2017

Annual Awards Banquet

An Evening to Honour Athletes, Coaches, Officials & Volunteers

February 3, 2018 • Richmond, BC The Program

Opening Remarks OnWelcome behalf of the Board of Directors, Dinner welcome to the BC Athletics Annual Awards Banquet celebrating the 2017 season. Awards Presentations

This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize Track & Field the achievements of our athletes, coaches, officials, club executives and volunteers from last year. They all contribute to the success of Athletics in British Columbia. Cross Country I would like to thank the province of British Columbia, viaSport, our business partners, and the Royal Canadian Legion for their Para-Athletics ongoing support. Their involvement and participation in our sport enables us to provide a high level of programs and services to Masters our members. BC Athletics offers so much to all ages and levels of its members. It is the support of parents, family, friends and Officials volunteers that makes this all possible. Coaches Congratulations to all. Enjoy your evening. Executive of the Year

Jane Swan Memorial Award

Chair, Board of Directors BC Athletics Hall of Fame BC Athletics Outstanding Athletes of the Year

Canadian Team Recognition

Closing Remarks

Cover photo: Damian Frazee

A special Thank You to coaches, parents and club members who generously provided photos of award nominees and winners. 2017 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees 2017 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees Midget 14 Female Award Winners Jasmin Bhandal Olivia Lundman Nolan McEachern Club: Kajaks Track & Field Club Club: Nanaimo & District Track & Field Club: Golden Ears Athletics Alicia Bremer Coach: Garrett Collier Club Coach: Rick Lloyd Club: New West Spartans EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Coach: Brenda Redman EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Track & Field Club Discus, 31.75m (1st) - Langley Pacific EVENT & PERFORMANCE: High Jump, 1.80m Coaches: Tatjana & Besnik Mece Invitational 1500m RW, 7:45.90 (3rd) - BC High (1st) - BC High EVENT & PERFORMANCE: School Championship School Track and Field Championship Triple Jump, 10.52m (1st) - BC Athletics Kaitlyn Loo Track and Field Championships Club: Vancouver Olympic Club Sophie Fernback Owen Pinto Jamboree Coach: Tatjana Mece Club: Ocean Athletics Club: Ocean Athletics EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Coach: Jeannie Cockcroft Coach: Lynn Kanuka Ange Kengni Triple Jump, 10.45m (2nd) - BC Athletics EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Club: Coquitlam Cheetahs Track and Field Championships High Jump, 1.60m (2nd) - BC 800m, 1:57.68 (1st) - BC Athletics Track and Coach: Tara Self Jamboree High School Track and Field Championship Field Championships Jamboree EVENT & PERFORMANCE: 1200m, 3:14.14 (2nd) - BC Athletics Track and 100m, 12.50 (2nd) - Jesse Bent Katelyn Stewart-Barnett Alwilda Van Ryswyk Award Field Championships Jamboree Memorial Cheetah Meet Club: Royal City Track & Field Club TOP FEMALE MIDGET 14 200m, 25.83 (2nd) - Jesse Bent Coach: Sean Dixon Praise Aniamaka Memorial Cheetah Meet EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Laysha Tunti Club: Universal Athletics Club 2000m, 6:34.05 (2nd) - Jesse Bent Club: Coquitlam Cheetahs Coach: Iuliana Kroeger Ella Symon Memorial Cheetah Meet EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Coach: Tara Self Club: Vancouver Thunderbirds 1500m SC, 5:04.66 (1st) - BC Athletics Top Performance: 5.32m 100m Hurdles, 14.82 (3rd) - BC Athletics Coach: Stanley Jang Track and Field Championships Trevor Craven Memorial Track and Field Meet Track and Field Championships EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Jamboree Jamboree 1500m SC, 5:10.74 (1st) - Jesse Bent High Jump, 1.60m (1st) - Ocean Athletics 300m Hurdles, 41.83 (3rd) - BC Athletics Track Memorial Cheetah Meet Summer Series #1 Midget 14 Male Award Winners and Field Championships Jamboree Camden Elkin High Jump, 1.74m (1st) - BC High School Emma Cannan Laysha Tunti Multi-Events Championship Club: Okanagan Athletics Club Club: Coquitlam Cheetahs Club: Unattached British Columbia Triple Jump, 13.32m (1st) - Universal Track Coach: Pat Sima-Ledding Coach: Tara Self Coach: Verena Stroda and Field Meet EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Pentathlon, 2749 points (1st) - BC High School 100m, 12.47 (1st) - Jesse Bent 80m Hurdles, 11.87 (2nd) - Trevor 100m Hurdles, 15.06 (3rd) - Jack Brow Multi-Events Championship Memorial Cheetah Meet Craven Memorial Track and Memorial Track and Field Meet Field Meet Quan Ting Thomas Ma 200m, 25.72 (1st) - BC High School Matti Erickson Track and Field Championship Long Jump, 5.32m (1st) - Trevor Craven Club: Vancouver Olympic Club 300m, 41.20 (5th) - National Legion Memorial Track and Field Meet Club: Kootenay Chaos Track Club Coach: Tatjana & Besnik Mece Track and Field Championships Coach: Alex Ulaszonek EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Madelyn Bonikowsky EVENT & PERFORMANCE: 100m Hurdles, 14.58 (1st) - BC Athletics Emma De Boer Club: Ocean Athletics 800m, 1:59.05 (3rd) - BC Athletics Track and Track and Field Championships Club: Ocean Athletics Coach: Lynn Kanuka Field Championships Jamboree Jamboree Coach: Jeannie Cockcroft EVENT & PERFORMANCE: 1200m, 3:13.94 (1st) - BC Athletics Track and EVENT & PERFORMANCE: 1500m SC, 5:27.65 (2nd) - Langley Pacific Field Championships Jamboree Terence Cheung High Jump, 1.68m (1st) - BC Athletics Invitational 300m Hurdles, 42.25 (1st) - Jack Brow Club: Vancouver Thunderbirds Track and Field Championships Memorial Track and Field Meet Coach: Mary Chewning Jamboree Madison Paugh EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Nicholas Monro Club: Nanaimo & District Track & 100m Hurdles, 14.99 (6th) - BC Isabelle Forsyth Field Club Club: Langley Mustangs Athletics Track and Field Club: South Surrey Athletics Coach: Dave Morris Coach: Ross Browne Championships Jamboree Coach: Donald Allemeersch EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: 300m Hurdles, 42.43 (4th) - BC EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Triple Jump, 10.55m (1st) - BC High Long Jump, 6.17m (1st) - Ocean Athletics Athletics Track and Field Discus, 36.14m (1st) - Jesse Bent School Track and Field Championship Summer Series #3 Championships Jamboree Memorial Cheetah Meet . 4. 5. 