S P O R T S RUSSELL TRACK STARS ARE HEADED FOR EOSSAA CHALLENGE
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
The village of Russell will be well represented at the Eastern Ontario regional track and field championships. Between the two of them, Russell High School and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School are sending a combined total of two dozen athletes to Brockville, this week, for the Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletic Associations track and field meet (EOSSAA). Coaches for both teams expressed satisfaction with the top-four results for their teams at the Prescott-Rus- sell Track and Field Championships, May 14, at the Terry Fox Field at Mooney’s Bay in Ottawa. “The kids did really well,” said Coach Gord Zubyk, about the RHS Timberwolves contingent. “It’s a strong group of kids, and setting that many meet records for a small school was also pretty impressive. I think that they’re going to do well, I think they have a good chance of making top five at EOSSAA.” “We had a lot of success this year,” said Coach Nicholas Longval, about the STA Ravens performance in track and field this season. “We have several standout results from the Prescott-Russell meet.” One of those “stand outs” is Keely Zandbelt, a Ravens junior shot-putter, whose performance at EOSSAA last year qualified
Le village de Russell aura une bonne représentation de ses écoles secondaires locales au championnat de l’Eastern Ontario Secondary School Athletic Associations (EOSSAA), qui aura lieu à Brockville cette semaine. Ensemble, Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School et Russell High School aligneront un total combiné de deux douzaines d’athlètes à l’EOSSAA, grâce aux quatre meilleures performances aux récents Championnats de Prescott-Russell. L’équipe d’athlétisme des Timberwolves du RHS pose pour une photo de groupe : Abby Sinden (à gauche), Jacob Hill, Owen Johnson, Teagan Williams, Cassidy Porteous et David Kreft. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
Danby and Amanda Curtis, who train the STA Ravens Grades 7/8 track and field. “We benefit from the energy and enthu- siasm that carries over from there,” Longval said. “It just feeds into our high school track program.” Representing RHS at EOSSAA will be Owen Johnson, Daniel Kreft, Jacob Hill, Abby
Sinden, Teagan Williams, and Cassidy Por- teous. The STA EOSSAA team includes: Erin Monette, Rebecca Greer, Katarina Tessier, Keely Zandbelt, Spencer Billings, Mackenzie Fiset, Tristan Babin, Noah Levesque, Noah Tessier, Eric Devries, Jaiden Longval, Colin Robertson, Adam Davidson, Mitchell Madi- gan, and Peter McCannell.
her for the provincials. “We’re hoping she can repeat her performance this year,” said Longval. The STA Ravens EOSSAA team numbers 18 athletes who finished top four at the PR meet. Longval credits the strong per- formance of the school junior and senior track squads to the efforts of coaches Ed
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