Two Georgetown athletes won silver medals at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) track and field championships in London.
Chairo Ogbebor turned in a pair of top-five finishes, including a third straight medal in the long jump. Meanwhile, Georgetown District’s Killian Lavoie took the silver medal in the boys’ intellectually impaired shot put.
Ogbebor, the OFSAA champion the previous two years, jumped 7.03 metres to claim the senior boys’ silver medal. The Christ the King student was the only athlete to qualify for OFSAA with a jump of more than seven metres, winning the South Regional Track and Field Championships with a jump of 7.17m.
He set the bar early, with his jump of 7.03m on his second attempt. That still led the way when the field of 23 was narrowed to eight for the final three rounds.
Ogbebor again broke the seven-metre mark with his first of three jumps in the final, with a 7.01m jump. However, Innisfil’s Jayce Hill would follow up with a leap of 7.18m on his second last attempt to take the lead.
Ogbebor’s bid to better Hill was dashed when he was charged with a foul on his final attempt.
Ogbebor also had a strong showing in the senior boys’ 100m. His time of 10.72 was the fifth fastest qualifying time, earning him a place in the final.
Despite dropping a tenth of a second in the final, finishing in 10.62 seconds, Ogbebor wasn’t able to reach the podium, finishing fifth.
Lavoie earned his silver medal, making the most of his final attempt in the shot put with a toss of 10.85m.
Lavoie was third in the field of 20 through the preliminary round with a top throw of 9.77m. He would top the 10-metre mark on each of his three attempts in the final.
After a 10.32m toss in the opening round of the final, Lavoie was still third. His next throw of 10.55m put him into the silver medal position, moving him past Port Hope’s Nathaniel Cardinal (10.48m).
Lavoie secured the silver with a final throw of 10.85m, leaving him behind only Kingston’s Xavier Brown (11.02m).
Christ the King’s Sierra Roy placed 11th in the senior girls’ javelin with a throw of 32.90m. Teammate Sefra Cormier was 12th in the novice girls’ high jump, clearing 1.40m. The Jaguars’ Madisyn Clipperton was 21st in the junior girls’ javelin with a throw of 23.24m.
