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Falmouth rules in Class A Nordic

From staff reports Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Falmouth completed a sweep of the Class A Nordic titles, and Merriconeag won both Class C Nordic titles as the state skiing championships continued Tuesday.

In the Class A meet at Black Mountain in Rumford, Falmouth followed up its strong showing in Monday´s 5-kilometer classic races, as both the boys´ and girls´ teams secured their Nordic titles. The Yachtsmen placed four skiers among the top nine in 5K girls´ freestyle, and four in the top 16 in the boys´ race.

Sarah Wade of Mt. Blue was the individual girls´ winner in 14 minutes, 56.6 seconds -- 10 seconds ahead of Portland´s Abby Popenoe. Falmouth, meanwhile, packed its four scorers into positions 6-9, with Caitlin Bucksbaum (15:59.1), Anna Morin (16:25.6), Dana Bloch (16:27.4) and London Bernier (16:32.7). The Yachtsmen finished with 61 points, while Portland took second with 79.

Silas Eastman of Fryeburg Academy added the boys´ freestyle title to his classic victory a day earlier, finishing in 11:45.6. He was followed by Ben Allen (12:21.9) of Portland and Jay Lesser (12:26.3) of Falmouth. Sam Pratico (11th, 13:27.3), Gabriel Mahoney (12th, 13:29.1) and Iain Kurry (16th, 14:01.9) also scored for Falmouth, which had a 28-point edge over Mt. Blue, 84-112.

The alpine competition also began Tuesday with giant slalom races, but complete results for both Class A and Class C were unavailable.

CLASS C: Jack Pierce placed second in the 5K freestyle race at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle to lead Merriconeag to its first team title in any boys´ sport, and the girls´ team captured its third consecutive Nordic crown.

The girls won by 20 points over Freeport, 46-66, placing four skiers in the top eight -- Emilie Chace-Donahue (4th, 16:54.5), Samantha Pierce (5th, 17:03.2), Zoe Chace-Donahue (6th, 17:11.4) and Teegan Wu (8th, 17:53.0). Hannah Streinz of Katahdin win the individual champion in 16:02.6.

Streinz´s brother, Daniel, won the boys´ race in 13:07.9, beating Pierce by 36 seconds. Ben Tindall (7th, 14:45.6), Graham Roeber (9th, 14:50.5) and John Burgess (17th, 15:43.9) also helped Merriconeag beat Falmouth in the final Nordic standings, 63-96.