Sun Peaks GS

Results here Sun Peaks GS K1/K2

Great race for Baldy Racers at the Sun Peaks Teck K Races on the weekend. All five K level kids participated and had good results amongst the field of 37 girls and 38 boys. A long hard-packed race course made for a real challenge for the kids. The race times were over a minute long with 37 gates to negotiate.  Saturday's format was two races (one run each), which saw Nils Rauhala place 8th in both with Nicholas Everton pulling off a 6th in each. Ben Myers placed 19th and 14th and had a solid day. Participating in their first K level GS race Agatka Koczij and Daniel Everton really held their own as ten year olds in a field of mostly 11 and 12 year olds. Agatka finished 28th and 32nd and Daniel 29th and 27th to round out Saturday's competition.

Sunday's format was a two run combined race in very challenging conditions. Overnight it snowed 28 cms, which delayed the race by an hour. Course organizers went with one K2/K1 course-set and used the most challenging terrain on the race run. Once the course was slipped repeatedly Baldy Racers got off to a great start. Nicholas occupied 7th after the first run and with a strong second run ended up 5th. Nils held down 10th after the first run and clawed back to 8th after a very strong second run. Agatka had a great first run but ran into some trouble on the second to finish 31st. Ben sat 19th after the first run but DNF'd on the second run. Daniel unfortunately DNF'd on the first run, which ended his day early.

All in all a great race for the team. Everyone added to their points totals and even our youngest racers move up the points rankings giving them better start positions going forward.
And amongst those racers we still like to call our own... Baldy Racer alumnus Ella Pasin had a great day on Sunday finishing 10th in the K2 girls race. Silken Rauhala finished 9th overall in the Nakiska Meile Cup SL on Sunday... She rocked. Check out the result Meile Cup Result