Eastern Cup #3 Weekend Recap ~

A fabulous weekend of racing was had at Rikert last Saturday and Sunday for our Eastern Cup #3 ~ THANK YOU to the Rikert Nordic Center staff, organizers and multitude of wonderful volunteers, from so many different clubs around NE, who all came together to put on great races!

The weekend recap ~ Saturday’s classic sprint race podiums:  For the Men ~ 1st Daniel Streinz, Mountain Endurance; 2nd Antoine Briand, CNEPH/SKIBEC; and 3rd Joey Foster, Team Hardwood.  For the Women ~ 1st Sophie Carrier-Laforte, CNEPH; 2nd Heather Mooney, Craftsbury Nordic; 3rd Carly Wynn. For the U16 boys ~ 1^st Joshua Valentine, Gunstock Nordic; 2nd Olivier Leveille, Orford; 3rd Will Koch, SMS. For the U16 girls ~ 1st Laura Appleby, CSU; 2nd Charlotte Ogden, SMS; and 3rd Olivia Cuneo, GMVS.

For Sunday’s freestyle distance races:  U16 boys 5k:  1^st place went to Joshua Valentine, Gunstock Nordic; 2^nd place to Matthew Moreau, CSU juniors; 3^rd place Will Koch, SMS.  For the U16 girls 5k:  1^st place was Abigail Streinz, OSI; 2^nd place, Laura Appleby, CSU juniors; 3^rd place Lillian Bates, Dublin XC.  For the 10k women’s race:  1^st place went to Carly Winn; 2^nd place went to Sophie Carrier-Laforte, CNEPH; and 3^rd place went to Heather Mooney, Craftsbury Nordic.  For the men’s 15k, it was a Canadian sweep:  1^st place was Joey Foster, Team Hardwood; 2^nd place to Zacha Cristofanilli, CNEPH; and 3ed to Nicholas Beaulieu, Orford.