CARLETON AND LAKEHEAD WIN OUA NORDIC SKIING CHAMPIONSHIP

SUDBURY, Ont. – Carleton University men and Lakehead University women are the 2011 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Nordic Skiing champions. Overall mild weather and fair skiing conditions welcomed teams from Carleton, Guelph, Lakehead, Laurentian, Nipissing, Queen’s, Toronto and Waterloo to the two-day championship that took place February 5 and 6 at Laurentian University.

The Carleton men captured the overall team title with a field-best 43 points. Lakehead took the team silver with a score of 84 and Guelph won the bronze with a total of 150 points.

Greg Kilroy (Powassan, Ont.) took home gold for Lakehead University in the Men’s Classic with a 27:05.2 finish and fastest lap of the day at 7:59.7.  Finishing a mere 4.3 seconds back, Matthias Purdon (Owen Sound, Ont.) from Carleton University received the silver medal with a 27:09.5 race time. The bronze medal went to Carleton’s Peter Beisel (Owen Sound, Ont.) with a 27:57.4 race time, 52.2 seconds behind the leader. Finishing just shy of a medal ranking was Carleton’s Kyle Power (Labrador City, N.L.) with a 28:00.7 overall time and in fifth place, Lakehead’s Ben Jones (Pembroke, Ont.) finished with a race time of 28:05.9.

The Men’s 7.5 km Freestyle once again had Kilroy leading the way, as he captured his second individual gold of the weekend for Lakehead with a time of 24:42.1. Making it a close race to the finish was Carleton’s Purdon who finished only 4.4 seconds behind Kilroy with a final time of 24:46.5. Capturing bronze was Lakehead’s Jones who crossed the finish with a time of 24:50.7. Rounding out fourth and fifth were Laurentian University’s Evan Odell (Mississauga, Ont.) and Carleton’s Beisel who finished with times of 25:08.7 and 25:13.6, respectively.

The repeat champion Carleton Ravens had a very successful day overall out on the trails, finishing eight racers in the top 20 of the Men’s Classic Race and seven skiers finish in the top 20 of the Men’s Freestyle.

The Lakehead women dominated the weekend, taking OUA gold with 28 points. Finishing second overall with a score of 73 points was the host team from Laurentian University. The women’s team from Guelph rounded out the podium with a third place finish overall, scoring 131 points for the weekend.

Andrea Lee (Black Creek, B.C.) led the charge for Lakehead winning the Women’s Classic with a time of 21:07, an entire 1:13 faster than her second place teammates Daphne Haggarty and Kara Jaspers, both from Thunder Bay, Ont., who finished tied with a time of 22:20. Lakehead also took fourth as Britt Bailey (Thunder Bay, Ont.) finished with a time of 22:31 and Laurentian’s Karyne Carriere (Pembroke, Ont.), finished in fifth with a time of 0:22:42.

In the Women’s 5 km Freestyle, Lakehead’s Lee won individual gold again with a time of 19:03.9. Recording the fastest lap of the day at 8:11.7 she completed the race 55.3 ahead of Haggarty who captured silver with a final time of 19:59.2. Laurentian's Janel Sauder (St. Mary's, Ont.), captured bronze with a time of 20:16.6. Rounding out the top five were Lakehead’s Jaspers and Laurentian's Candace Ball (Bolton, Ont.).

Full individual results can be found at the following two links.

Men’s and Women’s Classic: http://www.zone4.ca/results.asp?id=3556

Men’s and Women’s Freestyle: http://www.zone4.ca/results.asp?id=3555

Men’s Team Overall:
Gold: Carleton
Silver: Lakehead
Bronze: Guelph

Men’s Individual Classic:
Gold: Greg Kilroy – Lakehead
Silver: Matthias Purdon - Carleton
Bronze: Peter Beisel – Carleton

Men’s Individual Freestyle:
Gold: Greg Kilroy – Lakehead
Silver: Matthias Purdon - Carleton
Bronze: Ben Jones - Lakehead

Name                           Hometown                    Total Time        School
Greg Kilroy                   (Powassan, Ont.)             51:47.3             Lakehead
Matthias Purdon            (Owen Sound, Ont.)         51:56.0             Carleton
Ben Jones                    (Pembroke, Ont.)             52:56.6             Lakehead
Peter Beisel                  (Owen Sound, Ont.)         53:11.0             Carleton
Nansen Murray              (Whitehorse)                   53:43.7             Carleton
Evan Odell                    (Mississauga, Ont.)          53:56.5             Laurentian
Andre Marchand            (Masham, Que.)              54:12.0             Carleton
Kyle Power                   (Labrador City, N.L.)        54:42.6             Carleton
Scott Weersink              (St. Mary’s, Ont.)           54:55.7             Guelph
Logan Potter                 (Whitehorse)                   55:04.5             Carleton

Women’s Team Overall:
Gold: Lakehead
Silver: Laurentian
Bronze: Guelph

Women’s Individual Classic:
Gold: Andrea Lee – Lakehead
Silver: Daphne Haggarty – Lakehead
Bronze: Kara Jaspers – Lakehead

Women’s Individual Freestyle:
Gold: Andrea Lee – Lakehead
Silver: Daphne Haggarty – Lakehead
Bronze: Janel Sauder – Laurentian

WOMEN’S ALL-STARS 

Name                           Hometown                    Total Time        School
Andrea Lee                   (Black Creek, B.C.)         40:10.9             Lakehead
Daphne Haggarty          (Thunder Bay, Ont.)         42:19.2             Lakehead
Kara Jaspers                 (Thunder Bay, Ont.)        42:42.1             Lakehead
Britt Bailey                    (Thunder Bay, Ont.)        42:59.5             Lakehead
Candace Ball                 (Bolton, Ont.)                 43:28.0             Laurentian
Janel Sauder                 (St. Mary’s, Ont.)           43:29.6             Laurentian
Karyne Carriere             (Pembrooke, Ont.)          43:50.2             Laurentian
Lindsay Anderson           (Ottawa)                       44:13.1             Laurentian
Kyla Vanderzwet            (Port Elgin, Ont.)           44:25.1             Laurentian
Brittany Pearson            (Whitehorse)                  44:30.2             Carleton