Big White Racers won 19 of a possible 42 medals at this weekends Rio Tinto Alcan Nancy Greene South Zone race at Mt. Baldy.  The season’s opening race featured 137 racers and teams from Mt Baldy, Apex, Crystal Mountain and Big White.

Lead by 10 yr old girls, Hannah Walline, Emily Pilon and Brooke Lukinuk, who won gold, silver and bronze respectively, racers from Big White won 6 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze metals in the day’s events.

Other gold medalists included local Big White Community School students Owen

Clark (6 year old boys), and Tyler Clark (9 year old boys)  as well as Jaxon Slaney (7 year old girls), Gillian Callaghan (9 year old girls), and Zane Torres (10 year old boys)

Silver medalists included Bradley Neal (5 year old boys), Jennelle Giebelhaus (6 year old girls),  Sophie Schroeder (8 year old girls), Matthew MacDonald (8 year old boys), Cole Pederson (10 year old boys), and Leah McWilliam (11 year old girls).

Bronze medalists included Ana Sankey (6 year old girls), Issac Athans (7 year old boys), Tatum Webster (8 year old girls), Quinn Rasmussen (9 year old boys) and Rhianne McWilliam.

Ideal snow conditions made for a great day.  A special thank you to sponsors, organizers and volunteers for an extremely fun and well run event.

The next Rio Tinto Alcan Nancy Greene event on the race calendar is this month’s Zone Final at Silver Star Mountain Resort on February 28th, and 29th. 

Pictures courtesy of QuickPics Photography at Big White Ski Resort http://www.quickpics.ca/   Photo: Owen Clark