By Kamloops This Week
Noa Hooton of the Sun Peaks Racers won silver in the female under-14 two-run giant slalom at the Teck BC Alpine Under-14 Okanagan Race at Sun Peaks Resort on Saturday. Johnny Crichton photo
Fraser Jacoby and Joshua Jerstad of the host Sun Peaks Racers ripped it up at the Teck BC Alpine Under-14 Okanagan Race, which wrapped up on Sunday.
Jacoby and Jerstad, both competing in the male under-12 division, finished first and second, respectively, in three of the four races in which they entered.
Jacoby won both giant slalom races on Saturday, finishing with times of 1:00.20 and 1:00.62. In Race 1 on Saturday, Jerstad placed sixth with a time of 1:02.30, the only time he missed the podium.
Jerstad followed with a silver-medal finish in the second giant-slalom race, finishing just behind Jacoby in a time of 1:01.55.
The Sun Peaks podium party continued on Sunday in the slalom races.
Jacoby won two gold medals, with times of 57.45 and 1:00.70, and Jerstad earned silver with times of 57.50 and 1:03.00.
Noa Hooton of the Racers won silver in the female under-14 two-run giant slalom on Saturday, her combined time of 1:42.21 second only to Ana Large of Apex Ski Club, who finished in 1:41.20.
Clayton Dent won bronze in the male under-14 two-run slalom on Sunday, with a combined time of 1:50.77. Heming Sola of Apex won gold in 1:46.47.
Brynn Applegath placed second in the female under-14 two-run slalom, finishing with a time of 1:49.25. Noa Rogers of Apex was first in 1:48.67.
There were more than 20 Racers in action on the weekend. For complete results, go online to bcalpine.net.
The next Teck Okanagan Race for the U12 and U14 skiers will run on March 11 and March 12 in Revelstoke.
