OFSAA track and field provincial championships wrapped up on weekend

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Toronto's best high school track and field stars brought back a load of medals from the Ontario Federation of School Athletics Association (OFSAA) provincial championships which wrapped up in Hamilton on the weekend.

There were two individual double gold medal winners from Toronto, both in junior boys and both from Scarborough's Birchmount Park Collegiate.

- Aaron Brown won both the 100m and 200m events, proving he's the fastest high school athlete in the province at the junior boys level.

- Merid Seleshi was unbeatable at the middle distances, winning the 800m and 1500m events.

Birchmount Park's two men's relay teams proved fastest in the province with both 4x100m and 4x400m teams winning gold.

Janelle Redhead of North York's Westview Centennial ran for the cycle in senior girls with gold in 200m, silver in 100m and bronze in 400m.

There were three athletes with gold-silver combos:

- Tamara Jewett of St. Clement (North Toronto) earned gold in 3000m and silver in 1500m in senior girls;

- Thomas Juha of Michael Power/St. Joseph (Etobicoke) earned gold in 200m and silver in 100m in midget boys;

- Richard West of Francis Libermann (Scarborough) earned gold in 800m and silver in 400m in senior boys.

Other gold medals were earned by:

- Shannon Kennedy of Martingrove Collegiate (Etobicoke) in junior girls 800m;

- Megan Beverley of Leaside High School (East York) in junior girls 1500m;

- the Mary Ward senior girls 4x100m relay team;

- Jaideene Lowe of Runnymede Collegiate (Toronto) in senior girls triple jump;

- Kadeem Henry from Chaminade (North York) in midget boys 300m hurdles;

- Mike Vasile of St. Basil (Weston) in midget boys high jump;

- Ian Warner of Birchmoount Park (Scarborough) in senior boys 100m;

- Andre Hamilton of Birchmount Park (Scarborough) in senior boys 400m;

- and Brian Richards of West Humber (Etobicoke) in senior boys long jump.

Also of note, there was one triple silver medalist.

Sheereen Harris of Mary Ward CSS in Scarborough finished runner up in three midget girls events - 100m, 200m and 80m hurdles.

Included below is a complete list of medal winners from Toronto.

For detailed meet summary, including times and finishes of all participants, log on to www.coppsindoor.org

TORONTO MEDALISTS

MIDGET GIRLS

100m: 2, Sheereen Harris, Mary Ward CSS (Scarborough), 12.60

200m: 2, Sheereen Harris, Mary Ward CSS (Scarborough), 25.64

3000m: 3, Amelie de Fenoyl, Michael Power/St. Joseph (Etobicoke), 10:45.04

80m hurdles: 2, Sheereen Harris, Mary Ward CSS (Scarborough), 12.37

JUNIOR GIRLS

800m: 1, Shannon Kennedy, Martingrove Collegiate (Etobicoke), 2:13.95

1500m: 1 Megan Beverley, Leaside High School (East York), 4:41.39

SENIOR GIRLS

100m: 2, Janelle Redhead, Westview Centennial (North York), 12.01

200m: 1, Janelle Redhead, Westview Centennial (North York), 24.19

400m: 3, Janelle Redhead, Westview Centennial (North York), 55.83

1500m: 2, Tamara Jewett, St. Clement (North Toronto), 4:31.29

3000m: 1, Tamara Jewett, St. Clement (North Toronto), 9:37.99

400m hurdles: 2, Melissa Mignot, Parkdale Collegiate (Parkdale), 1:01.83

4x100m relay: 1, Mary Ward (Scarborough), 47.83

4x400m relay: 3, Pope John Paul II (Scarborough), 3:58.16

high jump: 3, Tiffany Christie, Emery Collegiate (North York), 1.66m

triple jump: 1, Jaideene Lowe, Runnymede Collegiate (Toronto), 12.14m

shot put: 3, Cynthia Appaiah, Don Bosco High School (Etobicoke), 12.72m

discus: 3, Steffi Stephenson, Birchmount Park (Scarborough), 38.82m

MIDGET BOYS

100m: 2, Thomas Juha, Michael Power/St. Joseph (Etobicoke), 11.47

200m: 1, Thomas Juha, MP/SJ (Etobicoke), 23.30

400m: 3, Hakeem Cameron, Birchmount Park Collegiate, 52.89

800m: 2, Kyle Grieve, Richview Collegiate (Etobicoke), 2:01.36 (just missed a medal in 1500, finishing fourth)

300m hurdles: 1, Kadeem Henry, Chaminade (North York), 41.32; 3, Philip Zablocki, Michael Power/ St. Joseph (Etobicoke), 42.91

high jump: 1, Mike Vasile, St. Basil (Weston), 1.84m

Long jump: 2, Nathan Goodfellow, East York Collegiate (East York). 6.48m; 3, Tevon Lawrence, Agincourt Collegiate (Scarborough), 6.30m; 4, Mike Vasile, St. Basil (Weston), 6.23m

JUNIOR BOYS

100m: 1, Aaron Brown, Birchmount Park Collegiate (Scarborough). 10.97.

200m: 1, Aaron Brown, Birchmount Park, 22.44.

400m: 3, Daniel Drozdowsky, Michael Power/St. Joseph (Etobicoke), 50.20

800m: 1, Merid Seleshi, Birchmount Park Collegiate (Scarborough), 2:00.00

1500m: 1, Merid Seleshi, Birchmount Park Collegiate (Scarborough), 4:03.93

discus: 2, Brent Bates, Richview Collegiate (Etobicoke), 52.24m

SENIOR BOYS

100m: 1, Ian Warner, Birchmount Park (Scarborough), 10.68 ; 3, Dushane Farrier, Neil McNeil Catholic High School (Scarborough), 10.79

400m: 1, Andre Hamilton, Birchmount Park (Scarborough), 47.76, 2, Richard West, Francis Libermann (Scarborough), 48.41

800m: 1, Richard West, Francis Libermann (Scarborough), 1:52.95

4x100m: 1, Birchmount Park, 41.47 beats old OFSAA mark of 41.90 set in 2006

4x400m: 1, Birchmount Park, 3:19.16

Long jump: 1, Brian Richards, West Humber (Etobicoke), 7.34m

triple jump: 2, Jacob Zorzella, Vaughan Road Collegiate (York), 14.07m; 3, Oshane Allen, Bendale BTI (Scarborough), 13.97m

shot put: 3, Umar Khan, Agincourt Collegiate (Scarborough), 17.77m

discus: 2, Mathieu Marcoccia, Michael Power/St. Joseph (Etobicoke), 49.92m