Annual Awards Banquet
An Evening to Honour Athletes,
Coaches, Officials & Volunteers
November 19, 2016 • Richmond, BC
Welcome
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
welcome to the 2016 BC Athletics Annual
Awards Banquet.
This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize
the achievements of our athletes, coaches,
officials, club executives and volunteers
during the past year. They all contribute to
the success of athletics in British Columbia.
I would like to thank the Province of British Columbia, viaSport,
our business partners, and the Royal Canadian Legion for their
on-going support. Their involvement and participation in our
sport enables us to provide a high level of programs and services
to our members. BC Athletics offers so much to all levels and
ages of its members. It is the support of parents, family, friends
and volunteers that makes this all possible.
Congratulations to all. Enjoy your evening.
The Program
Opening Remarks
Dinner
Awards Presentations
Track & Field
Road Running
Masters
Para-Athletics
Officials
Coaches
Executive of the Year
Jane Swan Memorial Award
Chair, Board of Directors
BC Athletics
BC Athletics Hall of Fame
Outstanding Athletes of the Year
Canadian Team Recognition
Closing Remarks
Cover photo: Paul Lengyell
A special Thank You to coaches, parents and club members who
generously provided photos of award nominees and winners.
2016 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees
Midget 14 Female Award Winners
Cassidy Cardle
Club: CTC1 – Coastal Track Club
Coach: Gary Lutes
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
1500mW, 7:54.36 (2nd) – BC High School
Track & Field Championships
Michelle Dadson
Club: TBIR - Vancouver Thunderbirds
Coach: Don Allemeersch
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Discus, 32.75m (1st) – Fraser Valley
High School Invitational
Shot Put, 12.45m (1st) – BC High
School Track & Field Championships
Marquesis Haintz
Club: GOLD – Golden Ears Athletics
Coach: Vid Wadhwani
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
1500m Steeplechase, 5:10.73 (2nd) – BC
Summer Games
Georgia Hamnett
Club: COQC – Coquitlam Cheetahs
Coach: Tara Self & Jim Lowe
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Javelin, 33.52m (5th) – Jack Brow
Memorial Track & Field Meet
Holly Harrison
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Dwayne Lotnik
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
80mH, 12.19 (8th) – BC High School
Track & Field Championships
Long Jump, 5.03m (2nd) – BC
High School Track & Field
Championships
Pentathlon, 2972 points (1st) – BC High School
Combined Events Championships
Maya Kobylanski
Club: OATF – Ocean Athletics
Coach: Lynn Kanuka
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
4.
1500m Steeplechase, 5:15.92 (2nd) – Jesse
Bent Memorial Meet
2016 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees
Kamryn McKean
Angelina Shandro
Bryson Wood
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Club: AVTC – Alberni Valley Track Club
Coach: David Sherlock
Javelin, 34.44m (4th) – BC Athletics Track
& Field Championships Jamboree
Chisom Obioha
Club: GOLD – Golden Ears Athletics
Coach: Andrew Lenton
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
100m, 12.40 (1st) – Second Universal
Track & Field Meet
Long Jump, 5.60m (1st) – BC Summer Games
Caleigh O'Flaherty
Club: NORW – NorWesters Track &
Field Club
Coach: Mike Adair
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Long Jump, 5.25m (3rd) – BC Summer Games
Samantha Ogbeiwi
Club: CTC1 – Coastal Track Club
Coach: Scott Kent
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
100m, 12.29 (1st) – BC High School Track
& Field Championships
200m, 25.77 (2nd) – BC Athletics Track &
Field Championships Jamboree
300m, 41.47 (1st) – Trevor Craven Memorial Meet
Julia Rastad
Club: NORW – NorWesters Track &
Field Club
Coach: Elena Voloshin
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Long Jump, 5.13m (3rd) – Legion
National Youth Track and Field Championships
Pentathlon, 2877 points (3rd) – BC Summer Games
Eniko Sara
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Tom Nielsen/Kevin Harrison
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
High Jump, 1.65m (1st) – BC High School
Track & Field Championships
Javelin, 42.09m (1st) – BC Athletics Track
& Field Championships Jamboree
Club: VICS – Victoria Speed Project
Coach: Dacre Bowen
300m, 40.84 (2nd) – BC Summer Games
Olivia Van Ryswyk
Club: OATF – Ocean Athletics
Coach: Len Van Ryswyk
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Pole Vault, 3.00m (2nd) – Ocean Athletics
Summer Series #4
Prabhasha Wickramaarachchi
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Jarid Vaughan
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Long Jump, 4.99m (3rd) – BC High School
Track & Field Championships
Midget 14 Male Award Winners
Nicholas Aron
Club: KAML - Kamloops Track & Field Club
Coach: Lewis LeVasseur
Hammer Throw, 43.54m (1st) – Dylan
Armstrong Classic
Midget 15 Female Award Winners
Rori Denness
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Thomas Nielsen
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Javelin, 44.38m (1st) – Fraser Valley High
School Invitational Track Meet
Gwyneth Frederiksen
Club: UNBC – Unattached British Columbia
Coach: Eric Frederiksen
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Hammer Throw, 44.96m (1st) – Dogwood
Meet
Club: CTC1 – Coastal Track Club
Coach: Scott Kent
Dolly Gabri
800m, 2:01.08 (2nd) – BC Athletics Track &
Field Championships Jamboree
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Aiden Grout
Club: GOLD – Golden Ears Athletics
Coach: Katrin Rycroft
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
High Jump, 1.80m (1st) – BC Summer Games
Ethan Katzberg
Club: NTFC – Nanaimo & District Track & Field Club
Coach: Bernie Katzberg
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Hammer Throw, 42.78m (3rd) – BC Summer Games
Michael O'Flynn
Club: NORW – NorWesters
Track & Field Club
Coach: Steve Vachon
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
High Jump, 1.75m (1st) – BC High School
Track & Field Championships
Club: CTC1 – Coastal Track Club
Coach: Don Allemeersch
Discus, 47.35m (1st) – Langley Pacific
Invitational
Hammer Throw, 48.66m (1st) – Second
Universal Track & Field Meet
Shot Put, 15.11m (1st) – Kajaks Spring Fling Throws Meet
Mateya Haintz
Club: UNBC – Unattached
British Columbia
Coach: Brad Graham
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Hammer Throw, 52.39m (2nd) – Jack
Brow Memorial Track & Field
Meet
Yvonne Huynh
Club: WALK – Racewalk West
Coach: Robert Solmes
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
1500mW, 8:13.27 (2nd) – BC Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
5.
