Lara Denbow golden at Legion Nationals
- Details
- Published on Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Historic results for Prairie Storm Athletics
Photo property of Chris Jaster/the Brandon Sun
Lara Denbow in the process of making her gold medal winning high jump at the Legion Track and Field National Championship. (Inset) Denbow stands upon the podium with the silver and bronze medal winners.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
It was a tremendous weekend for Lara Denbow, of the Prairie Storm Athletics Club, at the 2018 Legion Track and Field National Championships in Brandon. The 14-year-old from Neepawa scored a gold medal in the U-16 Girls’ high jump competition, with a jump of 1.70 metres.
That jump was also a new personal best for her in an outdoor competition, surpassing her previous personal best jump of 1.55m, set at the same event in 2016.
“I’m overjoyed with this weekend. Legion Nationals was such great experience and to have it in Brandon as well as having my friends and family watching was amazing.” said Denbow.
Denbow’s success also shows favourably upon her team, the Prairie Storm Athletics Club. Over the past few years, the group, which is primarily based out of Neepawa, has established itself as one of the most formidable track clubs in western Canada. Coach Bryce Koscielny said the weekend’s overall results were absolutely amazing.
“I’m not sure if I can really put things into words that would do my thoughts on the weekend justice. I’m proud of each one of the athletes that stepped onto that stage this weekend. To have Lara win gold, and have so many of our athletes pick up such high placements at a National Champion is pretty amazing for a group of kids from western Manitoba. I really am speechless. It sure is exciting to think about what these kids are capable of and I’m really excited to see what the coming years have in store for them!” stressed Koscielny.
As for the rest of the Prairie Storm Athletics Club, they all put in solid results against some of very difficult competition. Some of the other notable finished included: Ben Perrett - fourth place, youth boys 400m final. Daniele Dyck - fourth place, youth girls 100m final. Daxx Turner - fifth place, U16 triple jump final. Jorja Hoad - sixth place, U16 girls 200m final. Lara Denbow - eight place, U16 300m final.- Taine Middleton - 10th place, youth boys 100m final.
