Steele wins Nordic race in Essex

by Matt Baldwin / Whitefish Pilot
| December 24, 2009 11:00 PM

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