2016 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees
Natalia Monro
Joanna Yu
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Kevin Harrison
80mH, 11.76 (2nd) – BC Athletics
Track & Field Championships
Jamboree
Long Jump, 5.46m (2nd) – BC Summer Games
Brooke Mussche
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Dave Hetherington
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
300m, 41.04 (3rd) – BC Summer Games
800m, 2:14.84 (3rd) – SFU Emilie
Mondor Invite
Jasneet Nijjar
Club: UATH – Universal
Athletics Club
Coach: Jessie Dosanjh
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
200m, 24.74 (1st) – BC Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
300m, 39.36 (1st) – BC Summer Games
80mH, 11.33 (1st) – BC Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
200mH, 26.25 (1st) – Legion National Youth
Track and Field Championships
Jenevieve Patry-Smith
Club: CITY – Royal City Track & Field Club
Coach: Sean Dixon
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Javelin, 39.44m (1st) – BC Summer
Games
Shot Put, 12.09m (3rd) – Legion
National Youth Track
and Field Championships
Phoebe Price-Roberts
Club: OACS – Okanagan Athletics
Club Society
Coach: Rochelle Minagawa
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Hammer Throw, 58.32m (1st) – Legion
National Youth Track & Field
Championships
6.
Club: WALK – Racewalk West
Coach: Robert Solmes
1500mW, 8:09.68 (2nd) – BC
Summer Games
Midget 15 Male Award Winners
Iqam Bhandal
Club: UNBC – Unattached British Columbia
Coach: Don Allemeersch
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Hammer Throw, 49.71m (2nd) – BC
Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
Carson Bradley
Club: KJAK – Kajaks Track & Field Club
Coach: Byron Jack
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
300m, 36.21 (1st) – Jesse Bent
Memorial Cheetah Meet
Jarrett Chong
Club: CTC1 – Coastal Track Club
Coach: Scott Kent
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Discus, 49.73m (1st) – BC Athletics
Track & Field Championships
Jamboree
Hammer Throw, 56.71m (1st) – Legion
National Youth Track and Field Championships
Javelin, 54.83 (1st) – Legion National Youth Track and
Field Championships
Shot Put, 16.56m (1st) – Legion National Youth Track
and Field Championships
Ryan Denman
Club: OATF – Ocean Athletics
Coach: Carl Savage
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
High Jump, 1.83m (1st) – BC
Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
Long Jump, 6.24m (3rd) – BC High School Track &
Field Championships
2016 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees
Peter Jeong
Club: WALK – Racewalk West
Coach: Robert Solmes
Events & Performances:
1500mW, 7:52.01 (2nd) – BC Summer
Games
Maxwell Jones
Club: CITY – Royal City Track & Field Club
Coach: Sean Dixon
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Pole Vault, 3.40m (1st) – BC Athletics Track
& Field Championships Jamboree
Noah Russell
Club: OACS – Okanagan Athletics Club
Society
Coach: Pat Sima-Ledding
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
100mH, 14.03 (2nd) – BC Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
Jaden Severy
Club: UNBC – Unattached British Columbia
Coach: Becky Severy
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
300m, 36.41 (2nd) – BC Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
Daniel Soliven
Club: WALK – Racewalk West
Coach: Robert Solmes
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
1,500mW, 7:56.11 (4th) – BC High School
Track & Field Championships
Ben Toth
Club: NTFC – Nanaimo & District Track & Field Club
Coach: Bernie Katzberg
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
Javelin, 48.38 (2nd) – BC Summer Games
Youth Female Track & Field
Athlete of the Year Nominees
Lizzie Gummer
Club: CXVC – Comox Valley Cougars
Coach: John May
Events: 400mH, 59.74
Teams: Canadian Track and Field
Championships – 3rd (Jr.)
Legion National Youth Track and Field
Championships – 2nd
RANKINGS:
400mH: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 2
Alexa Porpaczy
Club: OATF – Ocean Athletics
Coach: Zbigniew Szelagowicz
EVENTS: HIGH JUMP, 1.76M
Teams: Canadian Track and Field
Championships – 2nd (Jr.)
Legion National Youth Track and
Field Championships – 1st
RANKINGS:
High Jump: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 1
Camryn Rogers
Club: KJAK - Kajaks Track & Field Club
Coach: Garrett Collier
EVENTS: Shot Put, 15.85m (3kg), 13.77m
(4kg)
Hammer Throw, 61.99m (3kg), 59.73m (4kg
– CDN U20 Record)
Teams: Canadian Track and Field
Championships – 1st (Shot Put,
Jr.), 1st (Hammer, Jr.)
Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships
– 2nd (Shot Put), 1st (Hammer)
IAAF World U20 Championships – 24th (Hammer)
RANKINGS:
Hammer Throw: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 1
Shot Put: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 2 (3kg) / 1 (4kg)
Ian Vandergugten
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Kevin Harrison
EVENTS & PERFORMANCES:
100mH, 13.87 (1st) – BC Athletics Track & Field
Championships Jamboree
7.
2016 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees
Youth Male Track & Field
Athlete of the Year Nominees
Vikramjit Gondara
Club: VRTC – Valley Royals Track
& Field Club
Coach: Harold Willers
EVENTS: Hammer Throw, 65.46m (5kg)
Discus, 46.05m
Teams: Legion National Youth Track and Field
Championships – 5th (Discus), 1st (Hammer)
Canadian Track and Field Championships – 7th (Discus,
Jr.), 2nd (Hammer, Jr.)
RANKINGS:
Hammer Throw: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 1
Discus: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 5
Quinn Litherland
Club: TBIR – Vancouver Thunderbirds
Coach: Mary Chewning
EVENTS: 200m, 21.94
400m, 47.57
Teams: Legion National Youth Track and
Field Championships – 2nd (200m), 2nd (400m)
Canadian Track and Field Championships – 7th (200m,
Jr.), 4th (400m, Jr.)
RANKINGS:
200m: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 2
400m: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 3
Thomas Nobbs
Club: VOCA – Vancouver Olympic Club
Coach: Tatjana and Besnik Mece
EVENTS: 2,000m Steeplechase, 5:54.41
3,000m, 8:30.83
Teams: Legion National Youth Track and
Field Championships – 1st (2,000m
SC), 1st (3,000m)
RANKINGS:
2,000m Steeplechase: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 1
3,000m: BC Yth – 1, CAN Yth – 1
Junior Female Track & Field
Athlete of the Year Nominees
Nicole Hutchinson
Club: UNBC – Unattached British Columbia
Coach: Darcie Montgomery, Cindy O'Krane
EVENTS: 1,500m, 4:22.28
Teams: IAAF World U20 Championships
– 7h2 (1,500m)
Canadian Track and Field Championships –
2nd (1,500m, Jr.)
RANKINGS:
1,500m: BC Jr. – 1, CAN Jr. – 4
Nina Schultz
Club: NWSA - New West Spartans Track & Field Club
Coach: Tatjana and Besnik Mece
EVENTS: Heptathlon, 5,639 points
100mH, 13.98
Teams: IAAF World U20 Championships
– 6th (Heptathlon)
Canadian Track and Field Championships
– 3rd (100mH, Jr.)
RANKINGS:
Heptathlon: BC Jr. – 1, CAN Jr. – 1
100mHJ: BC Jr. – 1, CAN Jr. – 4
Brittni Wolczyk
Club: UNBC – Unattached British Columbia
Coach: Brad Graham
EVENTS: Javelin, 53.67m
Teams: IAAF World U20 Championships
– 7q2
Canadian Track and Field Championships
– 2nd (Jr.)
RANKINGS:
Javelin: BC Jr. – 1, CAN Jr. – 1
Junior Male Track & Field
Athlete of the Year Nominees
Sean Bergman
Club: OACS – Okanagan Athletics Club Society
Coach: Malindi Elmore
EVENTS: 3,000m Steeplechase, 9:03.04
Teams: IAAF World U20 Championships
– 23rd
Canadian Track and Field Championships
– 1st (Jr.)
RANKINGS:
2016 Track & Field Athlete Of The Year Nominees
Nickolas Colyn
Club: LANG – Langley Mustangs
Coach: Mark Bomba
EVENTS: 3,000m Steeplechase, 9:02.91
Teams: IAAF World U20 Championships – 25th
Canadian Track and Field Championships – 3rd (Jr.)
RANKINGS:
3,000m SC: BC Jr. – 1, CAN Jr. – 1
Sam Willett
Club: PATH – Pacific Athletics
Coach: Sheldan Gmitroski
EVENTS: Hammer Throw, 65.77m
Teams: Canadian Track and Field
Championships – 1st (Jr.)
