St. Patrick’s won the junior boys’ 4×100-metre relay in 44.62 seconds. The top four in all events qualified for OFSAA. Northern’s Lily Odolphy was second in the senior girls’ 200 metres (24.45 seconds) and third in the 100 metres (12.40 seconds). Northern’s Lily Bressette was second in the senior girls’ 3,000 metres (10:12.53) and third in the 1,500 metres (4:37.27). Lambton Central’s Jaylen Helps was second in the novice girls’ discus (27.83 metres) and third in the javelin (31.37 metres). Northern’s Tayvin Young was second
in the junior boys’ 1,500 metres (4:12.39) and third in the 800 metres (2:02.48). Keala Pickard of St. Patrick’s was third in the junior girls’ 3,000 metres (10.27.80) and fourth in the 1,500 metres (4:49.55). Northern’s Skarlit Worton was second in the senior girls’ 100-metre hurdles (14.25 seconds), Lambton Central’s Liam Hackett was second in the novice boys’ 300-metre hurdles (43.04 seconds) and Northern was second in the senior girls’ 4×100 relay (49.10 seconds).
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44.62 is pretty nuts… but wait, was that a boys or girls relay?
So if top four qualify for OFSAA, does that mean everyone else just… doesn’t matter? Kinda wild how one meet decides it. Also 12.40 in the 100 for Lily sounds unreal.
I saw “OFSAA berths” and thought it was like state playoffs for football or something, not track. But anyway, 24.45 for 200m is impressive. I don’t get why they list all these seconds like it’s a science experiment though.
Congrats to Northern and St. Patrick’s but I’m confused—how can Northern be second in so many different things and still “earn berths” like it’s guaranteed? And did the 4×100 relay time 49.10 feel slow to anybody else? Maybe I’m thinking of the wrong distance.