One record was broken, and two other athletes came awfully close, as the 2015 Rainbow Elementary Track and Field meet schedule kicked off on Thursday at Laurentian University.
Kate Dugdale of Algonquin established a new mark in the Grade 8 girls shot put, registering a toss of 9.87 metres, besting the old mark of 9.78m (Paula Smith- Jessie Hamilton - 1998), and easily outdistancing second place finisher Zena Pregent of A.B Ellis (8.21m).
Capturing the Grade 8 girls 1500m race in a time of 5:56.87,Lily Hayden of Lively District was just over a second slower than Rachel Leck(2011), despite winning her event by more than seven seconds.
Meanwhile,Lucas Mrozewski of R.L. Beattie posted a very impressive time of 56.98 in the Grade 8 boys 400m run, just over a second back of the long-ranking standard of 55.80 set by Brian Solmes of Churchill back in 1981.
Put into context, Mrozewski was almost four seconds faster than the recent gold medal winning time for midget boys in the SDSSAA high-school championships hosted just over a week ago.
A large number of athletes distinguished themselves with multi-event victories, including Talia Gauthier (Grade 7 - 100m/200m) and Max Mahaffy (Grade 7 - 400m/800m) of R.L. Beattie, Tyson McFadden (Grade 7 - 100m/200m/shot put) and Hanna Smith (Grade 7 - 400m/800m) from Algonquin, as well as the Beattie tandem of Augustin Marks de Chablis (Grade 8 - 800m/1500m) and Colin Therrien (Grade 8 - 100m/200m).
Following is a complete listing of event winners from "Senior Meet #1":
Grade 7 Girls
-- 100m dash - Talia Gauthier (Beattie) - 14.22
-- 200m dash - Talia Gauthier (Beattie) - 29.96
-- 400m - Hanna Smith (Algonquin) - 1:10.16
-- 800m - Hanna Smith (Algonquin) - 2:49.63
-- 1500m - Katie Chomiak (Lively) - 5:57.09
-- Long Jump - Britney Biedermann (Little Current) - 4.03m
-- Shot Put - Halle Shannon (Valley View) - 7.47m
-- High Jump - Willow Cullin (Alexander) - 1.33m
-- Triple Jump - Erika Brown (A.B. Ellis) - 8.46m
Grade 7 Boys
-- 100m dash - Tyson McFadden (Algonquin) - 13.48
-- 200m dash - Tyson McFadden (Algonquin) - 28.34
-- 400m - Max Mahaffy (Beattie) - 1:06.56
-- 800m - Max Mahaffy (Beattie) - 2:44.24
-- 1500m - Joshua Hayes (Beattie) - 5:41.58
-- Long Jump - Kurtis Wennerstrom (Algonquin) - 4.41m
-- Shot Put - Tyson McFadden (Algonquin) - 9.49m
-- High Jump - Robert Jokinen (C.R. Judd) - 1.38m
-- Triple Jump - Kurtis Wennerstrom (Algonquin) - 9.91m
Grade 8 Girls
-- 100m dash - Vicky Suotaila (Algonquin) - 14.39
-- 200m dash - Zena Pregent (A.B. Ellis) - 29.07
-- 400m - Devin Mantle (Beattie) - 1:11.44
-- 800m - Hannah Nykilchuk (Valley View) - 2:50.00
-- 1500m - Lily Hayden (Lively) - 5:56.87
--Long Jump - Bronwyn Mantle (Beattie) - 3.85m
-- Shot Put - Kate Dugdale (Algonquin) - 9.87m
-- High Jump - Faith Clare (Webbwood) - 1.36m
-- Triple Jump - Maddy Baron (Alexander) - 8.33m
Grade 8 Boys
-- 100m dash - Colin Therrien (Beattie) - 12.35
-- 200m dash - Colin Therrien (Beattie) - 25.76
-- 400m - Lucas Mrozewski (Beattie) - 56.98
-- 800m - Augustin Marks de Chablis (Beattie) - 2:29.68
-- 1500m - Augustin Marks de Chablis (Beattie) - 4:59.61
-- Long Jump - Abraham Soumahoro (Beattie) - 5.00m
-- Shot Put - Cameron Docking (Lively) - 9.88m
-- High Jump - Riley Talbot (C.R. Judd) - 1.53m
-- Triple Jump - Tony Ko Wong (A.B. Ellis) - 10.24m
