Track Star

PG Track and Field Club member ranks first in BC

Jul 30, 2021 | 7:14 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Yet another track star has evolved from the Prince George Track and Field Club. Adam Sieben currently ranks first in BC in the 300-metre sprint in the U20 to 14 division. This comes after he finished first in a track meet over the weekend down in Langley.

“A few years ago I was 4th in that event, so it’s great to see that improvement,” says Sieben.

What’s kind of ironic about his journey is that there was no particular motivation to join track, other than the fact that he had tremendous speed.

“I was pretty fast in other sports like soccer and basketball and I just saw the opportunity to do track, so I just took it. It’s gone pretty well.”

But this is only the beginning as Adam is moving into grade 10 this coming year.

“Next year I want to be first in the high school season,” says Sieben.

And his dreams don’t stop at just the high school level.

“I want to run D-I when I’m older.”

To get there he knows he has a lot of work to do and as far as how far he’s gotten already, he attributes a lot of that towards his coaches.

“We got really good coaches, they really push me and they give me great advice,” says Sieben.

And his coaches know how good he is, but also know how far he still has to go if he is going to achieve his dreams.

“He wants to be D-I and it’s going to take a lot of work,” says Cathy Johnson, Head Sprinting Coach at the PG Track and Field Club.

And apparently, those goals were quite big from the very beginning.

“He set out a goal really early, he said he wanted to be Usain Bolt, is what he told me.”

But Johnson knows that eventually, he will outgrow the club and that someday his summers will look a whole lot different.

“Our goal is that we want him on a National Team in the summer,” says Johnson.

But ultimately, considering how far he has come already, is nothing to be ashamed about.

“I’m really really impressed with him.”

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