Record breaking day for NACI track & field

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Published on Monday, May 30, 2016

 (Pictured) ​Kylie Birch in the forefront and Emma Salmon in the background compete in the team relay race.

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

It was a record setting day for a pair of Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI) athletes at the Zone Seven Track and Field championship. The event, held on Wednesday, May 25 in Neepawa, saw Ben Perrett of NACI set a new zone record in the Junior Varsity Boys 800 metre race, with a time of 2:12. Teammate Tanner Mann also eclipsed a former regional record, in the Junior Boys Long Jump. He made a jump of 5.89 metres, to win the event and set the new benchmark. In total, NACI garnered 43 top-three finishes on the day, with 14 of those being first place results. Notable local results included:

Junior Varsity Girls:

Junior Varsity Girls 100 Metre Dash:

2nd - Zoie Forgue - 13.14 seconds

Junior Varsity Girls 200 Metre Dash: 

2nd - Zoie Forgue - 27.49 seconds

4th - Kylie Birch - 28.65 seconds 

Junior Varsity Girls 1,500 Metre Run:

2nd - Abbey McLeod - 6:05.75

Junior Varsity Girls 4x100 Metre Relay:

3rd - Kylie Birch, Zoie Forgue, Abbey McLeod and Alpa Dupue - 57.05 seconds

Junior Varsity Girls Distance Medley:

1st - Neepawa Area Collegiate ‘A’

Kylie Birch, Abbey McLeod, Sam Kerkowich and Vicky Elgert  - 5:10.12

Junior Varsity Girls High Jump:

2nd - Kara Ellis - 1.30 metres

Junior Varsity Girls Long Jump:

2nd - Vicky Elgert - 4.05 metres 

Junior Varsity Girls Triple Jump:

2nd - Vickey Elgert - 8.76 metres

Junior Varsity Girls Shot Put 4 kg:

1st - Taryn McConechy - 8.49 metres

Junior Varsity Girls Javelin Throw 1 kg:

1st - Kylie Birch - 22.60 metres

2nd - Taryn McConechy - 20.73 metres

Varsity Girls:

Varsity Girls 100 Metre Dash:

3rd - Emily Dobson - 13.92 seconds

4th - Kelsey Ellis - 15.43 seconds

5th - Stephanie Morfitt - 22.87 seconds

Varsity Girls 200 Metre Dash: 

2nd - Chelsea Plett - 29.37 seconds

Varsity Girls 400 Metre Dash: 

1st - Chelsea Plett - 1:07.90

2nd - Robyn Birch - 1:08.74

Varsity Girls 80 Metre Hurdles:

3rd - Emma Salmon - 17.40 seconds

Varsity Girls 4x100 Metre Relay:

1st - Robyn Birch, Chelsea Plett, Emma Salmon and Emily Dobson - 57.37 seconds

Varsity Girls Distance Medley:

1st - Robyn Birch, Chelsea Plett, Emma Salmon and Emily Dobson - 5:07.81

Varsity Girls High Jump:

2nd - Emma Salmon - 1.25 metres

Varsity Girls Triple Jump:

3rd - Robyn Birch - 7.70 metres

Varsity Girls Shot Put:

1st - Marissa Crook - 8.38 metres

2nd - Holly Madsen - 8.19 metres

Varsity Girls Javelin Throw:

2nd - Marissa Crook - 25.78 metres

3rd - Holly Madsen - 22.51 metres

Junior Varsity Boys:

Junior Varsity Boys 100 Metre Dash:

1st - Taine Middleton - 11.64 seconds

3rd - Tanner Mann - 12.08 seconds

5th - Ben Rainka - 12.46 seconds

Junior Varsity Boys 200 Metre Dash:

1st - Ben Perrett - 24.78 seconds

Junior Varsity Boys 400 Metre Dash:

1st - Ben Perrett - 55.27 seconds

2nd - Ben Rainka - 59.43 seconds 

Junior Varsity Boys 800 Metre Dash:

1st - Ben Perrett - 2:12.22 (New Zone Seven Record)

Junior Boys 4x100 Metre Relay:

2nd - Tanner Mann, Taine Middleton, Ben Perrett and Ben Rainka - 53.52 seconds

Junior Varsity Boys Long Jump:

1st - Tanner Mann - 5.89 metres (New Zone Seven Record)

Junior Varsity Boys Triple Jump:

2nd - Braden Gillies - 11.05 metres

Junior Varsity Boys Discus Throw

2nd Braden Gillies  - 28.40 metres

Varsity Boys:

Varsity Boys 100 Metre Dash:

2nd - Dillan Neufeld - 12.06 seconds

4th - Reese Jones - 12.43 seconds

Varsity Boys 200 Metre Dash:

3rd - Reese Jones - 25.71 seconds 

Varsity Boys 400 Metre Dash:

4th - Logan Russell - 1:01.51

5th - Cody Friesen - 1:11.90

Varsity Boys 800 Metre Run:

2nd - Logan Russell - 2:26.34

Varsity Boys 1,500 Metre Run:

3rd - Logan Russell - 5:12.88

Varsity Boys 100 Metre Hurdles:

1st - Bain deKoning - 17.61 seconds

2nd - Ram Ignacio - 22.46 seconds

Varsity Boys 4x100 Metre Relay:

1st - Reese Jones, Dillan Neufeld, Bain deKoning and Landon Young - 49.99 seconds

4th - Dylan Oshanyk, Will Rainka, Kelsey Perrett and Ram Ignacio - 53.71 seconds 

Varsity Boys Distance Medley:

3rd - Will Rainka, Reese Jones, Kelsey Perrett and Landon Young - 4:45.28

4th - Ram Ignacio, Cody Friesen, Bain deKoning and Brody Miller - 5:01.00

Varsity Boys Discus Throw:

3rd - Dillan Neufeld - 34.09 metres

4th - Dylan Oshanyk - 31.50 metres

Varsity Boys Javelin Throw:

5th - Dylan Oshanyk - 34.50 metres