Nearly 400 athletes from across Vancouver Island gathered at the Cowichan Sportsplex earlier this month for the 2017 Garriock Track and Field Meet hosted by the CVAC Jaguars.
“We had 397 registered athletes for our very successful meet,” club spokesperson Candace Fontana said.
The impressive results posted by the host club included a slew of medals: 43 gold, 38 silver and 28 bronze in individual events.
Among the top performers for the Jaguars was Alexa Dow, who finished first in the 10-year-old girls 100m, 600m and 1000m, second in javelin and third in long jump. Just three weeks earlier at the Elwood Wylie Meet in Nanaimo, Dow broke the provincial record for her age group in the 1000m, finishing in three minutes and 23.02 seconds, more than a second better than the old mark of 3:24.04.
Other medal results from the home club:
Nine-year-old boys
Rudolf Kruger: first in 60m, 100m, 600m, 1000m, and 60m hurdles
Jackson Lenarcic: first in high jump and shot put, second in 60m, 100m, and 600m
10-year-old girls
Sophia Beaton: second in high jump and discus, third in 60m hurdles
Annette Blumel: first in 800m race walk
Jaeda Douglas: first in shot put and javelin, third in discus
Nova Wedmann-Kent: third in 60m
10-year-old boys
Tahlon Buttle: second in 60m and 100m, third in 600m
Seth Miller: second in shot put
Luke Prest: first in 600m and 60m hurdles, second in 1000m, third in high jump, shot put and discus
11-year-old girls
Katelyn Lenarcic: second in javelin
Nehayla Menzies: second in 800m race walk
Mila Nakonechny: third in 200m
Amelia Varga: first in high jump
11-year-old boys
Matthew Bourque: second in discus, third in javelin
Gray Cizeron: second in 60m, third in 100m and 1000m
Richard Goble: second in shot put and javelin, third in discus
Jackson Martin: second in 100m and long jump
Oliver McKenzie-Kissinger: first in 60m, 200m and long jump, second in 600m and 60m hurdles, third in shot put
Logan Rademaker: first in shot put and javelin
12-year-old girls
Sasha McQueen: second in high jump
12-year-old boys
Jack Doehler: first in 800m and 1200m
Kaiden Lewis: third in hammer
Evan Maher: first in 800m race walk
Evan Mayer: first in javelin, second in shot put, third in 800m, high jump and discus,
Jack Whitney: first in shot put, second in hammer and javelin
13-year-old girls
Margo Blumel: third in javelin
Emily Carlson: second in 100m and 80m hurdles
Alexandra Lazenby: first in 200m and 300m, second in hammer
Natalie McKay: first in high jump
13-year-old boys
Shadynn Smid: third in 80 hurdles, high jump and long jump
Spencer Van Der Linden: third in 300m
14-15 girls
Jessica Castle: first in 800m, 1200m, and 15-year-old girls 1500m steeplechase
Jayda Lauzon: first in high jump and long jump, second in 200m
Brielle Woodruff: first in 14-year-old girls 1500m steeplechase
14-15 boys
Thomas Croasdale: first in 1500m steeplechase, third in 1200m
Matt Day: third in high jump
Tony Else: first in 100m, high jump and shot put, second in long jump, third in hammer
Dredyn Fontana: second in 800m, 1200m, and 2000m
Ben Rossouw: second in 300m and high jump, third in 100m
16-17 women
Emma Dewit: first in 100m, 200m and long jump, second in shot put
Natalie Wolter: second in high jump and long jump, third in 400m
18-19 men
Tristan Seibel: first in 800m
20-34 men
Philip Summers: second in 200m
Several local businesses stepped up to help make the event a success, Fontana noted.
“We couldn’t have done it without the great support from our sponsors who went the extra ‘lap’ this year to support our event,” she said.
Sponsors included Thrifty Foods and Thrifty Pharmacy, Grimm’s Meats, Saputo Dairy Products, Island Bakery, M&M Meats, Frito-Lay, Bulk Barn and Sysco. The club also acknowledged Will Arnold of Experience Cycling for lending tents and Darcy Mayo of 3D Electrical Services for helping set up the hammer cage with his bucket truck.
