The 29th running of the Don Sumanik Memorial Race Series took place over the past two weekends.

The free-style race took place on Nov. 27, and the classic race on Dec 4. Both races were held in unseasonably warm temperatures, much to the skiers' delight.

And with plenty of fresh snow underfoot.

The grooming, timing and organizational volunteers outdid themselves once again and put on a great race.

Thirty-two skiers came out for the free-style race and 82 for the classic race.

For the classic race held this last weekend, Trevor Bray (15) and Adrienne Hynes (15) posted the fastest juvenile category times on a 7.5-kilometre course, while Caelan McLean (13) and Natalie Hynes (12) in the midget categories aced the 3.75 km course to demonstrate that they are up-and-coming athletes.

The Don Sumanik trophies are awarded each year to the male and female skiers with the fastest overall time for the free-style and classic races.

This year, Elsie Sumanik presented the trophies to Dahria Beatty and Fabian Brook. These young athletes also each took home $50 cash prizes.

The chief of race, Erik Blake, would like to thank all the volunteers whose efforts made the races possible, and of course the skiers who took part.

Classic results are as follows:

Pee-wee boys 2 kilometre

1. Ian Hogeboom 8:25.4

2. Elias Sagar 9:23.4

3. Simon Cash 9:32.9

Pee-wee girls 2 km

1. Hannah Shier 9:23.0

2. Maggie Brook 9:45.6

3. Hannah Deuling 10:20.4

Atom boys 1 km

1. Ben Puskas 5:52.2

2. Derek Deuling 5:56.0

3. Sasha Masson 6:03.1

Atom girls 1 km

1. Dahlia Lapointe 6:27.3

2. Peyton Twardochelb 6:54.1

3. Dylan Massie 7:45.9

Open male 7.5 km

1. Marcus Waterreus 28:28.6

2. Karl Blattmann 30:52.6

3. Bill Parry 31:53.7

Open female 7.5 km

1. Lois Johnston 38:23.7

(One racer)

Junior boys 7.5 km

1. Fabian Brook 26:58.0

2. Izak Baril-Blouin 29:19.7

3. Reid Seal 32:49.8

Junior girls 7.5 km

1. Dahria Beatty 28:52.8

2. Katie Peters 30:43.7

3. Kendra Murray 30:54.4

Juvenile boys 7.5 km

1. Trevor Bray 29:57.0

Juvenile girls 7.5 km

1. Adrienne Hynes 35:11.0

2. Morgan Paul 36:44.0

3. Hahanni Sagar 38:40.0

Midget boys 3.75 km

1. Caelan McLean 16:08.2

2. Marcus Deuling 17:26.0

3. Mac Prawkzik 19:24.6

Midget girls 3.75 km

1. Natalie Hynes 18:14.8

2. Cambria Fuerstner 19:16.6

3. Eliza Paul 19:37.4