March 9 & 10, 2024 – From the slopes of Lake Placid, NY, to the poolside send-off in preparation for nationals in Winnipeg, MB, join us as we recap the latest TSC highlights from this weekend.
Alpine Skiing
This week, UBC Alpine competed at the USCSA National Championships in Lake Placid, NY! Although our entire women’s team could not travel, Malia Hodgkinson, Bea Mick, Anika Prasad, and Nina Steyn represented the only Canadian team in the league at Whiteface. With limited snow coverage and rainy weather conditions, the team persevered and all the ladies finished on the slalom race day. As for the GS, congratulations to Bea Mick and Nina Steyn for finishing despite the bleak conditions. With only one day to prepare for the competition, no training all season, and several flight delays resulting in the team arriving 3 hours before the competition morning, UBC Alpine triumphed at Nationals and hopes to come back in the following years!
Artistic Swimming
This weekend the Artistic Swimming team hosted their last Watershow of the season just before heading off to nationals next weekend in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Read the full highlights from the 2023/2024 Year-End Watershow here!
Cycling
This weekend marked UBC cycling’s 2nd week of racing at the Wix Brown and Thornhill road race! It was a great success with a strong turnout and 5 podiums across the team. Congrats to everyone who raced! Shoutout to Injae Sol (3rd), Sophie Perry (2nd), Sophie Forsythe (2nd), Ben Ernewein (2nd) and Jonah King (1st) for their results. Special shoutout to Jonah for his team dynamics helping a teammate get back in the race after a mechanical! This Saturday March 12th, the team will race Southie circuit race.
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Triathlon
The UBC Triathlon team competed in the UBC TriDu which took place on March 9. We had 25 athletes race. Athletes in the top 5 places were:
Men’s: 1) Maximilien Filion; 2) Owen Vincent; 3) Aidan Comeau; 4) Spencer Hardy; 5) Gleb Valiakhmetov
Women’s: 1) Emma Jean Neal; 2) Gabby Bourgault-Kennaley; 3) April St. Pierre; 5) Ari Rosen (4th place was from UVic)
The full list of finishers can be found here.
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