The final races of the 2012 Junior Nationals were the 3×3 freestyle relays.

Far West Nordic results:
J2 boys: Dylan Syben, Sam Zabell, Peter Holmes 5th; Peter Carroll, Julien Bordes, Eli Yale 16th
J2 girls: Skyler Flora, Gabrielle Rinne, Amanda Kirkeby 12th; Danielle Nivinski, Camille Hartley, Savannah Blide 17th
J1 boys: Shane Christian, Branden Deeter, Alex Kopytko 21st; Joe Piercy, Brandon Herhusky, Evan Vomund 25th
OJ boys: Patrick McElravey, Jordan McElroy, Austin Meng 9th
J1 girls: Laurel Fiddler, Raylene Chew, Cassidy Cichowicz 17th
OJ girls: Katrin Larusson, Annika Taylor, Joanne Reid 5th

Relay Results
Alaska Cup Points

Congratulations to the entire Far West Nordic Junior National Team for a fantastic week!

It was another bluebird day at Soldier Hollow. Today’s highlights were another 3rd place by Peter Holmes in the J2 boys 5k classic and a 6th place finish in the 10k OJ boys by Austin Meng.

Far West results:
5k OJ girls: Annika Taylor 13th, Melanie Swick 38th
5k J1 girls: Katrin Larusson 34th, Joelle Romo 50th, Laurel Fiddler 54th, Raylene Chew 62nd, Cassidy Cichowicz 81st
5k J2 girls: Amanda Kirkeby 35th, Skyler Flora 39th, Gabrielle Rinne 45th, Bria Riggs 50th, Danielle Nivinski 55th, Savannah Blide 57th, Camille Hartley 62nd
10k OJ boys: Austin Meng 6th
10k J1 boys: Patrick McElravey 23rd, Jordan McElroy 46th, Shane Christian 61st, Alex Kopytko 73rd, Branden Deeter 82nd, Joe Piercy 83rd
5k J2 boys: Peter Holmes 3rd, Dylan Syben 20th, Sam Zabell 33rd, Peter Carroll 36th, Julien Bordes 38th, Eli Yale 44th, Evan Vomund 53rd, Brandon Herhusky 54th

Classic Results

Alaska Cup Points after 3 races

Tomorrow, the final day of competition at the 2012 Junior Nationals, is the Freestyle Relay Competition.

The course was slick for today’s freestyle mass start competition. First to ski were the J2 boys and Peter Holmes took 3rd.

Far West Results
5k J2 boys: Peter Holmes 3rd, Dylan Syben 31st, Sam Zabell 35th, Julien Bordes 44th, Evan Vomund 46th, Eli Yale 48th, Peter Carroll 57th, Brandon Herhusky 59th
5k J2 girls: Skyler Flora 35th, Garielle Rinne 37th, Amanda Kirkeby 50th, Danielle Nivinski 53rd, Camille Hartley 54th, Savannah Blide 56th
10k J1 boys: Patrick McElravey 9th, Shane Christian 47th, Alex Kopytko 74th, Branden Deeter 80th, Joe Piercy 83rd
10k FJ1: Katrin Larusson 11th (10th USA), Laurel Fiddler 26th, Cassidy Cichowicz 47th, Raylene Chew 64th, Joelle Romo 74th
15k OJ boys: Austin Meng 9th (8th USA)
10k OJ girls: Annika Taylor 14th, Melanie Swick 30th

Freestyle Results

The Far West Nordic JN athletes have stated as their team goal placing in the top six and beating PNSA in Alaska Cup Points. They are ranked 6 after the first 2 races and comfortably ahead of PNSA.
Alaska Cup Points after 2 races.

Monday, the first day of competition at the 2012 Junior Nationals, were the Classic Sprints. The highlight result of the day was Annika Taylor who took 7th place (1st in the B Final) in the FOJ competition. Making the quarterfinals were Patrick McElravey who took 21st in the J1 boys, Austin Meng was 19th in the OJ boys, Peter Holmes 13th and Dylan Syben 22nd in th J2 boys, and Bria Riggs 30th in the J2 girls, and Katrin Larusson 23rd in the J1 girls.

Far West Nordic results:
MJ1: Patrick McElravey 21st, Jordan McElroy 50th, Alex Kopytko 75th, Branden Deeter 78th, Shane Christian 87th, Joe Piercy 88th,
MOJ; Austin Meng 19th
MJ2: Peter Holmes 13th, Dylan Syben 22nd, Sam Zabell 40th, Peter Carroll 41st, Eli Yale 50th, Julien Bordes 51st, Evan Vomund 59th, Brandon Herhusky 61st
FJ2: Bria Riggs 30th, Daniell Nivinski 54th, Savannah Blide 56th, Gabrielle Rinne 57th, Amanda Kirkeby 60th, Camille Hartley 61st, Skyler Flora 62nd
FJ1: Katrin Larusson 23rd, Cassidy Cichowicz 52nd, Joelle Romo 68th, Raylene Chew 70th, Laurel Fiddler 79th,
FOJ: Annika Taylor 7th, Melanie Swick 36th

Overall Classic Sprint Results