Track and field jumps into high gear

Rob McKinley May 20, 2022 8:18 AM
Grade 8 high jumper Gordon Reid clears the bar during the final round of high jump at the Aurora playing field on Monday afternoon. Aurora students competed in three days of track and field events, including running events at the new track at the Bold Center Sports Fields.▲
Aurora students were competing in the running track events on Wednesday and Thursday, using the new Bold Center Sports Fields running track at the J. A. Williams High School▲
Abigail Laboucane clears the hurdle as Serenity Howse follows during a girls hurdle event at the Aurora track and field days▲
Bryer Cadieux lets out a yell as he launches for his long jump attempt at Aurora's track and field event▲
Aurora student Tristan Arsenault clears the high mark on the high jump, winning the senior boy's category at the school's track and field event. ▲
Aurora teacher Andre Bourassa, one of dozens of staff and volunteers, sets the high jump bar at a metre and a half.▲
On you marks ... ▲
Grade 6 Girls take their first steps on the staggered start of the 400 metre run at Thursday's final day of track and field events for Aurora Middle School.▲
Aurora shotputter Emily Cardinal.▲
Students look on as Cooper Okrainec flattens out over the high jump bar.▲
Aurora student Trace Skoreyko checks over the shoulder of school staff measuring his long jump distance.▲
Aurora teacher Erin Shulko gives some shot-put pointers to student Markus Whitford-Bull before his throw at the Aurora Middle School track and field event.▲
JAWS High School athletics director Andrew Pryzylbski cheers on runners at the finish line of a 200m race at the new Bold Center Sports Fields track.▲
Long jumper Gautam Jay goes airborne as his classmates look on.▲
Cooper Okrainec leaps across the pit in his long jump attempt▲
Classmates Claire Spohn and Samar Tarbine watch as Aurora student Briana Kanzig gets ready to let the shotput go.▲

LAC LA BICHE - Aurora Middle School students from Grade 4-8 were running and jumping for ribbons, spots at the upcoming Ward event, and for fun, during the three-day track and field events held through the week.

Students participated in high jump, long jump, triple jump, javelin, shot-put and hurdles at the Aurora Middle School playing fields and the Bold Center Sports Fields running track on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Aurora phys. ed teacher Wayne Mah said hundreds of the school's young athletes competed during the meet events, with the top performers moving on to face students from middle schools across the region in the coming week. 

Wards and Districts

"Only the top three of an event from our (Aurora) track and field will go to the 2022 LSAA West track and field Wards," he said.

The Lakeland Schools Athletic Association Wards will be hosted in Lac La Biche at the Bold Center Sports Fields on Thursday, May 26.

The top two young athletes from each event at Wards will advance to the District track and field championships held in Bonnyville on May 31.

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