The Merritt Secon-dary School track and field team is sending a half dozen of its athletes to this year’s provincial high school championships in Langley on June 5 and 6.
The six all qualified for the B.C. provincials by placing in the top four of their respective events at the Okanagan high school championships last Wednesday in Kamloops.
Leading the way for the MSS squad is Grade 12 athlete Katie Marshall, who wil be competing in the senior girls’ shot put and discus events.
Other field event qualifiers from Merritt are fellow thrower Michael Lao in the senior boys’ discus and Caleb Hartwig in the junior boys’ triple jump.On the track, Shadin McClure will compete in the senior boys’ 200-metres.
McClure, Hartwig, Lao, John Noel and Ben Hume will join forces to compete in the senior boys’ 4 x 100-metre relay.
A total of 11 athletes from Merritt Secondary took part in the Okanagan championships. Other MSS participants were Rob Neill, Keneesha Joe and Rahul Chhabra.
Merritt Secondary School has an incredible history in track and field. Three former Olympians — John Beers (high jump), Tim Kroeker (hurdles) and Gary Reed (800-metres) — were all MSS students at one time.
