Lord Byng claimed its fifth consecutive city athletics championship on the heels of Max Trummer and Matthew Taylor who came first and second in the senior boys 400 metre, 800m and 1500m events. Trummer also anchored the 4x400m relay.
Killarney’s Enid Au swept the girls’ middle-distance events and won the 800m, 1,500m and 3,000m races and was part of the winning 4x400m relay.
“City’s draws a lot of strong competition and I feel a lot of pride running for Byng,” said Trummer, 17, who trains with the Thunderbirds Track and Field club and will run for the SFU Clan next year. At the B.C. championships, he aims to medal in the 800m.
Windermere sprinter Azariah John cleaned up in the 100m and 200m races. He won the shorter distance in 11.22 seconds, 32 seconds ahead of Daniel Chern of University Hill. In the longer distance, he ran 22.79 seconds, 0.38 faster than Jackson Cheung of David Thompson.
David Thompson’s Sylvia Chan won the senior girls long jump after she finished second last year. Her best jump of 4.88 metres improved on her 4.47 metre distance last year. Sylvia finished second in the triple long jump to Michelle Yee of Lord Byng.
Prince of Wales long jumper Andrew De Visser out distanced his closest competitor by nearly a metre. His winning 6.41 metre jump put him in ahead of University Hill’s Chern who cleared 5.69 metres for second.
Kitsilano strongarm MacKenzie Millward out threw her opponents in the shot put and discus but took second in the javelin to Templeton’s Katie Reyes.
Lord Byng had 950 points, well over their 809 tally from 2013 when they edged Killarney by only 37 points. Killarney finished in second again this year with 668 points and Kitsilano was third with 404.
The top two senior and junior athletes in each event advance to the provincial championships May 29 to 31 at McLeod Athletic Park in Langley.
