Welcome to the

Richmond Sports

Awards

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Aftermath Cheer

• First place Pink Cheer and

Dance Championships

• First place Cheerfest

Championships

• Qualified for USAF World

Championships in Florida

Georgia Booker Field Hockey

• Selected to U18 Team BC

• Bronze at Nationals

• McMath MVP/Athlete of

the Year.

• McMath High School: Zone

Champions & placed 8th at

the Provincials

• Invited to Field Hockey

Canada Junior National

Development Squad

Nigel Boyd Basketball

• Led Steveston-London to the

AAA provincial finals

• AAA Richmond and Lower

Mainland champions

• Richmond Senior Boys MVP

• 2nd team all-star at

provincials

• 1st team all-star at Lower

Mainlands

Carson Bradley Track

• BC Club Champion 200m and

400m

• 4th Canadian Legion

Championship 400m

• Bronze U18 team 4x400m

Canadian Legion

Championship

• BC Rankings 4th in 200m, 3rd

in 400m

• BC High School Champion

400m

Bailey Brodie Athletics

• 1st in 1500 and 3000m High

School Finals

• 2nd in cross country/long

Jump High School Finals

• Placed 1st and 2nd at two

cross country meets

• 2nd 600m Harry Jerome

meet

• Senior girls basketball

player/honour roll student

at McNair Secondary

Dakota Chan Field Hockey

• Selected for U18 Team B.C.

(as a 16-year-old)

• Gold at B.C. Blue U18

Nationals

• One of 30 players named to

Field Hockey Canada Junior

National Development Squad

• Former U15 B.C. Player of

the Year

• U13 assistant coach

• McMath High School: Zone

Champions & placed 8th at

the Provincials

• Student at McMath Secondary

Cassidy Chang Volleyball

• Ontario University Athletic

Award of Merit “This award reflects a commitment

to being the best possible person

both on and off the court, constantly

striving to be your best in the

classroom and taking a leadership

role on the court”

• Top engineering student at

the Royal Military College

(RMC)

• Former McRoberts student

Commanders Cheer

• 1st best of the Northwest

Championships (Tacoma)

• 1st in USA Nationals (Los

Angeles)

• Won a full-paid bid to

compete at the D2 Summit,

finishing 10th out of 66

teams in the nation

Chris Crisologo Golf

• Awarded Player of the Year

at Great Northwest Athletic

Conference (GNAC)

• Led GNAC golfers with

average round score

• 3rd at GNAC Championships

• Two tournament wins, top

five in eight events

• Currently enrolled at Simon

Fraser University

Caitlin Davie Soccer

• Led Richmond FC Women’s

Premier Team to its first

provincial title in 30 years

• MVP Provincial Championships

• Led Metro Women’s Premier

League in scoring

• Four goals scored at the

Provincial Cup, one a game

winner

• Team finished second at

nationals

Nicolaas Dekker Swimming

• 2nd in Canadian Olympic Trials

for the butterfly

• Two gold, one silver at

Canadian Swim Championships

• Qualified for Canadian Senior

Team/World Championships

• Represented Canada/FINA

Short Course World Cup

Jonathan Dieleman Swimming

• Rapids swimmer, 5th place in 50m

breaststroke at 2016 Rio Paralympics

(Canadian record)

• Canadian and Americas record in the

S3 50m breaststroke at 2016 Olympic

& Paralympic Swimming Trials

• Silver in 50m breaststroke at the

Parapan Am Games (Canadian record)

• Gold in 50m/150m Individual Medley

Canadian Swimming Olympic and

Paralympic Trials

• Gold in 150IM at Can Am meet

(Florida)

2017

Sports Awards

Indy Dulay Soccer

• Coaching adult (AC Richmond)

and youth (U18 Gold)

• Provincial qualifiers

• AC Richmond First Division

Champions

• All-star coach for RASA team

Evan Dunfee Track

• Junior Male Athlete of the

Year for Sport BC

• Canadian records in 10,000m

and 50K

• 4th place in 50K at Rio

Olympics, a new Canadian

record

• Silver – IAAF World Team

Championships

Dynamo Fencing Club Fencing

• Fifty nine medals won

overall at provincials

• Twelve gold, three silver

and five bronze won by

locals

• Dylan French, Natasha Kis-

Toth and Elizabeth Douglas

three locals were selected

for the Junior and Cadet

World Championships

Calista Espinosa Wrestling

• Gold at Cadet Canadian

Championships

• Captured National Team Trial

• Flag Bearer Pan Am Games

(Lima)

