Submitted by the Nelson Skating Club
The Nelson Skating Club hosted the West Kootenay Invitational on Dec. 8 to 10 with 36 entries of our own and plenty of medals.
Anastasia Verigin won a gold in Star 5 with 15.17 points, while Jen McNutt finished first in the Gold category with 32.46 points.
Kailee Stewart was first in the Juvenile competitive level with 28.43 points and a perfect skate. Aili Brackett meanwhile followed in second at 22.88 points for a personal best.
Milo Jarvis also garnered a bronze medal in Star 6 men’s with 17.74 points.
Nearly all the skaters earned medals in their events and most had personal best scores. The complete results can be found at the following link https://www.skatinginbc.com/events/2023-west-kootenay-invitational-competition.
This was the first competition for many leading into the coming months that will be quite busy with competitions in the region.
The following skaters from Nelson participated: Paige Vince, Aili Brackett, Kailee Stewart, Sara Hurd, Anastasia Verigin, Tiia Brackett, Jen McNutt, Nikita Bouwmeester, Julie Poetsch, Vienna Ferguson, Milo Jarvis, Paisley Jarvis, Kara Westerhaug, Rebekah Profili, Paisley Shaw, Padme Stanley and Alexis Vongkeo.