By Mark Bryson, Record staff
KITCHENER — With his younger brother Nik cheering him on, Alex Hoediono took one final deep breath and began his sprint down the runway.
Seconds later, he planted and was on his way up.
Way up.
Before you could say Hoediono, it was all over. He had landed in the pit, flat on his back, and was looking up at the bar he had just cleared. The 4.61-metre jump had just eclipsed the Central Western Ontario senior boys pole vault record by one centimetre.
The Sir John A. Macdonald Grade 12 student smiled and then shook his head in mock disgust.
It had been his fourth attempt at breaking the 1981 record, so it didn’t count. An athlete only gets three attempts to set a mark, so this was just a case of Hoediono proving to himself he could do it. The 4.60 record set by Eastwood’s Ed Koschewitz was safe for another year.
“At least now I know that I can do it. Actually, I know I can go higher than that,” he said. “It’s just a matter of such small, little adjustments.
“But you have to do it when it counts and I didn’t. Next time I will be more focussed.”
Still, Hoediono, 18, was focussed when it mattered most and that was during the final stages of his two-man battle with Paul Worndl of St. Mary’s. Hoediono was one jump away from bowing out at 4.20 metres but managed to stay alive. Worndl did the same thing on his final jump at 4.30 metres, forcing the bar up another 10 centimetres.
Hoediono cleared 4.40 by a good bit on his first attempt while Worndl came up short on three tries.
While one Hoediono was unable to set a CWOSSA mark, another one—little brother Nik—made it happen in the morning. It was one of the highlights on the second and final day of competition at Resurrection Catholic Secondary School.
After handily defeating the competition in the junior boys pole vault, Nik Hoediono jumped 4.12 metres to erase the 4.09 record set by Eastwood’s Dave Woodley in 1978.
A pretty big deal, right?
Well, not exactly.
“It’s just a record. The records challenge me but I should be jumping higher. I only increased it by a little bit,” said the 15-year-old, Grade 10 student. “But it’s good to put it in our name, the Hoediono name.”
It was the younger Hoediono’s second record performance in consecutive weeks. At last week’s Waterloo County event at the same location, he beat the record of, you guessed it, his older brother.
“He’s all right with me breaking his records because at least it’s me doing it and not somebody else,” said Nik Hoediono.
Big brother agreed.
“I don’t care if he breaks my records because I think he’s awesome,” said Alex Hoediono.
Both are quick with a joke and take a loosey-goosey approach to their sport. Yet when it comes to SJAM coach James Sniatenchuk, the brothers put on a straight face.
“Nik and I wouldn’t be anywhere without Mr. Sniatenchuk,” said Alex.
“He’s a great coach,” added Nik. “He’s always got great advice and he’s always helping me out.”
The close-knit and confident brothers will continue to push each other in the days ahead as they prepare for next week’s Ontario West regional championship in Windsor. Both are hoping for first-place performances and believe more records are possible.
“I think I’m capable of doing anything. I just haven’t done it yet,” said Alex Hoediono.
Others also turned in excellent meets, including Nienkel Paljola of Forest Heights. Competing in the junior boys division, he won the 200, 400 and triple jump before running a leg of 49.8 seconds to lead the Trojans to a second-place finish in the 4x400 relay.
Elmira’s Emeka Agada won the senior boys 100-metre race in a time of 10.91 seconds, his first-ever high school win over Devon Rittinger of Forest Heights, who finished in 10.97.
“I’m just really excited,” said a smiling Agada. “I guess today was my day. As soon as I passed him I was like—hah—jumping for joy.”
Jaimie Phelan of St. Mary’s set another midget girls record, this time in the 800-metre run. Rockway’s Connor Outhit also recorded an impressive win over 800 metres to go along with his 1,500-metre win.
Calvin Arsenault of St. Mary’s won his second senior boys hurdles event and Jill Van Damme of Bluevale won the senior girls shot put and discus events.
First-place finishers on Thursday:
Tegan Sauer, FHCI, midget girls 100 metres; Bailey Sprout, RCSS, midget girls 200 metres; Jaimie Phelan, midget girls 800 metres; Ben Flanagan, SMHS, midget boys 3,000 metres; Megan Parsons, HHSS, midget girls 300-metre hurdles; Jordan Sherwood, CHCI, midget boys 300-metre hurdles; Jenny Carrique, GRCI, junior girls 100 metres; Nienkel Paljola, FHCI, junior boys 200 metres; Scott Buttinger, RCSS, junior boys 800 metres; James Milton, SDCSS, junior boys 3,000 metres; Matt Cober, HHSS, junior boys 300-metre hurdles; Emeka Agada, EDSS, senior boys 100 metres; Tia Semplonius, SBCSS, senior girls 200 metres; Devon Rittinger, FHCI, senior boys 200 metres; Katie Phelan, SMHS, midget girls 800 metres; Connor Outhit, RMC, senior boys 800 metres; Calvin Arsenault, SMHS; senior boys 400-metre hurdles; Bluevale, 4x400 boys open relay; Jess Authier, SJAM, midget girls high jump; Braden Cok, SJAM, midget boys high jump; Nik Hoediono, SJAM, junior boys pole vault; Jessica Clancy, WCI, junior girls long jump; David Nightingale, WCHS, junior boys high jump; Breanne Hutchings, MDCSS, junior girls shot put; Marvin Muschette, RCSS, senior boys triple jump; Jill Van Damme, BCI, senior girls discus; Alex Hoediono, SJAM, senior boys pole vault; Cory Giroux, EDSS, senior boys long jump; Jill Van Damme, BCI, senior girls shot put; Braden Cok, SJAM; midget boys triple jump.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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