The Yukon Ski Cross Championship had a mixed bag of skiers at Mount Sima on Sunday.
The event, held in conjunction with the snowboard cross portion of the Yukon Snowboard Championships, featured alpine skiers and freestyle skiers.
The event grows every year. Sunday saw 41 skiers race, 13 more than last year and 30 more than in 2011.
Some of the Yukon’s top alpine skiers were out for the event.
Yukon Alpine Race Team members Josie Storey and Abby Hawes were battling for the open female title.
Storey, who has numerous Yukon Cup titles under her belt, won the division, edging out her friend Hawes.
Sunday’s were Storey’s first ski cross races.
“The course is a lot shorter; it did not take long at all,” said Storey, comparing it to alpine. “It was kind of similar to racing (alpine), in the competitiveness.
“I wasn’t quite sure how it worked, I just winged it. I don’t know strategy (but) I think it’s best to stay on the inside. If you’re able to push people to the outside, it’s better.”
Five members of the Yukon freestyle ski team traded jumps for race gates in the event.
Aiden Allen, who was the first Yukon male to win a medal at the B.C. Freestyle Ski Championships last month, placed third in the males open division.
“If you have a good start, you can win,” added Storey. “I think the only reason I won on the final was because I had a really good start and it’s almost impossible to pass people.”
Top-five results
Competitive males under-12
1st Shane Orban
2nd Brodie Ferland
3rd Hunter Organ-Wood
4th Anthony Barteaux
5th Mael Pronovost
Recreational males under-12
1st Charlie Hawes
Males 13-15
1st Kyran Allen
2nd Niko Rodden
3rd Jack Blair
DNS Kenton Benoit
Recreational males open
1st Manuel Kennedy Kuiper
2nd Jakov Tokic
3rd Remy C.K.Kuiper
DNS Eric Fekete
Competitive males open
1st Philippe Mouchet
2nd Sam Schirmer
3rd Aiden Allen
4th Etienne Geoffrey-Gagnon
5th Calahan Guidoin
Open female
1st Josie Storey
2nd Abby Hawes
3rd Martha Taylor
4th Isabelle Gagnon
5th Sara Burke-Forsyth
Masters male
1st Jarrid Davy
2nd Marc Pronovost
3rd Mike Beaman
4th Urs Schirmer
Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com