Sterling King was the anchor, but he took B.C. to the top.
The 15-year-old from Prince George brought home gold as B.C.'s fourth swimmer in the men's 4 X 100-metre freestyle relay at the Western Canada Games in Kamloops. The team of King, Edward Zhoa of Vancouver, Ryan Anderson of Delta and Joe Byram of Vernon stopped the clock Friday in 3:26.30, ahead of Alberta (2:27.64) and Manitoba ( 3:32.77), which won silver and bronze.
King also won bronze in the 200m butterfly with a time of 2:06.58, a Prince George Barracudas Swim Club record, about a second faster than his former best time set in February. Cole Benkic of Saskatchewan won gold in 2:04.81.
Danica Ludlow of Prince George was also in fine form in the Canada Games Aquatic Centre. The 14-year-old Ludlow helped B.C. win silver in the women's 4 X 100m freestyle relay, teaming up with Morgan Mark of Langley,Taylor Paddington of Campbell River and Amy Sun of Vancouver.
B.C.'s time of 3:48.84 was just off the winning pace of Team Alberta (3:46.49) Manitoba won bronze (3:57.69).
Ludlow also placed seventh in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 2:22.99.
Meanwhile, in men's volleyball, Team B.C. dropped out of contention for the the gold medal after losing a close match with Manitoba 25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 24-26. With Prince George middle blocker Nic Balazs at the net, B.C. 1-2, faces Saskatchewan today at 3 p.m.
In the women's volleyball tournament, Erika Morris of Prince George and the rest of Team B.C. will close out the round robin today at 3 p.m. against Alberta in a battle of two 3-1 teams.
