Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne

Almost 650 athletes, nearly 100 coaches and hundreds of volunteers gathered under the Prairie sun at Brandon’s brand-new athletics facility Aug. 11-13 for the 41^st Royal Canadian Legion National Track and Field Championships. It is the only meet of its kind for under-18s and under-16s in Canada, the go-to event for aspiring young stars.

Over the years, the Legion meet has attracted the likes of Olympians Angela Bailey, Melisa Bishop, Angela Chalmers, Chamaine Crooks and Robert Esmie, to name just a few. This year, 10 meet records were broken, including four national age-group records. Here is a look at some of the action, the winners, and the promising talent over three days of competition.

Royal Canadian Legion National Track and Field Championships 2017

Steeplechase

Vlad Tarus

Olivia Gee

Discus (Under-18 men)

Thumbs up

Makesha Walker

Chloé Royce

Abdullahi Hassan

Winning form

BC's Trinity Hasma

Mathias Gelber

Anna Witherspoon

Cole Belkwell

Jean-Luc Foudy

Trinity Tutti

Maya Fetic

Winner

Rofiat Agboola

Skylar Sieben

Praise Omogbai

Marcus Renford

4x100

Myles Misener-Daley

Jaxon Hume

Marcus Renford

Skylar Sieben

Sarah Saldutto

Winners circle

Bryce MacKenzie

Winners

Squad Selfie

Podium Selfie

Podium during the opening ceremonies

Awards

Leroy Washburn Award

Jack Stenhouse Award

 

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