A Burnaby-based speed skater is carrying around some extra special hardware these days after his speed skating team earned a silver medal at last month’s B.C. Winter Games.
Bryan Leon, who was representing the Burnaby Haida Speed Skating Club, was one of hundreds of young athletes who descended on Penticton from Feb. 25 to 28 for the 2016 B.C. Winter Games.
Leon participated in five events at the tournament, including the U16 boys’ super 1,000 metre and 3,000m points race. But it was in the U16 mixed 3,000m relay that Leon and his Fraser River team really pulled their weight.
The mixed girls-and-boys team earned a spot on the podium with a silver medal finish.
This month, Leon, 14, participated at the 2016 Canada West Short Track Championships, where he earned a second-place finish in the 400m.
