Nine athletes from the Yorkton Legion Track Club attended the annual Sled Dogs Track & Field Meet in Saskatoon. Athletes from all over Western Canada attended the meet ranging from ages of ten years old to athletes in university.
"We had some great milestones yesterday at the annual Sled Dogs in Saskatoon," said Marcel Porte, Team Manager of Yorkton Legion Track Club. "Some of our club members were hitting their personal bests, others competing in an event that they never have before and one athlete hitting a milestone that he never thought he could achieve."
Jaden Porte made an achievement of a life time in track & field beating Greg Hetterley (western Canadian 1,200m + 2,000m Champion from Regina Queen City Striders ) and Matthew Johnson (runner up 1,200m + 2,000m champion also from Regina Queen City). Jaden's time for the 1,000m was 2:40.26 earning him the gold, while Hetterly's time was 2:40.53 for second and Mathew was 2:46 getting third place. "Greg and Matt are the toughest competitors that I have been running against," said Jaden Porte. "Hard training has really paid off from a great coach, Kirk Flaman, as I finally beat my two main competitors."
Ben Koroluk and Grady Hawkins had great times making their personal bests in 800m Midget, with Ben getting second in the aforementioned 800 meter event.
Ethan Field from Langenburg had a great day beating some great athletes from all over Saskatchewan. He was competing against two heats for the 60 meter race. He advanced to the final and got bronze for the YLTC.
Club Full Results:
Zoe Flaman (Yorkton): 600m PeeWee= 2nd @ 2:11 and 150m PeeWee= 6th @ 0:27.5
Grady Hawkins (Yorkton): High Jump Midget= 6th @ 1.30m, 800m Midget= 6th @ 2:50
Ben Koroluk (Yorkton): Long Jump Midget= 6th @ 3.88m and 1,000m Youth= 6th @ 3:11, 800m Midget= 2nd @ 2:26
Ethan Field (Langenburg): 300m Midget= 5th @ 0:44.93, 60m Midget= 3rd @ 0:08.12
Mikaila Ortynsky (Yorkton): Shot Put Midget= 8th @ 6:59m
Jaden Porte (Yorkton): 1,000m Youth= 1st @ 2:40, Long Jump Youth= 5th @ 5.55m, 1,500m Youth= 2nd @ 4:25.
Kellie Onda-Inglis (Yorkton): 1,000m Youth= 7th @ 3:36, 600m Youth= 5th @ 1:53
Breanna Melenchenko (Yorkton): 300m Youth= 6th @ 0:46.57, 60m Youth= 11th @ 0:08.65
Brandey Blahut (Yorkton): 1,000m Senior= 4th @ 3:25, 1,500m Senior= 8th @ 5:24