RANKINGS:
Hammer Throw: BC Jr. – 1, CAN Jr. – 1
Senior Female Track & Field
Athlete of the Year Nominees
Agnes Esser
Club: UNBC – Unattached British
Columbia
Coach: Peter Miller
EVENTS: Discus, 57.91m
Hammer Throw, 61.00m
Teams: Canadian Track and Field
Championships – 1st (Discus), 5th (Hammer)
NACAC U23 Championships – 3rd (Hammer), 3rd
(Discus)
RANKINGS:
Discus: BC Sr. – 1, CAN Sr. – 1, WORLD – 79
Hammer Throw: BC Sr. – 4, CAN Sr. – 6
Alyx Treasure
Club: PGTF – Prince George Track & Field Club
Coach: Cliff Rovelto
EVENTS: High Jump, 1.94m
Teams: Rio 2016 Olympic Games
– 17th
Canadian Track and Field
Championships – 1st
RANKINGS:
High Jump: BC Sr. – 1, CAN Sr. – 1, WORLD – T19
Natasha Wodak
Club: PIHR – Prairie Inn Harriers
Racing Team
Coach: Richard Lee
EVENTS: 10,000m, 31:53.14
Teams: Rio 2016 Olympic Games - 22nd
Canadian Track and Field
Championships – 5th (5,000m)
RANKINGS:
10,000m: BC Sr. – 1, CAN Sr. – 1, WORLD – 48
Senior Male Track & Field
Athlete of the Year Nominees
Evan Dunfee
Club: WALK – Racewalk West
Coach: Gerald Dragomir
EVENTS: 20K Race Walk, 1:20:34
50K Race Walk, 3:41:38 (CDN Record)
Teams: Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 10th
(20K Race Walk), 4th (50K Race
Walk)
IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships – 16th
RANKINGS:
20K Race Walk: BC Sr. – 3, CAN Sr. – 3, WORLD – 34
50K Race Walk: BC Sr. – 1, CAN Sr. – 1, WORLD – 6
Inaki Gomez
Club: WALK – Racewalk West
Coach: Gerald Dragomir
EVENTS: 20K Race Walk, 1:19:20 (CDN
Record)
Teams: Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 12th
IAAF World Race Walking Team
Championships – 7th
RANKINGS:
20K Race Walk: BC Sr. – 1, CAN Sr. – 1, WORLD – 7
Michael Mason
Club: VRTC – Valley Royals Track &
Field Club
Coach: Zbigniew Szelagowicz
EVENTS: High Jump, 2.29m
Teams: Rio 2016 Olympic Games –
10qA
Canadian Track and Field Championships – 2nd
RANKINGS:
High Jump: BC Sr. – 1, CAN Sr. – 2, WORLD – T18
3,000m Steeplechase: BC Jr. – 2, CAN Jr. – 2
8.
9.
2016 Road Runner of the Year Nominees
Junior Female
Road Runner of the Year
Amy Morris
Club: NTFC – Nanaimo & District Track
& Field Club
Coach: Tyler Heisterman
Achievements:
Vancouver Island Race Series Junior
Champion
Harriers Pioneer 8K, 31:18 (Cdn Rank #1)
Bazan Bay 5K, 19:16
Junior Male Road Runner of the Year
Joshua Kozelj
Club: COQC – Coquitlam Cheetahs
Coach: Paul Self
Achievements:
BC Junior 5K Champion @ St Patrick’s Day
5K, 15:56
Bazan Bay 5K, 15:44 (Cdn Rank #1)
Vancouver Sun Run 10K, 32:03 (Cdn Rank #2)
Natasha Wodak
Club: PIHR – Prairie Inn Harriers
Racing Team
Coach: Richard Lee
Achievements:
Canadian 10K Championships 2nd
Place, 33:51 (Cdn Rank #2)
BC 10K Championships 2nd Place, 33:42 (Cdn Rank #4)
Squamish Days 8K, 25:58 (Cdn Rank #1)
Senior Male Road Runner
of the Year Nominees
Kevin Friesen
Club: UNBC – Unattached British
Columbia
Coach: Richard Lee
Achievements:
Canadian Championship 10K 2nd Place,
30:30
Vancouver Sun Run 10K, 29:37 (Cdn
Rank #4)
BC 5K Championship 4th Place, St Patrick’s Day 5K,
14:33 (Cdn Rank #6)
Justin Kent
Senior Female
Road Runner of the Year Nominees
Rachel Cliff
Club: TBIR – Vancouver Thunderbirds
Coach: Richard Lee
Achievements:
BC 5K Champion, 16:06 (Cdn Rank #1)
Spring Run-Off 8K, 26:47
Cunningham Seawall 10K, 35:18
Dayna Pidhoresky
Club: UNBC – Unattached British
Columbia
Coach: Josh Seifarth
Achievements:
Canadian Marathon Championships 3rd
Place, 2:40:39 (Cdn Rank #5)
Canadian 5K Championships 4th Place,
16:29 (Cdn Rank #6)
BC 10K Champion, 33:35 (Cdn Rank #3)
2016 Para-Athletics Athletes Of The Year
Liam Stanley
Club: PIHR – Prairie Inn Harriers
Racing Team
Coach: Bruce Deacon
EVENTS:
T37 1500m, 4:13.51 (CDN Record)
T37 800m, 2:03.19 (CDN Record)
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Team
– T37 1500m, 2nd Place
RANKINGS:
1500m T37 – BC – 1, CAN – 1,
WORLD – 2
800m T37 – BC – 1, CAN - 1,
WORLD – 2
Michelle Stilwell
Tristan Smyth
EVENTS:
EVENTS:
Club: WCRS - WC Race Series
Coach: Peter Lawless
Club: WCRS – WC Race Series
Coach: Kelly Smith
T52 100m - 19.42
T52 400m - 1:05.43
T53/54 4x400m Relay - 3:08.00
T54 1500m - 3:07.62
TEAMS:
TEAMS:
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Team
– T52 100m, 1st Place
– T52 400m, 1st Place
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Team
– T53/54 4x400m Relay,
3rd place
– 1500m Heats, 8th place
RANKINGS:
T52 100m: BC Sr - #1, CAN Sr - #1,
World - #1
T52 400m: BC Sr - #1, CAN Sr - #1,
World - #1
RANKINGS:
T53/54 4x400m: BC Sr – n/a,
CAN Sr - #1, World - #3
T54 1500m: BC Sr - #1, CAN Sr - #3,
World - #38
Club: CTC1 – Coastal Track Club
Coach: Richard Lee
Achievements:
Canadian Championship 5K 5th Place,
14:26 (Cdn Rank #5)
BC 5K Championship 2nd Place, St
Patrick’s Day 5K, 14:33
BC 10K Champion, Eastside 10K, 30:26
Rob Watson
Club: UNBC – Unattached British
Columbia
Coach: Peter Watson
Achievements:
World Half Marathon Championships,
1:06:15
Houston Half Marathon, 1:03:58
(Cdn Rank #1)
London Marathon, 2:18:47 (Cdn Rank #3)
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10.
