MOOSEJAWTODAY.COM -- An impressive showing in track and field through the second half of the Saskatchewan Summer Games helped propel Team South West to a third place finish in the overall medal standings.
All told, South West would bring home 12 gold, eight silver and eight bronze from the athletics competition on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Lloydminster, boosting the district’s overall medal total to 45 -- 16 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze.
Leading the way for South West in the second half was Swift Current’s Kyler Duclos, who picked up gold in all three events he entered. Duclos first won the 100m in a time of 11.62 before clearing 6.64 metres for gold in the long jump and then 13.34m for first in the triple jump.
Two athletes were double gold medalists in athletics, with Moose Jaw’s Ademide Adewumi continuing her stellar season with gold in the shot put (12.75m) and discus (33.65m). Dilke’s Hailee Woodhouse capped her Games with three medals, including gold in the 200m (25.79) and 400m (56.93) while also winning bronze in the 100m.
Moose Jaw’s Zayden Anderson was tops in the 110m hurdles (16.14) and also won bronze in the 100m, while Lumsden’s Jenna Conrad was golden in the 1,500m (4:57.70) and claimed silver in the 800m.
Swift Current’s Rowan Reimer was also a double medalist with gold in the 300m hurdles (43.11) and silver in the 400m. Swift Current’s Colter Folk ran to first place in the 3,000m (9:26.16) and bronze in the 1,500m while Webb’s Brooklyn Leppa rounded out the South West gold medal haul with 2,238 points in the pentathlon.
Swift Current’s Jackson Tuplin did his part to bolster South West’s medal count with silver in both the 110m and 300m hurdles to go along with a bronze in the pole vault. Moose Jaw’s Blake Maltais was the silver medalist in female triple jump, while Coronach’s Klay Elder was the silver medalist in male javelin and the female sprint medley relay team also landed second.
Moose Jaw’s Hailey Roney picked up a bronze medal in the female high jump and Central Butte’s J.J. Martel did the same in the male hammer throw.
The South West baseball team posted a 1-2 record in the round robin -- including a heartbreaking 12-11 loss to Prairie Central that knocked them from medal contention -- and went on to finish in fifth place with a 10-7 win over Parkland Valley.
The South West male basketball team went unbeaten through the round robin before taking an 82-57 win over Saskatoon in the semifinal and advancing to the gold medal game. There, they’d fall 68-53 to Regina to claim the silver medal.
The South West female beach volleyball teams ran into some tough opposition during the week, with South West 1 (Moose Jaw’s Hailey Venn and Evelyn White) finishing 14th overall and South West 2 (Caron’s Harlow Ryba and Moose Jaw’s Isabella Flanagan) finishing 16th overall.
The South West female soccer team posted a second place finish in Group B with a 2-1 record but won the game that mattered, taking a 3-0 win over Prairie Central in the quarter-final to guarantee themselves a chance to play for a medal.
South West would then drop a 2-0 decision to Saskatoon to advance to the bronze medal game, where they’d fall 1-0 to Parkland Valley and finish fourth overall.
For a complete rundown of all the medals and results from the 2024 Saskatchewan Summer Games, be sure to check out www.saskgames.ca.
