BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Nanooks Nordic skiing teams are set to participate in the Montana State Invite this week. Friday and Sunday will see the 'Nooks compete in the 20k freestyle mass start and the 7.5k classic.
Friday, Jan. 24
at Montana State | 20k Freestyle Mass Start | 8:00 a.m. AKT
Bozeman, Mont. | Crosscut Mountain Sports Center
Sunday, Jan. 26
at Montana State | 7.5k Classic Individual | 7:00 a.m. AKT
Bozeman, Mont. | Crosscut Mountain Sports Center
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Last Time Out
The 'Nooks are coming off a fifth-place finish at the Utah Invitational last weekend, finishing with 217.7 points across the 7.5k classic individual and 15k freestyle mass starts. Kendall Kramer earned a spot on the podium in both her races last week, finishing third in the 7.5k classic with a time of 23:15.0, just 3.1 seconds behind Colorado's Astri Lunde in second place. Kramer recorded the fastest second-lap time in the race, finishing the back half in 11:46 to battle back from 11th after the first lap. She followed that up with a top-two finish in the 15k freestyle the next day, finishing in 39:49.2.
Tabitha Williams was the next Nanook finisher on both days, finishing Saturday's race in 18th after posting a 24:29.6 in her race. She took 14th in the 15k freestyle with a time of 41:59.4. Elsie Weiss and Aila Berrigan were the other two Nanook women to start in the 7.5k classic, finishing in 33rd and 34th, respectively, with times of 26:50.8 and 26:55.4.
On the men's side, Ben Dohlby tied for 10th place in the 7.5k classic, recording a time of 21:20.2 to put him level with Denver's Micah Steinberg. Josh Baurick followed with a 22:24.7, good for 22nd place in the race, and Aidan Hay finished in 22:26.9 for a 24th-place result.
On Sunday's 15k freestyle, Hay led the 'Nooks, finishing in 36:06.8 to take 17th. His time put him just 0.4 seconds off the 16th-place finisher, Alexander Maurer of Colorado. Dohlby followed closely behind, earning an 18th-place finish with a time of 36:10.3, and Baurick crossed the line in 30th overall with a time of 40:19.3.
The men finished the weekend fifth in the Nordic standings with 99.5 points, while the women finished fourth with 118 points.
Podium Consistency
Kendall Kramer has earned a spot on the podium in each of her first four RMISA races this season. She took third in the 7.5k classic last week, earned a pair of second-place results in the 15k freestyle and 10k freestyle and took the top spot in the 20k classic in Anchorage.
What's to Come
Alaska returns to action on Feb. 8-9 when they participate in the Denver Invite at the Maloit Park Trails in Minturn, Colo. The teams then return home for the UAF Invitational on Feb. 16-17, hosting both the classic sprint and 10k freestyle individual skate at the UAF Competition Ski Trails.
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