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TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDALS BY TEAM Ulu counts were not announced by press time. Tuesday’s games » 3 Contingent Gold Silver Bronze Cultural events » 4 0 0 0 Speakers » 5 North 0 0 0 Team profiles» 7 0 0 0 Pin trading » 8 NWT 0 0 0 Past athlete profile» 10 Volunteer profile» 11 - 0 0 0 Birch Hill sports » 12 0 0 0 Games roundup » 14 Sapmi 0 0 0 Pins of the day » 15 Yamal 0 0 0 0 0 0

Arctic Winter Games schedule: Today, Wednesday Club, Junior Female and Male, 9 —UAF Male, 2:30 p.m. , Junior Female and TODAY a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Hulbert Nanook Terrain Park, Rail — High Junior Male, 11 a.m.; Juvenile —Mt. Aurora DENE GAMES—Randy Smith Jam, Junior Female and Junior School, Juvenile Female and Male Female and Juvenile Male, 11 a.m. Skiland, Giant Slalom, Juvenile Middle School, Snow Snake, Male, 11 a.m.; Juvenile Female and Singles, Junior Female and Male SNOWSHOEING—Randy and Junior Female and Male, First Junior Male and Juvenile Female, Juvenile Male, 11 a.m. Singles, Junior Female and Male Smith Middle School Track, Junior Run 11:30 a.m., Second Run 2 p.m. 10 a.m., Junior Female and Open —Randy Smith Doubles, Juvenile Female and Female, 100M, 10:15 a.m.; 400M, ARCTIC SPORTS—Lathrop Male 12:30 p.m. Middle School, Junior Female, Male Doubles, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 10:50 a.m.; 1,500M, 11:50 a.m.; High School, Two Foot High Kick, DOG MUSHING—Jeff Studdert 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 —UAF Patty Junior Male, 100M 10:10 a.m.; Junior and Open Female and Racegrounds, Juvenile Coed Five- p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m., Center, Junior Female, 11 a.m. and 400M, 10:40 a.m., 1,500M, 11:44 Male, 9 a.m.; Arm Pull, Junior dog 10K Race, 10 a.m.; Junior 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m.; West Valley 4 p.m.; Junior Male, 9 a.m., 2 p.m., a.m., Juvenile Female, 100M Female and Male and Open Coed Seven-Dog 13K Race, 11:30 High School, Junior Male, 8 a.m., 7 p.m. 10:05 a.m.; 400M, 10:30 a.m.; Female, 2:30 p.m.; Head Pull, a.m. 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 —Fairbanks Curling 800M, 11:37 a.m.; Juvenile Male, Open Male, 5:30 p.m. —Carlson p.m.; 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Club, Junior Female and Male, 100M, 10 a.m., 400M 10:20 a.m.; BADMINTON—North Pole High Center, Short Program, Junior and 8 p.m. Playoffs 9 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 800M, 11:30 a.m.; 4x400M Junior School, Juvenile Female and Male Female, Ladies 1, 8 a.m., Ladies —North Pole p.m. Mixed Relay 12:10 p.m.; Juvenile Singles, Junior Female and Male Middle School, Junior Mixed, DENE GAMES—Hering 4x400M Juvenile Mixed Relay, Singles, Junior Female and Male 2, 8:50 a.m.; Ladies 3, 9:40 a.m.; Team Competition, 9 a.m., 10:30 noon. Doubles, Juvenile Female and Ladies 4, 10:30 a.m. Auditorium, Hand Games, Junior —Gymnastics Inc., a.m., Noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Male and Juvenile Female, 0 a.m., —Hutchison Male Doubles, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. CULTURAL EVENTS—Pioneer BASKETBALL—UAF Patty Junior Female, Team Competition, Junior Female and Open Male High School, Doubles, Junior 10:45 a.m. Park, AWG Museum Exhibit, Folk 12:30 p.m.; Semifinals and Finals Female, Junior Male, Juvenile Center, Junior Female, 2 p.m. and Art Fest and Expo, Pin Sales and 7 p.m.; Junior Male, 9 a.m., 11 a.m., —Big Dipper Ice for all Divisions at 3 p.m. Female, Juvenile Male, 10:30 a.m. Arena, Bantam Male, 9 a.m., 3:45 Pin Trading, Museums and Train FIGURE SKATING—Carlson VOLLEYBALL—West Valley 4 p.m. Rides, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Film Festival SKI—Birch Hill p.m.; Midget Male, 11:15 a.m., 1:30 Center, Free Skate, Junior Female, High School, Junior Female, 12:30 p.m.; Junior Female, 11:15 a.m. and 2-8:30 p.m.; Co-Op Plaza and Ladies 1, 1:15 p.m., Ladies 2, 2:10 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m., Recreation Area, Juvenile Female Bentley Mall, Lunch Performance, and Male 4K Sprint, 2:30 p.m.; 1:30 p.m.; Junior Female, 7 p.m.; a.m.; Ladies 3, 3:10 p.m.; Ladies 4, 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m.; Randy Smith UAF Patty Center, Junior Female, Noon-2 p.m.; Grange Hall, North 4:30 p.m. Middle School, Junior Male, 12:30 Junior Female and Male 6K Pole, Yamal in the Children’s Eyes, Sprint, 2:30 p.m. 8:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m. ICE HOCKEY—Big Dipper Ice p.m., 2 p.m.; 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m., —UAF 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; To be determined, Arena, Midget Male, 11:15 a.