PG Track & Field Club awards ceremony showcases outstanding athletes

The Prince George Track & Field Club held its awards ceremony at Masich Place Stadium on Monday, Sept. 23 to acknowledge their outstanding athletes and their wonderful accomplishments.

Here is the list:

(PB stands for personal best and SB is season’s best.)

Junior Outstanding Athlete Awards

Emmett Baumbach – 10-year-old boy

60m record at Sub Zero with time 10.44. PB at Spruce Capital with time 10.25

1^st place at Spruce Capital for 100m, 60m hurdles with PB 12.37

1^st place for shot put at Jack Brow with PB 6.47m and 2^nd for 60m hurdles, 1^st for high jump with PB 1.10m

Kai Legut-Petersen – 11-year-old boy

600m record with PB time 2:00.39 at Sub Zero

Javelin record with PB 17.23m at Sub Zero

1^st for 100m PB 15.66 and 200m PB 33.54, shot put PB 6.66m, 600m and 1000m

Zavier Gladdish – 13-year-old boy

1200m record at Spruce Capital with PB 3:59.23

1^st for 800m at Spruce Capital with PB 2:35.37

2^nd for 2000m at Jack Brow with PB 7:13.32. Currently ranked 9^th in BC for 2000m

3^rd for 1200m at Jack Brow

Kasieobi Udumaga – 13-year-old boy

1^st for 60m with PB 7.77 and 200m with PB 26.07 at Harry Jerome Indoor Classic

Shot put record with PB 10.43m and 300m relay at Sub Zero

Long jump record with PB 4.49m at Spruce Capital

1^st for 100m 11.81, 200m 24.48 and 300m 38.55. Ranked 1^st in BC.

Fastest boy in BC.

Mika Cronje – 10-year-old girl

2^nd place for 1000m at Spruce Capital with PB 4:09.37

5^th place for 600m with PB 2:24.89 at Junior Development Championship

13^th place and PB for 100m 16.61 sec

Gemma Dodd – 10-year-old girl

1^st for high jump with PB 1.05m, and javelin with PB 12.65m and discus with PB 11.85m

1^st for 60m hurdles, discus and javelin at Jack Brow Meet

9^th place finish for 60m hurdles with PB 13.62 at Junior Development Championship

Carolyn Padilla – 10-year-old girl

Long jump and javelin record at Sub Zero Meet

Long jump record and PB 3.23m at Spruce Capital Meet

1^st place for 60m PB 10.15 and 100m PB 16.02 at Spruce Capital Meet

Molly Monahan – 13-year-old girl

Long jump record at Sub Zero

Long jump record and PB 4.46m and 100m record at Spruce Capital

2^nd place for 300m at Junior Development Championship with PB 46.18

8^th place for 200m, PB at Spruce Capital 28.03

Micah Prinz, Sportsmanship Award - Also holds records in 10-year-old boys javelin and shot put at Sub Zero

PGTF 2024 Outstanding Athlete Awards:

U16 Outstanding Athletes:

Nic Scarpino:

U16 200m Record at Sub Zero

1^st place at High School Zones for 100m, 200m and long jump for Grade 8 boys

7^th place at BC High School Championship for long jump

3^rd place at Jack Brow for 200m with PB 25.58

2^nd place at Jack Brow for 100m

Long jump PB at Summer Games 5.50m

2^nd place for boys 4X100 at BC Summer Games

Jinichi Cronje:

1^st place High School Zones for 400m Junior Boys with PB of 56.22

U16 100 m Record at Spruce Capital Meet with a PB of 12.10

300 m PB of 39.30 at BC Summer Games

2^nd place for boys 4X100 at BC Summer Games

Rachael Pruden:

Currently ranked 4th in BC for U16 girls Pentathlon

8^th place finish in BC High School Championships Heptathlon Women’s Junior

2^nd place U16 Pentathlon at BC Jamboree with PB 2527

8^th place at Canadian Legion Youth National Championships for U16 Pentathlon

1^st place for high jump at High School zones

Sarah Aka:

Currently ranked 1st in BC for U16 girls 80m hurdles

U16 long jump record at Sub Zero Meet

2^nd place for 100m at Jack Brow with PB 27.04

Long jump PB at BC Summer games 4.98m

1^st place 80m hurdles finish at Jack Brow, BC Jamboree, BC Summer Games

2^nd place 80m hurdles finish at Canadian Legion Youth National Championship with PB 12.02

U18 Outstanding Athlete

Noah Gladdish:

