Nordic Polar Bear Youth Team team enjoys great racing success

IMG_3551Coach Janine Phaneuf’s Polar Bear Nordic Youth Team began its busy racing season on Sunday, January 17 with a Paintball Biathlon at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid.

The young racers showed great results in the ski and shoot event.

In the Girls Ages 9 to 10 group the results were: 2nd – Jenny Rundell hitting 5 of 10 targets; 3rd – Kerissa Dunn hitting 3/10; 3rd – Alivia  Hopsicker hitting 2/10, and 6th – Macy Capron hitting 3/10.

Lydia Bartel

Lydia Bartel

In the Boys Ages 11 to 12 group Dawson Dunn came in 3rd place hitting 4/10.

• On Saturday and Sunday, January 23 and 24 the team traveled to Bristol Nordic Center in Canandaigua to compete in the Mid-Atlantic Bill Koch Festival.

In Saturday’s 3K Skate Race, Dawson Dunn placed 2nd and Tommy Levi placed 5th for

U12 Boys. In the U12 Girls race Jenny Rundell placed 9th, Talie Hanson placed 10th, Kerissa Dunn 14th, and Macy Capron 15th.

Alivia Hopsicker placed 2nd and Lydia Bartel, 3rd, in the U10 Girls 2K Skate Race.

Jenny Rundell and Kerissa Dunn

Jenny Rundell and Kerissa Dunn

Competition continued on Sunday with Mikeelie Hanson placing 2nd in the U14 Girls 4K Classic.

Dawson Dunn had a first place finish and Tommy Levi placed 5th in the U12 Boys 3K Classic Race.

In the U12 Girls 3K Classic Race, Talie Hanson placed 8th, Jenny Rundell – 10th,

Alivia Hopsicker

Alivia Hopsicker

Kerissa Dunn – 12th, and Macy  Capron – 16th.

Alivia Hopsicker placed first and Lydia Bartel, 6th, in the U10 2K Classic Race.

• The team participated in another Paintball Biathlon on Sunday, January 31 at Mt. Top Inn in Chittenden, VT. During the competition the team wore their Maddie Phaneuf biathlon shirts in support of Phaneuf, a local member of the U. S. Biathlon National X Team, who was simultaneously competing in the Youth/Junior World Champion-ships at Cheile Gradistei in Romania.

In the U10 Girls Paintball Race, Alivia Hopsicker placed 9th, hitting 2 of10 targets.

Thomas Levi and Macy Capron

Thomas Levi and Macy Capron

Jenny Rundell placed 15th for hitting 9 of15 targets and Kerissa Dunn placed 16th for hitting 5 of 15 in the U12 Girls Paintball Race.

Dawson Dunn placed 27th, hitting 7/15, in the U12 Boys Paintball Race.

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