Nathan Mah and Katelyn Malmquist powered their way to the top podium, setting a strong trend for the Burnaby Striders Track and Field Club in Coquitlam last week.
Mah won the boys 18-to-19 year old 200-metre dash with a time of 22.18 seconds, beating out Tanner Carnagie of the Coastal Track Club by 0.16 of a second.
Malmquist dominated the 14-15 division girls’ 100m race, completing the event in 13.13, ahead of Jesse Taylor of Kajaks by half a second.
Burnaby’s Zion Corrales Nelson had a half-second win in her 18-19 girls division run, winning the 200m dash with a time of 24.15. Also picking up gold were Daniel Yu, who topped the boys 14-15 division’s 1200m race in 3:35.22 minutes, edging out Royal City’s Shea Janke by seven seconds.
Luc Primeau, in the boys nine-year-old category, won the 1000m race with a time of 3:39.73, nearly four seconds quicker than his nearest competitor.
Scoring a pair of silver medals were Jaeland Cummings, who in the girls 12 division put up a time of 13.59 seconds in the 100m, trailing Coquitlam’s Lauren Ebel’s 13.56. She also placed second behind Ebel in the 200m, finishing 0.64 seconds back with a time of 28.18.
Mah was the runner-up in the 18-19 boys’ 100m race with a time of 11.06, trailing Michael Aono of Vancouver’s 10.93.
Malmquist also returned with silver in the girls 14-15 division 300m race, two seconds back with a finish time of 42.36.
Primeau, in the boys Div. 9 high jump, cleared a distance of 1.00m for a silver.
Here are more Striders results: GIRLS, Div. 12 – Jaeland Cummings, 2nd 100m, 200m. Div. 14-15 – Rachael Liang, 4th 800m, 8th 300m, 9th 200m; Katelyn Malmquist, 1st 100m, 2nd 300m. Div. 18-19 – Zion Corrales Nelson, 1st 200m.
BOYS, Div. 9 – Luc Primeau, 1st 1000m, 2nd HJ, 3rd 100m. Div. 11 – Joshua Vandermey, 10th LJ, 13th 200m. Div. 12 – Darius Louis Charles, 6th 100m. Div. 14-15 – Daniel Yu, 1st 1200m, 3rd 800m, 10th 300m. Div. 18-19 – Matthew Mah, 5th 400m; Nathan Mah, 1st 200m, 2nd 100m.
