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Sports
30 Madill athletes bound for WOSSAA after match
Pushing through
The F.E. Madill School track and field team recently co -
hosted an invitational match and competed at the Huron -
Perth championships. As a result of the championships,
more than 30 athletes will advance to WOSSAA from the
Wingham school. Above, Jordyn Stutzman competes in a
hurdle event. (Photo submitted)
By Maureen Lisle
F.E. Madill Secondary School
track and field athletes competed at
the Huron -Perth Championships
held last week at St. Anne's Catholic
Secondary School in Clinton and as
a result, more than 30 are heading to
the Western Ontario Secondary
School Athletics Association
(WOSSAA) meet later this month.
After enduring cold, wet meets,
the athletes seized the opportunity
provided by warmer, sunny weather,
to perform well.
It was an outstanding two days
with the small but mighty Madill
squad earning 35 personal bests as
well as three relay team bests. By the
meet's end, when results were
tallied, Madill athletes had broken
five Huron -Perth records, set two
Madill benchmarks, won two
individual championships, one team
championship and placed a strong
second in Midget Girls, Senior Girls,
Overall Girls, Overall Boys, and
Overall Team bowing to a larger
team from St. Anne's, which won
overall. As a result of the meet, 31
Madill athletes advance to the
upcoming WOSSAA event.
In the Midget Girls division,
Megan Ash sprinted cleanly over the
hurdles to win first and second in the
300 -metre hurdles and 80 -metre
hurdles respectively. Teammate
Jaime Newell outran the opposition
in the 100 -metre making for an
exciting first place finish.
Distance runner Brooke Jez had
some outstanding performances. In
her first event on day one, she
crushed the 1,500 -metre record
taking 16 seconds off the former
time. Winning all three distance
races is not an easy feat but Jez was
able to win both the 800 -metre and
3,000 -metre alongside the record she
set in the 1,500 -metre.
With three first place finishes, she
laid claim to the individual Midget
Girls title.
The Madill Junior Girls made their
presence felt in the jumping pits.
Emma Jackson, Jaime Newell,
Hannah Bloemberg and Megan Ash
all earned top finishes in long and
triple jump.
In the throwing events, Madill
athletes once again fared well.
Breelle Shaw put the shot 8.8 metres
to earn second place. In the discus
circle, Hanna VanStuyvenberg set a
new Huron -Perth record with an
outstanding personal best throw of
27.31 metres.
The Midget Girls wrapped up the
first day of Huron -Perth with an
impressive 4x100 -metre relay race.
Megan Ash, Emma Jackson, Jaime
Newell and Hannah Bloemberg
connected smoothly with their baton
passes to set a new personal best
time of 54.51 seconds and win
second place.
The Madill Midget Girls won
second overall in points missing by a
very small margin to St. Anne's.
In the junior girls division, the
throwing duo of Christina Schraa
and Carly Frank had top finishes and
personal bests in both shot put and
discus. On the track, team mate
Jordyn Stuzman earned two third
place finishes in the sprint and
distance hurdles.
In the Senior Girls division, the
throwing squad of Taylor
Montgomery, Sydney Wightman,
Katie Murray and Jasmine Vader
collected several top place finishes
and became WOSSAA qualifiers in
several throwing events. Taylor
Montgomery led the way with a first
place finish in shot put (9.15 metres)
and second place in discus (27.25).
Teammate Sydney Wightman hurled
the discus 29.13 metres to win the
event. Jessica Johnston, competing
as a first year senior, looked strong
in all three of her events (high jump,
sprint hurdles, distance hurdles).
The Madill Senior Girls wrapped
up the first day of competition
running the 4x100 -metres relay in
their best time so far this season
(54.42 seconds). The team also
earned a second place overall finish
among the 11 Huron -Perth schools.
In his first time at a Huron -Perth
Championship, Ryan Jacklin
(Midget Boys division) had some
impressive results. In the three
throws, shot put, discus and javelin,
he not only won first place, but set
new Huron -Perth records in all three
events (shot put 15.93 metres, discus
46.52 metres and javelin 49.88
metres). His distances bode well for
an exciting season ahead as he
continues to set his sights to climb
the competitive ladder of WOSSAA,
Regionals, and the Ontario
Federation of School Athletic
Associations (OFSAA) event later
this year. Jacklin won the Midget
Boys individual Huron -Perth title
with his three first place finishes.
In the Junior Boys division,
Austin Eadie earned first in long
jump leaping 5.56 metres. In
triple jump he set a new
personal best of 12.19 metres. In
high jump, Eadie cleared the bar
at 1.60 metres to earn second place.
In Senior Boys, it was a true team
effort with points being earned in
throws, sprints, jumps and distance.
The boys earned enough points to
win the division championship.
Matt Darrell won the long jump
(6.04 metres) and leaped 12.10
metres in triple jump to win second
place.
On the track he had his fastest time
this season in the 400 -metre
rounding the oval in 52.20 seconds
for second place. Teammate Mitch
Deans burned up the track winning
the 100 metres in 11.68 seconds and
claiming second in the 200 -metre
(24.69 seconds). Deans also leaped
to a second place finish in long
jump. Between them, the distance
running duo of Brandon Murray and
Michael Schraa earned plenty of
points in the steeplechase, 800-,
1,500- and 3,000 -metres, qualifying
for WOSSAA in each of these
events.
In the throwing events, Mitch
Ward hurled the discus to a second
place finish and qualified in all three
throws for WOSSAA.
The top six athletes in each event
at Huron -Perth championships
qualify for WOSSAA to be held at
the TD Waterhouse Stadium at the
University of Western Ontario in
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