Photo by Marcel Vander Wier
MADE IT HAPPEN – Yukoner Robyn Poulter is successful in her second attempt at the two foot high kick event Tuesday morning at the Arctic Winter Games. This kick was measured at 56 inches (142 cm). Poulter, 15, won the Yukonʼs first gold ulu of the Games yesterday with a kneel jump measured at 40.5 inches (102 cm).
The Yukon won its first ulus of the 2014 Arctic Winter Games Monday, thanks in large part to the snowshoe and snowboard contingent.
FAIRBANKS – The Yukon won its first ulus of the 2014 Arctic Winter Games Monday, thanks in large part to the snowshoe and snowboard contingent.
At press time, the territoryʼs medal count is at 13, good for fourth overall.
The host Alaskans lead the way with 31 medals, including 12 gold ulus.
Junior female athlete Robyn Poulter grabbed the Yukonʼs first gold ulu of the Games in the kneel jump – an Arctic Sports event.
Poulterʼs medal-winning jump measured in at 40.5 inches (102 cm).
Other Yukoners who struck gold Monday included junior male Kieran Halliday, who won the five-km snowshoe, and junior female Nadia Moser in the 7.5-km biathlon ski event.
Silver ulu winners included juvenile male Daniel Sennett in the 2.5-km biathlon snowshoe, junior male Adam Waddington in the snowboard slalom, and juvenile male Esa Suominen, also in the snowboard slalom.
The Yukon snapped up seven bronze ulus thanks to strong performances by cross-country skier Hannah Jirousek (five-km interval race), speedskater Michael Ritchie (777-m race), Reanna Newsome and Tim Schirmer (snowboard slalom), and snowshoers Ava Cairns-Locke (2.5-km), Darby McIntyre (2.5-km) and Sara Burke-Forsyth (5-km).
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