Kamloops athletes haul medals at B.C. Winter Games
There was plenty to cheer about for the Kamloops contingent of the Zone 2 Thompson-Okanagan team at the B.C. Winter Games, which wrapped up on Sunday, Feb. 26, in Vernon.
The Corryn Brown rink, featuring Erin Pincott, Sydney Fraser and Samantha Fisher, won gold in girls’ curling. Ken Brown of Kamloops coached the golden quartet.
Four Kamloops gymnasts — Lisa Comazzetto, Marc Thibault, Jason Dahlgren and Taylor Berthelot — won bronze in a team competition.
Thompson-Okanagan won silver in girls’ hockey.
Representing Kamloops on that team were Taylor Finnie, Kendall Fitzgerald, Sydney Gordon, Squwey Gottfriedson, Larissa Kolle, Elysha Aspeslet and Kelsey Clovechok.
Sara Spence won gold in a 200-metre team-pursuit mixed speed-skating Group A event and gold in the Group A relay, while Eric Spence and Yolaine Kampman won bronze for their efforts in a 200-metre relay event.
Sara also won silver in the Group A girls’ 400-metre final, silver in the Group A 1,500-metre and gold in the 3,000-metre point race.
Eric won silver in the Group B boys’ 3,000-metre point race
Jennaya Motokado won bronze in the all-around girls’ Provincial 4 gymnastics competition.
Drew Ramsay won silver in the under-46 kilogram division in male judo, while Megan Hanks, competing in the over-70 kilogram women’s division, won gold.
For more results, log on to bcgames.net.
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