Brother and sister duo ready to take on the Western Canada Games

“I’m super excited that he’s made the team. He’s had a super successful year right now so it’ll be exciting to see what he can do,” she said.

Katelyn will be competing in the heptathlon at the Summer Games – an event that spans two days and includes the 100 meter hurdle, high jump, shotput, javelin, long jump, and the 200 and 800 meter sprint.

“It keeps practicing really fun,” she said, laughing. “I think I’d get bored if I was only training for one event. It’s fun to have to switch it up a little bit. You’re able to do hurdles, then javelin the next day and high jump the other day. It’s fun.”

Katelyn placed sixth in the heptathlon at the 2013 Pan. American Games in Columbia. In the points-based event, Katelyn’s personal best is 4926 points – a mark that she wants to break this weekend.

“I’m really hoping for a personal best score. I feel like that has been on my mind for the last little bit. I’ve inched it a little bit but I know that I’m capable of a good little jump up,” she said.

Katelyn will also be competing in the 100 meter hurdles and long jump events over the weekend.

It’s a great thing for Karson to have his big sister at this meet, he said.

“It’s definitely a cool feeling. We have not competed on the same track team for some time, so everybody is looking forward to it and looking forward to the competition.”

Karson will be competing in the 200 meter sprint, an event he has had great success with in his young career. The St.Mary’s senior received a gold medal at this year’s provincial games setting Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association records in both the 100 and 200 meter races.

“I’m definitely a little bit nervous. It’s one of the bigger meets that you’re going to go to, but you have to try to enjoy it to your fullest and be proud of yourself for being able to compete at that level and just ride it out as it goes along,” Karson said.

The duo will also each be running their respective 4 x 100 meter relay race.

The 2015 Western Canada Summer Games will hold events in 18 different sports bringing in over 2500 athletes together from Canada’s four western provinces and the three northern territories. The games will be held from August 7 – 16.

Here is the full list of Prince Albert athletes competing in the games:

Austin Strauss, 17 – Athletics

Brooke Hobson, 16 – Golf

Carly Zultok, 18 – Softball

Cole Sanderson, 18 – Volleyball

Daulton Sinoski, 18 – Volleyball

Graeson Bergen, 18 – Volleyball

Haley Acton, 17 – Softball

Ihor Pryshchepa, 17 – Judo

Jessica Buettner, 20 – Athletics

Jessica Vance, 17 – Softball

Josh Guthrie, 16 – Wrestling

Karson Lehner, 17 – Athletics

Katelyn Lehner, 20 – Athletics

Kayla Sawchuk, 16 – Golf

Kendall Horan, 17 – Swimming

Matt Mere, 17 – Volleyball

McKenzie Acton, 17 – Softball

Megan Neuman, 15 – Judo

Michael Banks, 25 – Athletics

Miranda Bellisle, 14 – Judo

Samantha Paradis, 15 – Wrestling

Serra Gillis, 13 – Artistic Gymnastics

Tristan Anderson-Woodsworth, 15 – Swimming

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by Khang Nguyen

Brother and sister duo ready to take on the Western Canada Games

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