Port Moody figure skater Miku Makita set a new Canadian record with partner Tyler Gunara at the 2017 Skate Canada Challenge in Quebec last week.
In their first pattern dance, the duo received a score of 14.43, which they followed up with a 15.29 in their second dance. In the free dance, they received 49.20 for a total score of 78.92 in the pre-novice category.
Makita is a member of the Inlet Skating Club in Port Moody, which recently had some success at the Sectional Championship in Kelowna last month.
Kiera Kam was crowned juvenile ladies champion in the under-14 category, while she also took first place in the Super Series and took home a regional award.
Meanwhile, Hailey Yu was given the silver in the pre-juvenile under-11 category at the sectionals in Kelowna.
Several other figure skaters took home awards at the Jingle Blades competition in Port Moody last week.
Hailey Yu took second place in the pre-juvenile ladies under-11 event, while Emily McKean won first in the Star 8 division, along with Tamara Sealy who won third.
Clarissa Aumann won silver in the Star 5 under-10 category, while Nadina Ismaeil took gold in the Star 5 under-13 along with Danika Stobie, who won sixth place.
Jiwoo Lee won fourth place in the Star 5 under-13 group, Sapphire Peng and Amelie Cheung both won bronze in the Star 4 under-10 category.
Katelyn McCaskill won silver in the Star 4 under-13, while Selina Kong took fourth and Sally Kim took second in the same division.
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