Off to provincial track and fields!
Congrats to Pleasant Valley Secondary, Len Wood Middle, Salmon Arm Secondary Sullivan, and Jackson school students who competed in the Okanagan Track and Field Championships on May 19 at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, with several qualifying for the provincial championships in Langley from June 9-11.
The event featured athletes from Grades 8 to 12. The top four juniors and seniors in each event qualified for the provincials.
Coach Suzy Beckner reports there were over 20 athletes from Sullivan and Jackson that qualified to attend the BC High School Track and Field Championships.
Results from the Armstrong schools are as follows:
Pleasant Valley Secondary (Coach Ian Cameron)
Ryder Barth – Junior Boys Discus, fourth (25.80m)
Jed Siddons – Senior Boys Long Jump, second (5.75m); 100m, seventh (12.03); and 200m, fifth (24.69)
Ila Isaac – Junior Girls High Jump, first (1.40m); and fifth in the 1500m (5:41.34)
Tomas Subias – Junior Boys 1500m, third (5:03.04)
Joselynn Vigure – Junior Girls High Jump, fifth (1.25m)
Maddox McNamara – Junior Boys 200m, seventh (26.61)
Len Wood Middle (Coaches Dory Holt and Breanna Irvine)
Anna Melvin – Junior Girls 100m, second (13.77); 200m, second (28.80); and Javelin, second (20.08m)
Mikayla Wiebe – Junior Girls High Jump, fifth (1.20m); and Junior Girls Long Jump, ninth (3.09m)
Jackson
Ryder Oliver – Junior Boys Long Jump, seventh; 400m, fourth; 800m, second
Kaiden Beck – Junior Boys 1500m Steeplechase, first; High Jump, third
Callum Orchard – Junior Boys 1500m, fifth; 3000m, third
Alena Hamilton – Junior Girls Shot Put, second; Discus, second
Brynne Smith – Junior Girls Javelin, first; Discus, fifth
Devan Lansdowne – Junior Girls Javelin, second
Grace Cross – Junior Girls 400m, fifth
Sam Peterson – Junior Girls 400m, eighth
Emma Muddiman – Junior Girls 1500m Steeplechase, first; 3000m, first
Hazel Brooks – Junior Girls 1500m Steeplechase, second; 3000m, first
Ellie Giesbrecht – Junior Girls 100m, tenth; 1500m Steeplechase, third
Sullivan
Janik Sheerer – Senior Boys Javelin, ninth; 400m, eighth; High Jump, fifth
Eric Moore – Senior Boys High Jump, second; 400m, third; 800m, fifth
Sam Calkins – Senior Boys 2000m Steeplechase, first; 3000m, second
Jack Maryniuk – Senior Boys 100m, third; 200m, third
Ruth Lehmann – Senior Girls Long Jump, sixth
Caillie Vicars – Senior Girls Long Jump, eighth; 400m, third; 200m, fifth
Emma Lloyd – Senior Girls Javelin, eighth; 100m Hurdles, eighth
Hilary Vukadinovic – Senior Girls 400m Hurdles, third; 800m, fourth
Katie Findlay – Senior Girls 400m Hurdles, fourth; 400m, eighth
Sam Vukadinovic – Senior Girls 1500m, first; 3000m, first
Beckner reports both Sullivan and Jackson have had successful track and field seasons so far this spring. Between the two schools there were 35 athletes participating in the North Okanagan Zone Finals and the Okanagan Valley Championships. There were many outstanding performances during those two track meets. In addition, they had a great representation at the Battle of BC and Dylan Armstrong track meets.
