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27th annual Saltcoats cross country meet results

There was at least one local finish in each of the 16 categories at the 27th Annual Autumn Summit Cross Country Run. It was held at the Saltcoats Regional Park late in September.
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The finish line gets crossed during the Saltcoats Autumn Summit cross country meet. It was the third meet of the season for some of the local schools. Several groups from Manitoba made the trip to Saltcoats for this year's Summit.


There was at least one local finish in each of the 16 categories at the 27th Annual Autumn Summit Cross Country Run.

It was held at the Saltcoats Regional Park late in September.

Dale Sidoryk, a teacher at Saltcoats School said it was a big meet for all the students because it covered at least two school boards.

The Good Spirit School Division and Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools were both in attendance, as well as numerous schools from outside the province, said Sidoryk.

"We are just shy of 50 schools altogether."

The meet included students from Gr. 3-12 with race lengths differing amongst the age groups.

Sidoryk said the youngest group (Gr. 2-5) ran two kilometres, the middle group (Gr. 6-9) ran three kilometres and the eldest group (Gr. 10-12) ran between 4-6 kilometres.

Sidoryk added that this was a "heads up for provincials for the high school" students that took part.

He added that one race had 225 kids participating.

He said the meet was a good chance to develop some skills, noting that a "cross country meet is more than just running".

He included perseverance and not giving up.

He said the staff at Saltcoats School had a big hand in getting over 50 schools together for an afternoon of cross country running.

"The secretary does a lot of work," adding that the YRHS helps out a lot with both staff and students
In the high school categories, Matthijs Wenning topped the boys' 6 kilometre run, while Brooke Mentanko placed first in the girls' 4 kilometre run.

Brandey Blahut, Emily Kruger, Braunty Pelchat and Rebecca McLaren all enjoyed top-10 finishes in the girls 16-and-over category.

Brandon Campbell joined Wenning as the two top finishers from Yorkton in the boys' 16-and-over category. Wenning and Campbell finished 1-2 in the order.

In the other categories, Tyler Buenneke, Jarius Pellatt, Ryder Korczak and Kaleb Weinheimer were among the locals who finished at various points within the top 10 Beginner Boys race.

In the Beginner Girls race, Taryn Kustra, Katya Anderson, Zoe Flaman, Ashten Miller and Madison Varga all had various top-10 placings.

In the Sneaker Boys race, Colby Vranai, Carson Sveinbjornson, Dylan Novak and Koen Kucher-Paulmark.

In the Sneaker Girls race, Callie Haryung and Ashley Buenneke, both representing Yorkdale Central Elementary School, rounded out the top-10 finishes.

In the Wee Pee boys race, Kaito Farquharson, Carson Miller and Parker Huber placed within the top six finishes, while Kennedy Lutz and Angel Asapace were the only local finishers in the top-10 in Wee Pee girls.

In Pee Wee boys, Ben Koroluk and Jaret Porte placed in third and fourth, while Derrick Budz placed sixth and Brett Guenther came in eighth in their category.

In Pee Wee girls, Justine Zarowny of St. Michael's School finished in first place while the MC Knoll trio of Sierra Cook, Jennfer and Kelsey Haczkewicz came in second, third and fourth respectively. Jillian Just of Yorkdale Central School came in fifth and Allison Berge rounded out the local finishes, coming in eighth place.

In the Bantam boys run, Brayden Miller and Dalton Renton were the lone finishers from Yorkton, while Kellie Onda-Inglis, Jessica Lewthwaite, Hunter Frankfurt and Danielle Van Parys were the local finishers in Bantam girls.

In Midget boys, the Yorkton Regional High School took nearly half of the finishes in the top 10.

Jaden Porte came out on top, teammate Haylen Langelier came in third, while Cole Lindsay and Richard Gibson placed in fifth and sixth, respectively.

Jessica Lutz placed first in the Midget girls race. Lindsey Kennedy of the Yorkton Regional High School came in third, while Kim Moreira rounded out the top 10 finishers.

In Junior boys, the Yorkton Regional High School won two of the five spots.

Teammates Graham Campbell and Matthew Srochenski took second and third place, respectively, while the Sacred Heart High School took three of the five finishes.

Rita Fetsch came in first, Dakota Chipley-Mitchell placed in second and Brooke Morgan rounded out the winners, coming in fifth.