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. BIATHLON — Fireworks Extravaganza, 7 p.m. Birch Hill Recreation Area, Student Recreation Center, 1:30 p.m.; Junior Female, 9 a.m., CULTURAL EVENTS—Pioneer Juvenile Female and Male 2K Intermediate Female, 2 p.m,, 3 3:45 p.m. and 7 p.m.; UAF Patty Park, AWG Museum Exhibit, Sprint, Junior Female and Male, p.m.; Junior Female, 1 p.m.; Junior WEDNESDAY Center, Bantam Male, 7:15 p.m. Folk Art Fest and Expo, Pin Sales 3K Sprint, 11:30 a.m. Male, 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.; Juvenile ALPINE SKIING—Mt. Aurora INDOOR SOCCER—UAF and Pin Trading, Museums and CROSS COUNTRY SKIING— Female, 9 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 8 Skiland, Slalom, Juvenile and Student Recreation Center, Train Rides, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sled Birch Hill Recreation Area, Classic p.m. and 9 p.m.; Juvenile Male, 8 Junior Female and Male, First Run Intermediate Female, 9 a.m,, 19 Dog Rides, noon-2 p.m.; Local Sprints, Juvenile Male and Female, a.m., 11 a.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m. 11:30 a.m., Second Run 2 p.m. a.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m.; Junior Female, Performance Series, 2-7 p.m.; UAF 750 meters, Junior male and SHORT TRACK SPEED ARCTIC SPORTS—Lathrop 1 p.m.; Junior Male, noon and 3 Great Hall, College Fair, 9 a.m.- Female 750 meters Midget Female SKATING—, High School, Triple Jumps, Junior p.m.; Juvenile Female, 4 p.m., 7 noon and 2 p.m.-7 p.m.; Doyon, and Male, 600 meters, Qualifying Juvenile Female, 500M, 3:45 p.m.; Female and Male, Open Female p.m. and 8 p.m.; Juvenile Male, 9 Ltd., Lunch Performance, Noon-2 starts at 10 a.m., Heats begin at Juvenile Male, 500M, 3:54 p.m.; and Open Male, 9 a.m.; Alaskan a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m. p.m.; Grange Hall, North Pole, 12:30 p.m. Junior Female, 500M, 4:06 p.m.; High Kick, Junior Female and SNOWBOARDING—UAF Yamal in the Children’s Eyes, 11 CURLING—Fairbanks Curling Junior Male, 500M, 4:15 p.m. Male, Noon; Open Female, and Hulbert Nanook Terrain Park, a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner U3 ulu news Unique sports highlight Arctic Winter Games By Bob Eley The Dene Games are at Ran- throw wins. tures features the Coed 10-kilo- — Alaska, Alberta North, ULU NEWS dy Smith Middle School and Today’s Arctic Sports will take meter five-dog race at 10 a.m. Greenland, Northwest Territo- today’s featured event is the place at Lathrop High School. and the Junior coed 13K sev- ries, Nunavik-Quebec, Nunavut, One of the unique things snow snake. The Junior male Featured events are the two-foot en-dog race at 11:30 a.m. Sapmi (Northern Scandinavia), about the Arctic Winter Games and Juvenile female events are high kick at 9 a.m., the arm pull The Arctic Winter Games are Yamal (Russia) and the Yukon. is the inclusion of sports unique scheduled for 10 a.m., while the at 2:30 p.m. and the Open male a weeklong sports and cultural Three sports — alpine skiing, to the competing teams from the Junior female and Open male head pull at 5:30 p.m. extravaganza featuring nearly figure skating and gymnas- circumpolar north. divisions take place at 12:30 Anoither event unique to the 2,000 athletes, coaches and cul- tics — have been added to the Today, some of the more p.m. Games is the Alaska state sport tural delegates from across the schedule, while table tennis and unique events from Arctic The snow snake consists of of racing. circumpolar north. snowshoeing take the day off. Sports and the Dene Games are throwing a spear underhanded Today’s mushing event at the There are nine contingents on the schedule. along a snow field. The longest Jeff Studdert Racegrounds fea- competing in this year’s Games GAMES » U18

