NACI is a step ahead of the pack
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- Published on Monday, June 18, 2018
Track & Field team win provincial title
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
It was a winning weekend for Neepawa Area Collegiate Institute (NACI) at the MILK Provincial Track & Field Championships. On Saturday, June 9, NACI to claim the “AAA” championship banner. This title is the first overall provincial crown that the Tigers have claimed in track and field since 2002 when they captured the rural championship in both the varsity girls’ and junior varsity boys’ divisions. NACI, who were able to send 25 athletes to provincials, accumulated a total of 93 points in the team competition.
NACI coach Bryce Koscielny said that the team had a lot of athletes do quite well in a wide variety of events.
“Ben Perrett, Lara Denbow and Rylee Gluska all placed first in their events and we had a few silvers as well, and lots of top eight performances to be proud of. It was great to see so many of our athletes put up new personal best performances when it mattered most,” noted Koscielny. “It's really exciting for our team to have done so well this year. We've never won a Track and Field Championship, so it's definitely a great way to end the season. Hopefully, it also encourages a lot of our athletes to keep working hard to improve.”
As for those notable individual efforts, as Koscielny noted Ben Perrett, Rylee Gluska and Lara Denbow all placed first in their respective events. Perrett earned the top spot in the Varsity Boys 400M Dash, with a time of 50.49 seconds. That result was also a new personal best for Perrett in the event.
As for Gluska, she won the Varsity Girls 4kg Shot Put, with a throw of 10.26 metres. Meanwhile, Denbow had her gold medal effort in the Junior Varsity Girls High Jump with a 1.65m jump.
Several other NACI athletes also had solid second place performances, including Max Baker (J.V. Pentathlon - 800M), Lara Denbow (J.V. 400 Metre Dash), Daxx Turner (J.V. Triple Jump), Taine Middleton (Varsity 100 Metre Dash) and NACI Varsity Boys Distance Medley team.
Speaking with the Banner & Press a few days after the competition Koscielny reflected on how this team has improved over the course of the year. He added that there is a lot this group could still accomplish for years to come.
“Winning like this acceded our expectations. We went into Provincials feeling confident that we’d compete and bring home a few medals and a few personal bests. Things just went exceptional well out there and everyone peaked at the right time. Claiming the championship banner is a wonderful bonus.” stated Koscielny. “It’s a talented group of athletes.”
Other notable results from NACI athletes
Event 50 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Junior Varsity
6th Neepawa Area Collegiate 'A' time 54.77
Event 83 Outdoor Pentathlon #2, Boys 800 Meter Varsity
23rd Daly Chartrand, Neepawa Area Col time 2:36.62
Event 82 Outdoor Pentathlon #2, Boys 800 Meter Jr. Varsity
2nd Max Baker, Neepawa Area Col time 2:18.85
Event 24 Boys 200 Meter Dash Varsity
6th Tanner Mann, Neepawa Area Col time 23.40
Event 64 Girls 200 Meter Dash Varsity
7th Zoie Forgue, Neepawa Area Col time 27.98
Event 26 Boys 800 Meter Varsity
5th Ben Perrett, Neepawa Area Col time 2:04.02
Event 25 Boys 400 Meter Dash Varsity
1st Ben Perrett, Neepawa Area Col time 50.49
Event 55 Boys 400 Meter Dash Jr.Varsity
7th Ryan Bellisle, Neepawa Area Col time 56.93
Event 45 Girls 400 Meter Dash Jr.Varsity
2nd Lara Denbow, Neepawa Area Col time 59.24
Event 73 Girls Discus Throw 1kg Varsity
7th Taryn McConechy, Neepawa Area Col distance 27.13m
Event 15 Boys Long Jump Jr.Varsity
12th Riley Neufeld, Neepawa Area Col distance 5.20m
Event 16 Boys Triple Jump Jr.Varsity
2nd Daxx Turner, Neepawa Area Col distance 13.15m
8th Riley Neufeld, Neepawa Area Col distance 11.17m
Event 83 Outdoor Pentathlon #3 Boys Long Jump Varsity
23rd Daly Chartrand, Neepawa Area Col distance 4.72m
Event 82 Boys Outdoor Pentathlon Jr.Varsity
6th Max Baker, Neepawa Area Col points 2391
Event 82 Outdoor Pentathlon #5 Boys High Jump Jr.Varsity
8th Max Baker, Neepawa Area Col distance 1.55m
Event 83 Boys Outdoor Pentathlon Varsity
20th Daly Chartrand, Neepawa Area Col points 2129
Event 83 Boys Outdoor Pentathlon #5 Boys High Jump Varsity
18th Daly Chartrand, Neepawa Area Col distance 1.53m
Event 14 Boys Javelin Throw 700g Jr.Varsity
4th Daxx Turner, Neepawa Area Col distance 41.92m
Event 82 Outdoor Pentathlon #3 Boys Long Jump Jr.Varsity
6th Max Baker, Neepawa Area Col distance 5.05m
Event 72 Girls Shot Put 4kg Varsity
1st Rylee Gluska, Neepawa Area Col distance 10.26m
7th Taryn McConechy, Neepawa Area Col distance 9.39m
Event 35 Boys Long Jump Varsity
8th Tanner Mann, Neepawa Area Col distance 6.23m
Event 74 Girls Javelin Throw 600g Varsity
9th Rylee Gluska, Neepawa Area Col distance 25.88m
Event 83 Outdoor Pentathlon #4 Boys Shot Put Varsity
17th Daly Chartrand, Neepawa Area Col distance 10.13m
Event 82 Outdoor Pentathlon #4 Boys Shot Put Jr.Varsity
4th Max Baker Neepawa Area Col distance 10.77m
Event 17 Boys High Jump Junior Varsity
5th Daxx Turner, Neepawa Area Col distance 1.74m
Event 83 Outdoor Pentathlon #1 Boys 100 Meter Dash Varsity
16th Daly Chartrand, Neepawa Area Col time 12.98
Event 82 Outdoor Pentathlon #1 Boys 100 Meter Dash Jr.Varsity
7th Max Baker, Max Neepawa Area Col time 13.27
Event 23 Boys 100 Meter Dash Varsity
2nd Taine Middleton, Neepawa Area Col time 11.60
Event 63 Girls 100 Meter Dash Varsity
7th Zoie Forgue, Neepawa Area Col time 13.59
Event 39 Boys Distance Medley Varsity
2nd Neepawa Area Collegiate 'A' time 3:42.88
Event 19 Boys Distance Medley Jr.Varsity
8th Neepawa Area Collegiate 'A' time 4:09.80
