The Polar Bear Nordic Youth Team traveled to New Hampshire on Friday, March 4 to attend the biggest race of the season, the New England Bill Koch Festival, that took place on March 5 and 6th.

Coach Janine Phaneuf said the 2016 Festival was held with good snow cover and mostly sunny skies with the majestic White Mountains adding their grandeur and magic above the fields and forested trails of Great Glen trails in Pinkham Notch, NH. 

Over 470 young racers participated in the event.

Saturday’s race was a Classic Sprint with a half-km loop for participants in grades 3 and 4, and a 1km loop for participants in grades 5, 6, 7 and 8.

The Individual Freestyle event on Sunday included 2kms for racers in grades 3 and 4; 3 kms for those in grades 5 and 6; and 4kms for those in grades 7 and 8.

The results are as follows

Saturday, March 5 

3rd & 4th Grade Girls .5km Sprint 

20th – Alivia Hopsicker, 4:13

43rd – Lydia Bartel, 6:40

5th & 6th Grade Girls 1km Sprint 

49th – Kerissa Dunn, 5:42

5th  & 6th  Grade Boys1km Sprint 

36th – Dawson Dunn, 4:17

7th & 8th Grade Boys 1km Sprint

29th – Jens Bartel, 3:27

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Sunday, March 6 

3rd & 4th Grade Girls 2km Individual Skate 

21st – Alivia Hopsicker, 9:07

33rd – Lydia Bartel, 9:59

5th & 6th  Grade Girls 3km Individual Skate 

44th – Kerissa Dunn, 14:41

5th & 6th Grade Boys 3km Individual Skate 

43rd – Dawson Dunn, 11:06

7th & 8th Grade Boys 4km Individual Skate 

25th – Jens Bartel, 12:38