Photo album: Rollerskiers shine at The Maine Event

Colin Rodgers, left, sharpens ski pole tips for members of the Green Mountain Valley School Nordic ski team. Rodgers is the head Nordic coach at the school in Waitsfield, Vermont. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Competitors in The Maine Event on Sunday in New Gloucester used rollerskis supplied by the New England Nordic Ski Association, so they left theirs on the side of the course. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Competitors gather prior to the start of The Maine Event Sunday at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Fifty-five students and 10 coaches competed in the cross country rollerski race. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Jack Young powers his way to a first-place finish Sunday during The Maine Event men’s division at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. The member of the Colby College Nordic ski team is from Jay, Vermont. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ben Condit, right, of Auburn asks Colin Rodgers for advice Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Condit, 16, is a member of the Edward Little High School Nordic ski team in Auburn and races for the Quarry Road Ski Club in Waterville. Rodgers is the head Nordic coach for the Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield, Vermont. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Nyla Scott of Greenwood competes Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Scott attended Telstar High School in Bethel her freshman year and is a sophomore at Gould Academy in Bethel. Scott placed third in the girls junior division. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Nyla Scott, right, of Greenwood steps up to the podium Sunday following her third-place finish in The Maine Event girls junior division at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Scott attended Telstar High School in Bethel her freshman year and is a sophomore at Gould Academy in Bethel. Elsa Granholm, left, of the Holderness Nordic ski team placed first. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Jack Young, left, gets a fist bump from his Colby College teammate, Devin Wong, after Young won The Maine Event men’s final Sunday at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Young is from Jay, Vermont. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Competitors all used identical rollerskis, right, during The Maine Event Sunday at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Justin Beckwith repairs a set of rollers Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Beckwith is the competitive program director for the New England Nordic Ski Association. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Agnes Macy competes Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Macy is a member of the Bowdoin College Nordic ski team. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Fred Bailey competes during the The Maine Event coaches’ race Sunday at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. The 2003 graduate of Telstar High School in Bethel skied for Colby College and the Maine Winter Sports Center. He is a technical delegate coordinator for the New England Nordic Ski Association. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Eli Shifrin of Bethel clears the Allagash Drop on Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. The member of the Gould Academy Nordic ski team was the third fastest competitor in the junior boys category Sunday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bullitt Timing timed Sunday’s rollerski races at Pineland Farm’s in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Colby College Nordic ski coach Tracey Cote talks with her son, Caden Cote, Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Caden Cote is a senior at Messalonskee High School and qualified for the U-16 Junior Nationals in 2020. He skis for the Quarry Road Ski Club in Waterville. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Holderness Nordic ski coach Pat Casey takes Elsa Granholm’s coat Sunday near the start line of The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Granholm was the fastest competitor during the junior girls race Sunday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Renae Anderson had the fastest women’s time Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. The member of the Bowdoin College Nordic ski team is from Golden Valley, Minnesota. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Victor Sparks competes Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Sparks is a member of the Colby College Nordic ski team. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Justin Fereshetian of Sumner competes Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. The Nordic ski coach for the Quarry Road Ski Club grew up in Turner and graduated from Leavitt Area High School. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Classic rollerskis inside the Green Mountain Valley School’s wax trailer were not used Sunday at The Maine Event, a freestyle rollerski competition at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Annie Hanna of Lebanon, New Hampshire, waits to start her race Sunday during The Maine Event at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. The eighth-grader at Lebanon Middle School placed second in the junior girls division. Colin Rodgers, right, lets Hanna know when to go. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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