The north's top Track and Field high school athletes gathered in North Bay for the NOSSA track and field championships which took place Wednesday and Thursday at Cundari Field and at Chippewa Secondary School.
It was a record breaking NOSSA event for a pair of brothers from Chippewa Secondary School.
Chippewa's Heath Bradley and Sam Pannell from Algonquin broke NOSSA records with their throws in the NOSSA Discus finishing first and second in the senior event.
“Breaking the record was just a bonus to winning NOSSA," stated Heath Bradley.
"I was just happy to be able to accomplish my goal of winning in front of my mom and coach Brian Milne. My favourite part of the whole event was watching my mom read my final record breaking distance and hear the joy in her voice. I would like to give credit to both my mom and Brian (Milne) as well, without them I wouldn’t have been able to do it.”
Pannell also finished first in the senior shot put event.
Meantime, Raine Bradley, who won the 2024 Fergie Dowdall Trophy as the top athlete at the NDA Track and Field Championship, broke a long-standing NOSSA Novice discus record set by current Toronto Argonauts lineman and Algonquin alum Ryan Hunter.
"It was so nerve-wracking and exciting standing in the ring waiting for my disc to land," said Raine.
"I didn’t know whether it would land in or out and it felt like forever standing there. When i heard the distance (50.20m)of the throw after seeing it land inbound i was stunned realizing i broke the record and by quite a lot. i’m so happy to have broken the record but i wouldn’t have been able to do it without my coach Brian Milne and my mom helping me all the way."
Multi-sport Scollard Hall athlete Chloe Popp qualified for OFSAA with a first place finish in pole vault, second in the 800 meter run and second with Scollard Hall's 4 x 400 meter relay team.
West Ferris' Taryn Wozney qualified in three events including second in 200 meter dash, third in 100 meter hurdles, and second with West Ferris in the 4 x 100 meter relay.
The NOSSA top finishers will be heading to OFSAA which takes place June 6 to 8 in London.
Below is a list of the top three local finishers from Novice to Senior age groups:
SENIORS
Women 200 Meter Dash
2nd - Taryn Wozney - West Ferris 26.88
Men 200 Meter Dash
2nd - Liam Carruthers - Chippewa 23.01
Men 400 Meter Dash
3rd - Kalen Culin - West Ferris 54.23
Women 800 Meter Run
2nd - Chloe Popp - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 2:28:71
Men 3000 Meter Run
3rd - Wesley Buell - West Ferris 9:42:75
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
3rd - Taryn Wozney - West Ferris 17.77
Women Pole Vault
1st - Chloe Popp - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 2.25m
Men Pole Vault
3rd - Jackson Culin - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 2.50m
Women Triple Jump
2nd - Jelicia Robinson - West Ferris 10.70m
Men Triple Jump
1st - Tristan Koch - Algonquin 13.03m
Men Shot Put
1st - Sam Pannell - Algonquin 14.14m
Women Discus
2nd - Jordyn McGuinty - Algonquin 4.98m
Men Discus
1st - Heath Bradley - Chippewa 46.45m*
2nd - Sam Pannell - Algonquin 45.58m*
Women 4 x 100 M Relay
2nd - West Ferris - Fiona Madigan, Jelicia Robinson, Carleigh Roy, Taryn Wozney 51.86
Women 4 x 400 M Relay Open
2nd - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall - Carlie Popp, Chloe Popp, Paetyn Siebert, Maeve Blake
Men 800 Meter Dash Ambulatory
1st - Abrachi Alexander - West Ferris - 3:31:46
*denotes NOSSA record
JUNIORS
Women 200 Meter Dash
2nd - Kiana Fortin - Algonquin 26.96
Women 400 Meter Dash
1st. - Kiana Fortin - Algonquin 1:03:15
Men High Jump
1st - Dayne Meyer - Algonquin 1.76m
Women Long Jump
1st - Fiona Madigan - West Ferris 4.61m
Women Triple Jump
1st - Fiona Madigan - West Ferris 10.38m
Men 400 Meter Dash
3rd - Cam Lockhart - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 54.88
Women 800 Meter Run
3rd - Ava Caverly - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 2:34:55
Women 80 Meter Hurdles
1st - Carlie Popp - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 12.69
Women Pole Vault
1st - Carlie Popp - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 2.55m
Women 300 Meter Hurdles
1st - Carlie Popp - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 49.59
Men High Jump
1st - Dayne Meyer - Algonquin 1.76m
Men Triple Jump
3rd - Dayne Meyer - Algonquin 12.39m
Women Shot Put
2nd - Emma Culin - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 9.87m
Women Discus
1st - Emma Culin - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 32.48m
Men Discus
2nd- Dayne Meyer - Algonquin 41.17m
Women 4 x 100 Meter Relay
3rd - Algonquin - Kiana Fortin, Lyla Cauvier, Olivia Samson, Milah Koch 55:55
NOVICE
Men 100 Meter Dash
1st - Teodor Nadeau - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 11.65
Men 400 Meter Dash
2nd - Teodor Nadeau - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 53.75
Women 800 Meter Run
3rd - Haley Sebesta - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 2:37.43
Men 800 Meter Run
2nd - Nate Gervais - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 2:11.42
Women 1500 Meter Run
2nd - Larkyn Allen - Chippewa 5:26.89
3rd - Haley Sebesta - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 5:33.75
Men 1500 Meter Run
1st - Cameron Gelinas - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 4:29.41
Women 3000 Meter Run
2nd - Haley Sebesta - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 11:58.86
Men 3000 Metre run
1st - Cameron Gelinas - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 9:47.89
Women 80 Meter Hurdles
2nd - Victoria Boisvert - Algonquin 14.74
Men 100 Meter Hurdles
1st - Teodor Nadeau - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 15.94
Men 300 Meter Hurdles
2nd - Nathan De Docker - St. Joseph-Scollard Hall 45.36
Women Triple Jump
1st - Anne Akomah - Algonquin 10.10m
Men Discus
1st - Raine Bradley - Chippewa 50.20m*
*denotes NOSSA record
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