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a - wanna) cumulus “Veda-Id”. May 22. 2013 O O C Sawyer chasing World Youth Champwnshlps berth as track season hits 118 stride Brim kn Chronic-low _ “ at to do. what to do? ; WhSureiy. that question must have been circling in the 19-! mind of Kailee Sawyer. ‘ , Not long ago, the soon-to-be- "' 16-year-old Bluevale Collegiate ’ Institute student-athlete â€"â€"- her _ birthday is Thursday â€" had a tan- I ,. A... talizing scheduling conflict on the _ .. I.th a...” :» horizon. TWO lntemational sport- Q ’ ‘ ~ “1 1.“ ing experiences had presented "’ W7 ‘ themselves Both were at the same ‘ ' ‘ time in early luly. but one was ‘ : “‘1 halfway around the world. . The first. the MU 10th Grade ‘ National Championship at the " III _ I,“ ESPN Wide World of Sports Com- , \.. ' . plex in Kissimmee. Fla. was a cer- '-.I . ‘ ___ tainty as long as Sawyer's KW ' .v:‘.‘7:_....._.. "* ' :‘ Lightning basketball team, the " '1 1‘ . I ._,___.__..v» " ’5: reigning Ontario Division-l major ' “‘ mgr . "w “W f -. 5' midget champions. elected to ‘3“ : a: 3315?? 'l‘heother. theiAAi-‘WoridYouth ‘ . w “ IV“ 3‘ track and field championships in a: *4 _ _. _ . » DonetsLRmsiawasalsoastrong ' ‘ :53, VI 9 possibility after Sawyer ran the sixty,“ k; If, ,,,.I:::“7""‘~ fastest time by a Canadian. and , fl "- ‘23., . . .' ;;._.Lc:...-"“:.: one of the top times in the world. ‘3’}?«5 - _ . for her m group in the Rio-metre ‘ , . . T5"? ' ' run at the New Balance lndoor ' . ;.' 1 3335‘ ' Nationals in New York â€" a person- I . I I I , al-best two minutes 534 seconds Karlee Sawyer of Bluevale powers down the stretch dunng the junior girls 1,500-metre run during the WGSAA track and field drampionships at Jacob that ranks almost six seconds "9599'" Secondary W l" m- faster than the next Canadian on WWW the youth lndoor list. prise after Sawyer torched the that all the hard work l've been in the 400«metredale metres in the pole vault. However. However, with some Lightning WCSSM, CWOSSA and OFSM doing . . . has been worth it and Resurrection's Nick Bissonnette the University of Guelph commit teammates and coaches unavail- record books last spring en route that l have a really good future if 1 set a new mark in the junior boys came through in the high jump. able from July 8 to 13, the choice to a multiple-provincial-medal keep it up." 200~metre dash while teammate notching a new senior girls record has already been made for Sawyer season in the 400-metre dash and Sawyer wasn’t the only one Curtis Robinson had a record- witha Mil-metre leap. to focus on the lAAF World Youth the Boo-metre run. breaking records on the track last breaking debut in the midget boys “I've never broken a record Championships Now the Laurel Creek Track week as Waterloo athletes set 15 javelin. before. so I think that's pretty But the time is coming when Club member is back at it again new standards in the WCSSAA and In the WCSSAA events. Anna cool." said Authier. a tanner gym- Sawyer will have to make that and last week claimed three more District 8 Athletic Association larsson ofSir John A. Macdonald nast who has been slowed by shin choice on her own and, after a WCSSAA records for her running championships. bettered the junior girls pole vault splints during her four years in record-breaking Grade 9 season. it resume with first-place finishes in Resurrection's Scott Buttinger record by more than half a metre high school track and field. seems her mind is already made the juniorgirls400-metredash and and St. David's lldemaro Ponnam- and would have set a new triple If her legs co-operate, Authier. up about whether middle~distanoe 800- and l,500-metre runs balam were both multiple record- jump record if not for Jacob Hes- who plans to study pharmaceuti- running or basketball gets her The top finishes qualify Sawyer breakers in the Districtameet. peler‘s Courtney Wright. who won cal chemistry at Guelph and is attention. for the CWOSSA championships Buttinger. a future Stanford the event. being streamed into multi~events, “i used to tryand balance it out. starting today at Jacob Hespeler, University Cardinal who also won A trio of Sawyer's Bluevale is aiming for an OFSAA berth in but since l‘m getting older. I have where she will attempt to make it the ZOO-metre dash. topped his teammates claimed records as both the pole vault and high jump to try and focus on what l'm best through to the OFSM West own record in the senior boys 800 well: James Burns set a new senior alter qualifying for OFSAA West in at,” Sawyer said last week during Regional meet May 31 and lune I metres and shattered the 1,500- boys discus record by almost five both events last season. the WCSSAA track and field Cham- in Cambridgeaswell. metre standard by almost five sec- metres: Ben Drummond was a ‘l've been resting (her legs) pionships at lacob Hespeler Sec- And that is when the show onds before joining fellow Phoenix couple metres behind in the more, so they're not too bad yet.” ondary School in Cambridge. "So begins. if Sawyer can break the Jackson McIntosh. (Donor Finnigan midget boys discus; while Sandy Authier said. ‘l‘ve haven't been l'm definitely going to do basket- BOO-metre world youth standard of and Paul Hennig to win the 4X100- Freeland topped the midget boys doing much high jumping in prac» ball at school next year. but l'm not 2:13.50 at OFSM West or beyond. metre relay. BOO-meme run. tice. but my goal is to get a new sure about rep. it will put her on track for a Team Meanwhile. Ponnambalam SJAM‘s Jess Authier also made (personal best, currently l.63 “we'll see how it goes. but run» Canada nomination. bested senior Celtic Aaron Stemm- an attempt at a pair of records on metres)" ning is my focus at this point.” “it would mean a lot.” she said. ler‘s junior boys fill-metre hurdles the day, but fell short of Marielle For full results. visit www.galas- Which shouldn‘t come as a sut‘ “it would definitely inspire me, record and also set a new standard Harper's 2009 standard of 2.90 so.ca/WCD&2013. .--t\..’\-'\'\‘ra‘\‘,.' 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