Kings-Hants District Track and Field Championships

Tuesday, May 15^th, on Day 1 of the Kings-Hants District Championships, the weather story would have been that our faces were red from a burning sun, on Wednesday our faces were red from a cold north wind.  Such is Nova Scotia weather.  There is also a third reason why there were so many ruddy complexions: our students ran, threw and jumped with all their effort.  One of the thoughts which sprung to mind several times over the last two days as I watched many different KES athletes compete was just how much they were trying, how much they were giving all they had to the last meter.  (For a handful I did think – couldn’t they do this in practice?!)  There is an inordinate amount of practice time that goes into a 100m sprint, and the ratio is even worse for a split second throw or jump.  Better yet, if you do not perform well in that short moment of time, then you have no referee, no foul-committing player and no teammate to blame.  With rare exception it’s all on you.  This is one of the many reasons I love track and field – there is no excuse to hide behind (and not for a coach, either).  I think the happy side of this brutality is that it brings the team together.  I heard many rounds of cheering and saw plenty of support.  Oh, and I also received compliments by others more than once that "I could only see a sea of KES students moving the hurdles and the high jump mats (heavy and large)”.  That is the best of feedback.

 

As for the results, that has to be started by the District records broken by Mae Batherson (’19) and Duncan McLaughlin (’20).  McLaughlin furthered the previous all-time District intermediate 1.5kg discus throw by 1.99 meters for a distance of 39.10m.   In her first year as a senior, Batherson crossed out the 2013 record of 13.31 by power hurdling her way to a 13.23 performance.  Batherson competed in 4 individual and 2 relay events and qualified for Regionals in all 6 events. She added GOLD medals in the 4x400 with teammates Amelia Humphrey (’19), Lindsay Hogan (’19), and Antonia Zeigler (’19) and in the 4x100m relay with Amelia Humphrey(’19), Kathleen Balcome (’19), and Jordyn Hickey (’19).  Along with relay GOLD, Jordyn Hickey (’19) had another golden performance, this time as an individual, in her senior girls javelin throw.  Brisnel Etou Bosseba (’20) competed in four individual intermediate events and two relays, qualifying for Regionals in all and winning the 100m Dash, and High Jump and led in the winning 4x100m relay along with Andrew Atwood (’20), Duncan McLaughlin (’20), Ryan Costello (’20).  Josh Mills (’19) took home two GOLDS in the 100m and 200m Dash.  Aria MacDonald (’21) bested her competition by a large margin in striding to a GOLD medal in the intermediate 800m race. Adeolu Kofoworade (’18) seemingly hovered over the bar and the competition in winning the boys senior division high jump.  Though he didn’t collect any gold medals, Luis Espinosa (’19) definitely deserves the Iron Man award for placing 2^nd in the 400m Dash (which would have been a District record were it not for the 1^st place runner also breaking it), 2^nd in the 800m, 2^nd in the 1500m and 2^nd in the 3000m.  Espinosa then led his team in the 4x400m relay to a (wait for it) 2^ndplace finish.  It should be noted that he did not fall 2^nd to the same person each time.  400m to 3000m is a very impressive range.

              

The following list of athletes will be competing next week in the Regional Championship Meet at Acadia University (May 25, 26).  I should be receiving our Regional information soon and then I can pass along the schedule.  There will be some movements in the relays.  The top 4 competitors in track events and the top 5 in field events move forward to Regionals.  Even though our A and B team in the Junior Boys 4x400m race both placed in the top 4, we can only move forward one relay team.  This does show our great depth, however.  If I missed anyone, I can assure you it is not intentional, but please do let me know.  IB students who did not compete at Districts but will be competing at Regionals are not listed.

 

All this success does not come from one person, but rather as a bunch of people working as one team: Thank You to our coaching staff, Mr. Manny Avila (Boys Sprints, Hurdles, Horizontal Jumps), Ms. Sue Bouwman (Girls Sprints), Mr. Jeff Smith (Throws), Mr. Brodi Robinson (Mid-Distance, Distance),  Mr. Derek Bouwman (High Jump), Mr. Brian Casey (High Jump, Mid-Distance, Distance) and a special thank you to our Master Head Coach Mr. Guy Payne in his 51^st year with KES athletics guiding our programme.

