Three local track and field athletes won their respective age group titles while the Walnut Grove Gators had two firsts, two seconds and a third in the team competition at the Fraser Valley track and field championships.
The athletes were competing at Abbotsford’s Rotary Stadium on May 11, 12 and 14, to see who would advance to the B.C. provincial track and field championships next month at Langley’s McLeod Athletic Park.
Altogether, Langley athletes won 23 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze for a total of 57 medals in 108 events.
Langley Fundamental’s Megan Champoux won the senior girls aggregate title, taking gold in the 400m (58.23), the 100m hurdles (15.51) and the 400m hurdles (1:02.15).
Local athletes also swept the Grade 8 titles as well.
Langley Christian’s Brooke Mussche won the girls aggregate title and Credo Christian’s Elia Farag Alla won the boys title.
Mussche won the 800m in 2:27.23 and the 1500m in 5:06.18.
Farag Alla was tops in the 200m hurdles (15.64), the 200m hurdles (29.36) and the high jump (1.70m).
And with Farag Alla leading the way, Credo Christian also came second in the Grade 8 boys team competition with 69 points.
The Walnut Grove Gators were first in the Grade 8 girls team division with 88 points and the Gators were also second overall in the Grade 8 combined division with 125 points.
Walnut Grove’s junior boys team were also first with 72.5 points and the junior boys and girls combined to finish second with 108.5 points.
And the Gator senior girls came third as a team with 58 points. 
Here is a full breakdown of Langley medal winners:
Grade 8
Jordan Jacobs (Walnut Grove) silver 100m (13.80), bronze 200m (28.30).
Sarah Buckingham (Walnut Grove) gold 3000m (11:13.31).
Samantha Matthewman (Walnut Grove) gold 200m hurdles (31.64).
Amanda Yee (Walnut Grove) bronze triple jump (9.01m).
Tavia Rowell (Walnut Grove) silver shot put (9.14m).
The Walnut Grove relay team won gold in both the girls and boys 4x400 relay.
Samantha Matthewman, Jordan Jacobs, Tavia Rowell and Sarah Buckingham won gold with a time of 4:30.58 while the boys' team of Ethan Shimmin, Mattias Kessler, Lorenz Castillo and Nick Tunzi won their race in 4:14.02.
Ian Vandergugten (Credo) silver 100m (12.86), silver 100m hurdles (15.80) and silver long jump (5.21m).
Will Dykstra (Credo) silver triple jump (10.04m).
Viktor Kim (Walnut Grove) bronze discus (30.79m) and bronze javelin (31.87m).
Junior
Megan Shane (Walnut Grove) bronze 200m (26.35).
Chelsea Borrowdale (Walnut Grove) silver 1500m steeplechase (5:34.99).
Kayla Weltzin (Brookswood) bronze 1500m steeplechase (5:45.65).
Jayden Bontkes (Langley Christian) bronze high jump (1.45m).
Lauryn Cheung (Mountain) gold pole vault.
Louise Forsyth (Brookswood) gold triple jump (10.81m), silver discus (31.31m) and bronze long jump (4.89m).
Tanika Dolfo (Langley Fundamental) gold hammer throw (53.64m).
Will Riley (Walnut Grove) silver 400m (53.00) and silver 800m (1:59.85).
Michael McKay (Walnut Grove) bronze 400m (53.24).
Ford McMahon (Walnut Grove) gold (9:28.35).
Ryan Togeretz (Credo) gold 300m hurdles (43.51) and silver 100m hurdles (16.04)
Spencer Pruim (Credo) bronze 100m hurdles (16.30).
Zachary Wyatt (Mountain) bronze 1500m steeplechase (4:44.76).
Nathan King (Langley) bronze high jump (1.70m).
Nathan Gregory (Walnut Grove) silver pole vault (2.50m).
Ethan Foster (Poppy) silver triple jump (12.33m).
Sebastian Colyn (Langley Christian) bronze javelin (41.67m).
And the Walnut Grove junior boys teams of Mike McKay, Paul Buckingham, Liam Riley and Will Riley won gold in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:41.78.
Senior
Hannah Rolfe (Walnut Grove) gold high jump (1.55m) and silver 100m (12.97).
Kiana Bekar (Langley Christian) gold long jump (5.37m) and gold triple jump (11.22m).
Mira Foster (D.W. Poppy) bronze triple jump (10.18m).
Jaclyn Pauley (Brookswood) bronze javelin (36.66m).
Emma Cairnie (Walnut Grove) silver 1500m race walk (9:02.91)
Alicia Pol (Walnut Grove) bronze 1500m race walk (9:07.55).
Dean Ellenwood (Langley) gold 800m (1:52.63) and silver 400m (49.79).
Nickolas Colyn (Langley Christian) gold 2000m steeplechase (6:02.59) and bronze 1500m (4:05.24).
Alex Savage (Walnut Grove) bronze long jump (6.19m).
Brandon Southern (Walnut Grove) silver 1500m race walk (7:33.41).
