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Local athletes ready to go for gold at Winter Games

Langley, Fort Langley and Aldergrove well represented with 59 athletes, 10 coaches/officials and four adult supervisors for Penticton Games
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Fifty-nine athletes — including 10 ringette players (above) — will represent Langley

With the B.C. Winter Games just around the corner, Langley will be well represented when the Games begin in Penticton.

The competition runs Feb. 25-28 and will feature 59 athletes, 10 coaches and officials, and another four adult supervisors from Langley, Fort Langley and Aldergrove.

The athletes and coaches are part of Zone 3 (Fraser Valley).

Archery — Jesse Meister (athlete); Dave Sanquist (coach).

Badminton — Jordyn Macadams (athlete).

Special Olympics basketball — Christian Burton, Jacob Fettes, Christopher Lakusta, Kyle Litfin and Ryerson Shelvey (athletes); Bruce Shelvey (coach) and Nicole Grainger (adult supervisor).

Wheelchair basketball — Joel Aukema and Tanner Jung (athletes); Nadene Jung (adult supervisor).

Biathlon —  Emmanuel Bussani (athlete); Lori Bussani (assistant coach).

Curling — Brenin Moore and Karson Van Baar (athletes); Wayne Moore (head coach).

Diving — Sarah Butt, Ella Davidson, Jaedon Jones, Kaya Kenyon, Emma Klaver, Darin Mellor-Lain, Breanna Nichols, Jessie Nowotny, Jayden Poole and Grayce Vanderwerf (athletes); Kelly Dee (head coach), Lisa Breure (official) and Nikki Kenyon (adult supervisor).

Figure skating — Peyton Molberg (athlete); Patti Graham (adult supervisor).

Gymnastics — Ryder Croome, Maya Crutch, Noah Ichihara, Trevor Ma, Emma Schmor, Luke Van Harmelen and Matthew Woznica (athletes); Jonathan Osers (assistant coach) and Carole Williamson (official).

Judo —  Deltin Schuchardt (athlete).

Karate — Mehek Budshah, Fiona Maclean, Nika Najafi, Ishaan Narayan, Jaxson Seip, Aneka Teja,  Nicolas Tyne, Jodhan Brar, Newton Ma, Vladislav Mazur and Robert Truong (athletes); Shakiba Fadaie and Kamelia Najafi (assistant coaches).

Rhythmic gymnastics — Victoria Kolganov and Theodora Petrova (athletes).

Ringette — Chloe Arneson, Sydnie Bressette, Fiona Briner, Kaycia Flaman, Clare Fricke, Kalyn Gustavson, Amelia Raymond, Nick Raymond, Daphne Stams, Cassidy Walker, Amanda Yee and Jordyn Watson (athletes).

Freestyle skiing — Ethan Phillips (athletes).

Speed skating —  Elle Bush and William Park (athletes).

 



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