Central’s Flanagan sweeps four events at high school District track and field championship

Cylcones competitor lone athlete to post four wins in provincial qualifying meet at Gutheridge Field

Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

In the South Central district track and field district championship, Central Cyclones competitor Ellah Flanagan was the lone athlete in the event to pick up wins in all four of her events on the day, sweeping her way to the junior girls aggregate title with a perfect 40 points.

That included a time of 14.53 seconds to win the 80-metre hurdles and a 12.97-second effort to take spot in the 100 metres. The jumps went just as well, as Flanagan cleared 1.43 metres for gold in the high jump and then finished things off with 9.77-metre performance in the triple jump.

Cyclones teammate Katie Rogers was right behind Flanagan thanks to wins in the 400 metres, 800 metres and a record-setting 1,500 metres to go along with a second place in the 3,000 metres.

line in five minutes flat to break the junior girls 1,500 metres record of 5:03.20 set by Bonnie Seaborg in 1999. Rogers would have also set a new mark in the 3,000 metres if not for Kapovic, as she ran 11:04.60 to finish second.

Vanier’s Zayden Anderson ran a time of 14.42 seconds to break the intermedi- ate boys 100m hurdles record set by Rylan Thiessen back in 2007. It was also the second record in as many meets for Anderson, after he ran 14.15 to break the 28-year-old mark in cities.

The senior boys shot put record was absolutely obliterated, with Central’s Paul Barth emerging from a three-competitor race to set the new mark of 12.49 metres, besting the old record of 11.00 metres set by Brendan Kemp in 2019. Briercrest Christian’s Leif Anderson was second with a 12.15-m effort and Vanier’s Wyatt Beihl third at 11.48 metres.

Mankota’s Olivia Brisebois found herself similar battle with Briercrest Christian Academy’s Jasmine Hundeby in the senior girls shot put. Brisebois would end up winning the competition and set a new mark of 9.59 metres, beating the old record of 9.21 set by Briercrest Christian’s Melissa Ellis in 2019. Hundeby also would have broken the record, finishing second with a 9.39m effort.

The senior girls 800 metres saw reigning two-time cross-country champion Jadyn Palaschuk from Central cross the line in 2:30.34, breaking Ryann Handley’s record of 2:37.02 set in 2019.

Assiniboia’s Quinton Fettes hit a new record in the senior boys long jump, crossing 5.98 metres to crack the old mark of 5.77 metres set by Henok Shiferaw in 2019.

Central’s Keaton Belsher takes to the air in the South Central district intermediate boys long jump. Belsher won three of his four events on Wednesday to claim the intermediate boys aggregate title.

Central’s Keaton Belsher found himself in a similar position on his way to taking top spot in the intermediate boys division.

Belsher won the 100 metres, long jump and triple jump to go along with a second place in the 200 metres. His 38 points were four better than second-place finisher and 100-m hurdles record-setter Zayden Anderson from Vanier, who also had wins

Cyclones junior boys competitor Javin Boynton was also a win away from a sweep, taking victories in the 100 metres, 200 metres and shot put before landing second in the long jump. Distance running specialist Kaeleb Tabin from Peacock was four points back thanks to wins in the 800 metres, 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres.

Central’s Emily Lin won the intermediate girls division with 30 points, while Jadyn Palaschuk had 30 points to win the senior girls division, including a record in the 800 metres.

Quinton Fettes won the senior boys class with 34 points, including a record in the senior boys long jump.