Local athletes compete in Kincardine community track and field meet

Athletes from local schools competed in a Kincardine community track and field meet last week, with junior and senior divisions running Wednesday, June 7; and tyke division, Thursday, June 8, at the Davidson Centre track, Kincardine.

The junior and senior athletes came from Huron Heights Public School and Ecole Elgin Market Public School, competing in running races, running long jump, standing long jump, ball throw, triple jump, shot put and high jump. Meanwhile, the tyke athletes came from Huron Heights, Ecole Elgin Market, and Kincardine Township-Tiverton Public School, competing in running races, running long jump, standing long jump and ball throw.

The meet was originally scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of that week, but the forecast of rain forced the postponement to later in the week. And it was a good thing as the weather was much better for the event.

Rather than compete for first, second and third place, the athletes competed for gold, silver and bronze standards, meaning if you jumped a certain length or height, or raced to a certain time, you won the respective standard.

In high jump, some athletes wanted to see just how high they could jump, so the co-ordinator of the event assisted in raising the bar for them.

Sasha Ross managed a personal best of 146 centimetres in senior girls high jump, where the gold standard is 125 centimetres. The senior boys gold standard is 145 centimetres.

Meanwhile, Casey Beisel and Georgia Scott cleared the bar at 127 centimetres in junior girls high jump where the gold standard is 115 centimetres. And Jared Houghton also cleared 127 centimetres in junior boys high jump where the gold standard is 120 centimetres.