The middle school cross-country ski season ended last week with a pair of races, held Feb. 16 and Feb. 18 at Kincaid Park. Mirror Lake Middle School eighth-grade skiers David McPhetres and Sarissa Lammers, and seventh-grader Victoria Parsons, were consistent top-four placers, maintaining their positions for the finals.

McPhetres took second place in the varsity-level 4.9-kilometer skate-ski race, while Lammers captured third place. Parsons, skiing the varsity girls' sixth-seventh-grade level, placed fourth.

In team relays Feb. 18, Mirror Lake's top Grade 6-7 mixed teams were second and fourth places, and its top-placing eighth-grade team took fourth. Gruening's top teams captured 11th for seventh-graders and 16th for eighth-graders.

Freestyle Individual Championships

Feb. 16 at Kincaid

Boys

Grade 6-7 Varsity Team:

1) Goldenview; 2) Mears; 3) Mirror Lake; 4) Romig; 5) Central; 6) Girdwood; 7) Hanshew; 8) Wendler; 9) Gruening; 10) Begich

Grade 6-7 Varsity Individual:

1) 14:27.1, Muffoletto, Matthew, Goldv; 2) 15:08.5, Bassett, Jacob, Goldv; 3) 16:07.3, Truskowski, Conner, Goldv; 11) 18:40.0, Huntington, Caleb, MLMS; 17) 19:28.3, Hall, Roan, MLMS; 24) 21:37.0, Lorentz, Jeremiah, MLMS; 25) 21:48.4, Mercer, Gage, MLMS; 26) 22:03.4, Hall, Ben, Gruen; 29) 23:07.8, Spencer, Connor, MLMS; 30) 23:11.6, Gilbert, Angus, MLMS; 32) 24:01.5, Frankl, Gus, MLMS; 34) 25:39.9, Sanders, Dawson, MLMS

Grade 8 Varsity Team:

1) Wendler; 2) Goldenview; 3) Mirror Lake; 4) Romig; 5) Mears; 6) Central; 7) Hanshew

Grade 8 Individual:

1) 13:31.6, O'Hara, Thomas, Wendl; 2) 14:01.5, McPhetres, David, MLMS; 3) 14:41.1, Shayer, Eli, Romig; 7) 16:16.5, Abarr, Cole, MLMS; 17) 18:53.6, Sorensen, Timothy, MLMS; 22) 20:01.6, Warner, David, MLMS; 25) 21:05.4, Walsh, Cade, MLMS; 26) 21:32.7, Gamble, Marcus, MLMS; 27) 22:31.1, Landon, Mark, MLMS

Girls

Grade 6-7 Varsity Team:

1) Romig; 2) Mirror Lake; 3) Wendler; 4) Goldenview; 5) Central; 6) Begich; 7) Mears; 8) Gruening

Grade 6-7 Varsity Individual:

1) 15:28.2, Blanchet, Lydia, Romig; 2) 16:35.4, Hunt-Smith, Taryn, Goldv; 3) 17:18.0, Jager, Ana, Begich; 4) 18:08.7, Parsons, Victoria, MLMS; 7) 18:52.3, Arthen, Katrina, MLMS; 10) 20:49.0, Weller, Ashlee, MLMS; 12) 20:59.1, Chapman, Cara, MLMS; 14) 21:13.6, Russell, Hannah, MLMS; 23) 22:53.1, Veech, Ashley, MLMS; 27) 24:23.9, Craig, Kortney, MLMS; 28) 24:27.3, Eliassen, Madeline, MLMS; 29) 24:32.5, Collins, Kailey, MLMS; 30) 24:37.2, Voge, Bethany, MLMS; 31) 24:37.6, Krueger, Chelsea, MLMS; 33) 24:46.8, Morton, Leah, Gruen; 34) 27:11.7, Larue, Isabel, MLMS

Grade 8 Varsity Team:

1) Goldenview; 2) Wendler; 3) Romig; 4) Central; 5) Mears; 6) Mirror Lake; 7) Hanshew; 8) Begich; 9) Gruening

Grade 8 Varsity Individual:

1) 15:04.7, McMullen, Mykaela, Goldv; 2) 15:14.7, Flynn, Mackenzie, Wendl; 3) 15:55.4, Lammers, Sarissa, MLMS; 20) 22:53.0, Taylor, Susan, Gruen; 25) 24:35.0, Peterson, Olivia, Gruen; 26) 25:13.1, Weinzirl, Gretchen, MLMS; 27) 25:29.6, Hakala, Marie, MLMS; 28) 26:47.6, Sitz, Ashleigh, MLMS

Mixed Team Relays

Feb. 18 at Kincaid

Grade 6-7 Mixed:

1) Team 32 Goldenview, 19:36.3; 2) Team 73 Mirror Lake, 21:44.0; 3) Team 33 Goldenview, 21:57.7; 4) Team 74 Mirror Lake, 22:34.0; 7) Team 75 Mirror Lake 23:50.3; 10) Team 29 Goldenview, 24:43.1; 11) Team 40 Gruening, 24:55.2; 12) Team 76 Mirror Lake, 25:40.3; 13) Team 77 Mirror Lake, 25:42.7; 14) Team 44 Gruening, 25:59.6; 18) Team 42 Gruening, 27:59.2; 19) Team 43 Gruening, 28:40.7; 20) Team 78 Mirror Lake, 28:49.1; 26) Team 79 Mirror Lake, 33:06.5; 29) Team 41 Gruening, 34:04.5

Grade 8 Mixed:

1) Team 85 Romig, 18:42.0; 2) Team 24 Goldenview, 19:02.2; 3) Team 26 Goldenview, 19:29.5; 4) Team 66 Mirror Lake, 20:34.4; 11) Team 67 Mirror Lake, 23:53.0; 12) Team 68 Mirror Lake, 24:10.9; 16) Team 39 Gruening, 24:57.1; 22) Team 69 Mirror Lake, 28:30.8; 25) Team 70 Mirror Lake, 29:45.1; 28) Team 71 Mirror Lake, 32:21.5

This article published in The Alaska Star on Thursday, February 25, 2010.