The 2025 B.C. High School Sports provincial track and field championships took place in Langley June 5-7 and there were no shortage of athletes representing the Cowichan Valley.
Students from Frances Kelsey, Queen Margaret's School, Ladysmith, Quamichan School, Chemainus Secondary, Brentwood College School,and Shawnigan Lake School all participated and some even brought home medals.
Frances Kelsey
The bronze medallist last year, Kelsey Grade 12 high jumper Nova Wedmann-Kent improved her result to a silver this year in the senior girls category. Wedmann-Kent also ran the senior girls 100m and 200m races but did not qualify for the finals.
Kelsey tenth grader Charlotte Gough finished third in the junior girls 800m preliminaries and fifth overall. She also raced to fifth in the junior girls 1500m preliminaries and went on to place seventh overall — a three spot improvement over last year's 10th place.
Queen Margaret's School
Jessica Tshibangu of Queen Margaret's School placed seventh overall in the junior girls high jump and 12th in the long jump. Schoolmate Cohen Bartfai was ninth in the junior boys long jump after a second-place finish in the Grade 8 division last year.
Grade 12 jumper Mike Chen was 19th in the senior boys triple jump finals while Grade 10 thrower Elsie Jones was 27th in the junior girls shot put.
Ethan Chen made the provincials in the senior boys high jump but did not jump.
Ladysmith Secondary
Four members of the Ladysmith track team made the provincials including William Cram, Skyla Lewis, Lila Jeffries, and Lina Anh Chay.
Cram was first in the junior boys 800m preliminaries and went on to earn the silver medal in the final. Also, after placing third in his preliminary race, Cram was sixth overall in the junior boys 400m race.
Lila Jeffries placed 12th in the junior girls hammer throw event.
Lina Anh Chay was 18th in the junior girls javelin final.
Skyla Lewis was 28th overall in the junior girls 3000m race. She was 18th in the 1500m preliminary and did not advance to the 1500m final.
Brentwood College School
The lone athlete from BCS at this year's track and field provincials was Ava Heenan. The 400m specialist participated in both the senior girls 400m dash and 400m hurdles. In the hurdles, she placed ninth in the preliminaries, just outside of a spot in the final. In the 400m dash, the Grade 11 athlete placed 21st in the preliminaries and did not advance.
Shawnigan Lake School
Grade 12 thrower Thabisa Mangena-Jellema's top result was 11th in the senior girls discus. She also participated in the senior girls shot put event, placing 21st overall.
Quamichan School
Tate McGeachy was the lone Quamichan School representative and he placed 16th overall in the Grade 8 boys 400m dash preliminaries, missing the finals.
Chemainus Secondary
Iza Durante represented Chemainus at the provincials and placed 11th in the 400m dash preliminaries, missing the final.
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