March 14, 2015 (Fort Kent, Maine) – U16 racers were blessed with bluebird skies and beautiful snow conditions this afternoon as they gathered for the skate races at the Fort Kent Outdoor Center. Today’s races were the first of four for the 2015 NENSA U16 Championships. The 5k skate race went off without a hitch and skiers cruised around the twisting trails and went careening up and down hills.

Check out the action from the first races of the 2015 U16 Championships held in Fort Kent, Maine!

Results from day 1 freestyle races posted here: Girls   Boys

In the girl’s race, Hannah Rieders from Massachusetts took third and Zoe McKinney from New Hampshire was in second. Ruby Lamb from Vermont won the race in a time of 15:43.8.

In the boy’s race Andrew Doherty from New Hampshire was third behind Greg Burt from Vermont in second. The boy’s champion today with a time of 13:24.1 was Samuel Hodges from Vermont.

Here are the top 10 girls at the awards ceremony today.

Here are the top 3 boys at today’s ceremony.

Find start lists, live timing and results for the entire weekend here.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s 5km classic race in the morning and the 1.2 km skate sprint in the afternoon!