ItSA国际影视传媒檚 always an impressive feat to break a record. After all, they are made to be broken.

There are some records in track and field that have stood for decades, one of those being in womenSA国际影视传媒檚 javelin. Gwen Young had held the mark of 33.36 metres since 1991.

That was until Tuesday afternoon.

Yellowknife's Katie Hart now owns that distinction as she broke SA国际影视传媒� no, shattered SA国际影视传媒� that number in the womenSA国际影视传媒檚 javelin event at the Canada Summer Games. Her first of three throws flew 37.83 metres, which was good enough for 10th place following the qualification round and seeing her through to the final on Friday.

The top 12 advanced through to compete for the medals, meaning Hart is guaranteed nothing worse than 12th place.

ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 a result she said she wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 expecting at all.

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ItSA国际影视传媒檚 even more impressive when you consider there hasnSA国际影视传媒檛 been much in the way of track and field events at all for the better part of the past three years. No NWT Track and Field Championships since 2019 has meant little to no chance to compete or even practice.

Hart said she was very nervous before hitting the track, but excited to be able to compete once again.

SA国际影视传媒淚 havenSA国际影视传媒檛 competed since 2019, so I didnSA国际影视传媒檛 know what to expect,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淭hey gave us as many practice throws as we wanted on Monday and it was exciting to get back on a proper runway and get back into it.SA国际影视传媒�

The final is set to happen at 9:40 a.m. MDT on Friday morning.

Indoor volleyball is also off and running this week with just a girls team from the NWT playing this time. TheySA国际影视传媒檝e split their first two matches to date: a 3-1 win over Yukon on Tuesday afternoon (13-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-18) and a 3-1 defeat to Prince Edward Island on Wednesday morning (21-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-16).

Head coach Darren Horn said the first set versus Yukon wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 the greatest his girls have ever played, but it was a case of stage fright for some.

SA国际影视传媒淭his is the biggest stage some of them have played on: real officials, national anthem, fans,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淵ou prepare them as much as possible, but there were jitters, for sure, and that was the reason for the rough start.SA国际影视传媒�

Some coaches wouldSA国际影视传媒檝e made wholesale changes to the line-up to shake things up, but Horn said that thought never crossed his mind.

SA国际影视传媒淭he big thing is to not panic because I knew theySA国际影视传媒檇 come back strong,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淲e have a good group of veteran players on this squad and they knew what had to be done. We made a few small adjustments: keep the ball in play, stepping back on service reception, those sorts of things. Yukon didnSA国际影视传媒檛 have a big attack, so we knew there would be lots of free balls and it was all about handling those properly.SA国际影视传媒�

The scoreline would indicate some good strings of service and Horn said that was the case, especially from Andrea Geraghty.

SA国际影视传媒淎ndrea had nine aces in the match,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淲e have a real good serving team and we donSA国际影视传媒檛 want to make things easy on the opposition.SA国际影视传媒�

Wednesday morningSA国际影视传媒檚 game versus P.E.I. started out as good as it couldSA国际影视传媒檝e as the NWT won the opening set. Problem was P.E.I. remembered how to serve in the second set and took control from that point.

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The ladies are back on court tomorrow against Newfoundland and Labrador at 7 a.m. MDT.