CANORA – Led by three gold medals each from Karter Shukin (bantam boys), Courtlyn Heshka (bantam girls) and Kasen Heshka (intermediate boys), the Canora Composite School track-and-field team had a rewarding and productive day at pre-districts in Yorkton on May 12.
Coached by Thomas Lowes and Leona Kitchen, the squad has been gaining momentum after a slow start to the season.
“The snow didn't melt off the track until April 30. This only gave our students five practices before they needed to compete,” said the coaches. “But our students rose to the challenge and did their best to make use of the practice time we had.
“We were fortunate enough to have a beautiful sunny day to compete at pre-districts. Canora was the host school, so it took many people from our school community to help out. Our SRC [student representative council] crew ran the canteen and eight other non-participating students offered to volunteer their day to work at javelin and high jump. These extra students were a great help and we couldn't have pulled the day off without them.”
The top two finishers in each event automatically qualify for districts. Canora had 24 student/athletes who made the grade.
PeeWee Boys:
Drew Kitchen – 100m/200m/long jump
Logan Menton – 100m/200m/long jump/high jump
PeeWee Girls:
Quinn Crane – 100m/200m
Hannah Dutchak – 200m/long jump/triple jump
Ashton Lamb – 400m
Talia Collingridge – long jump
Bantam Boys:
Karter Shukin – 100m/1500m/long jump
Bantam Girls:
Courtlyn Heshka – 100m/200m/hurdles/long jump
Kenzee Kopelchuk – long jump/triple jump/high jump
Karlien De Necker – shot put/discus/javelin
Intermediate Boys:
Kasen Heshka – 100m/200m/400m
Reid Kitchen – 1500m/3000m/triple jump
William Sliva – 1500m/3000m/hurdles
CJ Bueta – shot put/discus/javelin
Intermediate Girls:
Madison Dutchak – 200m/400m/hurdles
Cassidy Wolkowski – 3000m/long jump/triple jump
Junior Boys:
Jackson Palagian – 100m/200m/shot put/discus
Junior Girls:
Danielle Dutchak – 100m/hurdles/triple jump
Maddy Dutchak – shot put/discus/javelin
Paisley Wolkowski – shot put/discus/javelin
Senior Boys:
Linden Roebuck – 100m/high jump/javelin
Andrew Sliva – Quad
Pierre-Juan Rollin – Quad
The Quad includes four events: the 100 and 800 metre races, as well as the shot put and the long jump.
Claire Ruf and Isabelle Chabun also qualified for districts, but due to prior commitments they will be unable to compete.
The district meet was scheduled for May 26 and 27.
“Hopefully we will have some athletes qualify for provincials in Saskatoon on June 5 and 6,” concluded coaches Lowes and Kitchen.
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