Some great performances were turned at the Canadian Legion Youth Championships in Sherbrooke. Congratulations to the following medalists that represented Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario. (The Team Toba results document has been updated and my apologies to those that were omitted from the original document.)
Gold Medalists
Rachel Romu – Youth Women – Long jump – 5.81m
Megan Yuan – Midget Women – 3000m – 10:14.96
Silver Medalists
Erin Teschuk – Midget Women 1500m – 4:42.58
Matthew Fitkowsky – Youth Men 400m – 49.46
Carly Paracholski – Youth Women 400m – 55.19
Julia Zrinyi – Midget Women 800m – 2:16.03
4x400m relay – Youth Men (Joe McDonough, Terrence Sampson, Kelvin Fergusson, Matthew Fitkowsky) – 3:25.01
4x400m relay – Youth Women (Heather Maxfield, Carly Paracholski, Meagan Paracholski, Melissa Kitching) – 3:58.89
Medley relay –Midget Women – (Erin Teschuk, Amy Andrushko, Katie Staub, Julia Zrinyi) – 4:09.30
Bronze Medalists
Eric Guy – Midget Men High Jump – 1.63m
Michelle Hebert – Midget Women 80m Hurdles – 12.12
Erin Teschuk – Midget Women 800m – 2:16.84
Mikaela Garfinkel – Youth Women Pole Vault – 3.10m
Levi Sader – Midget Men – 400m – 52.63
Megan Yuan – Midget Women – 1500m – 4:45.73
For a complete list of results for Team Manitoba/Northwest Ontario, click here, or go to http://www.athletics.ca/Sherbrooke2009/ for the complete meet results/
Also congratulations to the Midget Women’s 4x100m relay team who finished 4th, and established a new Manitoba Provincial record with a time of 49.89. The team was comprised of:
Sasanie Wanigasekara, Amy Andrushko, Michelle Hebert and Katie Staub