More track medals for SHS

Jeff Green | May 28, 2015

Hot on the heels of their convincing results at the KASSAA meet two weeks ago, a number of SHS athletes were multiple top finishers at the EOSSAA meeting in Brockville last Thursday and Friday (May 21 and 22).

Once again, the hurdlers led the way, but there was disappointment in the Junior Hurdles Relay. With two multiple medalists in Merik Wilcock (hurdles) and Thomas Lambert (sprints), SHS seemed to be a sure bet to finish at or near the top of the 4 x 400 metre event and qualify the team for the Eastern Regional meet this week (the final qualifier for the provincial championships in Toronto – OFSAA) but a dropped baton on the first exchange left them in 10th place at the end of the race. The men's and women's 4 x 400 metre running teams fared better, however, and both will race again this week.

Here are the SHS medalists from EOSSAA:

Women's 80 Metre Hurdles midget - Brianna Burgess 1st – 13.5543 (photo finish)

Men's 100 Metre Hurdles midget - Liam Sands 1st in 15.35 qualified in 15.62

Women 300 metre hurdles midget - Brianna Burgess 2nd 52.64

Men's Pole Vault midget - Liam Sands 3rd 2.70 metres

Men's Triple Jump Midget – Zach Lollar 3rd 11.13 metres

Men's 100 Metre Sprint Junior - Thomas Lambert 3rd 11.75

Men's 200 Metre Sprint Junior - Thomas Lambert 2nd 23.70

Men's 400 Metre Run Junior - Thomas Lambert 2nd 52.00 ( Note - Nick Bauerschmit of Valour High School set meet record in a time of 51.62. The old record was 51.84.)

Men 100 Metre Hurdles - Merik Wilcock 1st 14.55

Men's 300 Metre Hurdles Junior -Merik Wilcock1st 42.45 (Wilcock's time was 1.57 seconds ahead of the 2nd place finisher.)

Men's Long Jump Junior - Daret Mckay 3rd 5.92 metres

Men's 800 metre senior Brady Roberston 3rd 1.59:60 (Robertson finished just 0.5 seconds ahead of Curtis Adams of SHS, who finished 4th, while Nick Adams finished 7th in a time of 2:03.41.)

Men's 100 Metre Hurdles, senior - Brodie Latimer 2nd 15.49 seconds.

Women's 100 metre ambulatory – Shirley Hughes Ryan 1st 17.29

Women's 800 Metre run Ambulatory - Shirley Hughes Ryan – 1st 3:32.59

Women's 100 Metre run Intellectual Disabilities - Dominique Hannah 2nd 16.05, Brianna Clow - 3rd 17.44

Relays –

Women's 4 x 400 Metre relay – Open Division, 3rd 4:25.13

Men's 4 x 400 Metre relay - Open division, Sydenham 2nd 3:33.42

David Cox keeps jumping for GREC - Now in his senior year, David Cox continues to be the standard bearer for Track athletes from Granite Ridge Education Centre. In the High Jump event at EOSSAA, he took second place with a jump of 1.85 metres, and will move on to the next meet this week.