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00:04 Hello everyone and welcome to beautiful Kelowna, BC. You're looking at the William R. Bennett
00:11 Bridge as we lift up to see downtown Kelowna and Lake Okanagan in the back. Here's a look at East
00:19 Kelowna and the Harvest Golf Course and moving into Gallagher's Canyon, Highway 33 to Big White
00:26 Ski Resort. And of course this area of BC known for its orchards and award-winning vineyards.
00:33 And look at the Kettle Valley Railway, one of 18 trestles in the Myra Bellevue
00:41 Provincial Park. A look at Knox Mountain heading towards Lake Country and Vernon.
00:47 And the wonderful Manteo Resort, the host hotel for this championship
00:53 with lower emission in the background. And here is Competition Central at the
01:00 Capital News Center as we begin the 2024 BCYT Sectional Championship.
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02:09 Hello everyone. Welcome back into our studio here in Kelowna. Day two of competition.
02:15 I have a special guest with me right now, Alexa Linden, a former ice dancer at the senior
02:20 national level and now is a nurse and also the medical person in charge here at the Sectional
02:26 Championships. Quite a journey, no question. Alexa, welcome and thank you for your volunteer work.
02:31 I first of all want to ask you about the transition from competitive skating at the senior level
02:36 into, you know, how did you make that decision, that transition into school, into nursing? Because
02:41 it's very different from being, you know, an ice dancer into the emergency room at a hotel,
02:47 at a hotel, at a hospital. Tell us a little bit about that. Some think it is the hotel. No, yeah,
02:53 it was a bit of a transition for me. Coming out of skating, it was kind of a chaotic end with my
03:00 skating partner unfortunately breaking his leg. And we both actually were quite lucky because we
03:05 were actually in school while we trained. So we would do all of the hours of training,
03:09 going to school afterwards. And yeah, it just kind of, I wanted to follow in my parents' footsteps.
03:17 I really enjoyed health, really enjoyed everything with sports and thought nursing would be a good
03:22 blend. So that transition from competing into, you know, a period of time that you probably wonder
03:27 what do I want to do? How long does that generally take for an athlete to sort of get over?
03:31 Great, great question. I don't think I'm actually ever over it. Whenever I'm at a competition,
03:38 I'm seeing the skaters and I'm nervous for them. I'm excited for them. So I think it's just,
03:43 yeah, I don't know how long, I don't have that answer for you yet.
03:47 Well, we really appreciate you're still back in their sport with in production, of course,
03:51 as well. And here as a medical assistant, making sure that all the athletes are safe. Of course,
03:57 no one has been injured except for me. And I was the only patient here this week so far. Hopefully
04:04 that's I'm the last patient here. He actually came twice. So yeah,
04:08 well, because the band aid was really weird. And you know, anyways, thank you so much for
04:12 all your work as a volunteer. And of course, he had a great career as well. We're going into the
04:17 or we just finished the novice women's short program. The results after that in third place,
04:22 all three in the top on the podium are from Connaught Skating Club in third place. Vicky
04:28 Yeah, you can pan 35.49 in second Ilona Chen 35.78. And in first place Emily Liao with a 47.82
04:39 huge score big lead there coming up now the novice men, there'll be eight novice men 11
04:45 pre novice men will follow that and we'll go to the ice as they take on to their in their competition.
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09:47 First competitor representing the Connaught Skating Club. Please welcome Devis Sharma.
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17:39 Sun God skating club William Bryan.
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19:19 >> The scores please.
19:28 The unofficial short program score for William Bryan is 29.87.
19:35 William is currently in first place.
19:42 Our next competitor representing the Kanat Skating Club,
19:45 please welcome Taryn Lee.
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22:38 >> From the Kanat Skating Club, Taryn Lee.
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23:59 >> The scores please.
24:08 The unofficial short program score for Taryn Lee is 41.58.
24:15 Taryn is currently in first place.
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24:22 >> Our next competitor representing
24:24 the Sun God Skating Club, please welcome Olsen Chang.
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27:22 >> From the Sun God Skating Club, Olsen Chang.
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27:36 >> I ask the following skaters to please take to the ice for their six-minute warm-up.
27:44 From the Champs International Skating Center of BC, Matthew Yu.
27:49 From the Kanat Skating Club, Nico Conforte.
27:53 From the Kelowna Figure Skating Club, Aiden Wetzel-Eden.
27:57 And from the Kanat Skating Club, Louis Fakado Wu.
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28:43 >> The scores, please.
28:48 The unofficial short program score for Olsen Chang is 36.23.
28:55 Olsen is currently in second place.
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32:45 >> Skaters, there is one minute remaining in your warm-up.
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33:34 >> Skaters, your warm-up has concluded.
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34:03 >> Our next competitor, representing the Champs International Skating Center of BC,
34:09 please welcome Matthew Yu.
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38:44 >> The scores, please.
38:47 The unofficial short program score for Matthew Yu is 42.78.
38:53 Matthew is currently in first place.
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39:01 >> Our next competitor, representing the Kunat Skating Club,
39:05 please welcome Nico Conforte.
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42:06 >> From the Kunat Skating Club, Nico Conforte.
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43:40 >> The scores, please.
43:43 The unofficial short program score for Nico Conforte is 34.97.
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43:53 >> Our next competitor, representing the Kelowna Figure Skating Club,
43:57 please welcome Aiden Wetzel-Eden.
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46:48 >> From the Kelowna Figure Skating Club, Aiden Wetzel-Eden.
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48:08 >> The scores, please.
48:11 The unofficial short program score for Aiden Wetzel-Eden is 29.10.
48:18 Aiden is currently in sixth place.
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48:24 >> Our final competitor, representing the Kanat Skating Club,
48:28 please welcome Louis Fukada-Wu.
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51:18 >> From the Kanat Skating Club, Louis Fukada-Wu.
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52:48 >> The scores, please.
52:51 The unofficial short program score for Louis Fukada-Wu is 39.85.
52:58 Louis is currently in third place.
53:02 This completes the novice men's short program.
53:07 The unofficial standings in third position with a score of 39.85, Louis Fukada-Wu.
53:14 In second position with a score of 41.58, Taryn Lee.
53:20 And in first position with a score of 42.78, Matthew Yu.
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