Success just keeps on coming for this year’s Merritt Secondary School track and field team.

A total of 17 members of the squad, coached by Randy Sheldon and Kelly Shea, competed at the Okanagan high school championships on May 18 at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops. Between them, they picked up a total of 20 top-six finishes.

A total of six MSS athletes have qualified for the B.C. championships, to be held in Nanaimo from June 3 to 5.

Merritt qualifiers are grade eights Rose Howard (200m, long jump) and Leif Ellingsen (shot put), along with senior competitors Gabby Zabek (100m, 1,500m steeplechase, long jump), Ben Hume (200m), Caleb Hartwig (triple jump) and Katie Marshall (javelin).

“The provincials should be a great meet,” said Sheldon. “It’s a chance for our athletes to step up, to learn, and meet a lot of new people. It’ll be very motivating.”

Okanagan High School Track & Field Championships MSS Top-6 Finishers

Grade 8

    Girls 100m 6. Rose Howard 14.66

    Girls 200m 4. Rose Howard 28.95

    Girls Long Jump 3. Rose Howard 4.29m

    Girls Triple Jump 3. Niah Prowal 7.73m

    Girls Discus 4. Niah Prowal 16.56m, 6. Megan Dunsmore 15.73m

    Boys 200m 4. Sean Lantz 28.45

    Boys 800m 6. Sean Lantz 2:36.31

    Boys Shot Put 2. Leif Ellingsen 10.03m

    Boys Discus 5. Leif Ellingsen 25.97m

Senior

    Girls 100m 3. Gabby Zabek 14.36

    Girls 1500m Steeple 2. Gabby Zabek 7:42.44

    Girls Long Jump 1. Gabby Zabek 4.43m

    Girls Javelin 3. Katie Marshall 20.48m

    Boys 100m 5. Ben Hume 12.37

    Boys 200m 3. Ben Hume 24.48, 6. Nathan Lund 25.44

    Boys Triple Jump 3. Caleb Hartwig 11.05m

    Boys Hammer 5. Caleb Hartwig 17.96m

    Boys Javelin 6. Kris Chastko 28.55m