February 4, 2023, held in Richmond, B.C.
Clubs from all over BC gathered to celebrate the 2022 season. Among them several
Kajaks athletes and coaches were honored at the BC Athletics Awards banquet for their achievements in 2022. Congratulations to all the award recipients and nominees!
We are looking forward to the 2023 season and what it will bring.
Chase Longley
U16 Track & Field (14 yo) Male Athlete of the Year Awards Recipient
Coach: Garrett Collier
Event & Performance: Hammer Throw 53.34m
Sofia Varma-Vitug (2nd from right)
U16 Track & Field (15 yo) Female Athlete of the Year Awards Recipient
Coach: Jacob Emerson
Event & Performance: Triple Jump 10.69m
Lawrence Man (8th from right)
U16 Track & Field (15 yo) Male Athlete of the Year Awards Recipient
Coach: Garrett Collier
Event & Performance: Hammer Throw 59.25m
Lauren Curtis (leftmost)
U18 Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year Nominee
Coach: Michale Ogbeiwi, Don Allermersch; Garrett Collier
Event & Performance: Hammer Throw 55.22m
Ranking: BC U18 - 1st, CAN U18 -1st
Aidan Turner (2nd from left)
U18 Male Track & Field Athlete of the Year Award Recipient
Coach:Michaela Colluney, Garrett Collier, Jamie Sinclair
Events & Performance: Decathlon 6817 pts, Pole vault 4.85m
Highlights:
U18 CAN Record - Decathlon
Legion T&F Championships - Decathlon - 2nd
BC Jamboree - Decathlon - 1st
U20 CAN T&F Championships - Pole Vault - 1st
Canada Summer Games - Pole Vault - 8th; 4x100m - 2nd
Rankings: Decathlon/Pole Vault BC U18 -1st, CAN U18 - 1st
Levi Tuura (2nd from right)
U18 Male Track & Field Athlete of the Year Nominee
Event & Performance: High Jump 2.07m
Highlights:
Legion T&F Championships - 1st
U20 CAN T&F Championships - 2nd
Canada Summer Games - 6th
BC Jamboree - 1st
Ranking: BC U18 - 1st, CAN U18 - 1st
Selin Tasdemir
U20 Female Road Runner of the Year Award
Coach: Nurten Tasdemir
Event Highlight: First half marathon U20 - 1st, Steveston Icebreaker 8k - 6th (U19)
Ranking: (U20)
Half marathon 1:30:07 BC - 1st, CAN - 1st
Camryn Rogers
Senior Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year Award and Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year Award Recipient
Coach: Mo Saatara
Event & Performance: Hammer Throw 77.67m
Highlights:
Canadian Record
Canadian T&F Championships - 1st
NCAA T&F Championships - 1st
World T&F Championships - 2nd
Commonwealth Games - 1st
Ranking: CAN - 1st, Int'l - 4th
Evan Dunfee
Senior Male Track & Field Athlete of the Year Award Recipient
Coach: Gerry Dragomir
Events: Race walk 35km, 20km, 10km
Highlights:
Canadian Record 35km RW - 2:25.02
Canadian T&F Championships - 1st
World T&F Championships - 6th
Commonwealth Games - 1st
NACAC Championships - 2nd
Race Walking Team Championships - 7th
Ranking: 10km Race walk - CAN - 1st, Int'l - 6th
20km Race walk - CAN - 1st, Int'l - 10th
35km Race walk - CAN - 1st, Int'l - 6th
Michaela Colluney (2nd from left)
U16/U18 Coach of the Year Award
- Jumps/Combined Events Coach on the BC Legions Team, Sprints/Relays Coach at the Canada Summer Games. Coached Aidan Turner. Also coached Logan Duley to personal best performace in the 100m and 200ms, including bronze medal performance at the BC Jamboree.
Mo Saatara
High Performance Coach of the Year Award
- Lead Throws coach at UCLA Berkeley, coached Camryn Rogers throughout her collegiate and now international career in hammer throw.
- Involved in developing BC Throws Coaches through the BC Throws Project
Kanwal Neel (2nd from right)
Excellence in Officiating Awards - 50 years Officiating Service
Level 5 Umpire, Track Referee, Race Walk Judge, Level 4 Multi-Events Judge
Kajaks Alumnus from 1969-1982 as an athlete, coach, and official.