It’s going to be a hectic month for Camryn Rogers before she gets set to begin the next chapter of her life at the University of Cal-Berkley.
Fresh off her Grade 12 graduation ceremony at RA McMath Secondary, there is plenty in store for one of the top up-and-coming throwers in the country.
Rogers will be heading to Ottawa next week for the Canadian Track and Field Championships where she will be competing in her specialty event — hammer throw — along with shot put.
The Kajaks Track and Field Club standout, who works with head coach Garrett Collier, is then expected to be named to the Canadian team going to Trujillo, Peru for the Pan Am Junior Championships, starting July 23.
“Being in the capital city for Canada’s 150th. What more could you ask for,” smiled Rogers of her pending trip to nationals. “Then the opportunity to travel to Peru. It’s pretty exciting.”
Rogers was initially hoping to also be in Winnipeg in early August for the Canada Summer Games. Now that she has a better idea of when she has to be at school in California and what’s expected of her, she had to regrettably decline being a member of Team B.C.
Rogers is going to the renowned Pac-12 school on a lucrative full-ride scholarship.
“It’s been a great season so far, a little bit longer of a season too. I have had some amazing opportunities with competitions so far and I think it would be nice to get a little bit of time to relax,” said Rogers. “It would give me some time to decompress than get back at it. It’s just good for my recovery and mental state (before going to Cal).”
Rogers closed out her high school career in style at the recent B.C. Championships in Langley, breaking her own meet record in the hammer throw and also winning gold in shot put. She was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Female.
She was deservedly featured in the Vancouver Province’s recent 2017 Head of the Class special section that recognized top graduating high school student athletes in B.C. There have also been regular articles written on her and she agreed to participate in the News’ Best of Richmond feature section.
“The fact all these super nice people want to talk to me and know my story means a lot to me,” she said. “For throwing events, we are a very small community. The more people can know and understand, the more interested they become and, hopefully, the more people want to join.”
