The Parkland Valley Sport and Recreation District took home 32 medals at the Saskatchewan Summer Games this past week.
The district took home three gold medals, all to female athletes. Dani Fedak took home the gold for female discus, and Chloe Sies won the gold for golf individual play, female. Team Parkland Valley won gold for team triathlon, 14-15 female.
Silver medals went to Kelsey Haczkewicz in the female 1500m, Drew Kirk for male long jump, Deanna Kitzul in the female hammer, Kade Johnson for in golf individual play, male, Andriy Usan for swimming 100m freestyle, Stacey Pasloski for swimming 100m backstroke in the Special Olympics category and Jill Gulka for individual triathlon, 14-15 female. Team Parkland Valley also took home silver in golf, team play male.
Canoe and Kayak was one category with many silver medals. Raya Cuthill won in K-1 200m, the team of Ethan Caskey, Kazz Haas and Jaxon McLeod took the K-1 200m male silver, Elia Bolme and Raya Cuthill in K-2 200m female, Raya Cuthill and Kazz Haas in K-2 200m mixed and Ethan Caskey and Kazz Haas in K-2 male 1000m.
The team won bronze in 400m with Skylar Smith. Cole Kowalchuk won two bronze in 110m and 300m hurdles. Deanna Kitzul took bronze in shot put, female, and Dani Fedak in hammer, female. Colby Kirsch took bronze in tennis, singles and Sadie McGriskin in triathlon individual, 14-15 female. Stacey Pasloski won bronze for the 50m backstroke in the Special Olympics category.
Team bronze was awarded in tennis doubles male, team archery male and golf team play female.
Bronze in Canoe and Kayak came for Raya Cuthill for K-1 1000m female, Elia Bolme and Jaxon McLeod in K-2 200m Mix, Ethan Caskey and Raya Cuthill in K-2 1000m mix and Raya Cuthill and Elia Bolme in K-2 4000m female. There was also a team medal in the K-1 200m relay mix.
The total medal count for Parkland Valley was sixth out of nine teams. Tyler Slowski says it was a good year for the team, with big gains in the number of points won in the games over the previous Saskatchewan Summer Games.
