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JN Classic Mass Start

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The final races of the 2013 Junior Nationals were the classic mass start competition. Congrats to Peter Holmes for his 2nd place finish in the MJ1 competition! 10k FOJ: Joelle Romo 24th15km MOJ: Patrick McElravey 13th, Alex Kopytko 47th, Branden Deeter 48th*10km FJ1: Katrin Larusson 14th, Bria Riggs 58th, Skyler Flora 60th, Danielle Nivinski 66th, [...]

JN Freestyle Sprints

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The team awoke to -9 degree temps for todays freestyle sprints. The highlight result of the day was a 3rd place finish by Hannah Halvorsen for the J2 girls, a 4th place for Patrick McElravey in th OJ boys, and a 6th place by Dylan Syben in the J2 boys competition. Making the quarterfinals were [...]

JN 3×3 Classic Relays

In today’s classic 3 x 3.3 km relays FarWets Nordic’s MJ2 team of Dylan Syben, Julien Bordes, and Sam Zabell placed 5th and our MOJ team of Peter Holmes, Shane Christian, and Patrick McElravey took 7th. MJ2: Syben-Bordes-Zabell 5th, Herhusky-Mullings-Jobe 15thFJ2: Halvorsen-Larkins-Kirkeby 13thMJ1: Carroll-Vomund- A Deeter 21stMOJ: Holmes-Christuan-McElravey 7th, Kopytko-B Deeter-Wiltz 21stFOJ: Romo-Flora-Hartley 12thFJ1: Larusson-Riggs-Nivinski [...]

Junior Nationals Freestyle Interval Start

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Monday, the first day of competition at the 2013 Junior Nationals, were the 5k/10k freestyle interval start races. The highlight results of the day were Patrick McElravey 5th MOJ, Katrin Larusson 6th FJ1, Peter Holmes 8th MJ1, Julien Bordes 8th MJ2, Dylan Syben 10th MJ2, and Hannah Halvorsen 10th FJ2. 10k MOJ: Patrick McElravey 5th, [...]

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2013 Junior National Blog

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The 2013 Far West Nordic Junior National Team leaves for Fairbanks, Alaska this Friday March 8th. Meet the team and read their profiles on the Junior National Blog. The team will be posting updates and sharing their experiences. Cheer them on by commenting on their posts and liking them on facebook. GO FAR WEST! Schedule:Sunday March [...]

FAR WEST NORDIC JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM NAMED

This season there were 7 Junior National Qualifiers. Junior racers had to ski in 4 of the 7 races, and have a QUALIFYING time in 3 races, including both a classic and a freestyle (skate) race.Pending acceptance of their spot on the team, the following are the athletes that qualified for the Far West Nordic Junior [...]

Super JNQ Classic Distance

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The highlights of today’s distance classic races were Hannah Halvorsen 5th FJ2, Dylan Syben 6th MJ2, Katrin Larusson 8th FJ1, and Patrick McElravey 10th MOJ.  MJ1/MOJ 15 km: Peter Holmes 20th (13th MJ1), Patrick McElravey 25th (10th MOJ), Shane Christian 44th (30th MJ1), Alex Kopytko 64th (18th MOJ), Aaron Deeter 70th (51st MJ1), Brandon Flora [...]

Far West Nordic rocks the Super JNQ Freestyle Sprint

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Far West Nordic juniors won three out of four classes in today’s freestyle sprint at the Super JNQ in Soldier Hollow. Way to go Patrick McElravey 1st MJ1/MOJ, Dylan Syben 1st MJ2, Hannah Halvorsen 1st FJ2, and Katrin Larrusson 3rd FJ1! Far West racers had a strong day across the board. MJ1/MOJ: Finals: Patrick McElravey [...]