Student athletes from Canora Composite School and Invermay School did their communities proud at track and field provincials in Regina on June 3-4, winning two bronze medals along with multiple top-ten finishes.
Matthew Makowsky of Canora place third and won a bronze medal in the midget boys high jump at 1.70 metres, and finished 20th in the javelin with a throw of 28.38 metres.
In the midget girls 80-metre hurdles, Sofia Tratch was twenty-fifth with a time of 18.2 seconds.
Dawson Zuravloff accumulated 2,112 points and placed twelfth in the senior boys Quadathalon, which combines the long jump, shot put, 100 metres and 800 metres. Zuravloff also placed seventh in the 4x100-metre relay.
In the shot put, Joey Palagian finished eighteenth with a distance of 11.07 metres.
Kailey Sleeva was nineteenth in the senior girls discus with a throw of 20.80 metres.
Lucas Latham placed fourteenth in junior boys 100-metre hurdles at 18.10 seconds, and twenty-third in the discus at 21.91 metres.
Porter Wolkowski came through in eleventh in discus with a throw of 26.58 metres.
In the junior boys 1500 metres, Cole Marcinkoski finished twentieth in 5 minutes and 17 seconds, and then placed twenty-second in the 200 metres with a time of 26.35 seconds.
Canora coaches Thomas Lowes and Leona Kitchen said it was great for everyone to be back at provincials this year after the interruption due to COVID-19/
“The weather was perfect, and having so many athletes together again at a meet was heartwarming,” reported the coaches. “There were a lot of rookies participating this year, since the only athletes that had previously attended a provincial meet were those that are currently in Grade 12. There were a lot of excited nerves to push through, but our students did great. They represented CCS in a very positive way. Having one of our athletes, Matthew Makowsky, earn a bronze medal in high jump is the icing on the cake to a very successful season. We can't wait to see what next season will bring!”
Invermay School also sent eight athletes to provincials.
Aron Cudal won a bronze medal in the long jump with a personal best of 6.27 meters. He also placed fourth in javelin with a throw of 38.89 metres, seventh in the 4x100-metre relay, eleventh in the 4x400; ninth in the 400 metres with a time of 58.73 seconds, and fourteenth in the 100 at 12.05 seconds.
Bailey Maier finished sixth in the high jump by clearing 1.45 metres, and sixteenth in the long jump with a distance of 4.14 metres.
Lance Corpuz placed ninth in the shot put with a distance of 11.80 metres.
Nathaniel Minhinnick came in sixteenth in discus with a throw of 27.04 metres, and seventeenth in the hurdles with a time of 17.99 seconds,
In the javelin, Jesse Grychowski placed tenth with a throw of 33.86 metres.
Chance Enge set a personal best with a distance of 30.88 metres in discus, good for eleventh.
Emily Koturbash was eighteenth in discus with a throw of 19.14 metres.
In the javelin, Rachel Enge placed fifteenth with a distance of 22.52 metres, a personal best.
