        It was an extremely successful showing for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ East within the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA) Provincial Track and Field meet in Regina on June 3 and 4. The district earned a ranking of 8th this year and earned the award of Most Improved. This title comes with the efforts of numerous youth from the area.
               Congratulations to all the athletes who competed!
Arcola Athletes
               Shania Taylor, a Senior girl in grade 12, earned a gold medal in shot put (11.24m) and also finished 10th in javelin (28.73m).
               Abigail Birch finished seventh in the 80m hurdles (13.32s) as a Midget girl and contributed to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ East Midget girls 4*100m relay’s fourth place finish (54.04s).
               She was joined on the relay team by Melissa Ellis who also placed sixth in Midget girls’ javelin (26.47m).
G.F.K. Athletes
               Gordon F. Kells students found a very successful provincial track competition with Karli Colpitts earning two gold medals, Taylor Sargent earning a silver and a bronze, Jorja Bendtsen earning a bronze, and the entire Carlyle team earning their school the 2A classification of schools Combined Team Scores with 146 points. Points for this are earned for placing in the top 16 in an event, which all of the G.F.K. athletes achieved.
               Colpitts competed as a Junior girl, going home with a gold medal in discus (33.65m) and a gold medal in shot put (10.39m), as well as an 11th place finish in javelin (27.28m).
               Sargent earned a silver medal in 80m hurdles (12.35s) as a Junior girl and contributed to a bronze medal in the 4*100m relay (52.67s). The relay also included fellow Carlyle athlete Jorja Bendtsen along with Bronwyn Douglas of Carnduff and Morgan Fichter of Estevan.
               In addition to Bendtsen helping earn the bronze in the 4*100m she placed 6th overall in junior girls hurdles (13.19s).
               Gracie Schutz had a great showing in the Midget girls category. She earned 11th in the 200m dash (28.05s), seventh in the 400m dash (1:03.57s), ninth in the 100m dash (13.46s), and contributed to fourth place finishes for both the 4*100m relay (54.04s) and the 4*400m relay (4:20.60s).
               Tucker Sharp in the Midget boys 3,000m run (11:21.21s) finished 16th.
               Halen Duhaime finished fourth in shot put (11.85m) and 11th in discus (29.04m) as a Junior boy.
               Sam Matthewson earned 13th in Junior boys discus (29.04m).
               Kyle Sargent finished 10th in the 200m dash (24.21s) and eighth in the 400m dash (54.24s) in the Senior boys category.
               Alex Messer finished 15th in triple jump (11.25m).
Lampman Athlete
               Brantly Carson finished 7th in Midget boys long jump (5.50m).
Stoughton Athletes
               Cale Piper finished ninth in Midget boys’ discus throw (34.31m).
               Rhett Folk competed in the Junior Boys’ Tetrathlon  and finished 12th: 100m dash (13.43s), 800m run (2:48.44s), long jump (4.13m), and shot put (7.87m).
Wawota Parkland School Athletes
               Wawota Parkland School finished ninth in 1A classification of school’s Combined Team Scores with 88 points.
               Contributing to this finish for their school were Olivia Lawrence (Senior girls), Devin Stewart (Senior boys), Jose Alan Vileta (Midget boys).
               Olivia Lawrence pulled off a phenomenal feat by earning a gold medal for Senior Female individual scores division with 63 points. The athlete earned a silver medal in the 100m dash (12.59s), a silver medal in the 200m dash (26.02s), a gold medal in the 400m dash (59.54s), fourth place in long jump (5.20m), and was part of team Â鶹ÊÓƵ East for the 4*400m relay which finished fourth (4:20.60s).
               Devin Stewart finished eighth in the 100m hurdles (15.39s).
               Jose Alan Vileta earned a silver medal in the 100m dash (11.73s), while he was also on the 4*100m Midget boys relay team (47.84s) that finished fourth and he finished 21st triple jump (10.31m).
