Records fall SWOSSA Championships
- Powerplay Sports
- 4 days ago
- 3 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
A day of remarkable performances saw five new meet records set, with standouts from Sandwich, Villanova, Sarina St. Pat's, and L'Essor leading the charge.
Here is a list of some of the stand out performances from day one of the SWOSSA track and field championships held at Sandwich Secondary.
From the hurdles to the steeplechase, the competition produced five new meet records and a host of outstanding individual efforts.
Jr. Girls 400m
Julia Carswell-Sandwich Secondary
Gold in 57.54 sec. Daniella Defranceschi (Villanova) won the novice race by over two seconds.
Jr. Girls 80m Hurdles
Alyssa Tanini-Villanova
Won is a time of 11.56 sec, bettering the 2024 record set by Madison Gravelle of St. Joe's by a tenth of a second.
New Record
Jr. Girls 100m
Andrea Chronopoulos-Sandwich Secondary
Gold in 12.59 sec, edging out Tanini for the win.
Sr. Boys 1,500m
Chase Capes-Sarnia St. Pat's
3:53.28, smashing Daryl Smith of Massey's 2010 mark of 3:59.17.
New Record
Jr. Girls 4×100m Relay
Sandwich Sabres
AlGhazaly, Chronopoulos, Carswell & Cea broke an 11-year-old record by eight tenths of a second.
New Record
Sr. Girls 2000m Steeplechase
Maelle Dufour
L'Essor — 7:13.72, one of five runners to beat the previous record and 22 seconds faster than the 2024 mark. The old mark belonged to Madison Gravelle of St. Joe's set in 2024 — Tanini wiped it out by a tenth.
New Record
Alyssa Tanini of Villanova was one of the day's headliners, setting a new SWOSSA record in the junior girls 80m hurdles. Running 11.56 seconds, she bested the previous mark set in 2024 by a tenth of a second.
"My goal for the race was to get out hard and have big arms in between each hurdle." said Tanini who is looking forward to OFSAA. "Keep that momentum going. Trying to keep that speed going through the next couple of meets."
Despite the record-breaking run, Tanini had to settle for silver in the 100m, where Andrea Chronopoulos of Sandwich edged her out with a time of 12.59 seconds.
In distance events, Chase Capes of Sarina St. Patrick's put on a dominant display in the senior boys 1,500m, finishing in 3:53.28 to obliterate a mark that had stood since 2010 — shaving more than six seconds off Daryl Smith of Massey's long-standing record of 3:59.17.
"It felt pretty good," Capes told Powerplay Sports. "My coach said we'd go out a little slower and try to close hard the last couple of laps. I think it went pretty good for what I was trying to do. I think I'm ready for OFSAA now. That was a good confidence booster."
Capes added he'd like to run another quick 1,500 at OFSAA regionals.
The Sandwich Sabres junior girls relay team — Serene AlGhazaly, Andrea Chronopoulos, Julia Carswell, and Adedolapo Adekanye — celebrated together after breaking an 11-year-old 4×100m relay record by eight tenths of a second, capping a sensational individual and team day for the school.
"I think it went really well. We had good hand offs" Al Ghazaly said.
Carswell added, "I just think everybody was on their game today. Me and Serene ran good curves today. Happy about it."
Finally, Maelle Dufour of L'Essor led a remarkable sweep of the senior girls 2,000m steeplechase record, finishing in 7:13.72 — 22 seconds faster than the previous mark set in 2024. Notably, Dufour was one of five runners who surpassed the old record, underlining the extraordinary depth of talent on display.
"It was a really fun race and it was also really intense because there was a lot of other fast competitors." said Dufour who hopes to make it to OFSAA in both steeple chase and the 3000m. "It's my fastest time for steeple so far and I felt really good during the race."
Noah Van Neck also shattered the jr. boys shot put record. Click link to see more.
SWOSSA continues Thurdsay with OFSAA West Regionals set for next week.
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