11.
2016 Masters Athletes Of The Year
Female Masters Track
Athlete of the Year
Lenore Montgomery
– W86
In 2016, Lenore
Montgomery
broke four World
Indoor records in
the W85 400m,
800m,
1500m
and 3000m. She
broke
these
records at the BC
Masters Indoor Championships
in Kamloops. Lenore won three
gold medals in the 800m, 1500m
and 5000m, at the Canadian
Masters Outdoor Championships
in Toronto. For 2016, she is
currently ranked #1 in the world
in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m.
Lenore broke two more World
records this year in the UBC
Longest Day 5K and Richmond
Forever Young 8K Road races.
Male Masters Track
Athlete of the Year
Mark Pinckard – M56
Mark Pinckard
broke the BC
Masters
M55
record this year
in the 1500m
(4:32.78).
He
is ranked #3 in
Canada and #12
in the World in
this event. Mark's
best event is the 800m in which
his time of 2:10.12 currently
ranks him #1 in Canada and #8
in the World for 2016. He was
also a member of the team that
broke the Canadian relay record
in the M55 4x800m, and the BC
relay record in the M50 4x400m.
Mark's average for his five best
results for 2016 is 91.3%.
12.
Female Masters Field
Athlete of the Year
Margaret Rhebergen – W61
In 2016, Margaret
Rhebergen broke an
amazing total of nine
BC Masters records.
Included in this total
were the Indoor records
in the W60 Triple jump,
Long jump and High jump, as well as
the Outdoor records in the W60 Triple
Jump, Long jump and Pentathlon. She
also broke BC Masters track records in
the Indoor 60m and 60m Hurdles, and
the Outdoor 80m Hurdles. Margaret is
currently ranked #1 in Canada in the
Triple jump, Long jump and High jump.
Compared to the Canadian records,
Margaret's average for her 5 best
results is 96.3%. In the current world
rankings for W60, she is #5 in the triple
jump and #10 in the high jump.
Male Masters Field
Athlete of the Year
Reidar Zapf-Gilje – M64
Reidar is a multi-talented
athlete. In 2016, he
competed and excelled
in 20 different track and
field events, including
all 5 throwing events,
all 4 field events, the
sprints, middle distance,
hurdles, steeplechase,
pentathlon, decathlon
and throws pentathlon. At the Canadian
Outdoor Championships he won 6
gold medals. At the Americas Masters
Games, Reidar won the steeplechase,
decathlon and throws pentathlon. He is
ranked #1 in Canada in eight different
events. In the current 2016 World
Rankings for M60, Reidar is ranked #2
in the decathlon, #2 in the pentathlon
and #10 in the 2000m Steeplechase.
Reidar also won the Vancouver Sun
10K run.
Female Masters Road
Runner of the Year
Catherine Watkins – W40
In 2016, Catherine
was the best age
graded athlete
for her top 5
performances
(over 88%). She
was the second
F4044 athlete (out
of 2025 athletes
in the category) in
the Spokane Lilac Bloomsday
Run. She won the masters
division of the United Airlines
NYC Half Marathon, was the
first F40+ runner in the 5K BC
Championship, the Vancouver
First Half, the Vancouver Sun
Run and the Longest Day 5k.
On May 28, Catherine finished
1st F4044 in the Canadian 10k
Championships in Ottawa (12th
female).
Male Masters Road
Runner of the Year
Kevin O’Connor – W45
In 2016, Kevin
was the first
master in the
BMO St. Patrick’s
Day 5k (the BC
Championship)
and the first
M45+ athlete
in
the
10K
Championship. Kevin started
the year well with a fine 25:43
in the Harriers Pioneer 8k and
an excellent 1:10:10 Vancouver
First Half. Nationally, Kevin is
ranked first in the 5k, the 8k,
the Half Marathon and second
in the 10K(M4549). In BC,
Kevin had the best age graded
average for his top five races
this year.
2016 Excellence in Officiating Awards
Ian McNeil Award
– Official of the Year
A registered Official who made an outstanding
contribution to track and field and was conspicuous in
their excellence in the calendar year. The recipient is
automatically nominated for the ‘NOC Official of the
Year’.
Jake Madderom
After serving as Chair of BC Athletics
for four years, Jake decided to
contribute to the sport of athletics
as an official. He concentrated on
Horizontal Jumps and has progressed
as an official from Level 1 in 2005 to qualifying for
Level 4 in 2016. Jake was an official at 20 track meets
in 2016. He made a significant contribution to the
Americas Masters Games as a horizontal jumps official
and in helping the organizing committee produce a
schedule for the Games. He enjoys working with his
fellow officials and volunteers and with athletes of all
ages in the sport.
In addition to being an active official, Jake is chair
of the masters committee, a member of the road
running committee and participates as a masters
athlete in road and cross country races.
Mary Temple Award
– Novice Official
Ralph Coates Award
– Longstanding Service
A registered Official who has contributed dependable,
long term and versatile service to Track and Field.
