Powell River athletes competed against youth from across the province at the 2012 BC Summer Games held July 19 to 22 in Surrey.
Three budding athletes qualified for the competition, which involves everything from canoeing to horseback riding to golf and has produced numerous Olympians. For all three, this was their first time attending the biennial athletic event.
Zane Hernandez, 15, and Calli-Ann Abbott, 14, competed in the track and field division. Hernandez qualified for the pentathlon, which combines scores from the 100-metre hurdles, 1,000-metre run, shot put, long jump and high jump. He beat out four other competitors in the 14- and 15-year-old boys category to earn second place overall in the event.
Abbott competed in three events within the 14- and 15-year-old girls’ category. She earned fourth place in the 200-metre dash and in the 80-metre hurdles and sixth place in triple jump.
Both athletes are members of the Powell River Track and Field Club.
Carsyn Casparie, 12, also represented Powell River at the Games after qualifying for the Vancouver Island Zone 6 soccer team. Besides Casparie, the team was made up of eight girls from Victoria and five girls from the Nanaimo area. The team won three games, tied one game and lost one game, putting it in fifth place.
