This past week was OFSAA for Track and Field.... that means the top athletes of all schools across all of Ontario meet to compete. This is not just Single A schools but all schools. CCHS had 2 athletes participate in this event which was held in Windsor. Adeleene Thompson made her first OFSAA appearance this year in Junior High Jump. She was in a 3-way tie for 17th place. Way to go, Adeleene! Well done!
Carolyn Prins returned to OFSAA for a second year and participated in Long jump and Triple jump. In Long jump she was 9th (out of 24). In Triple jump she came in 1st place with her 11.92 m jump. Not only did she have a personal best jump (by about 30 cm's) but she was 5 cm's short of the OFSAA record!
Now I want you to take a moment and actually visualize this... 11.92 meters... to do a hop, step and jump. I've been told that in Triple jump each portion should be about a third of your jump. I know that I have long legs but I cannot even imagine doing a "step" that is almost 4 meters... let alone adding in a hop and a jump!! Today we took a photo of Carolyn and her fellow students to show how long it really is. 28 people sitting side-by-each!
Thank you to coaches Patrick McNamara, Rosemary Koomans, Don Thompson and also the CKSS Coach Derek Quigley for all their efforts!
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