Victoria鈥檚 Naomi Ko has positioned herself nicely after two rounds of the 2013 British Columbia Junior Girls鈥� Championship at the Belmont Golf Course in Langley.
The 15-year-old turned in a 1-under-par 70 on Wednesday to sit two shots behind leader Jamie Oleksiew of Surrey, who is also a member of the Colorado University women鈥檚 team. The 17-year-old recorded a 69 on Day 2 of the 72-hole event after an opening 71 on Tuesday.
Ko is a member of the national development squad.
Alone in third is Alix Kong of West Vancouver (71-74), while Nanaimo鈥檚聽Shirin Anjarwalla (73-76) is tied for sixth with Madison Kapchinsky of Kelowna.
Meanwhile, at the junior boy鈥檚 championship at the Revelstoke Golf Club, Sidney鈥檚 Andrew Funk moved up into a tie for third place after his 2-under-par 70.
His 142 total leaves Funk three strokes behind leader Jared Dutoit of Kimberley (71-68) and two back of Vancouver鈥檚 Trevor Yu (73-67).
Nanaimo鈥檚 Zach Anderson (72-73) and Mark Valliere (69-77) are tied for ninth and 14th, respectively.
