Link to all Pursuit race results.
Friday afternoon was the annual High School Pursuit race at the Range. This is a highlight of the winter for many skiers as it is such a big, exciting, and hotly-contested race. MNC skiers — representing their respective high schools — had more great results this year. The MNC boys trio of Charlie Maitland, Ethan John and Greg Burt (CVU, EHS, MMU) swept the podium. In the gals’ race, it was MNC’s Amy Bruce followed closely by Rachel Slimovitch (MMU, CVU) to take the top-2 spots!
Also in the top 10, which means they each get a delicious homemade pie as their prize, were Chloe Lemmel Hay (EHS), Abby Grab (MMU) and Tatum Braun (CVU) in 8th/9th/10th, respectively.
And in the boys field, Ben Carnahan (CVU) nabbed 6th overall for one of his best races ever, followed by Charlie Cobb (MMU) and Baxter Bishop (CVU) in 8th and 9th, respectively.
In the middle-school races, more MNC athletes took the podium positions. Kai Richter and Quincy Massey Bierman each won the middle school races (boys/girls). Hot on Kai’s heels were some of our other BKLers: Aidan Burt and Charles Martell came in 2nd and 3rd.
On Saturday a half-dozen MNC juniors went to race in Lake Placid on the 1980 Olympic trails at Mt Van Hovenberg — where I spent a lot of time skiing as a young’n. The 7.5km classic course was really tough, but the trails are just so incredibly fun and the conditions were perfect. Gary Solow, normally our race-day photographer, became part of the wax crew and helped the athletes have great kick when he suggested I use some Start kick wax.
The athletes did great and got to see an awesome venue on a beautiful day. A few photos from Gary are below, and here are links to Harry Eldridge Men and Harry Eldridge Womens results.
Impossible not to smile on a day like yesterday. Especially once the sun came out!
Henry making his way up
Bill bombing the down
Will Solow on the big ascent
Olivia Cuneo now representing GMVS
Amy Bruce – fresh off her victory the day before at the HS Pursuit Race
Eliza Thomas loved the big climbs!
Comments are closed.