Orléans-area athletes braved unseasonably chilly weather this week to post a significant number of top three finishes at the National Capital high school track and field championships.

All told, east end athletes won 20 individual event titles and five relay finals. All five relays were won by teams from École secondaire publique Louis-Riel in Blackburn Hamlet, including a clean sweep of the girls 4x100 relays.

Béatrice-Desloges hurdler Tasei Tan leaps ove a barrier on his way to winning the senior boys 110 metre hurdles at the National Capital high school track and field championships on Thursday. FRED SHERWIN/PHOTO

Among the individuals who stood out was Louis-Riel middle distance runner Zachary Jeggo who won both the senior boys 400 metres and the 400-metre hurdles, and was part of the winning team in the Open Boys 4x400 relay along with Daniel Cova, Ayoub Shangai and Gabriel Schafer.

Jeggo won the 400 metres in a record time of 47.50 seconds, beating his own record he set last year as a first year senior.

The top six competitors in each event qualified to take part in the OFSAA East Regional championships which are taken place this week in Ottawa.

A grand total of 97 athletes from 11 different high schools in the far east end made the standard. Louis-Riel lead the way with 20 of its athletes qualifying for East Regionals, 15 qualified from Colonel By Secondary School, including Laila Lebel who won the junior girls 3,000 metres and finished second in both the 1500 and 800. Six athletes each qualified from Gloucester High School, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School and École secondaire Béatrice-Desloges. Five qualified from St. Peter High School, four from École secondaire Gisèle-Lalonde, three from École secondaire Garneau, two from St. Matthew High School and one each from Cairine Wilson Secondary School,
and Collège catholique Mer-Bleue.

Besides Zachary Jeggo, two other east end athletes were double event winners. Fellow Louis-Riel Rebelle Mallea McMullin won the junior girls javelin event by more than seven metres and set a new meet record in the process. She also won the junior girls discus, while Gisèle-Lalonde’s Thalia Aird won both the junior girls 100-metre hurdles and the long jump.

Both girls are favoured to win the same events at regionals and then move on to the OFSAA provincial championships where they will try to add junior gold to the novice titles they won last year – McMullin in the javelin and Aird in the long jump.

Jeggo is likely to win both the senior boys 400 metres and the 400-metre hurdles at regionals and then move on to provincials where he will defend the two gold medals he won last year.

Other athletes who will be competing at the East Regionals as city champions are Laurina Nganzeu from Gloucester High School in the novice girls javelin, Chloe Martineau from Louis-Riel in the junior girls 100 metres, J’air Leslie from Gloucester in the novice boys 100 metres, Elijah Assouan, from Gisèle-Lalonde in the novice boys 200 metres and Roy Leroy from St. Peter in the novice boys 1500 metres.

Still other city champions from the east end include Jakob Batson from Gloucester in the novice boys triple jump, Aurel Wi Tatsitsa Zofou from Louis-Riel in the novice boys shot put, Colens Desardouin from Collège Mer-Bleue in the junior boys shot put, Jacob Fauteux from Béatrice-Desloges in the junior boys discus, Daniel Cova from Louis-Riel in the senior boys 1500 metres, Tasei Tan from Béatrice-Desloges in the senior boys 110-metre hurdles, Abd-El Aleem Khaida from Colonel By in the senior boys long jump and Timeo Atonfo from Gisèle-Lalonde in the senior boys triple jump..

Here is a complete list of area athletes who qualified for OFSAA East Regionals taking place at the Terry Fox Athletic Facility on May 29 and 30...