800m record for U18 boys at Sub Zero meet

1^st place at High School zones for 3000m senior boys with PB 9:24.69

1^st place at High School zones for 800m and 1500m

11^th place finish at BC High School Championship for 800m senior athlete

1^st place and PB for 800m at Spruce Capital meet 1:59.76

1^st place and PB for 1500m at Jack Brow Meet 4:14.20

Hana Liston:

1^st place for 80m hurdles and 300m hurdles at High School Zones

1^st place for long jump at high school zones with PB 4.44m

7^th place at High School Championship for Junior Heptathlon

7^th place at BC High School Championship for 300m hurdles with PB 48.26

1^st place 100m hurdles at Spruce Capital Meet with PB 16.84

Kionae Roberts:

Currently ranked 6th in BC for 400m U18 girls

1^st place and meet records for 100m, 200m and 400m at high school zones

3^rd place finish at BC High School Championship for 400m and PB 58.22

4^th place for 200m at BC High School Championship with PB 25.72

1^st place for 100m at Spruce Capital with PB 12.46

6^th place finish for 400m and 200m at BC Jamboree

U20 Outstanding Athlete

Danae McRoy:

1^st place at Van Ryswyk indoor meet for 60m PB 8.28 and 200m PB 27.79

2^nd place at Van Ryswyk indoor meet for Long Jump

Meet Record for U20 200m at Sub Zero Meet

Meet Record for U20 100m and PB 12.58 and PV 2.0m at Spruce Capital Meet

1^st place at Jack Brow for 200m with PB 26.18

Adam Sieben:

1^st place at Alberta Indoor championship for 60m with PB 6.87

Ranked 7^th in Canada for both U20 men’s 60m sprint and 100m

1^st place at High School Zones for 100m and Record and 200m

1^st place at BC High School Championship for 100m and 200m, plus Duchess Park championship banner

3^rd place for 100m at the Jerome classic- world Continental Tour Silver (Professional meet)

10^th place for 200m at Bell Nationals T&F Trials

4^th place and PB for 100m at Bell Nationals T&F Trials 10. 61

Senior Outstanding Athletes

Cassaundra O’Brien

Discus record at Sub Zero

1^st place hammer throw with SB 26.87m at Spruce Capital Meet

1^st place discus with SB 20.90 at Jack Brow Meet

Masters Outstanding Athletes

Tuomas Ukonmaanaho

Lifetime Achievement Award with at least 47 World, Canadian and BC records with at least 29 still standing. Tom is 79 years old.

Read his story at www.princegeorgecitizen.com/track-field-club-lifetime-achievement-award.

Manpreet Kajla (Manny)

100m record at Spruce Capital Meet SB 13.13

1^st place at BC Masters Championships in 100m.

Quinn Mathews

Pole vault record at Spruce Capital 3.6m

Single handedly brought pole vaulting back to Prince George!

Bryce Gladdish

Meet Record for 3000m at Sub Zero

Meet record for 5000m at Spruce Capital

1^st place at Jack Brow for 5000m 17:12.78 ranked 1st in BC and 3^rd in Canada

Ryan Harris

Discus, shot put and hammer throw meet record for Sub Zero Meet and PB for hammer of 23.24m

1^st at Jack Brow for discus and SB 21.42m

Ranked 1^st in BC for hammer and 2^nd for shot put with SB 9.15m

Brad Frenkel

Discus, javelin and hammer throw records at Sub Zero Meet

Throws Pentathlon record at Spruce Capital and PB 2670, ranked 1st Canada

1^st place in throws pentathlon, discus, hammer and shot put at BC Masters Championships

1^st place in hammer throw, 2^nd place in javelin and 3^rd place in discus at Sherwood Park Track Classic in Alberta.

Elena Thomas

2^nd place in shot put at BC Masters Indoor Championship with SB 6.51m

1^st place in weight throw at BC Masters indoor Championship with SB 5.65m

Joan Harris:

2^nd place weight throw at BC Masters Indoor Championship with PB 10.88

Meet record for discus, hammer and shot put at Sub Zero Meet

Throws Pentathlon record at Spruce Capital Meet

1^st place at Throws Pentathlon at Greyhounds multi event with SB 3020

Currently ranked 1^st in Canada for Throws Pentathlon W60.

Christine Dalgleish

Broke BC record for weight throw at BC Masters Indoor Championship and took gold for 12.13m in W60 category.

2^nd place in shot put at BC Masters Indoor Championship.

2^nd place for Throws Pentathlon at BC Masters Championship

2^nd place for Throws Pentathlon at Greyhounds multi event with PB 2400

Currently ranked 2^nd in Canada for Throws Pentathlon and 2^nd in weight throw.

Editor’s note: Reporter Christine Dalgleish is a member of the Prince George Track & Field Club and an award recipient.