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Abbotsford athletes take home medals

Local high school athletes excel at Fraser Valley track and field championships
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Abbotsford athletes excelled at the Fraser Valley Track and Field Championships in Coquitlam last week, and the next stop for medal winners is the provincials next weekend.

The most decorated senior boys athlete was W.J. Mouat’s Vikram Gondara, who took home gold medals in both the senior boys discus and hammer throw.

The Grade 12 student out threw his competition by over three metres in the discus and over two metres in the hammer throw. Gondara set the BC high school record for hammer throw at the provincials last year.

Overall, Mouat won the Fraser Valley championship for the senior boys division, highlighted by the Hawks gold medal win in the 4X100 m relay. The Hawks edged out Mission by .79 of a second to take home the gold.

The Hawks senior boys team also saw gold medal wins from Amrin Bhangu (1500m race walk) and Jacob Kooy (110m hurdles).

Robert Bateman’s Greg Porier scored his school’s lone medal at the event, winning gold in the senior boys shot put. Poirier beat out the second place competitor by nearly two metres.

The MEI Eagles Tamara Alexander earned that school’s lone medal in senior competition, picking up a silver medal in the girls long jump.

Rick Hansen got on the medal board thanks to Mitchell Sever, who earned a bronze in the senior boys 100m hurdles.

The Abbotsford Christian School Knights had their lone senior gold medal thanks to Janessa Minderhoud, who was tops in the girls pole vault. Gideon Brandsma (boys 110m hurdles) and Emma Conway (girls high jump) earned a silvers for the school, with Cameron Vanderveen (senior boys pole vault) and Kene Ubajaka (senior boys shot put) picking up bronze medals.

In junior competition, Abbotsford Traditional’s Udesh Narang scored his school’s lone gold medal in the boys hammer throw. Narang dominated the competition, out hurling the second place competitor by over five metres.

Junior Hawks athletes also fared well at the event, with Rachel Mortimer earning a bronze in the girls 3000m and a silver in the 1500m. Tiese Unruh (silver, junior girls discus throw), Nathan Hausermann (silver, junior boys 400m) and Kihomi Adhema (bronze, junior girls hammer throw) all also picked up medals.

Knights athletes excelled in junior competition, with the following athletes earning medals: Jessica Kampman (silver, 1500m girls steeplechase), Jaelyn Dragt (gold, girls triple jump), Johannah Brandsma (silver, girls triple jump), Riley Hall (silvers in boys 3000m and 1500m steeplechase), Cole Brandsma (silver in boys high jump and bronze in triple jump), Logan Onderwater (gold, boys pole vault), Matthew Taekema (bronze, boys pole vault), Brendan Visser (silver, boys 1500m race walk), Levi De Greeff (bronze, boys 1500m race walk), Cassie Brandsma (bronze, girls high jump) and a silver in the girls 4X400m relay.

Eagles junior athletes picking up medals included: Cailin Bitter (bronze, junior girls discus), Kyla Smith (bronze, junior girls javelin), Rajvir Brar (silver, boys hammer throw), Dan Ko (gold, boys triple jump), a silver in the boys 4X100 relay and a bronze in the boys 4X400m relay.

Also in junior competition, Yale’s Amardeep Mann picked up his school’s lone medal at the event with a bronze in the boys 800m.

Grade 8 medal winners at the event were: Raya Brandsma (ACS, silver in girls 80m hurdles and bronze in triple jump), Lexie Kampman (ACS, silver in girls high jump), Matthew Trent (ACS, gold in boys 3000m), Spencer Langelaar (ACS, silver in boys long jump and triple jump and bronze in discus), Abby Gamache (MEI, bronze in girls 80m hurdles), Anya Peters (MEI, bronze in girls javelin), Josh Carsience (MEI, bronze in boys 1500m and javelin) and Trey Smith (MEI, bronze in boys shot put and silver in javelin).

Next up for Abbotsford athletes is the BC high school track and field championships, which run from June 1 to 3 in Langley.



Ben Lypka

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I joined the Abbotsford News in 2015.
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