Glacier Nordic skiers race well at Youth Championships
Ruedi Steiner, center, and Barrett Garcia, left, ski in the classic race during the Intermountain Youth Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (Courtesy photo)
Ethan Amick competes in the skier cross event at the Intermountain Youth Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (Courtesy photo)
Twelve youths from the Glacier Nordic Ski Team traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Feb. 24 for the Intermountain Youth Championships.
The event attracted more than 250 skiers from Montana, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming and is the largest regional racing event for U14 cross-country skiers, with a total of 63 boys competing in the U14 age group races throughout the weekend.
Athletes entered three races starting Saturday with an interval start freestyle or skate race followed by a skier cross event. The skier cross was a downhill race combined with obstacles and jumps raced on skate skis. The event concluded on Sunday, with a mass start classic race of varying distances for all age groups.
The U12 girls turned in solid performances with Maeve Ingelfinger leading the group with a second place finish in the skier cross and top 10 finishes in the other two events.
Jacob Henson led the U14 boys with a fourth and fifth in the skate and classic distance races, respectively. Other top 10 finishes were turned in by Barrett Garcia with a sixth-place and Nate Ingelfinger with a seventh place in the skier cross; Garcia in the classic race earned 10th and Ruedi Steiner finished eighth in the skate race. U16 Winslow Nichols had top five finishes in both his skate and classic races. Henson also earned a third place in the U14 Cup that recognizes the strongest skiers in the age group by awarding points based on finishes at the regional races. Henson proved his strength and consistency by attending five regional events and never finishing outside the top five this season, the team noted in a release.
Skate Distance
U12 Boys 2K
15. Ethan Amick
U12 Girls 2K
9. Maeve Ingelfinger
18. Charlotte Lehmann
20. Iris Hunt
40. Iona Sarraille
U14 Boys 3K
4. Jacob Henson
8. Ruedi Steiner
12. Barrett Garcia
16. Nate Ingelfinger
49. Kai Golan
60. Kane Nissen
U16 Boys 5K
4. Winslow Nichols
Skier Cross
U12 Boys
32. Ethan Amick
U12 Girls
2. Maeve Ingelfinger
17. Charlotte Lehman
19. Iris Hunt
38. Iona Sarraille
U14 Boys
6. Barrett Garcia
7. Nate Ingelfinger
13. Jacob Henson
17. Ruedi Steiner
38. Kane Nissen
49. Kai Golan
U16 Boys
6. Winslow Nichols
Mass Start Classic Distance
U12 Boys 2K
19. Ethan Amick
U12 Girls 2K
8. Maeve Ingelfinger
14. Charlotte Lehmann
18. Iris Hunt
37. Iona Sarraille
U14 Boys 3K
5. Jacob Henson
10. Barrett Garcia
16. Ruedi Steiner
22. Nate Ingelfinger
U16 Boys 5K
3. Winslow Nichols