Endurance Project athletes nab nine medals at provincials

Cochrane Endurance Project athletes rose above sweltering heat, wind gusts, and poor air quality to produce some fantastic results at the Athletics Alberta Age Class Provincial Championships in Sherwood Park earlier this month.

Twelve of the club's athletes participated in the provincials that served as their final tune-up for the Alberta Summer Games in Okotoks, July 20 to 23, and Bell Canadian National Track & Field Championships, July 26 to 30 in Langley, B.C.

Endurance Project athletes nabbed nine medals and collected multiple personal best times.

Coach Travis Cummings says it was a smaller crew than normal, due to vacations and other summer fun, but nonetheless, an overall great experience for the club.

"Coach (Pam) Moores and I are very excited to see how the next few weeks play out," says Cummings. "It's been a bit of an extended season, but a great one so far."

Returning with medals were:

Csenia Irvin, bronze, U18 women's 800m and 1,500m
Jessica Kaiser, bronze, Sr. women's 1,500m
Carmella Yee, bronze, U16 Women's 1,500m steeplechase
Caden Jones, silver, U18 men's steeplechase,and bronze, U18 men's 3,000m
Makenna Fitzgerald, gold, Sr. women's 5,000m
Ryden Bruce, silver, U14 boy's 600m
Sr. women's 4x400m relay, Aggie Baker, Csenia Irvin, Makenna Fitzgerald, Jessica Kaiser, gold.

Cochrane athletes also competed for other clubs.

Among them was Jett Hasiuk, of CALTAF, who won gold in the U18 400m with a time of 48.26, almost two seconds ahead of second place.

Competing for Calgary International, Harrison Kellock won silver in the U18 100m and bronze in the U18 200m.

Eleven Endurance Project athletes will be competing in the Alberta Summer Games for various zones and four will be competing in the nationals later this month.