 

Elena Julien 4^th Junior Girls

Mya Snarr 3^rd Intermediate Girls

Kaylee Hickey 4^th Intermediate Girls

Mae Batherson 1^st Senior Girls

Jordyn Hickey 3^rd Senior Girls

Kathleen Balcome 4^th Senior Girls

Tristan Alleyne 4^th Senior Boys

 

Brisnel Etou Bosseba 4^th Intermediate Boys

Amelia Humphrey 2^nd Senior Girls

Luis Espinosa 2^nd Senior Boys

Jarred Douglas 4^th Senior Boys

 

Magdalene Mills 3^rd Junior Girls

Brisnel Etou Bosseba 1^st International Boys

Andrew Atwood 2^nd International Boys

Kathleen Balcome 2^nd Senior Girls

Josh Mills 1^st Senior Boys

Derek Chan 4^th Senior Boys

 

Aria MacDonald 2^nd Intermediate Girls

Luis Espinosa 2^nd Senior Boys

 

Magdalene Mills 2^nd Junior Girls

Brisnel Etou Bosseba 2^nd Intermediate Boys

Andrew Atwood 3^rd Intermediate Boys

Amelia Humphrey 3^rd Senior Girls

Mae Batherson 4^th Senior Girls

Josh Mills 1^st Senior Boys

Derek Chan 3^rd Senior Boys

 

Roberto Silva Payan 4^th Junior Boys

Aria MacDonald 1^st Intermediate Girls

Amelia Humphrey 2^nd Senior Girls

Luis Espinosa 2^nd Senior Boys

 

Junior Boys 4th (Roberto Silva Payan, Rodrigo Morales Portillo, Eduardo Villalobos Arandia, Luis Alejandro Medina Ongay)

Intermediate Girls 4th (Kaylee Hickey, Kelly Bouwman, Tyra Alleyne, Maritere Pozos Castro)

Intermediate Boys 1st (Brisnel Etou Bosseba, Andrew Atwood, Duncan McLaughlin, Ryan Costello)

Senior Girls 1^st (Amelia Humphrey, Mae Batherson, Kathleen Balcome, Jordyn Hickey)

Senior Boys 2^nd (Josh Mills, Derek Chan, Zach Evelyn, Spencer Lockyer)

 

Aria MacDonald 2^nd Intermediate Girls

Tanner Humber-Dredge 4^th Intermediate Boys

Antonia Ziegler 2^nd Senior Girls

Lindsay Hogan 3^rd Senior Girls

Luis Espinosa 2^nd Senior Boys

Yasuyuki Saji 4^th Senior Boys

 

Junior Boys 2^nd (Roberto Silva Payan, Rodrigo Morales Portillo, Eduardo Villalobos Arandia, Luis Alejandro Medina Ongay)

Junior Boys 4^th (Cameron Stephens, Zane Scott, Zach Logan, Greyson Corbett-Lumb)

Intermediate Boys 4^th (Brisnel Etou Bosseba, Andrew Atwood, Duncan McLaughlin, Tanner Humber-Dredge)

Senior Girls 1^st (Mae Batherson, Amelia Humphrey, Lindsay Hogan, Antonia Zeigler)

Senior Boys 2^nd (Josh Mills, Spencer Lockyer, Nicholas Cheverie, Luis Espinosa)

 

Roberto Silva Payan 4^th Junior Boys

Mya Snarr 5^th Intermediate Girls

Duncan McLaughlin 4^th Intermediate Boys

Adeolou Kofoworade 2^nd Senior Boys

 

Kaylee Hickey 2^nd Intermediate Girls

Brisnel Etou Bosseba 1^st Intermediate Boys

Duncan McLaughlin 3^rd Intermediate Boys

Mae Batherson 3^rd Senior Girls

Jordyn Hickey 4^th Senior Girls

Adeolu Kofoworade 1^st Senior Boys

Nicholas Cheverie 5^th Senior Boys

Paul MacInnis (’18) 6^th Senior Boys

 

Mae Batherson 2^nd Senior Girls

Sarah Lynch 4^th Senior Girls

 

Allie Martin 3^rd Intermediate Girls

Ryan Costello 4^th Intermediate Boys

James McGregor 3^rd Senior Boys

Lane Latreille 4^th Senior Boys

 

Quinn Emery 5^th Junior Boys

Duncan McLaughlin 1^st Intermediate Boys

James Atwood 5^th Senior Boys

Magdalene Mills 4^th Junior Girls

 

Kyra Jarvis 4^th Intermediate Girls

Jordyn Hickey 1^st Senior Girls

Olivia Drava 4^th Senior Girls

Josh Mills 3^rd Senior Boys

Spencer Lockyer 4^th Senior Boys

 

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