The Lake City Falcons track and field team raced and threw its way to some top-three finishes last month at Quesnel’s Correlieu secondary for the North Central Zone Track and Field Meet.
Three athletes placed in the top three in their respective events.
Raiden Lainchbury picked up a gold medal in triple jump, and a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles.
Abraham Meier finished second in the 1,500 metre, and Derek Rispin placed third in javelin, landing him a spot at the provincial championships.
“I was really impressed with the overall performance of the team, especially the team spirit,” said coach John Sheppard. “I was really surprised by the high level of support we had for each other.
“Often we were the loudest group out there cheering for our teammates.”
He said each athlete stepped up and competed to the best of their abilities and, overall, added the track meet was a great event.
“My expectation for next year is that we should compete at a higher level,” he said.
“We are a pretty young team in comparison to many of the other schools and, this is exciting, because we can only get better and advance in the sport with more time.”
