Sa-Hali Secondary student finishes first at BC High School Mountain Bike Provincial Championships

KAMLOOPS — Eight bikers from Kamloops traveled to Quesnel last weekend to take part in the 2026 BC High School Mountain Bike Provincial Championships

Ben Ovington was one of those riders. The Sa-Hali Secondary student has been mountain biking for eight years and impressed at his first BC provincials. His combined placing in the cross country and enduro race formats placed him first out of more than 400 participants and earned him Senior King of the Mountain.

“Honestly, it was a really big shock. I didn’t know that the award existed,” said Ovington. “I got fifth in cross country, which was all right. I was hoping for better. And then third in enduro, and was able to get the most points out of all of that. It was awesome standing there at the bottom by the podium and just being able to take it all in with my friends.”