Merritt’s Randy Sheldon, 46, and son Ryland, 11, enjoyed a banner weekend at the 2018 Van Ryswyk Invitational Indoor Track Meet in Kamloops.

Competing for the Kamloops Track and Field Club at the Tournament Capital Centre, Randy picked up a pair of fourth-place individual finishes in the master’s men age 45-49 60-metre (8.16 seconds) and 200-metre (27.66) dashes, while Ryland dominated the 11-year-old boys’ competition, winning the 600-metre run (2:04.08) and high jump (1.15 metres) events, and placing second in the 60-metre dash (9.33), the 60-metre hurdles (11.48) and the long jump (3.96).

On Sunday, Randy teamed up with a trio of runners from Vancouver to win the 45-49 year-old men’s 4 x 200-metre relay event in a new B.C. masters’ record of one minute, 47.68 seconds.

For his part, Ryland joined forces with three older Kamloops Track Club teammates to win the 13-year-old boys’ 4 x 200-metre relay in 2:17.47.

Randy Sheldon is a teacher at Merritt Secondary School, and head coach of the MSS track and field team. The Merritt high school squad has already begun practices. The first major competition will be the Battle of the Border on April 28 in Kamloops. The day-long event features teams from secondary schools throughout B.C. and the neighbouring province of Alberta.