Team BC finished its final day of competition with 12 more medals at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, including, two gold, six silver and four bronze.
That brings TeamBC's total medal count to 88.
In cross-country skiing, the women's relay team earned silver, and men’s a bronze. The women’s team included: Katie Weaver (17, North Vancouver), Molly Miller (13, Kimberley), Hannah Mehain (16, Vernon), and Eliza-Jane Kitchen (18, North Vancouver).
Home-town snowboarders Evan Bichon, 16, and Meryeta O’Dine, 18, of Prince George, dominated the snowboard cross competition, bringing home gold medals in the men’s and women’s events. Katie Anderson (19, Jaffray) joined O’Dine on the podium with a bronze.
“This was the result I was hoping for, but not necessarily what I was expecting,” explained O’Dine. “I was extremely nervous at the beginning of the race. I was last going into the first berms, but there was a path on almost every berm so I started passing. It was literally one of the most exciting races I’ve ever been in.”
The table tennis competition came to a close with B.C. earning five medals. Silver medals were won in the girls doubles event: Natasha Carr-Harris (16, Vancouver) and Ivy Liao (13, Vancouver), the boys doubles event: Frank Liao (15, Vancouver) and Mike Yue (17, New Westminster), the girls singles event: Ivy Liao, and the boys singles event: Michael Luo (16, Burnaby). B.C. also won a bronze in the mixed doubles event: Michael Luo and Leanne Lee (17, Burnaby).
Thirteen-year-old Ivy Liao won silver in both the doubles and singles events.
The men’s bronze medal team consisted of: Julien Locke (21, Nelson), Colin Ferrie (21, Kimberley), David Palmer (21, Rossland), and Geoffrey Richards (22, Rossland).
The men’s judo team earned a bronze in the team event with contributions from: Leo Goldberg (15, Langley), Greg Laslo (18, Abbotsford), Ario Nishimura (16, Richmond), Tavis Jamieson (18, Delta), Daniel Henry (18, Campbell River), Braxton Clarke (18, Nanaimo), and Jeff Swadden (18, Abbotsford).
In squash the women’s team won silver. They were represented by: Michele Garceau (18, Surrey), Grace Thomas (16, Victoria), Andrea Toth (14, Richmond) and Zoe Colclough (16, Vancouver).