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Arctic Winter Games participants demonstrate at Monday cultural events. Ulu News First round of cultural delegates dance, drum By Jonni Roos ing the cultural heritage of the artists’ The Northwind Dancers of Fort MacK- ULU NEWS homelands. ay, Alberta, performed the traditional Bella Beats Dance Troup of Northwest powwow dances of the Anishinaabi peo- Don’t settle for a boring lunch Territories started the performance with ple, telling stories through dance of the during Arctic Winter Games week. a choreographed set comprised of mod- healing medicine of the jingle dresses ern music accompanying a powerful dis- and the beautiful mystique of the fancy Instead, add a little excitement play of precision and modern jazz dance dress. in your day by attending one of moves filtered with classic ballet, punctu- Two more free lunchtime performances the free lunchtime cultural perfor- ated with exciting moments of energetic are schedule this week: From noon-1:30 mances happening around Fair- acrobatics. p.m. today at the downtown Co-Op Plaza Vy’ Sey (“Soul of the ”) from and noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the banks. Arctic Winter Games participants Yamal performed songs of their heri- Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors demonstrate at Monday cultural Monday was the first of three free tage, with haunting melodies and beats Center. events. Ulu News lunchtime performances by the visiting on wide skin drums, telling the stories of Additional private performances will contingents’ cultural delegates featuring the animals and the people of northern be held at the Pioneers’ Home and Dena- the music and movements from their by the performers’ fantastic traditional Siberia. li Center. native lands. costumes. The young artists took the stage in “These are the songs of our culture, I The Yup’ik dancers of Mount Edgecum- The lunchtime cultural performances front of a standing room only crowd in will sing them to my children … my drum be High School chanted and drummed are a prelude to the AWG Cultural Galas the Noel Wien Library auditorium and is my strength,” explained one of the per- the rhythmic songs of coastal Alaska, at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Hering provided a spectacular performance. formers. telling the tales of the first Western vis- Auditorium. The crowd joyfully clapped along to Each of the four performances were itors to the villages on snowmachine and Tickets for the galas are available at all the beat of songs, and stood enraptured unique in their artistic skill and express- by airplane. AWG ticket outlets. Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner U5 ulu news Allegood, Treadwell among Winter Games speakers By Danny Martin history,” Allegood said. “It’s such a our neighbors,’’ he continued. “Let’s ULU NEWS feeling of gratitude and commonness demonstrate we can not only throw of who were are, and dreams coming straight, shoot straight and skate and Aelin Allegood is a former Arctic true.” ski fast, but also communicate clearly Winter Games athlete. On Sunday Allegood and Ortega each graduat- and think creatively.” night in Carlson Center, she helped ed from West Valley High School. During the media briefing, Tread- welcome the athletes of this year’s Allegood is now the assistant ath- well discussed the Choose Respect Games by joining with Liam Ortega letic director for marketing for the campaign that Gov. Sean Parnell to carry the torch during the opening University of Alaska Fairbanks. Orte- started in December 2009 to help ceremonies. ga is the founder and director of Driv- stop domestic violence, sexual assault “I’ve had a chance to be in the Arc- en to Move, a nonprofit organization and child abuse in Alaska. tic Winter Games, and the chance that inspires youths to greatness by Team Alaska athletes are wearing to welcome the athletes is a another teaching them goal-setting skills and Choose Respect pins during the Arc- layer of celebration,” Allegood said encouraging healthy lifestyles. tic Winter Games to help bring atten- Monday by telephone. “They’re young tion to the problems. and their whole lives and dreams are “Alaska wants to lead many things,” before them. This is such a special cel- Treadwell visits Treadwell said, “but we don’t want to ebration.” Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell lead in the high level of domestic vio- Allegood, then known as Aelin welcomed athletes and dignitaries of lence, sexual assault and suicide, and Peterson, was a Nordic skier in the the Arctic Winter Games during two one of the ways we are trying to deal 1988 Arctic Winter Games in Fair- appearances Monday morning. with this issue is the Choose Respect banks and she competed in the Treadwell spoke at a breakfast for movement.” 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake the athletes and later at the daily Choose Respect rallies are sched- City as a member of the U.S. Ski Team. media briefing at the Carlson Center. uled around the state on March 27. Ortega is a former AWG speedskater “The eyes of the world are turning Treadwell is scheduled to return to who later became a member of the north,’’ Treadwell, according to a State Fairbanks for the AWG closing cere- Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell welcomed athletes and U.S. National Speedskating Team. of Alaska press released, said at the monies, starting at 6 Saturday night dignitaries of the Arctic Winter Games during “What’s special about the celebra- breakfast. “We need to be ready for at the Carlson Center. two appearances Monday morning. Treadwell tion of the Arctic Winter Games is the spotlight and prepared to lead. Contact News-Miner sports editor Danny spoke at a breakfast for the athletes and later at where we live, we’re embracing our “Let’s use this time of competi- Martin at 459-7586 or follow him on the daily media briefing at the Carlson Center. outdoor playgrounds and our rich tion and camaraderie to get to know Twitter: @newsminersports. Mark HuFFington/Ulu News U6 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Tuesday, March 18, 2014 ulu news

