Great weekend for Neepawa track athletes

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Published on Friday, July 24, 2015

Members of Prairie Storm Athletics. Charlot Butler of Brandon, Morgan Ramsey of Rivers, Zoie Forgue of Neepawa and Kiera Senkbeil of Rapid City. 

By Eoin Devereux

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Multiple track and field athletes from Neepawa set new personal bests at the 2015 Western Canada Challenge. The event was held in Winnipeg from Friday, July 17 to Sunday, July 19, and featured competitors from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. 

Notable results for local athletes included Dillan Neufeld of Neepawa, who finished eighth in the 5 kg Youth Hammer Throw. He achieved a new personal best with a throw of 27.49 metres. Neufeld also added a personal best in the 1.5 kg Discus Throw, with a throw of 33.86 metres, good enough for sixth place.

Ben Perrett set new bests in the 300 metre, 800 metre and 1200 metre, while Zoie Forgue of Neepawa also reached a new personal best in the 300 metre of 44.53. Forgue was also part of the Neepawa based Prairie Storm Athletics 4x100m relay team, which placed second. Other members of the team included Charlot Butler of Brandon, Morgan Ramsey of Rivers and Kiera Senkbeil of Rapid City. 

In the Mens 5000 metre run, Daniel Heschuk finished second with a time of 15:32.31. 

Ben Perrett

Morgan Ramsey and Zoie Forgue