{"id":620,"date":"2022-04-07T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T16:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/british-columbia\/greater-vernon\/?post_type=news_stories&#038;p=620"},"modified":"2022-04-07T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T16:44:08","slug":"620","status":"publish","type":"news_stories","link":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/british-columbia\/greater-vernon\/news-stories\/620\/","title":{"rendered":"Sovereign2SilverStar Ski Marathon &#8211; Fundraiser Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/img-20220403-wa0019_p3586021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/img-20220403-wa0019_p3586021.jpg 640w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/183\/img-20220403-wa0019_p3586021-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the first ever Sovereign2SilverStar Ski Marathon was a roaring success.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend cross-country event attracted 30% more entries than expected in 21 and 40-kilometre classic and free races.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the fastest skiers in North America led a field that also included starting waves for skiers of all abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors ranged from Olympians to those doing their first race event, with more than 500 taking part in total.<\/p>\n<p>The event was hosted by the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club and SilverStar Mountain Resort and raised $5,000 for the Kidsport charity, which was topped up to $7,500 by a donation from SilverStar, and increased again to $8,000 by a silent auction.<\/p>\n<p>More than 250 volunteers helped stage the inaugural event.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s 21K skate event was won by local 62 year old Clarke Shipka in the male category and U.S. skier Dashe McCabe in the female category.<\/p>\n<p>In Saturday\u2019s 40K, Jack Carlyle managed to nudge out Canadian Olympian Remi Drolet at the line in a time of 2:02:36. On the female side, Canadian Olympian Dahria Beatty nudged out Mariah Bredal in a time of 2:18:01.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s 21K skate event was won by McCabe in the female category and Sovereign Lake\u2019s Axel Hostyn in the male category.<\/p>\n<p>In Sunday\u2019s 40K skate, Drolet managed to win back his champion title in a blazing quick time of 1:43:17, and Beatty won her second gold in two days in a time of 1:57:22.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.sovereign2silverstar.com\/<\/p>\n<div id=\"photo3586022\" class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.castanet.net\/content\/2022\/4\/image0._p3586022.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[14],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sovereign2SilverStar Ski Marathon - Fundraiser Event - Vernon (Greater Vernon)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/british-columbia\/greater-vernon\/news-stories\/620\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sovereign2SilverStar Ski Marathon - Fundraiser Event - Vernon (Greater Vernon)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Organizers say the first ever Sovereign2SilverStar Ski Marathon was a roaring success. 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