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Cougars enjoy great success at NSSAF championships
The Cobequid Cougars dominated track and field events and swept their way to NSSAF titles.
The Cobequid Cougars ruled the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation track and field championship over the weekend.
For the first time in 25 years, the Cougars swept all banners at the two-day event held at Beazley Field in Dartmouth.
The Cougars won intermediate and senior girls, boys and combined banners and were crowned overall Division 1 champions.
Many CEC athletes turned in personal-best performances, while Michael Adams set a new provincial record in the intermediate boys javelin with a throw of 51.86m.
In the 4x100m intermediate boys relay, the CEC team of Kamryn Matheson, Cameron Degroot, Brody Schmidt and Zach Richards set a new school record with a gold-medal time of 45.98.
Matheson also set a new school mark in the intermediate boys 200m with a silver-medal time of 23.16.
Both CEC senior 4x400m relay teams earned gold. On the girls’ side, the team of Kara MacDonald, Lexi Sellers, Lindsey Burgess and Marissa MacAulay won their event, while the boys’ team of Dean Berry, Emmett Fitzgerald, Jack Tyler and Tyler Ball was also crowned provincial champions.
Hannah Lynds and Chelsea MacIsaac finished 1-2 in the intermediate girls shot-put. Other gold-medal efforts by CEC athletes included Chelsea MacIsaac (intermedaite girls discus); Maddie Quinn (senior girls javelin); Robert Grant (senior boys shout-put); Byron Wood (senior boys javelin) and Rachel Yorke (special shot-put and 200m).
Following are other athletes from Colchester County schools who medalled at provincials in the intermediate and senior divisions:
Intermediate girls
Mira Alexander, CEC (silver, javelin)
4x400m CEC relay team: Maddie Greatorex, Olivia Stevenson, Jordyn McNutt, Mira Alexander (silver)
Chelsea MacIsaac, CEC (gold, discus)
Emma Fortunato, CEC (silver, high jump)
Mykaela Sherry, CEC (silver, hurdles)
Martha Yiridoe, BHJHS (silver, long jump; bronze, triple jump)
Sydney Davidson, BHJHS (silver, discus)
Senior girls Brooklyn Rutherford, CEC (silver, shot-put)
Brooklyn Brown, CEC (bronze, long jump)
Maddie Quinn, CEC (gold, javelin)
4x100m CEC relay team (silver) Special senior girls Racheal Reid, CEC (silver,
100m; silver, long jump)
Intermediate boys Kamryn Matheson, CEC (silver, 200m)
4x400m CEC relay team: Kamryn Matheson, Cam Degroot, Mike Adams, Brody Schmidt (silver)
Alex Amero, CEC (bronze, javelin)
Kyle Taker, CEC (bronze, shot-put)
CJ Grant, CEC (silver, discus) Mike Adams, CEC (bronze, discus)
Senior boys
Lorne MacLean, CEC (silver, triple jump; bronze, long jump)
Stephen Fitzgerald, CEC (silver, long jump)
Quinn Alexander, CEC (bronze, 800m)
4x100m CEC relay team (silver) Special senior boys Jason Hicks, SCA (gold, 100m; silver, long jump; silver, shot put). Cameron Byrne, SCA, (bronze long jump)