Steele wins Nordic race in Essex

Whitefish High School junior Jack Steele took the top spot in the Kick Out the Kinks Nordic ski race Dec. 20 at the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex.

Steele, a junior at Whitefish High School, finished the 10-kilometer course in 28:50, twenty-one seconds ahead of second-place finisher Ben Morley, coach of the Glacier Nordic Ski Team.

Anne Miller, a senior at Whitefish, took third place.

Stella Holt, a junior at Whitefish who is making a comeback from a serious leg injury after a fall on Mount Gould in Glacier Park this summer, finished in 32:10. Holt won the 2009 Junior Olympic National Cross Country ski championship this past winter.

Results

Kids 1 kilometer

1. Alex Coulter 3:51

2. Lucas Coulter 5:16

3. Wilern Gray 4:58

4. Fiona Coulter (1 lap) 4:14

Junior 5 kilometer

1. Connor Gray 15:21

2. Fischer Gangemi15:47

3. Henry Holt 16:41

4. Maddison Grady17:11

5. Izaak Castren 17:12

6. Ruben Castren17:18

7. Emma Marchetti19:35

8. Colton Gorian 25:15

Adult 10 kilometer

1. Jack Steele 28:50

2. Ben Morley 29:11

3. Anne Miller 31:17

4. Dan Bauder 31:18

5. Chad Castren 31:19

6. Carl Talsma 31:40

7. Ian Mahler 32:08

8. Stella Holt 32:10

9. Paul Conrad 32:28

10. Jay S 32:42

11. Dave Grady 33:45

12. Brenda Winkler39:16

13. Marty Miller 39:59