A pack of North Shore student athletes were stepping onto the podium at track and field provincials.
At the 2025 BC High School Track and Field Championship, running June 6-7 in Langley, hundreds of B.C. youth competed through a long list of classic sporting events.
Among them was pole vault star William Millard of Handsworth Secondary, who placed first in the event with a vault of 4.4 metres. It was a back-to-back victory, as he also won the event at provincials in 2024.
After vaulting to second place at trials on June 1 in Coquitlam, the Grade 12 athlete plans to attend the Canada Summer Games in August. Millard is also a member of the NorWesters Track and Field Club.
Also grabbing gold was Handsworth’s senior men 4×400-metre relay team with a time of three minutes 23.12 seconds. On the roster was Spencer Medland, Quinn Tveit-Borgenstrom, Michael Caddick and Garrett Chin.
On his own, Tveit-Borgenstrom won bronze in the 800-m run (1:55.66).
From Sutherland Secondary, Rory O’Brien picked up two bronze medals – in the senior women’s 1,500-m run (4:36.31) and the 800-m run (2:15.18).
Rockridge’s Ciel Fitzpatrick scored two silver medals – in the junior women’s 1,500-m run (4:36) and the 800 m (2:14.2)
In the junior men’s 700-gram javelin throw, Seycove’s Jonah Louie took silver (48.95 m).
Handsworth’s junior men’s 4×400-m relay team ran to bronze medals (3:36.22). On that team was Ethan Lam Di-lorio, Trey Adelaar, Akiva Turner and Chace Chin.
From Collingwood, Elizabeth Chibebe-Gough soared to gold in the Grade 8 women’s high jump (1.55 m).
Alexandre Comeau of Handsworth won silver in the Grade 8 men’s 3000-m run (9:45.28).
And Emily Ganden of Sutherland got bronze in the Grade 8 women’s 1500 m (5:01.11).
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