A pair of local high school athletes are among six from the Langley Mustangs who have been named to B.C.’s junior track and field team while four others made the province’s senior track and field squad.
Robyn Buckingham and Nick Colyn were both named to the B.C. team.
Buckingham competes in heptathlon and finished fifth over the weekend (June 19 to 21) in the junior women’s heptathlon in Ottawa at the Canadian combined events championships. She scored 4,445 points.
Buckingham enters Grade 12 next year at Walnut Grove while Colyn is off to Trinity Western in the fall after graduating from Langley Christian.
Colyn will compete in the junior men’s 3000m steeplechase in Edmonton from July 2 to 5 at the Canadian junior national championships. 
Also competing will be Eric Chatten (high jump), Brittni Wolczyki (javelin), Teagan Rasche (hammer throw) and Brent Reston (javelin).
All four train with the Mustangs.
And on the senior side, Melissa Fraser (javelin), Kyle Nielsen (javelin), Declan White (5000m) and Fiona Benson (800m) were named to the roster, which will also compete in Edmonton from July 2 to 5.
Benson, Fraser and White train with the Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club while White is with the Thunderbirds Track and Field Club out of Burnaby.
Fraser and Benson will also represent Canada at the Pan American Games in Toronto in July.
