Fort Langley Canoe Club's Lauryn Cheung races to a first place finish in the women’s K1 (kayak single) 500m event at BC’s Western Canada Summer Games trials.

Fort Langley Canoe Club's Lauryn Cheung races to a first place finish in the women’s K1 (kayak single) 500m event at BC’s Western Canada Summer Games trials.

Sisters qualify for Summer Games

Fort Langley Canoe Club members will represent B.C. at Western Canada Summer Games this August

A pair of paddling sisters from the Fort Langley Canoe Club have qualified to represent Team BC at the Western Canada Summer Games this August.

The Games will be held in Wood Buffalo, Alta.

Lauryn Cheung and Meghan Cheung finished first and third, respectively, in both the K-1 (kayak single) 200m and K-1 500m events.

They were competing at the BC Cup #1 regatta at Burnaby Lake on May 24.

Also earning medals for the club were Natasha Spring and Mika Asano in the K-2 U14/U15

200m while Elissa Elmadani and Erika Gow took second in that same event.

Spring also won gold in the U14 K-1 200m while Elmadani was third.

Other club results:

U15 K-1 200m

4. Ryan Hayes

8. Jacob Fletcher

9. Kieran DeGruchy

10. Sam Hao

U15 C-1 200m

4. Jacob Fletcher

U14/U15 K-2 200m

4. Ryan Hayes and Kieran DeGruchy

7. Jacob Fletcher and Sam Hao

Novice K-1

6. Sam Hao

U14 K-1 200m

5. Erika Gow

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