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SKI - OUA Championships: Day #1

Voyageurs skiing at Lakefield Classic
Voyageurs skiing at Lakefield Classic

After day one of the OUA Championships in Thunder Bay, both men's and women's teams earned solid results in the relay and classic race.

In the women's relay, Laurentian's A team, consisting of Sophie Tremblay, Hannah Cutler, and Maddie Norman finished in 4th place with a time of 37:03.90. Laurentian's B team comprised of Margot West, Faith Goudie, and Olivia Norman completed the course in 40:51.20, finishing in 9th place.

Onto the men's relay, Laurentian's only team comprised Laydon Bursey, Cameron Boland, and Cormac Adams, finished in 10th place, in 35:03.80.

In the individual 7.5-kilometre classic race, Sophie Tremblay placed 5th (23:47.20), Maddie Norman placed 12th (25:12.70), Hannah Cutler placed 18th (26:30.50), Olivia Norman placed 19th in 26:39.20), Margot West finished in 24th (27:05.10) and Faith Goudie completed the race in 29:22.60, finishing 35th. There were 50 women from all over the OUA participating in this race.

In that same race on the men's side, Laydon Bursey finished 28th (23:03.60), Cameron Boland finished 35th (23:59.40), Lucas Jones placed 39th (24:57.50), Cormac Adams finished in 41st in 25:30.06, Jamie Brain finished in 45th in 26:38.50. There were 60 men from the OUA competing in this race. 

The Voyageurs are back in action for day two of the championships tomorrow, with the 15-kilometre mass start, set for 9 am. 

-Madison Boileau