Emily Dickson is the first Prince George athlete to win a medal at the 2015 Canada Winter Games. Dickson captured a bronze in the female 12.5 km individual biathlon event. Claire Agnes Lapointe of Prince George was 11th out of 40 in the same race. The 17-year-old Dickson is originally from Burns Lake but attends the Canadian Sport School in P.G., where she has lived for the past three years. “I skied well and shot well for the first two rounds but then had a few misses in my shooting so had to ski fast to make up the time. I guess I did that well and pulled off the bronze,” said Dickson.
–In other PG results at the Winter Games:
–Arthur Roots came 6th and Bobby Kreitz 21st out of 42 in the male 15 km individual biathlon race.
–Carolina Hiller was 5th out of 32 in the female long track speed skating 1500 M.
–Nicolas Hiller wound up 6th out of 31 in the male long track speed skating 3000 M.
–Alison Desmarais (Vanderhoof) was 4th and Callie Swan (PG) 5th in the B Final in female short track speed skating 1500 M. UNBC student Madison Pilling of the NWT came 5th in the C Final of the same event.
–In team results at the Canada Winter Games:
–The BC ringette team, that includes Sydney Irving of PG, is 0-1 after a 4-3 overtime loss (Saturday) to Nova Scotia. BC plays its second game today at 11:30am at the Coliseum against PEI.
–The BC men’s curling team is 2-0 after a pair of convincing victories: 14-4 over Alberta and 11-2 over the Yukon.. BC will play its third round robin game today against New Brunswick (10am).
–The BC women’s hockey team is 0-2 losing 7-1 to Ontario (Sunday) and 7-0 to Quebec (Saturday). BC plays PEI today at 4pm at CN Centre.
–BC athletes have captured 10 medals after two days of competition at the CWG: four gold (all in free-style skiing), two silver and four bronze. Seven of the medals have come in free-style skiing, and one each in long track speed skating, biathlon and gymnastics.