A track meet in the heat saw close to 1,000 athletes of all ages compete at McLeod Athletic Park in Langley on the weekend, under temperatures nudging 30 degrees and a hot weather advisory.
It was the 39th Annual Pacific Invitational/BC Masters Championships hosted by the Langley Mustangs track and field club, who sent about 150 competitors.
Meet director Brent Dolfo said the ages ranged from masters athletes in their eighties to kids as young as six.
“It’s always been that way,” Dolfo said.
“Fans enjoy watching the 70-80 year old guys run on the track and at the same time enjoy watching the young kids, they’re here to see their own kids compete.”
“There’s a wide range of athletes.”
Among them, “high-calibre” athletes seeking to make B.C. teams or go to the Canadian championships.
Events included 100m, 200m, 400,m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m races, 400m hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, sprint hurdles, shot put, javelin, hammer throw and steeplechase.
The Mustangs, as usual, made a strong showing, among them wins by Felix Allen, who took the men’s 400m hurdles (youth) with a time of 57.58 and Brooke Mussche who won the womens (age 16-34) 800 metres with a time of 2:14.15
Camron Lockyer placed first in the men’s triple jump (midget) and first in men’s javelin (midget) with a distance of 31.60m and Nicholas Monro took first in the men’s long jump (midget) with a jump of 6.03m and first in the men’s 200 metres (midget) with a time of 23.37.
Complete results can be viewed at the Langley Mustangs web site.
The meet is officially sanctioned by BC Athletics and by the International Paralympic Committee.
All results can be used for national and international ranking.
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