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Alberta flag Ulu News Alberta North looks forward Russia flag Ulu News to competition with peers By Libbie Martin all ready to share their talents and culture ULU NEWS with other northern contingents. Russia’s Team Yamal Team Alberta North athletes are cho- The athletes from Team Alberta North sen by sport, in ways suited to the par- are looking for gold in alpine skiing, ticular sport, according to Jerry George, snowboarding, gymnastics, wrestling and chef de mission. official for 10 years hockey. “Each individual sport comes up The 188 athletes, 36 coaches and four with their own selection process that By Libbie Martin snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, cultural participants are accompanied by ULU NEWS respectively, the team exemplifies the about 150 family, friends and supporters, ALBERTA NORTH » U9 multi-generational nature of the Arctic From far-off Russia, Team Yamal’s 69 community. athletes are ready to make new friends The team has been preparing for in Fairbanks. some time for this trip. Russia made its first appearance at In addition to the sports competi- the Games in 1990 with a small cul- tions to select the athletes, there was tural contingent; Yamal officially sent the application for visas, including a athletes in 2004. Thirty-seven athletes visa interview in a different city. competed in table tennis, traditional The mission staff prepared gifts and , sport events and souvenirs and organized an extensive cultural activities. public relations campaign to “pro- Athletes are chosen for the Games mote the AWG and its goals among the in the All-Yamal competitions in each Yamal-Nenets population,” Vrublevska- sport. In addition to their sports skills, ya said. their coaches and staff expect them to There also were radio programs and be “open and friendly, strong and hard interviews with newspapers and maga- working, enthusiastic and active mem- zines. bers of Team Yamal,” said Yana Vru- The Games are important because blevskaya, assistant chef de mission they teach the youth “to be open for the of Team Yamal. Fifty-two of the young world around, present the richness of players are first-time AWG competitors. the world cultures and traditions (and) The 13 coaches, all former athletes, help young athletes who have very little are expected to be strong in their sports, experience,” Vrublevskaya said. a leader and a positive role model for And while winning gold ulus would the young athletes. Seven of them are be great, Vrublevskaya said, the most coaching at the Games for the first time. important thing is for the team to have With the five cultural participants, fun. the entire contingent traveled via char- “We hope that our team will enjoy ter flight — the first time the team has every single moment at the Games, will done this, arriving in Fairbanks Friday learn something new, gain a good expe- night. rience of being a part of the international Yamal’s team ranges from an 11-year- competitions, make new friends and try old figure skater to a 21-year-old Arctic to achieve their best results,” she said. Sports athlete. With a father-daugh- Given the distance, Team Yamal is ter snowshoe team, a mother-daugh- not accompanied by a large entourage ter biathlon team, a mother coaching of fans and spectators. her daughter in snowshoeing and a “Practically none except for our char- brother-sister pair who compete in ter crew,” Vrublevskaya said. U8 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Tuesday, March 18, 2014 ulu news

