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Lucknow Sentinel, 2009-06-10, Page 8Page 8 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 ON SALE SATURDAY, JUNE 13 TO FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009 Lucknow athletes take it to OFSAA Lucknow and area athletes on the FE Madill Track and Field team performed extremely well at. the. OFS.AA 'West Regional meet in Kitchener on May 29 and 30. The region includes the counties of Huron, Perth,. Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford, Bruce, Grey, Dufferin, Waterloo, Brant, Norfolk, Wellington, Essex, Kent, and Lampton. That . large and heavily populated area includes 165 sec- ondary schools and the level of competition at the meet was very, very high. Athletes who fin- ished in the ' top six won ribbons and athletes who - finished in the : top four qualified to advance to the provincial champi- onships in Toronto on June 4, 5 and 6. A.J. Beasley contin- ued to excel and he qual- ified to advance to the OFSAA championships in Senior Boys' 110 Hurdles. In that event, A finished second and 'broke his own FE Maul school record in a time of 14.85` seconds. He was also one of two FE Madill athletes to quali- fy to advance in the Senior Boys' Long Jump. He finished fourth in that event with a jump of 6.53 m. In A . J.'s Final individual event, the 400m Hurdles, A.J. finished fifth and was only 32 ten thousandths of a second behind the fourth place finisher who qualified to advance to OFSAA, Ixi1k barn' Shup & Save. Join Millions of our satisfied customers, Quality, value and selection since 1982 Canada's largest bulk food retailer & more. Now over 120 locations and growing. Franchise locations are available in Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Canada, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba - (905) 886-6766 Store Locations Klncardlne -NOW OPEN! 781 Broadway Street (comer of Hwy. #9 and #21) PIP (519) 396.8052 EVERY WEDNESDAY SENIORS' AND STUDENTS' SAVE 10` OFF ALL REGULAR PRICED PRODUCTS ren WWW.butkbarn.ca standards. Although her next two throws went much further, they landed out of sector and - were not measured. Just having qualified to com- pete in two events at this meet is an impressive feat and both Ellen and Gina deserve congratu- lations for having achieved this honour. In the Senior Girls' group, Erin Gilchrist, Submitted photo who has battled a shout- Lucicnow and area athletes on the FE Madill Track der injury throughout teamperformed extremely well at the the season, finished with and field • OFSAA West Regional meet inK teener on May 29 a distance of. 9.03 m. to excel and ht and 30. A.J. Bey (left) co The shoulder injury .did qualified to a .. dvance to the OFSAA Championships play a role -at this meet ►..fin- in Senior Boys' i 10m Hurdles. ,in that event,A.J., jand _prevented her from !shed second and bit_,, tela,. o�wnl ,fS . Medial school; : thatching the- personal. record in a time of l #68 secon+�s. - 8 distance Girls' Javelin .best of 10.51 m A.J. , is -consoled by the Midget:G she had set at WOSSAA fact that the 400 m at OFSAA last year, has Hurdle finals, and the a personal best throw of earlier this year. The final EE IViadill 'um . 'would over -•3$129 m from earlier in 164..) p. competitor from the at OFSM, •• and he .the season which rinks w. area was uout _ f the: Junior Luckno would not have � teen her list © - able to focus exclusively Girls who have.quall'ied Mitch Quik. Witch had to OFSAA a get meet finishing on either event at• that to advance sixth in the Midget meet. A.I. also ran -very • this year. Gina also �Oy3 I�iSCiis With. h1S well on �-the 4x400 m ....grew the ; disClis teatri that second best throw_ of _ the • relay � . finsh+od extremely: well at on: 3SE8 m . iVitch GIS,A.A►. as ( ) sixth in `� _ a -tune.. of ' ' ..: se�g � hrovving , ate in • 3:33.06. The Senior West : 'Reeonais and r Boys'4x100' in team on finished with a new pe- the _season :and shows which A.J. had alto sonal best distance of great pmntial in the , o . _ e . thtowmg events. qualified to compete at 28.72 m. Two years ago� ad��nu. #o the two OFSAA West Regionals that distance would have � the h ualified Gina for . athletes fro was forced to . sCratc _ q due to an injury, suffered OFSAA `I.�uckn+Dw tea, there. but this year were.eight other _mem-` • by another member of , due �. �to the extremelythe Madill `l:�rack hi level of co npeti- �bers of the team. and Field team whoa Gina Murray also tion she finished ninth. vane to AIso in the: Junior 'tirls' earned_ the oppottun itv qualliBed- to adv to compete at the the provincial champi- category, Ellen _Gilchrist . - provincial champs onshi s. She contin_ ued threw well and set a new p �onshi s. Five athletes to .have consistently big personal 'best in the shot � p including in the Junior ut with a distance of from the team, in g throws P Carla AJ., will 'be advancing Javelin coinpetl- 9.27 m. The � discus m©� :than one event finished shed third co tition did • not go . �n tion s�tl each. This has been with a throw of 36.37 m. as' wen for Ellen.: -Her extremelysue- Gina thegold medal first throw was 22.44 m another Gina, suc- cessful season for the. winner from the which is low: by Ellen's Submitted photo Lucknow and area athletes on the FE Madill Track and Field team performed extremely well at the OFSAA West Regional meet in Kitchener on May 29 and 30. Gina Murray also qualified to advance to the Provincial Championships.. She continued to have consistently big throws in the junior Girls javelin competition and finished third with a throw of 36.32 m. Submitted photo Lucknow and area athletes on the FE Madill Tuck and Field team performed extremely well at the OFSAA West Regional meet in Kitchener on May 29 and 30. The final FE Madill competitor of the day from the Lucknow area was Mitch Kuik. Mitch had a great meet finishing sixth in the Midget Boys' Discus with his sec- ond best throw of the season (38.68 m).