PRESQUE ISLE — The 2012 Aroostook Cup series finished up on Saturday with the Himie Towle Ski Frolic at the Nordic Heritage Center.
Close to 120 participants took part in the event, which featured kids’ races, a 5km tour, and a 10km race. Beautiful sunny skies and warm weather helped make the day the most heavily attended Aroostook Cup race of the season.
The 10km men’s race was a close one until the very end. Welly Ramsey of Northern Skiers, with a time of 20:09, just edged out club-mate Mike Lessard by one second to take the win. Raleigh Gosseling of 10th Mountain was only three seconds behind Lessard for third.
On the women’s side, Beth Ann Chamberlain, another Northern Skier, won with a time of 23:14. Lauren Jacobs of Nordic Heritage was second and Justine Cyr of 10th Mountain was third.
The club standings were very close coming into the last race. 10th Mountain Ski Club of Fort Kent was leading by only two points ahead of Nordic Heritage Sport Club. Helped by high participation in their home event, NHSC pulled off an upset and took home the Aroostook Cup for the first time in history. The final tally had Nordic Heritage with 155 points, 10th Mountain with 136 points, and Northern Skiers of Caribou in third place with 99 points.
The Aroostook End-of-Season ski celebration will take place on Saturday, April 7 at Four Seasons Lodge in Madawaska. The celebration will recognize age-group winners and others from the Aroostook Cup series. More details on that, as well as results and photos from the entire season, can be found at www.goaroostookoutdoors.com.
