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Sports
Madill athletes earn accolades, best at championship
The F.E. Madill Secondary School
Mustangs battled more than tough
competition experiencing cold and
windy conditions on May 12 and 13
at the Huron-Perth track and field
championships in Goderich.
With windchills dipping to near
0°C and strong wind gusts that
created havoc on the runways and
track, it was no place for the faint of
heart. Madill had 43 competitors on
their team. Some schools at the meet
had nearly twice the number of
athletes as Madill, so they worked
hard to earn every point they could.
Despite the poor conditions,
Madill athletes battled their way to
earn 29 personal bests in their
performances, qualified 40 athletes
for the Western Ontario Secondary
School Athletics Association
(WOSSAA), won an individual
Midget girls and Senior boys title,
claimed the Midget girls and Junior
boys team championship and earned
the overall girls and boys Huron-
Perth championship.
The points were spread out among
several schools in Huron Perth with
Northwestern of Stratford winning
the boys overall and St Mike’s of
Stratford the girls overall. However,
Madill prevailed with the most
points to win the overall boys and
girls award. The win upheld a long
standing tradition at Madill – over
the past 24 years, the school has won
the title 21 times.
The Madill Midget girls won the
Huron-Perth title. Jessica Johnston
led the way winning the sprint
hurdles and clinching second in
distance hurdles. She also set a new
personal best in high jump clearing
the bar at 1.49 metres to win the
event. These wins also gave her the
honour of being named Huron-Perth
Midget girls individual champion.
Taylor Montgomery and Jasmine
Vader continued with their strong
performances in throws winning
several firsts, seconds and thirds in
shot put, discus and javelin.
It was a well balanced team effort
with distance runner Emma
Metcalfe contributing third places in
both the 1,500-metre and 3,000-
metre events. In high jump, Sarah
Strome and Brookelyn Johnston also
were second and third respectively
and Jessica Kuepfer won third in
long jump.
Connecting smoothly at all the
exchanges, the ‘A’ team of midget
girls 4x100-metre relay (Jessica
Kuepfer, Jessica Johnston, Emma
Metcalfe, Lexi Smith) sprinted to a
first place finish and their best time
so far this season.
In the Midget boys division, Matt
Darrell won the long jump with a
leap of 5.09 metres as well as
earning third in the 400-metre race
with a time of 58.30 seconds and
third in triple jump with a distance of
10.89 metres. Teammate, Mitch
Deans sprinted to a second place
finish in the 200-metre dash with a
time of 24.98 seconds and second in
triple jump with a distance of 11.13
metres. Again the team was balanced
with Landon Anderson Johnston and
Erik VanderVlies contributing top
finishes in distance races.
The Junior girls throwing duo of
Sydney Wightman and Katie Murray
continued to perform well.
Wightman won the discus event with
a distance of 27.96 metres and
Murray won the javelin with a
distance of 25.61 metres, both
marking ‘personal best’ throws.
The Junior boys team clinched the
Huron-Perth team title earning
points in throws, jumps, and on the
track. Ben Newell narrowly missed
two Huron Perth records with his
win of 43.09 metres in discus and his
leap of 1.71 metres in high jump.
Newell was also second in javelin
hurling the spear 40.54 metres.
Teammate Mitch Ward, sporting a
heavy hand cast after surgery for a
broken bone in his hand, placed a
worthy second behind Newell in
discus and qualified in both his other
events, shot and javelin. Brandon
Murray and Franklin Marshall
contributed with top placings in the
distance events on the track.
Karissa Schiestel competed well
in throws earning first in discus and
second in javelin with a new
personal best throw of 26.81 metres.
In the jumping pits, Jayden
Anderson Johnston leaped 4.41
metres to win the gold and teammate
Victoria Jacobs jumped 9.48 metres
in triple jump.
In a tough ‘triple’ combination of
800-metre, 1,500-metre and 3,000-
metre races, Emily Meier showed
great perseverance to earn solid
fourth places in all three events.
The Senior girls ‘A’ relay team of
Lauren Thompson, Rachel Cook,
Victoria Jacobs, and Jayden
Anderson Johnson sprinted around
the track in the 4x100-metre relay to
win second overall.
Teammates on the ‘B’ team, which
included Olivia McArter, Jessyca
Scott, Emily Meier and Karissa
Schiestel, were not far behind with a
third place finish.
Justin McKague was named the
Senior boys Huron-Perth champion
winning all three of his jumping
events (high jump 1.85 metres, long
jump 5.79 metres, triple jump 12.25
metres). Stuart Cameron had a solid
performance in the throws earning
second place finishes in shot (14.27
metres), discus (38.20 metres) and
javelin (41.41 metres). On the track,
Lyndon Smith sprinted over the 110-
metres hurdles to a first place finish.
Smith also won third place in the
200-metre dash with a time of 24.29
seconds and long jump with a
distance of 5.47-metres.
The team win comes as a result of
several factors. The ‘all round’ team
effort by all athletes in all divisions
played a key role in the win with a
smaller team of 43 athletes. The
Madill competitors worked as hard
at the meet as they do at practices
giving their best effort. Madill also
has the benefit of several coaches to
assist the athletes throughout the
season, at practice and at meets. This
year the team of coaches consisted
of Sandy MacIntyre (head coach),
Gary and Maureen Lisle, Karen
Dailleboust, Heather Durnin, Steve
McKague, Lisa Jackson, Julie
McDonald, and Devan Ballagh.
With 40 athletes qualifying for
WOSSAA, the team is now gearing
up for the two day competition to be
held at TD Waterhouse Stadium at
the University of Western Ontario
May 21, 22. The long and arduous
road to the Ontario Federation of
School Athletics Association
(OFSAA) track and field
championships has begun.
At WOSSAA, the top six in each
individual event and relay qualify for
OFSAA West Regionals held at the
same site a week later. From
OFSAA Regionals, the top four then
qualify for OFSAA in Toronto the
following week.
Big win
The F.E. Madill Secondary School Mustangs track and field squad excelled at the Huron-Perth
Track and Field Championship in Goderich last week, capturing the overall girls and boys
championships, the Midget girls and Junior boys team championships and the Midget girls and
Senior boys titles. (Photo submitted)
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