2017 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees 2017 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees Midget 15 Female Award Winners Kamryn Mckean Alex Julien Isaiah Collins Club: Comox Valley Cougars Club: Okanagan Athletics Club Club: Alberni Valley Track & Field Club Coach: Graham Morfitt Angelina Shandro Coach: Darren Willis Coach: Pat Sima-Ledding EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Club: Victoria Speed Project EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Javelin, 51.72m (4th) - National Legion Coach: Dacre Bowen Discus, 47.85m (1st) - Langley Pacific Meet Javelin, 39.63m (2nd) - Dogwood 2 Track and Field Championships EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Meet Liam Espedido 200m, 25.66 (1st) - BC High Aneel Gillian Club: Valley Royals Track School Track and Field Lindsay Maier Club: Ocean Athletics Championship & Field Club Club: Okanagan Athletics Club Coaches: Carl Savage / Dave McDonald Coach: Ziggy Szelagowicz Coach: Pat Sima-Ledding EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Cassidy Cardle EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Pentathlon, 2973 (4th) - National Legion Club: Racewalk West 300m Hurdles, 45.50 (1st) - BC High Track and Field Championships High Jump, 1.83m (1st) - BC Coach: Robert Solmes School Track and Field Athletics Track EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Championship Bryson Wood and Field Championships Jamboree 1500m RW, 7:07.17 (1st) - National Club: Kamloops Track & Field Club Michael O‘Flynn Legion Track and Field Maya Kobylanski Coach: Shane Wiebe Championships Club: Ocean Athletics EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Club: NorWesters Track & Field Club Coach: Lynn Kanuka Long Jump, 6.38m (1st) - Jack Brow Coach: Elena Voloshin Chisom Obioha EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Memorial Track and Field EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Club: Golden Ears Athletics 1500m SC, 4:59.84 (3rd) - National Legion Meet Pentathlon, 2929 (3rd) - BC Athletics Coach: Rick Lloyd Track and Field Championships Hammer Throw, 51.03m (1st) - Richard Collier Track and Field Championships Jamboree EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Big Kahuna Throws Fest Long Jump, 5.50m (2nd) - National Michelle Dadson Nicholas Aron Legion Track and Field Club: Vancouver Thunderbirds Elliot Payne Club: Coastal Track Club Championships Coach: Don Allemeersch Club: Valley Royals Track & Field Club Coach: Scott Kent Coach: Harold Willers EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Eniko Sara EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Shot Put, 13.56m (1st) - BC High School EVENT & PERFORMANCE: 800m, 1:58.29 (2nd) - National Legion Club: Langley Mustangs Track and Field Championship Javelin, 55.79m (1st) - National Legion Track and Field Championships Coach: Tom Neilsen Track and Field Championships Discus, 35.18m (1st) - National Legion Track Quinn Cameron EVENT & PERFORMANCE: and Field Championships High Jump, 1.60m (1st) - BC High Ethan Katzberg Club: NorWesters Track & Field Club School Track and Field Olivia van Ryswyk Club: Nanaimo Track & Field Club Coach: Elena Voloshin Championship Coach: Bernie Katzberg Club: Ocean Athletics EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Javelin, 43.25m (1st) - National Legion Track Coach: Len van Ryswyk Pentathlon, 3171 (1st) - National Legion and Field Championships Hammer Throw, 61.54m (1st) - National EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Track and Field Championships Legion Track and Field Championships Holly Harrison Pole Vault, 3.00m (3rd) - National Tyler Wilson Legion Track and Field Felix Allen Club: Langley Mustangs Club: Ocean Athletics Championships Club: Langley Mustangs Coach: Dwayne Lotnick Coach: Robert Solmes Event & Performance: Coach: Dave Hetherington EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Pentathlon, 3020 (1st) - BC High 1500m RW, 6:41.42 (1st) - National Legion School Multi-Events Midget 15 Male Award Winner s 300m Hurdles, 40.89 (1st) - BC Athletics Track Track and Field Championships Championship and Field Championships Jamboree Aiden Grout Jade Forrest Club: Langley Mustangs Harrison Trustham Youth Female Track & Field Club: Valley Royals Track & Field Club Club: Valley Royals Track & Field Club Coaches: Kevin Harrison Athlete of the Year Nominees Coach: Ziggy Szelagowicz Coach: Gerard Dumas EVENT & PERFORMANCE: EVENT & PERFORMANCE: Alexa Porpaczy EVENT & PERFORMANCE: High Jump, 1.85m (1st) - Trevor Craven 100m Hurdles, 14.10 (3rd) - National Club: Valley Royals Track & Pole Vault, 2.90m (2nd) - Trevor Craven Memorial Track and Field Meet Legion Track and Field Memorial Track and Field Meet Field Club Championships Coach: Ziggy Szelagowicz 300m Hurdles, 41.40 (2nd) - BC Athletics Track Events: High Jump, 1.80m and Field Championships Jamboree 6. Alexa continued next page 7. 2017 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees 2017 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees Alexa Porpaczy continued... Bryce Mackenzie continued... Chanell Botsis Kieran Lumb continued... HIGHLIGHTS: RANKINGS: Club: Kajaks Track & Field Club RANKINGS: National Legion Track & Field Championships - 1st Long Jump: BC Yth – 2, CAN Yth - 4 Coach: Garrett Collier 1500m: BC Jr - 2, CAN Jr - 7 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships - 1st Triple Jump: BC Yth – 2, CAN Yth - 5 Events: Hammer Throw, 60.08m | 5000m: BC Jr – 1, CAN Jr - 3 RANKINGS: High Jump: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 2 Discus, 37.75 High Jump: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Jason Clare Ethan Foster Pan Am Junior Championships - 4th (Hammer) Club: Nanaimo Track & Field Club Grace Fetherstonhaugh Club: BC Flyers Athletic Club Summer Games - 2nd (Hammer) Coach: Arye Rosenoer Club: Royal City Track & Field Club Coach: Scott Foster Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships Events: Pole Vault, 4.67m Coach: Sean Dixon Events: Decathlon, 6035 | Pole Vault, - 3rd (Hammer) HIGHLIGHTS: Pan Am Junior Championships - 9th Events: 2000m SC, 6:41.46 (BC Yth Record) 4.20m RANKINGS: | 3000m SC, 10:15.32 HIGHLIGHTS: Hammer Throw: BC Jr – 2, CAN Jr - 2 Canadian Junior Track & Field HIGHLIGHTS: National Legion Track & Field Championships – 2nd National Legion Track & Field Championships - 1st (Decathlon) Kaila Butler RANKINGS: Championships - 1st (2000m SC) Canada Summer Games - 7th (Decathlon) Pole Vault: BC Jr – 1, CAN Jr - 2 Club: Unattached British Columbia Canada Summer Games - 1st (3000m SC) RANKINGS: Coach: Brad Graham Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships Decathlon: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 1 Event: Hammer Throw, 57.72m Vikramjit Gondara - 3rd (3000m SC) Club: Valley Royals Track & Field Club Pole Vault: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 1 HIGHLIGHTS: RANKINGS: Canada Summer Games – 1st Coach: Harold Willers 2000m SC: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 1 Rowan Hamilton Events: Hammer Throw, 63.41m | Canadian Junior Track & Field Discus, 47.64m Club: Valley Royals Track & Championships – 2nd HIGHLIGHTS Jasneet Nijjar Field Club Club: Universal Athletics RANKINGS: Pan Am Junior Championships Coach: Harold Willers Hammer Throw: BC Jr – 3, CAN Jr - 3 - 8th (Hammer) Coach: Jessie Dosanjh Events: Hammer Throw, 69.54m Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships Events: 100m, 12.14 | 200m, 23.83 (BC Yth (CDN Yth Record) | - 1st (Hammer) Record) | 100m Hurdles, 14.13 Discus, 47.54m Junior Male Track & Field HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: Athlete of the Year Nominees RANKINGS: Canada Summer Games - 2nd (200m) Pan Am Junior