• Bronze Pan Am Cadet

Championships

• 7th World Cadet

Championships (Georgia)

Brooklyn Eusanio Softball

• Richmond Girls Softball

player

• Canada tryouts – qualified for

the junior team

• U18 women’s provincial team

member .453BA / .511OBP

• U18 women’s western

Canadian team member

.647BA /.824OBP

Aimaq Fardaws Basketball

• Led Steveston-London to

the AAA Provincial Finals

• AAA Richmond and Lower

Mainland Champions

• MVP at Lower Mainlands

• 1st team all-star at

provincials

• U17 Provincial Team

• U17 National Team tryouts

Bianca Go Wushu

• Grand champion at BC Open

Martial Arts Championships

and Can Am Championships

• Gold/silver in Pan Am Wushu

Championship (Texas)

• 10th Junior World

Championships (Bulgaria)

Becky Hartley Baseball

• Bronze at Canada Women’s

Nationals

• Canadian National Team

selection

• Silver - WBSC Womens

Baseball World Cup

• Improved world ranking from

4th to 2nd

Tawfiq Jamal Soccer

• National team selection

• Gold medal with team

Canada at the Jubilee

Games in Dubai

• Golden Boot Award – RASA

Premier Division

• Richmond FC Coach U8 to

U11

Daniel Judkowicz Ball Hockey

• Champion League/ Major

Mountain Division

• Gold - Team BC/Junior

National Team Championships

• Gold – U16 Team

Canada/ISBHF World

Championships

Shayla Kaplen Softball

• NAIA Red Lion Player of

the Week

• First team Cascade

Collegiate All Conference

• UBC leader with .469BA,

23 hits and 17 runs

Zachary Kebede Football

• Team captain for U14 Raiders

• VMFL Champions/3rd BCCFA

Provincials

• BCCFA Junior Bantam MVP

• BCCFA Sportsmanship Award

Chris Kennedy Basketball & Swimming

• Board member for RYBL and

VK Basketball

• President of Kigoos Swim

Club

• Over 30 years in basketball

coaching and administration

• Advisor to Basketball BC Elite

Development Program

• BC Senior Girls/Boys

tournament committees

David Lin Table Tennis

• BC High School Champion

• Member of the Canadian

Cadet Team/Pan Am Junior

Championships

• Steveston-London Secondary

Student

Gerald Linden Baseball

• Allowed a 13U A team to be

declared

• Increased player performance

• Positive feedback from

parents

• 60% of players were new to

baseball

• Serves as an Richmond City

Baseball VP

Jake Loewen Road Races

• 1st Lower Mainland Road Race

Series

• Ran 10km at 35:53

• Scotiabank Half Marathon at

1:23:29

• Coach of the Junior

Development Program

• Studying full-time at UBC

Amanda McCallum Swimming

• BC Short Course AAA

Provincials- 2G/1B

• BC Long Course AAA

Provincials – 4G/3S/1B

• Canadian Age Group Nationals

– 3G/3S/2B

• Thirteen Short Course and

eleven Long Course Club

Records

• Qualified for Canadian

National Swim Championships

Christina McDonald Volleyball & Basketball

• MVP McNair Athletics

Basketball and Volleyball

• Grade 8 Athlete of the Year

• Top All Round Student

• RGSA 2nd in House League

• Top All Round Athlete at

McNair Secondary

Shawn McQuistin Hockey • Seafair Minor Hockey Junior

Coach of the Year

• Two Atom Teams - Tier 2 and

House

• 3rd in league play for Atom

Tier 2

• Passionate about the teams;

