Nordic ski team fairs well in naughton

Date and Time :    22 January, 2013 — 15:29 pm

Game Recap:

SUDBURY, ON - The Laurentian Voyageurs Nordic Ski team competed in the Ontario Cup #2 race series held at the Naughton ski trails over the weekend.  A number of Voyageurs came away with strong performances.

On Saturday, it was the individual start classic race and there were a number of high finishes for the Voyageurs. Petri Bailey was 1^st place among senior men, just 2.3 seconds ahead of 2^nd place, while Andrew Kendall came in 13^th.  On the women’s side, Candace Ball came in 2^nd place in the senior women category with Karyne Carriere coming in 8^th and Dani Buckner finishing 12^th.  Charlotte van Walraven was 3^rd in the junior women category.

On Sunday, the mass start freestyle race took to the trails.  Bailey continued his strong weekend, finishing in 5^th spot on the senior men’s side with Kendall coming across the line in 16^th.  On the senior women’s side, Ball reached the podium again with a 3^rd place finish while Buckner came across in 13^th.  In the junior women’s category, van Walraven was on the podium for the second day as well as she skied across the line in second place.

The team will continue to hit the trails in preparation of the OUA Championships February 22-24 in Thunder Bay.