An exhausted Jadyn Monical thought her legs were going to fall off after she won the 800-metre race in the early morning of the Inter School South End Track Meet.
But the Grade 5 Mile 108 Elementary School student must have had plenty of leg left in the afternoon, when she broke her age group’s 200m record, one of seven records that fell at 100 Mile Elementary School on June 11.
Vanessa Betschart, of Bridge Lake Elementary School, broke the age 10 division’s ball throw record (previously 26.50m) with 27.30m.
Daniel Villeneuve, of 100 Mile Elementary, blew by the previous age 10, 100m dash record (16.10 seconds) with a time of 15.50.
Monical beat the previous age 11, 200m record (33.25) with a time of 33 seconds.
Horse Lake Elementary School’s Kyson Hopson broke the age 11, 100m dash record (previously 14.97) with a time of 14.71.
100 Mile House speedster Conner Giroux made a big statement at the annual track meet, breaking three running records in the age 13 boys category. Giroux now holds the 100m record of 12.78 seconds, beating out the previous time of 12.90; the 200m record of 27.7 seconds, beating out the previous time of 28.40; and the 800m record of 2 minutes 34 seconds, beating out the previous mark of 2 minutes 49 seconds.
The students with the highest aggregate scores at the end of the day were Betschart and Villeneuve in the age 10 division; Monical and Hopson (age 11); Hailey McNabb and Kai Flett of Mile 108 Elementary School (age 12); and Amy Baechmann and Giroux of 100 Mile Elementary School (age 13).
The competition also saw students from Lac la Hache Elementary School, Forest Grove Elementary School and Eliza Archie Memorial School.
Bridge Lake Elementary School won the most points in the small school group, while Mile 108 Elementary School beat out 100 Mile House Elementary School by one point in the larger school group.
