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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, May 23, 2014 | 24 Dartmouth-bound O'Neill focused on winning first OFSAA track medal continued from p.23 them." Track also figures prominently in the future of Loyola's Bridget O'Neill. She's earned a Division 1 scholarship to Dartmouth College next year. And while it's nice to have her future plans solidified, her focus is clearly on the present. "For sure, it was a big weight off my shoulders, but it's hard to keep thinking about it right now," she said. "I just want to get a personal best and keep improving." Despite all of O'Neill's success on the track -- she represented Canada at the World Youth Championships last summer -- her lone OFSAA medal is a silver, won last year with Loyola's hockey team. She would like to add to that in her final year as a Hawk. "It would be great to do it because you're representing your school," she said, "and also for the coaches who have been so good to me." O'Neill pulled away from Notre Dame's Erin Mawhinney on the final lap of the senior girls' 1,500m to win by six seconds with a time of 4:44.45. That's still 10 seconds shy of her personal best so there are still some reserves left for regionals and OFSAA. O'Neill isn't quite sure what kind of time it will take to earn an OFSAA medal, but she's not concerning herself with what other runners are doing until she's actually on the track with them. "I don't think too much about the competition," she said. "I just try to do my best and it gets me where I need to go." And usually faster than anyone else. Blakelock boasts plenty of other champions Also winning on the opening day of the meet was Blakelock's Kissiah Griffiths, who earned double gold by winning the midget girls' 80m hurdles in 13.92 seconds and clearing 1.30m to win the high jump. Tigers teammates Taja McLean and Zaria Armstrong won the midget and junior girls' 100m respectively. McLean won the midget girls' race in 12.86 seconds while Armstrong's time of 12.50 was tops in the junior race. Kaleigh Jeffrey continued Blakelock's track success by winning the junior girls' 80m hurdles in 13.00. Runner-up Julia Scott, who gave the Tigers a one-two finish, would claim her own gold by clearing 1.45m to win the junior girls' high jump. Blakelock's Connor Hicks won the junior boys' 400m in 54.57 seconds while the Tigers' Max Theune took first in the junior boys' javelin with a throw of 42.90m. Loyola's Kristen O'Neill won the junior girls' 400m in 57.22 seconds. White Oaks' Mara Lach won the junior girls' javelin with a throw of 23.99m. Melissa Langegger took first in the junior girls' long jump with a leap of 4.65m while the Eagles' Devyn Mackenzie won the senior girls' high jump with a winning mark of 1.55m. Iroquois Ridge's Riley Dane won the senior girls' long jump with a mark of 4.79m and Holy Trinity's Tegan Duncan was first in the open girls' steeplechase with a time of 6:01.98. The Titans' Matt Creelman won the junior boys' 100m in 11.27 seconds. Top-five finishers in each event at the GHAC meet advance to the South Region championships, which will take place next week in Mississauga. -- Herb Garbutt can be followed on Twitter @Herbgarbutt Garth Webb student Anish Marwaha tries to maintain her balance while competing in the midget girls' long jump at Wednesday's Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference high school track-and-field championships in Hamilton. Marwaha finished 28th with a top leap of 3.47 metres. | photo by Herb Garbutt -- Oakville Beaver -- @Herbgarbutt Red Devils learned from trip overseas continued from p.23 Last year, OT's size was a detriment at OFSAA, but Sadler said they should benefit from what they learned on their trip overseas. 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