Fort Fairfield takes second in opening girls

    PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – The Caribou Middle School girls’ ski team earned their second win of the season Friday at the Nordic Heritage Center. The team placed seven skiers in the top-10 for the win with 10 points.
     Fort Fairfield took second with 31 points followed by Presque Isle blue with 56, Presque Isle white with 71, Madawaska with 101 and Ashland with 109.
Katie Plourde of Caribou earned the top spot individually with a time of nine minutes and 55.4 seconds. Following were teammates Laura Collins at 10:49.4, Nicole Cyr at 11:18.2 and Madison Outing at 11:18.4. Rounding out the top-five was Fort Fairfield’s Kaitlyn Kinsey at 11:21.2.
Other top-10 finishers included Lydia Kieffer of Caribou in sixth at 11:40.9; Melissa McKenney of Fort Fairfield in seventh at 11:55.9; Ginger Kieffer of Caribou in eighth at 12:00.3; Breanna Randolph of Caribou in ninth at 12:07.1; and Veronica Plourde of Fort Fairfield in 10th at 12.15.2.
Other finishers are as follows listed by place, racer, school and time: 11. Ashley Richards, Caribou, 12:19.5; 12. Carly Pinette, Caribou, 12:21; 13. Merideth Sleeper, Caribou, 12:26.8; 14. Samantha Murchison, Caribou, 12:47.5; 15. Alissa Randolph, Caribou, 12:54.1; 16. Olivia Sleeper, Caribou, 13:04; 17. Victoria Plourde, Fort Fairfield, 13:18.5; 18. Emily Soderburg, Caribou, 13:29; 19. Michelle Tardif, Caribou, 13:30.5; 20. Liz Keaton, Caribou, 13:32.8; 21. Lindsay Michaud, Presque Isle blue, 13:44.9; 22. Hannah Saucier, Caribou, 13:54.1; 23. Camille Huffman, Fort Fairfield, 14:01.9; 24. McKenzie Belyea, Caribou, 14:07.1; 25. Ashley Clark, Caribou, 14:12.4; 26. Nickie Madore, Caribou, 14:14.8; 27. Meredith Stewart, Presque Isle blue, 14:26.3; 28. Sabrina Douston, Caribou, 14:31.9; 29. Megan Ireland, Presque Isle blue, 14:34.2; 30. Emma Bartlett, Presque Isle white, 14:39.3; 31. Liza Buck, Presque Isle white, 14:50.6; 32. Paige Nadeau, Caribou, 14:53.4; 33. Leslie Campbell, Presque Isle blue, 14:53.7; 34. Kylie Plourde, Fort Fairfield, 14:55.3; 35. Chandler Guerrette, Presque Isle blue, 14:59.9; 36. Emma Duplissee-Cyr, Caribou, 15:19.4; 37. Regan Buck, Caribou, 15:30.3; 38. Dominque Hessert, Caribou, 15:30.6; 39. Tia McHatten, Caribou, 15:34.5; 40. Clara Collins, Caribou, 15:39.7; 41. JoLonna Gough, Presque Isle white, 15:50.8; 42. Reanna Plourde, Caribou, 15:54.8; 43. Kayla Girardin, Presque Isle blue, 15:56.1; 44. Mallorie Cyr, Caribou, 15:56.4; 45. Lindsey Graves, Fort Fairfield, 16:02.1; 46. Whitney Donovan, Ashland, 16:10.3; 47. Deanne Cote, Madawaska, 16:18.3; 48. Megan Doody, Caribou, 16:20.7; 49. Alana Sirois, Caribou, 16:26.7; 50. Vanessa Boucher, Madawaska, 16:30.3; 51. Grace Short, Presque Isle white, 16:35.4; 52. Bonnie Zeng, Presque Isle white, 16:53.6; 53. Alex Lambert, Presque Isle white, 16:54.1; 54. Chelsey Carroll, Presque Isle blue, 17:09.7; 55. Serena Cyr, Caribou, 17:22.3; 56. Melanie Maynard, Presque Isle white, 17:24.5; 57. Dara Raymond, Presque Isle white, 18:32.3; 58. Katie McKenna, Presque Isle blue, 18:47.4; 59. Ashley Michaud, Madawaska, 18:58.9; 60. Christina Hallowell, Presque Isle, 19:05.8; 61. Aleesha Campbell, Fort Fairfield, 19:22.4; 62. Bekah Walker, Caribou, 22:01.4; 63. Kylee Rubin, Ashland, 22:24.5; 64. Abby Holcombe, Caribou, 23:48.7; 65. Victoria Keaton, Caribou, 23:52.3.
The Caribou girls again fielded the winning team on their home snow last Tuesday as the racing season kicked off for the younger grades.
The Lady Vikings placed five racers in the top-10 for a team total of 15 points. They were followed by Union 122 with 46, Fort Fairfield with 52, Fort Kent with 68, Presque Isle blue with 91, Presque Isle white with 102 and Madawaska with 146.
Caribou’s Laura Collins earned the top spot individually with a time of 12 minutes and 43.7. She was followed by teammates Katie Plourde at 13:41 and Madison Outing at 14:08.8.
Rounding out the top-five were Fort Kent’s Cassidy Spencer and Vicky Bernard at 14:16.5 and 14:58.9, respectively.
Other top-10 skiers included Union 122’s Dayna Michaud in sixth at 15:06.6; Melissa McKenney of Fort Fairfield in seventh at 15:18.9; Kaitlyn Kinsey of Fort Fairfield in eighth at 15:30.9; Nicole Cyr of Caribou in ninth at 15:41.8; and Breanna Randolph of Caribou in 10th at 15:55.7.