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NORDIC SKIING
Johnston finishes in top five for second year in a row Ely skier Jasper Johnston competes last Friday during the state Nordic ski meet at Giants Ridge. He finished in fifth place overall as an individual Ely s Zoe Devine finished in 35th place during last Thursday s girls competition at the state Nordic ski meet. Posted
Marshall Helmberger
GIANTS RIDGE Mother Nature offered up starkly different conditions for the Ely boys and girls skiers here last Thursday and Friday, and it had an impact on the final results of the state high school Nordic ski competition.
Marshall Helmberger
ELY Senior Jasper Johnston and sophomore Zoe Devine each blew away their respective competition during the Ely Skiathlon, held last Thursday at Hidden Valley.
Devine had strong support from teammates Phoebe Helm, Ava Skustad, and Julia Schwinghamer as the girls racked up 391 points to take first in the team competition against Carlton-Esko-Cromwell and Two Harbors. C-E-C was second with 381 points.
The boys were edged by C-E-C, 386-384.
Johnston, who had missed some earlier meets as he competed in Midwest regional competition, was in usual form during the combined freestyle and classic competition in Ely on Jan. 28, finishing the course in just 20:15, a full minute and 36 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Benjamin Bauer, of C-E-C. Ely junior Gabe Pointer finished in 21:57, just six seconds behind Bauer and nearly two minutes ahead of the fourth-place finisher.
Marshall Helmberger
DULUTH Ely skiers took the top spots in a tough field here on Tuesday, but both the boys and girls finished second overall on the challenging 5K Spirit Mountain course.
Ely junior Gabriel Pointer took first place in the varsity boys competition, with a time of 12:20.4. Jon Hakala finished in the fourth spot (13:07.8) and Micah Larson finished seventh (13:38.7).
For the girls, sophomore Zoe Devine dominated the field, finishing first with a time of 13:59.0. Phoebe Helms finished in sixth place and was the only other Ely competitor to finish in the top ten.
“Ely did well individually, but we’re definitely in a building year team-wise,” said Ely Head Coach Paula Anderson. The boys competed this week without their standout, Jasper Johnston, who was competing in the CXC Cup, a qualifying regional competition for the Junior Nationals in Cable, Wis. Johnston took first place in the classic competition during that event.