Athletes at last week’s National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association (NCSSAA) championship at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility enjoyed ideal conditions as they competed for a chance to advance to the OFSAA East Regional Championships in Belleville this Thursday and Friday. A total of 83 Lions athletes progressed in 147 individual events, continuing their journey on the Road to OFSAA.
The City Championships were not just about advancing; Lions athletes delivered outstanding performances, achieving 140 personal bests over the two-day event and setting four new meet records.
Peak Academy’s Grace Streek set the tone by breaking Elizabeth Vroom’s record in the 2000-metre steeplechase in the first event of the Championship. Streek finished in a blazing 7 minutes and 6.58 seconds, nearly seven seconds faster than Vroom’s previous standard. The grade 11 student’s performance now ranks her seventh in Club history. Grace also claimed gold medals at 1500 and 3000 metres.
Zachary Jeggo of Louis-Riel made history by becoming the first athlete to break the 48-second barrier in the 400 metres at the NCSSAA Championship. The grade 11’s student’s time of 47.96 seconds surpassed Phillip Hughes’ 1986 record of 48.32 seconds.
Jeggo’s victory led a quartet of impressive performances in the senior boys’ 400 metres. Lisgar’s Stephan Balson secured silver with a time of 48.48 seconds, while Mother Teresa’s Will Sanders also broke the 50-second barrier, finishing at 49.37 – both times were personal bests. De La Salle’s Safwan El Mansari completed the top four with a time of 50.84.
Jeggo also set a personal best of 54.22 seconds in the 400-metre hurdles, ranking as the top high school performance this season and the second fastest U20 performance in Canada so far this season.
Béatrice-Desloges’ Taisei Tran nearly set two championship records in the hurdle events. He finished the 100-metre hurdles in 13.90 seconds, faster than Leewinchell Jean’s record of 13.93, but a trailing wind of 2.6 metres per second nullified the record. However, Tran redeemed himself by breaking former Lion Matt Stenson’s 28-year-old 300-metre hurdle record with a time of 40.08 seconds.
Ange-Mathis Kramo of Paul-Desmarais broke the junior boys’ 200-metre record that had stood since 1991. Kramo’s time of 22.15 seconds shaved four hundredths off the previous mark and gave him a comfortable 1.15-second margin of victory.
Kramo’s success extended beyond the 200 metres as he swept all three sprint events with personal best times. He broke the 11-second barrier in the 100 metres for the first time and set a personal best of 50.29 seconds in the 400 metres, trimming more than a second off his previous best.
Below is a list of all individual winners:
Bianca Arabackyj (De La Salle) – Novice Girls 1500m 5:04.23
Laila Lebel (Colonel By) – Novice Girls 3000m 11:22.21
Roxy Gardiner (Sir Robert Borden) – Novice Girls High Jump 1.50m
Roxy Gardiner (Sir Robert Borden) – Novice Girls Triple Jump 10.47m
Shannon Dewar (St. Francis Xavier) – Junior Girls 200m 27.06
Shannon Dewar (St. Francis Xavier) – Junior Girls 400m 59.34
Maya Allibon (John McCrae) – Junior Girls 1500m 5:08.34
Shannon Dewar (St. Francis Xavier) – Junior Girls 300m Hurdles 48.33
Salome Kuemmerle (Brookfield H) – Junior Girls High Jump 1.55m
Sophia McIntyre (St. Francis Xavier) – Senior Girls 400m 1:01.38
Jocelyn Giannotti (Holy Trinity) – Senior Girls 800m 2:21.75
Grace Streek (Peak Centre) – Senior Girls 1500m 4:42.79
Grace Streek (Peak Centre) – Senior Girls 3000m 10:50.26
Waverley Lyons (Glebe) – Senior Girls 400m Hurdles 1:09.70
Waverley Lyons (Glebe) – Senior Girls High Jump 1.50m
Balqis Chouikhi (Sir Wilfred Laurier) – Senior Girls Pole Vault 3.05m
Kaiya Woodcock (Sacred Heart) – Senior Girls Long Jump 5.73m
Sadie Gilbert (Paul-Desmarais) – Senior Girls Shot Put 10.87m
Grace Streek (Peak Centre) – Open Girls 2000m Steeplechase 7:06.58
Luke Van Brabant (Earl of March) – Novice Boys 800m 2:10.93
Luke Van Brabant (Earl of March) – Novice Boys 1500m 4:39.49
Ange-Mathis Kramo (Paul-Desmarais) – Junior Boys 100m 10.94
Ange-Mathis Kramo (Paul-Desmarais) – Junior Boys 200m 22.15
Ange-Mathis Kramo (Paul-Desmarais) – Junior Boys 400m 50.29
Brennan Lee (Mother Teresa) – Junior Boys 800m 2:04.62
Charlie Mortimer (Hillcrest) – Junior Boys 1500m 4:21.59
Charlie Mortimer (Hillcrest) – Junior Boys 3000m 9:16.21
Taisei Tan (Béatrice-Desloges) – Junior Boys 100m Hurdles 13.90
Taisei Tan (Béatrice-Desloges) – Junior Boys 300m Hurdles 40.08
Eli Mordel (Sir Robert Borden) – Junior Boys Pole Vault 3.50m
Zachary Jeggo (Louis-Riel) – Senior Boys 400m 47.96
Saul Taler (Glebe) – Senior Boys 1500m 3:58.79
Daniel Cova (Louis-Riel) – Senior Boys 3000m 9:02.41
Timeo Atonfo (Gisèle-Lalonde) – Senior Boys 110m Hurdles 14.92
Zachary Jeggo (Louis-Riel) – Senior Boys 400m Hurdles 54.22
Timeo Atonfo (Gisèle-Lalonde) – Senior Boys Long Jump 6.80m
Derek Strachan (Glebe) – Open Boys 2000m Steeplechase 6:05.60
FULL MEET RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE