Chugiak's Kinsey Loan and Service's Silas Talbot won the Skimeister awards and the Service boys and South girls took the team titles Saturday at the Cook Inlet Conference cross country skiing championships at Kincaid Park.
Story tools
Talbot, the winner of Friday's individual classic race, skied the anchor leg for Service's winning relay team Saturday. His was one of several strong individual performances that gave Service a sizeable team lead after the first day of competition, but the Cougars left nothing to chance on Saturday.
Talbot teamed with Jani Lane, Peter Mamrol and Kyle Barnhart to win the 4x5 1/2-kilometer freestyle relay in 57 minutes, 56.5 seconds, beating South by 17.4 seconds.
South claimed victory in the girls 4x4-K relay, with the team of Teagan Yutrzenka, Tristan Ramey, Stephanie Kirk and Karina Packer blowing past Service. They won in 50:08.3, beating Service by 27 seconds, to easily take home the overall team championship.
Loan, who won Friday's race, helped Chugiak to a third-place finish in the relay. Skimeister titles go to the boy and girl with the fastest combined times from the individual race and relay.
