Nina Schultz scooped up a pair of medals at last week’s Jesse Bent Invitational track meet in Coquitlam.
The New Westminster Spartans track and field star captured the girls 18-19 division long jump title with a leap of 5.57 metres, edging out Norwesters’ Diana Voloshin by 0.18m.
Schultz, who is heading to Kansas State University in September on a full-ride track and field scholarship, also picked up second in the 100m dash with a final time of 12.52 seconds, trailing just Katherine Lucas of the Vancouver Thunderbirds’ time of 12.12.
She was not the only Spartan to return home with a medal.
Alicia Bremer picked up silver in the girls 13-year-old division, finishing the 200m hurdles event in 30.63 seconds. She placed behind Alyssa Dulay of the Coquitlam Cheetahs. Also finishing in the medals was Diego Medrano, whose time of 16.05 in the 110m hurdles put him third overall in boys Div. 16-17.
Here are more Spartans results: GIRLS, Div. 13 – Alicia Bremer, 2nd 200h, 4th 800m. Div. 18-19 – Cheryl Chow, 4th 100h, 5th LJ; Nina Schultz, 1st LJ, 2nd 100m. Open – Milena Stefanovic, 4th 100m.
BOYS, 16-17 – Jacob Fetchko, 11th 200m; Diego Medrano, 3rd 110h; Eric Zhang, 4th 400h, 9th 800m.
