Huntsville Hoyas Nordic team kicks off season with golds at Hardwood

The Huntsville Hoyas Nordic team kicked off their season with a stellar showing at the Thames Valley High School Invitational at Hardwood Ski and Bike on January 7.

Two skiers walked away with top spot in their categories: Lauren Dupuis with a time of 11:11.2 in the Novice Girls 2.5km and Owen Johnstone in the Junior Boys 5km with a time of 15:12.2. The Junior Boys, Senior Girls and Senior Boys teams all earned gold in the invitational. The team’s next race is Friday, January 14 at Arrowhead Provincial Park.

Full individual results from the invitational are:

Novice Girls 2.5km
^1st Lauren Dupuis 0:11:11.2
12^th Katie Newberry 0:16:30.1

Novice Boys 2.5km
2nd Judah Meeker 0:09:10.1
3^rd Martin Christensen 0:09:24.0
4^th Aidan McClung 0:10:05.6
21^st Teodor Katsarov 0:14:39.2

Junior Girls 4km
2^nd Natasia Varieur 0:11:37.3
13^th Madeline Horton 0:14:41.2
23^rd Eden Baumgart 0:17:10.6

Junior Boys 5km
1^st Owen Johnstone 0:15:12.2
5^th Carson Pearse 0:15:53.2
9^th Eric Bertelsen 0:16:24.5
14^th Evan Dickson 0:16:57.3
20^th Colin Welsh 0:17:21.7
27^th Cameron Gibson 0:18:45.6
32^nd Keegan Chan 0:20:08.4

Senior Girls 5km
6^th Sarah Cowan 0:17:55.0
7^th Ainsley Herr 0:17:55.3
10^th Sarah Steele 0:18:19.0
13^th Marly Hogue 0:18:47.8
20^th Elora Weiler 0:20:03.1

Senior Boys 7km
6^th Nathan Forestell 0:22:56.1
8^th Alec Gibson 0:23:32.9
9^th Nathan Johnstone 0:23:38.1
11^th Leif Bertelsen 0:24:01.0
15^th Tyler Pearse 0:24:55.8
19^th Tommy Giblin 0:26:30.7
21^st Eric McNeil 0:26:45.9
35^th Noah Webster 0:30:35.4