March 07, 2012 (Midway, UT) – On Day 2 at the 2012 US Junior XC Ski Nationals the top junior skiers contested the freestyle competitions. Here are the live results with splits for all categories.
In the FOJ freestyle race Sharmila Ahmed HMED (GoTraining) won the 10km FR with a comfortable +11.9s lead over Elizabeth Simak (F.A.S.T. Performance Training) in second with Stratton Mountain School’s Rachel Hall taking 3rd.
The MOJ 15km FR race was a tight race with Minnesota’s Ben Saxton (Minnesota Valley Ski Club) winning a squeaker over Black Jack’s David Palmer by only 0.4s. Silas Talbot from the Dartmouth Outing Club landed in third on the podium.
CSU’s Corey Stock won her second title of the championships taking the 10km Freestyle FJ1 race over Sloan Storey from Sun Valley SEF who battled with Alaska Winter Stars’ Marion Woods for second place edging her at the line by 0.9s.
Stratton Mountain School’s Patrick Caldwell was in charge in the MJ1’s 10km FR race besting Eli Hoenig from CSU by 27.9s in second as Hoenig pipped Fabián Stoek (Holderness Nordic) by 0.3s for the silver.
In the 5km FJ2 race it was Lydia Blanchet taking the win in 13:34.1 over yesterday’s sprint winner, Julia Kern (CSU), with Sisu Ski’s Alayn Sonnesyn placing 3rd.
Karst Hokanson (Wasatch) lead the field in the J2 Boys 5km FR race followed by Tanner Ramey (Alaska Winter Stars) in second at 9.7s back with Peter Holmes from Tahoe XC rounding out the podium in third at 11.7s behind the winner.
Results
MJ2 Live Results HERE.
FJ2 Live Results HERE.
MJ1 Live Splits HERE.
FJ1 Live Finish Results with Live Splits HERE.
MOJ Live Finish Results with Live Splits HERE.
FOJ Live Finish Results with Live Splits HERE.