The Walnut Grove Gators won both the Grade 8 boys and overall Grade 8 title, while the Brookswood Bobcats took the Grade 8 girls title at the Fraser Valley track and field championships last week.
Brookswood took their title with just four athletes, compared to some of the other schools who had much larger contingents.
The championships were held May 13, 14 and 16 at Abbotsford鈥檚 Rotary Stadium and served as the qualifier for the B.C. high school provincial track and field championships, which will be held .
Medal winners for the schools included:
Brookswood
Louise Forsyth led the way with three gold medals in the Grade 8 girls long jump, discus and triple jump.
Brooke Hoolsema won silver in the Grade 8 girls 1500m while Jaclyn Pauley won bronze in the junior high jump.
And the team of Forsyth, Hoolsema, Ashley Haidish and Rachel Trummler took third in the Grade 8 girls 4x100 relay.
Credo Christian
Zachary Vanderploeg won a pair of bronze medals in the senior 110m hurdles and the 400m hurdles.
D.W. Poppy
Ben Marshall was a double gold medallist in the senior 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles.
H.D. Stafford
Nathan King won a trio of gold medals in the Grade 8 high jump, 100m and 200m events.
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Kiana Bekar won gold in the junior girls 80m hurdles and silver in the long jump.
Nick Colyn won bronze in the senior boys 2000m steeplechase.
Akua Frimpong won silver in the Grade 8 girls shot put.
Josiah Hughes won silver in the Grade 8 boys 100m hurdles and bronze in the long jump.
Emma Kastelein won bronze in the junior girls shot put.
And the team of Mark Antoniuk, Aidan Kits, Eli Kastelin and Nick Colyn won gold in the boys 4x400 relay.
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Dean Ellenwood won gold in the junior boys 400m and silver in the 800m.
Georgia Ellenwood took a trio of gold medals in the senior girls long jump, high jump and 100m events.
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Hannah Beaton won gold in the senior girls javelin.
Megan Champoux took a pair of silver medals in the Grade 8 girls 800m and 3000m.
R.E. Mountain
Lauryn Cheung won two gold medals, one in the junior pole vault and the other in the Grade 8 girls shot put.
Walnut Grove
Sydney Arnold won bronze in the Grade 8 girls javelin.
Isabella Boccia won bronze in the junior girls 1500.
Chelsea Borrowdale took two gold in the Grade 8 girls 1500m and 3000m events.
Robyn Buckingham won two silver in the senior girls long jump and 100m hurdles.
Andria Coulbourn won silver in the Grade 8 girls javelin.
Cody Drake won silver in the senior boys 1500m race walk.
Jake Evans won gold in the Grade 8 boys javelin.
Sarah Ferguson won bronze in the senior girls pole vault.
Keara Graham won silver in the senior girls triple jump and bronze in the 100m hurdles.
Miranda Gregory won bronze in the senior girls long jump.
Joel Harrison was two gold in the Grade 8 boys 100m hurdles and 800m and silver in the high jump.
Jason Kimoto won bronze in the 400m junior boys event.
Julianna Matson took silver in the senior girls 1500m race walk.
Hannah Rolfe won bronze in the junior girls high jump.
Alex Savage won gold in the junior boys 200m.
Emma Smithson won silver in the junior girls 80m hurdles and bronze in the 400m senior hurdles.
Dallas Tilley won bronze in the senior girls javelin.
Trevor Whiton won silver in the senior boys 110m hurdles.
Ethan Wilkinson won bronze in the senior boys 400m.
Walnut Grove also won a gold, two silver and a bronze in the relay events.
The Grade 8 boys team of Paul Buckingham, Joel Harrison, Kyle Davies and Will Riley won the 4x100 event and were second in the 4x400.
Robyn Buckingham, Megan Notting, Dallas Tilley and Keara Graham were second in the senior 4x400 event. second and Megan Shane, Chelsea Borrowdale, Sydney Arnold and Madison Whelband were third in the Grade 8 girls 4x400.
