Valley Royals Track & Field Club

A big congratulations goes out to our nine athletes from the Valley Royals Distance Group who represented us at the Canadian Cross Country Championships this past weekend in Ottawa Ontario.

Maggie Epp, Zoe Unger, Adrianna Buitelaar, Riley Simmonds, Sam May, Santos Svelander, Mark Molina, Miles Graham, and Arata Nakanishi took on the best in our Country on a frosty day at Terry Fox athletic facility in Mooney’s Bay. Sam May and Adrianna Buitelaar led the way with top 20 finishes in the U18 men’s and women’s races that had over three hundred and two hundred and seventy five runners respectively. Miles Graham moved to a new level with an outstanding 46^th position finish in the U 18 race and all of our runners represented us proudly in what was for most their first Cross Country experience at the National Level.

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Our Royals athletes and families did us proud at this weekend’s BC High School Cross Country Championships. Competing against the best runners in the province our athletes rose to the occasion and displayed tonnes of heart on the way to some outstanding performances.

 

Adrianna Buitelaar took the pace out hard from the start to lead a field of almost 300 runners and claim her first BC High School Cross Country title in the Junior Girls race.

Riley Simmonds also ran an outstanding race in the Junior Boys division to capture the silver medal against an extremely talented field, including Canadian 2k record holder Arjun Sandhu. 

Miles Graham had a fine race in the Senior Boys Single A division to claim the Bronze Medal – an outstanding accomplishment for this young man. 

William Steiger stepped up his game with a first-rate 26^th place finish in the Junior Boys to lead his MEI team to a Silver Medal performance, and Arata Nakanishi and Samuel Rasquinha also moved to a new level with an outstanding 16^th  place and 68^th place in the senior boys AAA race.

A big congratulations to all of our Athletes and Families who participated in yesterday’s BC Athletics Cross Country Championships. A special shout out to our Valley Royals Medalists.  

 

Adrianna Buitelaar – BC Champ U16 Girls

Laken Olson – BC Champ U14 Boys

Riley Simmonds – BC Silver Medalist U16 Boys

Maria Rose De Fleuriot – BC Bronze Medalist U10s