Rafael Melendez-Duke
Rafael (Raf) Melendez-Duke is
awarded for his outstanding and
long-term service to track and field
as an athlete, coach and official.
In his younger days as sprinter
with the Flying Y Club, Raf won the
Canadian championship in the 100
yards in 1951. Following his sprint
career he remained as a coach with
the Flying Y Club and then for 25 years the track and
cross-country coach at Willows Elementary School.
In 1968 he turned to track officiating as a track judge
and timer. Raf has been a mainstay for every level
of Victoria meets from elementary school to the 1994
Commonwealth Games.
Over the many years, Raf has been available for any
and every meet. He is respected by all - officials,
athletes and parents.
Dave Coupland
Inspirational Award
A registered Official who, in his/her first 5 years, has
focused substantial effort on learning to be an official
as well as contributed willingly and unselfishly as a
beginner Official.
The Dave Coupland Award is presented to a BC
Athletics member who has been an inspiration for
Officials; someone who has made it fun.
Sharon Hann
Sue has been volunteering in track
and field since 1992, as a club
administrator, meet director, and
long time official. Currently on
the board of Universal Athletics,
Sue is also an active member of
the BCA Officials Committee. She can regularly be
found officiating at numerous meets throughout the
province, both as a Starters Assistant or as a Meet
Announcer.
Sharon follows her father’s
footsteps, who was a starter when
she competed as a young athlete
with the Richmond Kajaks. Sharon
joined the BC Athletics start team in
2015 under the mentorship of Neil
Chin Aleong trying to learn as much
from him before he moved to the USA. Sharon has
been an “unofficial” starter for the last 15 years doing
the BC Elementary Championships for the Kajaks and
the Delta School District meets. Sharon is looking
forward to achieving the National Level 4 over the
next couple years as well as continuing to train as a
master athlete.
Sue Kydd
13.
2016 Coaching Excellence Awards
Junior Development
Coaching Excellence
Bev Larssen
Leading by example
and Bev shares
her love of track
& field at every
practice and every
club activity. She
is completely selfmotivated and puts structure, fun and education
into her programs. She addresses every one of
her 46 athletes by name giving them support,
encouragement and praise knowing that each
athlete is different with their own strengths and
weaknesses. Bev works with parents and athletes
alike to ensure that from their first experience
in track and field on each athlete realizes their
own successes and learns how to compete with
confidence and grace.
Midget/Youth
Coaching Excellence
Garrett Collier
In 2016, Coach
Garrett Collier of
the Richmond Kajaks
Track and Field
Club had 8 athletes
compete at a National
Championships with
3 as members of BC
Teams. Those athletes finished with 6 medals, 8
finalists and 2 National and Provincial Records. This
year, one of his athletes, Camryn Rogers competed
at the World Junior championships in Poland as the
only Youth-aged athlete on the team. Rogers also
broke National Records in the Women's Youth 4K
Hammer, the Women's Junior 4K Hammer and the
Women's Youth 3K Shot Put.
14.
2016 BC Athletics Annual Awards
Junior/Senior
Coaching Excellence
Jane Swan Award
Ziggy Szelagowicz
Since his graduation from the
Polish Institute of Coaching,
Ziggy Szelagowicz has devoted
his professional life to the
development of track and field
athletes with a particularly
emphasis focused on the high
jump event. In the past few years, Ziggy has
worked in the development of a number of BC high
jumpers from a number of clubs that went on to
represent our province and Canada at international
competitions.
Amongst the high jump athletes from a variety of
club’s that Ziggy has worked closely with during the
last year are Olympic team member Mike Mason
(2.29m), Canadian Senior bronze medalist Django
Lovett (2.23m), Canadian Jr. Men’s Champion Joel
Del Siega (2.10m) and Canadian Youth Women’s
Champion Alexa Porpaczy (1.71m).
Ziggy acted as a BC jumps coach at the Canadian
Championships and he was named as Canada’s
jumps coach at the NACAC Games held in San
Salvador.
High Performance
Coaching Excellence
Gerry Dragomir
Gerry Dragomir has shown
himself to be one of the foremost
Race Walk coaches in the world
and continues to raise the bar
at the High Performance level.
His athletes, Evan Dunfee, Inaki
Gomez and Benjamin Thorne,
continue to compete successfully
on the international scene having represented
Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. In the
50km Race Walk Evan Dunfee placed just off the
podium in 4th place and in the 20km Race Walk
Gerry's athletes placed 10th, 12th and 27th. The
future continues to look bright for Gerry Dragomir.
Dale Loewen
Through various avenues Dale
has been a supporter of JD Track
and Field. He has been involved
with B.C. Athletics since his son,
at 9 years of age, joined the South
Fraser Track Club in 1982. By l983
Dale was SF’s J.D. rep on the B.C.
Athletics J.D. Committee. In 1984
he was elected to the board of
BCA and continued with the JD
Committee as well as acting as
the JD Rep. on the Officials Committee. Dale
was determined to get new officials involved in
the sport by recruiting parents of JD Athletes.
John and Carol were two of the first recruited
when they moved to Surrey.
Dale first started at the BC Summer Games
as an official in Maple Ridge and l984
Burnaby. In 1985, Dale was
asked to become the Nanaimo
BC Summer Games Provincial
Advisor for “Track & Field”, and
continued for 10 consecutive
years until 1994 (1985 Nanaimo,
1986Cranbrook, 1987 Delta, 1988
Oak Bay/Greater Victoria. 1989
Surrey, 1990 Prince George, 1991
Coquitlam, l992 port Alberni,
1993 Chilliwack, 1994 Kelowna.
This was the period that the
Province funded new facilities in
each new community. In 2011 Dale was again
appointed as the BC Summer Games Provincial
Advisor for Athletics for 2012 Surrey, 2014
Nanaimo, and 2016 Abbotsford.
