Reimer jumps to gold at MHSAA track provincials

A pair of Steinbach Regional Secondary School athletes came away with gold medals at the Manitoba High School Athletics Association track and field provincial championships last weekend.

Lief Reimer jumped 1.92 meters to top the varsity boys high jump event, out-leaping Windsor Park’s Tobi Oladapo, who could only clear 1.90 meters.

In the boys para 100 meter, Joseph Bloomfield finished first, adding on a silver in the shot put.

Springfield’s Wyatt Berman won the junior varsity discus event. Other medalists included a silver for Aiden Bremner-Larocque (Niverville, boys JV shot put) and bronzes for Avianna Braun (Steinbach Christian, girls JV high jump) and Elliott Adamus-Larson (Gabrielle Roy, boys V shot put).

Sisler won the AAAA aggregate banner, with Morden Collegiate, Prairie Mountain (Somerset) and Nellie McClung (Manitou) rounding out the smaller school banners.

The track and field provincials were cancelled last year due to excessive wildfire smoke creating unsafe conditions for athletes.

Three new varsity provincial records were set at the meet. Gimli’s Jencie Henry threw her discus over 45 meters, Prairie Mountain’s Angela Gundrum racked up 3,462 points in the pentathlon and Pembina Trails’ Timi Inumoh set a new best time in the 100 meter hurdles.