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Local athletes shine at OFSAA Track & Field Championships

Tara Jeffrey Northern Collegiate students Gabby Jones and Ryan Davies capped off their impressive high school athletics careers with gold medals at the OFSAA Track & Field Championships in Ottawa over the weekend.
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Tara Jeffrey Northern Collegiate students Gabby Jones and Ryan Davies capped off their impressive high school athletics careers with gold medals at the OFSAA Track & Field Championships in Ottawa over the weekend.
Ryan Davies of Northern Collegiate competes in the steeplechase at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. (2023 GR/Mundo Sport Images).
Davies won the open boys' 2,000-meter steeplechase race Friday – defending his 2022 title – with a time of 5:58.09. He also placed fourth in the Senior Boys' 3,000-metre race, Saturday with a time of 8:35.80.
Gabby Jones of Northern competing in the 3000m at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. (Geoff Robins / Mundo Sport Images.)
Jones, the reigning Canadian cross-country champion, also won gold in the senior girls' 3,000-metre run with a time of 9:44.00. She placed sixth in the senior girls' 1,500-metres.

Meanwhile, LCCVI’s Hunter Campbell won gold in the junior boys’ discus, Thursday, with a throw of 55.91m.

Hunter Campbell of LCCVI competes in the discus throw at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. (MRR / Mundo Sport Images.)

Duncan Smith of Great Lakes Secondary School earned silver in the novice boys’ javelin on Thursday, throwing 47.51m.

Duncan Smith of Grealt Lakes Secondary School competes in the javelin at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. Photograph Copyright 2023 MRR / Mundo Sport Images.

On Friday, LCCVI’s Hunter Mitchell won silver in the novice boys’ 100-metre hurdles with a time of 14.45. He also placed 12th in the novice boys’ 300m hurdles.

Hunter Mitchell of LCCVI competes in the sprint hurdles at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. (Mundo Sport Images.)

Charlie Shaw of LCCVI placed third in the boys’ 800-metre run on Saturday, with a time of 1:55.25. He also placed fifth in the 1,500-metre race.

Charlie Shaw of LCCVI competing in the 800m at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. (Photograph Copyright 2023 Geoff Robins / Mundo Sport Images).
OFSAA medalists and LCCVI teammates Charlie Shaw and Hunter Campbell. (Submitted photo)

Other local OFSAA competitors included:

Mikayla Portiss, Northern - 5th, junior girls’ 400m; 13th, 800m heats

James Grant, LCCVI - 8th, novice boys’ 800m

Skarlit Worton, Northern - 8th, novice girls’ 100m; 16th 200m heats

Tavrick McLune, GLSS - 9th, senior boys’ long jump

Jack Helps, LCCVI - 11th, senior boys’ javelin

Avery Robinson, Northern - 5th, senior girls' 400m hurdles; 9th, 100m hurdles, heats

Lily Bressette, Northern - 10th, novice girls' 3,000m; 15th, 1,500m heats;

Nicholas Stathis, Northern - 18th, senior boys’ triple jump

Mikayla Portiss of Northern Collegiate competes in the 400m at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. (Photograph Copyright 2023 \\ / Mundo Sport Images.)
Tavrick McLune of Great Lakes-Sarnia competing in the BLJ at the 2023 OFSAA Ontario High School Track and Field Championships. Photograph Copyright 2023 Brian Rouble / Mundo Sport Images.

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