Comets fly high at Garriock Memorial meet

Tyza Skuse trys out long jump at the Garriock Memorial track meet in Duncan.

Tyza Skuse trys out long jump at the Garriock Memorial track meet in Duncan.

The Campbell River Comets Track and Field club had 29 athletes compete at the Garriock Memorial meet in Duncan on June 11-12.

The Garriock meet is a sticker meet, meaning athletes can show up at any event in their age group and participate, without pre-registering.

Many even choose to try events they have never done or are just learning in order to augment their training!

There were a phenomenal amount of top 10 finishes and Personal Best performances recorded at this meet.

The Comets have a tradition of camping out together during the weekend of the Garriock meet.

Also announced this week were the athlete selections for the BC Summer Games which will take place July 21-24 in Abbotsford.  These competitors are Midget age class (14-15 years old).

Three Comets will be included on the Vancouver Island/Zone 6 Region team.  They are: Tatum Feeney (high jump, triple jump and 80m hurdles), Fergus Hall (discus and 800m) and Zachary Mudie (hammer throw).

Here are the results from the Garriock meet:

10 girls:

Maren Gauthier: 60m Hurdles 4th

11 girls:

Lacie Simmons: 60m 2nd, 100m 3rd, 200m 2nd, 60m Hurdles 2nd, High Jump 2nd, Discus 4th, Shot Put 5th

Kiana Danielson: Javelin 5th

12 girls:

Tyza Skuse: 100m 5th, 200m 4th, 200m Hurdles 2nd, High Jump 2nd, Long Jump 3rd, Javelin 3rd, Shot Put 2nd

Anna Chatterton: 800m 2nd, 200m Hurdles 5th

13 girls:

Jessica Grafton: 200m 5th, 300m 3rd, 800m 2nd, Long Jump 3rd

Abigayle Underhill: 300m 4th, 800m 4th, 1200m 3rd

14-15 girls:

Jessica Revoy: 100m 5th, 800m 2nd, Discus 4th

16-17 girls:

Heather Mudie: Long Jump 2nd, Discus 2nd

Tayla Reynolds: Hammer Throw 5th

9 boys:

Ryley Konkle-Skuse: 60m 2nd, 100m 2nd, 600m 3rd, 1000m 3rd, 60m Hurdles 3rd, Long Jump 3rd, Shot Put 2nd

Shea Berkey: 60m 3rd, 100m 1st, 600m 1st, 1000m 1st, 60m Hurdles 1st, High Jump 3rd

Gavin Chatterton: 60m 5th, 100m 4th, 600m 5th, 1000m 2nd, 60m Hurdles 2nd, High Jump 4th, Long Jump 5th, Shot Put 4th

10 boys:

Kaien Eidsvik: 1000m 3rd, Shot Put 4th

11 boys:

Joseph Lacoste: Shot Put 3rd

12 boys:

Rowen Berkey: 1200m 4th

13 boys:

Menoa Brennan: 100m 4th, 200m 3rd, Long Jump 1st, Triple Jump 1st, Javelin 5th

Luke Dirom: 300m 4th, Long Jump 4th, Discus 2nd, Javelin 1st, Hammer Throw 1st

Trent Perras: Javelin 2nd, Shot Put 3rd, Hammer Throw 2nd

14-15 boys:

Zachary Mudie: Triple Jump 2nd, Discus 2nd, Javelin 5th, Hammer Throw 2nd

16-17 boys:

Jeremy McInnes: 400m 3rd, 1500m 2nd

Jordan Williamson: 1500m 1st

18-19 boys:

Seever Rondquist; Javelin 1st, Shot Put 1st

 

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