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U16 Championships Relay Day and Weekend Recap

March 13, 2017 by Kait Miller 1 Comment

Over the weekend the U16 Championships were held at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington, Maine. This Championship event is an important step in the NENSA development pipeline. These Championships bridge the gap between the New England Bill Koch League and Middle School skiing to high school racing, the Eastern High School Championships and Junior Nationals. There was a great field of 14 and 15 year old athletes representing Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York and a guest team from the Midwest.

The first race of the weekend was the 5k skate held on Friday which went off like clockwork.  On Saturday, low temperatures delayed the start of the 5k classic to midday which unfortunately cancelled the skate sprint.  Thanks to great race organization and experienced coaches and Team Leaders, all of the teams adapted to the new schedule once mother nature started cooperating.

The most exciting race of the weekend was on Sunday, the team relay! This race has four legs alternating between girls and boys, with two classic and two skate legs. The race began with a girls mass start classic race, which had ample room for a clean start.  At the end of each leg, skiers came out of the woods, and though the stadium before tagging off to the next skier. This set up really helped coaches call out numbers and line up skiers in the tag zone. The last leg of the relay was the boys skate. Finn Sweet from Vermont crossed the line with just over a minute lead to win the relay. Adam Carlisle from Team Massachusetts and New Hampshire skier Cal Schrupp battled closely for second and third place with  Team Massachusetts earning the 2nd step on the podium by 1 tenth of a second.

The awards ceremony took place at noon on Sunday, where the announcer recognized the race organizers and sponsors. Tony Ramsey gave a special award to Fred Griffin for his work as a TD, Teacher, Coach and for serving as NENSA’s Executive Director for almost 10 years. The top 5 relays teams were called up, and the top three were given local maple syrup and awards handmade with local wood. Team scores for the weekend were then announced, with NY in 5th place, MA in 4th place, ME taking 3rd place, NH in second and Vermont taking the win and the U16 Championship Cup!

The best part of the entire weekend is watching the camaraderie at the start and finish lines between all of the athletes and the unity and support within each team.  Friendships are made during this weekend that can last well beyond high school. Thank you to Titcomb Mountain and the Farmington Ski Club for hosting a great weekend of racing. Thank you also to all the parents and coaches who supported these young athletes with food and waxing.  And Thank You all to the Team Leaders who keep the teams organized and make sure everything runs smoothly.

Find results from the weekend here on barttiming.com

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  1. George T Sabol says

    March 14, 2017 at 2:07 am

    I want to thank Titcomb Mountain, what a great venue to hold theses races, and everyone we encountered were great. We ended up staying in Augusta for the weekend and again everyone we came across were special. Thank-you for a great event,

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A fantastic finish to NENSA's Popular races at The A fantastic finish to NENSA's Popular races at The Henchey Memorial New England Club Relay
Championships.
@craftsburyoutdoorcenter not only put on another first rate show, but they also put together nine (!) complete teams for the Club relay. This effort (and a third place finish in the Nat'| Champ relay) jumped the Craftsbury squad from third to first in the year long Club Score.
With 44 teams in the 4×5km relay we present 7 victorious teams:

<100 years Men
SSWSC (Steamboat)
Barbier, Benjamin 
Magill, Henry 
Norris, David 
Jones, Trey

>100 years Men
NWVE
Burnham, Chris 
Enman, Eli 
Clayton, Thomas 
Hollenbach, Jake 

<100 years Mixed
Mansfield Nordic Club 
Maccurtain, Rye 
Page, Emma 
Linseisen, Anders 
Cobb, Virginia 

>100 years Mixed
GMVS
Rodgers, Colin 
Paluszek, Mikaela 
Ketchel, Elliot 
Donavan, Jessie 

>200 years Mixed
NWVE
Graves, Sara 
Pribram, Sarah 
Darling, Eric 
Thurston, Tom 

<100 years Women
GMVS
Graziani, Elizabeth 
Harrington, Mary 
McIntosh, Beth 
Greenberg, Brooke 

>100 years Women 
NWVE
Enman, Acadia 
Bolduc, Jessica 
Hollenbach, Liz 
Good, Cipperly

We also had a proud squad of Zak Cup Age group winners on hand!
Stay tuned for more details of the amazing Popular skiers we had during this 2023 season.
It's snowing right now and there is more racing tomorrow at Craftsbury and April 2nd at @cochrans_nordic_cross
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