2022 Provincial 8k Road Champions Crowned at Pioneer 8k
March 1, 2022
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.
- Official Results from Race Day Timing.
- See the race release from the Island Series here.
- The write up from Athletics Illustrated here.
- Photo gallery from Joseph Camilleri. All photos on this page by Joseph Camilleri.
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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:
- 5km – Longest Day Road Race, June 17
- 10km – Vancouver Sun Run, April 24
- Half – Vancouver Half Marathon, June 26
- Marathon – Royal Victoria Marathon, October 10
BC Super Series 2022 Calendar:
- April 10 – Icebreaker 8k (rescheduled from January)
- April 24 – Vancouver Sun Run
- April 24 – TC10k
- May 1 – BMO Vancouver Half Marathon
- June 17 – Longest Day Road Race
- June 26 – Vancouver Half Marathon
- July 16 – Summerfast 10k
- September 11 – Under Armour Eastside 10k
- October 10 – Royal Victoria Marathon
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BC Athletics 8k Road Championships |
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Pioneer 8k - Sunday February 27, 2022 |
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Place |
Name |
Gun Time |
Club |
City |
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1 |
Katelyn |
Ayers |
0:27:31 |
Uvic Track Club |
Victoria |
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2 |
Elise |
Coates |
0:28:00 |
Uvic Track Club |
Victoria |
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3 |
Jen |
Millar |
0:28:20 |
Victoria |
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Place |
Name |
Gun Time |
Club |
City |
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1 |
Brendan |
Wong |
0:24:31 |
Coquitlam Cheetahs |
Coquitlam |
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2 |
Brandon |
Vail |
0:24:42 |
Uvic Track Club |
Victoria |
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3 |
Michael |
Barber |
0:26:31 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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Championship Age Category Winners |
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Age Cat |
Place |
Name |
Gun Time |
Club |
City |
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F18-19 |
1 |
Emma |
Vizina |
0:32:22 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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F20-24 |
1 |
Elise |
Coates |
0:28:00 |
Uvic Track Club |
Victoria |
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F25-29 |
1 |
Katelyn |
Ayers |
0:27:31 |
Uvic Track Club |
Victoria |
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F25-29 |
2 |
Julia |
Howley |
0:28:36 |
Vancouver |
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F25-29 |
3 |
Lia |
Codrington |
0:31:20 |
Uvic Track Club |
Victoria |
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F40-44 |
1 |
Jen |
Millar |
0:28:20 |
Victoria |
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F60-64 |
1 |
Patricia |
Kearney |
0:40:24 |
New Westminster |
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F60-64 |
2 |
Christine |
Thate |
1:11:40 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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F65-69 |
1 |
Brenda |
Niziol |
0:41:17 |
Shawnigan Lake |
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Age Cat |
Place |
Name |
Gun Time |
Club |
City |
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M18-19 |
1 |
Jake |
Putz |
0:28:45 |
Nanaimo |
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M20-24 |
1 |
Brandon |
Vail |
0:24:42 |
Uvic Track Club |
Victoria |
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M20-24 |
2 |
Michael |
Barber |
0:26:31 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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M25-29 |
1 |
Brendan |
Wong |
0:24:31 |
Coquitlam Cheetahs |
Coquitlam |
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M25-29 |
2 |
Jordan |
Cheung |
0:34:09 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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M45-49 |
1 |
Jeff |
Hunt |
0:31:16 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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M50-54 |
1 |
Craig |
Odermatt |
0:29:48 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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M60-64 |
1 |
Walter |
Downey |
0:30:19 |
Vancouver |
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M60-64 |
2 |
Keith |
Wakelin |
0:32:05 |
Merville |
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M60-64 |
3 |
Ross |
Armour |
0:38:01 |
Cobble Hill |
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M65-69 |
1 |
Gary |
Duncan |
0:34:10 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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M65-69 |
2 |
Nigel |
Barrett |
0:46:42 |
Mayne Island |
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M75-79 |
1 |
Brian |
Connon |
0:38:04 |
Prairie Inn Harriers |
Victoria |
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M75-79 |
2 |
Eric |
Ellis |
0:39:34 |
Salt Spring Island |
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M75-79 |
3 |
Jake |
Madderom |
0:46:31 |
Burnaby |
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