(Posted 8:30 a.m., April 1)
Trio of Concordes place in the Top 10 at national age class championships
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Vincent Dehaitre improved on his 12th performance at the Canadian Age Class Speed Skating Champships a year ago by placing 6th at this year's event in Campbellton, New Brunswick. File photo

After winning a pair of individual overall titles at the provincial short track speed skating championships in Orléans last month, the Gloucester Concordes managed place three skaters in the Top 10 at the national age class championships in Campbellton, New Brunswick last week.

Vincent Dehaitre led the way in the junior male division, capitalizing on a bronze medal performance in the 1500 metres and a pair of wins in the B-final of the 500 and 1,000 events to finish sixth overall. It was a major improvement on his sixth place performance of a year ago.

In the junior female division, Ontario champion Hannah Morrison finished a somewhat disappointing 10th overall, but her teammate Emily Rendell-Watson, who placed second behind Morrison at the provincials, managed to finish in 8th place, thanks largely to her first place finish in the B-final of the 1,500 metres.

The third Gloucester Concordes skater in the junior female division, Gabrielle St-Germain, placed 12th.

The three girls did manage to come back from New Brunswick with a medal, however, thanks to their second place performance in the junior/intermediate female relay which they competed in with Hannah’s sister Samantha, who placed eighth in the intermediate female division, and their cousin Keri Morrison who won the intermediate female overall gold medal.

The older Morrison, who hails from Cambridge, has been training with the Concordes all winter while she goes to the University of Ottawa.

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