Card Nordic skiing: Sieling, Flynn lead Alexandria skiers

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Warm weather forced the Fergus Falls Nordic ski invitational to be moved to Maplelag Ski Resort near Detroit Lakes.

The Cardinals still got high finishes. Julia Sieling earned a fifth place finish in the field of 44 skiers, coming in with a time of 15:36, while Melissa Gromatka was 12th in 16:57.

For the boys, Pat Flynn led the way with a 16th place finish in 14:28.50 as he competed with 44 other skiers. Cody Call was 28th in 15:05.

“The Cardinals competed very well and really enjoyed getting on to a course made of Mother Nature’s snow!” said head coach Luke Erickson.

Monday’s Little Falls Invitational has been moved from Camp Ripley to Mt. Itasca in Coleraine due to the lack of snow.

FERGUS FALLS INVITATIONAL

MAPLELAG SKI RESORT

BOYS TEAM SCORES – 1. Brainerd 382, 2. Bemidji 380, 3. Little Falls 354, 4. Detroit Lakes 345, 5. Trek North 315, 6. Ottertail 251, 7. Deer River 86.

BOYS’ CHAMPION – Jake Richards, Detroit Lakes, 12:23.00.

ALEXANDRIA RESULTS – 16. Pat Flynn 14:28.50, 28. Cody Call 15:05.00, 33. Eric Branch 15.39.00, 34. Carl Branch 15:41.00, 42. Daniel Finazzo 17.5900.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES – 1. Little Falls 383, 2. Brainerd 363, 3. Bemidji 348, 4. Trek North 338, 5. Detroit Lakes 326, 6. Ottertail 236, 7. Deer River 72.

GIRLS’ CHAMPION – Allison Kosobud, Brainerd, 14:46.00.

ALEXANDRIA RESULTS – 5. Julia Sieling 15:36.00, 12. Melissa Gromatka 16:57.00, 22. Becca Mateer 17:42.00, 30. Natalie Watkins 18:24.00, 36. Lauren Hagstrom 18:41.00.

Tags: alexandria sports, sports, cardinals, nordic, skiing