Championships - 7th (Hammer) Discus: BC Jr - 1, CAN Jr - 4 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships National Legion Track & Field Championships Anastas Eliopoulos Hammer Throw: BC Jr – 1, CAN Jr - 1 - 4th (200m) - 1st (Hammer) Club: Vancouver Olympic Club RANKINGS: Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships Coach: Tatjana Mece Senior Female Track & Field 200m: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 2 - 2nd (Hammer) Event: 110m Hurdles, 13.36 (CDN Jr Athlete of the Year Nominees 100m: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 7 Record) | 100m, 10.81 RANKINGS: Alycia Butterworth 100m Hurdles: BC Yth – 2, CAN Yth - 6 Hammer Throw: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Club: Unattached British Columbia Discus: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth - 2 Pan Am Junior Championships - 2nd (110mH) Youth Male Track & Field Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships Coach: Pat McCurry - 1st (110mH) Event: 3000m SC, 9:44.13 Athlete of the Year Nominees Junior Female Track & Field RANKINGS: HIGHLIGHTS: Athlete of the Year Nominees 100m: BC Jr - 2, CAN Jr - 7 IAAF World Track & Field Bryce Mackenzie Championships – 26th 110m Hurdles: BC Jr – 1, CAN Jr - 1 Club: Golden Ears Athletics Camryn Rogers Canadian Track & Field Championships – 2nd Coach: Rick Lloyd Club: Kajaks Track & Field Club RANKINGS: Events: Long Jump, 6.84m | Kieran Lumb Coach: Garrett Collier 3000m SC: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr - 4 Triple Jump, 13.81m | Club: UBC Track & Field Club Events: Hammer Throw, 63.42m (CDN High Jump, 2.05m Coach: Chris Johnson Jr Record) | Shot Put, 13.65m Rachel Cliff HIGHLIGHTS: Events: 1500m, 3:51.35 | 5000m, 14:14.25 National Legion Track & Field Championships HIGHLIGHTS: Club: Unattached British Columbia Pan Am Junior Championships - 1st (Hammer) HIGHLIGHTS: - 3rd (Long Jump) Pan Am Junior Championships Coach: Richard Lee Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships Canada Summer Games - 12th (Long Jump) - 6th (5000m) Events: 5000m, 15:31.07 | - 1st (Hammer) 10,000m, 32:00.03 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships RANKINGS: - 13th (Long Jump) - 3rd (5000m) Rachel continued next page Hammer Throw: BC Jr – 1, CAN Jr - 1 Canada Summer Games - 14th (5000m) Bryce continued next column Shot Put: BC Jr – 2, CAN Jr - 5 8. Kieran continued next page 9. 2017 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees 2017 Road Runner of the Year Nominees Rachel Cliff continued... HIGHLIGHTS: Senior Male Track & Field Junior Female Road Runner of the Year Rachel Cliff IAAF World Track & Field Championships Athlete of the Year Nominees Club: Unattached - 20th (10,000m) Olivia Willett Coach: Richard Lee Club: Unattached / SFU Canadian Track & Field Championships - 4th (5000m) Evan Dunfee HIGHLIGHTS: Coach: Richard Willett / Brit Townsend Canadian 10K Championships – 1st Club: Racewalk West Canadian 10K Champion HIGHLIGHTS: NACAC 10K Championship – 3rd RANKINGS: Coach: Gerry Dragomir BC 5K Junior Champion 5000m: BC Sr - 1, CAN Sr - 5 Events: 20K Race Walk, 1:21:22 | St Patrick’s Day 5K – 1st Jr BC 10K Championship – 2nd 10,000m: BC Sr – 2, CAN Sr - 2 50K Race Walk, 3:46:03 Steveston Icebreaker 8K – 1st Jr Vancouver Sun Run 10K – 3rd HIGHLIGHTS: RANKINGS: New York Half- – 8th Christabel Nettey IAAF World Track & Field Championships 5K: 18:44, BC Jr – 2, CAN Jr – 4 RANKINGS: - 15th (50K RW) Club: Unattached 8K: 32:59, BC Jr – 3, CAN Jr – 4 10K: 33:35, BC – 2, CAN – 2 Canadian Track & Field Championships Half-Marathon: 1:12:07, BC – 1, CAN – 1 British Columbia - 2nd (20K RW) Coach: Jeremy Fischer Junior Male Road Runner of the Year Event: Long Jump, 6.92m RANKINGS: Senior Male Road Runner 20 K Race Walk: BC Sr – 2, CAN Sr - 2 Joshua Kozelj HIGHLIGHTS: of the Year Nominees IAAF World Track & Field Championships – 19th 50 K Race Walk: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr - 1 Club: UVic Track Club Canadian Track & Field Championships – 1st Coach: Brent Fougner Geoff Martinson HIGHLIGHTS: James Linde Club: Prairie Inn Harriers RANKINGS: Bazan Bay 5K – 1st Long Jump: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr - 1 Club: Coquitlam Cheetahs Coach: Richard Lee Coach: Tara Self Vancouver Sun Run 10K – 1st Jr HIGHLIGHTS: Alyx Treasure Events: 100m, 10.42 | 200m, 20.70 RANKINGS: Canadian Half-Marathon HIGHLIGHTS: 5K:15:17, BC Jr – 2, CAN Jr – 2 Championship – 2nd Club: Prince George Track Summer Universiade (FISU) - 2nd (200m) 8K: 25:34, BC Jr – 1, CAN Jr – 1 BC 10K Champion & Field Club Canadian Track & Field Championships 10K: 32:00, BC Jr – 1, CAN Jr – 1 BC Super Series Champion Coach: Cliff Rovelto - 4th (200m) Vancouver Sun Run 10K – 2nd Events: High Jump, 1.92m RANKINGS: RANKINGS: HIGHLIGHTS: Senior Female Road Runner 100m: BC Sr – 2, CAN Sr – 16 10K: 29:46, BC – 1, CAN – 1 IAAF World Track & Field Championships – 21st 200m: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr – 6 of the Year Nominees Half-Marathon: 1:04:28, BC – 1, CAN – 2 Canadian Track & Field Championships – 1st Dayna Pidhoresky Kevin Coffey RANKINGS: Michael Mason Club: Unattached High Jump: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr - 1 Club: Unattached Club: Nanaimo Track & Field Club Coach: Josh Seifarth Coach: Richard Lee HIGHLIGHTS: Natasha Wodak Coach: Jeff Huntoon HIGHLIGHTS: Event: High Jump, 2.30m IAAF World Championships Marathon-70th Canadian 10K Championship – 3rd Club: Prairie Inn Harriers HIGHLIGHTS: BC 5K Champion BC 5K Championship – 3rd Coach: Lynn Kanuka IAAF World Track & Field Around the Bay 30K Champion BC 10K Championship – 3rd Events: 5000m, 15:42.81 | TC10K Champion Championships – 18th RANKINGS: 10,000m, 31:55.47 Canadian Track & Field Championships – 1st RANKINGS: 5K: 14:48, BC – 5, CAN – 11 HIGHLIGHTS: 10K: 33:43, BC – 3, CAN – 3 RANKINGS: 10K: 30:21, BC – 3, CAN – 6 IAAF World Track & Field Half-Marathon: 1:13:45, BC – 5, CAN – 7 High Jump: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr - 2 Championships - 16th (10,000m) Marathon: 2:36:08, BC – 1, CAN – 2 Theo Hunt Canadian Track & Field Championships Ben Thorne Natasha Wodak Club: Unattached - 8th (5000m) Coach: Richard Lee Club: Racewalk West Club: Prairie Inn Harriers Canadian 10K Road Championships Coach: Lynn Kanuka HIGHLIGHTS: - 2nd Coach: Gerry Dragomir BC Super Series – 2nd HIGHLIGHTS: Events: 20K Race Walk, 1:21:16 Longest Day 5K Champion RANKINGS: Canadian 10K Championship – 2nd HIGHLIGHTS: Vancouver Sun Run 10K – 3rd BC 5000m: BC Sr - 2, CAN Sr - 7 BC 10K Champion IAAF World Track & Field RANKINGS: 10,000m: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr - 1 Championships – 51st BC Half-Marathon Champion BC Super Series Champion 5K: 15:05, BC – 11, CAN – 20 Canadian Track & Field Championships 8K: 25:06, BC – 6, CAN – 11 RANKINGS: – 1st 10K: 30:52, BC – 5, CAN – 11 RANKINGS: 10K: 33:52, BC – 4, CAN – 6 Half-Marathon: 1:12:58, BC – 2, CAN – 3 10. 20K Race Walk: BC Sr – 1, CAN Sr - 1 11. 2017 Cross Country Runners Of The Year 2017 Cross Country Runners Of The Year

