Two skiers from the Searchmont Ski Runners have been selected to represent Team Ontario at the U16 Eastern Regionals in Collingwood March 20 to 24.
Maelee Lesnick and Emmett Kreps were selected after performing well at the U16 OCUP Finals in Searchmont last week.
This will be Lesnick’s second time being selected to Team Ontario.
“I’m so grateful for the chance to ski race with Team Ontario once again," Lesnick said in a release. "It’s a privilege to be part of such an amazing team and push myself to new limits”.
Kreps is happy to see how many of those selected this year come from the Northern Ontario Division.
“I’m extremely excited to finish off my final year of U16 travelling with the talented group of NOD racers to Easterns. It’s one of the largest groups of NOD athletes sent to Eastern championships in many years and I’m very grateful to be a part of it. Thank you for all the support throughout the years!”
In other news, eight SSR athletes that were selected to represent the Northern Ontario Division are competing this week in Collingwood at the U14 OCUP Finals: Maelle Acton, Andra Annett, Dillon Barsanti and Kassandra Real for the ladies, and Benjamin Campbell, Daniel Fraser, Lucas McMaster, and Bobby Real for the men.
Upon completion of the five-day event, Team Ontario selections will take place for the U14 Can Am Event in Mont Tremblant, Que., at the end of the month.
“We have had such a great year with the NOD team starting from our two-week training camp in Banff. We are so proud to represent Northern Ontario at Provincials and lucky to have such great teammates and coaches,” says Annett.
The additional training hours the U14 group have put in have been paying off this year, according to Acton. “We put lots of work into this season and our team is representing really well at Provincials. It’s a lot of fun to be here.”
Next up, Searchmont Resort will host the 2025 Honda Cup for U8 through U12 racers from across Ontario. The event will take place March 29 and 30 and marks the end of the competitive season for these young athletes.
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