UNITY 鈥� The final Sask. Cup ski competition event was held March 12-13 and included Unity skiers Chenae Bowker and Alexis Elder.
Alexis finished the year with a second-place finish in U19 women while Chenae finished second overall.
There are three Sask. Cup races every year awarding medals for competitions in six runs that earn points for competitors. At the end of the season, accumulated points are tallied for each athlete that combines for the overall awards for that year. The final event took place at Ski Timber Ridge near Big River.
Chenae Bowker has been skiing for four years with the Table Mountain Ski Club. Chenae competed at the recent Sask. Cup event with 10 girls in her age group from across Saskatchewan.
Alexis started skiing at Table Mountain as a three-year-old. At age five, she learned early race skills with the Nancy Green Snow Stars Program. She moved into Sask. Alpine competitive racing as a U10, at eight years of age.
Alexis was a Sask. Winter Games athlete in 2018 and a Canada Winter Games athlete in 2019 with Team Saskatchewan. This was her final year racing with the Table Mountain Ski Club.
Plans for Alexis after graduation are to earn a registered nursing degree and if she is in the province, she can still race as a U19 athlete with Table Mountain Alpine Racing team. If she attends school in Alberta, she can race with the Red Deer club at Canyon Ski Hill.
“Alexis plans to race one last time at Alberta U16 finals at Nakiska April 8-10, competing in Super G, Giant Slalom and Slalom as an over-age athlete. She can race as a U19 non-FIS athlete," says her mother, Angela.
Her career can continue as a U21 after she is no longer eligible in U19 category, then she would move to the master division, and sometimes they come back and race at their home hill.
Alexis also has entry level coaches' training with Alpine Canada and has helped coach younger athletes this season, and plans to help coach next year either at Table Mountain or Red Deer. She also has opportunities to take more training and become a higher-level coach in the future.
