NACI Track competes at Garden Valley Invitational

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NACI Track competes at Garden Valley Invitational

Details: Published on Thursday, May 19, 2016

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The NACI Tigers track and field team recently tested itself against the best the province had to offer, at the Garden Valley Invitational. The event, which was held in Winkler on Wednesday, May 11, featured hundreds of participants from almost 20 different schools. Notable finishes from Neepawa included:

Girls Junior Varsity

Taryn McConechy finished third in the J.V. shot put, with a throw of 7.54 metres. On the track, Zoie Forgue notched a pair of second place finishes in the 100 and 200 metre dash. She clocked in with a time of 14.42 seconds in the 100 metre and 29.86 seconds in the 200 metre. In the 1,500 metre run, NACI’s Abbey McLeod posted a fourth place finish with a time of 5:58.01

Boys Junior Varsity

Tanner Mann took home a pair of victories, claiming the triple jump and the long jump (11.43 metres - 5.82 metres). Close on his heels was teammate Braden Gillies, who finished third and fifth in those events, (10.85m - 4.85m). Ben Perrett picked up a pair of event wins in the 400 and 800 metre races. He clocked in with times of 57.08 seconds for the 400 metres and 2:11.39 in the 800 metres. Meanwhile, Taine Middleton took third and fourth place respectively, in the 100 and 200 metre dash, with run times of 12.87 and 26.41 seconds. NACI’s 4 x 100 metre relay team claimed second place with an impressive run time of 49.77 seconds.

Girls Varsity

In the high jump, Emma Salmon was on the top of the podium, with a jump of 1.42 metres. Chelsea Plett finished the day with second place results in both the 200 and 400 metre dash (30.27 seconds - 1:08.68 seconds), while teammate Robyn Birch followed closely in the 400 metres, with a third place finish. (1:09.34). Holly Madsen finished fourth in the girls varsity shot put, with a throw of 8.02 metres.

Boys Varsity

Dillan Neufeld and Dylan Oshanyk finished second and fourth respectively, in the discus throw. Neufeld had a throw of 30.38 metres, while Oshanyk finished the competition with a throw of 30.03 metres.