Orléans-area athletes ran and jumped their way to nine medals at the recent Ontario Secondary School Track and Field Championships in Toronto. Of the nine medals, five were gold, two were silver and two were bronze.

Two athletes from École secondaire publique Louis-Riel won individual gold medals. They were Mallea McMullin in the junior girls javelin and Zachary Jeggo who defended his title in the senior boys 400-metre hurdles. Unfortunately, he could not do the same in the straight 400 metres, but managed to walk away with the silver.

Zachary Jeggo from École secondaire publique Louis-Riel won three medals at the recent OFSAA provincial track and field championships in Toronto. He won a gold medal in the senior boys 400-metre hurdles, a silver medal in the 400-metre sprint and a second gold medal in the 4x400 metre relay along with teammates Zachary Jeggo, Ayoub Shanghai and Gabriel Schafer. OTTAWA LIONS PHOTO

In order to capture the gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles, Jeggo had to run a personal best time of 51.76 seconds, in the final, narrowly edging out Brayden Labonte from Belle River by three one-hundredths of a second at the finish line.

Jeggo also won a gold medal in the senior boys 4x400 metre relay along with teammates Daniel Cova, Ayoub Shanghai, and Casey Sheftel.

His three medals combined with the double gold he won last year and the two gold medals he won as a Grade 10 junior in in the 400 metres and the 300-metre hurdles in 2023 make him the most decorated Orléans-area track and field athlete ever.

The third individual gold medal won by an Orléans-area athlete was in the novice high jump. Maxime Cazabon from École secondaire catholique Garneau cleared his first eight attempts without knocking the bar off a single time. He actually won the event on his fifth clearance of 1.86 metres and then proceeded to clear 1.89 and 1.92 metres on each of his next two attempts. His only misses came when he attempted to break the existing provincial high school record of 1.95 metres set in 2007.

Maxime Cazabon from École secondaire catholique Garneau won a gold medal in the novice boya high jump with a leap of 1.92 metres. OTTAWA LIONS PHOTO

The east end’s second silver medal was won by Louis-Riel sprinter Jorai Ma Oppong-Nketiah in the senior girls 100 metres.

After qualifying for the provincials as the East Regional champion, Oppong-Nketiah matched her personal best of 11.88 in the 100-metre final in Toronto, which was just three one-hundredths of a second behind Elizabeth Tannis from Loretto Abby Secondary School in North York.

Fellow Rebelles, Mallea McMullin, capped a record breaking high school season with another impressive performance in the junior girls javelin, winning the event with a throw of 39.31 metres, then two metres further than her nearest competition.

Mallea McMullin from École secondaire publique Louis-Riel won her second provincial high school javelin title in as many years on Friday with a win in the junior girls event at the OFSAA championships in Toronto. McMullin won the novice girls championship last year. FILE PHOTO

Coming into provincials, McMullin had set meet records in each of the East Conference, National Capital and East Regional championships. She won the latter event with a throw of 42.61 metres, beating her previous personal best by over 2.5 metres.

The east end’s two bronze medals were won by Louis-Riel’s Daniel Cova in the senior boys 1500 and 3,000 metres.

Other notable results were posted by Kyle London from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School who finished 4th in the senior boys 400-metre hurdles and Owen Siderius from Colonel By who placed fourth in the open boys 2000 metre steeplechase. And last but by no means least, Loui-Riel’s junior girls 4x100 relay team also placed fourth.

Here is a complete list of trhe results for Orléans area atletes at the OFSAA provincial track and field championships...

Novice Girls
100 metres 1st Frida Isaac-Ighodaro, St. Matthew 13:34
100 metres 3rd, Chinaza Muoka, St. Peter 13.65
200 metres 1st Frida Isaac-Ighodaro, St. Matthew 26:29
1500 metres 2nd Zoe Allina, Colonel By 5:09.14
3000 metres 3rd Zoe Allina, Colonel By 11:11.31
xShot Put 20th Audrey Lovric, Gloucester 8.85m
Shot Put 2nd Brooklyn Reesal, Colonel By 8.88m
Discus 2nd Brooklyn Reesal, Colonel By 24.64m
4x100 metre relay 3rd Louis-Riel 56.17
4x100 metre relay 4th St. Matthew 56.43

Junior Girls
100 metres 1st Cassidy Sookocheff, Louis-Riel 12.63
100 metres 2nd Keshia Chivaza, Louis-Riel 12.88
100 metres 5th Sabre Grant, Lester B. Pearson 13.20
200 metres 1st Cassidy Sookocheff, Louis-Riel 25.88
400 metres 3rd Felicity Sookocheff, Louis-Riel 1:03.03
Long Jump 3rd Brookelin Kennedy, St. Peter 4.39m
High Jump 1st Keshia Chivaza, Louis-Riel 1.55
High Jump 2nd Lassanah Mvudi, Louis-Riel 1.35
Shot Put 3rd Laurina Nganzeu, Gloucester 9.91m
Javelin 1st Laurina Nganzeu, Gloucester 32.01m
4x100 relay 1st Louis Riel 51.19

