Rylee Mercredi returned home from the Western Canada Team Challenge in Edmonton over the weekend with three medals: one gold, one silver and one bronze. (Dawn McDougall/submitted)

By Logan Lehmann

LOCAL TALENT

Local track and field star collects three medals at Western Championships

Jul 22, 2025 | 1:01 PM

A track and field sensation from St. Louis, south of Prince Albert, has returned home from the Western Canada Team Challenge with some new bling after dominating the competition.

Rylee Mercredi was in Edmonton this past weekend for the event where she placed on the podium in the three events she competed in, winning gold in shot put, silver in discus and bronze in hammer throw.

What makes it even more impressive is that she’s 13 years old and competing at the U16 level.

It “made me feel pretty good because I was one of the youngest there,” she said, when asked how it felt to win. “Just to see how it really felt to be representing Saskatchewan at this age, it’s been really, really kind of incredible.”

To win the gold in shot put, she launched the shot 10.60m, 40cm more than second place and 50cm more than third. In discus, she managed a throw of 31.69m, falling less than a metre short of first place while beating third place by nearly five metres. Finally in the hammer throw, she claimed third with a 34.15m throw, just one centimetre short of second and more than two metres further than fourth.

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Mercredi said she owns four records at the U14 level, and maybe even broke one at the Western Championships at the U16 level.

“I hold the girls U14 indoor shot put with a throw of 11.21m, the outdoor U14 girls shot put with a throw of 11.29m, I hold the girls discus outdoor record for U14 at 31.80m, and I also hold the U14 girls hammer [throw] record at 35.35m.”

“This might be a fifth one – we haven’t had it fully declared because I technically broke a U16 record. We’re thinking it counts, but it hasn’t been reported yet because I’m so young.”

Essentially, the new record hasn’t been announced yet because Mercredi is too young to be registered in the U16 category. Thankfully, though, she said the record may be listed right away, as some of the higher-ups have ruled in favour of giving her the record.

“The board has decided yes, but it’s not fully declared.”

Mercredi’s mom, Dawn McDougall, said she trains with Prince Albert Athletics and began in track and field in Grade 5.

“Rick [Ronning] actually approached her asking if she wanted to throw shot put for the Aboriginal track and field meet in Saskatoon, and it all kind of just spiralled from there.”

Mercredi is now gearing up to represent the province once again in a couple of weeks during the Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Calgary from Aug. 8-10.

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