ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Nanooks ski team won their first Alaska Nordic Cup since the 2016-17 season. They were led by wins in both the men's and women's races.
In the women's 10k freestyle mass start, the Nanooks were led by
Kendall Kramer, who posted a time of 31:33, taking home the first-place finish. Karly Coyne of UAA took second.
Rosie Fordham moved up one spot from her Friday finish of fourth, and took third on day two, posting a time of 34:03.
Rya Berrigan found a fifth-place finish,
Sarah Olson took home seventh and
Aila Berrigan took eighth. The Nanooks women's team ended day two with a 1:41 minute advantage over UAA.
On the men's side, the Nanooks were led by 1-2 finishes from
Joe Davies and
Mike Ophoff. Davies picked up his first career win, posting a time of 48:08 in the men's 15k freestyle mass start. Ophoff followed closely behind, a day after his own win, posting a time of 48:27. UAA placed third, fourth and fifth before
Christopher Kalev ended the scoring for the Nanook men. He took sixth with a time of 50:27.
Lukash Platil,
Patrick Marbacher and
Max Beiergrohslein rounded out the finishers for Alaska with eighth, ninth and 10th.
This win over UAA ends the drought of three-consecutive Seawolf wins. Alaska adds to their All-Time Series record, making it 10-6-1 in favor of the 'Nooks.
Alaska will return to action on Jan. 2, 2022 when they head to the Salt Lake City for the Utah Utes Invitational.
For more information on the Alaska Nanooks Nordic ski team, follow @NanookSkiing on Instagram, or like the Alaska Nanooks XC page on Facebook.
