Hilary Kellar-Parsons got a late start to the high school track and field season but she's making up for lost time.

And then some.

The Grade 9 student at Medway won the midget girls' individual title and helped lead the Cowboys to the midget girls' team title at the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association championships at TD Waterhouse Stadium yesterday.

She won the 200 metres (26.5 seconds) and the 300-metre hurdles (48.9) to go along with her win in the 100 Tuesday.

She then anchored Med-way's winning open girls' 4x400 relay team to close out the meet with four golds.

She'll try to add to them in next weekend's Ontario West Regional championships at LaSalle Sandwich.

"I missed a couple of meets early in the season because I was still playing (high school) badminton," she said. Coach Rob Couto "was kind of mad because he knew how good I was in track, but I was playing doubles and I couldn't let my partner down."

Couto is more than willing to forgive her.

"She's got a lot of natural ability and her stride is just awesome," he said. "Plus, she's very driven when it comes to competing."

Kellar-Parsons prefers to think of it as focused.

"I get really zoned," she said. "Everyone's yelling but I can't hear a thing. I'm in my own little world."

It's a busy world. In addition to track and house-league fastball in Ilderton, she plays high school basketball and volleyball as well as club basketball for the Blue Devils program. She also is studying for her Grade 5 level in piano.

"And I've got Gus Macker (3-on-3) basketball this weekend. Honestly, my mom has to drive me all over the place. I think I've taken the bus home from school maybe five times all year."

So with everything on her plate, she's in no rush to specialize just yet.

"If you injure yourself now, you'll never get a scholarship down the road," she reasoned, adding that she has had her share of nagging hurts -- "tons of them, not big ones but things like shin splints.

"Plus I spiked myself on the starting blocks (Tuesday). Mr. Couto said, 'We need to find a bubble for you for next week.' "

There are also mental hurdles, so to speak.

"My 300 time today was pretty bad. I fell last week in the hurdles for the first time so I was a little scared of them today," she said.

"I was just trying to get over them. The last one I just jumped over instead of hurdling it."

Ironically, Kellar-Parsons lives just outside the Medway residence area, having attended Valleyview public school west of Ilderton. But she chose Medway because it's a non-semestered school.

She was one of three athletes to win the maximum three individual events.

Georgea Richards of Laurier in senior girls and Andrew Judge of John Paul II in senior boys were the others.

Sander Ratsep of Saunders set one of three records yesterday en route to the midget boys' individual title.

He won the high jump with a record 1.89-metre leap and was second in the midget boys' pole vault. He took the 100 hurdles Tuesday.

Also setting records yesterday were Josh Kirkpatrick of Saunders with an impressive 4.16 metres in the junior boys' pole vault and Meghan Weaver of Lucas with an equally impressive 13.11 metres in junior girls' shot put.

Brittany Verbakel of Huron Park won the junior girls' individual title while Thomas Davis of Saunders was the junior boys' champ.

Saunders also won the overall boys' team title as well as those for senior boys, junior boys and senior girls.

Wingham Madill was the overall girls' champions, Oakridge won the junior girls' title and Catholic Central took the midget boys' crown.