After a successful 2014 East Central Districts Track Meet determined the athletes from the Parkland area who would be representing Team East Central at the 2014 Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association Track and Field Provincial Championship athletes from both the Yorkton Regional and Sacred Heart High School earned provincial glory as three local athletes earned gold medals.
The provincial meet which was held in Moose Jaw saw Yorkton student athletes win three golds, three silvers, and seven bronze medals in what went down as a successful end to the 2014 track seasons for both the Saints and the Raiders.
Yorkton Regional's success came in the distance running events as Jaden Porte took Senior Boys gold in the 800 meter race while Cole Burkholder won the Junior Boys 1500 meter event to give the Raiders two provincial champions.
Jonah Sutter was the Saints provincial champion as he won Midget Boys long jump while David Ojo would achieve Sacred Heart's lone silver medal by finishing second in the Junior Boys Discus.
Burkholder finished second in the Junior Boys 800 meters for the Raiders silver medal while members of the Raiders track team also featured on the East Central 4 X 400 meter relay team that earned a silver medal.
Other notable athletes included Sacred Heart's Justine Zarowny who was Yorkton's highest finishing female athlete at Provincials, earning double bronze in the Midget Girls 1500 and 3000 meters as once again Yorkton showed its dominance in the distance events amongst the best runners in Saskatchewan.
Bronze medals from Porte, Kelli Onda-Inglis (Sacred Heart), and Derek Campbell (YRHS) gave the city a total of eight medals in the distance running events, an impressive feat achieved between the two local high schools.
SHHS track coach Rachel Sterzuk was proud of the way her athletes performed at the event. "was really proud of how hard all of our athletes worked this weekend," says Sterzuk. "Justine has such a high pain tolerance in her long distance races; it is really amazing how hard she can run. She had personal best times in all four of her races. David also had a personal best throw in order to bring home his silver medal and Jonah's long jump was just head and shoulders above the second place finisher. Just exciting competition all weekend."
Official medal winning results for YRHS/SHHS athletes:
GOLD- Jaden Porte (YRHS)-- Senior Boys 800 meters
GOLD- Jonah Sutter (Sacred Heart)-- Midget Boys Long Jump
GOLD- Cole Burkholder (YRHS)-- Junior Boys 1500 meters
SILVER- Cole Burkholder (YRHS)-- Junior Boys 800 meters
SILVER- David Ojo (Sacred Heart)-- Junior Boys Discus
SILVER- Boys 4X400 Meter Relay
BRONZE- Jaden Porte (YRHS)-- Senior Boys 1500 meters
BRONZE- Kelli Onda-Inglis (Sacred Heart)-- Junior Girls 800 meters
BRONZE - Justine Zarowny (Sacred Heart)-- Midget Girls 1500 meters & 3000 meters
BRONZE- Derek Campbell (YRHS)-- Midget Boys 3000 meters
BRONZE- Cassidy Stachowich (Melville)-- Junior Girls Long Jump
BRONZE- Brenden Weber (YRHS)-- Senior Boys 200 meters
BRONZE- Senior Boys 4X100 meter Relay
YRHS Top 8 Finishes
Girls Open Quadathlon
Jessica Lutz: 4th Place
Midget Girls
Alex Flaman Pole Vault - 5th Place
Midget Boys
Derek Campbell 3000m - Bronze Medal
1500m - 4th Place
Jaret Porte 800m - 6th Place
Junior Girls
Kellie Onda-Inglis 800m - Bronze Medal
Pole Vault - 5th Place
400m - 7th Place
Junior Boys
Cole Burkholder 1500m - Gold Medal
800m - Silver Medal
Boys Open 4x400m Relay - Silver Medal
Haylen Langelier Boys Open 4x400m Relay - Silver Medal
1500m - 8th Place
Caleb Bymak Shot Put - 4th Place
Long Jump - 6th Place
Peter Kozushka Shot Put - 8th Place
Senior Boys
Jaden Porte 800m - Gold Medal
1500m - Bronze Medal
Boys Open 4x400m Relay - Silver Medal
Brendon Weber 200m - Bronze Medal
100m - 4th Place
Boys Open 4x100m Relay - Bronze Medal
Darius Haberstock 4x100m Relay - Bronze Medal
Carl Petersen Pole Vault - 6th Place
