Brockville, ON – It was an event to remember for Lions athletes at last week’s OFSAA East Regional Championships in Brockville. A total of 51 athletes punched their tickets to the provincial championships with 81 individual qualifying performances, while Club athletes set 88 personal bests — capped by two outstanding meet records.
The performance of the meet belonged to Glebe’s Anabelle Muir, who rewrote the junior girls pole vault record book en route to gold. Muir secured victory with a first-attempt clearance of 3.05m before pushing the bar to 3.21m — a new meet record height — and sailing over that on her first attempt as well. She continued her clinical competition with a first-attempt clearance of 3.35m, then cleared her winning height of 3.50m on the second try, setting a new lifetime best and cementing her place in the record books.
The effort has Muir ranked first in Ontario heading into this weekend’s OFSAA Championships and places her third on the Ottawa Lions’ all-time U18 rankings. In her other event, Muir was seventh in the junior girls 300m hurdles in 48.43.
Eli Mordel also left his mark on the record books in the senior boys pole vault, clearing 4.52m to break a standard that had stood since 2017. The Sir Robert Borden senior was efficient and unflappable despite blustery conditions, clearing every height on his first attempt before falling on his final bar of 4.65m, which would have been a personal best.
Mordel’s clubmate Taisei Tan had a championship of his own, sweeping both hurdles events. Tan opened with a win in the 400m hurdles, edging Cobourg’s Sebastian Kwasnicki by 16 hundredths of a second to cross in 55.14, then returned the following day to set an all-conditions best of 13.99 seconds in the 110m. Mordel was right behind him in second, rounding out a strong two-day showing for the pair.
Grade 10 Garneau student Maxime Cazabon had arguably the most complete championship of any Lion on the weekend, taking gold in both the junior boys high jump and triple jump while adding a silver in the long jump. His high jump clearance of 1.95m — the second-best of his life — was his best of the high school season, peaking at just the right time.
Cazabon was equally successful in the horizontal jumps, bounding out to a winning mark of 12.91m in the triple jump and posting a 6.43m effort in the long jump. With OFSAA just days away, Cazabon showed he is primed for a multi medal leap at the provincial event.
Carleton Place’s Megan Paterson was untouchable in the junior girls throws, sweeping gold in both the shot put and discus. Her winning discus throw of 36.62m — a new lifetime best — came more than eight metres clear of clubmate and silver medalist Charlotte Mills of Osgoode. Paterson then put the shot out to 11.30m for a second title, with Mills placing third.
Louis-Riel’s Ayoub Shangai finished second in all three senior sprint events. After an opening day silver over 200m (21.81), the grade 12 student returned on Friday for all-conditions best of 10.55 seconds in the 100m — aided by a 3.4 m/s trailing wind — finishing runner-up to Frontenac’s Wyatt Lee, the current intercollegiate record holder. Over 400m, Shangai crossed in 48.18 seconds, just two hundredths back of training partner Ange-Mathis Kramo of Paul-Desmarais, who claimed gold in 48.16 — the same finishing order as the City Championships.
Full list of OFSAA Qualifiers (individual events only)
William Lussier – Silver – Novice Boys 100 Metre – 11.38 (2.4)
William Lussier – Silver – Novice Boys 200 Metre – 23.43 (1.4)
Roan Gerth – Fourth – Novice Girls 1500 Metre – 4:52.77
Jaiden Taft – Silver – Novice Boys 1500 Metre – 4:14.00
Roan Gerth – Gold – Novice Girls 3000 Metre – 10:43.13
Jaiden Taft – Silver – Novice Boys 3000 Metre – 9:21.66
Kai Lebel – Fourth – Novice Boys 3000 Metre – 9:30.36
Sasha Stephenson – Bronze – Novice Girls 80 Metre Hurdles – 13.16 (2.1)
Sasha Stephenson – Silver – Novice Girls 300 Metre Hurdles – 47.71
Landon Hopwood – Bronze – Novice Boys Long Jump – 5.79m (NWI)
Brooklyn Reesal – Gold – Novice Girls Discus Throw – 28.62m
Olivia Daigle-Dasah – Bronze – Junior Girls 200 Metre – 26.08 (-1.1)
Declan McGinnity – Fourth – Junior Boys 200 Metre – 23.27 (-0.7)
