- The UBC Thunderbirds alpine ski team travelled to Alpental, Wash., for their first slalom races of the year.UBC was representing the entire country as the only Canadian school competing in the United States Ski Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA).The team started off with very strong performances in the morning by both the men and women; with everyone finishing in the top 15 overall.UBC truly dominated the race in the second run with outstanding showings by every athlete. In the end, both the men and women outclassed their competitors by combined team results that were over six seconds faster than the second place teams.Notable performances were the brother and sister duo of Mike and Sam Bisnaire from Toronto, Ontario who finished first and third respectively.At the end of the day, all five men finished in the top ten overall.(4th),(5th) and(6th) had only 16 one hundredths of a second separating them.rounded out the strong men's team performance also finishing in the top ten.Behind Sam Bisnaire wasin 5th, Sam Davis in 8th, closely followed by Tobi Britton in 12th and Kelsey Nilson in 14th.Day two of the race was cancelled due to heavy rainfall.The team is now focusing on the first giant slalom of the year, this coming weekend at Spokane, Washington.-30-