Tutti sets two records at OFSAA track and field (updated)

Trinity Tutti of Eastdale earned a gold in the senior women’s discus with a throw of 52.77 metres at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) track and field championships Friday and then added another gold Saturday in the shot put. Both were OFSAA records.

Trinity Tutti of Eastdale rewrote the record book at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) track and field championships held at York Lions Stadium and the Toronto Track and Field Centre.

Tutti won the senior women’s shot put Saturday with a throw of 15.24 metres,  breaking the old mark of 14.86 metres.

Friday, Tutti earned a gold in the senior women’s discus with a throw of 52.77 metres, easily outdistancing the second-place finisher by over 12 metres and setting another record in the process. The old mark wast 50.48 set last year by Grace Tennant of the former South Lincoln Secondary School.

Overall, Niagara athletes brought home nine more medals Saturday.

Silver medals were awarded to Nathan D’Costa of Governor Simcoe in the junior men’s javelin and Eric Campbell of Holy Cross in the midget men’s 800 metres.

Bronze medals went to Callan Saldutto on the junior men’s javelin, Caden Deery of A.N.  Myer in the midget men’s 300 hurdles, Noah Dommasch of Sir Winston Churchill in the junior men’s high jump, and Sierra Skotniski of Centennial in the midget women’s discus.

Cassandra Kemp of the St. Catharines Collegiate was awarded a silver in the women’s intellectual 800 metres.

Kanice McLean of Governor Simcoe received a bronze in the women’s wheelchair 200 metres.

Local athletes brought home 10 medals Friday, including five golds, two silver and three bronze.

Mia Friesen of Governor Simcoe placed first in the junior women’s 80-metre hurdles with a time of 11.92 second, narrowly edging out Camille Blain from Chatham-Kent, who was second in a time of 11.95.

Skotniski was the gold medal winner in the midget women’s shot put with a throw of 13.01 metres.

Kate Knafelc of E.L. Crossley placed first in the women’s 1,500 open steeplechase with a time of 5:03.85.

Owen Konkle of Beamsville placed first in the men’s 100 dash intellectual with a time of 12.06.

Silver medals were awarded to Zoe Phillips of Eden in the junior women’s 400-metre dash and  Campbell in the midget men’s 1,500.

Bronze medals were handed out to Lee in the senior men’s 1,500, Dommash in the junior men’s triple jump, and Saldutto in the junior men’s shot put.

Competition began Thursday with seven field events.

Saldutto was awarded a silver medal in the junior men’s discus with a throw of 57.45 metres. 

Autumn Bigger of Beamsville Secondary School was awarded a silver in the senior women’s high jump with a leap of 1.71 metres.

The following are local athletes who placed in the top six at OFSAA.

SATURDAY

WOMEN’S SENIOR

Shot put: 1. Trinity Tutti, Eastdale, 15.24

400 metre hurdles: 5. Sienna Lalonde, Grimsby.

WOMEN’S JUNIOR

High jump: 4. Michelle Ludwig, Smithville Christian.

WOMEN’S MIDGET

Discus: 3. Sierra Skotniski, Centennial.

3,000 metres: 6. Tessa Jeffrey, E.L. Crossley

300 metre hurdles: 5. Alissa Mete, Notre Dame.

MEN’S SENIOR

Long jump: 4. Johnny Jacob, Lakeshore Catholic.

800 metres: 6. Brock Deba, E.L. Crossley.

3,000 metres: 5. Campbell Lee, Holy Cross; 6. Santiago Gaitan-Caballer, Notre Dame,

MEN’S JUNIOR

High jump: 3. Noah Dommasch, Sir Winston Churchill.

Javelin: 2. Nathan D’Costa, Governor Simcoe; 3. Callan Saldutto, Notre Dame.

MEN’S MIDGET

300 metre hurdles: 3. Caden Deery, St. Paul.

800 metres: 2. Eric Campbell, Sir Winston Churchill.

Triple jump: 5. Michael Ivanov, A.N.Myer.

WOMEN’S WHEELCHAIR

200 metres: 3. Kanice McLean, Governor Simcoe.

WOMEN’S INTELLECTUAL

800 metres: 2. Cassandra Kemp, St. Catharines Collegiate.

FRIDAY

WOMEN’S SENIOR

Discus: 1. Trinity Tutti, Eastdale, 52.77.

400 metre dash: 4. Sienna Lalonde, Grimsby.

WOMEN’S JUNIOR

80 metre hurdles: 1. Mia Friesen, Governor Simce, 11.92.

400 metre dash: 2. Zoe Phillips, Eden.

Long jump: 5. Newton Sommer, E.L. Crossley.

WOMEN’S MIDGET

Shot put: 1. Sierra Skotniski, Centennial, 13.01.

High jump: 4. Gwen Cudmore, E.L. Crossley.

WOMEN’S OPEN

1,500 steeplechase: 1. Kate Knafelc, E.L. Crossley, 5:03.85.

MEN’S MIDGET

1,500 metres: 2. Eric Campbell, Sir Winston Churchill.

Javelin: 4. Jacob Evan, Lakeshore Catholic.

MEN’S JUNIOR

Triple jump: 3. Noah Dommasch, Sir Winston Churchill.

Shot put: 3. Callan Saldutto, Notre Dame.

100 metres: 6. Carter Teal, E.L. Crossley.

MEN’S SENIOR

1,500 metres: 3. Campbell Lee, Holy Cross.

WOMEN’S INTELLECTUAL

100 metre dash: 4. Cassandra Kemp, St. Catharines Collegiate; 5. Shannon Swinson, Beamsville.

MEN’S INTELLECTUAL

100 metre dash: 1. Owen Konkle, Beamsville, 12.06.

MEN’S AMBULATORY

100 metre dash: 4. Erik Kuchemann, Notre Dame.

THURSDAY

WOMEN’S SENIOR

High jump: 2. Autumn Bigger, Beamsville.

MEN’S JUNIOR

Discus: 2. Saldutto; 6. Nathan D’Costa, Governor Simcoe.

TEAM STANDINGS

Men: 5. Notre Dame 29; 6. Sir Winston 28.

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