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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-05-25, Page 22 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, May 25, 2016 The F.E. Madill Team. Michael Schraa and Craig Murray OB 4x400 573 Matt Darrell to Nathan Hammer JB 4x100 279 Jessica Johnston JG 300mH 303 Austin Eadie MB TJ 417 Sonja Petersen SG 200 516 F.E. Madill students took a number of titles at the recent Huron Perth Track and Field Championships. Lyndon Smith SB 100 234 Karissa Schiestel SG D 314 Dana Dolmage MG 4x100 246 Submitted F.E. Madill athletes win titles at Huron Perth track meet Maureen Lisle Contributor Although Goderich meets in spring are notorious for poor weather, excellent weather conditions pre- vailed this year for the Huron Perth championships. Under sunny skies and tempera- tures in the teens, athletes from 11 Huron Perth schools were able to perform well. The F.E. Madill was smaller this season with a total of 33 athletes. However, those 33 athletes were able to dig deep and persevere and achieve some outstand- ing results. They won two team titles, achieved two individual championships and amassed enough points to compete for the overall title. This year Northwestern SS edged Madill out winning the championship for the first time in the history of their school. Madill was a close second. With only 33 athletes, eve- ryone was called on to per- form well and do all their events. It was an all round team effort with the athletes achieving 36 `personal bests' (PB's) and 1 relay PB. In the midget girls divi- sion, Jordyn Stuzman sprinted down the stretch to earn 2nd in sprint hurdles and 3rd in distance hurdles. At the high jump pit, Rachel Van Stuyvenburg soared over the bar at 1.40m to win the event. Ally Marston was able to qualify in both the 400 (3rd) and triple jump (4th). On the track, Dana Dolmage proved her abilities in distance running qualify- ing for WOSSAA in the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m. Chris- tina Schraa had excellent results in the throws, throw- ing the shot, discus and jave- lin farther than ever before. The junior girls team was well balanced and strong enabling them to win the team championship with points from sprints, throws, jumps and distance running. Despite a severe ankle injury, Jessica Johnston rose to the challenge winning the sprint hurdles and high jump and coming second in distance hurdles. Team mates Taylor Montgomery and Jasmine Vader contin- ued to be the throwing duo winning top spots in shot put, discus and javelin. Yas- min Eddijli and Lexi Smith earned lots of points on the track in the 100m, 200m, long and triple jump. And Emma Metcalfe and Nicole Ward persevered on the track earning top rankings in 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m. and steeplechase. The 4X100 relay team of Yasmin Eddijli, Nicole Ward, Emma Met- calfe, and Lexi Smith sprinted the baton around the track in the 4X100m relay to win first place. In the senior girls division, Karissa Schiestel and Sydney Wightman both hurled the discus over 30m to win first and second places. Karissa also won javelin (28.29m) and was 4th in shot put. In long jump, Sonja Petersen leaped 4.39m to win the event. Emily Meier worked hard on the track qualifying in all three distance runs: 800m, 1500m, and 3000m. Brittany Walden won 2nd in high jump and 4th in triple jump. In the midget and junior boys division, Austin Eadie led the way winning long jump (5.19m) and leaping 10.69m to earn 2nd place in triple jump. Nathan Ham- mer, a recent addition on the team qualified in all three of his events (400m, 800m, and triple jump). Craig Murray crushed his best performance in the 1500m with his clocking of 5:29.89. Two midget boys joined two junior boys to form a 4X100m relay team in the junior division. Matt Darrell, Nathan Hammer, Austin Eadie, and Mitch Deans sprinted with the baton around the track with a winning time of 49.96 s. Mitch Deans won the indi- vidual Huron Perth junior title with three wins: 200m (24.42), long jump (5.66m), and triple jump (11.90m). Team mate Matt Darrell also had strong perfor- mances in the 400m (54.69s -second place) and triple jump (11.24m -2nd place() and long jump (5.41m -third place). Sprinter, Shaun Darling qualified in both 200m and 400m helping his team of three junior athletes win second place in overall jun- ior boys points. The Madill senior boys division had balance and ability on its favour. Justin McKague led the way win- ning the senior boys indi- vidual championship with wins in the high jump, tri- ple jump, and long jump. Team mate Lyndon smith was runner up to McKague winning the sprint hurdles (15.98s), and the 100m (11.58s) and leaping 11.45 in triple jump to win sec- ond place. Ayden Tiffin contributed points in high jump and triple jump. Ben Newell, nursing a knee problem, managed to place well in all three of his events despite the injury. He won discus with a standing throw of 35.58, earned third in javelin with a short approach, and jumped off his `wrong leg' in high jump to earn fourth (1.60m). Mitch Ward also contributed significant points in all three throws with top placings in shot, discus and javelin. Billy Darrell helped Madill dom- inate the jumping pits with his second in long jump (5.58m) and third in triple jump (11.24m) in addition to the above results. Dis- tance runners Michael Schraa and Brandon Mur- ray also contributed points on the track with Schraa running the steeplechase to win third and Murray earn- ing a significant personal best in 3000m with 10:47.71. The senior boys were clear winners of the senior boys title over the larger teams of Northwest- ern and St. Mikes. The top six athletes in each event qualified to compete at WOSSAA May 19, 20 at TD Waterhouse Stadium in Lon- don. Madill has 31 athletes who qualified and who make the trip to London to compete.