Report Cards!

As we discussed with Maja at the beginning of the season
she has to keep up on her schoolwork if she wants
any chance of ski racing again next year. She has
done an excellent job.
Maja received her report card for the spring last week.
As of March 1st she had missed 26.5 days of school,
almost entirely to skiing. What a bum. A ski bum that is.
Maja managed to bring home five "A's and three "B's after
missing all that school during her first year in late French
Immersion. Way to go Maja, keep up the good work.
Not to be outdone, her little sister came home just one
"A" shy of all "A"'s after jumping up a grade this year.
Yes, we are proud and can't resist bragging a little.

Coast Zone Finals

Maja's next event will be the last race of the season and it will
be held at Mt. Washington! We will host the Coast Zone Finals
from April 2-4. The racers will compete in Super Giant Slalom
for the first and only time this season, first time ever for Maja.
Super G is a full on speed event, one step down from the always
risky and exciting Downhill event.
Maja's little sister, Sylvi, will also be competing. She was one of
5 skiers from Mt. Washington chosen to compete at the
K-Star level, which includes ages 9-11. Sylvi turned 9 in February.
This was unexpected and will be Sylvi's first race of this level and
first time skiing Giant Slalom.
We would love to see you all on the hill cheering them on. It will
be an exciting event and with over 600cm of snow on the hill
you'll get some great skiing in too!

Paranationals at Mt. Washington

Mt. Washington Hosted the Paranational Nor-Am Finals March 25-27.

This was a huge event put on by the Ski Club and Mt. Washington.

There were competitors from all over North America.

Maja was chosen to forerun one of the events. Forerunners race

the course right before the competitors to ensure it's ready, safe and

all systems such as timing are functioning.

The local skiers got a chance to meet with some very high caliber,

world class athletes, such as Canada's Lauren Woolstencroft, who

took home FIVE Gold medals at the Paralympics in Vancouver.

Maja and Sylvi chased her down for a photo.

Provincials at Red Mountain

The K1 team competed in the Provincial Championships at
Red Mountain March 19-21. There were six events in total,
2 slalom, 2 giant slalom and 2 kombi. Maja had a very solid
weekend, this time posting her best result in Slalom.
There were a lot of excellent racers from all over the
province at this event. There were 95 k1 females , 45 of them
first year racers like Maja. Maja's best result was her first
slalom on day one.
She finished 31st overall and 12th out of the first year racers.
Nice skiing Maja, 31st of 95 and 12th of 45 for all of B.C.
Her team mate Keegan McCooey finished 44th overall,
also a great result.
Maja's other results were well placed in the middle of the field.
I'll list her overall placing, then a backslash followed by her
placing amongst the first years, and Keegan's overall results as well.
Day one Salom#2 48/19, Keegan 46.
Day two GS#1 60/19, Keegan 64.
Day two GS#2 61/18, Keegan 72.
Day three Kombi#1 53/19, Keegan 48
Day three Kombi#2 47/16, Keegan 68.

The boys had a phenomenal weekend. Kole Harle placed
15th overall in the GS, 4th among the first year racers and
earned himself a qualification to compete at the Whistler Cup.
Awesome.
Liam Gilchrist also placed 15th in the Kombi,
also 4th among the first years.
Logan Frame placed 21st overall in the Kombi and had four
placings in the top 30 of his six events.
Robbie Yelland placed 37th overall in the Slalom,
10th out of the first year racers.
Cole Anserson placed 19th in the Slalom.
There were 101 male K1's, 42 of them first year racers.

The Mt. Washington Team Van.

Maja's 1st GS Run

Maja's 2nd GS Run

Little Sister Peaks at Sun Peaks

Sylvi Travelled to Sun Peaks March 13 & 14 for the

Nancy Greene Festival. There were team events and

some individual events for slalom, kombi, moguls

and jumping. The kids all got to meet Nancy and Sylvi's

team took home the Gold Medal for Team Slalom.

They didn't award individual times for slalom

which is unfortunate as this was Sylvi's best event.

She posted the second best result for Snow Star

level 2, for both the boys and girls!

Number one for the girls!

She tied 4th in jump, 6th in Kombi, 13th in moguls

and tied 4th for speed. There were 37 girls in her

age group (8 years old as of Dec 31, 09).

The Gold Medal Team!

