Northland Nordic Teams compete in 3rd qualifier

Northland Nordic Teams compete in 3rd qualifier

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2/16/2009 4:27:47 PM

Northland Nordic Ski Team races at Camp Ripley.

The Northland women’s and men’s Nordic Ski Teams competed in the 3^rd CCSA qualifier meet this past weekend at Camp Ripley, MN. Junior Christopher Goscinak led the Jack’s in Saturday’s men’s 10K classic race with a 50^th place finish in 32:44. Freshman Noel Cockney finish in 54^th place in 33:53, Sophomore Kevin Robertson finished in 59^th place in 39:08, and Sophomore Nate Leurquin finished in 60^th place in 43:04. Oskar Lund of Michigan Tech won the men’s race with a time of 25:02. In Sunday’s 20K Freestyle race, Cockney edged out Goscinak by eight seconds for 56^th place. Cockney’s time was 1:01:04 and Goscinak’s time was 1:01:12. Robertson finished in 59^th with a time of 1:04:34 and Leurquin finished in 60^th place with a time of 1:10:34. Martin Banerud of Northern Michigan University won the race with a time of 46:43.

On the Women’s side of the competition, Northland was led by Freshman Erin Blow who completed Saturday’s 5K classic race with a time of 19:24, good for 46^th place. Blow was followed by fellow freshman Anna Rix who finished in 20:46 for 56^th place. Marie Helen Soderman of Northern Michigan University won the women’s classic race with a time of 15:15. On Sunday the women competed in a 15K Freestyle race with Blow finishing 47^th with a time of 50:11 and Rix finishing 57^th with a time of 55:54. US Ski Team member, Caitlin Compton, won the women’s race with a time of 41:55. Laura Dewitt of Northern Michigan University was the first CCSA skiers across the line in a time of 42:32.