Midget 14 Female Cross Country Midget 15 Male continued... Junior Male Cross Country Senior Female Cross Country Runner of the Year Keaton Heisterman Runner of the Year Runners of the Year Club: Nanaimo Track & Field Club Kieran Lumb Rachel Cliff Katelyn Stewart-Barnett Coach: Tyler Heisterman Club: Royal City Track & Field Club HIGHLIGHTS: Club: Vancouver Thunderbirds, UBC Club: Unattached Coach: Sean Dixon BC XC M15 Championships – 2nd Coach: Chris Johnson Coach: Richard Lee HIGHLIGHTS: BC High Schools Junior Championship HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: BC XC F14 Championships – 1st – 2nd (1st Grade 10) NACAC Junior Cross Country Championship -1st (T) BC Senior Championships – 3rd BC High Schools Junior Championship Canadian Youth XC Championship – 148th IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championship – 55th Canadian Senior Championships – 3rd – 3rd (2nd Grade 9) (1st Canadian) (1st BC Athlete) Age 14 Lower Mainland XC Series – 1st BC Junior Championships – 3rd (2nd BC Athlete) (undefeated in 4 races) Youth Female Cross Country NAIA Championships – 3rd Runner of the Year Canadian Junior Championships – 1st Place Natasha Wodak Midget 14 Male Cross Country Club: Prairie Inn Harriers Justine Stecko Senior Male Cross Country Coach: Lynn Kanuka Runner of the Year Club: Prairie Inn Harriers Runner of the Year HIGHLIGHTS: Coach: Bruce Deacon BC Senior Championships – 1st Matti Erickson HIGHLIGHTS: Lucas Bruchet Canadian Senior Championships – 4th Club: Kootenay Chaos (2nd BC Athlete) BC Junior Championships – 1st Club: Vancouver Thunderbirds Coach: Alex Ulaszonek BC High Schools Senior Championship Coach: Richard Lee HIGHLIGHTS: – 1st HIGHLIGHT: BC XC M14 Championships – 1st Canadian Junior Championship – 35th (4th BC Athlete) BC Senior Championships – 1st BC High Schools Junior Championship Canadian Senior Championships – 1st – 1st (1st Grade 9) Youth Male Cross Country Midget 15 Female Cross Country Runner of the Year Runner of the Year Zachary Wyatt Kendra Lewis Club: Langley Mustangs Club: Vancouver Olympic Club Coach: Dave Hetherington Para-Athletics Athletes Of The Year Coach: Besnik & Tatjana Mece HIGHLIGHTS: 2017 BC Youth Championship – 3rd HIGHLIGHTS: Liam Stanley Ness Murby BC XC F15 Championships – 1st (2nd BC Athlete) Club: Prairie Inn Harriers Club: Unattached British Age 15 Lower Mainland XC Series – 1st BC High Schools Senior Championship – 1st (undefeated in 5 races) Canadian Youth Championships – 79th Coach: Bruce Deacon Columbia (4th BC Athlete) EVENTS: Coach: Ingrid Ruys T37 1500m, 4:09.13 (CDN Record) | T37 EVENTS: Midget 15 Male Cross Country 800m, 2:03.11 (CDN Record) F11 Javelin, 26.24m (CDN Record) Runners of the Year Junior Women Cross Country HIGHLIGHTS: | F11 Discus, 30.05m Runner of the Year World Para Athletes Championships - HIGHLIGHTS: Jack Dannatt 2nd (T37 1500m) World Para Athletes Club: Hershey Harriers Jouen Chang Canadian Track & Field Championships Championships - 3rd (F11 Javelin) Coach: Cindy O’Krane & Darcie Club: Unattached, Trinity Western - 2nd (1500 Meter Run Para Ambulatory) Canadian Track & Field Championships Montgomery Coach: Mark Bomba Canadian Track & Field Championships - 1st (800 - 1st (Javelin Para Ambulatory) HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHLIGHTS: Meter Run Para Ambulatory) Canadian Track & Field Championships BC XC M15 Championships – 1st BC Junior Championships – 2nd RANKINGS: - 3rd (Discus Para Ambulatory) Canadian Youth XC Championship U Sports Championships – 39th T37 1500m: BC– 1, CAN – 1, World – 1 Rankings: – 106th (Canada West Rookie of the Year) T37 800m: BC– 1, CAN – 1, World - 2 F11 Javelin: BC – 1, CAN – 1, World – 2 Canadian Junior Championships – 16th (1st BC Athlete) F11 Discus: BC – 1, CAN – 1, World - 5 Midget 15 Male continued next column

