Bear Valley’s U14/U16 Racers headed south to China Peak on March 8-10 for the Kellner Classic Super G Race. This 3-day event brought competitors from Bear Valley, Dodge Ridge, Snow Summit, China Peak to contest the fastest event in the Central/South Series.
Friday, March 8
The Women kicked off the weekend of racing with Zoe Rimmer of Dodge Ridge placing first in the U16 category followed by Julia Jockin from Snow Summit in second and Vanessa Dahl from Dodge Ridge in third. For the U14 Women, Bear Valley’s Emma Shawkey took top honors with Lauren Lang of China Peak in second and Jane Roberts of Snow Summit in third.
The Men’s event followed with U16 Jay Min Park of Snow Summit taking first place by a margin of over 9 seconds. Zachary Owyang from Dodge Ridge placed second followed by Bear Valley’s Max Balco. In the U14 category, Ian Bai from Snow Summit was first. Brady Busick of China Peak placed second and Bear Valley’s Joey Trapasso finished third.
Saturday, March 9
Saturday’s Women’s U16 race saw Keira Swaim of China Peak placing first. Julia Jockin of Snow Summit placed second and Zoe Rimmer from Dodge Ridge was again on the podium in third. For U14 Women, speedy Emma Shawkey was again in the top spot. Second and third places were a replica of Friday’s results with Lauren Lang and Jane Roberts in second and third respectively.
In U16 Men, Jay Min Park of Snow Summit again out skied the field taking first place. Second was Zachary Owyang from Dodge Ridge followed by team matte Lukas Krueer. In U14 Men, Brady Busick from China Peak came in first. Joey Trapasso from Bear Valley placed second and Ian Bai of Snow Summit was third.
Sunday, March 10
In the final day of SG racing, Julia Jockin from Snow Summit placed first in U16 Women. Zoe Rimmer from Dodge Ridge came in second and Lindsay Yon from Snow Summit placed third. In U14s, the top finishers shuffled a bit from previous races with Jane Roberts of Snow Summit first, Bear Valley’s Emma Shawkey second and China Peak’s Lauren Lang third.
Jay Min Park again led the field of U16 Men taking first place. Second place went to Zachary Owyang and third to Lukas Krueer both of Dodge Ridge. U14 Men saw Brady Busick repeat his first-place performance. Ian Bai from Snow Summit grabbed second with Bear Valley’s Nathan Peterson on the podium in third.
Complete Results are available here.