Great results to start season at Panorama for Whitewater Racers
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Whitewater skiers did not disappoint the coaching staff as the squad experienced some great results at the Kinder Kootenay Zone race held recently at Panorama near Invermere.
Jamis Beattie paced the Whitewater team with two fourths and a fifth during the giant slalom race weekend.
Haley Mitchell registered a pair of eighth-place finishes while Savannah
Leishman finished with two ninths and a 10th.
Harper Henderson spent most of day one at the hospital following and exciting crash during the first run Saturday morning.
Henderson was transported to hospital for X-rays, which proved to show no fractures, just bruises.
Henderson raced Sunday after being cleared by doctors.
“The racers had never seen blue snow before so it was a great learning experience and all of the racers improved by leaps and bounds over the two days,” said Whitewater coach Dylan Henderson.
“We entered a total of 14 racers which is the most Whitewater racers at a Kinder zone race in many years.”
Kootenay zone skiers faced some stiff competition from the home team, which races against mostly Alberta teams.
Team Pano is a very high-performance team bolstered with National level coaches.
Team Whitewater is off to Kimberley this weekend for the first slalom races of the season.
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