The last weekend had all levels of Batawa teams except U12s competing at different hills across Southern Ontario.
U8 and U10
The Batawa U8 and U10 teams raced at Brimacombe on Sunday February 2 to compete in a very technical combi/terrain course.
The U8 girls saw Ahna McRae take second place with Stella Fry finishing sevent. Also competing were Amy Horton, Serenity Lake and Rayanne Hurley.
In the U10 girls race took four of the top six places with Olivia Bush capturing first place, Peytra Papakiriazis in third, Remy Dullard-Krizay fourth and Linnea Larsen sixth. Ginny Blancher, Lily Langlois, Lily Hunt, Marlie Wright, Spirit Lake, Olivia Fry and Peyton Larabie also competed.
On the U8 Boys side, Batawa captured four of the top five positions with Avery Forrest finishing first, Koby Hunt second, Eli Cantelo fourth and Seth Bell fifth. Lucas Allan, Jaxon Locke and Harrison Langlois also competed. Batawa also had a very strong showing in the U10 Boys race taking four of the top five positions. Milo Del Gross was first, followed by Finn Nadolny in second. Tyler Brooker was fourth and Jesse Nadolny was fifth. James McIlreath turned in a great race finishing tenth.
U14
The Batawa U14 team travelled to Snow Valley for a Slalom race on Sunday February 2. In the Men’s race, competing against 52 other racers, Spencer Dullard-Krizay turned in the fastest run of the day to go on to capture first place. Elliott Hirt posted two great times to finish in the top 25. Bodin MacDonald and David Kimball also competed. On the women’s side, Mia Del Grosso captured third place out of a field of 55 racers with August Nadolny and Ruby Crews posting Top 25 finishes. Alexia Roma Bianchi posted the fastest women’s race 1 time before clipping a gate in the second race. Also competing were Elena De Luca, Oliva Bell and Maggie Scott. In U14 OCUP, in a field of 100 racers, Ian Isbester placed 15th in Slalom and 20th in the Dual Slalom.
U16 and U19
The Batawa U16 and U19 teams traveled to Beaver Valley for a Slalom race on Saturday February 1. In the U16 Women’s race, Haleigh MacPherson captured fourth with Anna Schmoll and Holly Liu posting Top 20 results. Lilly Peters, Ileana De Luca and Molly Henderson also competed.
In the U19 Women’s race Batawa took 4 of the top 5 placings with Chloe O’Boyle Kelly taking first place followed by Reena Liu in second. Emma Sabine-Craig was fourth while Hannah O’Boyle Kelly finished fifth. In the U16 Men’s race Evander Bentley had two strong runs. Jonah Hope and Benjamin Onesi also competed. The Batawa U19 Men’s team captured three of the top five places with Isaac Hollinger capturing first, Padraigh Brady fourth and Jaxon Starbuck fifth. Bradley Bonner had two great runs to finish ninth. Caleb Faubert-Roy also competed turning in a very fast second run.
