The Coquitlam Cheetahs Track and Field Club ran, jumped and threw their way to 10 provincial titles at the BC Track and Field Championships which took place in Kamloops from July 8-10. The Cheetahs were led by Nathan George, the Canadian Champion in the 400m run, who stepped down in distance to win the BC title in the 200m.
Twins Makenna and Delaney Self raced to two wins each in the U16 age category and were named to the BC team which will be competing in the Canadian Legion Track and Field Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec from August 6-8. Makenna completed the sprint double by winning both the 100m and 200m and Delaney swept the hurdle events by winning the 80m hurdles and the 300m hurdles. Delaney also added a silver medal in the high jump.
Also securing spots on the BC team were Calib Gruninger who won the U18 100m and was second in the 200m and Marty Bajarunas who was victorious in the U18 javelin and was third in the high jump. Other Cheetahs provincial champions included Liepa Bajarunas who followed her brother's victory in the javelin with a win in the women's U20 event, and Devon Meadows who led start to finish to win the U20 800m. The final Cheetah provincial champion was Joshua Adehmar in the 400m hurdles. Josh was the bronze medalist at the recent Canadian Championships held in Langley, BC.
Cheetahs athletes had an outstanding weekend and secured 21 medals and 41 top ten results in total. Here is a complete list of results:
Gold Medal
Nathan George Open 200m
Calib Gruninger U18 100m
Makenna Self U16 100m
Makenna Self U16 200m
Delaney Self U16 80m hurdles
Delaney Self U16 300m hurdles
Marty Bajarunas U18 Javelin
Liepa Bajarunas U20 Javelin
Josh Adehmar Open 400m hurdles
Devon Meadows U20 800m
Silver Medal
Payton Young U18 Shotput
Kalima Ngobi U18 400m
Kalima Ngobi U18 Long Jump
Calib Gruninger U18 200m
Delaney Self U16 High Jump
Anthony Amenta U20 100ms
Anthony Amenta U20 200m
Ella Madson U18 2000m steeplechase
Bronze Medal
Svetlana Khrisanova U16 High Jump
Kai Hussein U20 Shotput
Marty Bajarunas U18 High Jump
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4th Serena Kennedy-Hailu U18 100m
4th Kalima Ngobi U18 400m Hurdles
4th Svetlana Khrisanova U16 Javelin
5th Payton Young U18 Discus
5th Ella Madsen U18 1500m
5th Svetlana Khrisanova U16 80m Hurdles
5th Josh Adehmar Open 200m
5th Robin Rohu U18 400m Hurdles
5th Serena Kennedy-Hailu U18 200m
7th Tinashe Viriri 100m
7th Svetlana Khrisanova U16 Long Jump
8th Jayden Wong U18 400m
8th Tinashe Viriri 200m
9th Robin Rohu U18 Long Jump
9th Timothy Siau U20 800m
9th Ava Nouraei U16 200m
9th Michela Beuthin U18 100m
9th Matthew Custodio U18 100m
10th Michela Beuthin U18 200m
10th Ava Nouraei U16 100m
12th Kate Parhar U16 100m
16th Kate Parhar U16 200m
20th Camdyn McLaughlin U16 100m