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Sixteen-year-old Aidan Crawford of the Quinte Legion Lynx Track and Field club is the new Athletics Ontario U-18 men’s discus champion.
Crawford, who will be in Grade 11 at Eastside Secondary School next month, over-powered 29 other competitors to take the provincial crown with a throw of 46.31 meters.
Earlier, Crawford won a bronze medal in the U-18 men’s javelin.
Quinte Legion Lynx teammate Kevin Salaudeen (Bayside Secondary) placed fourth in the U-18 men’s triple jump.
Six members of the Quinte Lynx will compete next weekend at the Athletics Canada National U16-18 Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
They are Crawford, Salaudeen, Sydney Johnson (NCC), Ainsley Phillips (CHSS), Isla Bibby (Bayside), Griffin Coffey (CSS).