Robert Paddock, left, looks over Sharon Benerth’s pin collection as they negotiate which one she might be willing to trade. Ben Carson looks on. Libbie Martin/ Ulu News

Collectors trade pins in the ‘21st sport’ at AWG By Libbie Martin top of the stairs, greeting every person Ben Carson, left, and Robert ULU NEWS who came by with their soon-to-be- Paddock from started familiar tune: “Do you want to trade collecting and trading pins at the “Hey, you have any pins to pins?” 2012 Games. Paddock Athletes and siblings, coaches and has more than 200 from that year trade?” mission staff, spectators and fans — alone. Libbie Martin/Ulu News Robert Paddock and Ben Car- anyone can participate in pin trading. son, both from Yellowknife, All it takes is desire, dedication and , greet collateral. Paddock has been collecting Sharon Benerth, of Fairbanks, an pins since the Whitehorse 2012 games. AWG medical volunteer, showed up everyone who climbs to the third He amassed a collection of more than Monday with a soft cloth book-like pin floor of the Pioneer Park civic 200 just from Whitehorse. carrier, ready to do business. center. Their eyes eagerly scan “It’s fun and it gives you something She and Paddock bent over the cloth to do,” he said. pages of her book, negotiating the the newcomer’s lanyard or towel, His goal for the 2014 games is to trade. When they came to an agree- calculating which pin they might complete the several puzzle sets some ment, the goods were traded and put want to trade for, and what of the contingents are offering —two in their new homes, and both called they’re willing to give up for it. of which, the ulu from Alaska and the themselves satisfied with the deal. plane from Northwest Territories — he Benerth got her start in 1970 at the Pin trading, often called “the 21st had accomplished by noon Monday, as first AWG. sport” at the Arctic Winter Games, well as pins from the sports he plays at “We (Alaska) didn’t have any pins started off in full mode Monday before home: basketball, hockey and gymnas- and some of the Canadian teams did,” Pin Central even opened. tics. she said, “so we kind of got bit by the Paddock and Carson set themselves But this isn’t just a kids game. Adults up on the third floor and stood at the are in on it, too. PINS » U9 Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner U9 ulu news

of pins on a long scarf, which she can pins roll up for storage and protect the pins. Continued from U8 “I started out on a hat,” she said. “But it got too heavy and I was losing them bug.” — they were too exposed. So I went to She and her husband have attended the scarf.” more than half the ensuing Games, so Athletes Machaela Rose, Callie Noskui she has a “rather huge collection, and I and Hayley Laughlin from Team Alber- started running into duplicates.” ta also joined the rush to buy and trade But duplicates are good — they give pins Monday morning. you collateral and you don’t have to give “I was so pumped with the pins,” Rose up your favorite pins. said. “I have so many pins from the last “So I started trading,” Benerth said. Games.” Most serious pin traders confess to a Alberta is giving the participants a strategy — they plan out what they are new pin each day, Rose said, so they looking for and how they’ll get it. have plenty of negotiating power going “Everyone has their own preferences,” in. Benerth said. “The valuable ones are Laughlin has a simple goal: “I want a hard to find.” pin from every team this year.” Benerth displays her many hundreds

Hayley Laughlin (left), Callie Noskui and Machaela Rose of Team Alberta show off their pin collections. Libbie Martin/Ulu News