Dale is a level 5 starter and has trained many of
the starters of today.
Executive of the Year Award
Nanaimo and District Track and Field Club
Nanaimo and District Track and
Field Club has contributed a
significant amount of time and
effort to promote and grow
the sport of Track and Field in
Nanaimo and on Vancouver
Island over the past 50 years.
The current board of directors set
ambitious hosting goals back in
2012 and then worked with club
coaches, parents, volunteers and
athletes to see them through. New facility
infrastructure was needed in order to host
larger BC Championship meets so fundraising
programs were increased and we began to
work more closely with School District 68
and Tourism Nanaimo. From
2013 - 2016 almost $200,000
was raised to add log jump
runways, a hammer cage, track
lighting, sound system, internet,
PV equipment/ portable shed,
hurdles and many more items
that help to improve our ability
to host events and coach our
athletes. 2016 was a very
big year for Nanaimo as we
hosted the BC High School Track and Field
Championships in June, BC Summer Games
Zone 6 Camp in June, BCA Championships
Jamboree in July and then the BCA Cross
Country Championships in October.
15.
2016 BC Athletics Annual Awards
I
HAROLD MORIOKA
DEBBIE BRILL - Athlete
n the 33 years that Harold
Morioka has been a
Masters member of BC
Athletics, he has set more than
100 individual Canadian Records,
19 of which still stand, including
the M45 record of 50.60 that he
ran for the 400m in 1989. This
includes the 400m CRs from M45
to M60, indoors and out.
world class high jumper, Debbie Brill
revolutionized the sport with her
reverse jumping style known as the
“Brill Bend.” She was the first North American
woman to clear six feet (1.83m) and just months
after giving birth to her son Neil she cleared
1.99m to break the world indoor record. Brill was
named BC’s Athlete of the Decade in 1980.
He also holds multiple records for 100m, 200m,
800m and long hurdles outdoors, and for 60m,
200m, and 800m indoors.
A number of these performances were World
Records, Harold being the only athlete in the
world to break WRs for all distances from 60m
to 800m.
Highlights of his career include breaking the
400m WR in Mayazaki in 1993, and then breaking
two WRs, in the 200m and 400m, in the USATF
Indoors in 2003.
He first won WAVA golds in 1989, and continued
to do so at all the other WAVA meets he
attended: 1991, 1993, 1999 and 2003. For these
achievements he has received numerous Sport
BC and BCA Masters Athlete of the Year awards.
When knee problems, plus open heart surgery,
interfered with training for the track, he turned to
competing in field events, and to founding and
serving as Head Coach for The Greyhounds, the
largest masters club in BC.
He was the BC Director for CMAA until 2011, and
continues as CMA Relay Records Chair.
For BCA he serves on the Masters committee, and
is the chair for BC Masters records for Track and
Field. Harold is also the track and field manager
for Zone 3 of the 55+ Games.
Harold was inducted into the Canadian Masters
Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.
It is an honour to induct Harold Morioka into the
BC Athletics Hall of Fame.
16.
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BC Athletics Hall Of Fame Inductees, 2016
In 1969 Debbie first made her mark internationally
by winning at the Pan Pacific Games in Japan.
From there it was on to four Olympic Games
(1972-eighth, 1976-DNQ, 1980 – Cdn boycott,
1984-fifth), four Commonwealth Games (1970gold, 1978-silver, 1982-gold, 1986-fifth), three
Pan American Games (1971-gold, 1974-fourth,
1979-silver), and two World Championship
1972-bronze and Montreal in 1979-gold.
During her career, Brill won over 65 national and
international championships.
An enduring athlete and champion, Debbie
became an Officer of the Order of Canada in
1983 and has been the recipient of many awards.
In 1986, with journalist James Lawton, Brill wrote
her autobiography “Jump,” providing readers an
insight into her joy of jumping and the struggles
of being a modern woman athlete.
Debbie still holds Canadian open women’s
records for the High Jump indoors (set in 1982
– 1.99m) and Outdoors (set in 1984 – 1.98m). In
Masters Competition she set World records in
the High Jump for age groups W35, W40, W45
and W50, and still hold six Canadian Age Group
records. Her W35 World record lasted 28 years to
date. She won a W40 Silver Medal at the World
Masters Athletics Championship in 1995, and a
Gold Medal with a W45 World Record in 1999,
with a height of 1.76m, a record which still stands
today. In 2004 Debbie set the W50 world record
with a jump of 1.60m.
It is a great honour to induct Debbie Brill into the
BC Athletics Hall of Fame.
2016 Canadian Teams Recognition
IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
MARCH 17-20, PORTLAND, ORE.