12. 13. 2017 Masters Athletes Of The Year 2017 Coaching Excellence Awards Masters Road Running Masters Track Female Athlete of the Year Junior Development Junior / Senior Coach of the Year Female Athlete of the Year Christa Bortignon – W80 Coach of the Year Jillian Fong – F50 Christa won six gold medals at the WMA Garrett Collier Jillian had the highest age-graded result Championships including gold in the 60m, Ted de St. Croix Head Coach of Kajaks for her five best road races this year. She 200m and 400m. At the CMA/NCCWMA A track and field coach Track & Field Club, 2017 won all of her races in the F50 division, Championships, Christa won gold in for 13 years, Ted de St. saw Garrett Collier guide starting with the Ice Breaker in January the 100m and 200m. She broke seven and finishing with the Under Armour Eastside 10K. Canadian records on the track, specifically Croix leads the Ocean his throws group to Jillian set new BC road records in the 5K (18:05), the the indoor 50m, 60m, 200m and 400m Athletics JD program. A superb performances at 8K (29:46), and the 10K (37:18). She also bettered records, and the outdoor 100m, 200m and 200mH proponent of long-term the provincial, national, records. For the 2017 WMA Rankings, Christa is ranked the Vancouver Sun Run F50 record with a 36:47 athlete development, Ted’s and international performance. #1 in the world in seven track events across both indoor and outdoor disciplines. training is designed to meet levels. His athletes Masters Road Running the needs of developing won medals at the BC Championships, Junior Male Athlete of the Year Masters Track Male Athlete of the Year multi-ability athletes. Skill & Senior National Championships, Canada – M40 development, enjoyment, Summer Games, and the Pan American U20 Mark Bennett – M55 Marvin Johnson and social opportunities are the priority, with Championships. Building on their shared success Mark had the highest age-graded result Marvin broke the BC masters indoor for the male road runners this year, records in the 200m and 400m and an his athletes knowing he is having fun right along from the previous season, his athletes Camryn narrowly ahead of Kevin O’Connor. He outdoor record as part of a 4x100m with them. Ted is also committed to working Rogers and Chanell Botsis placed 1st and 3rd relay team. At the CMA/NCCWMA was within three seconds of the BC with the newer Ocean Athletics JD coaches, respectively at the Canadian Junior Track & Field record at the West Van 5K (16:57) and Championships, Marvin defeated some of the top American sprinters to win making sure they are receiving continued training Championships in the Hammer Throw. Rogers ran an excellent 35:12 in the Sun Run. In Canada, he is and Botsis both went on to compete for Canada the 2nd-ranked M55 athlete in the 5K, and 1st in the 8K the 100m and 400m. He is ranked #1 in and skill development, and ensuring they are and the aided 10K and half-marathon. Canada in these events. Marvin’s 400m becoming better coaches. He is a cornerstone of at the Pan Am Junior Championships, with time of 51.34 is #2 all-time in BC and ranks him #12 in the JD program. Rogers taking home Gold in the Hammer Throw the world for 2017. Masters Field Female Athlete of the Year with a national record-setting throw of 63.42m Midget / Youth Coach of the Year and Botsis placing 4th. Christa Bortignon – W80 Masters Cross Country For the 2017 track and field season, Female Athlete of the Year Jessie Dosanjh High-Performance Coach of the Year Christa broke a total of four world records and 12 Canadian records. She starting with – F50 Head coach and a Jill Delane Tara Self breaking the long and triple jump world Jill had the best female age-graded average founding member of records at the Canadian and BC Indoor at the BC and the Canadian Cross-Country Universal Athletics Club, Tara Self, herself a highly Championships. At the World Masters Championships. She was the first F50 Jessie Dosanjh has been successful sprinter and Championships, Christa broke world records in these finisher in the BC Championships and won Olympian, has come full same events outdoors, winning the gold medal in these coaching track and field the F50 division of the Vancouver Spirit events as well shot put. Christa again broke the outdoor athletes for almost two circle, currently leading a Run. Her performance helped the BC Masters team to world records in the long jump and triple jump while decades. A sprint/hurdle talented squad of sprinters a second-place finish in the provincial team competition winning gold at the CMA/NCCWMA Championships. at the Canadian Cross-Country Championships. specialist, Jessie works and hurdlers as the Head Masters Field Male Athlete of the Year to helps each athlete he Coach of the Coquitlam Masters Cross Country encounters reach their full potential. Under his Cheetahs. Over the past – M65 Reidar Zapf-Gilje Male Athlete of the Year guidance, a number of athletes had remarkable decade she has coached numerous provincial and Reidar is a multi-talented athlete who – M50 achievements in 2017. Standout performances of national champions in the sprints. This success competed in 18 different track and Kevin O’Connor continued in 2017, when she saw her athletes field events in 2017 and was ranked Kevin was the best age-graded male the season include Jasneet Nijjar’s new BC Youth #1 in Canada in 13 of them. He broke athlete at the BC and the Canadian Cross- 200m Record and Katarina Vlahovic earning represent Canada at three separate international nine BC records and two Canadian Country Championships. He was the top Bronze for Canada in the 100m Hurdles at the championships. Highlights from the season records. His Canadian record in the M50 athlete at both and had a great race Commonwealth Youth Games. Vlahovic also won include James Linde earning Silver in the 200m pentathlon ranks him #1 in the world. at the Canadian Championships with a Gold at the Canadian Junior Championships and at the Summer Universiade (FISU) and Benjamin He is also ranked #2 in the world in the 2000m SC 3rd place masters finish. His performance and 800m. Reidar excelled in all four jumping events helped the BC Masters team to a second-place finish in broke the BC High School 100m Hurdles Record. Ayesu-Attah’s winning Gold in the 400m at the and all five throwing events. At the CMA/NCCWMA the provincial team competition at the Canadian Cross- Jeux de la Francophonie. Championships, Reidar won eight gold medals. Country Championships. 