FAIRBANKS - In the final day of the annual Alaska Nordic
Cup, the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks defeated the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves,
24-18 in the freestyle race on Saturday. Overall the Nanooks claimed the Cup
with a three-day point total of 78-48.
The UAF men and women each posted 12 points over their
Seawolf counterparts', while UAA furnished nine points apiece.
Collecting her first collegiate win was rookie Marine Dusser
in the women's 10K pursuit freestyle race. Dusser, picking up one of UAA's two
individual wins, posted a time of 33 minutes, 49.6 seconds. Also scoring for
UAA was Patricia Sprecher (36:10.3) in fifth and Karina Smith (37:54.0) in 10th.
In the men's 10K freestyle, Viktor Braennmark registered
a winning time of 28:05.5. Lukas Ebner (28:46.0) took fifth, while Lasse
Molgaard-Nielsen (28:51.8) was seventh.
The 2012-13 ski slate will commence in early January with
the Colorado Invitational.
Men's 10Km Pursuit Start Free Technique
1. Viktor Braennmark, UAA - 28:05.0;
2. Lex Treinen, UAF - 28:13.0;
3. Logan Hanneman, UAF - 28:31.5;
4. Ian Wilkinson, UAF - 28:32.8;
5. Lukas Ebner, UAA - 28:46.0;
6. Max Olex, UAF - 28:50.2;
7. Lasse Moelgaard, UAA - 28:51.8;
8. Galen Johnston, UAA - 29:28.4;
9. Davis Dunlap, UAA - 29:37.7;
10. Stefan Hajdukovich, UAF - 29:38.1;
12. Kenneth Brewer, UAF - 30:34.2;
13. Andrew Arnold, UAF - 30:39.6;
15. Lars Arneson, UAF - 30:56.4;
17. Jonas Loeffler, UAF - 31:09.2;
18. Brandon Brewster, UAA - 31:10.1;
21. John Glen, UAA - 32:07.3;
23. Wyatt Mayo, UAF - 33:25.7;
Women's 10Km Pursuit Start Free Technique
1. Marine Dusser, UAA - 33:49.6
2. Raphaela Sieber, UAF - 34:05.1
3. Alyson McPhetres, UAF - 35:09.6
4. Heather Edic, UAF - 35:35.6
5. Patricia Sprecher, UAA - 36:10.3
6. Crystal Pitney, UAF - 36:20.0
7. Rebecca Konieczny, UAF - 36:49.9
8. Julia Ebner, UAF - 37:15.0
9. Marit Rjabov, UAF - 37:33.3
10. Karina Smith, UAA - 37:54.0
11. Theresia Schnurr, UAF - 38:17.0
12. Cara McCulloch, UAA - 38:38.1
13. Heidi Brook, UAF - 40:03.7
14. Maya Radonich, UAA - 41:04.8