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Dominic Unterberger (BCST/Revelstoke SC)

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Asher Jordan (WMSC) earned U18 bronze in Thursday's slalom: "I knew if I skied my best, then I would be competing. There were a couple of mistakes, but I worked thru them. The snow is soft and weather is warm, but it was dry and the Red crew is working hard for this race! It's always fun to be around the provincial team guys, I enjoy racing with them.‎"

Kristina Natalenko (Grouse Tyee/VST) finished 3rd overall in Thursday's GS, good enough for U18 gold: "My goal was not focusing on results. It was just me, the course and having fun with it. The snow conditions were very unique, it required being easy on your edge. I focused on not jamming at the top on my turn, It seemed to work for the most part. Friday's GS conditions were perfect. Hard snow in the morning with a nice flowing rhythm in the course. Second run, everyone cooperated to make the best of the best snow. Coaches and volunteers salted the course and made it an amazing race."

Dominic Unterberger (BCST/Revelstoke Ski Club) was third on Thursday's SL podium and climbed to the top step in Friday's slalom race: "Pretty happy with the outcome of today, always nice to be on the top step of the podium. Hopefully it's the last time I have to learn this lesson, but simple skiing is always going to be fastest for me. I'm looking forward to the next couple days of GS racing down here in Rossland."

Nick Cooper (BCST Head Coach): "Dom skied well today, especially through the middle section on the second run. Once I saw those turns I knew he had it in the bag. I'm glad he got the win today by such a large margin, and hope this SL confidence can carry into Nor-Am finals for him!"

Ladies' Giant Slalom, March 3/16

Rank	Bib	Name	Team	Class	Result 1	Result 2	Combined
1	8	BODILY, Hannah	USA	U21	1:04.30 (2)	1:02.10 (3)	2:06.40
2	7	CUMMING, Meg	CAN	U21	1:04.45 (3)	1:01.98 (1)	2:06.43
3	4	NATALENKO, Kristina - 1st U18	CAN	U18	1:04.95 (5)	1:02.16 (4)	2:07.11
4	1	BURK, Alexandra	CAN	U21	1:05.09 (6)	1:02.18 (5)	2:07.27
5	35	RUFENER, Michelle - 2nd U18	SUI	U18	1:05.52 (7)	1:02.07 (2)	2:07.59
6	2	UNTERBERGER, Emily	CAN	U21	1:04.67 (4)	1:03.25 (10)	2:07.92
7	12	FLECKENSTEIN, Katie - 3rd U18	CAN	U18	1:05.81 (10)	1:02.77 (8)	2:08.58
8	14	FITZGERALD, Mikaela	CAN	U21	1:05.68 (8)	1:03.20 (9)	2:08.88
9	17	MAH, Nicole	CAN	U18	1:05.79 (9)	1:03.44 (15)	2:09.23
10	20	BEZENAR, Sydney	CAN	U18	1:06.64 (17)	1:02.61 (6)	2:09.25

Red Mountain Fidelity BC Cup GS - Overall Podium March 3 - left to right: Meg Cumming, Hannah Bodily, Kristina Natalenko PHOTO CREDIT: Martin Tichy

Red Mountain Fidelity BC Cup GS March 3 - U18 Podium - left to right: Michelle Rufener, Kristina Natalenko, Katie Fleckenstein

Men's Slalom, March 3/16

Rank	Bib	Name	Team	Class	Result 1	Result 2	Combined
1	1	SWETTE, Ford	CAN	SR	47.90 (1)	50.76 (1)	1:38.66
2	16	WALLACE, Liam - 1st U18	CAN	U18	48.73 (4)	51.14 (2)	1:39.87
3	3	UNTERBERGER, Dominic	CAN	SR	48.84 (5)	51.28 (3)	1:40.12
4	6	SOETAERT, Michael	CAN	U21	49.19 (7)	51.62 (4)	1:40.81
5	12	CARRY, Patrick	CAN	U21	48.88 (6)	52.10 (5)	1:40.98
6	2	LEGREE, Ben	CAN	U21	48.61 (3)	52.40 (7)	1:41.01
7	9	HARLE, Kole - 2nd U18	CAN	U18	48.42 (2)	52.60 (8)	1:41.02
8	24	JORDAN, Asher - 3rd U18	CAN	U18	50.01 (10)	52.24 (6)	1:42.25
9	17	COOK, Carson	CAN	U18	49.82 (9)	52.75 (10)	1:42.57
10	14	HOLM, Marcus	CAN	U18	49.60 (8)	53.04 (12)	1:42.64

Red Mountain Fidelity BC Cup Slalom - overall podium March 3 - left to right: Liam Wallace, Ford Swette, Dominic Unterberger

Red Mountain Fidelity BC Cup SL March 3/16 - U18 Podium - left to right: Kole Harle, Liam Wallace, Asher Jordan

Ladies' Giant Slalom, March 4/16

Rank	Bib	Name	Team	Class	Result 1	Result 2	Combined
1	3	CUMMING, Meg	CAN	U21	57.80 (1)	1:04.75 (1)	2:02.55
2	7	BELCZYK, ZOE - 1st U18	CAN	U18	58.92 (6)	1:05.06 (3)	2:03.98
3	2	UNTERBERGER, Emily	CAN	U21	58.20 (2)	1:05.83 (9)	2:04.03
4	15	BURGESS, Georgia	CAN	U21	58.75 (5)	1:05.55 (6)	2:04.30
5	13	NATALENKO, Kristina - 2nd U18	CAN	U18	59.07 (7)	1:05.42 (5)	2:04.49
6	5	FLECKENSTEIN, Katie - 3rd U18	CAN	U18	58.71 (4)	1:05.98 (10)	2:04.69
7	17	MAH, Nicole	CAN	U18	59.35 (8)	1:05.65 (8)	2:05.00
8	35	RUFENER, Michelle	SUI	U18	1:00.49 (15)	1:04.77 (2)	2:05.26
9	8	COLLOMBIN, Tyra	CAN	U21	1:00.14 (12)	1:05.34 (4)	2:05.48
10	9	TAYLOR, Sarah	CAN	U21	1:00.05 (11)	1:05.60 (7)	2:05.65

Red Mountain Fidelity BC Cup GS - U18 Podium March 4/16 - left to right: Kristina Natalenko, Zoe Belczyk, Katie Fleckenstein

Men's Slalom, March 4/16

Rank	Bib	Name	Team	Class	Result 1	Result 2	Combined
1	11	UNTERBERGER, Dominic	CAN	SR	49.13 (1)	52.14 (2)	1:41.27
2	12	PHILP, Huston	CAN	U21	49.88 (2)	53.47 (4)	1:43.35
3	10	SOETAERT, Michael	CAN	U21	50.04 (3)	54.59 (8)	1:44.63
4	16	WALLACE, Liam - 1st U18	CAN	U18	51.09 (6)	54.29 (5)	1:45.38
5	6	SWETTE, Ford	CAN	SR	52.86 (11)	52.53 (3)	1:45.39
6	7	WALL, Sam - 2nd U18	CAN	U18	50.74 (4)	55.00 (12)	1:45.74
7	4	LEGREE, Ben	CAN	U21	51.28 (7)	54.72 (10)	1:46.00
8	1	TAYLOR, Collin	CAN	U21	51.00 (5)	55.13 (13)	1:46.13
9	15	LEITCH, Jack	CAN	U21	52.69 (10)	54.46 (7)	1:47.15
10	17	COOK, Carson - 3rd U18	CAN	U18	51.74 (8)	55.47 (15)	1:47.21

Red Mountain Fidelity BC Cup SL - Overall Podium - left to right: Huston Philp, Dominic Unterberger, Michael Soetaert

Photo of Tiana Gairns at a Nakiska Nor-Am earlier this season

BC racers are gathering hardware and climbing the overall standings on the Nor-Am Ski Cross circuit. They are competing in Sugarloaf, Maine this week with some stellar results!

On the women’s side Tiana Gairns of the Prince George Ski Club and Courtney Hoffos of the Windermere Valley Ski Club claimed 1st and 2nd place respectively on Thursday, 1st and 3rd on Tuesday and 3rd and 5th positions on Monday. They currently sit 1st and 3rd in the Nor-Am Ski Cross overall standings.

“It has been relatively easy transitioning from alpine to ski cross," said Gairns, who added SX to her already full alpine calendar last season. "Even though there are a ton of new aspects to think and learn about, the ski cross community has been very inviting and super helpful. The skills I learned in alpine are definitely useful, and are the groundwork of what I have to work on. It has been pretty busy doing both disciplines in one season! I have learned to prioritize my races, but I still find myself searching for training time. My goals coming into ski cross were to win a Nor-Am, and I met my goal! So far I have won four Nor-Ams, and currently I am leading the Nor-Am Cup. I am super excited to see how I race at Nationals in Smithers this year.”

Sugarloaf Ski Cross Podium (March 3rd) Left to right: Courtney Hoffos (WVSC), Tiana Gairns (PGSC), Mara White (USA), Leah Emaus (USA)

On the men’s side Ned Ireland of Big White Ski Club has taken 1st place each of the last 3 days. Jason Oliemans of the Smithers Ski and Snowboard Club is also competing and finished 9th on March 1, 2 and 3. Ireland leads the Nor-Am SX standings and Oliemans holds 10th position.

