Annah Hanthorn and Caelen Mclean posted the fastest times on the 10-kilometre course for the open category at Saturday’s Yukon Cross Country Ski Championships.

The 20-year-old Hanthorn was the fastest female with a time of 39 minutes and four seconds, while the 18-year-old McLean was the fastest male with a time of 35:11.

For their efforts, they were honoured with the Gordon Taylor Trophy.

The Schiffkorn Trophy went to Sasha Masson and Dahlia Lapointe as the fastest male and female on the five-kilometre course for the midget category.

Masson posted a time of 16:00 and Lapointe completed the five kilometres in 18:21.

Special recognition went to Lois Johnston and Dave Brook for their success at national and world masters championships in recent years.

Chief of race Grant Abbott said nobody had ever officially acknowledged a four-metal performance by Johnston at the 2013 world cup in Asiago, Italy where she won two gold, a silver and a bronze.

Johnston also had a four-medal performance at the 2012 Canadian championships, he pointed out.

Abbott said nor was there ever any official recognition for Brook’s bronze performance in the masters category at the 2011 world cup in Vernon, B.C.

The chief of race noted the 10-kilometre time for masters skier Alain Masson, a former cross country Olympian and coach of the Yukon’s cross country ski team, was just 30 seconds behind the fastest course time set by McLean.

“He still has it,” said Abbott.

The Yukon Ski Team will be in Thunder Bay, Ont. later this week for the Haywood Ski Nationals.

Abbott said conditions for the championships were ideal, with “beautifully groomed” trails running fast.

“The little snow we got was just enough to mix in with the icy snow and create really smooth, fast conditions,” he said. “It was perfect.”

Abbott said with 110 skiers signing up for championships hosted by the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club, it was the largest field of competitors in recent memory.

All races were mass starts, and skiers were allowed to use classic or skating techniques. The times are shown in minutes and seconds. Top finishers in each category were:

Open Men - 10 km

John Parry 38:01
Nansen Murray 39:39
Logan Potter 42:29

Junior Male - 10 km.

Caelan McLean 35:10
Marcus Deuling 35:11
Mac Prawdzik 35:26

Masters 1 Men - 10 km.

Simon Lapointe 39:00
Rob McConnell 41:07

Masters 2 Men - 10 km.

Dominic Bradford 40:39
Scott Williams 42:13
Daniel Jirousek 42:42

Masters 3 Men - 10 km.

Alain Masson 35:40.2
Stephen Waterreus 36:57
Dave Brook 39:33

Masters 4 Men - 10 km.

Dermot Flynn 48:18
Jim Hawkings 56:41

Open Women - 10 km.

Annah Hanthorn 39:03
Julie McVicar 42:50
Marit Rjabov 43:51
Masters 2 Women - 10 km.
Lucy Steele-Masson 42:51
Tammy Reis 58:24

Masters 4 Women - 10 km.

Lois Johnston 47:59

Atom Boys - 1 km.

Nicolas Giangrande 04:11
Logan Tirschmann 05:07
Finn Bradford 05:36

Atom Girls - 1 km.

Cheyenne Tirschmann 04:09
Adney Karais 05:30
Minty Bradford 05:54

Junior Boys - 5 km.

Simon Cash 14:31

Juvenile Boys - 5 km.

Michael Kishchuk 15:23
Liam Mather 16:24

Midget Boys - 5 km.

Nichollis Schmidt 18:39.2 +0.0
Jude Slater 23:27.1 +4:47.9

Pee-Wee Boys 5 - 5 km.

Sasha Masson 16:00.3
Derek Deuling 16:00.8
Victor-Emile Thibeault 17:15

Junior Girls - 5 km.

Nadia Moser 15:08
Natalie Hynes 15:12
Zoe Painter 16:52

Juvenile Girls - 5 km.

Hannah Deuling 15:42
Regan Fuerstner 16:11
Hannah Jirousek 16:12

Midget Girls - 5 km.

Dahlia Lapointe 18:21
Sonjaa Schmidt 18:36
Mary Londero 20:45

Pee-Wee Boys - 2.5 km.

Sam Mather 08:36
Sullivan Bond 09:30
Felix Masson 09:56

Pee-Wee Girls - 2.5 km.

Kate Mason 09:54.8
Maude Molgat 09:55
Constance Lapointe 10:18