March 11, 2019

St. Benedict brings home OFSAA gold medal banner for Alpine Ski

The Alpine Ski team at ST. Benedict stands with their OFSAA Banners.

St. Benedict took home its first OFSAA gold medal banner in Alpine Ski this season.OFSAA Alpine skiing was held in Collingwood at Osler Bluff Ski Club under adverse skiing conditions. The first day of racing got cancelled due to weather conditions, and the second day brought white out conditions. But the athletes prevailed and brought home the first OFSAA banner after competing at this level for a number of years.

The results are as follows:

Individual Tony Piro –Silver Medal High School Level Giant Slalom
-4th Place High School Level Slalom

Team Gold Banner –High School Level Giant Slalom

Team Silver -High School Level Slalom

Members: Tony Piro, Alex Madden, Vincent Palladino, Elijah Jeffery, Nikolas Donato

Monica Dailey, one of the coaches says the win is “by far the most success the school team has had to date and with only two of the students graduating, there could be more success to come.”

The team was also coached by teacher John McDonald.