Diego Medrano showed hurdles were no obstacles in his run.
The Burnaby South athlete collected a pair of junior boys medals at last week’s B.C. High School track and field championships in Nanaimo, part of a strong district showing.
Medrano won the 100-metre hurdles with a time of 14.09 seconds, ahead of Parkland’s Ben Sammons at 14.18.
Medrano also picked up a bronze in the 300m hurdles, finishing in 42.08.
He also helped Burnaby South place third in the junior boys 4x100m relay.
St. Thomas More’s Zion Corrales Nelson topped all Burnaby athletes with three gold wins in the senior girls 100-, 200- and 400m dashes (see the June 8 NOW).
For Burnaby Central’s Nathan Mah, an ankle injury hampered his senior boys’ 100m result, ending in a fourth-place finish at 11.08. Seaquam’s Michael Aono won the event in 10.95. Mah collected silver in the 200m with a time of 22.97, trailing St. George’s Quinn Litherland at 22.51.
The senior boys’ 4x100m relay team netted a bronze medal in its event, with a time of 43.71, just a tick behind first place Vancouver College at 43.61.
In junior girls, Burnaby Central’s Logan Bovell scored twin silvers, placing second in the 100- and 200m races. It was a photo-finish in the 100m, as Bovell crossed the line in 12.43 seconds, a split-second behind Heritage Woods’ Jasmine Lew at 12.42. In the 200m she was behind Queen Elizabeth’s Jasneet Nijjar with a time of 25.95.
Bovell was also a member of the junior girls’ 4x400m relay team, which saw Central place second behind Little Flower Academy.
Here are more Burnaby results: GIRLS, Juniors –
Logan Bovell, BC 2nd 100m, 200m; Kennedy Feenan, STM 9th disc, 20th jav; Giovanna Janes, STM 4th jav; Maria Sain, STM 19th 1500m r/w; Jenna Sennott, BC 20th 1500m r/w; Stephanie Zaborniak, BS 22nd 3000m. Seniors – Zion Corrales Nelson, STM 1st 100m, 200m, 400m; Peggie Hsu, BN 16th jav; Danielle Labreche, BC 16th 1500 steeple; Samantha Landoldt, STM 5th jav, 6th s/p; Jennifer Shannon, BS 12th 1500m, 17th 3000m; Angelina Stevenson, BC 5th 1500m r/w.
BOYS, Juniors –Jonathan Chow, BC, 31st 1500m steeple; Eman Dadson, STM 6th TJ; Tyler Eckert, STM 5th 100m; Andreas Kobryn, ByC 14th disc; Kurtis Li, BS 25th disc; Kaito McKelvie, BN 6th LJ; Yousef Mian, STM 24th 1500m steeple, 27th 3000m; Diego Medrano, BS 1st 100m H, 3rd 300m H, 8th 100m; Alastair Yeung, BM 19th TJ; Charles Yu, BC 19th 3000m; Eric Zhang, BC 22nd 1500m steeple. Seniors – Devon Hayek, STM 29th LJ; Tie James, STM 26th TJ; Nathan Mah, BC 2nd 200m, 4th 100m; Marco Sherwood, BC 6th LJ, 16th TJ; Ben Stee, STM 9th jav; Fraser Stewart-Barnett, STM 11th 2000m steeple; Mehar Thukral, MOS 31st 3000m; Dmitri Williamson, BC 7th LJ.
