Port Moody wakeboarder Ava Collins and swimmer Cale LeCorre each won two gold medals to lead all individual athletes from the Tri-Cities at the BC Summer Games that were held in Maple Ridge July 18-21.
Collins won gold in the girls wakeskate and wakeboard competitions. She also finished fifth in the girls slalom event.
LeCorre earned gold in the boys 100m and 200m breaststroke. He also won bronze in the boys 400m individual medley race.
In total, athletes from the Tri-Cities won eight gold medals in individual events, 10 silver medals and 10 bronze medals.
Other gold medalists include:
- Lilian Zhao of Port Moody in girls golf
- Mark Aistov of Port Coquitlam in the boys 400 individual medley swimming event
- Jaylah Dennis of Coquitlam in the girls high jump
- Markus Lee of Coquitlam in boys 66kg wrestling
Winning silver were:
- Jaylah Dennis of Coquitlam in the girls 200m running race
- Taya Fraser of Coquitlam in the girls pentathalon
- Joshua Kim of Coquitlam in the boys 200 breastroke, 200m indivdual medley and 100m breastroke
- Charlotte Davis of Port Coquitlam in the mixed figures and mixes solo artistic swimming events
- Nathaniel Mossey in boys 78kg wrestling
- Sofia Korpus in girls optimist sailing
Bronze medalists include:
- Mark Aistov of Port Coquitlam in the boys 100m butterfly
- Amy Nelson of Port Coquitlam in the female 200m freestyle for Special Olympians
- Lorenzo Barillaro of Coquitlam in boys high jump
- Ariel Gao in girls laser radial sailing
- Angelina Lukac of Coquitlam in girls optimist sailing
- Joshua Tam of Coquitlam in boys 16 years duathlon
- Megan Worsley of Coquitlam in girls wakeskate
- Serena Lu of Coquitlam in girls 51kg wrestling
- Kayla Willms of Coqutilam in female 100 freestyle swimming for Special Olympians
Athletes from the Tri-Cities were also part of teams that won gold in boys soccer, boys volleyball and mixed field lacrosse.
About 130 athletes, coaches and officials from the Tri-Cities, Belcarra and Anmore were part of the Zone 4 (Fraser River) contingent that participated in the biennial competition that brings together more than 2,000 athletes in 17 sports from across the province.