Sugarloaf, ME (USA) 01.03.2016

Nor-Am Cup - Men's Ski Cross

1	IRELAND Ned	1994	CAN
2	FURUNO Tetsuya	1997	JPN
3	SPARKOWSKI Erik	1996	USA

Sugarloaf, ME (USA) 01.03.2016

Nor-Am Cup - Ladies' Ski Cross

1	ATOMURA Akane	1992	JPN
2	WHITE Mara	1999	USA
3	GAIRNS Tiana	1998	CAN

Sugarloaf, ME (USA) 02.03.2016

Nor-Am Cup - Ladies' Ski Cross

1	GAIRNS Tiana	1998	CAN
2	ATOMURA Akane	1992	JPN
3	HOFFOS Courtney	1997	CAN

Sugarloaf, ME (USA) 02.03.2016

Nor-Am Cup - Men's Ski Cross

1	IRELAND Ned	1994	CAN
2	FURUNO Tetsuya	1997	JPN
3	HAYMANS Morgan	1993	USA

Sugarloaf, ME (USA) 03.03.2016

Nor-Am Cup - Ladies' Ski Cross

1	GAIRNS Tiana	1998	CAN
2	HOFFOS Courtney	1997	CAN
3	WHITE Mara	1999	USA

Sugarloaf, ME (USA) 03.03.2016

Nor-Am Cup - Men's Ski Cross

1	IRELAND Ned	1994	CAN
2	FURUNO Tetsuya	1997	JPN
3	FURUNO Satoshi	1999	JPN

Ladies' Nor-Am Cup Overall Standings

Men's Nor-Am Cup Overall Standings

Ladies' Overall Podium March 6 (left to right) Georgia Burgess, Emily Unterberger, Kristina Natalenko PHOTO CREDIT: Martin Tichy

Check out race action photos courtesy of Derek Trussler HERE

Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6 - The Fidelity BC Cup at Red Mountain was greeted with Whistler style weather on the weekend, with warm 5 degree temperatures and a steady rain well into the first run for both ladies SL and men’s GS. Fortunately the laws of thermodynamics were in force, and with abundant bags of salt distributed onto the line, both race tracks held up well for the duration of the races.

Start referee Don Stevens got the ladies' show on the road precisely at 9am, and the well salted, hard track held up perfectly for the duration. Fernie’s Tyra Collombin posted the fastest 1st run, followed closely by the previous day’s GS winner, Meg Cumming. Top U18 was Nakia Kamachi 1/100th of a sec ahead of WMSC’s Katie Fleckenstein. 36 of the 53 racers started run 2, on a similarly salted, hard racing surface. Cumming narrowly edged BAR teammate Collombin by 4/100ths for the win, with Mikaela Fitzgerald, skiing for the Sugarbowl California-based FIS team in 3rd, 3/100th sec ahead of top U18 Fleckenstein in fourth. Revelstoke’s Emily Unterberger made her return to SL racing in Canada, after a season spent in Austria, capturing 6th place. Vancouver Ski Team member Frances MacDonald rounded out the BC presence in the top 10 with 8th place.

The men were racing GS on the Legacy Training Center run, and National Team member (and BCST alum) Ford Swette set the tone with a scorching run 87/100ths faster than runner up Huston Philp of AST. Dominic Unterberger was 1/100th behind Philp in 3rd after run 1. The second run set strayed onto snow which did not firm up as well as the morning set, which resulted in some big holes as the flip wound down. The top U18 on the day, Liam Wallace, from Sunshine Resort, won the run starting 18th. The top 1st run racers struggled with the rutting course, with Swette only managing the 34th fastest time, and Unterberger failing to finish. Philp posted the 8th fastest 2nd run time for the overall win ahead of AST teammates Keegan Sharp and Collin Taylor.

Sunday dawned wetter than Saturday, with steady rain continuing to fall. Course prep on both race hills was similar to Saturday, with a salt layer going down before inspection and then again post inspection. The ladies were again out of the gate promptly at 9am, with no sign of the rain letting up. Tyra Collombin once again set the pace ahead of Emily Unterberger and Nakia Kamachi. The rain finally stopped during the 2nd run reset. AST’s Georgia Burgess took 2nd run honours ahead of a tie for second with Katie Fleckenstein and Mikaela Fitzgerald. Emily Unterberger took the race win with the 7th quickest 2nd run, with Burgess in 2nd spot and VST’s Kristina Natalenko in 3rd and top U18.

"Really happy with the outcome of the race," said Natalenko. "It was fun racing in the rain. The course was nice and icy thanks to the many people that salted. Overall it was an incredible weekend. Had lots of fun racing at Red."

On the men’s side, Canadian U18 GS champion, and BCST member, Max Kirshenblatt laid down the fastest 1st run time in the deluge.

"It was a fairly wet weekend of ski racing but keeping a positive attitude I managed to make it a pretty successful couple days of GS,: said Kirshenblatt. "It felt great to get a pair of solid results under my belt and it was also really cool watching teammates Ford and Dom win both slaloms."

AST’s Ben LeGree was 2nd and Dominic Unterberger was 3rd, all within 21/100ths of a second. Run 2 was a free flowing set won by Keegan Sharp ahead of Adrien Grabinski (29th on the 1st run) and Huston Philp in 3rd. Philp’s strong 2nd run vaulted him 1/100th ahead of Unterberger (the same difference as the previous day) with Sharp snaring the final podium spot. Kirshenblatt was top U18 in 4th position.

Rank	Bib	Men's GS Mar 5/16			Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	9	PHILP Huston	1997	CAN	1:01.80	59.59	2:01.39
2	10	SHARP Keegan	1997	CAN	1:02.56	59.08	2:01.64
3	6	TAYLOR Collin	1995	CAN	1:02.22	59.64	2:01.86
4	8	WALLACE Liam - 1st U18	1999	CAN	1:03.25	58.93	2:02.18
5	15	KIRSHENBLATT Max 2nd U18	1998	CAN	1:02.74	59.66	2:02.40
6	11	CARRY Patrick	1995	CAN	1:03.16	59.37	2:02.53
7	13	SOETAERT Michael	1996	CAN	1:02.95	59.68	2:02.63
8	3	LEGREE Ben	1996	CAN	1:02.28	1:00.45	2:02.73
9	14	WEBSTER Ryan 3rd U18	1998	CAN	1:03.69	59.14	2:02.83
10	16	KELLY Justin	1996	CAN	1:03.64	59.32	2:02.96


Rank	Bib	Ladies' SL Mar 5/16			Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	4	CUMMING Meg	1997	CAN	56.04	51.98	1:48.02
2	7	COLLOMBIN Tyra	1997	CAN	55.57	52.49	1:48.06
3	6	FITZGERALD Mikaela	1996	CAN	57.41	53.88	1:51.29
4	10	FLECKENSTEIN Katie 1st U18	1999	CAN	58.08	53.24	1:51.32
5	1	MILLER Kyla	1996	USA	56.97	54.69	1:51.66
6	13	UNTERBERGER Emily	1996	CAN	58.30	53.95	1:52.25
7	5	KAMACHI Nakia 2nd U18	1999	CAN	58.07	54.35	1:52.42
8	3	MACDONALD Frances 3rd U18	1999	CAN	59.40	53.99	1:53.39
9	26	RUFENER Michelle	1999	SUI	59.93	54.05	1:53.98
10	20	BEZENAR Sydney	1998	CAN	1:00.35	54.36	1:54.71

Ladies' U18 Podium March 5 (left to right) Nakia Kamachi, Katie Fleckenstein, Frances MacDonald PHOTO CREDIT: Martin Tichy

Rank	Bib	Ladies' SL Mar 6/16	Year	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total Time
1	2	UNTERBERGER Emily	1996	CAN	50.00	53.49	1:43.49
2	6	BURGESS Georgia	1997	CAN	51.76	52.12	1:43.88
3	3	NATALENKO Kristina 1st U18	1999	CAN	51.12	53.07	1:44.19
4	10	TAYLOR Sarah	1997	CAN	51.75	52.81	1:44.56
5	1	KAMACHI Nakia 2nd U18	1999	CAN	50.60	54.39	1:44.99
6	26	RUFENER Michelle 3rd U18	1999	SUI	52.26	53.02	1:45.28
7	4	FLECKENSTEIN Katie	1999	CAN	53.03	52.56	1:45.59
8	9	FITZGERALD Mikaela	1996	CAN	53.84	52.56	1:46.40
9	22	BELCZYK ZOE	1998	CAN	52.79	53.90	1:46.69
10	20	BEZENAR Sydney	1998	CAN	53.05	53.65	1:46.70

Ladies' U18 Podium March 6 (left to right) Nakia Kamachi, Kristina Natalenko, Michelle Rufener PHOTO CREDIT: Martin Tichy

Rank	Bib	Men's GS Mar 6/16	Year	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	3	PHILP Huston	1997	CAN	1:03.15	56.58	1:59.73
2	2	UNTERBERGER Dominic	1994	CAN	1:03.04	56.70	1:59.74
3	9	SHARP Keegan	1997	CAN	1:03.94	55.91	1:59.85
4	6	KIRSHENBLATT Max 1st U18	1998	CAN	1:02.83	57.41	2:00.24
5	1	LEGREE Ben	1996	CAN	1:02.97	57.50	2:00.47
6	15	SWETTE Ford	1993	CAN	1:03.72	56.79	2:00.51
7	16	KELLY Justin	1996	CAN	1:03.18	57.57	2:00.75
8	10	SOETAERT Michael	1996	CAN	1:03.41	57.57	2:00.98
9	14	WEBSTER Ryan 2nd U18	1998	CAN	1:04.52	56.58	2:01.10
10	5	DAVIDSON Brian	1996	USA	1:03.17	57.97	2:01.14

Whistler Mountain Ski Club's Alexandra Chartrand and Ethan Shandro each won 3 gold medals!

The Cypress Ski Club hosted a Teck Coast Zone U14 race on March 5th and 6th, 2016. With the weather forecast threatening poor racing conditions in the days leading up to the weekend, the race was switched to a slalom-only event to ensure safety of the athletes. Saturday comprised a two-run slalom followed by two 1-run slalom races on Sunday.

Young racers travelled from clubs across the region, including the Cypress Ski Club, Whistler Mountain Ski Club, Grouse Tyee Ski Club, Mt Seymour Ski Club, Hemlock Valley Ski Club and Manning Park Ski Club.

Medals were awarded on Saturday under sunny skies in front of the Olympic Rings, and the weather cooperated for most of Sunday as well. The Whistler Mountain Ski Club racers were the dominant force on the podium.

