March 07, 2014 (Stowe, Vermont) – Day Three featured the Freestyle mass start distance races as Maggie Williams (Sun Valley SEF) topped the U20 women’s race, 15km, and Fabian Stocek took another gold in the 15km U20 men’s race.

In the U18 women’s 10km contest Stratton Mountain was on the podium courtesy of Katherine Ogden while Gavin McEwen (Cambridge Sports Union) was the fastest U18 man.

Hailey Swirbul (Aspen Valley) for Team Rocky Mountain took the 5km FU16 title while APUs Hunter Wonders led the charge for Team Alaska in the U16 men’s 5km race.

Medals were presented today by Algis Shaina, 1984 Olympic Biathlon Gold Medalist for Lithuania and three-time U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team Coach, Larry Damon, four-time American Olympian and longtime Trapp Family Lodge ski instructor, and Cami Thompson Graves, Dartmouth Women’s Cross Country team Head Coach.

The competition comes to a conclusion on Saturday, with 3X3k relays, followed by an Olympic torch relay to the Stowe Mountain Resort where the final banquet and awards ceremony begin at 6pm.

Full results with splits here.