Yorkton and area athletes attend the Western Canadian Track and Field Championship鈥� in Winnipeg July 17-19.
The athletes really enjoyed the very high end competition that the Winnipeg meet had to offer. It was a big step up from High school and Sask. Athletics Provincials.
Highlights
Kelsey Haczkewicz receives bronze medal in Youth 4 x 400m with her Team Sask.
Sarah Sutter receives bronze medal in Youth High Jump.
Jaden Porte receives silver medal in Western Canada team challenge 800m setting a new personal best 1:52.55 while winning the gold medal in 4 x 400m Relay Team with Team Sask.
Porte describes the race.
Cole Burkholder is officially moving on to the next and final level with Team Sask.
He will be funded to travel to St. Therese, Quebec, to the Legion Youth Canadian Track and Field Championship. He will represent Saskatchewan in the 800m and 400m on August 7-9.
Jaden Porte will be travelling with team Sask. for his last outdoor track meet of the season to Fort MacMurray to attend Western Canada Summer Games Championship (U21 athletes) from August 7 to16.
Porte is the youngest member of the team and his objective is to get a sub 1:52 time to get funding from Athletics Canada for 2016.
Local Western results
McKiya Mazur (Midget Girls): 100m Heat,12th - 13.57 Q, 100m Final,12th - 13.73, 200m Heat, 12th - 28.20聽 Q.
Sarah Novakowski (Midget Girls): 1,200m, 10th - 4:07.75, 800m, 13th - 2:34.34
Justine Zarowny (Youth Girls): 1,500m, 10th - 5:19.40, 400m, 15th - 1:07.90, 800m, 8th - 2:32.26, 3,000m, 7 - 11:35.18
Kelsey Haczkewicz (Youth Girls): 400m, 8th - 1:02.20, 800m, 6th - 2:25.00, 4 x 400m Team Sask., 3rd - 4:18.13
Cole Burkholder (Youth Boys): 800m, 6th - 2:01.55
Matthew Zays-Smeretsky (Youth Boys): Hammer Throw, 7th - 29.72m, Discus, 15th - 29.08m, Javelin, 10th - 23.32m, Shot Put, 9th - 11.04m.
Jaden Porte (Western Canada Summer Games Team- WCWGS): 800m, 2nd - 1:52.55 (personal best), 4 x 400m Team Sask., 1st - 3:18.36
Ellyshia Enge (Midget Girls): 200m Hurdles, 8th - 33.85 , 80m Hurdles Heat, 8th - 14.92聽 Q
Jonah Sutter (Youth boys): Long Jump, 11th - 5.85m, Triple Jump, 7th -11.82m
Sarah Sutter (Midget Girls): Long Jump, 15th - 4.30m, High Jump, 3rd - 1.45m
Jared Yeadon (Youth boys): Long Jump, 6th - 6.04m, 110m Hurdles Heat, 10th - 17.85 Q, 110m Hurdles Final, 7th - 17.11
Mikaila Ortynsky (Youth Girls): Hammer Throw, 8th - 28.99m, Shot Put, 18th -聽 20.26m
Evan Lajambe Youth boys): Pole Vault, 4th - 2.60m.
