Burnaby’s Michael Valiante and co-driver Richard Westbrook finished in third place in the overall driver standings following the 10-race Tudor United SportsCar racing championship season.
Valiante and Westbrook, who drive a Daytona Prototype Chevrolet for the Spirit of Daytona racing team, garnered 318 total points, including a podium win at Watkins Glen, New York.
Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi of Action Express Racing won the overall prototype driver’s title with 369 points with wins at the 24 Hours at Daytona, the Indiannapolis Speedway and Road America.
Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing finished in second place overall.
Association of the year
The Burnaby Minor Lacrosse Association was named the winner of the Leon Hall Merit Award as the top box lacrosse association of the year at the B.C. Lacrosse annual awards banquet in Whistler last weekend.
Ed Moffat of Burnaby was also a recipient of a Jimmy Gunn Merit Award as the field referee of the year, while Rusty Wills was honoured with a BCLA President’s Award.
Fundraising
Team B.C. freshman women’s lacrosse team will be holding a bottle and used clothing drive to help fund upcoming tournaments in Washington and California. The collection day is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Drop off your donations at the rear of New Westminster Secondary School from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SFU golfers 3rd
Kylie Jack led the Simon Fraser University women’s golf team to a third-place finish at the Vikes Shootout at Cordova Bay Golf Course on Tuesday.
Jack, a freshman, shot a two-day 160 total, finishing 10 strokes back of Kat Kennedy of the University of B.C.
New Westminster’s Breanna Croxen, second after the opening round, placed 13th with a 164.
PacWest leaders
Kelsi Boroevich of Burnaby is third in overall kills following the first week of PacWest college women’s volleyball.
The third-year left-side Capilano University hitter is tied with 19 kills in weekly standings, while also placing sixth in total offence and seventh in digs with 18 saves.
Cap’s third-year setter Sarah Hughes is second overall with 10 service aces and 11th overall in blocks.
In men’s PacWest volleyball, Armin Hosseini of Cap was fourth in blocks.
Top-10 ranked
Burnaby Central grad Amar Dhesi was ranked seventh among heavyweights by The Open Mat in an NCAA Division I preseason wrestling poll.
The Oregon State sophomore and recent junior world siver medallist was also ranked eighth by Intermat in its tournament and dual meet rankings.
Coaching job
Burnaby’s Casey Fratkin was named the top assistant coach of the Saint Michael’s College men’s ice hockey team last month.
The Wesleyan University grad comes to the Vermont college following a four-year playing career in the NCAA.
