NORTH Shore athletes cleaned up during the first week of competition at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que.
As of Friday North Shore athletes had a hand in winning 15 medals, one quarter of the 60 podium finishes Team British Columbia racked up in the first week to sit in third place in the overall standings.
West Vancouver swimmer Emily Overholt led the way with a monster haul of four medals, including three golds. Overholt was the first to touch in women's 200-metre individual medley, 400-m freestyle and 400-m individual medley while also earning silver in the 200-m freestyle. Fellow West Vancouver swimmer Sergey Holson also climbed the podium multiple times, earning gold in the men's 50-m breaststroke, silver in 50-m freestyle and bronze in the 4x100-m freestyle relay. Sailor Natalia Montemayor also struck gold, winning the women's single hand laser event.
The North Shore also scored on the pitch with the women's soccer team, coached by North Vancouver's Jesse Symons, earning gold with a 2-1 win over Ontario in the championship final. North Vancouver's Rachel Jones and West Vancouver's Margaret Hadley and Nicola Mawson all suited up in the win.
The women's volleyball team, featuring North Vancouver's Emily Oxland and Katie Wuttunee as starters, also found the podium, finishing second after losing a tough five-set match against Alberta in the final.
Other silver medalists included West Vancouver sailor Ryan Wood in men's double handed 29er, West Vancouver's Alexis Prokopuik in women's tennis singles and North Vancouver's Stacey Fung in women's tennis doubles.
Prokopuik and Fung were joined by West Vancouver's Kyryll Kryvchun on the provincial squad that took silver in the team tennis competition.
Rounding out the medal haul was North Vancouver wrestler Brandy Perry who took bronze in the women's 60-kg class.
The Games continue this week, wrapping up Aug. 17.
