The Canada Winter Games in Prince George started on Feb. 13. The first medal earned by South Okanagan athletes was by speed skater Abigail McCluskey, who earned silver in women’s pursuit. In the 500-m long track event, McCluskey placed fourth and was seventh in the 1,500 metre long track event.
Freestyle skiing
Penticton’s Noah Spence of the B.C. freestyle mogul team placed 25th in the big air competition on Feb. 15. In slope style, Spence was 17. In moguls, the Apex Freestyle Club product finished sixth on Feb. 17, then missed the podium with a fourth-place result in dual moguls Wednesday. Kyle Parker, an AFC alumni with the B.C. mogul team, finished 26th in slope style on Feb.14, then was 28th in big air on Feb. 15. The Port Moody native performed better in moguls placing seventh on Feb. 17. Mackenzie Schwinghamer took 10th in female slope style on Feb. 14, and followed that up with 15th in big air. The West Kelowna resident and AFC product with the B.C. development team fell short of the podium when she finished fifth in moguls on Feb. 17. On Wednesday, she placed sixth in dual moguls.
Female hockey
Team B.C. has one win, two losses and an overtime loss in four games. Micah Hart of the Okanagan Hockey Academy has one goal. Alberta has three wins and an overtime win in four games. Emma Keenan of the OHA has one goal and three points.
Wheelchair basketball
Oliver’s Riley Martin and Team B.C. have won one of four games. They opened the games with a 61-29. Martin collected four points. In their second game, B.C. lost to Prince Edward Island 60-54, Martin had two points. And on Tuesday, B.C. lost to Saskatchewan 76-37, Martin collected four points. B.C. lost to Ontario 62-24 on Wednesday.