ASAA Track and Field Provincials Held After Three Year Hiatus

This first track and field season since 2019 wrapped up this past weekend in Medicine Hat. Athletes from across the province gathered to compete in the 2022 ASAA Provincial Track and Field Championships. A number of athletes from Lethbridge and area made their way to the Rotary Track to compete for their schools. 

Zane Letourneau of Lethbridge Collegiate took home the bronze medal in the Intermediate Men’s Long Jump, and the silver medal in Intermediate Men’s Triple Jump. Cale Strom placed second in the Intermediate Men’s Shot Put, with a best throw of 13.00m. 

On the track, Kieran Schmidtke captured the silver medal in the Senior Men’s 1500m race, with a time of 4:15.25. Schmidtke medalled in the Senior Men’s 3000m as well, winning the bronze medal with a time of 9:16.01. 

A number of records were broken by athletes from across Alberta. Daniel Kidd of M.E. Lazerte school in Edmonton shattered the Senior Men’s 200m record, running a 20.87 in the final. The previous record of 21.60 had been standing since 2001. 

Also in the 200m, Japleen Rekhi of Medicine Hat shaved three seconds off the Women’s 200m Open Intellectual time set in 2019, running a 32.10. Shawn Lysons of St. Paul broke the Men’s 200m Open Intellectual time, running a strong 26.86 to beat the record of 27.21 set in 2018. 

Sam Seehawer of Lester B Pearson was the lone record breaker in the 100m category, beating the Ambulatory Men’s Open 100m Dash time by over three seconds with a 16.47.

Two runners broke the Intermediate Women’s 1500m record of 4:37.66 that was set in 2017. Chloe Turner of William Aberhart placed first, with a time of 4:30.67, and Mandeep Sangha of Crescent Heights came in second, also beating the record with a time of 4:32.35. 

Also on the track, the Intermediate Girls 4x100 relay team from Western Canada broke the record set in 1984. The Western Canada team ran an impressive 49.42, shaving a few tenths off the record of 49.70. The Mixed Open 4x400m team from Austin O’Brien in Edmonton also broke their respective record, running a time of 3:55.44 to break the record set in 2019.  

A variety of records were also broken on the field and the track in the outdoor heptathlon and decathlon categories.

In terms of team points, many local schools made a strong showing. Raymond High came in 4th in 2A school team point totals with 93 points. Lethbridge Collegiate placed 7th in 3A schools with 139 points. The competition was fierce in the 4A category. Our local Chinook High School placed 38th with a total of 32 points. Medicine Hat High were the hometown heroes, winning the 4A category with a whopping 621 points. 

The full gallery of photos from the weekend can be viewed here.