14. 15. 2017 Excellence in Officiating Awards 2017 BC Athletics Annual Awards Dave Coupland Award– Inspirational Mary Temple Award – Novice Official The Dave Coupland Award is presented to a BC A registered Official who, in his/her first 5 years, has Athletics member who has been an inspiration for focused substantial effort on learning to be an official Officials; someone who has made it fun. as well as contributed willingly and unselfishly as a Jane Swan Award beginner Official. Ron Wichmann in the running community Cheryl & Wayne Elke provincially and afar. Betsy Rollins Ron Wichmann fell in Wayne and Cheryl Elke have love with track and field as an Ron believes in giving back been involved in track and Betsy Rollins began in athletics elementary school student and to athletes just as coaches gave field since their son joined the 55 years ago as a hurdler/ has been running ever since. In their time and expertise to him. Kamloops Track & Field Club long jumper in Trail, B.C. She 1984, as a teacher, Ron began During his 33 years of coaching, in 2006. Cheryl coached the sponsored and coached many coaching athletes on the school’s he has been instrumental in the Run Jump Throw program and Vancouver high school track fields. Soon more athletes success of the Chilliwack Track & was on the club executive, teams during her teaching were joining the group and the Field Club through support of JD and Wayne became the club equipment manager. career. After retirement, Betsy Chilliwack YMCA Running Club athletes and mentorship of other In 2007, they began officiating. In 2017, Wayne resumed competing with as a was born. The club eventually JD coaches. His goal for athletes received his Field Referee Throws Level 4 and Kajaks Masters athlete. Through club volunteer became known as the Chilliwack of all ages and abilities is to help them to improve their times, Cheryl received her Field Referee Throws Level hours, she became involved in officiating, bringing Track & Field Club. distances and general fitness in a 3. They like to travel to other meets and enjoy a wealth of experience. She has a wonderful way Ron has been the head coach of the CHWK since its inception, acting as positive, supportive environment. working with their fellow officials, coaches, meet with youngsters, and runs events firmly but with both a mentor and a role model, still competing For several years, Ron participated on the organizers and, most of all, interacting with the understanding. in track and road racing. Ron is respectful and BCA JD Committee. He was also instrumental in athletes. Wayne and Cheryl are also on the BCA Ralph Coates Memorial Award – encouraging, never disparaging in conversing lobbying the Chilliwack City and School District Officials Committee, on which Cheryl serves as the with athletes of all ages. He is well-known, liked, to build a track and field complex for the 1993 Provincial Upgrading Coordinator. Longstanding Service and respected by athletes, parents and coaches BC Summer Games. A registered Official who has contributed dependable, Ian McNeil Award – Official of the Year long term and versatile service to Track and Field. A registered Official who made an outstanding contri- bution to track and field and was conspicuous in their Iain Fisher excellence in the calendar year. The recipient is auto- Iain Fisher started his athletics Executive of the Year Award matically nominated for the ‘NOC Official of the Year’. career as a runner in 1961 with the Vancouver Olympic Club. Brian Thompson Shirley Young available, Shirley grasped His father soon became as an A long time BCA Official the technology and was a In 2017, Brian Thompson official, and even officiated as a and Competition Secretary, pioneer in the field. officiated 29 days of meets on starter at the 1976 Olympics. In Shirley Young was a Shirley soon began Vancouver Island and the Lower 1967, Iain followed his coach and tremendously hard working, helping other clubs and Mainland, ranging from club mentor Ivor Davies in organizing committed, knowledgeable, associations, and became and school meets to provincial the cross-country races at Brockton Oval, in and dedicated member of the “go to” person for championships. He was invited Stanley Park. So began his officiating career. our Provincial Association. managing meet entries and officiated at the Canadian Highlights of Iain’s career include officiating Shirley was one of only and results. Her skills were Legion Track & Field Youth Championships at the 1994 ; being on three Nationally-listed remarkable, her devotion in Brandon, Manitoba. Brian is chair of the the start line for all races at the 2001 IAAF Competition Secretaries. even greater. Her support BC Athletics Officials Committee, working to World Championships; being on the organizing In the early 1980’s Shirley was initiated as for the sport and her work ethic will never be deliver the officiating policies and program for committees of the last six Canadian Cross-Country a parent at South Fraser Track and Field Club, forgotten. Shirley was previously recognized by BC BC. In addition, Brian is an active member of Championships held in Vancouver and being quickly becoming the club president, a member Athletics as the recipient of the Dave Coupland the National Officials Committee (NOC) sub- inducted into the BC Athletics Hall of Fame in of the Officials’ Committee, and the Provincial Advisor to the BC Summer Games. Shirley Inspirational Award and the Ralph Coates committee on pathways and education. Brian 2007. Iain’s favourite memory as an official is started completing the meet results for her Longstanding Service Award. Respected by benefits from a very supportive wife (Laura), working with the amazing volunteer team of BC own club, and once electronic results became all, Shirley Young is a beloved and true legend. daughters (Alix, Emma) and son (Anthony - also Athletics officials, the “best in Canada.” Iain is an official), all of whom are great sources of ideas active in encouraging athletes to give back to our and inspiration. sport as coaches, officials, or administrators, once 16. their competitive career is over. 17. 2017 BC Athletics Annual Awards 2017 BC Athletics Annual Awards