helps with fundraising

• Puts in ten times more time

and effort than expected

• Commitment and enthusiasm

appreciated by both players

and parents

Patrick Metcalfe Soccer

• Selected for Vancouver

Whitecaps FC Residency U18

Team

• Playing in the United States

Soccer Academy Development

League

• Selected for the provincial

team three times

• Fusion FC – BC Premier Soccer

League

Doug Newstead Soccer

• Head referee: Richmond

Adult Soccer League,

Richmond Youth Soccer

Association and the BC

Chinese Soccer Federation

• Allocator, instructor and

mentor for many young

officials

• Allocator and scheduler for

6 aside soccer

Robert Pettifer Swimming

• Coached Jonathan Deilmann/Rio

Olympics

• Coached Nicolaas

Dekker/Canadian National Teams

• 4th overall in Provincial

Championships

• Three swimmers awarded NCAA

scholarships

• Selected Canadian team coach

for the FINA World Cup

• Rapids head coach for 8 years

• NCCP level 3 certified coach

• 2016/17 Swimming Canada select

coaches group

Ryan Pidhaichuk Baseball

• University of Kansas Jayhawks

• Academic All-Big 12 Conference

second team

• Two time Athletic Directors and

Big 12 Conference Honor Roll

• .282 BA /.401 OBP /.368 SLG

Ravens PeeWee A Girls Ice Hockey • Pacific Coast League

Winners 16-0-1

• PCAHA Champions 7-0

• Provincial Champions 5-0

• Season record 28-0-1

• Janaka Shahi, Hope Chan,

Emily Dragicevic, Kaitlyn

Eng, Ella Hurst, Claire Kerr,

Emma Lee, Lauren Mackay,

Chloe Maher, Olivia

Northrup, Jessi Soon, Ashley

Specht, Francesca Trahan,

Sophia Uppal, Tamryn Ward,

Elise Wust

Richmond Stars Soccer • League Winner/4

District/U13 Bronze

RFC Premier Womens Team Soccer

• Provincial Cup champions for

the first time in 30 years

• Second Sport Chek National

Women’s Championships

Camryn Rogers Track & Field

• U20 National Team member

• BC Athletics Youth Athlete of

the Year

• Canadian U18/U20 record

holder - women’s hammer

throw

• BCHS champion - hammer

throw and shot put

Peter Rondonine Soccer

• League winner 4 District U13

bronze

• Emphasizes fun and playing

hard

• Encourages skill development

and confidence

Diego San Pedro Golf

• Steveston-London student

who led his team to a 1st at

Richmond Championships

• Champion BC AAA Secondary

School Golf

• 3rd for team at Provincials

• Scholarship at Oregon State

• No.1 ranked 2016 player in

British Columbia by the

Junior Golf Scoreboard

Aishreet Sander Field Hockey

• Silver in team BC U16

Nationals

• McMath High School: Zone

Champions & placed 8th at

the Provincials

• Assistant captain and leading

scorer

• Selected to the FHBC High

Performance Program

• PCAHA League and Playoff

Champions Richmond Ravens

Hockey

Rick Sedola Softball

• Over eight years officiating

from U10 to Senior

Women’s League and

Tournament play

• Achieved Level 3 Umpire

Certification

• U16B Girls and Sr. A/B

Women’s Provincials

• Selected to officiate at the

U16 A Boys Nationals (ON)

Troy Stecher Hockey

• NCAA National

Champions/University of

North Dakota

• Selected Second Team West

All-American

• North Dakota top scoring

defenseman

• Signed with Canucks to

start 2016/17 season

Noemie Thomas Swimming • Canadian Olympic Team/100m

Butterfly

• 2nd in Canadian Trials

• Personal best – 4th fastest time

in the World

• Cal Berkley Team 3rd NCAA

Championships

• Entered the 2016/17 season

ranked among Cal's all-time

leaders in the 100 fly and 200 fly

• A CSCAA Scholar All-American in

both 2016, and a 2016 Pac-12

all-academic second team

• A co-recipient of Cal's 2016

Golden Bear Award

Justin Thorsteinson Baseball

• 1B team lead .435AVG,

OB% .500, 5 HR’s

• Pitcher 10w-1L-3S,

.096ERA, 127KO, .160BA

• Team BC selection for

Nationals, team won

Bronze

• Selected to Grade 8

Northwest Futures and

BC 15U prospects teams

U13 Gold Rangers Soccer

• Fourth BC Provincial “B” Cup

• Bradley Neilsen Award - team

award for “Determination”

• Recognized for

demonstrating pride, respect

and sportsmanship

U15 Metro Soccer

• Tied for 1st place, Metro

Selects League

• 2nd Coastal “A” Cup

• Provincial “A” Cup

qualifiers

Valerie Wideski Rugby

• Led McRoberts to the AA Lower

Mainland Championships

• BC High School Tournament

Bowl winners (9th)

• Champions Team BC Canadian

Rugby (15’s)

• Champions Team BC Canadian

Rugby (7’s)

• Selected for Canadian Rugby

tryouts

15U AAA Chuckers Baseball

• 1st in Best of the West 15U

AAA tournament (Kamloops)

• 2nd in the Queen Victoria

Tournament (Richmond)

• 1st in Perfect Game Canada

Day Classic 15U AAA

(Okotoks, Alberta)

• Semi-finalist BC Baseball

Provincial Championships

Congratulations to

all the athletes

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