A strong summer season on the track continued for Kelowna’s Jerome Blake at the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games.
The 19-year-old member of Team B.C. and the Okanagan Athletic Club won four gold medals last week in Fort McMurray, AB.
Blake won the 100 metre sprint in a games record 10.36 seconds, then added another gold in the 200 metres with a clocking of 21.20.
Blake also picked up a pair of gold in relays as Team B.C. won both the 4×100 and 4×400 metre events.
Kelowna’s Rostam Turner won three gold at the games, including one in a dominating performance in the men’s decathlon. Turner won nine of the 10 events and had six personal bests in winning by more than 800 points with a final total of 7,113.
The OAC and U of Toronto track team member also won gold in the discus and gold in the 4×400 relay with Team B.C.
John Gay was very close in two races but settled for a pair of silver medals in Fort McMurray.
Gay, an OAC and UBC track team member, finished second in both the 3000m and 3000m steeplechase.
“These performances capped off a tremendous track season for John,” said OAC coach Pat Sima Ledding. “He was gunning for the win, he performed exceptionally and came away with two medals.”
Keely Watts-Watling won a silver medal in the women’s heptathlon. Keely posted a personal best performance in the javelin with a throw of 36.09m.
Bergman at Legions…
Sean Bergman’s breakthrough season on the track passed through St. Therese, Que., last week where the Kelowna athlete won gold in the 2000 metre steeplechase at the Canadian Legion Youth Track and Field Championships.
The OAC member finished the race in a games record time of 5:47.98.
In the 3,000, Bergman placed fifth in 8:37.88.
Bergman competed earlier this season at the World Youth Pan American Championships where he was the top Canadian in the steeplechase.
