Local Sports

The Whistler Mountain Ski Club K1 team (ages 11 and 12) came away from the CIBC Wood Gundy B.C. Juvenile Series championships at Rossland last weekend with a lot to be proud of.

Drew Neilson, Neil Connolly on top of World Cup standings When all was said and done the point gap that separated Mont Tremblant’s Jasey-Jay Anderson from the rest of the World Cup field was a little too wide for any of his challengers to bridge

The final weekend of World Cup freestyle competition at Sauze-D’Oulx, Italy saw Jennifer Heil crowned as the overall moguls champion, Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau on his second podium in as many weeks, and the overall team award for Canada.

Ripzone Snowboard Invitational and World Skiing Invitational athlete invite lists released.

The last of three Adult Weekend Race Series events took place on a sunny, hard-packed Gandy Dancer course on Sunday with almost 60 competitors in the giant slalom event.

The B.C. Snowboard Association is hosting a provincial team selection camp on Blackcomb Mountain April 10-11, with spots open in the halfpipe and snowboard cross. All interested riders are asked to write Cathy Astofooroff at cathya@sunshinecable.

Whistler’s triathletes came out of hibernation last weekend with their first race of the year, the UBC Triathlon-Duathlon on Saturday, March 6.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club once again lived up to its slogan, the Biggest Little Gym Club, in Surrey last weekend, with athletes holding their own against athletes from the Lower Mainland with full-time facilities and more training time.

The Blackcomb Freestyle Sky Club held its own in the first Canadian Series competition of the season last weekend at Cypress Bowl, facing athletes from provincial teams across Canada as well as members of the Canadian development team.

A pair of local athletes supported by the Telus Whistler Sport Centre are getting a little road money this year from the 2010 LegaciesNow Athlete Travel Program.