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'(Posted
8:30 a.m., May 21)
Louis-Riel
athletes lead the way at high school track and field championships
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online
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|  Amanda
McKinnon from École secondaire Louis-Riel clears the next to last gate
in the 300-metre hurdles on her way to winning her third event at the NCSSAA track
and field championships on Thursday. Fred Sherwin/Photo
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Not even
a bad fall in the final stretch of the junior girls 300-metre hurdles could stop
Louis-Riel's Amanda McKinnon from being a triple event winner at the NCSSAA track
and field championships on Thursday. Running
in her third event of the day, MacKinnon had a commanding lead in the 300-metre
final when she clipped the final hurdle with her trailing foot and crashed to
the track. Fortunately she had the presence of mind to get back to her feet quickly
and beat the second place runner to the finish line.. "I
have no idea what happened. I've never done that before," McKinnon said after
the race. Earlier
in the day she won the 80-metre hurdles in a time of 12:53 seconds and the 400-metres
in a time of 59.45. McKinnion is hoping to qualify for the provincial championships
in all three events at the OFSAA regional meet in Belleville next week. Her
ultimate goal is to make the podium in the 300-metre hurdles at the provincial
championships next month after placing fourth last year. "That's
what I want. I want a medal," says McKinnon. Sixty-three
other east end athletes will be hoping to qualify for the provincial championships
at next week's regional meet after placing in the top five this week. The NCSSAA
championships were held in the Louis-Riel Dome while work continues on a new synthetic
track at the Terry Fox Facility. Lindsay
Kary will be one of those athletes hoping to qualify for OFSSAA after winning
the midget girls 800 and 1500 metres. The St. Matthew High School student ran
a personal best 2:26.57 in the 800 and then blew away the field in the 1500 despite
running most of the race by herself. Orléans
resident Devin Biocchi is also hoping to qualify for OFSAA in at least two events
and possibly three. The Canterbury High School student easily won the senior boys
400 metres in the morning, and then had enough left in the tank to nip Gordon
Cave from St. Patrick's High School at the wire in the 200. On
Thusday it was Cave who came out on top in the 100-meter final as Biocchi had
to settle for the silver medal. The
17-year-old Falligbrook resident has been struggling to gvet over a naggin leg
injury and he still isn't quite 100 per cent. "I
probably could have done a lot better, but my hamstring was been feeling really
tight. I was trying to run under 22 (seconds) in the 200, but because of the circumstances
I didn't run as fast as I wanted to," said Biocchi, who admitted to suffering
from a lack of focus on Wednesday. "Going into the 100 I probablay wasn't
as focused as should have been. Finishing second kind of woke me up." Tolu
Makinde is also trying to come back off an injury. Last year's 100- and 200-metre
champion at the junior level, placed third in both races running ifor the first
time in the senior division with times well off his personal best.
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| Lindsay
Kary from St. Matthew High School crosses the finish line to win the midget girls
1500 metres at the NCSSAA track and field championships on Thursday. Fred Sherwin/Photo
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Makinde injured
his left ankle playing basketball over a month ago, and it's still giving him