Everyone has their own preferences. The is something very few athletes will ever valueable ones are hard to find.” alberta north get the chance to experience,” George “ Continued from U7 said. “I also hope they experience the Sharon Benerth, Fairbanks, AWG medical volunteer concept of being part of a much larg- er team, Team Alberta North ... and go works best knowing the locations their watch and support athletes from oth- athletes are coming from,” George said. er sports” and the rest of the northern Coaches are selected by a sport coor- regions. dinator from , hired by “The Arctic Winter Games are an the Provincial Sport Association. opportunity of a lifetime,” George said. Some coaches are chosen before the “For some of these athletes this will be athletes; others are selected based on their only opportunity to experience a Check out our FREE App! the clubs or communities that field the multi-sport games or compete against athletes. athletes from other countries. Some, like the two Dene Games “For a select few this may be a step- coaches, are former AWG athletes. ping stone toward future athletic The five cultural participants hail endeavors and something they can look Find it in from Fort Mackay; they will perform back on in the future as Olympians,” traditional aboriginal dances, like hoop George added. “It is an opportunity to the dancing. see sports you would never otherwise The Games are an important event for experience (Dene Games, Arctic sports, App Store Team Alberta North’s athletes. snowshoeing), meet people and make “The opportunity to compete against friends from other parts of the circum- or their peers from other parts of the world polar north.” Google

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Skiers race at Birch Hill on Monday. Troy Bouffard/Ulu News Birch Hill was the place to be for competitors, fans By Scott J. McCrea In true AWG fashion, fans The well-groomed trails also earned five, including a clean parents at the races, cheering on ULU News spread the cheering and cowbell provided great race conditions sweep of the Junior female divi- her son, Logan Mowry, who was clanging equally for all competi- close to ideal for the 122 skiers sion. competing in the Juvenile male “More cowbell” was the theme tors. who were participating in the Team Alaska represented the division, where he placed sixth. of the day Monday at the Birch Throngs of yellow-coated AWG 5-kilometer interval start freestyle state with five medals, to include “It’s surprisingly like being Hill Recreation Area. volunteers made their way around competition. gold finishes in both the Midget in the Olympics,” said Kelly of The noisemaker seemed to be the area, helping skiers to their The race was divided out into female (Molly Gellert, Anchor- the experience of having a son the cheering implement of choice feet after many of them collapsed six divisions to include Junior age) and Midget male (Ti Don- competing in the Arctic Winter by the boisterous spectators on coming across the finish line. female and male, Juvenile female aldson, Fairbanks) divisions. Games. “When I take him to the hand for the various Arctic Win- Birch Hill was truly the place and male, and Midget female and With a tall green leprechaun grocery store and he is wearing ter Games sports taking place, to be for fans and athletes alike, male. hat on her head while volunteer- his coat, people stop him and ask including cross-country skiing, with near perfect weather condi- Sapmi captured a total of seven ing at the concession stand for him if he is competing for Team biathlon-ski and biathlon-snow- tions that got warmer as the day ulus for the day’s skiing events, Nordic Ski Club, Kristan Kelly, of shoe. progressed. including three gold. Yamal Fairbanks, was one of the many BIRCH HILL » U13 Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner U13 ulu news

