This past weekend was another step in the right direction for our U16 and U18 athletes as they continue the march towards next month’s Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Cape Breton. A team of 32 athletes descended on Quebec City to take part in the Quebec U14/U16/U18 Championships. In total, the Pride brought home 12 medals, including five gold.
A driving force behind the medal haul was the strength of the relay teams, with more than a third of the medals coming from this domain. In particular was the strong showing in both U18 4x400m relays where the Lions swept the top two podium spot for both the boys and girls. On the girls side, the team of Doyin Ogunremi, Jalena Marelic, Kiara Laberge, and Angelica Stefani took top spot in 4:26.11 while the quartet of Thomas Kukla-Colby, Xavier Carty, Liam Lemery and Kyle Porter captured the boys side in 3:44.69.
Also joining in the relay success were the U18 girls team of Vanessa Lu Langley, Tatiana Pender, Jalena Marelic and Kiara Laberge who picked up silver in the 4x100m event with a time of 53.23. Their results were matched by the U16 boys 4x100m team of Sam Wheeler, Cormick Holland, Nathaniel McNeil and Zach Jeggo as the boys got the stick around the track in 51.23 seconds for silver.
Individually, Thomas Kukla-Colby had a strong showing with gold in the U16 300m (37.93) and bronze in the 200m hurdles (27.89) to go along with his relay victory. Zachary Meredith was also victorious, claiming gold in the U16 800m in a time of 2:03.36.
Rounding out the medal winners, Doyin Ogunremi picked up her second gold of the championship by taking the U18 200m title in a personal best time of 25.87 seconds while Xavier Carty took bronze in the U18 400m hurdles in 59.18 seconds.
