January 19, 2014 (Rumford, ME) – Kris Freeman (Maine Winter Sports) and Caitlin Patterson (Craftsbury Nordic) topped the men’s 15km FR and women’s 10km FR mass start fields respectively at historic Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine, site of the second weekend of the Eastern Cup Series.

Freeman was in a tight battle for the win with Matt Liebsch a mere 0.6s back in second and Aspen’s Sylvan Ellefson at 1.2s in third. Further back at around 40s was Patrick O’Brien (Craftsbury Nordic) in 4th with teammate Gordon Vermeer in 5th.

Patterson was a solid 14.4s ahead of her closest rival Katharine Ogden from Statton Mountain with Craftsbury’s Elizabeth Guiney landing 3rd on the podium at 28.5s behind the winner. Cambridge Sport Union’s Cate Brams claimed 4th followed by Katrina Howe in 5th.

Leah Brams (Cambridge Sport Union) won the 5km J2 Girls FR mass start race over RIZIO, Mackenzie Rizio (Statton Mountain) at 12.4s in second followed by Chloe Levins (Mountain Top Nordic) in third at 17.4s.

Daniel Streinz (Maine Winter Sports) claimed the victory in the 5km J2 Boys race in a close finish over Russell Boswell (Statton Mountain) in second at 0.9s followed by Anders Hanson (Craftsbury Nordic) in third at 2.9s.

J2 (U16) Boys
J2 (U16) Girls

Women
Men