On Sun. Feb. 11, 2018 there were 505 participants in Prince George’s 31st annual Iceman which had a sunny - 16’C start at Otway ski centre.
The Iceman competition is comprised of a 8km cross-country ski, 10km run, 5km speed skate, another 5km run and a 800m swim. Athletes can do all sports event components on their own or as a team of 2 to 5 people.
Vanderhoof athletes competed in solo and team events and the team names entered are quite creative - ‘The Vikings’, ‘Iceman & other fish stories’, ‘Just wait till we get our pool’, ‘No Pun Intended’ and ‘nICE Guys’.
RESULTS
Solo
Mark Allison, masters men, placed 3rd in 3:36:33
Tara Bax, masters women, placed 2nd in 2:49:02
Teams
The Vikings– open mixed team placed 2nd in 1:59:12
Nolan McCleary, gr. 10, ski
Brian Nemethy, run
Madison Seely, gr. 8, skate
Jeremy Seely, run
Sara McBride, 2yr Unbc, swim
Iceman & other fish stories – open mix team placed 10th in 2:27:06
Sonya Zurevinski, ski
Jessica Seely, run
Terry Lazurak, skate
Jessica Seely, run
Sean Ebert, swim
Just wait till we get our pool – open women placed 3rd in 2:28:41
Zoe Dillion, ski
Sarah Barr, run
Nicole Ebert, skate
Zoe Dillon, run
Sarah Barr, swim
No Pun Intended – open men placed 9th in 2:27:15
Connor Ebert, gr. 11, ski, skate, swim
Logan Sewell, gr. 11, 15km run
nICE Guys – junior mixed team placed 5th in 2:10:47
Grayson Turgeon, gr. 6, 5km run with PG team