Bushell Bark’s Kaycee Nord saved one of her best performances for last at the Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island.
Nord and partner Drayton Lonsberry put together a time of one hour, 20 minutes and 42.7 seconds to finish 15th overall in the single mixed relay at the Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park in Brookvale, P.E.I.
The race was the final outing of the Games for Nord who earlier in the week posted a pair of top-30 finishes during the individual races.
Nord opened the week with a 28th-place finish in the six-kilometre sprint on Monday, Feb. 20 before crossing the line in 29th place in the 7.5 km sprint on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Nord -- who has competed in the skiing-and-shooting sport for the past eight years and saw action in the 2018 Sask Winter Games -- put down a time of 24:59.6 in her opening race and folllowed with a time of 43:32.1 in her second showing.
Prudhomme’s Rhiann Arnold had a stellar performance in the six- km sprint, finishing in 19:16.3 to earn a bronze medal for Team Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan headed into the changeover on Sunday in fifth place in the medal count with three gold, six silver and six bronze for 15 medals.
Moose Jaw athletes are in action in earnest in week two of the Games, with Avery Gibney and Paxton Nelson competing in judo, Eric Swalm and Rowan Gray in figure skating and Brooklyn Nimegeers in female hockey.
You can check out all the results from the 2023 Canada Winter Games at www.2023canadagames.ca.