trouble. He's hoping to work it out next week and at least qualify for the OFSAA
championships where he will be trying to keep the senior boys 100- and 200-metre
titles in the family. His brother Segun won both races last year. Aside
from Biocchi, McKinnon and Kary, David Nsabua from Louis-Riel was the only other
east end athlete to win two events -- doubling up in the senior boys long jump
and triple jump. Fellow
Louis-Riel Rebelles Joel MacDonald cam close to accomplishing the feat after winning
the midget boys 200-metres, but he placed second in the 100. Sebastien
Saville from Colonel By won the junior boys 800 metres and placed second in both
the 400 and the 1500. Christianne
Courtemance from Beatrice-Desloges won the senior girls high jump with a leap
of 1.50 metres, and placed second in the shot out. Louis-Riel's Melanie Campeau
won the junior girls 3000 metres, but could do no better than third in the 800
and 1500. Jamie
Loh from Cairine Wilson finished in the top three in three events, placing second
in both the midget girls 300-metre hurdles and the long jump, and third in the
triple jump. Six
other east end athletes walked away from the city championships with a red ribbon
including Morgan Lewis from Louis-Riel who placed first in the midget boys 300-metre
hurdles; Sylvain Mbuyamba, from Lester B. Pearson won the midget boys long jump
and Al Itani won the midget boys triple jump; Josh Rector from Colonel By won
the midget boys javelin; Thomas Schlossmacher from Colonel By won the junior boys
javelin; and Bailey Arnott from Lester B. Pearson won the senior girls pole vault. The
complete list of east end athletes who qualified for the OFSAA regional championships
in Belleville is as follows... Midget
Boys
100-metre 2nd (11.92) Joel MacDonald, Louis Riel
100-metre 4th
(12.13) Brandon Guy, Lester B. Pearson
200-metre 1st (24.15) Joel MacDonald,
Louis Riel
200-metre 3rd (24.46) Teddy Dumont, Beatrice-Desloges
400-metre
2nd (52.19) Joel MacDonald, Louis Riel
400-metre 4th (55.07) Teddy Dumont,
Beatrice-Desloges
400-metre 5th (55.21) Marc Bitar, Colonel By
3000-metres
4th (10.16.56) Mike Francki, Sir Wilfrid Laurier
3000-metres 5th (10.36.94)
Felix Zhu, Colonel By
300-metre hurdles 1st (44.16) Morgan Lewis, Louis Riel
300-metre hurdles 2nd (44.20) Marc Bitar, Colonel By
300-metre-hurdles 3rd
(46.95) Trevor Melcher, Colonel By
High Jump 4th (1.55m) Pius Proscovia, Lester
B. Pearson
Long Jump 1st (6.19m) Sylvain Mbuyamba, Lester B. Pearson
Triple Jump 1st
(11.50m) Al Itani, Colonel By
Triple Jump 4th (10.00m) Greg Ozimkowski, Louis
Riel
Shot Put 3rd (11.58m) Nicola Draca, Colonel By
Discus 5th (27.62m)
Eduardo Beggs, Colonel By
Javelin 1st (38.25m) Josh Rector, Colonel By Midget
Girls
100-metres 4th (13.41) Asha Mohhidini, Louis Riel
200-metres
4th (27.75) Alanna McBride, Colonel By
200-metres 5th (28.03) Asha Mohhidinin,
Louis Riel
400-metres 2nd (1.03:80) Asha Mohhidinin, Louis Riel
400-metres
4th (1.05:02) Narine Priya, Gisele
Lalonde
800-metres 1st (2:26.57) Lindsay Kary, St. Matthew
800-metres 3rd
(2:31.28) Isabelle Weidmann, Colonel By
1500-metres 1st (5:02.03) Lindsay Kary,
St. Matthew
1500-metres 5th (5:26.98) Isabelle Weidmann, Colonel By
80-metre
hurdles 4th (13.64) Alanna McBride, Colonel By
300-metre hurdles 2nd (49.11)
Jaimie Loh, Cairine Wilson
300-metre hurdles 3rd (49.58) Allana McBride, Colonel
By
Long jump 2nd (4.63) Jaimie Loh, Cairine Wilson
Triple
jump 3rd (10.13) Jaimie Loh, Cairine Wilson
Shot Put 3rd (8.39m) Erin Poter, Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Discus 5th (20.18m) Sarah
Collie, Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Javelin 4th (22.29m) Erin Poter, Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Javelin 5th (22.22m) Sarah Collie, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Junior
