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Penticton-based skiers shine at Teck Okanagan Race Zone

Multiple Apex-based skiers captured hardware last weekend at an early-season regional event.
Logan Lockhart
Logan Lockhart
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Four local U16 skiers had podium finishes at the Teck Okanagan Race Zone, held at the Apex Mountain Resort, on Jan. 11 and 12. Sophia Jaron-Flower (top left), Eugene Roche (top right), Hikaru Noguchi (bottom left) and Leah Evans (bottom right) all captured hardware for the Apex Ski Club while competing against athletes from Vernon, Big White, Sun Peaks and the Revelstoke Ski Club for two days of slalom racing.Photo- Greg Jaron

Multiple skiers from Apex Ski Club near Penticton captured hardware last weekend at a mid-season regional event.

Athletes in the U12, U14 and U16 divisions from across B.C. Interior competed at the Teck Okanagan Zone Race, held at the Apex Mountain Resort on Jan. 11 and 12.

Five local skiers had podium finishes at the two-day slalom racing event:

U14 

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Joshua Marshall - 1st and 3rd

U16

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Leah Evans - 1st and 1st

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Sophia Jaron-Flower - 3rd and 3rd

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Hikaru Noguchi - 2nd and 2nd

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ¢ Eugene Roche - 3rd

Other top-10 Apex-based finishes:

U12

Harper Duncan, Livia Gill and Chloe Marshall

U14

Annabel Verner, Gracie Gill and Arthur Davison

U16

Arla Mattatal, Julia Johncox, Eugene Roche, Jack Forzley and Avery Warriner

Logan Lockhart

About the Author: Logan Lockhart

I joined Black Press Media in 2021 after graduating from a pair of Toronto post-secondary institutions and working as a sports reporter for several different outlets.
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