Cobras place fourth at track provincials

The Rocky View Sports Association’s (RVSA) track season came to an end with the provincial meet, which was held at Foote Field in Edmonton, June 1 and 2.

In the 3A team standings, Cochrane was the top Rocky View team, placing fourth with 212 points. Springbank followed in fifth place with 150 points and Bow Valley came in 15th with 98 points. Bert Church and George McDougall high schools both placed in the top 40, with the Chargers taking 22nd place with 68.5 points and the Mustangs taking the 38th spot with 29.5 points.

See below for individual results.

Junior:

• Girls’ 400-metre dash – Shannon Dennison (Cochrane) – sixth

• Girls’ 80-metre hurdles – Callie Klettl (Cochrane) – fourth

• Jenny Yackel (Bert Church) – fifth

• Girls’ 4x100-metre relay – Cochrane – seventh

• Girls’ high jump – Kelsey Schaefer (Beiseker) – 11th

• Kaleigh Fisk (George McDougall) – 12th

• Girls’ pole vault – Sydney Smith (Cochrane) – seventh

• Girls’ shot put – Jocelyn Prince (Cochrane) – 10th

• Boys 4x100 relay – Bow Valley – seventh, Cochrane – 10th

• Boys’ 200-metre dash – Chris Sanchez (George McDougall) – fifth

• Boys’ 800-metre run – Dustin Roth (Cochrane) – 11th

• Darreb Elcock (Bert Church) – 14th

• Boys’ pole vault – Dustin Roth (Cochrane) – fifth

• Boys’ triple jump – Cole Lethebe (Bow Valley) – second

• Boys’ javelin – Ruben Esterhuizen (Springbank) – 11th

Intermediate:

• Girls’ 400-metre dash – Kendall Holdaway (Cochrane) – seventh

• Girls’ 800-metre run – Kendall Holdaway (Cochrane) – fifth

• Boys’ 100-metre dash - Logan Brennan (Springbank) – seventh

• Boys’ pole vault – Dylan Bonner (Cochrane) – fourth, Lawson Parker (Cochrane) – ninth

• Boys’ triple jump – Connor Dennison (Cochrane – fourth

• Boys’ discus – Dean Cheadle (Cochrane) – seventh

• Boys’ javelin – Austin Masse (George Mac) – 15th

Senior:

• Girls’ 100-metre – Alexa Young (Springbank) – sixth

• Girls’ 200-metre – Alexa Young (Springbank) – sixth

• Girls’ 400-metre – Laura Haigh (Bow Valley) – eighth

• Girls’ 1,500-metre – Robyn Taylor (Bow Valley) – eighth

• Girls’ 4x100 relay – Springbank – sixth

• Girls’ long jump – Alison Baker (Springbank) – third

• Girls’ discus – Alexa Young (Springbank) – ninth

• Berina Traub (Beiseker) – 11th

• Boys’ 100-metre dash – Stephen Pratt (Springbank) – eighth

• Boys’ 1,500-metre run – Sean Foster (Springbank) – sixth

• Boys’ 100-metre hurdles – Grant Bauer (Bow Valley) seventh

• Boys’ 4x100 relay – Bow Valley – fifth

Bert Church – sixth

• Boys’ high jump – Trey Lidbury (Bert Church) – sixth

• Boys’ long jump – Trey Lidbury (Bert Church) – fifth

• Brandon Sadler (Bert Church) – 10th

• Boys’ triple jump – John Garzon (Bert Church) – ninth

• Boys’ shot put – Kristian Root (Cochrane) – 10th

• Boys’ javelin – Connor Leggatt (Cochrane) – 10th

Airdrie Aces

The Airdrie Aces Athletic Club had another strong showing at the Calgary Track and Field (CAL-TAF) meet, June 8 to 10 at the Foothills Athletic Park in Calgary.

Scott Chalupiak and Jacob Aulin each brought home a gold medal for as the overall winners of their age categories.

Chalupiak placed first in the 800-metre, 80-metre, 80-metre hurdles, 1,200-metre and shot put events in the bantam category.

He also placed second in high jump and fourth in long jump.

Aulin placed first in the peewee boys’ high jump, 600-metre and ball throw events.

He placed second in the 60-metre, 150-metre and 100-metre races, as well as the long jump event.

Sam Gagne won the bantam boys’ overall silver medal on Saturday and the overall bronze medal on Sunday thanks to a first-place finish in ball throw, second-place finishes in 80-metre run and long jump, a fourth-place finish in 80-metre hurdles, high jump and shot put and a sixth-place finish in the 800-metre run.