Mya Bianconi – Bronze – Junior Girls 400 Metre – 1:00.83
Autumn Sakiyama – Fourth – Junior Girls 400 Metre – 1:01.29
Declan McGinnity – Gold – Junior Boys 400 Metre – 52.12
Gavin Bowling – Bronze – Junior Boys 400 Metre – 53.16
Autumn Sakiyama – Silver – Junior Girls 800 Metre – 2:23.14
Isla Kittmer – Silver – Junior Girls 1500 Metre – 4:47.39
Reve McInnes – Bronze – Junior Girls 1500 Metre – 4:53.33
Charlotte Eccles – Fourth – Junior Girls 1500 Metre – 4:55.61
Oscar Lorrain – Fourth – Junior Boys 1500 Metre – 4:08.46
Isla Kittmer – Gold – Junior Girls 3000 Metre – 10:29.15
Reem Alabed – Silver – Junior Girls 3000 Metre – 10:35.23
Reve McInnes – Bronze – Junior Girls 3000 Metre – 10:36.06
Charlotte Eccles – Fourth – Junior Girls 3000 Metre – 10:36.39
Oscar Lorrain – Silver – Junior Boys 3000 Metre – 9:03.73
Brody Charbot – Fourth – Junior Boys 3000 Metre – 9:18.71
Ethan Frizzell – Gold – Junior Boys 100 Metre Hurdles – 13.86 (2.1)
Brock Stonham – Silver – Junior Boys 100 Metre Hurdles – 14.36 (2.1)
Mya Bianconi – Gold – Junior Girls 300 Metre Hurdles – 46.17
Weston Wilkes – Fourth – Junior Boys 300 Metre Hurdles – 42.93
Maxime Cazabon – Gold – Junior Boys High Jump – 1.95m
Anabelle Muir – Gold – Junior Girls Pole Vault – 3.50m
Charlotte Morales – Bronze – Junior Girls Pole Vault – 2.90m
Brock Stonham – Bronze – Junior Boys Pole Vault – 3.25m
Maxime Cazabon – Silver – Junior Boys Long Jump – 6.43m (NWI)
Maxime Cazabon – Gold – Junior Boys Triple Jump – 12.91m (NWI)
Megan Paterson – Gold – Junior Girls Shot Put – 11.30m
Charlotte Mills – Bronze – Junior Girls Shot Put – 10.60m
Megan Paterson – Gold – Junior Girls Discus Throw – 36.62m
Charlotte Mills – Silver – Junior Girls Discus Throw – 28.42m
William Burges – Silver – Junior Boys Discus Throw – 42.76m
Jarred Rathwell – Bronze – Junior Boys Javelin Throw – 49.18m
Jorai Matthea Oppong-Nketiah – Gold – Senior Girls 100 Metre – 11.84 (3.3)
Livia Buffone – Bronze – Senior Girls 100 Metre – 12.29 (3.3)
Ayoub Shangai – Silver – Senior Boys 100 Metre – 10.55 (3.4)
Jorai Matthea Oppong-Nketiah – Silver – Senior Girls 200 Metre – 25.14 (0.8)
Livia Buffone – Bronze – Senior Girls 200 Metre – 25.28 (0.8)
Teagan Casselman – Fourth – Senior Girls 200 Metre – 25.61 (0.8)
Ayoub Shangai – Silver – Senior Boys 200 Metre – 21.81 (-0.6)
Ange-Mathis Kramo – Bronze – Senior Boys 200 Metre – 22.00 (-0.6)
Norah Nitta Mackay – Gold – Senior Girls 400 Metre – 57.08
Ange-Mathis Kramo – Gold – Senior Boys 400 Metre – 48.16
Ayoub Shangai – Silver – Senior Boys 400 Metre – 48.18
Ethan Hood – Bronze – Senior Boys 400 Metre – 49.35
Annabella Curtis – Silver – Senior Girls 800 Metre – 2:16.98
Shannon Dewar – Fourth – Senior Girls 800 Metre – 2:17.94
Max Gerundin – Fourth – Senior Boys 800 Metre – 1:53.72
Maya Allibon – Bronze – Senior Girls 1500 Metre – 4:42.91
Laila Lebel – Fourth – Senior Girls 1500 Metre – 4:46.59
Laila Lebel – Silver – Senior Girls 3000 Metre – 10:27.30
Emily Munro – Bronze – Senior Girls 3000 Metre – 10:27.84
Kyra Lauter – Fourth – Senior Girls 3000 Metre – 10:30.40
Charlie Mortimer – Bronze – Senior Boys 3000 Metre – 8:58.94
Taisei Tan – Gold – Senior Boys 110 Metre Hurdles – 13.99 (3.2)
Eli Mordel – Silver – Senior Boys 110 Metre Hurdles – 14.22 (3.2)
Norah Nitta Mackay – Silver – Senior Girls 400 Metre Hurdles – 1:05.22
Taisei Tan – Gold – Senior Boys 400 Metre Hurdles – 55.14
Roxy Gardiner – Bronze – Senior Girls High Jump – 1.50m
Eli Mordel – Gold – Senior Boys Pole Vault – 4.52m
Parker Baetz – Fourth – Senior Boys Pole Vault – 3.45m
Audrey Sirnik – Fourth – Senior Girls Long Jump – 5.00m (NWI)
Roxy Gardiner – Gold – Senior Girls Triple Jump – 11.30m (NWI)
Audrey Sirnik – Fourth – Senior Girls Triple Jump – 10.94m (NWI)
Mallea McMullin – Fourth – Senior Girls Discus Throw – 29.69m
Mallea McMullin – Gold – Senior Girls Javelin Throw – 43.61m
Kyra Lauter – Gold – Open Girls 2000 Metre Steeplechase – 7:28.16
Charlotte Fee – Bronze – Open Girls 2000 Metre Steeplechase – 7:33.34
Charlie Mortimer – Gold – Open Boys 2000 Metre Steeplechase – 6:11.02
Dylan DeBoer – Silver – Intellectually Imp. Boys 100 Metre – 12.96 (3.6)
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