Another job well Dunn at city track championships

Another year and another championship for the Sir James Dunn Eagles at the City High School Track and Field Championships.

On Wednesday at the Jo Forman Track, the Eagles continued their strong tradition by winning their 24th consecutive aggregate team championship by nearly doubling the second place St. Mary's Knights in points.

In particular, the girls at SJD captured the team championship for the 26th consecutive season.

Next for the local athletes is the Northern Ontario Secondary Schools Association (NOSSA) championships next Thursday and Friday at Jo Forman Track.

Gold medalists from NOSSA will advance to the Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association (OFSAA) championships June 2-4 in Windsor.

Despite not capturing the team title, the White Pines Wolverines boasted the efforts of Holly Maskell, who won three events to capture the senior girls individual points championship. Maskell won gold in discus, shot put and javelin.

Korah's Kaitlyn Train won the junior girls individual points championship with three golds in the 300m hurdles, 400m sprint and high jump while St. Mary's Stevie Reville captured midget honours with wins in the 400m and 800m sprints and high jump.

Double winners included Korah's Jaclyn Cummings (400m hurdles, 400m sprint) and SJD's Kristen Johnson (800m, 1500m sprints) in senior; St. Mary's Tiffany Senko (200m dash, long jump), Kira Favaro (shot put, discus) and SJD's Sierra Rutland (800m, 1500m sprints) in junior; along with SJD's Holly Dailey (100m dash, long jump), Taylor Corelli (1500m, 3000m sprints) and St. Basil's Lauren Wonzy (shot put, discus) in midget.

On the boys side, James Campbell paced the Eagles with three gold medal performances in the 800-metre, 1,500m and 3,000m sprints in the senior boys division to win the individual points trophy.

Double winners included White Pines' Alanzo Clark in the 100m and 200m dashes, Korah's Jourdan Morin in the 400m sprint and long jump and SJD's Ian Flaxey (110m hurdles and 4x400m relay).

In junior, Reg Peer of SJD and White Pines' Mike Wiemer tied for the individual point trophy. Peer (800m and 1,500m sprints), White Pines' Nick Peters (100m and 200m dashes) and SJD's Justin Bonne (100m and 300m hurdles) each emerged with double wins.

In midget, Korah's Mackenzie Cook (100m dash, long jump, triple jump) and SJD's Dominik Graf (800m, 1500m, 3000m sprints) each claimed the individual points titles with three gold medal performances each. Korah's Jeff Tremblay captured wins in the high jump and discus.

Four new records were set at the meet including Flaxey in the senior boys 110m hurdles (15.83 seconds), Sheldon St. Louis in the junior boys shot put (12.62m), the SJD senior girls in the 4x400m relay (4:21.16) and SJD's Brittany Shamess in the steeplechase (6:08.32).

SooToday.com will publish a complete listing of gold medalists on Friday.