BC Athletics Hall Of Fame Inductees, 2017 BC Athletics Hall Of Fame Inductees, 2017

MAURICE TARRANT - ATHLETE world record time. - USA Masters Track & Field Championships: 22 gold - Set and still holds 19 BC and five Canadian records. aurice Tarrant’s assault on - Gold in the 400m and the 5K at the World Masters medals. - Set a single-age world record (2:47:28) for the M63 the Canadian Masters Athletics championships in Sacramento, Calif. HONOURS marathon. record book began in the - Being named BC Athletics Masters Female Road - Twice selected as the Canadian Masters Field - At 64, ran the marathon in 2:47:02. late 1980s. Since then, he has broken Runner of the Year. Athlete of the Year. BC ATHLETICS MASTERS AWARDS more than 50 Canadian records. While In 2012, at 81, Lenore improved both her record - Three times BC Athletics Masters Male Athlete of - Male Road Running Athlete of the Year 10 times. most of his racing was done in British times from the previous year and was named CMA the Year. - Male Cross Country Athlete of the Year six times. Columbia, he did compete at the: Athlete of the Month for July 2012 and inducted into - 2006 Sport BC Masters Athlete of the Year. - Male Track & Field Athlete of the Year twice. MWorld Athletics Veterans Association (now World the Canadian Masters Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012. John continues to give back to the - Over his running career Herb has been a member of Masters Athletics) Championships in Eugene, Ore. BC Athletics is honoured to induct into the BC through his volunteer work as: both the Kajaks Track & Field Club and the Prairie and Buffalo, N.Y. where he won gold and bronze. Athletics Hall of Fame Lenore Montgomery, a true - A coach for the West Vancouver Track and Field Inn Harriers, served as a director of the BC Athletics World Masters Games in Edmonton where he won proponent and champion of Athletics as a Sport Club for five years and two years as president. Masters Committee for eight years - four as chair. three golds in the M75 category. for Life. - Combined events coach for the UBC track and field Inducted into the CMA Hall of Fame in 2017 BC His dominance however is most evident in the - ATHLETE team. Athletics is honoured to induct Herb Phillips into the Vancouver Island Road Race Series where, in eight JOHN HAWKINS xcelling in both high jump and - Canadian Masters Athletics multi-events records BC Athletics Hall of Fame. races from 5K to half-marathon, Maurice has won his while attending chair. age category EVERY YEAR since 1988. AVRIL DOUGLAS - ATHLETE UBC, John Hawkins’ success Inducted into the CMA Hall of Fame in 2015, BC vril Douglas’ running career GIVING BACK - Every spring Maurice: and involvement in track & field has Athletics is honoured to induct John Hawkins into began in the early 90s in - Coaches a training group for the Victoria 10K. continued for more than five decades. the BC Athletics Hall of Fame. the W45 age division. In - Coordinates the course marshals for the Royal His track & field achievements - ATHLETE 1993, she set a Canadian masters Victoria Marathon. include: HERB PHILLIPS record in the W45 200m, a record that - For many years directed his club’s race in the Island erb Phillips has been the most E- 1st Canadian to clear 7 feet in the high jump stands today. In 1996, Avril broke five Series. successful long-distance runner - 1970 Commonwealth Games silver medal ever in BC Masters Athletics, Canadian masters records in the W50 Maurice still holds 16 BC Masters Road RECORDS - - 1971 competing in events from 800m on A100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and added the mile Running and 10 BC masters track records. - 1972 Olympian the track to 100K on the Road. His record the following season. Inducted into the Canadian Masters Athletics Hall - 1973 World Student Games bronze medal accomplishments include: Competing in the W55 age group at the 2001 of Fame in 2010, BC Athletics is very proud and - 1973 Pan-Pacific Games gold medal - 1988 M45 Canadian Masters 10K Road Canadian Masters Championships, Avril broke all honoured to welcome Maurice Tarrant into the BC As a masters athlete John has: HChampion and the Vancouver Marathon, three Canadian masters sprint records in the 100m, Athletics Hall of Fame. - Competed in 12 Canadian Masters Track & Field Marathon, Victoria Marathon and the USA Masters 200m and 400m and, in doing so, set world masters LENORE MONTGOMERY - ATHLETE Championships. Marathon Champion. W55 records at 200m and 400m. She still holds four Canadian masters records at 200m (W45: 27.15), rue to the value of Sport for Life, Lenore - Won 39 gold, seven silver and six bronze medals in - 1992 to 2007 - 11-time Canadian Masters Cross- 400m (W45: 60.02 and W55: 62.40) and mile (W55: Montgomery began running in masters a range of events including high jump, pole vault, Country Champion. 5:41.38). road races when she was 53. Her assault long jump, discus, javelin, hurdles, pentathlon and - 2000 - M60 Ultra Marathon Champion (Canadian on the Canadian masters record books throws pentathlon. 100K, World 100K, Haney to Harrison 100K). In International success has been a part of Avril’s began 20 years later. addition he also won the M60 NCCWMA 10K, success in athletics. She won silver in the 800m MASTERS RECORDS and bronze in the 400m at the 1993 World Masters In 2003, when she was 73, Lenore broke - Broke Canadian Masters records 37 times in High the TC 10K, Hawaii 10K, Vancouver Sun 10K, the the W70 Canadian Record for 5,000m and San Francisco Marathon, two Vancouver Half- Championships in Japan and then again in 2000 with jump (M40, M45, M50, M55, M60), Pole vault (M55), five golds at the North American, Central American Tcaptured gold in the 5000m and silver in Decathlon (M50, M55), and Long Jump (M55). , BC 5K Championship, BC Cross- 1,500m at the Canadian Masters Track & Country Championship, Canadian Cross-Country and Caribbean WMA Championship in Kamloops, - Currently John has 12 Canadian Masters records in Field Championships. Lenore established Championship, and three gold at the Hayward B.C. the outdoor High jump (M40, M50, M55, M60), Pole World and Canadian records at distances Classic T&F meet in Eugene. She competed for the Richmond Kajaks Track & Field vault (M55) and decathlon (M55) and indoor records from 400m to 10K in the W70, W75 and Club under the coaching of her long-time coaches in the high jump, heptathlon and pentathlon. Herb’s success continued when, in 2015, his M75 age W80 categories, with her 5000m record from 2003 group 5,000m time of 20:51.35 ranked him #2 in the Rod Palmer and JJ Schmidt and gives back to the - World and International Masters Track & Field still standing. world for his age group. club by coaching the Kajaks’ Track Rascals program. Championships In 2011 Lenore’s outstanding performances, records Herb has: Inducted into the Canadian Masters Athletics Hall - Nine World Masters Championships: four gold, five and honours continued with: - Competed in 1,042 races. of Fame in 2011 and chosen as BC Athletics Masters silver and five bronze. Women Athlete of the Year four times, BC Athletics - Canadian record in the W80 800m - Logged 102,641 miles (this is more than 4 times - Two World Masters Games: two gold and one silver is honoured to welcome Avril Douglas to the BC - A world record in the 1,500m. around Earth). medal. Athletics Hall of Fame. - A W80 victory in the prestigious Carlsbad 5000, in

