Paige Deedman competes in long jump

Royal City Track and Field Club athletes took home 22 medals, 74 top 8 performances and a meet record as well at the June 13-14 Jesse Bent Memorial Meet at the Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam. Celebrating its 20 Year Anniversary as a club in New Westminster, Royal City Track and Field Club turned out 46 competitive athletes at the meet.

Top 8 Performance highlights at the meet included:

On the Track:

• Emily Chilton’s 5th place finish in the 16/17 year old 800m with a huge pb time of 2:21:24
• Lauren Vanee’s 7th in 400m hurdles for 16/17 girls
• Grace Fetherstonhaugh’s new meet record and gold medal in the 1200m with a time of 3:40:08 in the 14/15 year old girls’ category
• 15 year old Taylor Morrison’s silver medal, pb in the 1500m racewalk
• Devin Strome’s 8th place in 80m hurdles
• 15 year old Finnley Cookson’s 5th place finish in 800m with a time of 2:18:07
• Gavin Fan’s 8th place finish in the 14/15 boys’ 1200m (first meet)
• Max Jones’ 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th place in 200m hurdles, 100m hurdles, 100m dash and 200m dash
• 14 year old Jeremy Belcher’s bronze in 200m hurdles and 5th in 100m
• 14 year old Shea Janke’s 6th place in 1200m
• 14 year old Ryan Jensen’s 5th and 6th place in 200m hurdles and 100m hurdles
• 12 year old Shankara Rajkumar’s  bronze medal in 300m and 7th in 200m
• 13 year old Emma Celle’s 7th place in 300m
• 13 year old Emma Dolman’s 6th place finish in the 1200m run with a notable 40 seconds off her previous pb which is definitely worth a mention!
• 13 year old Lauren Sidhu’s 7th place finishes in 100m dash, 800m and 8th in 300m (first meet)
• 12 year old Katelyn Stewart-Barnett’s silver medals in 800m and 1200m
• 12 year old Riley Storms’ 5th place in 800m and 8th place in 80m hurdles
• 11 year old Monika Arcadi’s 7th and 8th place in the 600m and 1000m
• Annika Yong’s 6th in 100m and 8th in 60m for 10 year old girls
• 10 year old Noah Duke’s 4th place finish in 1000m 6th place in 600m and 7th place in 60m hurdles
• 9 year old Livia Russo’s 4th place in 60m
• 9 year old Noah Brolin’s bronze medals in 60m and 100m and 6th in 600m
• 9 year old Markus Savela’s 8th place in 100m finals

Throws:

• Lauren Vanee’s silver medal in javelin for 16/17 girls
• Brianna Bates’ silver medal  in the 14/15 year old girls’ javelin
• Devin Strome’s 5th in shot put
• 14 year old Jenevieve Patry-Smith came away with 4 medals: gold in javelin and bronze in hammer, discus and shot put
• 14 year old Joelle Pinvidic’s 4th in hammer throw
• 14 year old Jack Foster’s 5th place finish in shot put with a throw of over 10 (first meet)
• 13 year old Lauryn Savela’s silver medal in javelin with a pb throw of 27.18 and 6th place in discus (pbs all around)
• 13 year old Emma Celle’s 5th place in discus
• 11 year old Shivan Rajkumar’s top 10 finish in shot put
• Levi Tuura’s 8th in shot put
• 9 year old Amy Perera’s 4th place in shot put
• 9 year old Noah Brolin’s gold medal in shot put
• 9 year old Markus Savela’s 8th place in shot put

Jumps:

• Devin Strome’s 5th in high jump for 14/15 girls
• 15 year old Finnley Cookson’s 4th place finish in pole vault (first meet)
• Jeremy Belcher’s 4th and 6th place in 14/15 year old boys’ triple jump and long jump
• Jack Foster’s bronze medal in triple jump for 14/15 year old boys (first meet)
• Ryan Jensen’s 5th place in 14/15 triple jump
• Max Jones’ silver medal in pole vault and 8th in long jump
• 13 year old Lauryn Savela’s silver medal in pole vault (first meet for event)
• 12 year old Kate Stewart-Barnett’s bronze in high jump
• 11 year old Paige Deedman’s 7th place in high jump (at her first meet)
• 11 year old Cameron Dewith’s gold medal in high jump
• 10 year old Andrew Murray’s 6th in long jump (first meet)
• Levi Tuura’s 7th in high jump (first jump at meet)
• Livia Russo’s silver medal in high jump for 9 year old girls
• 9 year old Amy Perera’s 6th place in long jump
• 9 year old Markus Savela’s 5th place finish in long jump (first meet jump)
• Coach Alex Bouzane’s silver medal in pole vault with a jump of 3.90 in the masters’ category

Also congratulations to all the athletes who competed at the meet in their first ever competitions and to all athletes who accomplished personal best (pb) performances whether you made top 8 or not!

Full meet results can be viewed at:

Jesse Bent results 2015