RCTFC’s 11 year old relay team wins gold (l-r: Charlotte Taylor, Kate Bowles, Sydney Christiansen and Kaitlyn Biedka)

An outstanding 24 JD athletes represented Royal City Track and Field Club at the May 16-17 South Fraser Junior Olympics Trackmeet at Bear Creek Park in Surrey. Performances by all of the athletes contributed to Royal City Track and Field Club placing 5^th overall out of the 22 competing track and field clubs at the meet. Congratulations to all of the athletes who participated in the meet for accomplishing their own PBs and wins!

Special recognition to Kenan Burrows, Annika Yong, Kaitlyn Biedka, Nicole Blatherwick, Katherine Martin, Noah Duke and Levi Tuura for competing in their first trackmeet as a Royal City Track and Field Club athlete and accomplishing personal best performances in their events!

Highlights included excellent performances against competitors by the following RCTFC relay teams:

• Bronze Medal win by the 11-year old 4 x 100m relay team (Kate Bowles, Charlotte Taylor, Grace Hodges and Kaitlyn Biedka) and Gold for the 11-year old 4 x 200m relay team (Kate Bowles, Charlotte Taylor, Sydney Christiansen and Kaitlyn Biedka)
• Silver Medal win by the 13-year old 4 x 200m relay team (Elizabeth Bowles, Emma Celle, Emma Dolman and Lauryn Savela) and also Bronze for the same team in the 4 x 100m
• Bronze Medal win by the 11-year old 4 x 100m relay team (Nicole Blatherwick, Katherine Martin, Livia Russo and Annika Yong)

Other Top 8 performances for individual competition included:

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• (9 year old girls)-in an impressive array of events, Livia Russo took gold in 60m dash and 100m, as well as silver in 600m, 4^th in high jump and shot put and 6^th in long jump
• (9 year old boys)-4^th place in shot put for Marcus Savela
• (10 year old girls)-8^th in high jump for Katherine Martin and 6^th place in shot put for Nicole Blatherwick
• (10 year old boys)-6^th place for Noah Duke in 1000m, 8^th place for Levi Tuura in 1000m and a strong 4^th place for Levi in 600m
• (11 year old girls)-Monika Arcadi won well this weekend with three bronze medals for 600m, long jump and high jump as well as 4^th in 1000m and 6^th in shot put, 8^th place for Grace Hodges in the finals for 60m dash, a pair of silver medals for Emily Bowles for performances in 600m and 1000m, 4^th place for Kate Bowles in the 600m and an impressive 5^th place in long jump against of field of almost 30 competitors
• (11 year old boys)-Cameron Dewith won well with a silver medal in 1000m, 6^th place in long jump and 7^th place in shot put, while teammate Shivan Rajkumar took the 6^th place ribbon for shot put
• (12 year old girls)-Katelyn Stewart-Barnett took home a pair of silver medals for the 800m and the 1200m and also took 4^th for high jump and 7^th for long jump and teammate Shankara Rajkumar took the silver medal for her strong 300m performance
• (13 year old girls)-Emma Dolman won 6^th place in 300m and also in the 800m while teammate Emma Celle took 5^th place in high jump, 6^th in discus, 7^th in 800m run and 11^th place in long jump (against a field of 22 competitors), Elizabeth Bowles won well with 4^th place in 800m and 5^th in 1200m and Lauryn Savela took 4^th in discus throw and 10^th in high jump

Congratulations to all of the athletes for their hard work at practices paid off!

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