There was gold in the hills of Callaghan Valley for Prince George biathlete Sarah Beaudry.
The 24-year-old World Cup veteran captured the final solo race of the season Saturday at the Canadian/North American championships on the site of the 2010 Olympics, winning the women’s 10-kilometre pursuit.
Beaudry, a member of the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club, had two misses in four shooting bouts and crossed the finish in 27:05.1. Megan Bankes of Calgary (1+0+0+1, +59.5) won silver and Emma Lunder of Vernon (3+1+0+2, +1:52.2) claimed bronze.
Christian Gow of Canmore took the men’s 12.5 km pursuit in 29:33.2, with one miss on the range. He was just 7.5 seconds ahead of his brother Scott (0+0+0+2), while Nathan Smith of Calgary (0+0+1+1, +20.4) won bronze.
In the junior women’s 7.5 km pursuit, Emily Dickson of Burns Lake won her third gold medal of the competition. Dickson (1+2+1+1) finished in 30:32.7. Gillian Gowling of Whistler (0+0+0+1, +1:1.9) and Larissa Black of Squamish (2+1+1+1, +1:21.1) won silver and bronze respectively.
Dickson began the championships Wednesday with a gold-medal result in the sprint and also won the individual race on Thursday. On Sunday she teamed up with Ryan Elden of Quesnel to help the B.C. team win silver in the junior individual mixed relay. They finished 11.8 second off the winning pace of Calgarians Pasquale and Adam Runnells.
In other Caledonia Nordic Ski Club pursuit results were as follows:
Senior boys 7.5 km - 8th - Nicholas Veeken; 10th – Damian Georgyev; 12th – Liam Connon; 24th – Quinn Neil.
Senior girls 7.5 km - 9th – Brynn Witwicki; did not finish – Lia Huggett.
Master men 7.5 km - 13th – Alan Witwicki.
