Top News Stories

Recent Videos

Canada’s Stewart-Jones & USA’s Bratrud Win 10/15km CL at Sovereign Lake NorAm/SuperTour on Day 2

release by Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre

December 10, 2018 (Vernon, BC) – Day two of racing at the Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre near Vernon, B.C. got underway Sunday morning as hundreds of racers from Canada and the U.S. took to the start line of the gruelling 5 km World Cup course for what was the first distance race of the season for many. Temperatures were hovering around -6 with overcast skies and hard packed, fast conditions.

Ricardo Izquierdo-Bernier [P] Peggy Hung
Senior Men’s podium (l-r) Lustgarten 2nd, Bratrud 1st, Izquierdo-Bernier 3rd, Newell 4th, Torchia 5th [P] Peggy Hung
The first skier left the stadium at 9:00 a.m. in the Open Men category which saw Kyle Bratrud (Stratton Mountain School) set the fastest time around the 15 km course with 41:59. Bratrud claimed the Senior Men’s victory by a mere 3 seconds over Benjamin Lustgarten (Craftsbury Nordic). In third place was Fondeurs-Laurentides’s Ricardo Izquierdo-Bernier who was also the first Canadian skier.

Junior Men’s podium (l-r) Drolet 2nd, Hendry 1st, Jager 3rd [P] Peggy Hung
In the Junior Men category, Canmore’s Sam Hendry (Canmore Nordic) took first place 1:13 back from Bratrud. Hendry was the lone Junior Man in the top 10 and followed by Remi Drolet (Black Jack Ski Club) in second. Third place goes to Luke Jager (Alaska Pacific University).

Katherine Stewart-Jones [P] Peggy Hung
Senior Women’s podium (l-r) Rorabaugh 2nd, Stewart-Jones 1st, Kern 3rd, Swirbul 4th, Beatty 5th [P] Peggy Hung
Starting at 10:30 the Open Women categories got underway on the 10 km course (2 x 5 km) seeing Katherine Stewart-Jones (Nakkertok Nordique) set the fastest time around the course with 31:48. The second Senior Woman was Becca Rorabaugh (Alaska Pacific University) and in third was Saturday’s sprint winner, Julia Kern (Stratton Mountain School).

Junior Women’s podium (l-r) Drolet 2nd, McCabe 1st, Sanchez 3rd [P] Peggy Hung
In Junior Women, Novie McCabe was victorious once again with a winning time of 33:49 followed closely by Jasmine Drolet (Black Jack Ski Club). In third place was Sofie Sanchez (Sugar Bowl Ski Team and Academy).

This afternoon, Midgets raced 2.5 km, Juveniles and Junior Girls 5 km and Junior Boys raced 10 km. Sovereign Lake had 12 skiers compete in these races.

Next week, teams will travel to the Canmore Nordic Centre in Canmore, AB for the second stop on the Haywood NorAm race series and for World Jr/U23 trials. The location changed from Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, B.C. where the races were originally going to be held but moved due to insufficient snow.

The organizers of the event and the Sovereign Lake Nordic Club would like to thank all of the racers and their families for an exciting weekend of early season racing and look forward to hosting Ski Nationals in March 2020.

Full results from today’s races can be found here.





Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.