Pedal for Hope a Huge Succes at NDHS
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Yesterday the Norwood District High School Track and Field team travelled to St. Peter's Secondary School in Peterborough to compete at the Kawartha Track and Field Championships. Our athletes competed against some of the best athletes from Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton, Cobourg, Port Hope, Campbellford, Lakefield and Fenelon Falls. With the top 8 qualifying for next weeks' COSSA event in Belleville your Knights qualified 22 athletes in 37 events. Congratulations goes out to the following:
8th Place
Christian LaChapelle - 1500 metre
Junior Rivera - Shot Put
Austin Levesque - Discus
Brittany Meier - Long Jump
Braden Thompson, Mitchell Barr, Jacob Cailes, Christian LaChapelle - Relay
7th Place
Emily Angerman - 100 metre hurdles
6th Place
Braden Thompson - Javelin
Jenna Baptie - Discus
Jordan Burtt - Triple Jump
Braden Thompson - Discus
Emily Angerman - Long Jump
Jordan Burtt, Junior Rivera, Addisiane Freeland, Gaerrisen Freeland - Relay
Katie Towns - Shot Put
4th Place Ribbons
Alex Barrett - 100 metre
Shannon Bellamy - Javelin
Mike Burtt - 200 metre
Gaerrisen Freeland - 200 metre
Mitchell Barr - Javelin
Travis Stark, Michael Burtt, Travis Bennett, Alex Barrett - Relay
3rd Place Ribbons
Brittany Meier - High Jump
Austin Levesque - Shot Put
Junior Rivera - Javelin
Katie Towns - Discus
Rodney Fleming - High Jump
Gaerrisen Freeland - 400 metre Hurdles
Shannon Bellamy - Discus
2nd Place Ribbons
Emily Angerman - Javelin
Mitchell Barr - Shot Put
Alex Barrett - 300 metre Hurdles
Travis Stark - Javelin
Megan Wilson - Discus
Jordan Burtt - Long Jump
Placing 1st and Kawartha Champions
Alex Barrett in a thrilling Midget Boys 200 m final tying for first with a time of 26.20 seconds.
Gin McGriskin with a toss of 29.29 metres won the Senior Girls Javelin.
Michael Burtt destroyed the competition in the Midget Boys Long Jump by 70 cm with a jump of 5.30 metres.
Michael Burtt dominated the Midget Boys 400 metre with a time of 58.60 seconds.
Travis Bennett showing amazing improvement from last year. After not qualifying in the javelin event in grade 9 he demonstrated good old fashion Knight determination by winning the Junior Boys Javelin competition with a toss of over 38 metres.
Congratulations goes out to every Norwood Knight athlete that competed yesterday. Your coaches are very proud.
Finally, a big thank-you goes out to Mr. Hayton, Mr. Begg, Kate Oliver, Rachael Crowley, Tianna Lycett and Ashley Baird for all their work running a flawless Javelin competition. Well done.
Next week - COSSA - See you at practice Tuesday.
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