave of 8.09 metres and third in the discus with a throw of 19.34 metres. Hayden Parmley was sixth in the shot put with 7.85 metres and fifth in the discus at 17.19 metres. Jordan Harper finished tenth in the 800 metres with a time of 3:13.77. Meadow Ostafie placed tenth in the high jump by clearing 1.20 metres.
In bantam girls events, Lexi Biletski won the 80-metre hurdles in a time of 16.33 seconds and finished fourth in the 200 metres at 31.64 seconds. Elley Tomcala came in fourth in the 100 metres in 14.52 seconds and fourth in the high jump by clearing 1.31 metres.
In the midget girls division, Larissa Makowsky finished eighth in the 100 metres in a time of 16.03 seconds.
In junior girls events, Grace Medvid placed sixth in the discus with a throw of 19.42 metres and seventh in the shot put at 7.25 metres.
In senior girls events, Kaitlyn Landstad finished third in the 80-metre hurdles in a time of 15.80 seconds and fifth in the javelin with a throw of 22.59 metres. Jill Gulka was third in the 1,500 metres in a time of 5:57.90 and fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 8.45 metres.
Rebecca Hort won the senior girls 80-metre hurdles in a time of 14.08 seconds, placed second in the 200-metre dash in 29.11 seconds, third in the 100 metres in 14.64 seconds and fifth in the long jump with a leap of 4.30 metres.
Hort accomplished a third-place finish in the senior girls aggregate with a total of 28 points. The aggregate winners are the athletes who have accumulated the most points for their events in their age group.
In peewee boys action, Jaxon Bisschop finished fourth in the triple jump by covering a distance of 8.56 metres. Cole Marcinkowski placed fifth in the 200 metres with a time of 30.81 seconds and seventh in the 400 metres at 1:15.55.
In bantam boys events, Brendon Landstad won the 80-metre hurdles in a time of 15.24 seconds and finished eighth in discuss with a throw of 22.09 metres. Dawson Zuravloff finished second in the 1,500 metres in 5:32.44, fourth in the 400 metres in 1:05.81, fourth in the 800 metres in 2:46.86 and fourth in the 3,000 metres in 12:02.09. Hudson Bailey placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 4.69 metres. Matthew Dmitruik finished eighth in the javelin with a throw of 15.38 metres. Clay Sleeva placed second in the 100 metres in 13.22 seconds, second in the 200 metres in 26.64 seconds, and second in the 400 metres in 1:01.16. Sleeva accomplished a third-place finish in the bantam boys aggregate with a total of 24 points.
In midget boys events, Alden Baron placed second in the shot put with a heave of 12.01 metres and fifth in the javelin with a throw of 27.17 metres. Grady Wolkowski finished second in the 100-metre hurdles in a time of 17.59 seconds, fourth in the javelin with a throw of 30.14 metres, eighth in discus at 26.16 metres and tenth in shot put at 9.95 metres. Jacob Danyluk came in third in the 100-metre hurdles in a time of 17.63 seconds. Jacob Gulka finished fifth in the 800 metre run at 2:39.73, sixth in the 1,500 metres at 5:28.49 and eighth in the triple jump by covering a distance of 9.27 metres.
In senior boys events, Nathan Bucsis placed third in the 3,000 metres with a time of 11:44.76, third in the 1,500 metres in 5:15.41 and fifth in the 400 metres in 1:00.69.
Bryce Pelechaty finished eighth in the 100 metres in a time of 13.62 seconds.
A total of four CCS athletes qualified for provincials, which were to be held in Prince Albert on June 1 to 2. Midget, junior and senior athletes that place first or second in their events qualify. Alden Baron made it to provincials in the midget boys shot put, Grady Wolkowski in the midget boys 100-metre hurdles, Nathan Bucsis in the senior boys 3,000 metres and the 1,500 metres, and Rebecca Hort in the 200 metres, the 80-metre hurdles and the 4 x 100 metre relay.
