Submitted by GKHAT (Golden Kicking Horse Alpine Team)
For the third time in a row, we are sending an alpine skier from Golden/Kicking Horse to the BC Games!
On January 13 and 14, in very cold race conditions at Kimberley Alpine Resort, Haylee Laurell qualified to represent the Kootenay Zone at the BC games. Although the resort did not open or run lifts due to the extreme cold that weekend, they allowed the Kimberley Alpine Team and Kootenay Zone to use a race run and shuttle kids from the lodge to the start gate in vehicles.
Haylee will be headed to Quesnel on February 21st with 15 other racers from across the Kootenay Zone (from Fernie, Kimberley, Whitewater and Red Mountain) and compete at Troll Mountain in 3 race events – GS, Parallel Slalom and Slalom.
Haylee has been racing with GKHAT since she was 4 years old. She has been an integral part of our club, and we wish her the best! She is very excited to participate and the opportunity to get to know other athletes. She is also proud to follow in her brother’s footsteps – he competed at the games last year!