Ski biathlon BIRCH HILL Juvenile Female: 1. Valeriia Continued from U12 Fominykh, Yamal; 2. Grace Evangeline Gilliland, Alaska; 3. Alaska. It’s fun and really excit- Liesel Vonlmhof, Alaska. ing.” Juvenile Male: 1. Justin Kelly said her son was “very Thane Carpenter, Alaska; 2. impressed” by the level of compe- Mikhail Kozhevnikov, Yamal; 3. tition among the other skiers. Denis Perelygin. Meanwhile, to the south of the Junior Female: 1. Nadia Mos- stadium down White Bear Trail, a er, Yukon; 2. Tatyana Sergeeva, different competition altogether Yamal; 3. Ekaterina Drozdova, was taking place with the Biath- Yamal. lon Snowshoe mass start event. Junior Male: 1. Ivan Bezma- While the rules of skiing are terrykh, Yamal; 2. Alex Kilby, well known among locals, this Alaska; 3. Ivan Popov, Yamal. event required a little advance knowledge for the spectators. Fortunately, the announcer did Snowshoeing a good job of explaining some Juvenile Female: 1. Riana of the rules ahead of time to the Eleanor Boonstra; 2. Anna crowd. Beldiagina, Yamal; 3. Ava The Biathlon Snowshoe was Cairns-Hanberg, Yukon. divided into four divisions: 2.5K Juvenile Male: 1. Jacob mass start Juvenile female and Wesley Moos, Alaska; 2. Kinill male and 4K mass start Junior Ermolerko, Yamal; 3. Derby female and male. McIntyre, Yukon. The event was a combination of A snowshoe runner races at Birch Hill on Monday. Rachel Joy McElwee/Ulu News Junior Female: Mirallo snowshoe racing with shooting at Martens, Alberta North; 2. five metal targets from a distance place, with divisions to include ing lot and from there, follow the lert, Alaska; 2. Ida Storjord Maddie Hall, Alaska; 3. Sara of 50 meters. 5.0K Juvenile female and male sound of the cowbells. Tovla, Sapmi; 3. Hannah Jir- Burke-Forsyth, Yukon. The juvenile competitors shot and 7.5K Junior female and male. ousek, Yukon. Junior Male: 1. Kieran Lewis from the prone position only, Similar to the snowshoe com- Midget Male: 1. Ti Donald- Halliday, Yukon; 2. Riley James while junior competitors shot in a petition, competitors did not car- Monday’s son, Alaska; 2. Luke Jager, Howard, Alaska; 3. Riley Evan combination of prone and stand- ry their rifles with them while rac- Alaska; 3. Ovlia Per Slkoglunc Moser, Alaska. ing. None of the competitors car- ing and the penalty loop was 100 medalists Sara, Sapmi. ried their rifles with them while meters as opposed to 50. Cross-country skiing Snowboard salom racing. This one belonged to the Junior Female: 1. Valeriia Snowshoe biathlon Junior Female: Regan Berg, Meleshenko, Yamal; 2. Ekat- For each target missed, the Northwest Territories team, who Junior Female: 1. Svetlana Alberta North; 2. Alinda Edda, erina Ivanova, Yamal; 3. Nelli competitor had to do an addition- claimed six medals, followed by Krainova, Yamal; 2. Alasya Northwest Territories; 3. Alex Timakova, Yamal. al 50 meter penalty loop. Team Alaska and Yamal with Nikolaenko, Yamal; Katie Dan- McKinnon, Alberta North. Junior Male: Aslak Ole Arctic Winter Games rules even two each, and Yukon and Alberta iels, Alaska. Junior Male: 1. Mathias Mathisen Eira, Sapmi; Aleksei specify criteria for the snowshoes North with one each. Junior Male: 1. Anton Kanev, Mark, Greenland; 2. Adam Snowshoeing rounded up the Sokolov, Yamal; 3. Jesse Mayo, (wooden frame with a leather or Yamal; 2. Vadim Brudin, Waddington, Yukon; 3. Ben day at the recreation area, while Alaska Yamal; Ciell Crook, Northwest gut webbing) and footwear (muk- Hampshire, Alberta North. luks, moccasins or kamiks). on the other side of Birch Hill at Juvenile Female: 1. Aylin Asli, Territories. Juvenile Female: 1. Karli Gor- The day belonged to Yamal, Fort Wainwright, the snowboard- Sapmi; 2. Abby Fair Amick, Juvenile Female: 1. Daria don, Alberta North; 2. Sydney with competitors taking home ing slalom events took place. Alaska; 3. Vibeke Persen, Sap- Ianenko, Yamal; 2. Erin Skye Kickbush, Alberta North; 3. seven of 12 possible medals, to Birch Hill Recreation Ski Area mi. McLeod, Alaska; 3. Alina include four gold. Team Alaska events continue today with com- Juvenile Male: 1. Jan Arthur Shevchuk, Yamal. Reanna Newsome, Yukon. was next with three, followed by petitions to include cross-country Reinaa, Sapmi; 2. Einar Mikal Juvenile Male: 1. Gleb Juvenile Male: 1. Haydn Yukon with two. skiing, biathlon snowshoe, and Andreessen, Sapmi; 3. Danil, Gogolov, Yamal; 2. Daniel Johnson, Alberts North; 2. Later, in the afternoon, the biathlon ski. Neustroev, Yamal. David Sennett, Yukon; 3. Dylan Esa Suominen, Yukon; 3. Tim Biathlon Ski mass start took Just make your way to the park- Midget Female: Molly Gel- Jones, Alaska. Schimner, Yukon.

