Track and field athletes led Team Yukon with the medal charge at last week’s 55+ Games in Brampton, Ont.

Yukon’s Brenda Dion won gold in all six of her events, as the team dominated running and field events.

Attending her fourth 55+ Games, Pam Bangart spent this year as a co-chef-de-mission alongside Marg White.

“It was a riot,” she said. “I just loved it. It was very fulfilling.”

This was her first year as mission staff and the support team was busy, organizing logistics for athletes and helping them manage the extreme heat and humidity in Ontario.

Bangart loved being able to support the athletes and watch them perform to their potential.

She won gold at the last Games and remembers how emotional she was receiving it. “I just felt so absolutely wonderful,” she said. “I start[ed] to cry.”

To see her track teammates succeed was a highlight. Rose Leenders, in the 75+ category, won silver in the 50-metre sprint. Then, in the 100, “she was just so bound and determined to win,” said Bangart. “She just ran that race like I’ve never seen her run before. It was like bears were chasing her.”

And when she finished, Bangart said the look on Leenders’ face was amazing. As others received their medals, Bangart remembered her own medal.

“I knew exactly how they were feeling,” she said. “It was hard not to get emotional for them.”

The team is already recruiting more 55+ people as they look forward to the 2018 Games in Saint John, N.B.

“It’s just a fulfilling feeling you get from participation,” said Bangard. “You’re there and part of the team.”

Yukon medallists

Track and Field

Women's 50m sprint 55+: Brenda Dion – Gold

Women's javelin 55+: Brenda Dion – Gold

Women's long jump 55+: Brenda Dion – Gold

Women's 100m sprint 55+: Brenda Dion – Gold

Women's javelin 75+: Naomi Hall – Gold

Women's 50m sprint 75+: Rose Leenders – Silver

Women's 100m sprint 75+: Rose Leenders – Gold

Women's 50m sprint 60+: Sharyl Satchell – Silver

Women's 100m sprint 60+: Sharyl Satchell – Silver

Women's 400m 60+: Donna Jones – Silver

Women's long jump 60+: Donna Jones – Silver

Women's predicted walk 400m: Rose Leenders – Silver

Women's discus 65+: Karen Milligan – Bronze

Women's shot put 65+: Karen Milligan – Silver

Women's discus 75+: Naomi Hall – Silver

Women's predicted walk 400m: Naomi Hall – Gold

Women's 4 x 100m relay: Brenda Dion, Donna Jones, TK, TK – Gold

Women's 200m 60+: Donna Jones – Gold

Women's 800m 60+: Donna Jones – Silver

Women's 10k micro marathon 55+: Brenda Dion – Gold

Men's 50m sprint 75+: John Hall – Gold

Men's 100m sprint 75+: John Hall – Gold

Men's long jump 75+: John Hall – Gold

Men's 1,500m 60+: Bryan Craven – Gold

Men's javelin 60+: Bryan Craven – Silver

Men's 1,500m 75+: Dave Kalles – Silver

Men's 400m 75+:Dave Kalles – Gold

Men's javelin 75+: Hank Leenders – Gold

Men's 50m sprint 65+: Pat Milligan – Bronze

Men's javelin 65+: Pat Milligan – Bronze

Men's long jump 65+: Tom Parlee – Silver

Men's 400m 55+: Allan Benjamin – Gold

Men's 100m 55+: Allan Benjamin – Silver

Men's 1,500m 65+: Don White – Gold

Men's triple jump 75+: John Hall – Gold

Men's predicted walk 1,000m: Dave Brekke – Silver

Men's discus 65+: Tom Parlee – Silver

Men's shot put 65+: Tom Parlee – Silver

Men's 3,000m 60+: Bryan Craven – Silver

Men's 800m 60+: Bryan Craven – Silver

Men's 3,000m 75+: Dave Kalles – Silver

Men's 800m 75+: Dave Kalles – Silver

Men's 3,000m 65+: Don White – Gold

Men's 800m 55+: Allan Benjamin – Gold

Men's 200m 55+: Allan Benjamin – Gold

Men's 10k micro marathon 60+: Bryan Craven – Silver

Men's 10k micro marathon 65+: Don White – Gold

Men's 5k micro marathon 55+: Allan Benjamin – Silver

Darts

Men's single 55+: Gary Hewitt – Gold

Men's doubles 55+: Gary Hewitt – Gold

Women's doubles 65+: Betty Sutton – Silver

Swimming

Women's 100m 65+: Spence Hill – Bronze

Women's 50m 65+: Spence Hill – Bronze

Curling

Men 55+: Gordon Zealand, Don Duncan, Bob Walker, Dale Enzenauer – Bronze

Golf

Men – low gross 55+: Tom Anson – Bronze

Carpet bowling

Mixed 55+: Paul Dabbs, Heather McGeachy, Sandy Lansfield, Loretta Warnsby – Bronze

Mixed 70+: Dale Gibson, Betty Hebert, Bob Roy, Jean Webster – Bronze

Scrabble

Category A: Colleen Tyrner – Gold

Category C: Shirley Clark – Gold

Category C: Jane Stayner – Silver

Lawn bowls

Women's doubles 55+: Bonnie Barber and Maureen Caley-Verdonk – Silver

Women's doubles 70+: Arla Repka and Madeline Boyd – Silver

Five pin bowling

Women's singles 85+: Ida Calmegane – Bronze

Gold – 28

Silver – 25

Bronze – 10

Total – 63

Unofficial results supplied by 55+ Games Team Yukon