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Penticton relay teams win at 麻豆精选 Twilight Meet

Athletes also shine in individual events
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Penticton Secondary School relay team members, from left, are Darrah Levell, Miles Hayden, Logan McWhirter, Maverik Rahkola, Jordis Hickie, Katya Pentecost, Grace Campbell, and Josie Nickel. (Contributed)

Penticton Secondary School鈥檚 4 x400m relay teams struck gold at the final High School Twilight Meet in 麻豆精选 on Tuesday, May 2.

The junior boys team of Darrah Levell, Maverik Rahkola, Logan McWhirter and Miles Hayden took the win in a time of 4:09.12, well ahead of 麻豆精选鈥檚 Okanagan Mission, who took second with a time of 4:23. 72.

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It was a similar story for the senior girls team of Grace Campbell, Jordis Hickie, Katya Pentecost and Josie Nickel as they beat 麻豆精选 Secondary School by 15 seconds, winning with a time of 4:25.34.

Nickel also had a great individual day as she recorded a win in the senior girls high jump with a jump of 1.40 metres and came second in javelin. throwing 20.0 meters.

Teammate Miranda Allen took third with her throw of 19.90 meters.

Pentecost won the senior girls 200m in 27.06, with Campbell right behind in a time of 27.18. Both are Penticton Secondary School students.

In the junior girls 200m, Baylee Leduc of Penticton placed second in her heat and was third overall in 26.87. Her Grade 9 teammate, Alexis Duncan, took fourth with a time of 28.72.

On Tuesday, May 9, 45 South Okanagan Zone athletes from Penticton Secondary School, Princess Margaret Secondary School, Summerland Secondary School and KVR Middle School will travel to 麻豆精选 for the Zone Championships, with the top three in each event moving on to the Okanagan Championships in Kamloops on May 18.

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John Arendt

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I have worked as a newspaper journalist since 1989 and have been at the Summerland Review since 1994.
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