Golden: Sudbury athletes shine at northern track finals

Twenty-five athletes earned gold medals at the 2015 NOSSA Track and Field Championships in Sturgeon Falls over the past two days.

Amazingly, more than a third of that group actually managed the feat more than once.

The SDSSAA contingent that will head to Toronto to compete at OFSAA from June 4 to June 6 includes 2014 provincial medallists Noah LaPierre of Lasalle Secondary (senior boys high jump) and Chris Barclay of Lo-Ellen Park (100m/800m blind).

That is but the tip of the iceberg, however, with several Sudbury and area teenagers distinguishing themselves at all three age brackets. Multiple-event winners in the senior division included Liam Passi of Lasalle (3000m and 2000m steeplechase), Brendan Costello of Lo-Ellen (800m and 1500m), Knights' teammates Reinhardt Grobler (110m and 400m hurdles) and Barclay (above), Sacré-Coeur wheelchair athlete Tanya Quesnel (200m and 400m), as well as Jenny Drane of Lockerby (pole vault and triple jump).

Top-end junior talent featured Karly Hellstrom of Lasalle (400m and 800m) and Natalie Lefebvre of Notre-Dame (1500m and 3000m), while the rising stars within the midget classification are comprised of a Lo-Ellen Knights troika.

Josh Tillson (800m/1500m/3000m), Sydney Tarini (1500m and 3000m) and hurdler Morgan Smith (80m and 300m hurdles) form a solid nucleous that head coach Colin Ward is looking to groom in the years to come.

Following is a complete listing of all SDSSAA first place finishers:

Senior Girls

100m dash - Danielle Roy (Notre-Dame) - 13.01
200m dash - Natasha Mayer (Notre-Dame) - 26.93
400m - Laura Graham (Lasalle) - 59.72
Pole Vault - Jenny Drane (Lockerby) - 2.92m
Long Jump - Meagan McGaughey (Notre-Dame) - 4.97m
Triple Jump - Jenny Drane (Lockerby) - 10.63m
4 X 100m relay - Notre-Dame (Mayer/Roy/Philipow/Thorpe) - 51.15
200m wheelchair - Tanya Quesnel (Sacré-Coeur) - 1:13.89
400m wheelchair - Tanya Quesnel (Sacré-Coeur) - 3:01.56

Senior Boys

100m dash - Skyer Savage-Perreault (Horizon) - 11.34
800m - Brendan Costello (Lo-Ellen) - 2:00.89
1500m - Brendan Costello (Lo-Ellen) - 4:10.95
3000m - Liam Passi (Lasalle) - 9:05.17
110m hurdles - Reinhardt Grobler (Lo-Ellen) - 15.36
400m hurdles - Reinhardt Grobler (Lo-Ellen) - 59.05
High Jump - Noah LaPierre (Lasalle) - 1.83m
Pole Vault - Noah Serré (Notre-Dame) - 3.22m
2000m steeplechase - Liam Passi (Lasalle) - 6:19.79
100m blind dash - Chris Barclay (Lo-Ellen) - 13.53
800m blind - Chris Barclay (Lo-Ellen) - 2:36.90

Junior Girls

400m - Karly Hellstrom (Lasalle) - 1:01.95
800m - Karly Hellstrom (Lasalle) - 2:28.40
1500m - Natalie Lefebvre (Notre-Dame) - 5:28.32
3000m - Natalie Lefebvre (Notre-Dame) - 12:01.61
High Jump - Kennedy Sikora (Lockerby) - 1.41m
Triple Jump - Allison Byrnes (Marymount) - 10.33m

Junior Boys

300m hurdles - Oliver Ecclestone (Lockerby) - 46.10
Shot Put - Alex Paquette (Notre-Dame) - 13.37

Midget Girls

1500m - Sydney Tarini (Lo-Ellen) - 5:10.67
3000m - Sydney Tarini (Lo-Ellen) - 11:16.51
80m hurdles - Morgan Smith (Lo-Ellen) - 13.20
300m hurdles - Morgan Smith (Lo-Ellen) - 49.72
Long Jump - Rebecca Jacobs (Lasalle) - 4.59m

Midget Boys

800m - Josh Tillson (Lo-Ellen) - 2:11.96
1500m - Josh Tillson (Lo-Ellen) - 4:38.62
3000m - Josh Tillson (Lo-Ellen) - 10:07.97
Long Jump - Aidan Martel (St Charles) - 5.49m
Javelin - André Levasseur (Macdonald-Cartier) - 40.07m
4 X 100m relay - St Charles (Martel/Callaghan/Brunet/Kruk) - 48.69