Gr 4-6 Track Day 2024

Gr 4-6 Track Day 2024

GRADES 4-6 Track Meet Invades WHS!
The Grades 4-6 track meet took place on Monday, June 17th with a 5 C cool breeze in the morning and cloudy skies but it turned decent in the afternoon with more sun and plenty of competition and fun had by all.  WHS was gracious to allow us to invade their school and use their paved track and football field for our events. Students participated in a competitive meet in six events (plus the Open Mile if anyone wanted to tackle the challenge) which made for a full day. The six events included three running (85 m dash, 200 m race, 50 m Hurdles) two jumping (long jump and high jump) and one throwing event (distance throw).  The Open Mile followed all the events and took place just before 2:00 pm. 

Major thank you goes out to the following: 

1. WHS Grade 10 leadership students.  We had 22 students sign up and assist us in the six events plus the Open Mile and we are so thankful for those students who give back and model citizenship for their WES Star students. I was very proud of all the work our former students put in on the day. 

Students were: Elijah Valleau, Shelby Sardoff, Hayden Steinborn, Loise Tamayo, Kendal Rutherford, Cheyenne Rutledge, Autumn Coutre, Brooklynne Traverse-Weese, River McAfee, Deandra Evans, Diego Mercier, Darby McMillan, Julia Bamber and  Lauryn Batten. 

Group Leaders for the Day 

Grade 4 Girls – Mitch Gardipee  

Grade 4 Boys- Jayme Lavergne 

Grade 5 Girls – Jessica Eldering

Grade 5 Boys – Mrs. Koroluk, Ms. Halsey 

Grade 6 Girls – Kevin Lafrosse 

Grade 6 Boys – Lyndsay Drever  

1. Event Leaders 

• Teachers: Mrs. Wakefield and her brother Laine Thomas (high jump), Mrs. Valleau (50 m Hurdles), Mrs. Chaulk, Miss Chesne and Mr. Koskie (85 m Dash) Mrs. Olsen (Ball Throw) Mrs. Goodwin (Long Jump) and and WHS leadership group and Mr.Mitchell (200 m race) as well as EA support  Ms. Halsey, Mrs. Nesbitt, and Mrs. Koroluk.    
• Ribbons and Recording: Mrs. Munn and Mrs. Rhodes.
• Huge STAR SALUTE to all staff who helped out with the meet and to our secretarial staff Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Boychuk for the incredible behind the scenes job they do in getting all of the necessary paper work compiled.  Well done ladies!
• Thank you to WHS staff for allowing us to use their facility for the day.  Mr. Martin for the use of equipment (tapes, rakes, crash mats and stanchions, tables, chairs) Partnerships in education are important and foster growth in all of our students. 
• Huge WES SALUTE TO OUR PARENT ASSOCIATION WEPA (Breanne Walker, Carlee Whitelock and Melissa Russell and leadership students for running the booth and providing us with food and beverages from Subway and Vermilion Coop Booster Juice.   

GRADES 4-6 MEDAL WINNERS

GRADE 4 GIRLS 

• GOLD – Matea Rodgers – 22 points 
• SILVER – Zoe Rogers – 14 points 
• BRONZE – Fatima Zafar – 13 points 

GRADE 4 BOYS 

• GOLD – Tavis Carey – 22 points 
• SILVER – Darien Lavergne - 19 points  
• BRONZE – Ripken Rae – 17 points 

GRADE 5 GIRLS 

• GOLD – Kiera Charlton – 23 points 
• SILVER – Braelynn Rae, Ayla Andersen -16 points 
• BRONZE – Lila Lacey – 15 points 

GRADE 5 BOYS

• GOLD – Donny Bozak – 28 points 
• SILVER – Ezra Valleau – 17 points 
• BRONZE – Harrison Wildridge – 13 points 

GRADE 6 GIRLS 

• GOLD – – Piper Rae - 21 points 
• SILVER – Kiera Romanowicz - 18 points 
• BRONZE  – Mya Clark - 11 points 

GRADE 6 BOYS  

• GOLD – Audun Scott - 28 points 
• SILVER  – Ethan Hinton - 18 points 
• BRONZE – Antoine Cazes– 17 points 

PARTICIPANTS IN THE OPEN MILE 

Girls – 32 

Boys – 18 

OPEN MILE 

TOP TEN FINISHERS GIRLS TOP TEN FINISHERS BOYS

1st  – Taya Reed – Grade 5 1st  – Ethan Hinton– Grade 6 

2nd – Jordan Munter - Grade 6 2nd – Jace Hall – Grade 4

3rd  – Sydney McManus- Grade 6 3rd  – Rylan Batten – Grade 4  

4th  - Kinsley Eddy– Grade 4 4th -  Harrison Wildridge- Grade 5

5th  – Avery Ukrainetz - Grade 6 5th – Zain Mahmud – Grade 6

• Open Mile top three finishers received a medal and a ribbon – 4th-5th received a ribbon. Hats off to all students who decided to run the four laps around the WHS track after competing in six other events first.
• Hats off to Ethan Hinton who goes back-to-back on the Open Mile Challenge! Well done Ethan!
• The Open Mile Trophy was donated by Bob and Judy Marchand. We would like to acknowledge all supporters of school athletics; we truly do appreciate it.

Huge WES salute to all who attended.  Our ultimate goal in 100% attendance on this day as it is about cooperation and engagement mixed in with a little competition which also builds life skills in all our students. 

See you in the gym and please have a safe and fun summer outside playing sports, games, swimming and honing your skills!

Mr. Mitchell