It was a photo finish and, by George, he won -- by a whisker.
Nathan George of the Centennial Centaurs edged Brendon Restall of Victoria's Oak Bay by a mere one-100th of a second to win the boys 200-metre sprint final Saturday in the B.C. high school track and field championships at Burnaby's Swangard Stadium.
Gleneagle Talons' Hodson Harding was third in the riveting race in 22.28, while Ben Ayesu-Attah of the Heritage Woods Kodiaks and Gleneagle's Nicholas Ayin took fourth and fifth respectively in 22.58 and 22.70. James Linde of the Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils was sixth in 22.79 as Tri-City runners ruled the tight, eight-sprinter field.
The Gleneagle boys team finished tied for seventh overall with Surrey's Elgin Park Orcas, both with 26 points. Oak Bay won the overall team title handily.
The Kodiaks' Esinam Ayesu-Attah nabbed silver in the girls 100 metres, finishing in 12.39 seconds and just behind the 12.20 winning time recorded by Shai-Ann Davis of Richmond's McNair Marlins. Esinam Ayesu-Attah also nabbed fourth spot in the girls 200 m in 25.46.
Another Heritage Woods athlete, Anthon Meyer, took second in the boys triple jump with a best leap of 13.24 metres, behind only Nick Fyffe (14.55 m) of the Vancouver College Fighting Irish. Gleneagle's Ayin bolted to second in the boys 100 m in 11.29 ticks, edged out by Nakai Luyken (11.20) of Abbotsford's Yale Lions and ahead of third-place finisher Linde (11.46).
Linde also soared to sixth place in a field of 24 athletes in the boys long jump with a leap of 6.26 m. Harding sailed to second in the boys 400 m in 47.53 seconds, with Restall winning in 47.39. Ben Ayesu-Attah was third in 48.07, with George (48.78) finishing fifth.