Huge thank you to Hans Forssander for sharing his photos of the weekend at Cypress; enjoy podium shots below and lots more images HERE

Saturday, March 5 Slalom, Men
1 SHANDRO, Ethan (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:06.82
2 JORDAN, Tait (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:07.81
3 BEAUREGARD, Skylar (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:08.89
4 BURNS, Chase (Manning Ski Club) 1:09.93
5 NELLIS, Taylor (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:10.65
6 SCOTT, Cody (Cypress Ski Club) 1:11.46
7 FORSSANDER, Lukas (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:12.35
8 HOEFER, Luke (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:12.46
9 FRETENBURG, Nelson (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:12.98
10 SHORTER, Matthias (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:13.47

Saturday, March 5 Slalom, Ladies
1 CHARTRAND, Alexandra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:11.52
2 BRUDAR, Una (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:14.12
3 BRUDAR, Tara (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:15.00
4 MATSON, Maia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:15.75
5 EMERY, Alyssa (Cypress Ski Club) 1:16.89
6 NELSON, Hailey (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:17.55
7 SLATER, Makyla (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:17.61
8 KALUDJERCIC, Katarina (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:17.69
9 DAWSON, Jaden (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:17.91
10 MACDOUGALL, Elise (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:18.38

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Men, 1 Run
1 SHANDRO, Ethan (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 30.29
2 JORDAN, Tait (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 30.59
3 BEAUREGARD, Skylar (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 31.27
4 BURNS, Chase (Manning Ski Club) 31.90
5 FORSSANDER, Lukas (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 32.15
6 FRETENBURG, Nelson (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 32.51
7 HOEFER, Luke (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 32.96
8 SCOTT, Cody (Cypress Ski Club) 33.22
9 KATRUSIAK, Alexander (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 33.96
10 TANCHEV, Svetlin (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 34.12

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Ladies, 1 Run
1 CHARTRAND, Alexandra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 33.49
2 BRUDAR, Una (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 33.83
3 NELSON, Hailey (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 34.46
4 EMERY, Alyssa (Cypress Ski Club) 34.55
5 MATSON, Maia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 34.63
6 NICOLLS, Virginia (Ginny) (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 34.92
7 BRUDAR, Tara (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 35.11
8 MACDOUGALL, Elise (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 35.36
9 SLATER, Makyla (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 35.59
10 DAWSON, Jaden (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 35.65

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Men, 1 Run
1 SHANDRO, Ethan (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 31.36
2 JORDAN, Tait (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 31.67
3 BEAUREGARD, Skylar (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 31.76
4 NELLIS, Taylor (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 33.11
5 FORSSANDER, Lukas (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 33.83
6 HOEFER, Luke (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 33.96
7 KATRUSIAK, Alexander (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 34.80
8 TANCHEV, Svetlin (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 34.92
9 HOPPENBROUWER, Jacob (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 35.24
10 SHORTER, Matthias (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 35.31

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Ladies, 1 Run
1 CHARTRAND, Alexandra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 32.71
2 BRUDAR, Una (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 34.20
3 NICOLLS, Virginia (Ginny) (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 34.27
4 NELSON, Hailey (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 34.58
4 EMERY, Alyssa (Cypress Ski Club) 34.58
6 BRUDAR, Tara (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 35.27
7 MATSON, Maia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 35.53
8 MCINNES, Fiona (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 35.87
9 DAWSON, Jaden (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 36.19
10 BULOWSKI, Vera (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 36.22

U16/U18 TECK OPEN SERIES FINAL hosted by Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club

Grouse Mountain, March 4 – 6, 2016

Dawson Yates of Whistler Mountain Ski Club races his way to slalom gold on Saturday. (Photo credits: Maria Sederholm, WMSC)

(Event report submitted by Myriam Beauge, Communications & Website Curation, Grouse Tyee Race Centre)

The Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club hosted the U16/U18 Teck Open Series Final this past March 4 – 6 at Grouse Mountain Resort. The club held a three-day slalom “derby” where 56 women and 58 men gave it their all on a challenging, steep course and in varying weather conditions.

The club hosted a special guest on the second day. Chris Stannell, Senior Communications Specialist at Teck Resources Limited, came up to the mountain for the afternoon with his wife and two children to experience some Tyee hospitality, see athletes in action on the race course, and hand out medals and ribbons to Friday and Saturday’s top-10 finishers. Given all the support that Teck continues to give to the sport of alpine ski racing, making events like the provincial Open Series possible, it was nice for the attending clubs and ski racing families to show some appreciation for Teck.

Chris Stannell of Teck, the series sponsor, addresses athletes during awards presentation. (Photo credits: Martin Rother, Grouse Tyee)

Also on hand as a co-presenter at the awards was Dave Duncan, member of the Canadian Ski Cross Team. He spoke of his many years of experience on the team and his enduring passion for the sport.

Dave Duncan (L) of the Canadian Ski Cross Team helped hand out the ribbons and medals (Photo credits: Martin Rother, Grouse Tyee)

“I would personally like to thank all those that volunteered to help make this weekend’s event at Grouse a success,” said Bob Walton, Grouse Tyee’s Alpine Committee Chair and the event’s Chief of Race. “It was great to see old friends and new faces from around the province come together and work as a team to support ski racing in B.C.”

Chief of Race Bob Walton and BC Alpine CEO Bruce Goldsmid enjoy a brief break on what was a spectacular day of racing. (Photo credits: Maria Sederholm, WMSC)

The U16/U18 Teck Open Series Final was the last competition before the U16 Can-Am Western Championships, to be held in Panorama later this month.

Thank you to Gord Kwong for sharing his race photos. Click here to view them.

Christian Callaghan of Grouse Mountain Tyee took slalom gold on the event’s opening day. (Photo credits: Gord Kwong, Grouse Tyee)

Lucia Plunkett of Grouse Mountain Tyee was her team’s top female athlete, earning three top-10 finishes. (Photo credits: Gord Kwong)

Friday, March 4 Slalom, Men
1 CALLAGHAN, Christian (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:11.58
2 ROMANIN, Nathan (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:13.02
3 YATES, Dawson (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:13.66
4 KOWALCZYK, Myles (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:13.84
5 WAKKARY, Olin (Cypress Ski Club) 1:14.16
6 GAIRNS, Lucas (Prince George Ski Club) 1:14.46
7 ATHANS, Marcus (Apex Ski Club) 1:15.12
8 MOODER, Phillip (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:17.87
9 JACOBY, Joshua (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:18.13
10 DJURICKOVIC, Zarija (Mt Washington) 1:18.69

Ella Renzoni PHOTO CREDIT: Gordon Kwong

Friday, March 4 Slalom, Ladies
1 RENZONI, Ella (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:21.52
2 VOSS, Katrina (Hemlock Ski Club) 1:22.22
3 CARRUTHERS, Catherine (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:24.77
4 WOOLLEY, Maja (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:24.87
5 SWAFFIELD, Meg (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:26.60
6 KING, Sierra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:26.64
7 PLUNKETT, Lucia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:28.06
8 KRANJC, Gigi (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:28.51
9 BRATTON, Lexie (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:28.52
10 WHITECROSS, Emily (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:28.94

Catherine Carruthers PHOTO CREDIT: Gordon Kwong

Saturday, March 5 Slalom, Men
1 YATES, Dawson (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:14.13
2 KOWALCZYK, Myles (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:14.40
3 VAN SOEST, Gerrit (Vernon Ski Club) 1:14.86
4 FORSYTH, Jack (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:15.69
5 ATHANS, Marcus (Apex Ski Club) 1:15.87
6 PETKOVIC, Konstantin (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:15.92
7 SWIFT, Trenton (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:16.26
8 GAIRNS, Lucas (Prince George Ski Club) 1:16.27
9 TEAR, Jude (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:16.52
10 SUSHAMS, Tom (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:17.26

Gerrit Van Soest PHOTO CREDIT: Gordon Kwong

Saturday, March 5 Slalom, Ladies
1 RENZONI, Ella (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:18.77
2 VOSS, Katrina (Hemlock Ski Club) 1:20.18
3 JARDINE-ARNOLD, Myka (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:20.35
4 WOOLLEY, Maja (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:20.72
5 CARRUTHERS, Catherine (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:20.80
6 STREET, Charlize (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:21.49
7 KING, Sierra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:22.70
8 ROSS, Julia (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:24.33
9 PLUNKETT, Lucia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:24.51
10 BRATTON, Lexie (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:25.03

Katrina Voss PHOTO CREDIT: Gordon Kwong

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Men
1 VAN SOEST, Gerrit (Vernon Ski Club) 1:17.55
2 GAIRNS, Lucas (Prince George Ski Club) 1:17.65
3 YATES, Dawson (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:17.72
4 CALLAGHAN, Christian (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:17.95
5 PETKOVIC, Konstantin (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:19.44
6 TEAR, Jude (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:19.83
7 ROMANIN, Nathan (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:19.86
8 MOODER, Phillip (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:20.28
9 SWIFT, Trenton (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:20.29
10 KASSA, Caele (Vernon Ski Club) 1:20.61

Maja Woolley PHOTO CREDIT: Gordon Kwong

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Ladies
1 RENZONI, Ella (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:17.74
2 WOOLLEY, Maja (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:19.05
3 VOSS, Katrina (Hemlock Ski Club) 1:19.77
4 CARRUTHERS, Catherine (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:21.28
5 STREET, Charlize (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:21.36
6 HENDERSON, Tyrah (Apex Ski Club) 1:21.53
7 KING, Sierra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:21.86
8 SWAFFIELD, Meg (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:22.42
9 KRANJC, Gigi (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:22.91
10 PLUNKETT, Lucia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:23.64

Katrina Voss - on the podium all three days (2 silvers and a bronze) - here with Hemlock Ski Club Head Coach Rob Lahti

Hemlock Ski Club would like to thank Rio Tinto and Hemlock Resort for sponsoring the Coast Zone U10 race, and thanks also to the Coast Zone ski clubs and their parent volunteers for participating in the race on Sunday, March 6^th.

A total of 80 racers participated in the event from the Cypress, Grouse, Mount Seymour and Hemlock Ski Teams.

Both a 'glalom' course and an obstacle course (with a couple of 360 degree turns to teach the young racers how to hike around a gate) were set up for the athletes to test their skills. Both courses were timed and medals given out for each event.

Over 200 people were in attendance for the awards ceremony, which was held in the Hemlock day lodge - out of the blustery and dramatic weather. It was loads of fun for all!

