NEW SWEDEN – Braving the cold temperatures Thursday, Feb. 28, Aroostook middle school athletes took to the ski trails in the New Sweden middle school classic race.
Contributed photo/Mary Ann Tardif CMS athlete Caleb Chapman competes at the New Sweden meet held last week.
Both Caribou and Presque Isle made top-three showings in the boys’ 3.1 km race. Caribou’s Caleb Chapman crossed first in 14:42, and Jesse Rochester finished for PI in third at 15:37.
Caribou’s Katie Plourde put in the fastest time in the girls’ race at 16:11, followed by Fort Fairfield’s Melissa McKenney (17:11) and Union 122 athlete Kendra Stephens (17:16).
Individual results of boys’ scoring skiers follow: 5, Jesse Sandstrom (U) 16:05; 6, Jon Rochester (PI) 16:11; 7, Isaac Lajoie (PI) 16:41; 8, Joel Shay (PI) 16:47; 10, Dylan Cyr (U) 17:29; 11, Ben Wynan (U) 17:32; 12, Jake Player (PI) 17:38; 13, Kjetil Rossignol (C) 17:40; 14, Dann Cyr (U) 17:42; 15, Jacob Towle (PI) 18:20; 16, Amos McLeod (U) 18:23; 17, Preston Jackson (C) 18:24; 21, Joseph Day (Ashland) 19:08; 22, Thomas Freeman (PI) 19:10; 24, Dylan Cyr-Cormier (A) 20:08; 27, Freeman Short (PI) 21:06; 29, Amos Ward (A) 21:35; 32, Spencer Campbell (Fort Fairfield) 21:46; 41, Isaac Wortman (A) 23:53; 45, Deven Ireland (FF) 25:30; 47, Andrew Tuck (FF) 25:40; and 55, Nick Whitehead (Limestone).
Individual results of girls’ scoring skiers follow: 4, Ginger Kieffer (C) 18:25; 5, Kelsie Espling (U) 18:38; 6, Chelsea Bard (U) 18:51; 7, Carlee Pinette (C) 19:19; 8, Ashley Richards (C) 19:23; 10, Veronica Plourde (FF) 19:39; 12, Emma Bartlett (PI) 19:45; 14, Victoria Plourde (FF) 24:00; 16, Kylie Plourde (FF) 20:48; 27, Alex Lambert (PI) 22:47; 28, Shelby Condon (PI) 22:59; 30, Grace Short (PI) 23:40; 32, Courtney Colligan (PI) 24:06; 34, Brooke Rafford (A) 24:39; 35, Shea Brown (PI) 24:54; 39, Leslie Campbell (PI) 25:25; 41, Katie McKenna (PI) 26:05; and 42, Courtney Cote (U) 30:14.
Presque Isle Blue skied to first place as a team in the boys’ race, followed by Madawaska, Caribou, Union 122, Presque Isle White, Ashland and Fort Fairfield.
The Caribou girls’ had the top team score followed by Fort Fairfield, Union 122, Presque Isle White, Presque Isle Blue and Madawaska.
