LANDON SASAKAMOOSE

AGE: 15

RESERVE: AHTAHKAKOOP FIRST NATION

SPORT: TRACK AND FIELD

Landon Sasakamoose has been in track and field for six years.

This is first year competing at NAIG. He says he feels happy to be attending this year.

"It's a pretty big deal, it's NAIG."

He's the grandson of NHL's first Aboriginal hockey player Fred Sasakamoose. You can tell that sports run deep in his family. 

Sasakamoose says he trains with an athletics club in Prince Albert, and when he's not training with the club, he's at home where his father trains him every second day. 

He ran at the Moose Jaw track and field provincials and landed a gold medal in the 400-metre race. 

And, Sasakamoose recently broken the record for Prince Albert District. His record-breaking time was 54.02 that beat 55.60, which has been undefeated since 1999. 

His advice to the young and upcoming athletes in track and field is simple: "Work hard and don't give up."

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