Author: Emma Hatfield

BC Cross Country Championships Results

Congratulations to our Valley Royals Cross Country Runners who participated at the BC Club Championships this past weekend in South Surrey. Despite some bad colds and injury difficulties, our athletes showed well against the best runners in the province. Of particular note was Adrianna Buitelaar’s 4th place in the U16 division, placing her as the top 14 year old;  Damian Sutton’s very strong 5th in the province; and Zoe Unger starting to get back to form with a 7th place performance in the U18 division. Our U16 boys team of Sam May, Will Van Schagen, Miles Graham, Riley Simmonds, and Arata Nakanishi  put in a great effort but were just edged out for the provincial championship by Penticton.
 
A big congratulations goes out to our JD competitors who represented us proudly. Well done Royals. – Coach Scott
 
U11 Girls-Averie Westbrook (10), Paige Delange (12), Halle Roth (13)
U11 Boys-Quinn Kenny (27), Wren Siemens (23)
U12G-Hannah Booth (23)
U12B-Owen Westergaard (12)
U14B-Damian Sutton (5)
U16G-Adrianna Buitelaar (4), Maggie Epp (12), Jasmine Halwas (19)
U16B-Sam May (5), Will VanSchagen (6), Miles Graham (11), Riley Simmonds (12), Arata Nakanishi (21)
U18G-Zoe Unger (7)
U18B-Mackenzie Lascelle (9), Mark Molina (13), Arie Wassenaar (29)
U20B-Will Gaudreault (24)

Final Valley Royals-Hosted Cross Country Meet October 29

Valley Royals have one more meet that we are hosting for this cross country season. Join us on Saturday, October 29, at Clearbrook Park.

Track Rascals (aged 6-8) and JD runners (aged 9-13) race between 10am and 12:00pm.

Download the meet information package: Valley Royals Oct 29 2022 JD Cross Country Meet Information Package

Registration is $10 and can be completed on Trackie until 6pm on Wednesday, October 26:  https://www.trackie.com/online-registration/event/valley-royals-jd-invitational-cross-country-meet/482843/

Stellar Performances and Valley Royals/Spartans Home Meet

Its been a busy time for the Valley Royals Distance group. In our home meet last weekend, we represented our club well with some outstanding performances at the Spartans Invitational.
 
Of particular note was Mack Lascelle finishing under a second behind last years BC High School Cross Country  Champion Max Holmes to grab second in the senior boys.  Really another huge step up for this relative newcomer.
 
Adrianna Buitelaar, Zoe Unger and Maggie Epp ran outstanding races in the open high school girls division, and Mark Molina, Tristian Steiger, and Arie Wassenar ran strongly in the High School Boys.
 
In today’s Frank Reynolds memorial run, Damian Sutton and Riley Simmonds took the gold and bronze respectively in their divisions.
 
Well done to all our athletes and we are looking forward to next weeks BC Club Championship as well as the fast approaching East Valley and BC High School Championships. – Coach Scott
Spartan Invite Results
 
High School Girls Race:
 
  • Adrianna Buitelaar 3rd
  • Zoe Unger 4th
  • Maggie Epp 5th
 
High School Boys:
 
  • Mack Lascelle 2nd
  • Mark Molina 4th
  • Tristian Steiger 5th
  • Arie Wassenar 8th
  • Riley Simmonds 10th
  • Sam Rasquinha 15th