The Maine Winter Sports Center Junior program provides young adults with the tools to be both successful as athletes and in life outside of sport. Athletes in this year-round program learn the importance of commitment, discipline and responsibility for their personal success and as role models for youth and other members of their communities.
Junior Schedule 2009
Tuesdays 4:00pm 10th Mtn Lodge, Fort Kent
Wednesdays 4:00pm Nordic Heritage Center, Presque Isle
Saturdays details announced weekly
FMI contact Austin at
austin@mainewsc.org
Registration for Bill Koch Festival now open
Bill Koch Festival is for grades 1 and up. For registration and more details go to www.nensa.net
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Rumford, ME - 1/30/10
Aroostook County Cross-Country Skiers Race to Strong Finishes at Sassi Memorial
High school cross-country skiers from all over Maine descended upon Rumford’s Black Mountain of Maine on Saturday to compete in the annual John Sassi Memorial Ski Race. The event, which is the only opportunity for teams from class A, B, and C schools to compete against each other, attracted over five hundred racers, including representatives from five communities in Aroostook County. The race also served as the Maine J2 Team qualifier, which is composed of the 20 fastest boys and girls aged 14 and 15. These skiers will represent Maine later in the season at the New England J2 Championships in Jackson, NH.
The format of the Sassi was a 5km freestyle race with individual racers starting every 15 seconds. Although the race is usually contested in the classical discipline, a lack of snow made it impossible to set classic tracks on the course, and race organizers decided to change disciplines.
On the girls’ side, the top Aroostook County finisher was Victoria Bernard (Fort Kent) in 7th place. She was followed by Danni Anderson (MWSC) in 10th. Ashley Richards, Katie Plourde, and Emily Soderberg (all from Caribou) took 22nd, 23rd, and 33rd respectively, and also qualified for the Maine J2 Team in the 8th, 9th, and 14th positions. Melissa McKenney (Fort Fairfield) placed 63rd overall and 30th J2.
For the boys, DJ Flynn (Caribou) took the honors as the top finisher from Aroostook County in 12th place. He was followed by (MWSC) in 14th, (Caribou) in 15th, and Finn Bondeson (Caribou) in 22nd. In the male J2 standings, Jesse Rochester finished 2nd, Austin Bragdon (Madawaska) was 12th, Jesse Sandstrom (Caribou) was 14th, and Jon Rochester (Presque Isle) was 18th. Joel Shay (Presque Isle) qualified as the third alternate for the Maine J2 Team in 23rd.
Other finishers included:
Sam Chasse (Fort Kent) 57th overall
Christian Sleeper (Caribou) 60th overall
Josh Kovach (Caribou) 24th J2
Darrin Jandreau (Madawaska) 29th J2
Tyler Strid (Caribou) 73rd J2
The Caribou boys team also skied well enough to place 4th as a team. With five top 15 finishes overall, and eight skiers named to the Maine J2 Team, Aroostook County skiers have a lot to be proud of after this event.
The 2010 Aroostook Cup Series Kicks Off!
Temperatures in the single digits and beautiful sunny skies greeted skiers in the St. John Valley on Sunday for the opener of the 2010 Aroostook Cup tour series. Volunteers from the 10th Mtn Ski Club hosted the annual Frostbite XC Ski Race series including a 40k, 20k and 5k freestyle race.
Skiers from clubs throughout northern Maine and western New Brunswick were in attendance to try their hand at a challenging course. In the men’s 40k it was Marco Boucher of Madawaska’s Four Seasons Trails taking third at 2:18:18, while the 10th Mtn’s own Jeff Dubis claimed second completing the course in 2:15:54, and Seth Hubbard of the Nordic Heritage Sports Club in Presque Isle took a definitive first place with a time of 2:09:17. The women’s 40k marathon saw two impressive finishes with 10th Mtn’s Sherry Dubis skiing to second place in 3:04:42, while Kelly Murray of Fredericton, NB’s Radical Edge took the victory in 2:58:43.
In the largest field of the day, the Men’s 20k race, Carson Spencer of the 10th Mtn Club took third in 1:06:42. Aaron Schmersal, member of UMaine Presque Isle’s ski team took second place with a time of 1:06:12. Skiing to first place for the Four Seasons Trails Association was Austin Ross of Madawaska. Members of the UMPI Women’s Nordic team swept the field with Chandra Wisneski claiming third (1:24:17), Hannah Shepard in second (1:24:04), and Justine Cyr, also of Fort Kent’s 10th Mtn Ski Club, skied to first in 1:11:40.
Finally for those interested in a shorter race distance the Whoopie Pie 5k offered plenty of excitement. Jeff Spencer, Ryan Washington, and Russell Currier took third, second and first place respectively. While on the ladies side Catherine Packard took third, Laura Decision took second, and Danni Anderson claimed the win.
In the Aroostook Cup club points race, the 10th Mtn Ski Club of Fort Kent starts the series as the leader with 46 points, the Nordic Heritage Sports Club of Presque Isle is in second place with 15 points, and Caribou’s Northern Skiers takes third place with 7 points. For a full list of race results and club standings visit http://www.fourseasonstrail.org/Aroostook_Cup__.html. The Aroostook Cup series continues this coming Sunday the 17th at Caribou’s Trail System with the rescheduled New Year’s Race. Registration for the 5k Freestyle race begins at noon, with the race time at 1:00 PM.
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