Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) racers dominated at the Tyee Cup, held at Grouse Mountain Feb. 23 and 24, with U12 athletes Lara Markthaler and Thomas Legg taking the overall wins.
Markthaler and Legg beat out the 172 other athletes who competed in four separate races over the span of two days—including 32 fellow WMSC athletes, led by coach Matt Leduc—to claim the overall titles, based on their best three out of four performances.
In the ladies giant slalom event, WMSC's Marlowe Cook came in first and Markthaler second, followed by Nicole Webb in fifth, Hannah Neeves seventh, Thea Torn eighth, and Sophie Neeves 10th. Meanwhile in the men's race, Legg came in first, trailed by Maxim Akbulatov in second, Dreas Gibbons fourth, and George Sarkis fifth.
During the second event of the day—the Kinder Kombi—Markthaler earned first in the women's race. Following her was Torn in third, Hannah Jensen fourth, Webb fifth, Brooke Bessie eighth, and Thea Lutz 10th.
In the men's competition, Legg was once again the fastest, with teammates Seth Robert following in third, Gibbons sixth, Kingsley Parkhill seventh, Sarkis eighth, Owen Staniforth ninth and Graydyn Swanson rounding out the top 10.
On day two in the stubbie slalmon event, Markthaler earned her second win of the weekend. Behind her in third place was Torn, Jensen in fifth, Lutz in seventh. Bessie placed eighth.
The stubbie slalmon event also went well for the WMSC men, with Parkhill finishing second, Gibbons third, Swanson fourth, Marek Novak eighth, and Kekai Chalmers in ninth.
In the Tyee Cup's final event, the single-run slalom, Markthaler continued her dominance in first place. WMSC's Cook placed second, Webb third, Torn fourth, Lutz seventh, and Jensen eighth. Legg placed first again in the men's event, tracked by Gibbons in second, Parkhill fourth, Robert fifth, Swanson sixth, and Ryan Perron in ninth.
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Katrusiak, MacDonald golden in Fernie ski cross
Whistler racers ended up on the podium over both days of competition during the Western Canada Open Ski Cross Series event held at Fernie Alpine Resort this past weekend, Feb, 23 and 24.
Jack MacDonald (U18) topped the podium on both Saturday and Sunday, bringing home double gold. Nick Katrusiak (U16) won a silver medal on Saturday before earning gold the next day.
This comes following teammate Jack Morrow's 14th- and 13th-place finishes at the FIS Ski Cross NorAm Cup held at Ski Cooper resort in Colorado on Feb. 20 and 21, respectively.
- With files from Fiona Scrivens.
