Long Blades results
Five members of the Kamloops Long Blades were in action at the B.C. Short Track Speedskating Championships in Mission.
Martina Antifay won gold in the L2T nine- and 10-year-old girls’ division.
Holly Antifay took silver in the T2T 12-year-old girls’ category.
Yolaine Kampman had several unfortunate falls and finished sixth overall in the T2T 13-year-old girls’ division.
Kris Pynten skated to a fifth-place finish in the open men’s category. Sylvie Lloyd was second in open ladies after three distances, but had to forfeit her overall placing after leaving the competition early.
Points from the event are tallied with results from the B.C. Cup, held earlier this season, to determine the team for the Western Canadian Short Track T2T Championship.
Westerns will be held in Canmore on March 23 and March 24.
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