2022 Provincial 8k Road Champions Crowned at Pioneer 8k

Sunday saw another great group of runners take the country roads of Saanich, in the Prairie Inn Harriers – Pioneer 8k, host of the 2022 BC Athletics 8k Road Running Championships.

Tristan Woodfine won in a time of 23:10 and Gen Lalonde the women’s side with 25:58 were the overall winners,  but being from out of province, they were not eligible for the BC Championship.

Brendan Wong of the Coquitlam Cheetahs and Kate Ayers of University of Victoria were crowned the BC Athletics Champions. Both were second overall in their genders, with 24:31 and 27:31 respectively. On the men’s side, Brandon Vail and Michael Barber were 2nd and 3rd BC Athletics members across the line. For the women Elise Coates and Jen Millar.

Full championship results are below and attached.

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Unfortunately, the St. Patrick’s Day 5k in Vancouver will not be able to go ahead this year and was scheduled to be the Provincial 5km Road Running Championships. The 5km Championship has been moved to the Longest Day Road Race on the evening of June 17 at UBC. Longest Day Road Race is part of the BC Super Series and the Lower Mainland Road Race Series.

The Road Running Provincial Championships this year are hosted by:

BC Super Series 2022 Calendar:

 

BC Athletics 8k Road Championships

 

Pioneer 8k - Sunday February 27, 2022

   
             
 

Place

Name

 

Gun Time

Club

City

 

1

Katelyn

Ayers

0:27:31

Uvic Track Club

Victoria

 

2

Elise

Coates

0:28:00

Uvic Track Club

Victoria

 

3

Jen

Millar

0:28:20

 

Victoria

             
 

Place

Name

 

Gun Time

Club

City

 

1

Brendan

Wong

0:24:31

Coquitlam Cheetahs

Coquitlam

 

2

Brandon

Vail

0:24:42

Uvic Track Club

Victoria

 

3

Michael

Barber

0:26:31

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

             

Championship Age Category Winners

   
             

Age Cat

Place

Name

 

Gun Time

Club

City

F18-19

1

Emma

Vizina

0:32:22

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

F20-24

1

Elise

Coates

0:28:00

Uvic Track Club

Victoria

F25-29

1

Katelyn

Ayers

0:27:31

Uvic Track Club

Victoria

F25-29

2

Julia

Howley

0:28:36

 

Vancouver

F25-29

3

Lia

Codrington

0:31:20

Uvic Track Club

Victoria

F40-44

1

Jen

Millar

0:28:20

 

Victoria

F60-64

1

Patricia

Kearney

0:40:24

 

New Westminster

F60-64

2

Christine

Thate

1:11:40

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

F65-69

1

Brenda

Niziol

0:41:17

 

Shawnigan Lake

             

Age Cat

Place

Name

 

Gun Time

Club

City

M18-19

1

Jake

Putz

0:28:45

 

Nanaimo

M20-24

1

Brandon

Vail

0:24:42

Uvic Track Club

Victoria

M20-24

2

Michael

Barber

0:26:31

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

M25-29

1

Brendan

Wong

0:24:31

Coquitlam Cheetahs

Coquitlam

M25-29

2

Jordan

Cheung

0:34:09

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

M45-49

1

Jeff

Hunt

0:31:16

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

M50-54

1

Craig

Odermatt

0:29:48

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

M60-64

1

Walter

Downey

0:30:19

 

Vancouver

M60-64

2

Keith

Wakelin

0:32:05

 

Merville

M60-64

3

Ross

Armour

0:38:01

 

Cobble Hill

M65-69

1

Gary

Duncan

0:34:10

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

M65-69

2

Nigel

Barrett

0:46:42

 

Mayne Island

M75-79

1

Brian

Connon

0:38:04

Prairie Inn Harriers

Victoria

M75-79

2

Eric

Ellis

0:39:34

 

Salt Spring Island

M75-79

3

Jake

Madderom

0:46:31

 

Burnaby

 

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