R.D. Parker Collegiate athletes collected gold, silver and bronze medals in field events at the track and field provincials in Winnipeg June 7-9, including a gold for high jumper Dennita Cameron and both silver and bronze for Sheldin Howard in shot put and discus. Jonna McDonald also collected a bronze in discus.
Cameron, a Grade 11 student, cleared a height of 1.56 metres to collect the second provincial medal in high jump of her high school athletics career, adding to the silver she captured her first time at the event as a ninth-grade student in 2016.
Howard is now the holder of three provincial track medals, having captured the bronze in the junior varsity boys’ shot put last year and has one more year of high school competition ahead of him.
McDonald, for whom this was the last high school provincials, also has three medals now, having captured a silver and bronze in discus and shot put in 2016. She finished just ahead of Trojans ‘ teammate Ashley Williams, who was fourth in the senior girls’ discus, one of six top-five finishes for Trojans athletes overall, as the senior girls’ 4x400-metre relay team of Marlee Farkas, Charity Bighetty, Abbey Smith, and Coral Linklater wound up fifth in their event.
RDPC also had two other top-10 placements, with both the junior girls’ 4x400-metre relay team of Katelyn Farkas, Jayda Bull, Amber Carriere, and Paige Symmons and junior girls’ shot put competitor Madyson Caldwell finishing seventh.
