Double silver for Stanat and DeSousa

   Pair leads a six medal haul for St. Thomas athletes at Ontario Legion track and field

Sunday, July 15, 2018

By Rob J. Ross 

ST. CATHARINES, ON. -  Arthur Stanat and Tayah DeSousa, both won two silver medals, at the Ontario Legion outdoor track and field championships, July 13-14, at the Niagara Olympic Complex.

DeSousa

Stanat and DeSousa led the St. Thomas Legion club contingent, all competing on the District A team, bringing home six medals in total.

Stanat placed second in midget boys' shot put (13.71 metres) and discus (46.89m). DeSousa finished second in the midget girls' 80-metre hurdles (12.58 seconds) and long jump (4.96m).

DeSousa was only one centimetre behind long jump champion Julian Adderly. In her third event, the 200-metre hurdles (29.69 sec.), DeSousa was sixth.

Lily Francis placed second in midget girls' pentathlon, compiling 2,557 points. The five disciplines were high jump, long jump, shot put, the 80-metre hurdles and the 800 metre run.

Hallee Knelsen finished third in the midget girls' 1200 metres (3:45.36). Kyra Vellinga was seventh in the 200-metre hurdles (29.71 sec.) and 10th in both the midget girls' 200 metre dash and 200 metre hurdles.

  Ontario Legion championships complete results  

Stanat, DeSousa, Francis, Knelsen, Vellinga, along with Katherine Heard, for the girls' 4x100-metre relay, will head to the Legion National championships, in Brandon, Manitoba, August 8-10.