Kingston student-athletes compete in high school track meet – Kingston | 24CA News
It was one other busy day at Caraco Home Field because the area’s prime observe and discipline athletes competed through the second day of this 12 months’s Kingston Area Secondary School Atheltics Association observe meet.
Coaches and athletes from 13 totally different Kingston space faculties participated within the metropolis’s greatest observe meet.
“I did hurdles for the first time, 80-metre hurdles, and I did not fall and that was my goal,” Grade 10 LaSalle Secondary School pupil Sophia Richinger stated. “I reached my goal in the 100 metres, I came third in my heat.”
“It feels amazing, honestly, I came first in my heat for 100 and 200 metres, and I’m just really proud,” Grade 10 Frontenac Secondary School pupil Cameron Moses stated.
“I just did 100 metres, I came 16th overall,” Grade 10 LaSalle pupil David Conway-Jones stated.
The occasion began Wednesday afternoon and ran all day Thursday.
Organizers have put in a number of work to create a aggressive, but pleasant setting.
“It’s so fun because there’s just such great competition and the environment is just so inclusive and everyone’s just here to have fun and win,” Grade 9 Holy Cross pupil Brock Hamilton stated.
“I love the environment. The coaches are really nice, the people running the event are amazing,” Grade 9 LCVI pupil William Mitchell stated. “It’s just nice to have kids my age doing what we love.”
And though the climate was a bit of chilly for a late spring day, these student-athletes can all agree that it’s quite a bit higher than the choice: spending the day at school.
“It is because I’m missing a math test,” Conway-Jones stated.
“Yeah, it’s great missing a day of school,” Hamilton stated.
There may be extra faculty to overlook for individuals who competed nicely sufficient. The prime 4 in every class advance to EOSSAA at Thousand Islands Secondary School in Brockville on May twenty fifth and twenty sixth.
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