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Nechako Nordics host ski races, regional biathlon

Perfect conditions, great turnout for the Tech #3 Northern Cup

The weather cooperated beautifully with a sunny - 4 degrees celcius and fresh snow last week making trail conditions excellent for the Tech #3 Northern Cup on Sat. Jan 20, 2018 hosted by the Nechako Valley Sporting Association.

The cross-country Teck race had 85 entries with many local athletes racing from the local jackrabbit ski program, local recreational skiers, the Nechako Nordics race group plus athletes from Caledonia Nordics in Prince George as well as clubs in Williams Lake, Quesnel and Smithers and one athlete from Yellowknife.

The biathlon mass start event had 35 entries with athletes shooting three times for the younger categories, and four times for the older categories. We had two athletes from the local club racing, Linnea Moutray (Vanderhoof) and Cody Vanwerkhoven (Fraser Lake).

It was the first time for our club to use the new timing equipment that was purchased through the Nechako Nordics Ski Club and Ripin’ the North Bike Club with grant funding from Integris Community Foundation, NKDF and NDIT. “We are grateful for their financial contributions to allow us to host these types of events locally,” says Sonya Zurevinski, NVSA. “Thanks also to all our volunteers, course marshals, timers, kitchen helpers, trail grooming team and event sponsors.”

Results of events including local athletes:

X-COUNTRY SKI

Atom Boys 0.75km

1 Damien Hutchinson, Nechako 4:57

2 Aaron Rehmann, Nechako 6:02

3 Ronald Hutchinson, Nechako 7:00

4 Sam Brown, Nechako 7:17

5 Owen Page, Nechako 7:29

6 Liam Woods, Nechako 9:51

Atom Girls 0.75km

1 Skye Cadell, Caledonia 2:56

2 Maisie Hoehn, Caledonia 3:21

3 Brenna McCleary, Nechako 3:37

4 Isla Witso, Caledonia 3:40

5 Kavita Dhillon, Nechako 3:57

6 Isabel Simoes, Indep. 4:18

7 Keirstyn Bohme, Cariboo 4:20

8 Ella Brown, Nechako 4:40

9 Lucy Simoes, Nechako 5:41

10 Levi Rehmann, Nechako 6:14

11 Amelia Simoes, Indep. 7:09

12 Samara Dhillon, Nechako 7:29

13 Kimora Beliveau, Caledonia 7:38

14 Annelise Rehmann, Nechako 8:36

Pee Wee Boys 1.5 km

1 Torrin Foster, Caledonia 5:30

2 Owen McConkey, Caledonia 7:58

3 Josh Wu, Nechako, 8:38

4 Jimmy Reed, Nechako 8:46

5 Nathaneal Dean, Caledonia 9:03

6 Gabriel vanGeloven, Caledonia 9:04

7 Carter Bohme, Cariboo 11:04

8 Stephen Woods, Nechako 15:14

9 Michael Newman, Nechako 18:12

Pee Wee Girls 1.5 km

1 Isla Cadell, Caledonia Nordic 6:48

2 Nadia wallin, Williams Lake 7:13

3 Natalie Hoehn, Caledonia 7:41

4 Mika Beliveau, Caledonia 11:44

5 Anya Dhillon, Nechako 12:38

6 Kalleigh Page, Nechako 16:27

Bantam Girls 2.5 km

1 Anika Wallin, Williams Lake 8:41

2 Chloe Witso, Caledonia 9:18

3 Payton Sinclair, Caledonia 9:21

4 Iona Cadell, Caledonia 9:22

5 Jessabelle A-Trelenberg, WL 9:32

6 Mya Friesen, Caledonia 10:58

7 Chloe Bialuski, Caledonia 11:08

8 Cléo Giroux, Caledonia 12:02

9 Alexa Hutchinson, Nechako 21:31

Juvenile Boys 6.6 km

1 Liam Connon, Caledonia 20:33

2 Nolan McCleary, Nechako 21:33

3 Cole Wankling, Caledonia 26:42

BIATHLON

Senior Girls 7.5 km

1 Linnea Moutray, Nechako 42:46

2 Claire Lesawich, Bulkley Valley 44:13

3 Danika Fiala, Caledonia 46:53

Junior Boys 6 km

1 Damian Georgyev, Caledonia 27:57

2 Cody Vanwerkhoven, Nechako 28:11

3 Quinn Friesen, Caledonia 36:10

4 Graham Balkwill, Cariboo 40:14