COMPLETE OFFICIAL RESULTS HERE

Congratulations to all racers who participated, and to the top ten finishers in each age group, listed below:

GLALOM U10 GIRLS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Pretty, Maeve	Grouse	29.79
2^nd	Parilak, Michaela	Hemlock	31.03
3^rd	Rose, Lilia	Grouse	31.07
4^th	Zander, Erica	Cypress	34.11
5^th	Wallin, Sidney	Grouse	36.09
6^th	Sidhu, Amrita	Cypress	36.76
7^th	Farrer, Ashlyn	Hemlock	38.86
8^th	Emery, Aureane	Cypress	39.27
9^th	McDonald, Jessica	Cypress	39.43
10^th	Schmitt, Emma	Hemlock	40.28

GLALOM U10 BOYS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Hung, Thomas	Grouse	29.49
2^nd	Sorokin, Timur	Grouse	29.63
3^rd	Kuss, Addyson	Grouse	30.54
4^th	Pougatch, Andrew	Mt. Seymour	31.10
5^th	Matter, Thomas	Grouse	31.94
6^th	Eccles, Flynn	Hemlock	32.83
7^th	Schierau, Jack	Grouse	33.50
8^th	Stevens, Travis	Grouse	33.57
9^th	Stevens, Noah	Grouse	33.72
9^th	Cioata, Nicholas	Cypress	33.72

GLALOM U8 GIRLS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Scott, Madeleine	Grouse	39.25
2^nd	Black-Morrisey, Philippa	Grouse	40.05
3^rd	Rodger, Ayla	Grouse	40.29
4^th	Prihoda-Niles, Charlotte	Hemlock	41.77
5^th	Chow, Amabel	Grouse	45.68

GLALOM U8 BOYS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Gottfried, Liam	Mt. Seymour	33.31
2^nd	Irish, Smith	Grouse	33.78
3^rd	Hung, Nathaniel	Grouse	33.88
4^th	Plavsic, Marko	Grouse	34.61
5^th	Smith, Hayden	Grouse	36.20
6^th	Pretty, Wyatt	Grouse	36.68
7^th	Parilak, Oliver	Hemlock	36.75
8^th	Sjoholm, Felix	Grouse	37.22
9^th	Taylor Nunes, Kai	Grouse	38.04
10^th	Schierau, Lucas	Grouse	40.53

GLALOM U6 GIRLS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Vanourek, Tereza	Mt. Seymour	52.94
2^nd	Wentzel, Ella	Grouse	53.07
3^rd	Hadzimusic, Matea	Hemlock	53.22
4^th	Clapa, Katelyn	Grouse	59.53
5^th	Von Hahn, Camara	Hemlock	61.73

GLALOM U6 BOYS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Farrer, Syler	Hemlock	43.57
2^nd	Pecenka, Jonas	Hemlock	45.11
3^rd	Sewell, Bodie	Hemlock	45.24
4^th	Liu, Bryan	Cypress	48.23
5^th	Christoff, Ashton	Hemlock	50.97
6^th	Mackie, Andrew	Hemlock	51.56

OBSTACLE U10 GIRLS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Pretty, Maeve	Grouse	26.48
2^nd	Rose, Lilia	Grouse	29.94
3^rd	Zander, Erica	Cypress	30.16
4^th	Parilak, Michaela	Hemlock	30.90
5^th	McDonald, Jessica	Cypress	31.47
6^th	Sidhu, Amrita	Cypress	32.18
7^th	Huang, Zoe (Ziyue)	Grouse	33.64
8^th	Wallin, Sidney	Grouse	34.99
9^th	Emery, Aureane	Cypress	36.57
10^th	Tymchuk, Gabrielle	Hemlock	42.85

OBSTACLE U10 BOYS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Sorokin, Timur	Grouse	26.40
2^nd	Racic, Damiano	Grouse	27.25
3^rd	Matter, Thomas	Grouse	27.87
4^th	Hung, Thomas	Grouse	28.64
5^th	Smith, Noah	Grouse	29.06
6^th	Kuss, Addyson	Grouse	29.08
7^th	Generalov, Timofey	Cypress	30.60
8^th	Stevens, Travis	Grouse	30.85
9^th	Pougatch, Andrew	Mt. Seymour	30.86
10^th	Kokot, Nikola	Mt. Seymour	30.91

OBSTACLE U8 GIRLS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Scott, Madeleine	Grouse	29.07
2^nd	Rodger, Ayla	Grouse	31.16
3^rd	Chow, Amabel	Grouse	47.77
4^th	Black-Morrisey, Philippa	Grouse	56.25

OBSTACLE U8 BOYS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Irish, Smith	Grouse	29.87
2^nd	Smith, Hayden	Grouse	30.04
3^rd	Plavsic, Marko	Grouse	30.62
4^th	Pollak, Brodie	Cypress	33.17
5^th	Hung, Nathaniel	Grouse	33.25
6^th	Parilak, Oliver	Hemlock	35.38
7^th	Taylor Nunes, Kai	Grouse	38.36
8^th	Sjoholm, Felix	Grouse	42.37
9^th	Gottfried, Liam	Mt. Seymour	53.69
10^th	Schierau, Lucas	Grouse	123.15

OBSTACLE U6 GIRLS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Wentzel, Ella	Grouse	75.65
2^nd	Vanourek, Tereza	Mt. Seymour	111.93

OBSTACLE U6 BOYS

Place	Name	Club	Time
1^st	Liu, Bryan	Cypress	43.70

Teck Okanagan Zone GS/SL at Silver Star Mountain Resort
Hosted by the Vernon Ski Club
March 5 - 6, 2016

COMPLETE OFFICIAL RESULTS HERE

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Men, 1 Run
1 ATHANS, Isaac (Apex Ski Club) 40.59
2 SOLA, Heming (Apex Ski Club) 43.18
3 GALE, Nolan (Revelstoke Ski Club) 44.73
4 BLASER, Devin (Apex Ski Club) 45.31
5 JACOBY, Benjamin (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 45.83
6 KOCZIJ, Adam (Apex Ski Club) 46.74
7 SCHMIDT, Lowell (Revelstoke Ski Club) 46.90
8 FRICSKA, Adam (Big White Ski Club) 47.33
9 ERICKSON, Jake (Apex Ski Club) 47.41
10 SWAN, Bobby (Whitewater Ski Team) 48.29

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Ladies, 1 Run
1 JENKINS, Hallie (Big White Ski Club) 41.64
2 ROGERS, Noa (Apex Ski Club) 43.21
3 SLANEY, Jaxon (Big White Ski Club) 44.12
4 SMITH, Rane (Vernon Ski Club) 44.38
5 APPLEGATH, Brynn (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 46.30
6 JONES, Natasha (Vernon Ski Club) 47.27
7 LARGE, Ana (Apex Ski Club) 47.28
8 JONES, Nadia (Vernon Ski Club) 48.84
9 HOOTON, Noa (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 49.69
10 WILSON, Sydney (Vernon Ski Club) 49.97

Saturday, March 5 Giant Slalom, Men, 1 Run
1 ATHANS, Isaac (Apex Ski Club) 57.29
2 MCMILLAN, Luke (Big White Ski Club) 58.03
3 GALE, Nolan (Revelstoke Ski Club) 58.55
4 BLASER, Devin (Apex Ski Club) 58.77
5 SOLA, Heming (Apex Ski Club) 59.30
6 LITTLE, William (Big White Ski Club) 1:00.70
7 JAY, Alex (Revelstoke Ski Club) 1:00.92
8 LAING, Connor (Big White Ski Club) 1:01.73
9 SCHMIDT, Lowell (Revelstoke Ski Club) 1:01.95
10 KOCZIJ, Adam (Apex Ski Club) 1:02.31

Saturday, March 5 Giant Slalom, Ladies, 1 Run
1 ROGERS, Noa (Apex Ski Club) 57.72
2 SMITH, Rane (Vernon Ski Club) 57.99
3 WILSON, Sydney (Vernon Ski Club) 59.24
4 LARGE, Ana (Apex Ski Club) 59.39
5 JORGENSON, Amy (Big White Ski Club) 59.92
6 JENKINS, Hallie (Big White Ski Club) 1:00.13
7 SLANEY, Jaxon (Big White Ski Club) 1:01.73
8 JONES, Natasha (Vernon Ski Club) 1:01.75
9 HOOTON, Noa (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:02.25
10 APPLEGATH, Brynn (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:02.71

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Men, 1 Run
1 ATHANS, Isaac (Apex Ski Club) 35.65
2 IHNS, Heiko (Red Mountain Racers) 36.92
3 SOLA, Heming (Apex Ski Club) 36.96
4 MCMILLAN, Luke (Big White Ski Club) 37.33
5 BLASER, Devin (Apex Ski Club) 38.31
6 DE LA MOTHE, Peter (Apex Ski Club) 38.73
7 DENT, Clayton (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 40.45
8 GALE, Nolan (Revelstoke Ski Club) 41.12
9 SWAN, Bobby (Whitewater Ski Team) 42.26
10 SCHMIDT, Lowell (Revelstoke Ski Club) 42.61

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Ladies, 1 Run
1 ROGERS, Noa (Apex Ski Club) 38.24
2 JENKINS, Hallie (Big White Ski Club) 39.13
3 SMITH, Rane (Vernon Ski Club) 39.14
4 JORGENSON, Amy (Big White Ski Club) 39.62
5 SLANEY, Jaxon (Big White Ski Club) 40.64
6 LARGE, Ana (Apex Ski Club) 42.93
7 APPLEGATH, Brynn (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 43.43
8 HOOTON, Noa (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 43.62
9 DE WYNTER, Anna (Big White Ski Club) 43.73
10 JONES, Natasha (Vernon Ski Club) 44.03