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Arctic Winter Games athletes participate in an ear pull competition. John Rusyniak/ulu News

Above: An Arctic Winter Games athlete participates in a high kick competition Monday. John Rusyniak/ulu News

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Arctic Winter Games athletes speedskate Monday. Greg Martin/Ulu News

with Jackson Christie of NWT tak- Arctic SPORTS Speedskating ing second and Michael Ritchie of Winter Continued from U14 Short track got Yukon nabbing the bronze. Games under way with medals in four athletes captured the gold ulu in the Open events. Skaters from the Northwest participate male one-hand reach. Territories dominated the Junior Wrestling in mushing There was some thrilling com- female and male 1,000-meter Alaska won both of its matches on Monday. petition at the Jeff Studdert Race- events, claiming all six ulus. the first day of the team wrestling grounds as the six-dog coed 10-kilo- Lauren Eggenberger won gold in competition, while Alberta North, Ulu News meter interval start race was decid- the Junior female event in 1:45.78, Nunavut and Northwest Territories ed by .2 seconds. followed by Ali Fleming and Hanna went 1-1 and Yukon was 0-2. Alaska’s Andrew Rockcastle Noble Lowing. In the Junior male event, The final day of team competition of Eagle River completed the course Dominique Bennett was the cham- is today at North Pole Middle school. in 20 minutes, 2.0 seconds, while pion in 1:38.5, followed by team- Trevor James Henry of Huslia fin- mates James Thomas and Austin ished in 20:02.2. Brandan Tuckey of Miller. Other sports the Northwest Territories was third The Juvenile female gold ulu went Competition in badminton, bas- in 20:53.2. to Teneea Schogrlemmer of Alber- ketball, curling, ice hockey, indoor In the four-dog coed 7.5K event, ta North, with Asini Wijesoonya of soccer, table tennis and volleyball Alaska’s Nicholas Linton Cole took Nunavut taking silver and Grace are all in qualifying rounds. the top spot in 14:58.3, followed by Clark of NWT earning bronze. For complete results go to www.awg2014. Alaska’s Zada Maruskie in 16:04.9 Carson Kinshella of Alberta North org and click on the complete schedule and NWT’s Taylor Beck in 16:48.3. stuck gold in the Juvenile male race, page under the sports button. Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner U17 ulu news U18 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Tuesday, March 18, 2014 ulu news

ing take to the ice at 8 a.m. at the from Birch Hill on Fort Wain- tive venues. Park include an AWG muse- GAMES Carlson for the short program. wright to the University of Alas- Basketball is at the UAF Pat- um exhibit, a folk art fest and Continued from U3 The free skate will be held on ka Fairbanks Hulbert Nanook ty Center, curling is at the Fair- expo, pin sales and pin trading Wednesday afternoon. Terrain Park. The rail jam is banks Curling Club, hockey is at and museums and train rides. Alpine skiing will hold its first Birch Hill Recreation Area scheduled to start at 11 a.m. the Big Dipper Ice Arena and the There also is a film festival from day of competition at Mr. Auro- continues to be a hot bed of activ- Short track speed skating UAF Patty Center, indoor soccer 2-6:30 p.m., with a showing of ra Skiland north of Fairbanks on ity with competition cross-coun- begins at 3:45 p.m. at the Carl- is at the UAF Student Recreation the movie “Spirit of the Wind” as the Steese Highway. The Junior try skiing and biathlon. son Center with the 500-meter Center and volleyball is at West the grand finale. and Juvenile male and female Cross-country skiers will com- event in all divisions. Valley High School and Randy There’s a cultural lunch per- skiers will mark their first run pete in classic sprints starting Badminton qualifying con- Smith Middle School. formance from noon-2 p.m. at at 11 am., with the second run at 10 a.m. with qualifying and tinues with matches continues the Co-Op Plaza and Bentley scheduled for 2 p.m. heats will start at about 12:30 singles and doubles events for Mall and the exhibit Yamal in Gymnastics gets going with p.m. all divisions. Cultural events on the Children’s Eyes runs from the Junior female team compe- The snowshoe biathlon sprint Team sports — basketball, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Grange tition at 10:45 a.m. at Gymnas- gets under way at 11:30 a.m., fol- curling, ice hockey, indoor soc- today’s schedule Hall in North Pole. tics Inc. on Airport Way. lowed by ski biathlon at 2:30 p.m. cer and volleyball continue with Cultural activities on tap from For more information on today’s Four divisions of figure skat- Snowboarding switches venues qualifying action at their respec- 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pioneer schedule go to www.awg2014.org.

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