Brooke and Landon Wells jogged about a kilometre from their home over to McLeod Athletic Park with their mom, Christine, on Friday morning to check out the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships.

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ACTION MOVES FROM MISSION TO LANGLEY

After making a stop at the Mission Raceway Park for the race walking events on Day 1 (Wednesday), the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships migrated to McLeod Athletics Park for the start of the combined events and a number para wheelchair finals.

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Several gold medalists, meanwhile, emerged from the para wheelchair events. Veteran national team member Jessica Frotten, notably, stole the show by winning two national titles in the space of four hours.

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DUEL IN THE DEC

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The rivals leapfrogged each other throughout the day, with Turner winning the initial 100m and then besting the Ontarian athlete by almost a metre in the shotput. Hendricks-Polak, however, gained ground on Turner in the long jump and then the high jump, where he handily beat the field thanks to a leap of 1.96 metres. Yet, Turner had the last laugh in the day香蕉视频直播檚 final event, the 400m. His 50.87 was the best in the field.

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HEPTATHLON

After four of seven events in the women香蕉视频直播檚 open heptathlon, two athletes find themselves separated by two mere points: Sienna MacDonald, an Albertan athlete competing unattached, leads Nicole Ostertag of Saskatoon Track and Field Club 3386 points to 3384. Madisson Lawrence of Manitoba, meanwhile, sits in third, trailing the lead by 37 points.

Ostertag had jumped to an early lead by putting half a second on the rest of the field and winning the 100m hurdles in 13.41 seconds. She then threw the farthest in the shot put. In the high jump, Lawrence leaped for a competition best of 1.72 metres.

Yet, MacDonald, despite not winning an event on Day 1, used her consistent top five placings to take the overall lead.

The heptathletes will be back in action tomorrow in the long jump, the javelin throw, and the 800m.

FROTTEN ON FIRE

Jessica Frotten of Cyclones Athletics flexed her range by taking home two gold medals in wheelchair para events: one in the 100m (18.61) and another in the 800m (2:06.48). both times beating out Nandini Sharma of Cruisers Sports.

Frotten, a Yukon-raised athlete who now lives and trains in Regina, is gearing up to represent Canada at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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WHEELCHAIR PARA 800M

Alexandre DuPont of St. Laurent Select came on top of a three-horse race with fellow national team members Josh Cassidy and Trystan Smith, posting a winning time of 1:41.59,. The trio will all represent Canada at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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