News

August 27, 2009

Team Sask wheelchair athletes harvested more medals today in Athletics. Gold, Silver and Bronze were added to the Team Sask totals. Keira Frie claimed her second gold medal of the games winning the 1500m. Teammate, Cory Harrower, finished with the bronze medal. Kyle Shaw wheeled a great race to win a silver medal in his 1500m event. Other medalists today were Jessica Furlan who won the gold medal in the 2000m Steeplechase. Lauren Weigel won her second silver medal of the games by placing second in the Special Olympics 200m.
Results of all finals are listed below. Friday is the final day for Athletics and the prospects of more medals for Team Sask are expected.

Athletics Results
200m Male: Joel Senick – 5th; Eric Clark – 12th
200m Female: Sharai Siemens – 8th; Amanda Ruller – 10th
200m Special Olympics: Michael Banks – 14th ; Jason Mercer – 17th
200m Special Olympics: Lauren Weigel – silver medal; Lindsay Kinnear – 5th
800m Male: Wyatt Baiton – 13th ; Nathan Scott – 16th
800m Female: Julene Friesen – 12th;  Ashlynn Simon – 16th
1500m Male Wheelchair: Kyle Shaw – silver medal; Julian Nahachewsky – 9th
1500m Female Wheelchair: Keira Frie – gold medal; Cory Harrower – bronze medal
2000m Female Steeplechase: Jessica Furlan – gold medal; Christine Foth – 11th
3000m Male Steeplechase: Stephane Gerard – 10th; Samir Marin 12th
Female High Jump: Shalane Haselhan – 5th; Chloe Hetherton – 12th
Female Javelin: Chelsea Valois – 6th ; Brenna Rak – 12th  
Female Discus: Brenna Rak – 5th; Emma Dyck 9th
Female Hammer Throw: Taryn Suttie – 6th; Caitlin Fowler – 11th
Female Heptathlon (following 4 of 7 events): Chelsea Valois – 2nd;
                                     Veronika Smits – 6th
Male Discus: Justin Greif – 8th; Andrew Smith 12th