Sylvi, Emily Johnston, Sam Purcell and Kieran Nilsen.

Missing are Kieran Harley, Shea McCooey

and Justin Watt

Hanging Out with Senator Greene

Sylvi Skiing Slalom

Photos and Video from B.C. Winter Games

Check out the photos and video provided by Maja's Grandpa Craig
from the Winter Games in Terrace.

See the earlier post for results from this race.

The Mt. Washington K1's

The Mt. Washington K1 Girls

Course Inspection

The Giant Slalom on Slow Snow and Ruts!

B.C. Winter Games Results

Maja returned from Terrace absolutely exhausted. Sleeping arrangements consisted of 30 kids on the floor to a classroom and they were up at 5:30 the first two days and about 4am the last day. Bedtime after activities was around 10 pm so these kids were pooched. Conditions at Shames were not very good as there was so little snow that training was cut to a couple of runs on training day as the kids were skiing right through the snow into the dirt after a couple of runs. Shames usually rivals all other resorts in North America for snow pack. Maja trained again this weekend and will leave for the next race at Red Mountain on Wednesday.
It's been a busy week so we will post some results for now and add photos later.
Maja skied very well and is consistently placing in the middle of the pack for the K1 group for both first and second year skiers. She definitely prefers the speed of the giant slalom and is getting better results in this event so far this year.
The first day of racing was the GS event with two runs and a combined time. Maja placed 26th of 46 overall and 5th of 17 for first year K1's. A very good result against some great competition from all over B.C. Nicely done Maja. Her team mate Keegan McCooey finished well at 31st overall.
Day two was slalom, also with two runs and a combined time. Maja almost fell but recovered and finished her first run, then managed to put in a good time for her second run to still finish 33rd of 46 overall and 10th of 17 for first years. Keegan put in two great runs coming in at 29th overall. One first year from Vernon finished in the top ten.
Day three was a single slalom run. Maja matched her GS spot at 26th of 46 overall and 8th of 17 for the first year racers. Keegan finished right behind Maja at 9th or 30th overall. The same first year girl from Vernon again made it into the top ten. For the most part the top 15 spots were held by second year K1's for all the events.
This was a tiring trip for all the kids and for a bunch of 12 and 13 year old kids they did very well we think to make it through the event without an exhausted meltdown.

Off to the B.C. Winter games

Maja left for the B.C. Winter Games in Terrace

on Wednesday afternoon. They left on a bus for Comox

at 4pm, fly out of Comox at 7pm, arrive in Terrace at 8:30.

Their breakfast is at 6am, then dryland warmup.

They will compete in Giant Slalom on Friday and Slalom

on both Saturday and Sunday. It looks as though they may only

get a single run each day as there is almost no snow on

Shames mountain, which usually has one of the biggest

snow packs in North America.

Opening ceremonies are on Thursday evening and closing

ceremonies on Sunday at 1:30. There will be all kinds

of fun events for the athletes such as swimming,

a video dance party and a hypnotist. The kids all sleep in

classrooms in groups of 20 to 30 kids. There are over 1100

competitors in everything from Badminton to Biathlon

Maja will likely be exhausted coming home. They fly out of

Terrace at 11:50 pm Sunday, arrive in Comox at 1:25 am Monday

and into Campbell River by bus at 2:15 am Monday morning!

Only her Grandpa Craig could be more tired after this trip.

He left on Tuesday morning and is driving up and back,

all by himself just to cheer the kids on.

Now that's dedication.

We will post more information after they return.

Little Sister Steals the Spotlight

Mt. Washington Ski Club held their annual Nancy Greene Toy Race

on February 27 & 28. This event had age groups from 4 years old

to 10 years old. Every competitor gets a toy and a medal.

There were events for speed, long jump, parallel slalom

and Kombi. Sylvi competed in the 8 year old girls category

as it represents your age as of Dec 31, 09.

Sylvi had an excellent weekend, finishing 3rd in jump,

2nd in speed ,1st in Parallel Slalom and 1st in the Kombi.

Sylvi had the fastest Kombi time in her age

group and had the 11th fastest time of all the age groups for

boys and girls. There were about 8 to 12 competitors in each

age group for the boys and girls, so for the 8 year old group

and up there would be about 30 competitors her age and older.

Nice skiing Sylvi.