De Sousa
Local athletes set 10
meet records
De Sousa and Stanat both set two new marks at Woodstock Classic
Wednesday May 9, 2018
By Rob J. Ross
WOODSTOCK, ON. - It was the final invitational before the Thames Valley Regional Athletics championships and athletes from Elgin County and Dorchester showed they are ready for the big meet.
Eight athletes set 10 meet records, including a pair of freshman who broke two each winning events, at the Woodstock Classic track and field meet, at College Avenue secondary school.
Central Elgin Titans' Taya De Sousa finished first in meet record time of 12.48 seconds, in the midget women's 80-metre and set the new distance of 5.21 metres in long jump. De Sousa was also second, in the 200-metres (27.76 sec.).
Two other Titans joined De Sousa as record breakers
Hannah Onyema won the midget women's shot put, the first ever to break 11 metres at the meet, with a throw of 11.01 metres. Onyema tossed aside the competition on this day, also winning discus (24.64m) and javelin (26.85m).
Hayden Bell won senior men's high jump with a best new height of 1.85 metres. Bell finished sixth in shot put (11.29m).
Parkside Stampeders' Arthur Stanat set new meet marks in midget men's shot put (14.03m) and discus (43.13m). Stanat would have placed second for shot put in the senior division, just one centimetre behind the winner. His discus throw would have been third in senior.
Three fellow Stampeders set records.
Sparenberg
Anij Sparenberg tossed the discus to a new mark of 30.03 metres at the junior women's level. She also placed second in shot put (10.13m) and third in javelin (29.94m)
Jack Carlson has the new best time in the midget men's 200-metres (24.06 sec.), and also placed second in the 400m (55.54 sec.)
Michael Roth was the first to the finish line in a record time of 24.06 seconds, in the junior men's 200 metres. Roth was second in the 400 (55.54 sec.)
East Elgin Eagles' Adam Dekraker cleared 6.08 metres in junior men's pole vault, setting a new meet mark.
The TVRA championships are May 16-17, at TD Stadium in London. The top 10 in each event advance to the WOSSAA meet, May 24-25, at TD Stadium.
Top 10 at Woodstock Classic
CENTRAL ELGIN TITANS
Sydney Gee, third, midget women's long jump (4.49m), sixth, javelin (21.26m), seventh, midget girls' 400m (1:08.64); Tanner Smyth, fourth, senior men's high jump (1.65m); Seth Kuiper, third, senior men's shot put (13.00m), fourth, discus (34.34m); Michael Onyema, third, junior men's shot put (11.81m); Danika Pearce, fourth, junior women's long jump (4.01m); Allie Van Dyk, eighth, senior women' shot put (8.32m), ninth, discus (22.67m); Kyan Oberas, ninth, midget men's long jump (4.53m).
DORCHESTER BEAVERS
Sarah Smith, first, midget girls 400m (1:03.78); Leaha Johnston, second, midget women's javelin (23.72m); fourth, shot put (9.90m); Emma McKnight, second, senior women's 200m (27.12 sec.); Ben Langstaff, second, midget men's long jump (5.15m); Owen Pink, second, midget men's 3000m (9:58.14)' Connor Erb, third, midget men's 3000m (10:08.29); Sarah Ashby, third, senior women's shot put (9.78m), sixth, discus (25.52m); Colson Erb, third, senior men's 3000m (9:38.31); Abby Downing, fourth, midget women's pole vault (2.05m); Aiden Rand, fourth, senior men's pole vault (3.05m); Nolan Smith, fourth, midget men's long jump (5.07m); Aiden Currah, fifth, midget men's pole vault (2.50m); Serena Beaudry, fifth, midget women's discus (20.00m); Thomas Hertner, fifth, senior men's shot put (11.29m), ninth, discus (26.9m); Megan Brownwigg, fifth, junior women's 80m hurdles (15.37 sec.); Emma Lavoie, fifth, junior women's pole vault (1.62m); Bethany Hiemnstra, sixth, senior women's 400m (1:08.42); Ashley MacMillan, seventh, midget women's discus (19.22m), eighth, pole vault (1.75m); Alyssa Ebert, seventh, junior women's 400m (1:10.9); Jeffrey Kieman, seventh, senior men's javelin (35.7m); Jacob Brownrigg, eighth, senior men's high jump (1.55m); Carter Schiffer, ninth, senior men's shot put (9.72m); Brodie Sciater, 10th, senior men's javelin (29.35m); Evan Gillies, 10th, midget men's high jump (1.35m); Caitlyn Plant, 10th, midget women's javelin (18.75m).
