 |
 Louis-Riel
sprinter Kayla Vieux won a pair of gold medals in
the senior girls 100- and 200-metre sprints at the
OFSAA East Region track meet in Belleville this week.
FRED SHERWIN PHOTO |
Area athletes
won a number of medals at the OFSAA East Region track and
field championships in Belleville this week, including six
gold and eight silver.
Four of
the gold medals were won by Leewinchel Jean from École
secondaire Gisèle-Lalonde and Kayla Vieux from École
secondaire Loui-Riel who each won a pair of gold medals
in their respective events.
Jean won
gold in the senior boys 100- and 400-metre hurdles and Vieux
doubled up in the seiors girls 100- and 200-metre sprints.
Louis-Riel's Kadiatou Wann in the senior girls long jump
and Jerry Delorme from Colonel By Secondary School won a
gold medal in the junior boys triple jump.
Vieau
and Wan also won a silver medal in the senior girls 4x100
metre relay.with teammates Megan Roy and Elodie Lavictoire.
They missed out on a third gold medal by .05 seconds.
Vienna
Courteau from St. Peter High School was also a double medalist,
winning a silver medal in both the senior girls long jump
and the 80-metre hurdles.
Katie
Newlove won a silver medal in the senior girls 3000-metres;
Eleni Pantieras from Colonel By Secondary School won a silver
medal in the senior girls pole vault; Jeremy Eneyka from
St. Matthew High School won a silver medal in the midget
boys 100-metres; Wariso Dullo won a silver medal in the
senior boys javelin; the Colonel By foursome of Eric Lee,
Brian Lee, Jad Attieh, and Alex Chomsky won a silver medal
in the junior boys 4x100; and Corey Abouem won a bronze
medal in the junior girls shot put;.
The top
four athetes in each event qualified for OFSAA.
(This
story was made possible thanks to the generous support of
our local business partners.)
ORLÉANS
OUTDOOR MARKET from 12 noon to 6 p.m. in the Ray Frield
Centre parking lot on Tenth Line Road. Come meet local vendors
and artians from across the east end.
SHAKESPEARE
IN THE PARK – A Company of Fools presents a Torchlight
Shakespeare production of Romeo and Juliet in Longleaf Park
at 7 p.m. Pay what you can.
CUMBERLAND
FARMERS MARKET from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the R. J. Kennedy
Community Centre 1115 Dunning Road in Cumberlans Village.
The Cumberland Farmers’ Market features a variety of localy
produced vegetables, seasonal fruits and specialty foods.
THE
NAVAN FAIR will take place from Thursday, Aug. 10 to Sunday,
Aug. 13. Highlights the Demolition Derby. livestock shows,
and Canadian rockers Honeymoon Suite who will be performing
on Aug. 11. Visit 
