Ontario gold for Rae, bronze for Osborn

Posted By DAN DAKIN , REVIEW STAFF WRITER

Posted 9 days ago

Rob Osborn got his medal, just not the one he was hoping for.

The Grade 9 student at Ridge-way- Crystal Beach High School won a bronze medal in the midget boys discus event Friday in Day 2 of the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations track and field championships.

The three-day meet wraps up today at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium.

Osborn was seeded first in the province going into the event after winning the Southern Ontario and South Regional titles with throws of more than 48 metres. He threw 45.01m for the bronze Friday. In the same event, his Ridgeway teammate Matt Martz finished seventh.

Another Fort Erie athlete, Jeremy Rae, of Lakeshore Catholic, won gold Friday with the top finish in the senior boys 1,500m race. In a race to the finish, Rae edged John Paul Malette of Windsor's Assumption College by less than a second set a new personal best time of 3:45.57.

"I knew he was on my shoulder the entire time. I was just hanging on," he said.

For Rae, who in September is heading to the University of Notre Dame on a track and field scholarship, this was the perfect way to conclude his long, high school run.

"It has been a goal since Grade 9," he said.

Mohammed Ahmed of St. Catharines Collegiate finished in third place, coming in at 3:54.07.

Ridgeway-Crystal Beach had a handful of other athletes competing Friday. Gabe Todd finished seventh in junior boys shot put and Darren Pereira and Brendan Keeping finished 11th and 12th, respectively, in the junior boys pole vault

Also competing from the school were Clay Grant, in the junior boys triple jump, and the 4x400m boys relay team, but their results were not available at press time.