BC Girls Deliver Record-Breaking Performances at 2025 Provincial Championships
The 2025 BC School Sports Track and Field Championships featured standout performances from some of the top young female athletes in the province. Several meet records were broken across a wide range of events, showcasing both depth and talent from Grade 8 to Senior levels.
Catch up on some of the top girls' performances from the Provincial Championships below-and don't forget to cast your vote for this week's BC Performer of the Week at the bottom!
Jaylah Dennis Sets Three Meet Records - Centennial's Dennis led the junior girls sprints and jumps with three individual event wins, all in meet record fashion. The 14-year-old ran 11.86 to take the 100m, leading a field where the top three finishers all broke the previous record (Avionne Marie Dean - 11.92, Kaylie Lofstrom - 12.20). Dennis also won the 200m in 24.00, a full second faster than her seed time coming into the championships, and cleared 1.75m to win the high jump, setting a third meet record.
Julissa Veenstra Breaks Grade 8 400m Record - Veenstra of North Surrey Secondary broke the Grade 8 Girls 400m meet record with a time of 58.05, the only sub-60 performance in the field. She also won the 200m in 25.77 (+2.5), finished second in the 100m (12.82), and ran a leg on North Surrey's 4x400m relay team, which placed third in 4:27.96.
Adrianna Buitelaar Wins Distance Double - In the senior girls distance events, Buitelaar won both the 1500m and 3000m. Her 1500m time of 4:25.86 broke a 30-year-old meet record and was ten seconds clear of second place. She followed it up with a 9:56.53 win in the 3000m, finishing over 20 seconds ahead of the field. Not to mention she was part of the MEI squad that won the 2A Girls Provincial Title.
Lily Stroda Scores 40 Points for Okanagan Mission - Grade 11 athlete Stroda played a key role in Okanagan Mission's win in the Girls AAA Provincial Banner, contributing 40 of the team's 45 points. Stroda won the senior girls heptathlon, 100m hurdles, high jump, and long jump. Her 6.07m long jump was just 3cm short of the provincial record set in 1980.
Talia Phangura Dominates the Throws - Phangura (Grade 11) won the senior girls shot put with a throw of 13.65m, more than two metres ahead of second place and just 27cm shy of a meet record set in 1971. She also placed first in the hammer throw, winning by over four metres with a mark of 49.98m.
Maya Piesik Breaks Race Walk Record - Piesik of Moscrop Secondary set a new Junior Girls 1500m Race Walk meet record, finishing in 6:51.21. The previous record, set in 2019 by Olympian Olivia Lundman, had stood for six years. Piesik finished more than 90 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Vote now - which athlete had the most impressive showing at the Provincial Championships? Cast your vote below for the BC Performer of the Week (June 2-8).