The best of the best high school track and field athletes from throughout the province are converging on Langley this week.

Langley, and specifically the McLeod Athletic Park (MAP), are a preferred location for the BC High School Track and Field (BCTF) Championships that are happening Thursday through Saturday.

While the local track and most of its competition amenities are pretty standard, it91裸聊视频檚 the covered stadium and media booth used for staging, as well as the jumbotron that keep organizer Andrew Lenton and the team from the BCTF91裸聊视频檚 commission coming back to Langley again and again.

91裸聊视频淭he media tower makes a great staging area for the event, for us, from an organizational perspective,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淏ut the feedback we get from the spectators is that the jumbotron is something they91裸聊视频檙e really wanting to keep, so we91裸聊视频檝e come back here.91裸聊视频�

He said the Township91裸聊视频檚 parks and rec staff have been 91裸聊视频済reat to deal with.91裸聊视频� And the commission91裸聊视频檚 long-standing relationship with the Langley Mustangs track and field club has made it possible to facilitate 91裸聊视频渁n event of this magnitude91裸聊视频� year after year.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a really great facility. The Township of Langley is great to work with, their parks and rec. The facilities are great,91裸聊视频� said Lenton, who is assistant coach at Maple Ridge Secondary and commissioner for the B.C. High School Track & Field Commission.

In addition to complimenting parks and rec, he said partnering with the Langley Mustangs track and field club to facilitate an event of this magnitude has been key.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just a massive event,91裸聊视频� Lenton said Wednesday afternoon from MAP.

It91裸聊视频檚 one of the largest high school competitions of any kind in the country, comparable only to the Ontario track and field event, he said.

It will be a full house, added Lenton, noting that once again there will be 2,400 students from 335 high school throughout the province competing.

91裸聊视频淲e cap out. We limit and restrict who can come into the championships,91裸聊视频� he explained. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 many thousands and thousands more who have not been as lucky as to qualify or get a berth into the championships.91裸聊视频�

In addition to all the athletes expected, there are another 400 coaches, and countless parents and supporters coming to Langley this weekend.

91裸聊视频淭his is a huge undertaking,91裸聊视频� Lenton told the Langley Advance, explaining that these annual championships takes more than a year of prep time to arrange.

Speaking to that, he and the other commission directors started preparing for 201991裸聊视频檚 competition last summer.

The championships are primarily held within the Lower Mainland, because of facilities and logistics.

Only on rare occasions does it get moved to the Island or Interior.

It was hosted at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna in 1972, and Nanaimo in 2015, Lenton recalled. But he confirmed it will be back in Kelowna again next year, and he91裸聊视频檚 already making plans for their return to Langley in 2020.

This is year six for Lenton at the helm.

91裸聊视频淚 thought I would do it for one year, and somehow I91裸聊视频檓 finding myself in year six. I don91裸聊视频檛 know how that happened,91裸聊视频� he said.

It91裸聊视频檚 primarily the calibre of athletes he sees participating year after year, and their insatiable quest to better themselves, that keeps him coming back.

This year91裸聊视频檚 competition includes 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500-metre races, long jump, shot put, high jump, javelin, triple jump, steeplechase, race walking, discus, and hammer for students Grade 8 through 12.

91裸聊视频淭his really is, in terms of high school track and field competition, as good as it gets,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淚n fact, We have some of the best athletes in the world competing,91裸聊视频� he added, encouraging sports enthusiasts to watch the performances.

91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e going to be exciting,91裸聊视频� Lenton said of the various showdowns. 91裸聊视频淔or a lot of the kids, this is what they91裸聊视频檝e been practicing and training for months and months.91裸聊视频�

While Thursday91裸聊视频檚 action runs from 3 to about 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday are full days. Friday will see meets and competitions running from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to about 5 p.m.

That91裸聊视频檚 long days, Lenton admitted. But to make it more palatable for spectators, most of the finals have been arranged between about 2 and 5 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e loaded in all the finals in those times,91裸聊视频� or at least as many as they could accommodate.

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