Local Sports

Finishing the St. Albert 10-miler as the fastest female for the second time in six years was a major milestone for Alexandra Gordichuk.

Matt Hope breezed to victory as the King of the Road 10-mile champion. The runaway winner from Red Deer blew away the competition at 53 minutes and 46 seconds on a windy Sunday morning at the Landrex St. Albert Road Race.

Parayko off to worlds Colton Parayko of St. Albert is among the initial 18 players named to Team Canada’s roster for the IIHF World Championship, May 4 to 20 in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark. The St.

Boston Marathon Among the 25,746 finishers at the 122 nd Boston Marathon were two St. Albert runners. Karen Dwyer was the 6,230th female and Andrew Smith was the 10,290 th male to complete the windy, rainy and chilly race Monday on Patriots’ Day.

Road race The Landrex St. Albert Road Race is good to go Sunday with more than 250 projected runners pounding the pavement. Race times are 9 a.m. for the 33 rd annual 10-miler, 9:05 a.m. for the fourth annual 10-kilometre race, 9:10 a.m.

Having fun is the name of the game for the St. Albert Storm in midget spring league football.

Spring Flip The St. Albert Gymnastics Club hosts its annual Spring Flip this weekend at the Riel Drive facility. The Junior Olympic 1 to 8 level meet features 214 gymnasts from 14 clubs. Saturday’s sessions are 8:45 a.m. for JO level 2, 11 a.m.

Mission accomplished for the St. Albert Source for Sports Crusaders. Last year’s finalists in the Northern Alberta Hockey League were not to be denied in their quest for midget AA playoff honours.

RIngette nationals Marie-Eve Gautier, a product of the Mission AA program in the St. Albert Ringette Association, contributed offensively for the Edmonton WAM! silver medallists at the National Ringette League championship tournament.

The team to beat at the 10 th annual Esso Cup welcomes the challenge of repeating as the Canadian champions.