Five Red Hawk athletes travelled to the Toronto Track and Field Centre to compete in the recent OFSAA Track and Field championships.
OFSAA competition includes the top four athletes from each of the six regions in Ontario.
Addyson Parish continued to assert her position as one of the best jumpers in Ontario, earning a silver medal in Junior Girls Triple Jump. Parish didn’t let faulting her first jump shake her, and nailed her second jump with a leap of 11.34m. Parish showed her consistency, following up with an 11.27m and 11.18m. Parish has been struggling with a foot injury since the start of the season and chose to pass on her fifth jump. Parish also finished 10th in Junior Girls Long Jump, bettering her position from last year despite jumping below her personal best with a leap of 5.04m.
Fynn Gooley took his turn in the pits in the Junior Boys Long Jump. Gooley started out strong, being the first jumper to push the mark over six metres. With a solid jump on the sheet, Gooley continued to push and jump consistently, keeping his composure on the big stage to make top eight, and then moving into seventh on his last jump with a personal best of 6.27m for the season. Luke Gruppe threw 32.15m in Novice Boys Discus to place 20th. Cheyenne Degeer finished 18th in the 400m Hurdles and Annika Gervais ran hard in the 800m. The athletes got to meet Andre DeGrasse, who shook hands and autographed items.