Martens
EAST ELGIN EAGLES
Gwen Martens, first, junior women's long jump (4.54m), fourth, junior women's 200m (28.26 sec.); Nathaniel Abell, second, open men's steeplechase (6:33.09), fourth, senior men's 3000 (9:43.56); Hannah Wiebe, third, senior women's discus (28.86m), fourth, shot put (9.30m); Danny Wiebe, third, junior men's high jump (1.55m); Oakley Potter, fourth, senior men's javelin (38.36m); Seth Walker, fourth, junior men's 100m hurdles (16.92 sec.); Amy Ropchan, fifth, senior women's 3000m (12:29.82); Thea Fenn, seventh, midget women's 80m hurdles (16.38 sec.); Caitlyn Evely, seventh, senior women's 100m hurdles (19.07 sec.); Kobie Wall, seventh, midget men's 3000m (11:22.92), ninth, open men's steeplechase (7:49.34); Nicklaus Cowx, seventh, midget men's 100m hurdles (20.67 sec.); Eric Baeza, eighth, senior men's 200m (24.35sec.); Kayla Froese, eighth, senior women's 100m hurdles (20.04 sec.); Mikayla Krahn, 10th, junior women's 400m (1:13.72).
Parkin
PARKSIDE STAMPEDERS
Jared Parkin, first, junior men's shot put (13.31m), first, discus (43.66m); Zachary Copeland, second, junior men's discus (40.86m), fifth, javelin (39.4m), ninth, shot put (10.86m); Brady Fodor, fourth, discus (35.06m), 10th, junior men's shot put (10.84m); Bradley Grignard, fourth, senior men's 200m (23.69 sec); Marlize Rupple, fifth, junior women's javelin (24.09m), sixth, discus (20.72m), eighth, shot put (8.58m); Samantha Brown, fifth, junior women's 400m (1:09.23); eighth, 200m (29.10 sec.); Cassidy Kent, fifth, senior women's 200m (27.68 sec,); Zoe Tremblay, fifth, senior women's long jump (4.60m), 10th, 200m (28.73 sec.); Jackson Molyneux, fifth, junior men's high jump (1.55m), eighth, pole vault (5.06m); Braiden Ferguson, seventh, senior men's 400m (55.09 sec); Joseph Gillespie, seventh, senior men's discus (31.9m), eighth, shot put (10.53m); Brooklyn Smith, eighth, senior women's javelin (21.15m); Madeleine Krahn, eighth, junior women's 400m (1:11.35); Kendra Coma, eighth, midget women's 400m (1:09.1).
ST. JOE'S RAMS
Arielle Aitken-Guignard, second, midget women's 3000m (12:12.61); Jordan Palmer, third, 800m (53.3 sec.), sixth, senior men's 200m (23.82 sec.); Carter Wolt, sixth, midget men's shot put (10.24m), sixth, discus (19.00m), seventh, javelin (20.31m); Nathan Mezenberg, seventh, junior men's pole vault (5.19m), eighth, 400m (1:02.54), 10th, 200m (25.3 sec.); Jordyn Wright, seventh, junior women's long jump (3.66m); Jolene Sollner, eighth, midget women's 3000m (14:53.26); Ryan Hamilton, ninth, senior men's long jump (5.18m); Jack Stubbs, ninth, midget men's 400m (1:00.94); Emma Kebbel, 10th, senior women's 3000m (13:57.38); Trinity Shilleto, 10th, senior women's javelin (19.62m).
WEST ELGIN WILDCATS
Drew McIntyre, third, midget men's high jump (1.60m); Paige Doherty, fifth, junior women's long jump (3.95m); Malloory Hooghiem, sixth, senior women's javelin (25.22m), 10th, shot put (7.23m); Miranda Jacques, 10th, junior women's long jump (3.49m); Liam Brayton, 10th, senior men's 3000m (10:45.81)
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