For the second straight year Justin Hampole of Prince George has finished as the 13th-ranked junior men's figure skater in Canada.
The 17-year-old from the Northern B.C. Centre for Skating wrapped up competition with his free skate Wednesday at the Canadian Tire skating championships in Saint John, N.B., and ended up with a 141.63-point total (53.46, short program, 88.17 free skate).
B.C. skaters finished 1-2 in the junior men's class. Alexsa Rakic of Burnaby won gold, totaling 199.0 (68.44 short program, 130.6 free skate). Beres Clements of Gibsons (191.02) was the silver medalist and Corey Cirelli of Ontario (181.98) claimed bronze.
Hampole was coming off an 11th-place finish at the Skate Canada Challenge in Edmonton in December. Only the top 18 skaters from that event qualified for the national championships.