Senior Girls
100 metres 1st Jorai Ma Oppong-Nketiah, Louis-Riel 12.13
100 metres 3rd Chloe Martineau, Louis-Riel 12.66
200 metres 1st Jorai Ma Oppong-Nketiah, Louis-Riel 24.69
200 metres 4th 3rd Chloe Martineau, Louis-Riel 26.20
400 metres 3rd Selena Cave, Louis-Riel 1:00.67
400 metres 4th Ketsia Nsoga, Louis-Riel 1:01.49
800 metres 4th Laila Lebel, Colonel By 2:31.77
800 metres 5th Liv Knetch, Louis Riel 2:32.63
1500 metres 2nd Laila Lebel, Colonel By 4:56.95
3000 metres 5th Laila Lebel, Colonel By 10:56.89
100-metre hurdles 2nd Ella Robertson, Colonel By 16.14
100-metre hurdles 3rd Julia Green, Colonel By 16.67
400-metre hurdles 3rd Charlize Pyka, Colonel By 1:10.44
Discus 1st Mallea McMullin, Louis-Riel 30.46m
Javelin 1st Mallea McMullin, Louis-Riel 42.23m NEW MEET RECORD
Open 2000-metres Steeplechase 5th Kira Coldrey, Colonel By 8:10.61
4x100 relay 2nd Louis Riel 50.65
4x400 relay 4th Louis Riel 4:16.58

Novice Boys
100 metres 2nd Micaiah Dyce, SWL 12:05
100 metres 3rd James Lavictoire, St. Peter 12.06
200 metres 2nd Eaen Kwame, St. Matthew 24:07
200 metres 3rd Micaiah Dyce, SWL 24:32
800 metres 2nd Graeme Siderus, Colonel By 2:17.09
1500 metres 3rd Graeme Siderus, Colonel By 4:23.62
3000 metres 2nd Graeme Siderus, Colonel By 9:45.15
3000 metres 3rd Kai Lebel, Colonel By 9:49.86
High Jump 2nd Ryder Anderson, St. Peter 1.55m
4x100 relay 1st St. Peter 48.71

Junior Boys
100 metres 1st Samuel Pemale, St. Peter 11.29
200 metres 1st Samuel Pemale., St. Peter 2299
200 metres 2nd Brandon Bell, St. Peter 23.25
200-metres 5th Damien Laplante, Louis-Riel 23.58
400 metres 3rd Maxime Nadeau, Béatrice-Desloges 54.47
800 metres 3rd Lucas Seshadri, Colonel By 2:11.36
100-metre hurdles, 3rd Lincoln MacLean, Louis-Riel 15:75
Long Jump 1st Maxime Cazabon, Garneau 6.55m
Triple Jump 1st Maxime Cazabon, Garneau 13.04m
Triple Jump 3rd Jakob Batson, Gloucester 12.23m
High Jump 1st Maxime Cazabon, Garneau 1.80m
High Jump 2nd Jaden Larrieux, St. Peter 1.75m
Javelin 1st Finley Labrach, Colonel By 44.50m
4x100 relay 1st St. Peter 45.79
4x100 relay 3rd Louis-Riel 46.36

Senior Boys
100 metres 2nd Ayoub Shangai, Louis-Riel 10.97
200 metres 2nd Ayoub Shangai, Louis-Riel 21.56
400 metres 2nd Ayoub Shangai, Louis-Riel 48.64
400 metres 5th Taisei Tan, Béatrice-Desloges 50.95
1500 metre 3rd Owen Siderius, Colonel By 4:10.99
3000 metre 2nd Evan James Rebane, Louis-Riel 9:11.32
3000 metre 5th Owen Siderius, Colonel By 9:18.20
110-metre hurdles 2nd Taisei Tan, Béatrice-Desloges 14.24
400-metre hurdles 1st Tasei Tan, Béatrice-Desloges 57.22
Triple Jump 5th Fiji Kusa, St. Peter 12.24m
High Jump 2nd Sebastien Moretta, Louis-Riel 1.85m
Discus 2nd Jacob Fauteux, Béatrice-Desloges 38.89m
Discus 4th Ethan-Izayah Lemieux, Louis-Riel 33.24
Shot Put 3rd Ethan-Izayah Lemieux, Louis-Riel 12.30
2000-metre Open Steeplechase 4th Kai Lebel, Colonel By 6:57.23
4x100 relay 3rd Louis-Riel 45.03
4x100 relay 5th Colonel By 45.41
4x 400 relay 3rd St. Peter 3:40.64