Eight medals for Team BC

All week one sports with the exception of triathlon were in action at the Canada Summer Games with Team BC taking home eight medals – three gold, two silver and three bronze.

Medal Results: 
GOLD: Athletics 3000m Steeplechase – Grace Featherstonhaugh (New Westminster)
GOLD: Athletics Hammer – Sam Willett (Victoria)
GOLD: Cycling Mt. Bike Relay – Rhys Verner, Holden Jones, Sean Fincham (Squamish)
SILVER: Athletics Hammer – Peter Behncke (Burnaby)
SILVER: Diving 1m Springboard – Bryden Hattie (Victoria) 
BRONZE: Athletics 3000m Steeplechase – Nikolas Colyn (Langley)
BRONZE: Cycling Mountain Bike Relay – Julia Long (Whistler), Lucy Schick (Gibsons), Emily Unterberger (Revelstoke)
BRONZE: Diving 3m Springboard – Coral Strugnell (Victoria)

Team Results:
Baseball – Team BC 2 Team Sask 1
Basketball Men Quarter Final – Team BC 69 Team Sask 65
Basketball Women Quarter Final – Team Ontario 73 Team BC 45
Soccer Women – Team Nova Scotia 2 Team BC 2 (Penalty Kicks 5-3 for Nova Scotia)
Softball – Team Alberta 8 Team BC 6
Softball – Team Nova Scotia 5 Team BC 3
Volleyball-Beach women Team Quebec  2 Team BC 1 (13-21, 21-18, 15-11)
Volleyball-Beach men Team BC 2 Team Quebec 0 (21-16, 21-13)

Six Team BC boats qualified for finals on the second day of rowing competition.  Leading the way was the Lightweight Women’s Double, Women’s Single Sculls, Men’s Four, and Women’s Four who all won their heats.

In Sailing, after three days on the water Team BC boats are all in the top five with John Owen in the Laser sitting in second and the female 29er team of Emily Bugeja and Hannah Smith also in second.