Three of the 18 members of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute cross-country team placed among the top 10 in their categories of competition at the Run for Peace event held at the Cherrydale Golf Course in Yorkton on September 15.
About 700 students from the East Central School District participated in the event, said Cory Johnson, a coach. The KCI students were from grades 5 to 12.
The three who placed well were: Jordyn Thomas, who was seventh in the peewee category; Kira Kitsch, ninth in bantams, and Cadence Campeau, ninth in the weepee category.
“Everyone tried his or her best,” Johnson said. The heat was a factor.
Coaching the team with Johnson are Darren Kitsch and Julianna Nichol.
Over 1,000 students are expected to attend the Saltcoats Autumn Summit being held September 30, he said, adding that he expects all 18 members of the team, if not more, to compete.
> Ella Kozak from Columbia School was the first-place winner of the Grade 7 girls category. Abby Wilson, a Canora Composite School student, placed second.
In the Grade 8 girls category, Saryn Leson of Canora Composite School placed first with Star Sheppard of Macdonald School placing second.
Cody Hort of Preeceville School won first place in the Grade 9 boys category. Two Yorkton Regional High School students, Jon Hedley and Fayden Granyk, placed second and third respectively.
“It was a windy and cold day but the kids battled through it,” said Dustin Nielson, who had organized the tournament with Curtis Baillie. “They really enjoyed the golf course.”
that the members have begun the third phase of their Memorial Brick Project at Riverview Cemtery and all orders for commemorative bricks are welcome.
The Legion has gone through many changes and one of them is that one does not need to have had a military affiliation to become a member, he said. The Legion’s ideals remain with three main principles: remembrance, veterans and community.