Saturday, March 5 Giant Slalom, Men, 1 Run
1 IHNS, Heiko (Red Mountain Racers) 57.02
2 PANKE, Kristof (Red Mountain Racers) 57.73
3 MCMILLAN, Luke (Big White Ski Club) 57.84
4 ATHANS, Isaac (Apex Ski Club) 58.22
5 SOLA, Heming (Apex Ski Club) 58.24
6 BLASER, Devin (Apex Ski Club) 59.43
7 GALE, Nolan (Revelstoke Ski Club) 59.65
8 DE LA MOTHE, Peter (Apex Ski Club) 1:01.36
9 DENT, Clayton (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:01.90
10 LITTLE, William (Big White Ski Club) 1:02.00

Saturday, March 5 Giant Slalom, Ladies, 1 Run
1 ROGERS, Noa (Apex Ski Club) 57.10
2 SMITH, Rane (Vernon Ski Club) 57.21
3 JENKINS, Hallie (Big White Ski Club) 59.04
4 LARGE, Ana (Apex Ski Club) 1:01.05
5 SLANEY, Jaxon (Big White Ski Club) 1:01.18
6 WILSON, Sydney (Vernon Ski Club) 1:01.79
7 JONES, Natasha (Vernon Ski Club) 1:02.04
8 JORGENSON, Amy (Big White Ski Club) 1:02.14
8 HOOTON, Noa (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:02.14
10 GIEBELHAUS, Jenelle (Big White Ski Club) 1:03.56

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Men, U12 1 Run - AM
1 SMITH, Cameron (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 50.49
2 MUNROE, Parker (Vernon Ski Club) 50.57
3 KELLY, Reed (Revelstoke Ski Club) 52.70
4 BRODKORB, Max 54.00
5 LENZI, Teigan (Revelstoke Ski Club) 54.51
6 JACOBY, Fraser (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 55.19
7 VLUTTERS, Nigel (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 56.02
8 SMITH, Rowan (Vernon Ski Club) 57.14
9 DENT, Calvin (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 59.28
10 EKINCI, Johnny 1:01.96

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Ladies, U12 1 Run - AM
1 SALEHHUDDIN, Aruwin (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 50.30
2 GERLOCZY, Blanka 51.07
3 WARGNIEZ, Charlotte (Apex Ski Club) 51.91
4 MILLS, Ella (Vernon Ski Club) 54.54
5 RICHARDSON, Claire (Vernon Ski Club) 55.94
6 SWIFT, Kiera (Big White Ski Club) 56.08
7 GERLOCZY, Kinga 59.62
8 WHITECROSS, Jayna (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:01.05
9 FUX, Natalie 1:02.21
10 GENTES, Philomena 1:02.32

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Men, U12 1 Run - PM
1 MUNROE, Parker (Vernon Ski Club) 48.54
2 GRANT, Jaras (Apex Ski Club) 48.91
3 SMITH, Cameron (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 50.97
4 JACOBY, Fraser (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 51.76
5 LENZI, Teigan (Revelstoke Ski Club) 53.96
6 VLUTTERS, Nigel (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 54.11
7 JERSTAD, Joshua (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 54.36
8 CENTENO, Manuel (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 56.05
9 DENT, Calvin (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 56.64
10 RICHARDSON, James (Vernon Ski Club) 56.93

Sunday, March 6 Slalom, Ladies, U12 1 Run - PM
1 LORIMER, Talyn (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 49.07
2 SALEHHUDDIN, Aruwin (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 50.92
3 GERLOCZY, Blanka 51.87
4 ROBINSON, Jamie (Vernon Ski Club) 52.12
5 SWIFT, Kiera (Big White Ski Club) 53.97
6 MILLS, Ella (Vernon Ski Club) 54.42
7 RICHARDSON, Claire (Vernon Ski Club) 54.99
8 MUSSEAU, Sydney (Revelstoke Ski Club) 55.78
9 LAWLOR, Samantha (Apex Ski Club) 55.91
10 WHITECROSS, Jayna (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 57.44

Saturday, March 5 Giant Slalom, Men, U12 1 Run - AM
1 BRODKORB, Max 57.21
2 LENZI, Teigan (Revelstoke Ski Club) 57.89
3 GRANT, Jaras (Apex Ski Club) 59.15
4 SMITH, Cameron (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:00.47
5 RICHARDSON, James (Vernon Ski Club) 1:00.78
6 JERSTAD, Joshua (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:00.96
7 JACOBY, Fraser (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:02.76
8 SMITH, Rowan (Vernon Ski Club) 1:03.21
9 HARE, Benjamin 1:03.59
10 FREATHY, Liam (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:04.77
10 VLUTTERS, Nigel (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:04.77

Saturday, March 5 Giant Slalom, Ladies, U12 1 Run - AM
1 SALEHHUDDIN, Aruwin (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 57.89
2 LORIMER, Talyn (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 59.29
3 GERLOCZY, Blanka 1:01.11
4 WARGNIEZ, Charlotte (Apex Ski Club) 1:01.69
5 BLASER, Sienna 1:02.65
6 SWIFT, Kiera (Big White Ski Club) 1:03.56
7 MUSSEAU, Sydney (Revelstoke Ski Club) 1:04.47
8 LITTLE, Shayna (Big White Ski Club) 1:04.90
9 LAWLOR, Samantha (Apex Ski Club) 1:05.87
10 GERLOCZY, Kinga 1:06.61

Saturday, March 5 Giant Slalom, Ladies, U12 1 Run - PM
1 SALEHHUDDIN, Aruwin (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:02.76
2 LORIMER, Talyn (Sun Peaks Alpine Club) 1:03.54
3 ROBINSON, Jamie (Vernon Ski Club) 1:05.16
4 SWIFT, Kiera (Big White Ski Club) 1:05.37
5 GERLOCZY, Blanka 1:05.39
6 MILLS, Ella (Vernon Ski Club) 1:07.47
7 RICHARDSON, Claire (Vernon Ski Club) 1:08.53
8 BLASER, Sienna 1:08.63
9 WARGNIEZ, Charlotte (Apex Ski Club) 1:08.65
10 LAWLOR, Samantha (Apex Ski Club) 1:11.35

Image: CANADIAN ALPINE NEXT GENERATION SKIERS ACHIEVE MULTI-PODIUM SUCCESS AT WORLD JUNIOR SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
The FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships have come to a close with Canadians landing on the podium in multiple events. This year’s competition took place in Sochi, Russia where the course workers battled unseasonably warm temperatures and the athletes raced in fog, wet snow, ice and changing track conditions.

Despite the challenging conditions, Canada achieved a third-place overall nations ranking in the Marc Hodler Cup, led by performances from Canadian athletes Valérie Grenier and Jack Crawford.

Grenier kicked off the series by making history with a victory in the ladies’ downhill race, as the first Canadian female to win the coveted downhill title. Grenier’s podium streak continued with a silver medal in the super G race.

Canadian Alpine Development Team athlete, Jack Crawford, also stood on the podium in the super G bringing home a silver medal in a competitive men’s field. Crawford’s silver is Canada’s first men’s podium at the World Junior Championships since Philip Brown took home bronze in 2011.

The Canadian athletes missed out on a podium finish in the technical disciplines, however they scored top ten finishes despite difficult race conditions. Crawford finished the slalom in a very respectable fifth-place, the top North American finish of the day, while Development Team athlete Ali Nullmeyer finished tenth.

In the giant slalom event, Grenier finished in seventh-place making her the top North American racer in the women’s race. Both Crawford and Development Team athlete, Brodie Seger, cracked the top ten, finishing fifth and eighth respectively.

Grenier, Crawford, Nullmeyer and Jeffrey Read made up Team Canada for the Team Event. Canada was eliminated in the second round by a photo finish against Norway, finishing the event in seventh-place.

Ali Nullmeyer attended the World Junior Championships coming off a silver medal performance in the slalom at the Youth Olympic Games in Norway.

“I think we had a fantastic championship with three medals,” said Dusan Grasic, Director of Domestic Sport, Alpine Canada Alpin. “The athletes dug deep and secured some great top-ten finishes. We are really happy to leave Sochi with a third-place overall ranking.”

Below are the top results from Canadian performances at the World Juniors.

Ladies’ Downhill

1 – Valérie Grenier

20 - Stefanie Fleckenstein

Men’s Downhill

13 – Brodie Seger

14 – Jack Crawford

28 – Jeffrey Read

Ladies’ Super G

2 – Valérie Grenier

Men’s Super G

2 – Jack Crawford

12 – Brodie Seger

44 – Jeffrey Read

Ladies’ Giant Slalom

7 – Valérie Grenier

25 – Mikaela Tommy

Men’s Giant Slalom

5 – Jack Crawford

8 – Brodie Seger

28 – Jeffrey Read

Women’s Slalom

10 – Ali Nullmeyer

Men’s Slalom

5 – Jack Crawford

Men’s Alpine Combined

5 – Jack Crawford

Team Event

7 - Canada

BC Complete Results

Race date	Brodie Seger	Discipline	Position

05-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Slalom	DSQ2

03-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Giant Slalom	8

01-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Alpine combined	DNF1

29-02-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Super G	12

27-02-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Downhill	13


Race date	Jack Crawford	Discipline	Position

05-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Slalom	5

03-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Giant Slalom	5

01-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Alpine combined	5

29-02-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Super G	2

27-02-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Downhill	14


Race date	Stefanie Fleckenstein	Discipline	Position

05-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Slalom	DNF2

02-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Giant Slalom	DNF2

01-03-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Alpine combined	DNF1

29-02-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Super G	DNF1

27-02-2016	FIS Junior World Ski Championships	Downhill	20

Monday, March 14, 2016

2016 CANADIAN SKI RACING AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Calgary, Alta. (March 14, 2016) – This year, Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) reinstated a national awards program with a fresh new lens, to recognize impassioned members of the ski racing community, along with its athletes, for their extraordinary contributions and success in ski racing. Today, ACA announced the winners of the 2016 Canadian Ski Racing Awards, presented by Helly Hansen.

The 2016 Canadian Ski Racing Awards recognize Canada’s top athletes in alpine, para-alpine and ski cross racing, as well as deserving coaches and volunteers who have shown outstanding dedication and commitment to the sport. Over 20,000 Canadians participated in voting for their favourite athletes, at www.acaawards.org.

