Nanaimo Track and Field Club athletes got the season off to a running start. The club posted dozens of top-three finishes at the first meet of the Vancouver Island Track and Field Series. Results from the George Dean Memorial meet in Sidney on April 16-17 include:
Nine-year-old girls - Isobel Desjardines, second, 600 metres, first, high jump; Sara Dobbyn, second, 60m hurdles, second, long jump, second, 4x100m relay.
Nine-year-old boys - Keaton Heisterman, second, 60m, first, 100m, first, 600m, first, 1,000m, first, 60m hurdles, third, high jump, first, long jump, second, shot put, second, 4x100m; Ethan Anderson, third, 600m, third, 1,000m, second, high jump, second, long jump, third, shot put, second, 4x100m; Ethan Bryson, third, 60m hurdles, second, 4x100m.
10-year-old girls - Kaitlyn Watson, third, 60m, third, 600m, second, 1,000m, second, 60m hurdles, first, high jump, second, long jump, third, shot put, second, 4x100m; Keianne Nowicki, second, high jump, third, javelin; Julia Dimter, third, high jump; Emma Wilson, third, 4x100m.
10-year-old boys - Matthew Morris, third, 60m, third, 1,000m, first, 60m hurdles, first, high jump, first, long jump, third, shot put, third, discus, first, javelin, second, 4x100m;
11-year-old girls - Madison Heisterman, second, 200m, first, 600m, first, 1,000m, third, long jump, third, 4x100m; Mikaela Robinson, third, 4x100m; Marina Anderson, third, javelin, third, 4x100m; Sofia Robinson, second, 4x100m; Haven Bouma, second, 4x100m.
11-year-old boys - Jeremiah Morris, third, 100m, third, 60m hurdles, first, high jump, first, long jump, first, shot put, second, discus, first, javelin.
12-year-old boys - Owen Frey, second, 100m, first, 1,200m, second, shot put.
13-year-old girls - Amelia Kazanowski, second, 100m, first, long jump, second, discus, second, javelin.
13-year-old boys - Jason Clare, first, 100m, second, 200m, first, long jump, first, triple jump, first, 4x400m; Evan Price, third, 100m, third, 200m, second, 300m, third, triple jump, first, 4x400m; Josh Bailey, second, 800m, third, 2,000m, first, 4x400m; Maxwell Szczawinski, first, 4x400m.
14-year-old girls - Jenaya Pynn, second, 100m, first, 200m, first, 300m, first, 800m; Amanda Dobbyn, first, 80m hurdles, first, 200m hurdles, second, long jump, second, triple jump.
15-year-old girls - Cara Frey, second, 300m, third, long jump, third, triple jump; Emily Grey, third, 300m, third, 1,200m.
15-year-old boys - Andrew Degroot, first, 100m, first, 200m, first, 300m, first, 1,200m, second, high jump.
16-17-year-old girls - Leigh Richardson, second, 100m, first, high jump.
18-19-year-old women - Mei-San Lamoureux, first, long jump.
The Nanaimo club will have athletes at the Bob Dailey Memorial meet at Port Alberni this Saturday (April 30) and Sunday. Then comes the Dogwood Track and Field meet in Victoria May 7-8 before Nanaimo hosts the Elwood Wylie Memorial meet May 28-29.