BIWABIK — Mount Ski Gull celebrated four first-place finishes in the NJRS Championship March 13, at Giants Ridge.
Derek Halbur posted a winning time of 1:12.4 in the boys 14-15 division. Jacob Halbur was the top 10-11 boy with a winning time of 1:16.6.
Alex Pape captured the boys’ 8-9 class with a time of 1:25.1 and Kaleb Pape was the top 5-year-old with his time of 1:48.1.
Logan Omberg secured a runner-up finish in the boys' 16-and-over class, while Cadence Hatwig was the second-place girl in the 16-and-over division.
There were 79 girls and 80 boys competing in the championship from teams from Detroit Mountain, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Lutsen, Mont Du Lac and Mount Ski Gull. Racers needed to compete in at least two NJRS races throughout the season to place.
Girls 6-7: 3-Natalie Lunemann 1:33.9, 6-Harper Brekken 1:51.3
Girls 8-9: 4-Kelsey Pape 1:29.5, 11-Jewel Benson 1:38.9, 13-Cabi Burton 1:39.9, 17-Haddy Holbrook 1:42.2
Girls 10-11: 4-Cecelya Rasinski 1;28.6, 5-Johanna Benson 1:32.9, 6-Clara Anderson 1:34.2, 16-Halyn Holbrook 1:49.0
Girls 12-13: 7-Katja Yliniemi 1:39.9
Girls 16-over: 2-Cadence Hatwig 1:43.6
Boys 5: 1-Kaleb Pape 1:48.1
Boys 6-7: 3-Elliot Noskowiak 1:42.7, 5-Phillip Majka 1:50.2, 9-Thomas Grover 2:07.6, 11-Lucas Pape 2:12.9
Boys 8-9: 1-Alex Pape 1:25.1, 2-Ezra Noskowiak 1:28.6, 13-Henry Torfin 1:48.6, 17-Mac Thuringer 2:19.6
Boys 10-11: 1-Jacob Halbur 1:16.6, 6-Ashton Omberg 1:25.5, 9-Hudson Brekken 1:28.1, Reef Sampson DNF
Boys 12-13: 6-Beau Thuringer 1:20.4
Boys 14-15: 1-Derek Halbur 1:12.4
Boys 16-over: 2-Logan Omberg 1:12.9