“The ACA Awards are an important initiative for Canadian ski racing, giving recognition to the lifeblood of our sport. Athletes, volunteers, coaches and builders deserve to be acknowledged for their tireless dedication to ski racing,” said Mark Rubinstein, CEO and President of Alpine Canada Alpin. “We are overwhelmed by the number of nominations and votes we received. It’s an honour to recognize several individuals that have given so much to our sport. Congratulations to all the nominees and this year’s winners.”

The independent Awards Committee, chaired by former World Cup champion Emily Brydon (B.C), selected the winners based on specific criteria developed prior to the launch of the awards. Other committee members include ACA alumni Kelly Vanderbeek (Alta.) and Julien Cousineau (Que.), along with Shannon Sullivan (Ont.), Joanna Magee (Alta.) and Gordie Bowles (B.C.).

"It was an exciting and inspiring inaugural year for the Canadian Ski Racing Awards. There were a lot of fantastic nominations and applications across all categories, which all deserve merit and recognition,” said Brydon of the engagement from the ski racing community. “The volunteers are the backbone of the sport we love so much and the coaches empower athletes to develop, grow and achieve amazing accomplishments throughout their careers. The stories of our athletes inspire and educate us on the power of sport and achieving our goals and dreams; excellence is very apparent. On behalf of the committee, I would like to congratulate all winners, nominees and applicants - there were a lot of tough decisions but we are extremely proud of the winners selected.”

This year’s Canadian Ski Racing Awards, presented by Helly Hansen, recognize the following individuals for their passion, dedication and contributions to ski racing in Canada:

Volunteer of the Year: Jennifer Voss, Hemlock Valley, BC

Jennifer Voss is a highly dedicated volunteer at the club level, volunteering for countless U16 races, and taking on everything from gate judging, hand timing, race office duties and everything in between. In addition to this, Voss also made time to be the Race Administrator for the Whistler Cup speed events and help train and mentor the Race Administrator for the 2016 BC Winter Games. Jenn has been courageously battling pancreatic cancer since September 2014 and continues to be an inspiration to many in the BC ski racing community!

Jenn Voss (black jacket) - RA at recent Hemlock U10 race 2 days after receiving chemotherapy

Male Coach of the Year: Francis Royal, Quebec City, Que.

Francis Royal was selected based on his determination and perseverance as a coach. His passion for ski racing constantly pushes athletes to improve. He is a mentor and coach to all his athletes and exemplifies the standard in coaching excellence.

Female Coach of the Year: Danielle Robson, Whistler, BC

Based out of Whistler, BC, Robson raced at the provincial and Nor-Am level before shifting her focus to coaching. Robson’s calm demeanour and ability to create a fun and focused team environment has been shared at all levels of ski racing.

Male Alpine Athlete of the Year: Trevor Philp, Calgary, Alta.

Trevor Philp exemplifies an athlete that has showed continued improvement and promise throughout his career on the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. This season, Philp has achieved several career accomplishments, qualifying for second runs in giant slalom, slalom and alpine combined races. Philp achieved a career-best 14^th-place finish in the Kitzbühel slalom in January.

Female Alpine Athlete of the Year: Larisa Yurkiw, Owen Sound, Ont.

Larisa Yurkiw of Team Larisa has been crowned Canada’s speed queen this season, landing on the podium a total of three times so far, including two second-place finishes and a third-place finish. Yurkiw’s success on the circuit has put her in second-place in the overall downhill FIS World Cup rankings, sitting just behind famed U.S. skier and 2016 champion, Lindsey Vonn.

Male Para Alpine Athlete of the Year: Mac Marcoux (Guide: BJ Marcoux), Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

This dynamic sibling duo made a splash last year on the IPC World Cup circuit and continued to prove their dominance again this year securing the Crystal Globe in both downhill and super G disciplines. Guided by brother BJ Marcoux, Mac landed on the podium a total of nine times this season.

Female Para Alpine Athlete of the Year: Alana Ramsay, Calgary, Alta.

Alana Ramsay’s breakout season was culminated by seven podium-finishes across slalom, giant slalom and super G races. This season was the first time Ramsay landed on the World Cup podium, showing consistency race after race, and ending the season ranked third overall in the standing category.

Male Ski Cross Athlete of the Year: Christopher Del Bosco, Montreal, Que.

Veteran ski cross athlete, Chris Del Bosco, proved experience can be the key to success, ending the season with a handful of podiums and trophies to add to his collection. Del Bosco had a total of five podium finishes, finishing second overall in the World Cup ski cross rankings and returned to the podium at the X Games, finishing in third-place.

Female Ski Cross Athlete of the Year: Marielle Thompson, Whistler, BC

Olympic gold medalist, Marielle Thompson, returned back to the 2015-16 season after an injury last year and picked up right where she left off, capturing four first-place finishes and a total of six podiums. Thompson ended the season ranked in the number two spot overall for female athletes on the World Cup ski cross tour.

Minogue Award of Excellence: Jack Crawford, Toronto, Ont. (and the Whistler Mountain Ski Club)

Canadian Development Team athlete, Jack (James) Crawford will receive the $10,000 grant for winning the Minogue Award of Excellence for his achievement as a development athlete. Crawford’s performance in the Nor-Am races and at this year’s FIS Junior World Ski Championships highlight his promise as a force to be reckoned with on the World Cup circuit in years to come. Crawford secured a silver medal at the Junior World Championships in the super G race and countless podium-finishes on the Nor-Am circuit across all disciplines.

Builder Award: Eddie Creed

The Builder Award is extended to the late Eddie Creed (1921-2015) for his esteemed accomplishments and contributions to ski racing in Canada. Creed’s philanthropic endeavours and investment in the Nancy Green Ski League, along with this dedication to the ski community, make him a legacy in our community. Eddie was the Chairman of the Board for Alpine Canada from 1968 through the 1971 season, significantly strengthening the organization under his stewardship. ACA bestows this award to Creed for his contributions to our program over the years, helping to build the organization to the success it is today.

Honourable mentions in the Builder Cateogry go to Jurg Gfeller and Christopher Edgell.

To view the criteria for each category, please visit the National Awards Guide here. Fan voting and nominations contributed to one portion of the overall criteria.

Award recipients will be honoured at the 2016 Sport Chek Canadian Championships on Saturday, March 26, 2016 in Whistler, B.C. Thank you to everyone who nominated, voted and contributed to this year’s award process. We are thankful to have such an engaged and supportive community of fans and stakeholders championing our sport.

For further information or press inquiries, please contact Ashley Shantz at ashantz@alpinecanada.org or call 587.226.3007.

Fernie 2016 Western Ski Cross Series Final PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Hall, Fernie U16 parent

The Fernie Alpine Ski Team successfully hosted the third and final event of the Western Ski Cross series at Fernie Alpine Resort, March 11 - 13. Following competitions at Big White and Lake Louise, this season finale saw athletes travelling from as far away as Whistler, Smithers, Edmonton and Calgary. Some athletes chose to attend all three race weekends throughout the season, while others competed only when the event was near their home hill. Over 85 competitors from U12 to U18, ten teams in all, attended the three days of training and racing in Fernie.

Thank you Fernie parent Jim Hall for the stunning photos that capture all the breathtaking action out on the course! You can enjoy them HERE

Fernie 2016 Western Ski Cross Series Final PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Hall, Fernie U16 parent

David Hawkins, Chief of Race, noted that “this was the only race in the series that followed the true ski cross format. It made for a very exciting race, with the kids being able to see how a true ski cross runs. Time trials to determine seeding for the races, and the elimination ladders, made for very competitive racing.”

Rod Timm, Chief of Course, built a challenging and exciting course with fun features. The racers will be talking about the Wutang for a long time to come!

Dylan Timm, a U14 racer said "the western ski-cross races this year were lots of fun. I met lots of new people and made lots of friends. I really enjoyed the big features, and that, with the three other people running them at the same time made it challenging (in a good way).”

Fernie 2016 Western Ski Cross Series Final PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Hall, Fernie U16 parent

Western Ski Cross Finals
Fernie BC
March 12, 2016 Results

	Position	Name	Club
U 12 Female	8	Ann Coffyne	Fernie
	7	Niya McFarlane	Fernie
	6	Joy Attalla	Fernie
	5	Emily Ngan	Fernie
	4	Josie Corry	Fernie
	3	Jessica Timm	Fernie
	2	Megan Ngan	Fernie
	1	Piper Whelan	Fernie

U12 Male	8	Brett Christie	Fernie
	7	Michael Brown	Fernie
	6	Alex King	Fernie
	5	Carter Smith	Fernie
	4	Gavin Hewitt	Fernie
	3	Ewan Carter	Fernie
	2	Jack Saunders	Fernie
	1	Kaleb Barnum	Fernie

U14 Female	8	Mimi Koles	Fernie
	7	Tiffanie Leger	Fernie
	6	Chanel Leger	Fernie
	5	Cory Martin	Fernie
	4	Sadie Dumba	Fernie
	3	Samila Carr	Fernie
	2	Sasha Nuttall	Fernie
	1	Abigail King	Fernie

U14 Male	8	Reece Hetely	Evolve
	7	Derek Gibbons	Fernie
	6	Darcy Fraser	Smithers
	5	Joshua Beaman	Fernie
	4	Dylan Timm	Fernie
	3	Josh Mayerchak	Fernie
	2	Jack MacDonald	Whistler
	1	Jack Morrow	Whistler

U16 Female	5	Maude Cyr	Evolve
	4	Kaillain Smale	Smithers
	3	Chloe Mannsberger	Evolve
	2	Kiersten Vincent	Valley Alpine
	1	Samatha Carter	LL

U16 Male	1	Austin Engel	Elkwater

U18 Female	2	September Stefani	Red Mountain
	1	Mara Bishop	Evolve

U18 Male	4	Kegan Street	Fernie
	3	Trent Stenlund	Valley Alpine
	2	Phillip Tremblay	Evolve
	1	Ryan Finlay	Fernie

Western Ski Cross Finals
Fernie BC
March 13, 2016 Results

	Position	Name	Club
U 12 Female	8	Keira Spavor	Fernie
	7	Tia Clark	Fernie
	6	Ann Coffyne	Fernie
	5	Anna Fleming	Fernie
	4	Jessica Timm	Fernie
	3	Emily Ngan	Fernie
	2	Josie Corry	Fernie
	1	Piper Whelan	Fernie

