HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-06-07, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012. PAGE 9.
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Pulling ahead
The F.E. Madill Senior Boys 4x100-metre relay team (centre) set a new record at a recent
OFSAA competition in Windsor. Blyth’s Alex Peters, a member of the team, is shown here
sprinting to hand off the baton to teammate Luke Dailleboust during the event. The team
finished with a final time of 42.83 seconds. (Photo submitted)
Students continue breaking records at track meetThe F.E. Madill Secondary SchoolTrack and Field Team continued itsonslaught on the record books at theOntario Federation of SchoolAthletic Association (OFSAA) West
Regional Track and Field Meet
hosted by the University of Windsor.
Of the 26 athletes competing for
Madill, 17 achieved at least one
‘personal best’. Seven athletes
qualified to advance to OFSAA, the
high school provincial
championships, by placing in the top
four positions in their events. En
route to pursuing a berth to OFSAA
the Madill athletes set an
unprecedented seven new school
records as well as winning three first
place finishes, two second places
finishes, and two third place
finishes.
In the first event of the meet,
Julie-Anne Staehli set the tone,
taking the lead early and running
strongly to win first place, bettering
her previous record by a second. The
OFSAA silver medalist in the
steeplechase continued her record
setting pace in the 800-metre
lowering the time yet again this
season by shaving five seconds off
of Janet Wood’s 1980 record and
also claiming a berth to OFSAA in
the 800-metre race.
Distance runner Madeline
Yungblut looked in fine form in the
senior girls 1,500-metre resetting
her record yet again this season with
a clocking of 4:48.53. When the gun
went off for the Senior girls 3,000-
metre, Yungblut was at the front of
the pack, running a strong race to
win the event in yet another record
breaking time of 10:10.58. Since the
beginning of this season, she has
taken over 40 seconds off the record
previously held by Janet Wood in
1980.
Luke Dailleboust ran a strong
heat and final in the senior boys 110-metre hurdle event. Competing inhis first year as a senior, Dailleboustran the hurdles in 14.70 seconds tobreak a record set by AJ Beasley in
2009 and claim third place and a trip
to OFSAA in the event.
The relay races are an exciting
event at the high school meets. The
Madill team had four 4x100-metre
teams competing at Regionals. All
teams connected on their exchanges
performing well. Three teams ran
their best times of the season. The
senior boys race is often a highlight
of the meet because of the highly
competitive nature and the speed of
the race. Once again, the Madill
team of Braydon Pellett, Mike
Ballagh, Alex Peters and Luke
Dailleboust proved themselves
among the best at the meet lowering
the school record set last year from
42.96 seconds to 42.83 seconds and
winning second place.
Peters made his presence felt in
the junior boys 100-metre and 200-
metre events. He came third in a
blanket finish of the 100-metre dash.
After dealing with disappointment
in his high jump event (not
qualifying), he ran with tenacity in
the 200-metre race to a convincing
win in the event. He broke Tyler
Smith’s record of 23.00 (2009) with
a time of 22.49 seconds.
In the Midget Boys division,
Justin McKague leaped over the bar
at 1.72-metre to earn second place
and a qualifying position at OFSAA.
To qualify to compete at this
level is an honour and all 26 athletes
are to be congratulated on their
successes of the season. Seven
Madill athletes look forward to
competing in eight events at OFSAA
held at Thousand Island Secondary
school in Brockville next week.
Bringing the heat
On May 29 the Blyth PeeWee team took on their WIngham
counterparts in Minor League baseball action. Pitcher Kyle
Bos lead the charge as the teams faced off against each
other leading to Blyth coming away with the win. (Vicky
Bremner photo)