Day 2 Recap

Day 2 is in the books here in Whitehorse! It was a busy day with nearly every sport competing. 

One hundred fourteen medals were presented with Alaska in the lead overall with 39 medals. Yukon has 35, Northwest Territories has 12, Alberta North has 10, Greenland has 7, Sapmi has 6, Nunavut has 5, and Nunavik has not yet won a medal. There is plenty of time. Although Alaska is up overall, Yukon has 16 gold medals to Alaska’s 10. Both have 11 silver, and Alaska has earned 18 bronze to Yukon’s 8. Will another team come along to upset our front-runners?

The biggest news for day 2 was probably that of Team Northwest Territories who broke two records. In U15 female 1000-meter skate, Lindsey Stipdonk set a new record with a time of 1:45:72. In the male race, Yuma McEachern broke his brother’s 2024 record with a time of 1:44:85. 

Among those who earned gold in individual events are:

From Alaska: Don Heflin, Arctic Sports Two Foot High Kick U17 male; Eva Driggs, Biathlon Ski 5.0 km Individual U15 female; Lily Poray, Biathlon Ski 7.5km Individual U18 female; June Breeze Poray, Biathlon Snowshoe 3.0km Individual U15 female; Kiley Paige Hayden, Biathlon Snowshoe 5.0km Individual U18 female; Niva Thwing Flagstad, Cross Country Skiing 3.75km Interval Start Freestyle U14 female; Isaac Yager, Cross Country Skiing 3.75km Interval Start Freestyle U14 male; Atlin Leigh Frederick, Cross Country Skiing 5km Interval Start Freestyle U18 male; Mira Quin Posey Snowshoeing 2.5km Middle Distance U15 female; and Sigrid Eller, Snowshoeing 5.0km Middle Distance U19 female.

From Yukon: Kyana Fairfield, Alpine Ski Giant Slalom U14 female; Julian Thomas de Jager Alpine Ski Giant Slalom U14 male; Josephine Kelly de Jager, Alpine Ski Giant Slalom U16 female; Zachary Ball, Alpine Ski Giant Slalom U16 male; Bree Labelle, Arctic Sports Two Foot High Kick U17 female; Emily King, Arctic Sports Triple Jump Open female; Brayden Matthew Posyluzny, Arctic Sports Triple Jump Open male; Bela Elliott Gould, Biathlon Ski 5.0km Individual U15 male; Logan Tirschmann, BIathlon Ski 7.5km Individual U18 male; Sebastian O’Mara, BIathlon Snowshoe 3.0km Individual U15 male; Mason Parry, Biathlon Snowshoe 5.0km Individual U18 male; Léon TM Borlase, Snowboarding Rail Jam U14 male; Danee Marsh, Snowboarding Rail Jam U16 female; Seamus MacDonald, Snowboarding Rail Jam U16 male; and Taiga Atticus Buurman, Snowshoeing 5.0km Middle Distance U18 male.

From Northwest Territories: (Aside from above) Brigid Murphy, Speed Skating 1000m Individual U19 female and Peter Mahon, Speed Skating 1000m Individual U19 male.

From Alberta North: Miah Gillis, Snowboarding Rail Jam U14 female and Kehlan Duncan, Snowshoeing 2.5km Middle Distance U15 male.

From Greenland: Inuuteg Josefsen, Arctic Sports Head Pull Open Male.

From Sapmi: Sanna Vesterheim, Cross Country Skiing 5km Interval Start Freestyle U16 female; Jåvva Mathias Kalstad-Bjørgård, Cross Country Skiing 5km Interval Start Freestyle U16 male; and Siril Vars-Iarsstuen, Cross Country Skiing 5km Interval Start Freestyle U18 female.

Additionally, Team Yukon won gold in Table Tennis Doubles U18 male, and Team Kalaallit Nunaat won Table Tennis Doubles U15 for both male and female.

I can’t wait to see what happens tomorrow in the Games!

Author: Kyla Kahrs

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