Student athletes from Invermay School and Canora Composite School (CCS) showed well at the district track and field competition in Yorkton on May 25 and 26, with numerous top-ten finishes.
In the Quadathalon, a grueling event which consists of the long jump, shot put, 100 metres and 800 metres; Dawson Zuravloff of CCS finished first in the senior boys division.
Other top-ten finishers for CCS were as follows.
In the midge girls 800-metre run, Sofia Tratch placed fourth. Tratch also finished third in the 80-metre hurdles.
Jessee Kopelchuk placed sixth in midget girls triple jump.
Zoe Thomas finished fourth in the senior girls 80-metre hurdles and the triple jump, and ninth in the javelin
Kailey Sleeva won the senior girls discus, and placed sixth in the shot put and the javelin.
In the bantam girls 200-metre dash, Falyn Ostafie came in sixth.
Merrick Derkatch finished second in the peewee girls 100-metre dash, the 400-metre dash, the 800-metre run, and third in the long jump.
In the 200-metre dash, Danielle Dutchak placed fifth.
Paisley Wolkowski placed ninth in the peewee girls discus.
In the midget boys high jump, Matthew Makowsky captured first place, and took fourth in the long jump, and second in the javelin.
Owen Friesen finished second in the midget boys triple jump and fourth in the discus.
Noah Prychak finished sixth in the midget boys shot put.
Cole Marcinkoski took first place in the junior boys 200-metre dash and in the 1500 metres.
Lucas Latham came in second in the junior boys 100-metre hurdles and fourth in the high jump.
In the triple jump, Marcinkoski placed fourth and Porter Wolkowski came in fifth, and was third in javelin.
Wolkowski won the discus, with Lucas Latham right behind him in second place.
In the senior boys 200-metre dash, Joey Palagian placed second. He finished fourth in the long jump and second in the shot put.
Jaxon Bisschop finished third in the 100-metre hurdles and fifth in the triple jump, while Jackson Krotenko was just ahead in fourth place in the triple jump, and placed third in javelin.
Damion Kinneard placed sixth in discus.
Andrew Sliva finished ninth in the bantam boys 400-metre run, fifth in the 800, and third in the 1500.
Henry Craig was the winner of the bantam boys 80-metre hurdles, and fifth in the high jump. Linden Roebuck tied for eighth in the high jump.
Cooper Kraynick was second in the long jump, and Briel Beblow placed ninth.
Beblow then turned things around and won the shot put, with Kraynick finishing eighth. Beblow also won the javelin.
Kraynick went on to win the discus, followed by Jordan Makowsky in eighth place.
In the peewee boys 400-metre dash, Kayden Harder finished third, and then finished sixth in the 800 metres, and ninth in the 1500.
Joshua Prychak placed ninth in the high jump and the long jump.
Two Canora athletes had success in the Aggregate competition, which awards points according to the order of finish in each event.
In peewee girls, Merrick Derkatch placed second with 30 points.
In junior boys, Cole Marcinkoski also finished second, accumulating 25 points.
CCS had 8 athletes who advanced from districts to provincials in Regina June 3 and 4: Sofia Tratch (hurdles), Kailey Sleeva (discus), Matthew Makowsky (high jump and javelin), Cole Marcinkoski (200 metres, 1500 meters and 4x100-metre relay), Lucas Latham (hurdles and discus), Porter Wolkowski (discus), Joey Palagian (shot put) and Dawson Zuravloff (Quadathalon).
According to CCS coaches Leona Kitchen and Thomas Lowes, this year’s track season has been much shorter than in previous years.
“With late Easter, late spring and quite a few rainy days, our athletes had to make the best of what they could with only four practices before going to the pre-district meet in Yorkton at Century Field on May 17. After this meet we had 37 athletes move on to the district meet also in Yorkton on May 25 and 26,” said the coaches.
“With not having track and field for two years, our numbers were down this year. We think the students who chose to participate were pleased with their performance, and are looking forward to next year and pushing themselves a bit more.
“As coaches, we are very pleased with the way the students represented our school both at pre-districts and districts, and their performance in their events. Hopefully next year, we will have a little longer season!”
Invermay Students bring home big medal haul
Invermay student/athletes also achieved numerous top-ten finishes in Yorkton.
Bailey Maier won the midget girls high jump, finished third in the long jump, and fourth in the 80-metre hurdles.
Emily Koturbash was first in the junior girls discus.
Rachel Enge placed second in the javelin, fourth in the triple jump, and fifth in discus.
In the senior girls 100-metre dash, Trinity Fidek finished eighth, while Hallie Pozniak was ninth in the shot put.
Marissa Fidek placed second in the bantam girls javelin, and fifth in the shot put.
Tyla Dubas finished second in the discus, and April Grychowski was fourth in the long jump.
In the peewee girls high jump, Taelynn Maier finished third, and Addison Enge placed eighth in the 1500-metre run.
Cassidy Bosovich placed fifth in shot put and eighth in discus.
Chance Enge finished second in midget boys discus, and eighth in both shot put and javelin.
Aaron Cudal won four events: the junior boys 100-metres, the 400-metres, the long jump, and the javelin, and took first place in the Quadathalon.
Jesse Grychowski placed second in javelin, third in the 200-metre dash, fifth in long jump, and sixth in the triple jump.
Remy Fidek was sixth in the discus, and seventh in shot put.
In the senior boys 3000-metre run, Cole Serron came in fourth.
Nathaniel Minhinnick finished second in the 100-metre hurdles, sixth in the 100-metre dash, and tenth in the long jump.
In the peewee boys 200-metre dash, Angelo Ferenal placed fourth, and Michael Mesias was right behind in fifth. Mesias also finished second in discus and sixth in shot put.
In the aggregate competition, Aaron Cudal top the junior boys division with 40 points after his four first-place finishes.
The eight athletes from Invermay School who qualified for provincials were:
Aron Cudal (Quadathalon), Bailey Maier (high jump), Chance Enge (discus), Emily Koturbash (discus), Jesse Grychowski (javelin), Lance Corpuz (shot put), Nathaniel Minhinnick (discus), and Rachel Enge (javelin).
