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Frozen Thunder 7.5/10km Individual Start FR – Green and Holmes Take Top Honours

by Drew Goldsack

October 28, 2016 (Canmore, AB) – Cold, wet, rainy conditions greeted skiers for the Frozen Thunder 7.5/10km individual start free technique  races at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Sat. Heavy rain overnight and rain through most of the races meant tough conditions.

Canadian National Biathlon Team member Scott Gow [P] Drew Goldsack
Canadian National Biathlon Team member Scott Gow © Drew Goldsack
Brian Gregg of Team Gregg/Madshus from the US leads a pack of skiers [P] Drew Goldsack
Brian Gregg of Team Gregg/Madshus from the US leads a pack of skiers © Drew Goldsack
The snow was in good shape and held up well for the 6-lap Elite men’s 10km race won by Brendan Green (Biathlon Canada) over American Matt Gelso (SVSEF) in second with Olekandr Zhyrnyi (Ukr) in third with Robin McKeever (Lifesport NPNST) in 4th.

Anna Goodwin of Hollyburn leads Delphine Duvernay Tardif of the Alberta World Cup Academy [P] Drew Goldsack
Anna Goodwin of Hollyburn leads Delphine Duvernay Tardif of the Alberta World Cup Academy © Drew Goldsack
Brittany Hudak of the Canadian National Para-Nordic ski team leads National Para-Nordic Development skier Emily Weekes [P] Drew Goldsack
Brittany Hudak of the Canadian National Para-Nordic ski team leads National Para-Nordic Development skier Emily Weekes © Drew Goldsack
Things started to break down for the 4-lap women’s 7.5km competition as conditions got a lot softer. APU’s Chelsea Holmes took the win over Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg) in second with Biathlon Canada’s Rosanna Crawford (Canmore Nordic) in 3rd. The top Canuck was Dahria Beatty (AWCA) in 4th

Sergey Semenov of the Ukrainian National Biathlon Team passes a racer from the Yukon [P] Drew Goldsack
Sergey Semenov of the Ukrainian National Biathlon Team passes a racer from the Yukon © Drew Goldsack
There were racers from the Canadian, US and Ukrainian National Biathlon Teams as well as the Canadian National XC team and para Nordic teams. There was also a large contingent of club racers from the US.

Ivan Babikov, in his new role as head coach of the Canadian National XC Team giving NST racer Graeme Killick split times [P] Drew Goldsack
Ivan Babikov, in his new role as head coach of the Canadian National XC Team giving NST racer Graeme Killick split times © Drew Goldsack

Results (brief)

Senior Men
1. Brendan Green (Hay River/National Biathlon Team) 0:23:11.2
2. Matthew Gelso (Sun Valley SEF) 0:23:15.8
3. Olexandr Zhyrnyi (Ukraine Biathlon) 0:23:19.3
4. Brian McKeever (Lifesport/NPNST) 0:23:23.6
5. Russell Kennedy (Canmore Nordic/Team R.A.D.) 0:23:24.9
6. Macx Davies (Canmore Nordic/National Biathlon Team) 0:23:26.2
7. Matthew Neumann (Caledonia Nordic) 0:23:26.09
8. Graeme Killick (Ptarmigan Nordic/AWCA) 0:23:38.7

Senior Women
1. Chelsea Holmes (APU Nordic Ski Center) 0:18:18.6
2. Caitlin Gregg (Team Gregg/Madshus) 0:18:24.9
3. Rosanna Crawford (Canmore Nordic/National Biathlon Team) 0:19:01.6
4. Dahria Beatty (Whitehorse/AWCA) 0:19:09.7
5. Julia Ransom (Canmore Nordic/National Biathlon Team) 0:19:11.5
6. Mary Rose (Sun Valley SEF/Gold Team) 0:19:25.0
7. Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt (Fondeurs-Laurentides/AWCA) 0:19:33.3
8. Brittany Webster (Highland Trailblazer) 0:19:44.9

Junior Men
1. Ty Godfrey (Canmore Nordic/Team R.A.D.) 0:25:30.1
2. Gareth Williams (Telemark/BCST) 0:25:32.3
3. Reed Godfrey (Canmore Nordic/Team R.A.D.) 0:25:48.0
4. Bjorn Schou (Sun Valley SEF) 0:26:13.4
5. Andrew Siegel (Sun Valley SEF) 0:26:34.5
6. Thomas Manktelow (Canmore Nordic/AWCA) 0:26:43.4
7. Sam Hendry (Canmore Nordic/Team R.A.D.) 0:26:46.4
8. David Walker (Telemark/BCST) 0:27:22.1

Junior Women
India McIsaac (Rocky Mountain Racers) 0:19:51.8
Sarah Goble (Sun Valley SEF) 0:21:06.7
Nadia Moser (BATC) 0:21:08.2
Aleksandra Petrova (Foothills Nordic) 0:21:28.7
Emma Holmes (Rocky Mountain Racers) 0:22:33.7
Anna Zimmerman (Red Deer Nordic/AST) 0:22:49.0
Anna Goodwin (Hollyburn/BCST) 0:22:54.0
Jenna Sim (Hollyburn) 0:23:07.7





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