Records were broken and medals were handed out as the first day of the 2018 BC Summer Games came to a close in the Cowichan Valley.

Vancouver-Coastal sits atop the medal count with two gold, seven silver and six bronze for a total of 15 medals after the first day of competition. They are followed by Fraser River (9), Fraser Valley (7), Kootenays (4), Thompson-Okanagan (3), Vancouver Island-Central Coast (1), North West and Cariboo-North East.

Lantzville91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Olivia Lundman won gold in the girls 1500 metre race walk on Friday, breaking a nearly 20-year record by five seconds. The previous record was 7:27:48 held by Victoria91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Megan Huzzey.

The first official medal ceremony of the Games was for Special Olympics girls long jump - where Amber Maher of Vancouver-Coastal took home gold, followed by Olivia Newman of Fraser River with Silver and Lauren Simpson of Vancouver-Coastal winning bronze. Other medal winners include:

Men91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 100 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ David Midgley, Langley

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Thomas Ma, Vancouver

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Mitchell Gibbs, Langley

Girls 100 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Emma Cannan, Kelowna

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Jaelan Cummings, Vancouver

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Estella Mainella, Surrey

Boys 300 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Nicholas Monro, Langley

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Owen Pinto, Surrey

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Aiden Paterson, Trail

Girls 300 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Emma Canna, Kelowna

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Claire Bosma, Richmond

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Jaeland Cummings, Vancouver

Boys 1200 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Matti Erickson, Nelson

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Jacob Bonikowsky, Delta

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Michael Schriemer, Kelowna

Girls 1200 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Madelyn Bonikowsky, Delta

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Juane Klaus, Chilliwack

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Christine Peet Williams, Chilliwack

Boys 1500 metre race walk

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Isaac Naumenko, Vancouver

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Thomas Vuong, Vancouver

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Marcys Bitnell, Vancouver

Girls 1500 metre race walk

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Olivia Lundman, Lantzville

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Kaia Haintz, Pitt Meadows

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Dionna Ly, Vancouver

Male Special Olympics 100 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Thomas Rak, Surrey

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Matthew Groenke, Coquitlam

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Matthew Burns, Mission

Female Special Olympics 100 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Olivia Neuman, Surrey

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Amber Maher, Gibsons

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Sanda Malku, Richmond

Male Special Olympics 400 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Matthew Groenke, Coquitlam

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Thomas Rak, Surrey

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Devon Marsland-Anderson, Coquitlam

Female Special Olympics 400 metre

Gold 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Olivia Neuman

Silver 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Amber Maher

Bronze 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ Sandra Malku

Synchronized Swimming

Brooke Sonnichsen, gold, Nelson

Ashley Sonnichsen, silver, Nelson

Rona Dizayee, bronze, Richmond

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