BOZEMAN, Mont. – The Alaska Nanooks Nordic ski team finished up the RMISA Championships on Saturday, Feb. 29 with a seventh place team finish and a top-10 finish on the men's side.
The women's team struggled on Saturday, with all six finishing past 25
th place. The first Nanook to cross the finish line was
Catherine Reed-Metayer, finishing 25
th overall with a time of 53:41.5. Metayer grabber 15 points for the 'Nooks team score with that finish. The next finisher for Alaska was
Anja Maijala, picking up 14 team-points and a finishing time of 54:18.3. The final scoring finish for the Nanooks was from Hannah Deuling. Deuling finisher 27
th overall with a time of 55:17.2.
The final Nanooks to round out the event were
Sage Robine,
Sarah Olson and Rya Berrigan.
Over in the men's race,
Tristan Sayre led the pack of 'Nooks, picking up an impressive top-10 finish, finishing 10
th, racing a time of 58:32.9. Sayre's finish was good enough to pick-up 21 points for the Nanooks men's team.
Mike Ophoff and
Christopher Kalev followed close behind in 16
th and 17
th places, rounding out the team scoring on day two.
Lukash Platil was the only other Nanook to crack the top-20, finishing 19
th overall with a time of 1:00:43.7.
Logan Mowry and
Karl Danielson were the last two 'Nooks to finish, picking up 29
th and 30
th place finishes.
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