All the hard work paid off for some athletes from the Yorkton and area who were picked to represent Saskatchewan at the Western Canadian Championship in Winnipeg from July 17-19.
A total of 10 Yorkton and area athletes have made Team Saskatchewan with four on the midget team and six on the youth team.
Competing in the midget events will be Ellyshia Enge (Invermay), Jarod Stachowich (Melville), Sarah Novakowski (Yorkton) and Sarah Sutter (Springside) while Jared Yeadon (Melville), Justine Zarowny (Yorkton), Kelsey Haczkewicz (Yorkton), Cole Burkholder (Yorkton), Mikaila Ortynsky (Yorkton) and Jonah Sutter (Springside) will compete in the youth category.
鈥淚鈥檓 happy to be selected to go and represent the province and I鈥檓 looking forward to competing at a meet of this level,鈥 said Kelsey Haczkewicz.
Sarah Novakowski also offered her comments on how much she is looking forward to the competition saying:鈥 I am looking forward to the challenge and this will be a great experience.
鈥淲e have worked hard all year and it has helped us to get this opportunity.鈥
聽Sask Athletics held their annual Provincial season end track meet on June 13-14 in Regina.聽 At this meet many athletes tried out for Team Sask.
Results
Brianna Antonichuk: Junior High Jump - first Junior Triple Jump second. Cole Burkholder: Senior 800m 鈥 fourth, Senior 400m 鈥 ninth. McKenna Davis: Midget Shot Put 鈥 third, Midget Javelin 鈥 third. Karlee Duczek: Youth High Jump 鈥 fifth, Youth Long Jump 11th, Youth Triple Jump 鈥 ninth. Bob Edwards: Masters H Throw 鈥 first, Masters Discus 鈥 fourth, Masters W Throw 鈥 second, Masters Shot Put 鈥 first, Masters Javelin 鈥 sixth. Ellyshia Enge - Midget 300m 鈥 third, Midget 80m 鈥 fifth. Ethan Field: Youth 100m 鈥 fourth. Alexandria Flamam: Youth 800m 鈥 third, Youth1,500m 鈥 fourth. Kaylen Giroux: Senior H Throw 鈥 second, Senior Discus 鈥 second, Senior Shot Put 鈥 second. Jennifer Haczkewicz: Youth High Jump 鈥 first. Josh Haczkewicz: Bantam 800m 鈥 first, Bantam 1,200m 鈥 first. Kelsey Haczkewicz: Youth 800m 鈥 first, Youth 400m 鈥 second. Evan LaJambe: Youth 110m 鈥 third, Youth Pole Vault 鈥 third, Youth 400m 鈥 second. Kaybrie Lutz: Bantam Long Jump 鈥 seventh, Bantam S Long Jump 鈥 third, Bantam 80m 鈥 sixth, Bantam High Jump 鈥 eighth. Kiara Lutz:聽 Midget 100m 鈥 sixth, Midget Long Jump 鈥 fifth. T.J. McBride: Youth 3,000m 鈥 second, Youth 200m 鈥 sixth. Paige Novakowski: Midget 300m 鈥 ninth. Sarah Novakowski: Midget 800 鈥 third, Midget 1,200m 鈥 fifth. Mikaila Ortynsky: Youth H Throw 鈥 second. Sean Paligan: Midget Triple Jump 鈥 fourth. Willen Paligan: Bantam Long Jump 鈥 first, Bantam 80m 鈥 first, Bantam High Jump 鈥 first. Cassidy Stachowich: Junior Long Jump 鈥 first, Junior Triple Jump 鈥 first. Sarah Sutter: Midget Long Jump 鈥 fourth, Midget High Jump 鈥 second. Carson Sveinbjorson: Midget 800m 鈥 seventh, Midget High Jump 鈥 fourth, Midget 2,000m 鈥 fifth, Midget 1,200m 鈥 fifth. Cloe Toma: Pee Wee 1,000m 鈥 fifth. Lee-Ann Toma: Bantam 1m,200m 鈥 third. Brendon Weber: Senior 100m 鈥 12th, Senior 200m 鈥 10th. Erin Yeadon: Bantam Long Jump 鈥 ninth, Bantam Ball Throw 鈥 second. Jared Yeadon: Youth Long Jump 鈥 third, Youth 110m H 鈥 second. Matthew Zalys-Smeretsky: Youth Long Jump 鈥 fifth, Youth 100m 鈥 seventh, Youth Discus 鈥 fourth, Youth Shot Put 鈥 fourth. Justine Zarowny: Youth 1,500m 鈥 third, Youth 3,000m 鈥 third.