Provincial High School Track and Field Championship

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Published on Thursday, June 16, 2016

Submitted photo. A close finish for Zoie Forgue of Neepawa during the Milk Provincial Track and Field Championships in Brandon. 

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

Track and field athletes with Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI) had an impressive weekend at the Milk MHSAA Provincial Championship. A handful of competitors made it to the finals in their respective events and also posted personal bests, while challenging themselves against the top athletes from across Manitoba.

NACI closed out the event, which took place June 9-11 in Brandon, with a grand total of five medals, including one gold, one silver and three bronze. 

Neepawa’s Ben Perrett secured a third place finish in the finals of the junior varsity boys 400 metre, with a time of 53.76 seconds. 

As well, Matthew McKay topped the boys 200 metre dash special needs, with a run time of 27.72 seconds. That impressive time was almost two-seconds better than the silver medal winner. NACI’s George Morfitt, meanwhile, finished fourth with a time of 33.52 seconds. 

McKay followed that performance up with a second place finish in the 100 metre dash, with a track time of 13.77 seconds. Morfitt followed closely in fourth at 16.24. Stephanie Morfitt earned a third place finish in both the girls 100 and 200 metre dash special needs with times of 21.92 seconds and 51.95 seconds respectively.

Other significant highlights from the weekend included the improvement of Zoie Forgue from last year.  The junior varsity student improved from a 39th place finish last year in the 100 metre to a fifth place finish this year and a personal best of 13.05 seconds.

As well, Taryn McConechy finished eighth in the junior varsity girls shot put with a throw of 8.13 metres and Braden Gillies secured a top ten provincial finish in the junior varsity boys triple jump, with a ninth place finish and a finals jump of 11.37 metres.