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
800 metres 5th Zoe Allina, Colonel By 2:34.74
1500 metres 2nd Zoe Allina, Colonel By 5:09.14
3000 metres 3rd Zoe Allina, Colonel By 11:11.31
80-metre hurdles 4th, Niyiah Tsafack, Garneau 14.43
High Jump 4th, Niyiah Tsafack, Garneau 14.43
Shot Put 1st Audrey Lovric, Gloucester 9.26m
Shot Put 2nd Brooklyn Reesal, Colonel By 8.88m
Discus 2nd Brooklyn Reesal, Colonel By 24.64m
Discus 5th Audrey Lovric, Gloucester 20.02m
Javelin 4th Audrey Lovric, Gloucester 20.71m
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
1500 metres 4th Kira Coldrey, Colonel By 5:18.68
300-metre hurdles 5th Maya Wehbe, Gisèle-Lalonde 50.73
Long Jump 3rd Brookelin Kennedy, St. Peter 4.39m
Triple Jump 1st Matilda Edwards, Colonel By 9.56
High Jump 1st Keshia Chivaza, Louis-Riel 1.55
High Jump 2nd Lassanah Mvudi, Louis-Riel 1.35
High Jump 5th Madison Forbes, SWL 1.35
Shot Put 3rd Laurina Nganzeu, Gloucester 9.91m
Discus 4th Nayla François, Louis-Riel 24:50
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
Long Jump 4th Julia Green, Colonel By 5.13m
Triple Jump 5th Danika Smith, Louis-Riel 10.29m
High Jump 3rd Aly Lawrence, Garneau 1.50m
High Jump 4th Danika Smith, Louis-Riel 1.45m
Shot Put 3rd Tayla Bila, Louis-Riel 9.29m
Shot Put 5th Widny Orlane Henry, Louis-Riel 8.51m
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
200 metres 5th James Lavictoire, St. Peter 24.54
400 metres 5th Johann Atonfo, St. Peter 56.87
800 metres 2nd Graeme Siderus, Colonel By 2:17.09
1500 metres 3rd Graeme Siderus, Colonel By 4:23.62
1500 metres 4th Kai Lebel, Colonel By 4:23.64
3000 metres 2nd Graeme Siderus, Colonel By 9:45.15
3000 metres 3rd Kai Lebel, Colonel By 9:49.86
Long Jump 4th Miles Green, Cairine Wilson 5.60m
Triple Jump 4th Ajay Kandeepan, St. Peter 11.10mm
High Jump 2nd Ryder Anderson, St. Peter 1.55m
Discus 5th Vincent Delorme, Louis-Riel 30.89
Shot Put 5th Keli Asem, St. Peter 12.31m
4x100 relay 1st St. Peter 48.71

Junior Boys
100 metres 1st Samuel Pemale, St. Peter 11.29
100-metres 5th Damien Laplante, Louis-Riel 11.56
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
800 metres 4th Maxime Nadeau, Béatrice-Desloges 2:12.27
1500 metres 4th Lucas Seshadri, Colonel By 4:30.07
3000 metres 3rd Lucas Seshadri, Colonel By 9:50.31
100-metre hurdles, 3rd Lincoln MacLean, Louis-Riel 15:75
300-metre hurdles 4th Lincoln MacLean, Louis-Riel 46:63
300-metre hurdles 5th Ogie Anyia, Colonel By 46.97
Long Jump 1st Maxime Cazabon, Garneau 6.55m
Long Jump 4th Samuel Pemale, St. Peter 6.14m
Triple Jump 1st Maxime Cazabon, Garneau 13.04m
Triple Jump 3rd Jakob Batson, Gloucester 12.23m
Triple Jump 4th Robin Eustache, Béatrice-Desloges 12.15m
High Jump 1st Maxime Cazabon, Garneau 1.80m
High Jump 2nd Jaden Larrieux, St. Peter 1.75m
High Jump 4th Kelly Prince, Garneau 1.75m
High Jump 5th Robin Eustache, Béatrice-Desloges 1.70m
Shot Put 4th Aurel Wi Tatsitsa Zofou, Louis-Riel 12.33m
Discus 2nd Aurel Wi Tatsitsa Zofou, Louis-Riel 39.46m
Discus 5th Maxime Carriere, Béatrice-Desloges 31.81
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
110-metre hurdles 5th Richecad Moretta, Louis_Riel 17.25
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
Javelin 4th Taisei Tanaka, Gloucester 38.04m
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