The Royal City Track Club began their competitive season making club history at the South Fraser Junior Olympics meet at Bear Creek Park this past May long weekend.
The Royal City Trackers squad of 31 male and female athletes had a very strong competitive showing this weekend with the girls' team making club history by finishing in first place overall beating out perennial powerhouse rival clubs - Ocean Athletics from Surrey, the Langley Mustangs and Coquitlam Cheetahs. The smaller numbered male squad also had a very strong showing finishing an overall fifth place in the club standings. With both squads combined aggregate points Royal City Track finished firmly in second spot in team standings just behind Ocean Athletics. The meet featured over 23 competitive track clubs from around the Fraser Valley vying for individual and club honours.
Royal City Trackers had a total of 80 top-8 finishes, including 12 gold, seven silver and 11 bronze medals. Also, four of the girls made outstanding meet athlete in their age groups based on aggregate points scored. The gold winners were nine-year-old Alysha Sidhu and 10-year-old Megan Lauener, while 11-year-old Shianne Lowka earned a silver and 13-year-old Brianne Lowka a bronze.
Other notable meet performances were Megan Lauener, Anaiyah Bernier and Michelle Dadson finishing first, second and fifth, respectively, in the girls' 10-year 60-metre sprint; 13-year-old Brianne Lowka taking gold in the high jump and silver in the triple jump; sister Shianne Lowka and Jenevieve Patry-Smith finishing a respective first and third in the 11-year-old girls' high jump. Shianne also won a gold in discus, while Jenevieve took gold in shot put. Grace Vanee placed third and Brianna Bates finished in a strong fourth place in the girls' 1,200-m run. Ten-year-old girls' long jumpers Megan Lauener, Anaiyah Bernier and Emma Celle swept second through fourth place and newcomer Sara Forgie leaped to a bronze medal in 12-year-old girls' high jump.
On the boys side, Emmanuel Dadson won silver in the 100-m sprint for 11-year-old boys, newcomer Hamish Muttersbach finished fourth in the 10-year-old boys' 600-m race. In the 11-year-old boys' 60-m dash, Max jones won the event, while Jeremy Belcher and Ryan Jensen placed fifth and sixth. Respectively, in the final. Newcomer Jamie Whittemore finished fifth in his first 12-year-old boys' 1,200-m race and Ryan Jensen placed fifth in the 11-year-old boys' 1,000m race. The 4x100m 11-year-old boys' relay team of Noah Slotman, Ryan Jensen, Jeremy Belcher and Max Jones also took first place.
