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Sending roughly 40 athletes to the NEESAC's for two days of competition resulted in 12 athletes qualifying for provincials in 25 events. The Creighton Community School's Track and Field team surpassed their coaches' expectations when 12 athletes qualified for the next step Ð which is four more than last year. "We're elated," says running coach Ryan Trumbley. "It's better than we expected. "We were a little concerned because we didn't have the practice time because of the weather, but the athletes really stepped up." And they stepped up in a big way as the athletes brought home top honours and showed real character. The Kodiaks competed against 17 other schools in the two-day competition, which was spread out over the course of two weeks in Melfort. According to Trumbley, the athletes did well in all events, but the runners did really well Ð with the boys winning first place in the 4x100 metre relay and the senior girls placing third. As for the athletes in all, Trumbley says there were a few surprises Ð in a good way Ð as to who qualified. "We had some people qualify, new people, that didn't qualify last year," says the coach. "We're really happy with it." Out of the 17 schools competing, Creighton Community School placed fourth overall for points and second for the most athletes attending. From here, the athletes prepare for Provincials, which take place next weekend in Prince Albert. "We are very very impressed," says Trumbley, on behalf of all the coaches. But it wasn't just the coaches who were impressed. "The athletes had a lot of fun," he says. "They were impressed with the amount of competition and happy with the way they competed and stacked up against everyone else." Going into Provincials, the athletes know it is going to be harder, but Trumbley says they are ready for it. With 12 athletes and 25 events, there won't be nearly as much down time as last season Ð which had athletes waiting for hours before an event. "The competition goes up now and we're hoping we will improve on what we did last year in Provincials," he says. "We hope for more top eight's and come away with another medal." NEESAC Championship Results Megan Dubinak Pee Wee girls 100 M - 6th , High Jump - 6th Long Jump - 7th Marley Williamson Bantam girls Triple jump - 7th, Hurdles - 7th, High Jump - 10th Sarah Kozak Bantam girls 100 M 8th, Long Jump - 7th Lia Nasselquist Bantam Girls 200 M - 6th, Hurdles - 4th, High Jump - 7th, Triple Jump - 5th, Kirk Trascel Bantam Boys Shot Put - Bronze, Discuss - Silver, Javelin - 8th Mariah Webster Bantam girls 100 M 9th Hanne Buettner Bantam Girls Shot Put - 8th Alex Quaal Bantam Boys Long Jump - 10th, Triple Jump - 4th Brenden Barron Bantam Boys 100 M 8th, 1500 M - Bronze, 200 M - 6th, 800 M - Bronze Mark Linnick Bantam Boys Long Jump - 7th Chris Benko Pee Wee Boys High Jump - Bronze Marih Dobe Bantam Girls 100 M - 9th Chayse Eplin Bantam Boys 100 M 9th, 400 M - 7th, Hurdles - 4th Mathew Morrison Bantam Boys 1,500 M - 6th, 400 M - 6th, 800 M - 7th Kyle Storey Midget Boy Triple Jump - 12th Keegan Eastmen Midget Boys Hurdles - 9th, High Jump - 10th, Long Jump - 13th Kristal Kawa Midget girls 100 M Bronze. 200 M - Silver. Long Jump - Bronze Cody Madarash Midget Boys 100 M 7th, 400 M - 7th Morgan Grant Midget Girls Javelin - Silver, Discuss - 8th, Triple Jump - 8th Melissa Bolme Midget Girls Discuss - 5th, Shot Put - 4th Kelsey Vliegenheart Midget Girls Shot Put - 7th Jacob Vancougnet Midget Boy Javelin - 17th, Shot Put - 10th Nathan Slowinski Midget Boy 1500 M - 6th, 3000 M - Bronze, 800 - 8th Mike Ferguson Midget Boy 1500 M 8th, 3000 M - 4th Carson Maconka Midget boy 100 M 4th, 200 M - Silver, 400 M - Silver, Hurdles - Bronze Jeff Stallard Midget boy Javelin - 7th Lynete Macfarlane Junior Girl Discus - 7th Jordan Holland Junior Boy High Jump - 5th, Long Jump - 7th Jessica Korte Midget Girls High Jump - 5th, Long Jump - 10th, Triple Jump - 9th Roddy Sewap Junior Boys 1500 M - Silver, 3000 M - Gold Zach Garrett Midget Boy Discus - 14th David Anaka Junior Boy 100 M Silver, Hurdles - Silver, High Jumped - 4th Kierra Beasse Senior girl Hurldes - 5th Alesha Bullee Junior Girl 100 M - Bronze, Long Jump - 5th, Triple Jump - 6th Britt Holland Senior Girl Javeline - Bronze, Discus - 7th Faryn Johnsaard Senior girl Triple Jump - 8th Loyd Kawa Junior Boy 100 M - Sixth Scott Klemmer Senior boys Hurdles - bronze, Long Jump - 12th, Triple Jump - 6th Tory Nasselgquist Senior Boys Shot Put - 3rd, Discus - 15th, Javelin - 8th See 'Student' on pg. Continued from pg. Jonah Pretzer Junior boys Discus - Silver, Shot Put - Silver Danny Suchaplus Junior boys Shot Put - Gold Brett Ferguson Senior Boys 1500 M - Silver, 3000 M - Silver, Hurdles - fourth Cassie Barron Senior Girl Discus - 6th Meghan Bougious Senior girl Shot Put - 5th Tanner Buettner Senior Boys Discus - 8th, Javelin - 6th Shannon Wallaker Senior girl 3000 M - Bronze Becky Mcdonald Senior Girl 3000 M - silver Jillian Storey Senior Girl Long Jump - Fifth Cory Dupre Senior Boys 100 M - Silver, 200 M - Gold Brook Knutson Senior girls Hurdles - Silver, 100 M - Bronze, long Jump - Bronze