18. 19. 2017 Canadian Teams Recognition 2017 Canadian Teams Recognition

NACAC 10K IPC World Championships FEB. 26, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO JULY 14 – 23, , GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Lucas Bruchet 10K Vancouver TBIR NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Rachel Cliff 10K Vancouver UNBC Ness Murby F11 Javelin Salt Spring Island UNBC Tristan Smyth T54 4x400m Maple Ridge WCRS Liam Stanley T37 1500m Victoria PIHR Pan American Cross-Country Championships Bruce Deacon Team Coach Victoria PIHR MARCH 4, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA Lisa Myers Team Coach Victoria BCWS NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Dr. Duriell Bernard Chiropractor Port Moody Hannah Bennison 5K Vernon OACS Nathan Garrison Massage Therapist Victoria Lisa Brooking 8K Surrey LANG Dr. Melina Thibodeau Team Physician Victoria Kieran Lumb 6.5K Vancouver TBIR Bruce Deacon Team Coach Victoria PIHR Mark Gottfried Physiotherapist Victoria Commonwealth Youth Games IAAF World Cross-Country Championships JULY 18 – 23, NASSAU, BAHAMAS MARCH 26, KAMPALA, UGANDA NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Paul Fisher 400m Vancouver TBIR NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Hannah Bennison 6K Vernon OACS Dolly Gabri Shot Put / Discus Surrey CTC1 Lisa Brooking 10K Surrey LANG Alexa Porpaczy High Jump Surrey VRTC Kieran Lumb 8K Vancouver TBIR Katarina Vlahovic 100m Hurdles Surrey UATH Lynn Kanuka Head Coach Surrey OATF Gillian Wright Team Manager Vancouver UNBC Chris Napier Physiotherapist Vancouver Pan American Junior Championships Dr. Melina Thibodeau Team Physician Victoria JULY 21 – 23, TRUJILLO, PERU

NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB IAAF World Relays Chanell Botsis Hammer Throw Richmond KJAK MAY 4 – 5, NASSAU, BAHAMAS Jason Clare Pole Vault Nanaimo NTFC NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Joel Della Siega High Jump Vancouver TBIR Ben Ayesu-Attah 4x400m Coquitlam COQC Anastas Eliopoulos 110m Hurdles Vancouver VOC Whitney Rowe 4x400m Burnaby UNBC Vikramjit Gondara Hammer Throw Abbotsford VRTC Dr. Duriell Bernard Chiropractor Port Moody Rowan Hamilton Hammer Throw Chilliwack VRTC Quinn Litherland 400m / 4*100m Vancouver TBIR Pan American Race Walking Cup Kieran Lumb 5,000m Vancouver TBIR MAY 13 – 14, , PERU Keira McCarrell Javelin / Heptathlon Abbotsford UNBC

NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Taryn O’Neill 3,000m Lake Country OAC Mathieu Bilodeau 50km Racewalk Vancouver WALK Camryn Rogers Hammer Throw Richmond KJAK Evan Dunfee 20km Racewalk Richmond WALK Janet Neufield Team Manager New Westminster UNBC Alger Liang 10km Racewalk Vancouver WALK Benjamin Thorne 20km Racewalk Kitimat WALK Gerry Dragomir Head Coach Vancouver WALK

20. 21. 2017 Canadian Teams Recognition 2017 Canadian Teams Recognition Jeux de la Francophonie IAAF World Championships JULY 21 – 30, ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST AUG. 4 – 13, LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN & N.I

NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Spencer Allen Pole Vault Kamloops UNBC Mathieu Bilodeau 50 km Racewalk Québec City WALK Ben Ayesu-Attah 400m / 4*400m Coquitlam COQC Alycia Butterworth 3000m SC Parksville UNBC Ryan Brockerville 3000m SC Marystown, N.L. UNBC Lindsey Butterworth 800m North Vancouver CTC1 Lindsey Butterworth 800m North Vancouver CTC1 Rachel Cliff 10,000m Vancouver BCEP Helen Crofts 800m West Vancouver UNBC Evan Dunfee 50 km Racewalk Richmond WALK Erica Digby 5,000m Vancouver TBIR Liz Gleadle Javelin Vancouver TBIR John Gay 3000m SC Kelowna TBIR Michael Mason High Jump Nanoose Bay NTFC Justin Kent 1500m Surrey CTC1 Christabel Nettey Long Jump Surrey UNBC Kendra Pomfret 1500m / 5,000m Roberts Creek TBIR Dayna Pidhoresky Marathon Vancouver UNBC Brendon Restall 800m Victoria UVIC Ben Thorne 20 km Racewalk Kitimat WALK Jessica Smith 800m North Vancouver VRTC Alyxandria Treasure High Jump Prince George PGTF Lauren Stuart Hammer Throw Kamloops UNBC Jillian Weir Hammer Throw Kingston, Ont. UNBC Rostam Turner Decathlon Kelowna OAC Natasha Wodak 10,000m Surrey PIHR Pat Sima-Ledding Team Coach Kelowna OAC Dr. Paddy McCluskey Team Physician Victoria Patricia Roney Physiotherapist Victoria Dr. Simon Pearson Chiropractor Victoria Dr. Erik Yuill Chiropractor Vancouver Dr. Trent Stellingwerff IST Lead/Physiologist Victoria

World Mountain Running Championship Summer Universiade Games (FISU) JULY 30, PREMANA, ITALY AUG. 19 – 30, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Annika Austin 4K Vancouver TBIR Spencer Allen Pole Vault Kamloops UNBC Adele Blaise-Sohnius 8K Germany UNBC Ben Ayesu-Attah 400m / 4*400m Coquitlam COQC Aidan Doherty 8K West Vancouver HHAC Agnes Esser Discus / Hammer Throw Victoria UNBC Adrienne Gomes 8K Squamish UNBC John Gay 3000m SC Kelowna TBIR Chantelle Groenewoud 8K Vancouver CVSC Nathan George 400m / 4*400m Pitt Meadows COQC Ross Henderson 8K North Vancouver HHAC James Linde 100m / 200m / 4*100m Coquitlam COQC Kieran Lumb 8K Vancouver TBIR Sullivan Parker Shot Put Tofino UNBC Austin Sutherland 8K North Vancouver HHAC James Turner Decathlon Kelowna OAC Regan Yee 1500m Langley LANG Carolyn Daubeny Massage Therapist Vancouver IPC World Para Athletics Junior Championships Sheldan Gmitroski Team Coach Victoria AUG. 3 – 6. NOTTWIL, SWITZERLAND

NAME EVENT HOMETOWN CLUB Michael Barber T20 1500m Victoria PIHR David Johnson T12 100m Saanichton VICS

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