Local Sports

The Dynamo Swim Club placed first at its 10th annual invitatioinal swim meet at Bonsor Pool last weekend. Dynamo topped runner-up Canadian Dolphins by more than 100 points, garnering a 1,560-point team aggregate total.

A team of Burnaby North Secondary School students won the under-17 division at the CBC Play On road hockey tournament in Metrotown last weekend.

The under-12 Burnaby Lions football team overcame the weather and the opposition to win its first spring flag football provincial championship title in Kelowna last weekend.

Former Simon Fraser University track and field runner Jessica Smith took a big step towards her Olympic dream today when she set the Olympic A standard in the 800 metres at the Harry Jerome International Track Classic at Swangard Stadium on Sunday.

The Burnaby Lakers played cat and mouse with the Maple Ridge Burrards before escaping with a single point in Western Lacrosse Association play.

Todd Nowack of Brentwood Bay celebrated his 10th overall win following a first-place finish at the second annual 50-kilometre Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race in Burnaby on June 5.

Lightning struck twice for popular sports car driver Michael Valiante. The North Burnaby professional racer scored a never-before-done double, winning two Grand American sports car series races on the same day.