Fitting that International Women’s Day saw two special local women receive some special awards.
Burnaby’s Zion Corrales Nelson and Christine Sinclair were among the athletes honoured by Sport B.C. on Wednesday for achievements in 2016.
Corrales Nelson won the Female High School Athlete of the Year award for her accomplishments in both basketball and track and field. The 18-year-old graduate of St. Thomas More Collegiate was the first sprinter to sweep the 100-, 200- and 400-metre events at the B.C. High School track and field championships in 33 years.
In the process, she established a personal best in the 100m final.
She would also play a major role with the Knights’ girls basketball team at the 2-A provincials, where they placed fourth. At the B.C.s she was named the top defensive player and selected to the first all-star team.
Corrales Nelson, a former member of the Burnaby Striders track team, is now a freshman student-athlete at UC-Berkeley.
The captain of the Canadian women’s soccer team, Sinclair was named the 2017 Best of B.C. recipient for her achievements over the past year, helping Canada take silver at the 2017 Rio Olympics.
The award goes to the individual or team thought to have best represented B.C., nationally or internationally.
