The St. Paul Regional Saints track & field team won the SPAA banner last week at the annual meet held on its home track, with Glendon and Two Hills finishing second and third in the combined team scores category.
Out of the 13 schools from around the St. Paul area competing, Regional finished first in both the male and female team categories for a total of 1,621 points. Glendon had 1,353 points while Two Hills finished with 402.
“It’s tough whenever you face Regional,” Glendon coach Daryn Galatiuk said after the meet. “Our goal is to stay close and we try to load up in as many events to try to keep the points close. We almost beat them in the girls’ category and that would have been a first.”
SPAA athletes are now preparing for zones this week, which are also being held at St. Paul Regional High School. The provincial finals will take place on June 1 and 2 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
In the junior girls events, the first place winners were Megan Pelham (100m, 200m, 400m), Shayla Danyluk (80m hurdles), Nicole Kitt (800m), Chanelle Gagne (1500m, 3000m), Paige Skrypichayko (long jump, shot put, discus throw), Randi Drummond (triple jump), Brooke Mulkay (high jump) and Josee Piquette (javelin throw).
Intermediate girls winners were Lindsay MacDonald (100m, 80m hurdles, long jump, high jump), Doris Dallaire (200m), Hayley Smid (400m, 1500m, 3000m), Cara Sosnowski (800m), Leigha Bishop (triple jump), Kasey Lotsberg (shot put, javelin throw) and Corrie Fritzler (discus throw).
In the senior girls category, the winners included Monique Gervais (100m, 200m), Alanna Gagne (400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m), Lasha Levesque (80m hurdles, high jump), Darcy Kwiatkowski (long jump), Madi Novakowski (triple jump), Christina Frankiw (shot put, discus throw) and Sara Miller (javelin throw).
For the junior boys events, the winners were Dmitri Krys (100m, 200m), Jared Dechaine (400m), Colten Zentner (100m hurdles), David Thomson (800m) Chase Delve (1500m, 3000m), Brennan McKay (long jump), Colten Zentner (triple jump, high jump), Austin Paton (shot put), Dylon Machura (discus throw) and Mikael Beaudoin (javelin throw).
In intermediate boys, the winners included Zack Hawiuk (100m, 200m), Grayson Soprovich (400m), Marcel Feland (100m hurdles), Brandyn Delisle (800m), Jeff Hatch (1500m, 3000m), Fred Attfield (long jump, triple jump, high jump), Dwight Garner (shot put), Dallas Anderson (discus throw) and Chad Michaud (javelin throw).
The senior boys winners were Jonathan Shapka (100m), Robert Burshtinski (200m), Donovan Fryingpan (400m), Eric Laramee (100m hurdles, long jump, triple jump), Desmond Papin (800m), Brett Gagne (1500m, 3000m), Dale Krankowsky (high jump) and Marc Dubeau (shot put, discus throw, javelin throw).
Glendon’s team of Shayla Danyliuk, Kristen Fritzler, Emily Knapp and Paige Lundgren won the junior 4x100m relay while St. Paul Regional’s team comprised of Rachel Abejero, Leigha Bishop, Lauren Zalaski and Chelsey Enriquez won the intermediate category. Regional also won the senior relay with Kyla Davies, Monique Gervais, Hailey Mahdiuk and Madi Novakowski.
Regional won both the intermediate and senior 4x100 relay events. Brandyn Delisle, Zack Hawiuk, Drayden Levasseur and Ben Laing won for the intermediate while Jerome Cote, Dale Krankowsky, Ben Quan and Jonathan Shapka took first in senior.
Chanelle Gagne, Nicole Kitt, Hayley Smid and Monique Gervais won the 4x400m open girls relay for Regional. Two Hills won the boys open relay with Jared Bezovie, Logan Ewanchuk, Grayson Soprovich and Zach Zaparniuk.
Athletes who set SPAA records during the meet were Nicole Kitt (junior 800m), Chanelle Gagne (junior 1500m, 3000m), Paige Skrypichayko (junior shot put, discus throw) and Hayley Smid (intermediate 3000m),
