The track and field team had a great showing yesterday at the Zone 3 Championships held in St. Catharines. The team came home with four first-place finishes and six second-place finishes. Winners were Bruce Bryan and Jasmin Flagg in Midget Shot put, Ryan Dendy in Senior Boys Shot Put and Grant Flagg in the 100 meters. Second-place finishers were Trystan Hinks, Sr. Discuss, Alyce Andrews in Junior Long Jump, Thomas Slater in Junior Shot Put, Jake Richard in Midget Discus and Jasmine Flagg in Midget Discus. Also, Sensia Lampman got two second place finishes in Senior Girls Shot Put and Discus.
Congratulations to the team as a whole as nearly all members of the team were able to qualify for next week’s SOSSA Championship. Great job Bears!
The top five finishers at the Zone 3 meet advance to the Southern Ontario Secondary Schools Association meet next Thursday at the Niagara Olympic Club. They are listed below.
MIDGET GIRLS
Long jump: 1. Saldutto (5.02 metres); 2. Morrison; 3. Galas; 4. Jessica Konkle, Crossley; 5. Jordyn Goins, Port Colborne.
Triple jump: 1. Morrison (10.14 metres); 2. Goins; 3. Galas; 4. Ferrara; 5. Gilmore.
Shot put: 1. Jasmine Flagg, Port Colborne (8.9 metres); 2. Destiny Paquin, Centennial; 3. Mattaya Hamer, RCB; 4. Olivia Detlor, RCB; 5. Chaise Major, Crossley.
Discus: 1. Paquin (23.26 metres); 2. Flagg; 3. Brenna Ferrara, Centennial; 4. Detlor; 5. Addie Hambly, Centennial.
JUNIOR GIRLS
Long jump: 1. Caitlyn Hamm, RCB (4.71 metres); 2. Alyce Andrews, Port Colborne; 3. Teasdale; 4. Chen; 5. Daina Thompson, Eastdale.
Triple jump: 1. Hamm (10.66 metres); 2. Thompson; 3. Bayer; 4. Andrews; 5. Shellony Charles, Notre Dame.
SENIOR GIRLS
Shot put: 1. Kambrie Luciani, Centennial (10.79 metres); 2. Sensia Lampman, Port Colborne; 3. Daniella Sottile, Myer; 4. Mikaela Turkovich, Notre Dame; 5. Shemiah McDonald, St. Paul.
Discus: 1. Luciani (37.92 metres); 2. Lampman; 3. Koch; 4. Miranda Mann, Crossley; 5. Shannon Troupe, Fort Erie.
MIDGET BOYS
Shot put: 1. Bruce Bryan, Port Colborne (11.76 metres); 2. Jesse Murphy, St. Paul; 3. Jacob Eden, Lakeshore; 4. Jeremy Pollard, Crossley; 5. Matthew Chmielewski, Lakeshore.
Discus: 1. Pollard (34.61 metres); 2. Jake Richard, Port Colborne; 3. Markiam Hawrylyshyn, St. Michael; 4. Bryan; 5. Dan Durkin, Notre Dame.
JUNIOR BOYS
400 metres: 1. Isaac Lapp, RCB (54.47); 2. Dean Miller, Port Colborne; 3. Jayaweera; 4. Dobbie; 5. Williston Goodfellow, Centennial.
800 metres: 1. Brock Deba, Crossley (2:05.55); 2. Lapp; 3. Miller; 4. Hunter Zimmerman, Port Colborne; 5. Michael Russiani, St. Michael.
1,500 metres: 1. Deba (4:48.79); 2. Lapp; 3. Miller; 4. Jake Nunn, Crossley; 5. Davis Shepherd, Crossley.
Shot put: 1. Asare Otchere, St. Paul (11.77 metres); 2. Thomas Slater, Port Colborne; 3. Blake Thompson, Centennial; 4. Okonkwo; 5. Kyle Detenbeck, RCB.
SENIOR BOYS
Shot put: 1. Ryan Dendy, Port Colborne (14.3 metres); 2. Alessandro Krick, St. Paul; 3. Quinn Tucker, Crossley; 4. Nick Petrick, Myer; 5. Daniel Francis, St. Michael.
Discus: 1. Bryce Martin, RCB (39.58 metres); 2. Trystan Hinks, Port Colborne; 3. Spencer Shoalts, Crossley; 4. Ethan Tupala, RCB; 5. Dendy.
100-metre intellectual: 1. Grant Flagg, Port Colborne (13.48); 2. Eric Kuchman, Notre Dame; 3. Andrew McIntyre, St. Michael; 4. Chandler Ladd, Lakeshore; 5. Alexi Liszt, Notre Dame.