Quesnel schools brought four teams to the North Central Zones in Prince George last Friday and Saturday and came back with a trio of team golds and a team bronze.
“QJS and Correlieu athletes dominated the zone track meet,” Correlieu coach Pat Marsh said.
QJS fielded a bantam and juvenile team at the meet, while Correlieu fielded a junior and senior team.
Both QJS teams won an aggregate gold medal. Correlieu’s junior team also came out of the meet golden, while the senior team took the aggregate bronze.
The aggregate is awarded to a team based on their performance over the entire tournament.
Backing up those results was a host of personal medals that sent five Correlieu athletes and four QJS athletes on to the provincials this weekend.
For Correlieu, Konrad Teetzen and Katelyn Godsoe from the junior team will make the trip. Teetzen will compete in the 200m and 400m while Godsoe will compete in the 100m. James Olauson, Brayden McCall and Katrina MacLean will make the trip from the senior team. Olauson will run the 200m; McCall will compete in the javelin; and MacLean will run in both the 1500m and 800m.
For QJS, Justin McDonald, Christina Lawrence, Cole Dinsdale and Olivia Baptiste will make their way onto the provincial stage: McDonald in the 100m hurdles, Lawrence for Javelin and Dinsdale and Baptiste for the 800m.
The Junior Correlieu girls took a raft of medals.
Cheyan Newman took a trio of golds and silvers and a lone bronze – with golds in 80m hurdles, hammer and javelin; silvers in long jump, shot put and discus; and the lone bronze in 100m. Godsoe won gold in the 100m and a bronze in the triple jump. The relay team, made up of Newman, Godsoe, Madi Kaleta and Miceala Balazo, won gold in the 4x100m relay.
For the junior boys, Teetzen took a trio of golds in 100m, 200m and 400m and a silver in long jump. Justin Pike took a silver in 100m, gold in long jump, silver in triple jump and gold in the javelin.
MacLean took an 800m gold and a silver in 1500m and 3000m for the senior girls. Layla Hansen took a gold in javelin and a pair of silvers, one in discus and one in triple jump.
The senior boys team included a silver in 200m for Olauson, McCall’s silver in 400m hurdles and gold in javelin, James Entsminger’s long jump bronze and Wyllie Mednis’ silver in triple jump.
The senior boys’ relay team, made up of Olauson, Pike, Teetzen and McCall, also took a gold in the 4x100m relay.
QJS took a whole passel of medals from the meet.
Elisha Balazo took second in triple jump. Olivia Baptiste won gold in 1500m and 800m, silver in long jump and 400m. Avery Bell took silver in discus and the 200m. Nicholas Berlinguette won gold in the 100m and silver in 200m. Jadyn Blair took silver in sprint hurdles and bonze in 100m. Taylor Cherry won silver in triple jump. Malachi Delanay took bronze in both 100m and 200m. Cole Dinsdale took a trio of golds, winning the 1500m, 800m and the steeple chase. Hailey Doucette found gold in sprint hurdles and high jump. Ryan Elden took a trio of golds in Javelin, 400m and 200m, plus silver in 100m and long jump. Kassidy Flanagan took gold in long jump and bronze both sprint hurdles and 100m. Telise Gauthier took gold in discus and hammer throw, along with silver in javelin. Jared Hamelin was silver in hammer throw and bronze in long jump. Mia Kozak had a golden performance in the 800m. Christina Lawrence took two golds, one in javelin and the other in triple jump. Justin Macdonald took gold in 300m hurdles and silver in high jump, long jump, triple jump and sprint hurdles. Zach McCall was gold in sprint hurdles and 300m hurdles, Justice Quamme had a bronze high jump. Casey Richert took gold in sprint hurdles and silver in 100m and 200m. Cole Stone took gold in the hammer throw and high jump and silver in javelin. Kyra Teetzen ran for gold in 400m, silver in 800m and bronze in 200m. Katie Young took gold in triple jump and 300m hurdles, silver in sprint hurdles and 100m sprints and bronze in long jump.
