Many records were broken at the annual elementary school track and field meet, which includes all public and private schools in the Powell River area, held recently for the second year at Timberlane Park.
Grief Point Elementary School (GPES) had a strong showing throughout the competition and in the 4 x 100-metre relay for grades three through seven, GPES runners won seven of the 10 races.
A full list of winners is available here. The following is a list of records broken at this year’s event.
100-metre race: grade four girls Emily Piccinin of Edgehill Elementary School (EES) 0:15.46. Grade five boys Drew Sundberg, GPES 0:14.81. Grade six girls Ally Carpendale, GPES 0:14.53. Grade seven girls Carsyn Casparie, GPES 0:14.20. Grade seven boys Casper Poelen, GPES 0:13.45.
400-metre race: grade three girls Melusine Yerna, École Côte du Soleil (ECdS) 1:21.90. Grade three boys Philip Gauthier, James Thomson Elementary School (JTES) 1:22.79. Grade four girls Annika Schmunk, GPES 1:17.30. Grade four boys Caleb Vallance, Assumption School (AS) 1:17.00. Grade five girls Camryn Cline, Henderson Elementary School (HES) 1:17.16. Grade six girls Alex DePape, AS 1:15.25. Grade six boys Caleb Parkhouse, AS 1:12.74. Grade seven girls Kristen Fawkes, EES 1:12.81. Grade seven boys Poelen, GPES 1:05.68.
800-metre race: grade four girls Schmunk, GPES 2:59.50. Grade four boys Jake McCormick, EES 2:54.38. Grade six girls Carpendale, GPES 2:49.78. Grade six boys tie between Michael Behan, AS, and Chris Fisher, ECdS, 2:42.69. Grade seven girls Casparie, GPES 2:47.09.
4 x 100-metre relay: grade four boys Gavin Mastrodonato, Cohen Mastrodonato, Tamrin Tuininga and Ian Dennis, GPES 1:07.54. Grade six boys Behan, Parkhouse, Liam Schreiber and James Timothy, AS 1:01.93.
Long jump: grade three girls Olivia Warman, AS 2.84 metres. Grade four girls Piccinin, EES 3.23 metres. Grade five boys Sundberg, GPES 3.80 metres. Grade seven boys Poelen, GPES 4.22 metres.
High jump: grade four boys Morris Calder-Williams, ECdS 1.25 metres. Grade five girls Victoria Lecouter, AS 1.15 metres. Grade five boys Gabe Shipley, GPES 1.25 metres. Grade six girls Hailey Keillor, JTES 1.25 metres. Grade six boys Parkhouse, AS 1.38 metres.
Ball throw: grade three boys Luke Shipley, GPES 25.8 metres. Grade four girls Aliyah Rachkowski, GPES 19.7 metres. Grade five girls Cline, HES 29.8 metres. Grade five boys Scott McKenzie, Kelly Creek Community School 33.6 metres. Grade seven girls Casparie, GPES 40.0 metres.
Shot put: Grade six girls Melaina Mastrodonato, GPES 7.43 metres at two kilograms. Grade six boys Brett Anderson, EES 11.3 metres at two kilograms. Grade seven boys Alex Gallacher, EES 10.32 metres at three kilograms.
