KITCHENER — The difference between first and second in 100 metres races can often be miniscule.
Such was the case Thursday when Karry-Ann Cornwall of Ross won the senior girls’ final at the CWOSSA high school track and field championship meet at Resurrection high school in Kitchener.
“It went pretty good, apparently I had a pretty good time,” Cornwall said before seeing her clocking for the race. “If I had a better start, it could have been better, but I’m happy with it.”
Cornwall edged Tia Semplonius of Cambridge St. Benedict for the win. Cornwall finished in 12.57 seconds, Semplonius in 12.58.
“Tia and I, we’ve been like that all the time,” Cornwall said. “I’m pretty happy I stayed with her.”
The two were also close in the 200m final, Semplonius winning in 25.90 seconds while runner-up Cornwall finished in 25.94.
For Cornwall, this high school season has been a rough one.
“I got injured earlier this year,” she said. “I separated my shoulder in an accident for relay, but I feel better now.”
She and a teammate collided and tumbled during an exchange practicing for the 4x400m relay. Cornwall was a member of the Ross relay team that raced for a medal at the OFSAA provincial championship meet in Toronto last year.
The win in the 100m keeps Cornwall on track to achieve one of her goals for this season.
“I want to get to OFSAA for an individual race this year,” she said. “I haven’t done that at all. OFSAA West regionals are so hard, hopefully I can get there with the 100.”
Top five finishers in each final at the CWOSSA meet advance to next week’s OFSAA West regional meet at Windsor.
Hannah Pearsall of Lourdes was edged by Jenny Carrique of Kitchener Grand River in the junior girls’ 100m. Carrique won in 12.71 seconds while Pearsall was second at 12.74.
Brayden Miller of Brantford North Park won the midget boys’ 100m in 11.68 seconds while Andrew Zamin of St. James was second at 11.77. The top three finishers were all below the meet record.
Jermaine Stephenson of St. James took the junior boys’ 100m in 11.24 seconds while Morgan Walls of Brantford North Park was second at 11.27.
Charlie Sutton of Ross was involved in a close finish in the senior boys’ 400m hurdles. A strong run down the final stretch allowed him to pass a couple of rivals and come close to securing the victory. Calvin Arsenault of Kitchener St. Mary’s won in 57.35 seconds while Sutton was second at 57.78.
Shortly after the race while trying to catch his breath, Sutton though he had won.
“I think so, just because I have more natural 400m speed than him,” Sutton said. “”I do more training for that, so I think I got him at the end.
“When I came around the bend, it just felt great because the wind was at my back. I just flew past two guys because I was in the inside lane and then all the training, all the hours just paid off getting down there. It’s pretty good for my first senior year. All I wanted to do was to get to OFSAA West.”
Sutton competed at the OFSAA provincial meet as a junior last year, but he’s battled injuries since then.
“Last year, I had all these injuries and it was disappointing,” he said. “This year, I’ve put in a bunch of hours and it’s been paying off so far.
“I pulled my hamstring (during the club season) and I tried to get back into it for the soccer team I played for. I just kept coming back too early, there was too much times. I popped it about six or seven times.”
However, it hasn’t been a problem this year.
“It’s feeling great,” he said. “I’ve been doing all this stuff to try to keep it from seizing up again — all these stretches all the time. It’s been great.”
Helena Reinfels of Centennial was a three-time winner at the CWOSSA meet as she took the junior girls’ 400m, 80m hurdles and 300m hurdles.
Caleigh Smith of Lourdes was victorious in two events, the senior girls’ 1,500m and 3,000m.
Winners at the meet included:
Alison Fraser of Ross (midget girls’ 400m)
Paul Kealey of St. James (midget boys’ 800m),
Zamin (midget boys’ long jump)
Shayne Finoro of Lourdes (midget boys’ javelin)
Pearsall (junior girls’ 200m)
Vanessa Linton of Guelph CVI (junior girls’ 3,000m)
Danny Richards of Centennial (junior boys’ long jump)
Jane Brownlee of Lourdes (senior girls’ 400m)
Kim Cupid of Lourdes (senior girls’ long jump),
Katie Flemington of Centennial (senior girls’ triple jump)
Lindsay Thompson of Guelph CVI (girls’ 1,500m steeplechase)
Travis Hill of Lourdes (ambulatory boys’ 100m)
Tyler Winchester of Erin (midget boys’ discus)
Braeden Weppler of Wellington Heights (junior boys’ shot put)
Relay teams from Ross (senior girls’ 4x100m) and Lourdes (girls’ 4x400m).
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