The St. Mary’s French Immersion Sharks captured the 2022 HSCDSB Elementary track and field title on Tuesday.
Strong showings in the Bantam Divisions powered St. Mary’s to the team title ahead of Holy Cross and Our Lady of Lourdes.
In Bantam, Sophia Fata captured three events, the 100 and 200 metres and running long jump, to lead the Sharks attack. Fata’s 200 metre victory set a new board record.
In Bantam boys, St. Mary’s French Immersion won six of the eight events. Hunter Jackson won the 100 and was part of the 400 metre relay winning team.
In Pee Wee another record was set thanks to Brock Chitaroni’s effort in the 400 metres. Cole Giuzzetti from St. Francis French Immersion won three events, the 100, 200 and running long jump.
On the girls side, Teija Lappalainen from St. Paul won three events, the 100, 200 and as a member of the 400 metre relay team.
Top performer in Atom Boys was Jayden Craften from Our Lady of Fatima in Elliot Lake. He won the 200 metres and running long jump. On the girls side, Nyla Valente-Boateng from St. Mary’s French Immersion won the 50 metres sprint and running long jump.
In Novice, Robert Devito and Rafael Fata from St. Mary’s French Immersion both won two events. Devito claiming the 50 metres and standing long jump and Fata the 100 metres and running long jump.
A look at the event winners is listed below.
100 M – Sophia Fata — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 13.18 secs
200 M – Sophia Fata — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 28.28 secs (NEW RECORD)
400 M – Maddy Perhonen — St. Francis French Immersion — 1:11.91 secs
800 M – Marisol Carota — Holy Cross — 3:01.97 secs
400 M Relay — Marisol Carota, Marissa Levesque, Beatrice McMillan, Lilianna Rodrigues-Grady — Holy Cross — 57.94 secs
Running Long Jump — Sophia Fata — St. Mary’s French Immersion – 4.49M
Triple Jump — Mya DiTomaso — St. Francis French Immersion – 8.35M
Softball Throw — Cecilia Meade — Notre Dame du Sault – 47.75M
100 M — Hunter Jackson — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 12.88 secs
200 M — Talon West- – Holy Cross – 27.56 secs
400 M — A.J. Coccimiglio — Our Lady of Lourdes (Sault Ste. Marie) — 1:01.87 secs
800 M — David Carmichael — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 2:32.37 secs
400 M — Relay — Luca Blonda, Nathan Dupuis, Hunter Jackson, Amare Valente-Boateng — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 53.25 secs
Running Long Jump — Sebastien Brassard — Notre Dame du Sault — 4.60M
Triple Jump — Luca Blonda — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 10.07M
Softball Throw — Marcus Spadafora — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 51.98M
100 M — Teija Lappalainen — St. Paul — 14.00 secs
200 M — Teija Lappalainen — St. Paul — 31.91 secs
400 M — Lexi Wilson — St. Basil — 1:12.37 secs
800 M — Jaela Viotto — Our Lady of Lourdes (Sault Ste. Marie) — 3:11.53 secs
400 M Relay — Abbie DasaKumar, Mya Dodd, Aliya Flammia, Teija Lappalainen — St. Paul — 1:00.97 secs
Running Long Jump – Mandy Tremblay — St. Basil — 3.51M
Triple Jump — Brooke Kenny — Our Lady of Lourdes (Sault Ste. Marie) — 8.42M
Softball Throw — Jordan Daigle — St. Mary (Massey) — 34.51M
100 M — Cole Giuzzetti — St. Francis French Immersion — 13.00 secs
200 M — Cole Giuzzetti — St. Francis French Immersion — 28.16 secs
400 M — Brock Chitaroni — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 1:00.09 secs (NEW RECORD)
800 M — Adam Pszeniczny — St. Paul 2:36.47 sec
400 M Relay — Brett Archambault, Finlay Carlson, Adam Pszeniczny, Frankie Reda — St. Paul — 55.78 secs
Running Long Jump — Cole Giuzzetti — St. Francis French Immersion — 4.42M
Triple Jump — Liam Houle — Sacred Heart (Espanola) — 10.16M
Softball Throw — Adam Pszeniczny — St. Paul — 50.67M
50 M — Nyla Valente –Boateng — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 9.75 secs
100 M — Keyonnah Pintaric — Holy Cross — 16.22 secs
200 M — Madison Steinke — St. Mary’s (Massey) — 36.25 secs
Running Long Jump — Nyla Valente-Boateng — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 3.22M
Standing Long Jump — Prisha Majumdar — St. Paul — 1.82M
Softball Throw — Isabelle Brassard — Notre Dame du Sault — 33.58M
50 M — Mason Pagnotta — Our Lady of Lourdes (Sault Ste. Marie) — 8.12 secs
100 M — Matti Lappalainen — St. Paul — 15.06 secs
200 M — Jaydan Crafton — Our Lady of Fatima (Elliot Lake) — 32.81 secs
Running Long Jump — Jaydan Crafton — Our Lady of Fatima (Elliot Lake) — 3.72M
Standing Long Jump — Carson Proulx — St. Mary’s French Immersion — 1.78M
Softball Throw — Luke Sibenik — St. Paul — 40.20M
50 M — Olivia Guido — Our Lady of Lourdes (Sault Ste. Marie) — 10.25 secs
100 M — Agiell Freeman — Holy Cross — 16.53 secs
Running Long Jump — Jordan Beith — Our Lady of Lourdes (Sault Ste. Marie) — 3.15M
Standing Long Jump – -Kassi Murray — Holy Cross — 1.60M
50 M – Robert Devito – St. Mary’s French Immersion – 8.60 secs
100 M – Rafael Fata – St. Mary’s French Immersion – 15.85 secs
Running Long Jump – Rafael Fata – St. Mary’s French Immersion – 2.81M
Standing Long Jump – Robert Devito – St. Mary’s French Immersion – 1.79M
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