Ellen Haas and Zack Sprott - Scribner lead the Bobcats at Dewey Mountain's Adirondack Snowshoe Fest 5 & 10K

2022 Striders ~ Results

Adirondack Snowshoe Festival 5K & 10K Snowshoe Races

Dewey Mountain Recreation Center

Saranac Lake, NY  12983

Held: 26 February 2022

Race Summary:  Eight members of the Paul Smith's College Snowshoe Team headed to the Dewey Mountain Recreation Center in Saranac Lake on Saturday February 26th to take part in the first day of the Adirondack Snowshoe Festival 5 and 10K snowshoe races.  The organizers of the 2017 World Snowshoe Championships collaborated to create the Adirondack Snowshoe Festival to maintain some of the excitement that can be created around snowshoeing, with a broad range of activities and events on an annual basis. 

Zack Sprott – Scribner and Sam Finger worked to try and keep eventual 10K winner, Matt Medeiros in view as this trio paced the field through the initial 5K.  Medeiros was not about to slow down, and won the event in 49:55.  Although the two PSC Collegiate Snowshoe All Americans (2020) are solid 10K runners, they are not yet at the same caliber of Medeiros who is annually one of the top snowshoe runners in the nation. 

Jeremy Evans (Saranac Lake, NY) won the men's 5K in 29:27.  Alex Cameron from Paul Smith's placed second in 30:05, followed closely by teammate Nathan Shader in 30:22.  This was a true breakthrough race for Shader, as he established a solid 5K PR.  Matt Leichty finished the 5K in 44:22 to place 5^th overall for the men. 

Ellen Haas continues to blaze her way through the 5K distance, with a 4^th consecutive win, and celebrated her 19^th birthday with the victory in 34:54.  Samantha Severing placed second in 40:25, followed by teammate Haven Bradt in 44:06.  The nine inches of fluffy snow made for softer conditions, which slowed the runners down somewhat from the times they have run the past couple races over the same distance.