Students from Oak Bay High and Monterey middle school hit the slopes last week for the most recent competition in the Island Race Series.
ItB次元官网网址檚 a banner year for Oak Bay High, as the southernmost high school on Vancouver Island hit the podium in all four race disciplines. TheyB次元官网网址檒l fly to Cranbrook for provincials on March 2 to 4.
B次元官网网址淥ur ski and snowboard team raced incredibly fast, and for the first time, Oak Bay won Islands in boys and girls ski and snowboard races,B次元官网网址� said Oak Bay High team coach Tina Horwood.
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Oak Bay athletes finished in the top four race times for skiing and snowboarding. Griffin Hart won the Island ski title followed by teammates Grayson Gammon, Sam Meyer and John Horwood in second, third and fourth. On the snowboard, Jake Trumble won Islands, with Evan Graham, Hudson Board and Ben White also finishing in the top four, respectively.
Oak BayB次元官网网址檚 Colleen McKee won silver in the girlsB次元官网网址� snowboard event.
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Hart and Trumble took gold in all three races they were in.
B次元官网网址淲e have spent the last six weeks going to Mount Washington,B次元官网网址� Horwood said. B次元官网网址淭raining is always on Sunday afternoons, while the four races were on Mondays. When there is a Monday race, we spend Sunday night in chalets on the hill.B次元官网网址�
Four of the top six racers in the girlsB次元官网网址� skiing event were from Oak Bay, as Silken Shepard finished with the single fastest time at last weekendB次元官网网址檚 race.
The high school team is in its seventh season and has a solid pipeline of incoming athletes from Monterey middle school.
MontereyB次元官网网址檚 Grade 8 ski team, coached by principal Ken Andrews, also had a terrific season with team members racing for the first time.
The Monterey girls finished third among Vancouver Island teams.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a remarkable feat since they are racing against older and more experienced Grade 9 to 12 students,B次元官网网址� Andrews said.
