The casual but competitive demeanour of Oak Bay HighB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Valdi Alarie-Hill was on display at the Lower Island Track and Field championships at UVicB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Centennial Stadium on May 9.
The senior Alarie-Hill took first in the boys 110-metre hurdles, first in the discus and first in the javelin. Alarie-Hill threw the discus 30.75, enough to edge Lambrick ParkB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Connor Turnbull (29.82m), and chucked the javelin 50.47 metres for gold in that event, his best result by nearly four metres in 2018 school competitions.
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Mount Douglas thrower Gwyneth Frederiksen won the senior girls discus with a 30.40m throw and then won the shot put (9.9m) ahead of Oak BayB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Ali Gallant (8.91m). However, Gallant (40.29m) won the hammer, out-throwing second-place Frederiksen (38.23m).
Other multiple winners included Alisa Lyesina of Oak Bay in the senior girls 800m and 1,500m, and Mount DougB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Liam Dwyer in the senior boys 3,000m and steeplechase (2,000m).
In what is a strong field of Grade 10 junior girls athletes, Lambrick ParkB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Mimosa Schulz confirmed her supremacy on the hurdles winning the 90m in 13.18 seconds with Oak BayB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Jade Forrest second (14.75) and Annabelle Fieltsch third (14.62).
Oak BayB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Taleesha Hall outpaced all comers in the junior girls 100m for first in 12.92 seconds ahead of St. AndrewB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Alyssa Blair (13.49) and Schulz (13.61).
In one of the closest races of the day, BelmontB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Eli Neims-Horton ran the senior boys 100m in 11.33 seconds to edge Pacific ChristianB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Joel Runkel (11.63) and Mount DougB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Aidan Wold (11.66). Runkel did win the 200m in 22.69, narrowly edging Ben Sammons of Parkland. Sammons won the boys 400m.
Among the junior boys, Chase Haagensen, a Grade 10 Reynolds secondary student, continued to impress with an 11.41-second time to win the 100m dash. ReynoldsB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ Kadin Martin was second, narrowly edging out Mount DougB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Joe Lucas.
Haagensen then repeated the effort winning the 200m dash in 23.51 seconds, ahead of second-place Connor Loughnane (home schooled) in 23.29 and Ran Kettlewell (Oak Bay) in 24.32.
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