Boys
100-metres 2nd (11.52) David Mputu, Colonel By
100-metres 5th
(11.73) Tim Aribido, Colonel By
200-metres 4th (23.92) Tim Aribido, Colonel
By
400-metres 2nd (53.54) Sebastien Saville, Colonel By
400-metres 3rd
(53.60) David Mputu, Colonel By
800-metres 1st (2.02.69) Sebastien Saville,
Colonel By
800-metres
2nd (2.08.25) Nick Kazaka, Colonel By
1500-metres 2nd (4.26.29) Sebastien
Saville, Colonel By
1500-metres 4th (4.29.10) Nick Kazaka, Colonel By
1500-metres 5th (4.46.68)
Alexandre Chevrette, Beatrice-Desloges
3000-metres 5th (10.18.19) Alexandre
Chevrette, Beatrice-Desloges
100-metre hurdles 4th (15.76) Kevin Nault, Cairine
Wilson
300-metre hurdles 2nd (43.29) Kevin Nault, Cairine Wilson
300-metre
hurdles 3rd (43.49) David Raji, Colonel By
High Jump 5th (1.70m) Daniel Benet,
St. Peter
Long Jump 2nd (5.94m) Kevin Nault, Cairine Wilson
Long Jump 5th
(5.58m) Leslie Tam, Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Shot Put 3rd (12.19m) Eric Stewart,
Louis Riel
Shot Put 4th (11.83m) Patrick Mondor, Louis Riel
Shot Put 5th
(11.39m) Nicholas Brown, St. Peter
Discus 3rd (34.91m) Brandon Belding, Colonel
By
Discus 4th (33.33m) Justin Millson, Colonel By
Javelin 1st (47.32m) Thomas
Schlossmacher, Colonel By
Javelin 3rd (37.95m) Jasen Ericksen, Colonel By Junior
Girls
100-metres 5th (13.31) Caroline Bernard, Louis Riel
200-metres
4th (26.75) Caroline Bernard, Louis Riel
400-metres 1st (59.45) Amanda McKinnon,
Louis Riel
400-metres 4th (1.01:78) Madison Allen, Colonel By
400-metres
5th (1.01.82) Alicia Barban, Colonel By
800-metres 3rd (2:30.63) Melanie Campeau,
Louis Riel
800-metres 5th (2:37.49) Hannah Logan, Colonel By
1500-metres
3rd (5:10.75) Melanie Campeau, Louis Riel
3000-metres 1st (11:25.99) Melanie
Campeau, Louis Riel
3000-metres
4th (11:59.33) Emily Seale, Colonel By
3000-metres 5th (12:12.59) Christina
Tucker, Sir Wilfrid Laurier
80-metre hurdles 1st (12.53) Amanda McKinnon, Louis
Riel
300-metre hurdles 1st (49.61) Amanda McKinnon, Louis Riel
Shot Put 2nd (8.60) Marlies Keltner-Alt, Louis Riel
Shot Put 5th (7.81) Tish
Lawal, Colonel By
Discus 2nd (24.83) Marlies Keltner-Alt, Louis Riel Senior
Boys
100-metres 2nd (11.24) Devin Biocchi, Canterbury
100-metres 3rd
(11.28) Tolu Makinde, Colonel By
200-metres 1st (22.29) Devin Biocchi, Canterbury
200-metres
3rd (22.71) Tolu Makinde, Colonel By
200-metres 5th (22.98) Isaiah Moses,
Gloucester
400-metres 1st (49.30) Devin Biocchi, Canterbury
400-metres
3rd (50.77) Isaiah Moses, Gloucester
800-metres 5th (2:04.41) Marc Lefebvre,
Louis Riel
1500-metres 4th (4:21.58) Abdoul Diaby, Louis Riel
110-metre
hurdles 5th (19.62) Pierre Lalande, Louis Riel
400-metre hurdles 3rd (58.91)
Isaiah Moses, Gloucester
Long Jump 1st (7.00) David Nsabua, Louis Riel
Long Jump 2nd (6.56m) Brian Okeny, Lester B. Pearson
Triple Jump 1st (14.07)
David Nsabua, Louis Riel
Open 2000-metre Steeplechase 2nd (6:23.45) Marc Lefebvre,
Louis Riel Senior
Girls
400-metres 4th (1.03.05) Kathryn Tuck, Colonel By
800-metres
2nd (2.25.37) Kathryn Tuck, Colonel By
1500-metres 2nd (5.08.39) Kathryn Tuck,
Colonel By
400-metre hurdles 4th (1:12.00) Chloe Choquette, Louis Riel
400-metre
hurdles 5th (1:12.62) Emma Miller-Duvall, Gloucester
High Jump 1st (1.50m)
Christianne Courtemanche, Beatrice-Desloges
Pole Vault 1st (2.75m) Bailey Arnott,
Lester B. Pearson
Triple
Jump 5th (10.45m) Anna Gilliatt, Colonel By
Shot Put 2nd (8.86m) Christianne
Courtemanche, Beatrice-Desloges
Discus 3rd (22.46m) Melissa Green, St. Peter
Discus 5th (21.80m) Christianne Courtemanche, Beatrice-Desloges
Open 1500-metre Steeplechase 1st (5:40.33) Anais Robert, Louis Riel '(This
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