U12 Male	8	Carter Smith	Fernie
	7	Murdoch Morrison	Fernie
	6	Brett Christie	Fernie
	5	Emmett Koles	Fernie
	4	Gavin Hewiit	Fernie
	3	Jack Saunders	Fernie
	2	Ewan Carter	Fernie
	1	Kaleb Barnum	Fernie

U14 Female	8	Mimi Koles	Fernie
	7	Chanel Leger	Fernie
	6	Tiffanie Leger	Fernie
	5	Sadie Dumba	Fernie
	4	Samila Carr	Fernie
	3	Sasha Nuttall	Fernie
	2	Abigail King	Fernie
	1	Cory Martin	Fernie

U14 Male	8	Josh Behman	Fernie
	7	Josh Mayerchak	Fernie
	6	Jack MacDonald	Whistler
	5	Jack Morrow	Whistler
	4	Derek Gibbons	Fernie
	3	John Brown	Fernie
	2	Dylan Timm	Fernie
	1	Jackson Ferguson	Whistler

U16 Female	5	Maude Cyr	Evolve
	4	Chantalle Blackburn	Elwater
	3	Chloe Mannsberger	Evolve
	2	Kaillian Smale	Smithers
	1	Samantha Carter	Lake Louise

U16 Male	1	Austin Engel	Elkwater

U18 Female	2	September Stefani	Red Mountain
	1	Mara Bishop	Evolve

U18 Male	3	Ryan Finlay	Fernie
	2	Phillip Tremblay	Evolve
	1	Luke MacDonald	Fernie

Fernie 2016 Western Ski Cross Series Final PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Hall, Fernie U16 parent

Final Western SX Series Points

U14 Men

1. Konnor Kimball (SUNRI) 2. Dylan Timm (FERNIE) 3. Slade Coffman (LL/EVOLVE)

U14 Women

1. Kaitlyn Fynn (LKLSE) 2. Sophia Tafel (LKLSE) 3. Britt Richardson (LKLSE)

U16 Men

1. Austin Engel (ELKW) 2. Garrett MUSGRAVE (SK) 3. Alex Makarevski (GROUSE)

U16 Women

1. Samantha Carter (LL/EVOLVE) 2. Chloe Mannsberger (LL/EVOLVE) 3. Kiersten Vincett (VALLE)

Open Men

1. Phil Tremblay 2. Trent Stenlund (VALLE) 3. Keatz Barber (VALLE)

Open Women

1. September Stefani (RED) 2. Mara Bishop (LL/EVOLVE) 3. Tiana Gamroth (VALLE)

Photo from BC Alpine website: www.bcalpine.com

BC Ski Team member Stefanie Fleckenstein (WMSC) finishes third overall for the season in the Nor-Am Cup alpine combined discipline, just 1 point back of silver medalist Nina O’Brien from the US Ski Team. USST member and World Cup veteran Megan McJames won the season-long series. Fleckenstein was second to O’Brien in the U21 category. “Its been an exciting year, racing Nor-Ams this year, starting in Jackson and Copper Mountain, before moving to Panorama and then back east to Quebec and Lake Placid," said Fleckenstein. “I’m really happy with my alpine combined and super-G results. Ryan, Nick and PL (Jazic, Cooper and Dumoulin) have been great this year getting me ready for these races, and I also would like to thank the BC Team sponsors who made attending all of these races possible.” Fleckenstein currently sits 9th in the overall with 2 more tech races to go in Vail Colorado Mar 17th and 18th.

CAST member Jack Crawford (WMSC) finished 2^nd in the Alpine Combined to USST’s Erik Arvidsson, with University of Denver’s Erik Read in 3^rd in a tight series. Only 15 points separated the podium.

CAST veteran Candice Crawford finished 3^rd in the SG discipline, with McJames finishing 2^nd and USST member Anna Marno taking the crown. Fleckenstein finished 5^th overall in SG, and was 2^nd U21 behind USST’s Breezy Johnson in 4^th.

Jack Crawford matched sister Candice’s SG result, in 3^rd, with CAST teammate Tyler Werry finishing second and Arvidsson taking that title as well to go with his World Junior DH crown. Crawford noted “I’m pleased with the result in my 2^nd year racing on the NorAm circuit. I’m disappointed that we didn’t get to race today, but the season series has been fun. I’m now going to shift my focus to the remaining GS and SL races before heading up to Whistler for the Canadian Championships next week.”

Breezy Johnson took the Downhill crown by 10pts over CAST’s Valerie Grenier, the current World Junior DH champion. USST’s Cecily Decker captured the final podium spot.

The final speed series races were contested on the famed Aspen DH track, site of the 2017 World Cup finals. The warm trend that has been prevalent at some many races this year continued at Aspen, and the course was challenging for both DH and SG. Tuesday’s final SG was cancelled after an overnight snowfall left the track un-race-able. The series now switches to tech events with the ladies racing 1 GS and 2 SL at Vail and the men finishing their NorAm season at Aspen. The current overall NorAm standings, including all disciplines, has Megan McJames in 1^st with Canada’s Valerie Grenier and Candice Crawford in 2^nd and 3^rd. On the men’s side, CAST’s Erik Read leads teammate Jack Crawford with Erik Arvidsson in 3^rd.

Summary of BC Ski Team Nor-Am Cup Finals results so far:

Stefanie Fleckenstein (did not compete in the Nor-Am Finals downhill)

14-03-2016

Aspen Mountain, CO

Nor-Am Cup

Super G

Antonia Wearmouth

14-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Super G	DNF1

13-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	15

12-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	14

Cameron Alexander

14-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Super G	23

13-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	31

12-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	32

Sam Mulligan

14-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Super G	DNS1

13-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	DNF1

12-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	DNF1

Max Peiffer

14-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	USA	Nor-Am Cup	Super G	26

13-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	USA	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	24

12-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	USA	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	22

Riley Seger

14-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Super G	19

13-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	36

12-03-2016	Aspen Mountain, CO	Nor-Am Cup	Downhill	27

Dominic Unterberger (did not compete in the Nor-Am Finals downhill)

14-03-2016

Aspen Mountain, CO

Nor-Am Cup

Super G

Max Kirshenblatt (did not attend Nor-Am Finals downhill or super-G)

Patrick Carry (did not attend Nor-Am Finals downhill or super-G)

Annual spring Coaches meetings are happening in Kamloops at Hotel 540 starting 7:30AM April 27th. The Goldie Awards dinner will happen that night and meetings continue the next morning and finish by 4:30 pm.

Hotel 540 http://hotel540.ca/ is offering great rates and please book in the night of the 26th.

More details to come.

The first place team was made up of Candace Crawford(CAST), Stephanie Fleckenstein (BCST), Trevor Philp (CAST) and Erik Read (DU). The third place team was Valerie Grenier (CAST), Georgia Burgess (AST), Phil Brown (CAST) and Raphael Quenneville (SAQ).

The Canadian team of Candice Crawford, Stefanie Fleckenstein, Trevor Philp and Erik Read won the inaugural Nor-Am Cup "Team" event at the NorAm Finals in Aspen, Colorado. After Tuesday's cancelled SG race due to snow, the team event was held in excellent conditions at the base of Aspen. A second team from Canada, composed of Valerie Grenier, Georgia Burgess, Phil Brown and Raphael Quenneville finished in 3^rd place.

The team event is run in a head-to-head format on a 22 gate paneled SL course which was about 20 seconds long, placing a premium on the start and no mistakes. Aggregate time differential for the 4 member team decides the winner, and there were 3 heats to determine the winning team. Winning team rookie Fleckenstein exclaimed “it was a really fun format, head-to-head racing, and super intense. The start was everything, and racing down that short a course, right beside your competitor, was totally new to me. I’m still smiling from the adrenalin…”

The team event was run as a test event for next year, when the FIS World Cup Finals come to Aspen. It is arguably the most spectator-friendly event, due to the head-to-head format and the fast pace of the races. Crawford, Read and Philip were members of the silver medal winning team at last year’s World Championships help at Vail/Beaver Creek. Crawford noted “it was a fun day for all participants. I now have another team event medal to hang beside the silver medal from last year’s World Championships. I hope to make it to next year’s World Cup Finals here at Aspen.”

2016 SPORT CHEK CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – SKI CROSS

The Canada Ski Cross team has descended upon Smithers, B.C. for the 2016 Canadian Championships, taking place on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Members of the national team and next gen team will compete for the coveted podium spots.

The athletes head into the Canadian Championships coming off a hugely successful World Cup season and have taken that momentum into the Austrian and German National Championships, where Canadians stood on top of the podium at both races.

The Smithers, B.C. community has been instrumental in putting on a great event for the Canadian Championships. The community involvement, local business support and ROC (race organizing committee) have demonstrated the collaboration required put on a successful event of this calibre. Alpine Canada Alpin and the Canada Ski Cross team would like to send a huge thank you to the Smithers ROC, Hudson Bay Mountain and the community of Smithers for their hard work and dedication to this event.

Ladies’ Ski Cross

Kelsey Serwa

Marielle Thompson

Men’s Ski Cross

Matt Brady

Zach Belcyk

Chris Del Bosco

Ian Deans

Kevin Drury

Ned Ireland

Trent McCarthy

Kris Mahler

Tristan Tafel

RACE SCHEDULE

Tuesday, March 15 – Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Men’s and Ladies’ Training

Thursday, March 17 – Friday, March 18, 2016

Men’s and Ladies’ NorAm Races

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Men’s and Ladies’ Canadian Championships Race

This is an open Invitation to train beside the BC Ski Team. With the high cost of summer camps, and the readily available snow in May in Canada, the BC Team is changing it up this year. They won’t be traveling to Mt. Hood, but instead are headed to Sun Peaks to train in early May. The price is only $69 a day and that gets you a full day of training on OSV beside the BC Team.

