Standing tall
CEC student earns gold in intermediate boys javelin
Michael Adams, of the Cobequid Cougars, won the NSSAF provincial intermediate javelin throw in recordsetting fashion Friday.
Michael Adams of the Cobequid Cougars set a new provincial record in the intermediate boys javelin on Friday at the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation track and field championships.
Adams set the new mark with a throw of 51.86m.
Just minutes before Adams, Taylor Goodick of Shelburne established the new javelin record with a throw of 51.43 to break the old record of 49.63 set in 2013.
Adams said Goodick’s throw gave him a necessary push.
“I didn’t start off too well. Him doing that well really pushed me to go for it.”
Adams, a Grade 10 student, had actually thrown a personalbest distance of 50.39 at a district meet earlier in the track and field season, which was a longer distance than the provincial record. However, those records can only be broken at provincial meets. “I was hoping
I could do it again,” he said. Adams also holds the record
for junior boys javelin, set in 2015 when he was a student at Truro junior.
CEC throwers also placed in the third, fourth and sixth spots in intermediate boys javelin on Friday.
Coach Iain Lapointe said CEC has typically been strong in field events, and said this year’s team is well rounded.
The Truro school won both intermediate and both senior banners at the Northumberland regional meet last weekend based on points from events in both track and field disciplines.
Lapointe said the school has one of the largest contingents at the meet, with 60 athletes competing. He said this is partly due to the large student population, but also because track and field is well promoted.
“It’s a large school, but it’s a very good program. We really push the team aspect of it,” he said.
“The kids do a really good job supporting each other.”
The throwers were among the approximately 1,000 athletes participating from 116 schools across the province on Friday.
The meet continues today.