NAME
Georgia Ellenwood
Cam Levins
HOMETOWN
Langley, BC
Black Creek, BC
CLUBEVENT
LANG
UNBC
Pentathlon
3,000m
PAN AM CROSS-COUNTRY CUP
MARCH 4, CARABALLEDA, VENEZUELA
NAME
HOMETOWN
Christina Sevsek
Nickolas Colyn
Lisa Brooking
Ryan Cassidy
Surrey, BC
Langley, BC
Langley, BC
Grande-Digue, NB
CLUBEVENT
SFTC
LANG
UNBC
O2
Junior Women 6K
Junior Men 8K
Senior Women 10K
Senior Men 10K
IAAF WORLD
HALF-MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS
MARCH 26, CARDIFF, WALES
NAME
Robin Watson
Brandon Lord
HOMETOWN
London, ON
Sudbury, ON
CLUBEVENT
UNBC
UNBC
Men’s Half-Marathon
Men’s Half-Marathon
IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAY 7, ROME, ITALY
NAME
Evan Dunfee
Inaki Gomez
Ben Thorne
Gerry Dragomir
HOMETOWN
Richmond, BC
Vancouver, BC
Kitimat, BC
Vancouver, BC
CLUBEVENT
WALK
WALK
WALK
WALK
20K
20K
20K
Team Coach
PAN AM COMBINED
EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
JUNE 17-19, OTTAWA
NAME
Georgia Ellenwood
James Turner
Rostam Turner
HOMETOWN
Langley, BC
Kelowna, BC
Kelowna, BC
CLUBEVENT
LANG
OACS
OACS
Heptathlon
Decathlon
Decathlon
17.
2016 Canadian Teams Recognition
NACAC U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS
JULY 15-17, SAN SALVADOR, EL SAVADOR
NAME
Nathan George
Rostam Turner
Natasha Akbarizadeh
Georgia Ellenwood
Agnes Esser
Regan Yee
Zbigniew Szelagowicz
HOMETOWN
Pitt Meadows, BC
Kelowna, BC
Maple Ridge, BC
Langley, BC
Victoria, BC
South Hazelton, BC
Abbotsford, BC
CLUBEVENT
COQC
OACS
UNBC
LANG
UNBC
LANG
VRTC
400m
Decathlon
Hammer Throw
Long Jump/High Jump
Hammer Throw/Discus
1,500m
Coach
IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS
JULY 19-24, BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
NAME
Sean Bergman
Nickolas Colyn
Nicole Hutchinson
Camryn Rogers
Brittni Wolczyk
Nina Schultz
Sheldan Gmitroski
Elena Voloshin
Patricia Roney
HOMETOWN
CLUBEVENT
Kelowna, BC
OACS
Langley, BC
LANG
West Vancouver, BC
UNBC
Richmond, BC
KJAK
Port Coquitlam, BC
UNBC
New Westminster, BC NWSA
Victoria, BC
PATH
Vancouver, BC
NORW
Victoria
3,000m Steeplechase
3,000m Steeplechase
1,500m
Hammer Throw
Javelin
Heptathlon
Coach
Coach
Physiotherapist
2016 Canadian Teams Recognition
OLYMPIC GAMES
AUG. 5-21, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
NAME
Lucas Bruchet
Evan Dunfee
Elizabeth Gleadle
Inaki Gomez
Akeem Haynes
Mike Mason
Christabel Nettey
Heather Stacey
Hilary Stellingwerff
Ben Thorne
Alyxandria Treasure
Chris Winter
Natasha Wodak
Brad Curry
Paddy McCluskey
Trent Stellingwerff
HOMETOWN
CLUBEVENT
Vancouver, BC
TBIR
Richmond, BC
WALK
Vancouver, BC
CHIN AB
Vancouver, BC
WALK
Burnaby, BC
TBIR
Nanoose Bay, BC
VRTC
Surrey, BC
UNBC
Victoria, BC
UNBC
Victoria, BC
OSPR
Kitimat, BC
WALK
Prince George, BC
PGTF
North Vancouver, BC UNBC
Vancouver, BC
PIHR
Victoria, BC
Victoria, BC
Victoria, BC
5,000m
20K, 50K Race Walk
Javelin
20K Race Walk
100m, 4x100m
High Jump
Long Jump
Hammer Throw
1,500m
20K Race Walk
High Jump
3,000m Steeplechase
10,000m
Physiotherapist
Team Physician
IST Lead
PARALYMPIC GAMES
SEPT. 7-18, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
NAME
Tristan Smyth
Liam Stanley
Eva Fejes
Ness Murby
Michelle Stillwell
Kelly Smith
Duriell Bernard
18.
HOMETOWN
CLUBEVENT
Maple Ridge, BC
WCRS
T54 1,500m/4x400m
Victoria, BC
PIHR
T37 1,500m
Salt Spring Island, BC Sport Assistant for Ness Murby
Salt Spring Island, BC UNBC
F11 Discus
Parksville, BC
WCRS
T52 100m/400m
Lake Country, BC
WCRS
Coach – Wheelchair
Vancouver, BC
Chiropractor
WORLD MOUNTAIN
RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS
SEPT. 11, SAPAREVA BANYA, BULGARIA
NAME
Adele Blaise-Sohnius
Mike McMillan
Ashley Ramsay
Mirabelle Tinio
Shaun Stephens-Whale
Kristopher Swanson
Aidan Doherty
Patrick Doherty
HOMETOWN
CLUBEVENT
Siegburg, Germany
UNBC
North Vancouver, BC UNBC
Squamish, BC
UNBC
Vancouver, BC
UNBC
Toronto, ON
Tumbler Ridge, BC
PIHR
Vancouver, BC
HHAC
Vancouver, BC
Senior Women
Senior Men
Senior Women
Senior Women
Senior Men
Senior Men
Junior Men
Junior Team Manager
19.
2016 B.C. Athletics Annual Awards Banquet
Thank You!
...To Our Partners, Sponsors, Friends and Members who
helped to make the 2016 Year in Athletics SPECTACULAR!!!
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Community, Sport and
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