Sports Reporter
FORT KENT – The final leg of the Aroostook County skiing championships took placed last Tuesday at the 10th Mountain Ski Center.
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Ginger Kieffer scales an incline during a recent ski meet in Presque Isle. Kieffer placed fourth in the skimeister standings.
The Caribou boys and girls were both victorious in the freestyle race. The Viking boys scored 13 points, with Fort Kent second with 26 and Presque Isle third with 53. The Caribou girls tallied 21 points to edge out Fort Kent, which posted 23. Presque Isle was third with 55 and Fort Fairfield was fourth with 62.
DJ Flynn of the Vikes won the individual County title in a time of 16 minutes, 36.65 seconds. The girls champion was Fort Kent’s Vicky Bernard, whose winning time was 18:53.97.
Rounding out the boys’ top 15 were: 2. Nick Michaud (FK) 16:54.77, 3. Caleb Chapman (Car) 17:11.89, 4. Tim Freme (Car) 17:20.80, 5. Finn Bondeson (Car) 17:23.48, 6. Sam Chasse (FK) 17:38.60, 7. Logan Doak (FK) 17:42.96, 8. Jared Sleeper (Car) 17:51.04, 9. Jonathan Rochester (PI) 18:13.36, 10. Christian Sleeper (Car) 18:15.38, 11. Carson Spencer (FK) 19:26.60, 12. Alex Chasse (FK) 20:11.55, 13. Chris Cawley (PI) 20:15.78, 14. Derrick Ouellette (FK) 20:50.93, and 15. Jacob Towle (PI) 21:06.42.
Following Bernard in the girls’ competition were: 2. Laura Collins (Car) 19:46.98, 3. Gabby Naranja (FK) 20:03.97, 4. Hallie Bartlett (PI) 20:43.56, 5. Katelyn Plourde (Car) 20:52.14, 6. Ashley Richards (Car) 20:55.71, 7. Roxy Pelletier (FK) 20:59.03, 8. Kendra Stephens (Car) 21:10.84, 9. Ginger Kieffer (Car) 21:38.97, 10. Emily Soderberg (Car) 22:11.30, 11. Julia Brown (PI) 23:05.26, 12. Rachel Audibert (FK) 23:09.25, 13. Kate Morneault (FK) 23:25.76, 14. Melissa McKenney (FF) 23:46.63, and 15. Veronica Plourde (FF) 24:23.67.
When combining both Nordic events, classical and freestyle, the Caribou boys and girls took Aroostook League honors. The Viking boys totaled 24 points, with Fort Kent following with 58 and Presque Isle third with 105. On the girls’ side, Caribou scored 38 points to grab top honors. Fort Kent was second with 47, Fort Fairfield third with 106 and Presque Isle fourth with 117.
For the overall title, which included Alpine results, the Fort Kent boys and the Caribou girls were victorious. The Warrior boys’ 99 points were enough to defeat Caribou, which scored 126, and Presque Isle, at 246. The Viking girls posted 77 points to edge out Fort Kent, with 85, and Presque Isle, with 219.
In the skimeister competition, which includes an individual’s performance in all four racing disciplines (Nordic classical, Nordic freestyle, Alpine Giant Slalom and Alpine Slalom), Caribou’s Collins was the girls champion with nine points. She was followed by Pelletier (FK), 19 points; Hallie Bartlett (PI), 26; Kieffer (Car), 43; Kate Morneault (FK), 53; Savannah Paradis (FK), 71; Emma Bartlett (PI), 74; Chelsey Carroll (PI), 75; and Jolonna Gough (PI), 86.
For boys, Fort Kent’s Doak was the winner with 22 points. Next were Freme (Car), 40; Ted Martin (FK), 49; Adam Curtis (PI), 60; Tom Freeman (PI), 78; and Gabe Player (PI), 88.
