Top performers at Legion Canadian Youth Championships

While the world’s top athletes stole the spotlight in Moscow at the world championships, Canada’s best young runners were busy at the Legion Canadian Youth Championships in Langley, B.C.

Some results from the competition:

Midget Girls 800m

1. Madeleine Sumner – UCAC – 2:15.20

2. Ginelle Demone – Leduc Track – 2:15.26

3. Madison Heisterman – Nanaimo – 2:15.51

Midget Girls 1500mSC

1. Glynis Sim – Unattached BC – 4:54.43

2. Kendall Fitzgerald – Kamloops TFC – 4:56.25

3. Bethany Bolton – Team Ontario – 5:00.22

Midget Girls Pentathlon

1. Nina Schultz – Team BC-Yukon – 3332

2. Makayla Hoey – Oceanside Track – 3124

3. Kiera Greenaway – Capital City – 3024

Midget Girls 2000m

1. Kamila Olguin – Team Alberta-NWT – 6:23.45

2. Jennie Baragar-Petrash – Team Manitoba-Northwest Ontario – 6:25.59

3. Kendall Fitzgerald – Kamloops TFC – 6:27.58

Youth Girls 800m

1. Kailee Sawyer – Laurel Creek – 2:08.59

2. Erinn Stenman-Fahey – Ottawa Lions – 2:10.89

3. Briaana Bracci – Team Ontario – 2:13.24

Youth Girls 300mH

1. Alexandra Tierney – C.A.N.I. – 42.37

2. Natassha McDonald – Team Ontario – 43.37

3. Stephanie Cho – Team BC-Yukon – 43.58

Youth Girls 2000mSC

1. Marita Deschiffart – Team BC-Yukon – 7:02.73

2. Alyssa Bolliger – Guelph Track – 7:05.83

3. Erica Deschiffart – Team BC-Yukon – 7:07.69

Youth Girls 3000m

1. Luisa Schwarz – Team New Brunswick – 10:03.34

2. Emma Kusch Dahle – Team Manitoba-Northwest Ontario – 10:07.73

3. Aurelie Dube-Lavoie – Team Quebec – 10:08.43

Midget Boys 800m

1. Dean Ellenwood – Team BC-Yukon – 1:56.12

2. Ezana Wossen – Centro Scuola – 1:57.29

3. Najib El Andaloussi – Team Quebec – 1:57.89

Midget Boys 1500mSC

1. Sandy Freeland – Disassociated – 4:22.19

2. Sean Bergman – Okanagan Athletics – 4:24.37

3. Scott Chalupiak – Airdire Aces – 4:26.57

Midget Boys Pentathlon

1. Jasper Schiedel – Team BC-Yukon – 3257

2. Joel Harrison – Langley Mustangs – 3002

3. Jace Mix – St. Albert – 2830

Midget Boys 2000m

1. Brendon Hoff – Team BC-Yukon – 5:44.50

2. Riley Tell – Durham Dragons – 5:45.22

3. Ryam Smeeton – Team Alberta-NWT – 5:46.35

Youth Boys 800m

1. Robert Heppenstall – Speed River – 1:52.26

2. Marc-Antoine Lalonde – Team Quebec – 1:53.26

3. Connor Boyd – Stride Ahead – 1:54.35

Youth Boys 300mH

1. Mihailo Stefanovic – Team BC-Yukon – 38.31

2. Matthew Bedard – Ottawa Lions – 38.58

3. Davis Edward – London Legion – 38.69

Youth Boys 2000mSC

1. Ben Preisner – Speed River – 5:54.59

2. Tobias Wolter – Team Nova Scotia-Nunavut – 5:58.58

3. Nickolas Colyn – Team BC-Yukon – 6:00.47

Youth Boys 3000m

1. Ben Preisner – Speed River – 8:38.06

2. Nathan Wadhwani – Team BC-Yukon – 8:42.70

3. Jeremiah Ort – Team Manitoba-Northwest Ontario – 8:43.58