Salmon Arm’s Mitch Smith will be racing in the open-age Canadian National Championships in March.
Smith was one of 12 boys and 12 girls who qualified for Team BC and was able to attend the U18 National Championships in Collingwood, Ont.
During four days of racing, Smith competed as a younger racer with many racers being one year older.
His placing of 12th in giant slalom was good with a start number of 59. The track gets rutted and slows racers down when they have a late start number.
Smith also placed eighth in slalom. He was happy with his results and is looking forward to the open-age championships in March in Whistler. At that race he will be racing the same Canadians people are seeing in the Olympics right now.
