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Nordics notch top placings at BC Cup

The BC Cup #2 cross-country ski race, sponsored by Teck, was hosted by the Overlander Ski Club on Jan. 25 and 26
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They’re off: Andrew Nash pushes off at the start of Sunday’s Juvenile boys 7.5 kilometre classic event.

The BC Cup #2 cross-country ski race, sponsored by Teck, was hosted by the Overlander Ski Club on Jan. 25 and 26. Once again the Larch Hills club saw many top finishes.

On Saturday’s free technique race, Ian van Bergeyk placed third for the Atom boys, and Eric Moore placed second for the PeeWee boys 1 category. For the girls, Hilary Vukadinovic placed first for the PeeWee girls 1 category, with Tessa Elliott placing second, and in the PeeWee girls 2 category, Isabelle Wilkie placed first, with Zara Bucher placing third.

The Bantam boys 1 category top finish went to Trond May, and for the Bantam boys 2, Stephen Moore placed first and Calvin Hepburn was second. The Bantam girls 1 finishers were all Larch Hills skiers with Julianne Moore in first place, Sophia van Varseveld in second and Claire van Bergeyk in third. In the Bantam Girls 2 category, Maggie Beckner was first, and Keeya Corbett was second.

In the Midget boys 2 category, Konrad van Varseveld placed second.  David Bakker placed third for the Juvenile boys 1 category, and Andrew Nash took first place for the Juvenile boys 2 category. Rachel May placed first in Juvenile girls 1. In the Junior boys 1, Alexander Corbett placed second with Kellen Viznaugh in third. John Connor took third place in the Junior boys 2 category.

In the Junior men 1 category, Thomas Hardy placed first and Judah Bucher placed third.

In the Masters women 40-49, Laura Hepburn placed first and Sheila Corbett earned third.

For Sunday’s classic event, Eric Moore placed second for the PeeWee boys 1. For the PeeWee girls, Hilary Vukadinovic placed first, Tessa Elliott placed second and Emily Carelse placed third in category 1, while Zara Bucher placed first and Samantha Vukadinovic placed third in category 2.

In the Bantam boys 1 category, Trond May placed first, and in category 2, Stephen Moore placed first with Calvin Hepburn in second.

For the Bantam girls 1 category, Julianne Moore took first place, Sophia van Varseveld earned second, and Claire van Bergeyk placed third. In category 2, Keeya Corbett was first, Lucy Elliott second and Maggie Beckner third.

In the Midget Boys 2 category, Konrad van Varseveld placed second.

For the Juvenile boys 1 category, David Bakker placed third and in category 2, Seth van Varseveld came first and Andrew Nash placed third.

For the Juvenile girls 1 Rachel May took first place and, on the boys side, Alexander Corbett was third. John Connor was third in the Junior boys 2 category and Gina Cinelli was second in Junior girls 1.

The Junior men category was won by Thomas Hardy with Judah Bucher in second place.

Keith Hepburn placed third for the men 40-49 and Sheila Corbett was second in women 40-49.