Pine Ridge athletes garner gold at Legion meet
June 16, 2008
PICKERING -- A small group of Pine Ridge Secondary School track and field athletes met with big success at the Royal Canadian Legion District 'F' Track and Field Championships in Belleville this past weekend.
The six-member team of Shona Dunkley, Ayesha Rumble, Omar Mcgregor, Chris Paju, Jabari Henry and Michael Ashun competed in 14 events and ran away with 11 gold, three silver and a bronze medal. Leading the charge was Mcgregor and Rumble with three gold medals apiece. Rumble won gold in the U17 girls long jump with a leap of 4.65 metres, the triple jump with a jump of 10.62 metres and the U17 girls 400 metres with a personal best time of 58.91 seconds. Meanwhile, Mcgregor won gold in the U15 boys 300-metre hurdles in a personal best time of 41.56 seconds, the U15 boys 100-metre hurdles with a time of 15.53 seconds and the 400 metres with a personal best time of 53.66 seconds. Ashun captured gold in the U15 triple jump with a personal best jump of 12.21 metres and the U15 high jump with a leap of 1.55 metres. He also captured a bronze medal in the 100-metre hurdles in 19.72 seconds. Paju won gold in the U15 long jump with a leap of 5.57 metres and the U15 100 metres in 11.78 seconds. Dunkley earned a gold medal in the U17 100-metre hurdles with a personal best time of 13.97 seconds and a silver in the 200 metres in 25.88 seconds. Henry captured two silver medals in the U17 100 metres and 200 metres in 11.22 seconds and 22.81 seconds, respectively. Each of the six Pumas athletes met the criteria for the District 'F' selection committee and will compete at the provincial championships. The District 'F' meet serves as a regional qualifier for the provincial championships in Kitchener on July 18 and 19. All first-place finishers that meet or exceed the provincial standards have an opportunity to make the 40-member Ontario Provincial track team that will compete at the Royal Canadian Legion National Track and Field Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec from Aug. 8 to 10.