More than 230 skiers from across the province as well as Alberta and Washington participated in the Teck BC Midget Championships last weekend.
Once again, the Larch Hills Nordic Team won the aggregate award for the club with 290 points, followed by Telemark at 109 points, and Hollyburn at 95 points. The weekend consisted of a classic interval start race and relay event on Saturday, and a skate technique sprint event Sunday.
In the classic event on Saturday, Trond May placed first for the 2003 boys. Claire Van Bergeyk placed first and Lys Milne was third for the 2003 girls.
Cameron Carelse claimed second for the 2004 boys, while the girls swept the podium.
Julianne Moore placed first, Samantha Vukadinovic was second and Zara Bucher finished third.
In the 2005 boys category, Eric Moore was second and, for the girls, Emily Carelse was second and Hilary Vukadinovic placed third.
Jonathan Breugem was first in the boys and Samantha Peterson was second for the girls in the 2006 category.
In the girls relay event, Larch Hills team Purple Pigs consisting of Sophia Van Varseveld, Milne, Van Bergeyk and Moore took second place and, in third, was the Little Larches consisting of Isabelle Wilkie, Julia Hart, Samantha Vukadinovic and Zara Bucher. In the boys event, finishing in second place was The Hot Dogs, consisting of Eric Moore, Jacob Hepburn, Cameron Carelse and Trond May.
On Sunday, skiers competed in an exciting day of skate technique sprints.
Trond May, Julianne Moore and Hilary Vukadinovic each claimed first in their division, while Zara Bucher and Eric Moore placed second.