The snow at this time of the year goes through a thaw / freeze, and has been traditionally excellent. Of course there is plenty of it this year as well! The hotels are on shoulder season and offer great rates. This is a perfect chance to get time on-snow at an excellent rate. Come get your work done early this year and then enjoy your summer getting fit. This is an excellent opportunity for all clubs and programs. KEEP READING FOR MORE DETAILS...

Organizer and Head Coach of SPAC, Montana, has this to say about it:

"We are hosting Spring Ski Camp at Sun Peaks Resort May 2-11, 2016. Join the BC Ski Team at Sun Peaks for spring training on OSV. Sun Peaks Resort will provide lane space and a lift ticket for $69.00 per day/per athlete. Accommodations are available between $35.00 -$40.00 per night/per athlete at various hotels (meal plans available upon request). This will be open exclusively for ski teams, and is open to any age groups within your club. Deadline to register your team is March 24. Contact SPAC Head Coach, Montana Molyneux at montana.skiis@gmail.com to book your space and ski alongside the Provincial Ski Team."

Camp runs from May 2-11. Book some or all of those days.

Do you know an athlete with an interesting story to tell who is hoping to shine at the 2016 Whistler Cup? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Vancouver media (newspaper, radio and TV) are looking for some high profile athletes, or racers with special stories (e.g. overcoming adversity/injury, excelling in other sports, olympian in the family, etc.). They would like to feature human interest stories that are a huge part of Whistler Cup.

Parents...coaches...athletes…if you think your story is worth sharing, please click HERE and send us a brief summary. Don’t forget to include the athlete’s NAME, SKI CLUB and HOMETOWN.

Thanks and good luck to all!

The 2016 Ski Cross Canadian Championships were held Sunday in Smithers, with representatives from both the World Cup and 'next gen' teams on hand for the event that was hosted by the Smithers Ski and Snowboard Club.

PHOTO CREDIT: Camus Photography - Events

Veteran ski cross racer Christopher Del Bosco (QC) claimed top spot for the men giving him the Canadian Championship title. Del Bosco was the only World Cup representative from the men's team and battled tough competition from the next gen athletes.

“You’ve gotta be on it the whole time with the 'next gen' guys who are pretty fired up right behind me,” said Del Bosco. “I was the solo representative of the World Cup team but it was good to take on those next gen athletes and see the talent coming up.”

PHOTO CREDIT: Camus Photography - Events

The athletes raced in slightly overcast conditions with the first heats battling low light. By the time the finals rolled around, the ladies capitalized on better visibility. Whistler's Marielle Thompson took the Canadian Championship title on the ladies’ side, closely followed by teammate Kelsey Serwa from Kelowna, who finished in second place.

“It was so great to see so many fans out for the race today and the Smithers community was in full force to get the Nor-Am and Canadian Championship races off this week,” said Thompson. “It was a really great course and you had to stay active through all of it and work the features the whole way down.”

“We had solid fans out," said Serwa, "It’s always fun to race in front of a crowd and it seemed like everyone had fun out there!”

This closes out the 2015-16 season for Canada Ski Cross. They’ll be enjoying some time off until they head to Sunshine, Alberta in April and May for spring training.

Tiana Gairns of the Prince George Ski Club was right in the mix with the big guns, finishing 4th in the Canadian Championships and one of two Nor-Am races also held in Smithers. Also earning a 4th place finish in one of the Nor-Am contests was Zoe Chore of the Kimberley Alpine Team.

Click for VIDEO of the event from CFTK TV

PHOTO CREDIT: Camus Photography - Events

Ladies’ Ski Cross 2016 Canadian Championships

1 – Marielle Thompson (CAN)

2 – Kelsey Serwa (CAN)

3 – Tanya Primak (USA)

4 – Tiana Gairns (CAN)

Men’s Ski Cross 2016 Canadia Championships

1 – Chris Del Bosco (CAN)

2 – Tristan Tafel (CAN)

3 – Kris Mahler (CAN)

4 – Zach Belczyk (CAN)

Men's Ski Cross - National Championships full results
Rank	Bib	Name	Year	Nation
1	25	DELBOSCO Christopher	1982	CAN
2	35	TAFEL Tristan	1990	CAN
3	26	MAHLER Kristofor	1995	CAN
4	34	BELCZYK Zach	1996	CAN
5	27	IRELAND Ned	1994	CAN
6	30	DEANS Ian	1991	CAN
7	33	MCCARTHY Trent	1995	CAN
8	36	BRADY Matt	1994	CAN
9	31	HOWDEN Reece	1998	CAN
10	42	BENNETT Brian	1980	CAN
11	28	OLIEMANS Jason	1997	CAN
12	32	FINLEY Ryan	1998	CAN
13	37	HAYMANS Morgan	1993	USA
14	24	SPARKOWSKI Erik	1996	USA
15	21	TREMBLAY Phillip	1999	CAN
16	40	ROWELL Gavin	1999	CAN
17	29	BURGESS Bradley	1999	CAN
18	38	HAGIUDA Hiroyuki	1996	JPN
19	22	CARR Mackenzie	1998	CAN
20	39	O ROURKE Patrick	1998	USA
21	23	STREET Keegan	1999	CAN

Ladies' Ski Cross - National Championships full results
Rank	Bib	Name	Year	Nation
1	1	THOMPSON Marielle	1992	CAN
2	7	SERWA Kelsey	1989	CAN
3	11	PRYMAK Tania	1992	USA
4	3	GAIRNS Tiana	1998	CAN
5	5	VELCIC Alexa	1997	CAN
6	10	HOFFOS Courtney	1997	CAN
7	6	TANSLEY Antoinette	1997	CAN
8	8	BISHOP Mara	1998	CAN
9	9	MARCELLO Bianca	1998	USA
10	4	SALKO Lauren	1991	USA
11	2	CHORE Zoe	1998	CAN

Ladies' Nor-Am Cup Results March 17th

Men's Nor-Am Cup Results March 17th

Ladies'Nor-Am Cup Results March 18th

Men's Nor-Am Cup Results March 18th

Image: WHISTLER BLACKCOMB TO HOST 2016 SPORT CHEK CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Current and future alpine and para-alpine racing stars are set to compete at Whistler Blackcomb March 24-29, as part of the 2016 Sport Chek Canadian Championships. Athletes will vie for the coveted ‘National Champion’ title in each alpine discipline: downhill, super G, alpine combined, giant slalom and slalom.

Big names from the Alpine Canada Alpin national alpine and para-alpine teams will be racing in the 2016 Sport Chek Canadian Championships. National alpine team members and Whistler locals, Morgan Pridy and Broderick Thompson, will be racing, along with technical superstars, Erin Mielzynski and Marie-Michèle Gagnon. Para-alpine team members and Crystal Globe winners, Mac and BJ Marcoux and Kurt Oatway, will be also be at the Canadian Championships looking to capture more podium finishes to cap off an incredible season.

“Whistler Blackcomb is thrilled to once again host the Alpine and Para-Alpine Canadian Championships,” says Seb Fremont, Event Manager at Whistler Blackcomb. “It is amazing to see the next generation of national team hopefuls compete against Canada’s most recent top international competitors here on our mountain.”

While the 2016 Sport Chek Canadian Championships will close out the successful 2015-2016 season for the Canadian alpine and para-alpine teams, it marks an opportunity for up-and-coming athletes from the provincial and club level to test their skills against the best national team members. The event also provides an opportunity for athletes to improve their International Ski Federation (FIS) points.

Alpine race events will take place at the Dave Murray National Training Centre located on Whistler Mountain, and will run as per the following schedule:

2016 Canadian Championships Alpine Schedule:

March 24, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Ladies' Downhill

March 25, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Men's Downhill

March 26, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Ladies' & Men's Super G & Team Event

March 27, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Ladies' & Men's Alpine Combined

March 28, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Ladies' Slalom & Men's Giant Slalom

March 29, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Ladies' Giant Slalom & Men's Slalom

2016 Canadian Championships Para-Alpine Schedule:

March 26, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Ladies' & Men's Team Event

March 27, 2016 - Blackcomb, BC - Ladies' & Men's Slalom

March 29, 2016 - Whistler, BC - Ladies' & Men's Giant Slalom

Race enthusiasts will not want to miss the next big event at Whistler Blackcomb, The Whistler Cup presented by Mackenzie Investments, occurring April 1-3. Now in its 24th year, The Whistler Cup has grown to become the largest and most important ski race internationally for athletes aged 12 to 15.

Natalenko 3rd, top U18 at Red Mtn Fidelity GS; Unterberger wins day 2 SL

Gairns, Hoffos, Ireland, Oliemans shine at Sugarloaf Nor-Am Cup Ski Cross

Revelstoke's Emily Unterberger gets SL win at Red Mtn. Fidelity BC Cup

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - National Championships in Whistler, March 22 - 29

Sunny days prevail as Cypress Ski Club hosts Teck Coast Zone U14 Slalom

Grouse Tyee Hosts U16/U18 Teck Open Series Finals Slalom races Mar. 4-6

Whistler Cup 2016 less than a month away - watch PSA airing on Global BC

Hemlock Ski Club hosts successful Rio Tinto NGSL U10 race Sunday Mar 6th

Vernon Ski Club hosts U12/U14+ Teck Okanagan Zone GS/SL at Silver Star

Home from Sochi with great results, a ton of experience & good memories

ACA Canadian Ski Racing Awards; BC Volunteer, Coach & Athletes honoured!

Fernie hosts Western SX Finals; Grouse, Red & Fernie in top-3 of points race

Fleckenstein takes 15/16 Nor-Am Cup Series Alpine Combined bronze medal

Save the Date!!! April 27th and 28th Coaches Meetings in Kamloops

Team of four Canadians wins first-ever Nor-Am Cup Team Event in Aspen

Smithers Ski Club hosting Nor-Am & Canadian Championship Ski Cross Event

Breaking news! May On-Snow Camp at Sun Peaks - REGISTER BY MARCH 24

Attn: 2016 Whistler Cup racers: Vancouver Media hoping to tell YOUR story!

Whistler's Thompson wins Ski Cross Canadian Championships in Smithers

Whistler Blackcomb set to host Alpine Canadian Championships this week