A big congratulations goes out to all of our Valley Royals Athletes who participated in our BC Athletics Track and Field Championships this past weekend, in Coquitlam. Our club had a great representation, and you all did us proud. With regards to the distance group, I was thoroughly pleased with how you all ran.
Our seasoned athletes represented us strongly in what, for many, was their last race before heading off to begin with their respective university programs. Maggie Epp ran a great strategic race to capture the U20 women’s 800m title while Ethan Koehn won the U20 men’s steeplechase. Zoe Unger won the senior women’s 1500m while flying the Valley Royals colours, and Gurpartap Sandhu was our U20 women’s heptathlon champion.
A big shout out to all of our fine Valley Royals coaches. Our developing athletes are really starting to make big strides, and we should be seeing many of them on provincial teams over the next year, as many of them were knocking on the door for the medals and running personal bests despite being at the bottom of their respective age categories. The following is a complete list of our participating distance group athletes:
- Nora Guynup – 7th 2000m/sc
- Laken Olson – 4th 2000m/sc 4th 3000m
- Parks Siemens 6th 2000m/sc 6th 3000m
- Ethan Koehn – 1st 2000m/sc 3rd 3000m
- Lyla Teer – 9th 1200m 7th 2000m
- Sebby Psihogios 5th 1200m 6th 2000m
- Willem Acker – 21 U16 1200m
- William Steiger -20 U18 1500m, 20 U18 800m
- Kai Lainchbury – 26 U18 1500m
- Zoe Unger – 1st 1500m
- Malcolm Reid -10 senior 1500m
- Jonah Dyck -4th 3000m 5th 3000m/sc
- Jayda Tielmann -4th 800m
- Maggie Epp – 1st 800m
- April Gienger -10th 800m
- Gurpartap Sandhu – 1st U20 Heptathlon
A big congratulations to all of our families who participated and I am so proud of each and every one of you. – Coach Scott
