Staff Writer
CARIBOU – The Aroostook County ski teams met at the Caribou High School ski area to test their speed in a series of 1k freestyle sprints on Monday afternoon. After six races, the Caribou and Presque Isle girls remained tied with a team score of five each.
After the six varsity boys’ races, Caribou notched the low score of four. Presque Isle, Central Aroostook and Fort Fairfield followed in the bottom three for team standings.
Girls’ results follow. Race one: 2, Laura Collins (C) 3:38 and 3, Erin Thomas (PI) 4:05. Race two: 1, Lindsey Cote (C) 3:54 and 3, Hallie Bartlett (PI) 4:13. Race three: 1, Kristina McKenny (PI) 4:10 and 2, Lily Sund (C) 4:11. Race four: 1, Madison Outing (C) 4:20 and 2, Julia Brown (PI) 4:21. Race five: 1, Erika McKay (PI) 4:47. Race six: 1, Alecia Palmer (PI) 4:58 and 2, Nicole Madore (C) 5:06.
Boys’ results follow. Race one: 1, Joey Bard (C) 2:49; 2, Corey Park (PI) 3:05; and 4, Ethan Garrison (CA) 3:18. Race two: 1, Jordan Powers (C) 3:09; 4, Lucas Mathers (PI) 3:15; 5, Matt Graves (CA) 3:27; and 6, Noah Rush-Mabry (FF) 3:42. Race three: 1, Jesse Stephens (C) 3:14; 2, Joel Whitaker (PI) 3:20; 5, Greg Cousins (CA) 3:54; and 6, Ian Towle (FF) 3:45.60. Race four: 1, Taylor Jepson (C) 3:35; 3, Brandon Hafford (PI) 3:39; and 5, Nate Donovan (CA) 4:41. Race five: 1, Jared Sleeper (C) 3:37; 4, Patrick Kinsey (FF) 3:45; and 5, Eric Morris (PI) 4:10. Race six: 2, Spencer McElwain (C) 3:39 and 4, Adam Curtis (PI) 4:09.
A classic Presque Isle/Caribou finish ended last Tuesday’s cross country ski event at 10th Mountain Lodge in Fort Kent. PI senior Corey Park sailed to the quickest time of 16:13 while Viking Finn Bondeson passed into second in 17:23.
The Fort Kent squad combined scoring for the first-place rank with 27 points, followed by Caribou with 28. Presque Isle skied to third with 37 points. Madawaska, Fort Fairfield and Central Aroostook High School rounded out the bottom three schools.
Local individual results follow: 5, Powers (C) 18:04; 7, Mathers (PI) 18:41; 8, Jepson 18:43; 9, Whitaker (PI) 18:51; 13, McElwain (C) 19:36; 14, Rush-Mabry (FF) 19:47; 16, Towle (FF) 20:18; 17, Garrison (CA) 20:29; 19, Sleeper (C) 20:54; 20, Morris (PI) 21:04; 21, Nathan McLaughlin (FF) 21:05; 24, Hafford (PI) 21:55; 26, Graves (CA) 22:34; 27, Paul Elish (PI) 22:51; 28, Kevin Strid (C) 23:19; 29, Patrick Kinsey (FF) 23:21; 31, Adam Curtis (PI) 24:31; 32, Cousins (CA) 25:35; 33, Nate Donovan (CA) 26:10; 34, Towle (PI) 26:55; 35, Kurtis Perkins (PI) 27:24; 36, Jared Wezner (PI) 27:55; 39, Layne Waddell (PI) 29:25; 40, Nick Shaw (PI) 29:53; and 42, Shane McGillan (FF) 34:26.
The Wildcats girls sped around the course to slide into second behind Fort Kent with a team score of 36 points, while Caribou pushed into third with 45 points. Fort Fairfield and Central Aroostook combined times for the final two positions.
Local individual results follow: 3, Collins (C) 21:09; 4, Rose Mary Williams (FF) 21:16; 5, Cote (C) 21:45; 6, Thomas (PI) 22:45; 9, Bartlett (PI) 24:05; 10, McKay (PI) 24:16; 11, Brown (PI) 24:38; 12, McKenny (PI) 24:47; 13, Lily Sund (C) 25:00; 15, Danni Anderson (PI) 25:32; 23, Palmer (PI) 27:22; 15, Anne Elish (PI) 27:52; 19, Clark (PI) 28:35; 20, Steeves (PI) 30:19; 21, Hart (PI) 32:15; 22, Aayn Bernier (CA) 35:57; and 23, Samantha Lewis (FF) 37:10.
Staff photo/Meridith Paterson
PUSHING OFF FROM THE START, Wildcat Joel Whitaker takes off at a ski meet at the Nordic Heritage Center.
