The Estevan Comprehensive School track and field team accomplished personal bests at Saskatchewan High Schools Athletics Association (SHSAA) Provincial Track & Field.
It took place on June 5 and 6, and out of the 16 ECS athletes who competed in the event one earned a medal.
William Chamney earned a bronze medal in the senior boy’s 200-metre dash as he finished with a time of 23.04 seconds.
He also competed in the 100-metre dash and finished with a time of 11.72 seconds earning him sixth place; and he finished fifth in the long jump event, with a distance of 6.35 metres. In high jump he finished 14th by jumping 1.70 metres.
Other athletes who competed in the senior boys division included: Karter Collopy, Kyle Seipp and Jacob Shurygalo.
Seipp competed in the discus and javelin events. He recorded a distance of 37.43 metres in the discus, which was a personable best, earning him fifth place; and in javelin he finished 18th, with a distance of 36.97 metres.
Collopy competed in the 3000- metre race and finished in 26th place with a time of 11:27.09.
Chamney and Shurygalo represented the southeast district in the 4x100 relay.
In the senior girls division, Jenna Kreklewich leapt a distance of 4.78 metres in the long jump event and finished in 18th place. Macy Earl competed in the 800-metre run and placed 18th with a time of 2:45.17, and Kristian Skjonsby finished 24th in the 100-metre dash and recorded a time of 14.42 seconds.
Carly Kreklewich competed in the 1500 metre run finishing 17th with a time of 5:42.97; and in the 3000-metre run she placed 20th with a recorded time of 13:06.29.
Nikita LeBlanc placed 26th in the junior girls 100-metre dash with a time of 15.21 seconds and Justin Weinrauch finished in 16th in the junior boys 100 metre dash, with a time of 25.73 second.
In the midget girls division, Morgan Fichter placed fifth in the long jump, recording a personal best, 4.99 metres. Tatianna Dutka finished in ninth place in the triple jump with a distance of 9.67 metres, and placed 16th in javelin with a throw of 24.55 metres.
Paige Buhler finished 22nd in the 1500-metre run with a time of 5:50.79.
In the midget boys division, Dakota Schnell placed 23rd in the 200 metre dash with a time of 27.08 seconds, and finished 24th in triple long jump with a distance of 9.95 metres.
Also, Jordan Reed recorded a time of 5:28.16 in the 1500-metre run for 24th place, and Carson Benning placed 24th in the 200-metre dash with a time of 27.39 seconds.
“Everyone did really well, we had 12 season (best) or personal best performances, which is really hard to do in a major competition like that,” said track coach Caitlin Giesbrecht.
One of the main challenges through the competition was the extremely hot weather, but the athletes were able to battle through it Giesbrecht said.
“Many of the (Estevan) athletes that competed had never been to a track meet like that before so being able to put up personal best time or distances in itself is an amazing accomplishment.”
