David Zylberberg of XCOttawa won the 7th Annual Brent Wilson Memorial Nordic Invitational on Saturday January 4, 2002 in Sudbury. Brent Wilson was a high school teamate of David's at Lockerby Composite School who died of an embolism during a full team run in November 1996. Zylberberg, fresh off his second-place at Canada Games Trials, attacked early and could only be followed by his former high school teamate Rob Bewick. At 6 km Zylberberg dropped Bewick and went on to win the 10km skate race by 9 seconds, 2:28 up on 3rd place Brendan Waddell and 2:30 on Rob Rice. Waddell was victorious in the high school race over Tyler Punkinnen and Joel Zylberberg. Matt Smider won the younger high school race in a sprint finish over Matt Little.
In the women's race Helen Dyke of Laurentian University beat Susie Wiseman by 12 seconds and Kattie Farrell beat Linnea Kershaw and Melissa Bota in a close finish.
Results
Men
- 1. David Zylberberg XC OTTAWA 21:11
- 2. Rob Bewick Laurentian 21:20
- 3. Brendan Waddell Lo-Ellen Park Secondary 23:38
- 4. Rob Rice 23:40
- 5. Ulf Kleppe Onaping Falls Nordic 24:57
- 6. Tyler Punkkinen Lockerby COmposite School 25:47
- 7. Joel Zylberberg Lockerby Composite School 26:26
Women
- 1. Helen Dyke Laurentian 28:10
- 2. Susie Wiseman Laurentian 28:22
Young Women
- 1. Katie Farell Lockerby COmposite School 13:37
- 2. Linnaea Kershaw Lockerby COmposite School 13:41
- 3. Melissa Bota Lo-Ellen Park Secondary 13:42
Young Men
- 1. Matt Smider Lo-Ellen Park Secondary 14:24
- 2. Matti Little Lockerby COmposite School 14:25
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