Track & Field Team Provincial Champions

Congratulations to our Track and Field team who came home with two new championships from the BC High School Track & Field Championships last week: the Senior Female Team Championship & the BC Senior Combined Team Championship. Led by Seniors Aaryanna Kurucz, Emily Morley, & Mateya Haintz, the defending BC Champion Girls outscored powerhouse Oak Bay Secondary to dominate the Senior Girls division & also lead the team to win the entire Senior Combined Division Championship.
BC Champions include:

Senior Division

Aaryanna Kurucz – 400m Hurdles, 4 x 400m Relay, 4 x 100m Relay
Emily Morley – Heptathlon, 4 x 100m Relay, 4 x 400m Relay
Jade Lenton – 4 x 100m Relay, 4 x 400m Relay
Khra Le – 4 x 100m Relay, 4 x 400m Relay
Alina Olson – 4 x 100m Relay
Mina Lillieheier – 4 x 400m Relay

* The Senior Girls have now won the 4 x 400m event at the BC Championships for three years straight, recording a blistering time Saturday of 4:01.00 to take the Gold medal for the third straight year.

Junior Division

Nico Aron – 400m, 800m
Aiden Grout – High Jump
Elliott Payne – Javelin (New BC Championship record of 59.11meters)

Grade 8 Division

Paige Johnson – High Jump

Other notable results included:

Mateya Haintz – Silver medals in Hammer Throw, Discus & a 5th in shot put
Aaryanna Kurucz – silver medal in 400m
Kaia Haintz – Bronze medal in Racewalk (Junior)
Jade Lenton – 5th in 400m (Junior)
Mina Lilleheier – 7th in 3000m
Matt Liosis – 8th in 400m hurdles
Jake Loftus – 5th in javelin
Emily Morley – 5th in Javelin; 4th in 400m Hurdles & 100m hurdles;
Spencer Morrison – 4th in javelin(Junior)
Ilse Rafter – 8th in 1500m Steeplechase