ULU NEWS TUESDAY FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/AWG2014 TWITTER: @AWG2014 #AWG2014 MARCH 18, 2014 YOUTUBE CHANNEL: ARCTICWINTERGAMES14 FLICKR: AWG_2014 FREE NORTHERN GAMES “One of the unique things about the Arctic Winter Games is the inclusion of sports unique to the competing teams from the circumpolar north. ...” READ MORE » PAGE 3 Arctic Winter Games athletes race Monday in snowshoes. TROY BOUFFARD/ULU NEWS U2 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Tuesday, March 18, 2014 ULU NEWS 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 Alaska 0 0 0 Speakers » 5 Alberta North 0 0 0 Team profiles» 7 Greenland 0 0 0 Pin trading » 8 NWT 0 0 0 Past athlete profile» 10 Volunteer profile» 11 Nunavik-Quebec 0 0 0 Birch Hill sports » 12 Nunavut 0 0 0 Games roundup » 14 Sapmi 0 0 0 Pins of the day » 15 Yamal 0 0 0 Yukon 0 0 0 Arctic Winter Games schedule: Today, Wednesday Club, Junior Female and Male, 9 SNOWBOARDING—UAF Male, 2:30 p.m. Slopestyle, Junior Female and TODAY a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Hulbert Nanook Terrain Park, Rail BADMINTON—North Pole High Junior Male, 11 a.m.; Juvenile ALPINE SKIING—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 VOLLEYBALL—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 BASKETBALL—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 CURLING—Fairbanks Curling 800M, 11:37 a.m.; Juvenile Male, Open Male, 5:30 p.m. FIGURE SKATING—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 WRESTLING—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—Gymnastics Inc., a.m., Noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Male and Juvenile Female, 0 a.m., TABLE TENNIS—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., ICE HOCKEY—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 BIATHLON 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., INDOOR SOCCER—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 SNOWSHOE— 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—Carlson Center, 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.