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The results can be seen on this page.  You can also view and download the results as a PDF through this link.

Mike Mason leaped 2.28 meters to place second in the high jump on Saturday at the  Canadian Senior Track and Field Championships held in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Canadian record holder Derek Drouin (ON) won the event with a clearance of 2:31
meters.  Valley Royal Django Lovett had a fourth place finish with a leap of 2.08 meters.

The Royals had two athletes compete in the women’s 800 meters with Jessica Smith placing fourth (2:03.96) and Helen Crofts came 6th (2:05.70).  The event was won by defending champion Melissa Bishop of Ontario in a time of 2:02.84.

Mason’s effort assured him of selection to the 32 member Canadian team that   
travel’s to Moscow, Russia in August for the World Championship of Athletics. Both Lovett and Smith will also travel to Russia this summer but in their case it will be to the city of Kazan for the Summer Universiade (FISU Games) that take place from July 7 – 12.

Hannah Konrad and Parker Wakelyn won medals for the Valley Royals at the BC Junior Development Pentathlon Championships held Saturday in White Rock. Wakelyn scored 2,732 pts and placed second in the 12-year old boys’ division while Konrad had 2,829  points for a third place finish in the 15-year old girls’ competition. Complete results of the Pentathlon Championships can be found at this link.

Please go here to find the meet package and other information for the July 3 Lafarge High Performance Meet.

Manpreet Grewal tossed the 3-k hammer 54.36 meters last Saturday at the Valley Royals Invitational. The toss ranks Grewal number 2 in Canada (behind Naville Rutherford of Courtenay who has a toss of 54.81 meters). In addition, Grewal has tossed the 4-k hammer a distance of 44.74 meters for a third place Canadian ranking. A nice start to the season for the 17 year old grade eleven scholarship student.

Sarya Ross is overcoming a variety of health problems and at the Valley Royals meet this 17-year old recorded a 1500m personal best of 5:00.22. It was the culmination of a busy week of competition for the W.J. Mouat athlete who during the week ran a variety of events for her school at the Upper Fraser Valley Championships and had only one day’s rest before the VR meet. Ross was pleased with her performance but is now looking forward to breaking under that 5:00 minute mark.

Simon Fraser University is attending the team’s conference meet this weekend in Oregon. Several Royal athletes that include Travis Vugteveen, Helen Crofts and Chantel Crofts will be competing for SFU and all three will be vying for berths in the NCAA Division 2 National Championships that take place at Colorado State University in Pueblo. Croft is favored to win the 800 meters at both the conference meet and the forthcoming nationals.

Next week will be a busy one for Valley Royal secondary school athletes as the Fraser Valley Championships take place on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Swan track. Royal athletes are favored to medal and qualify for the BC High School Championships in a number of events. These athletes include Manpreet Grewal (hammer), and Callum Pilgrim, amongst others.

The meet results have been revised as of May 6, 2013, to reflect correct throw weights and to include field series for field events.

Please click here to see the results in PDF format.  If you would like a copy of the meet manager file for import into team manager or similar, please email jason.