States Classic

Thanks to everybody who made the long drive up north and brought delicious goodies for us to eat and re-energize. Thanks for cheering. Thanks to Matt for some incredible waxing and Mia for helping get everyone organized and warmed up. We're looking forward to Thursday and some more great racing. 

 Here are some pictures from the classic day of the state meet.
 Mac and Adddison in the tag zone. Britta passing off to Emma in 2nd place.

Haley and Lydia trading for the final leg of the girls relay. 

 Haley waiting for the tag.  Mac waiting for his tag as the snow picked up again.

Mac and will tagging in one of the various snowstorms of the day. They were hard to predict, but everyone kept their composure really well and overcame the adverse conditions.

So, here's some quick numbers from the meet. Will was 12th overall in the state, 5th in the DII. Finished 18th in DII. Austin had a great ski and did a great job of leading out the relay team, 26th DII. Addison had a great comeback from mono, skiing to 30th DII. Kelsey, Stephen and Yib were 33rd, 36th, and 39th. The Guy's team was 4th in the relay and as a team is currently sitting 4th in DII, within striking distance of a podium. 

 Britta Was 8th overall with a podium 3rd in DII. Alia skied to 20th oveall, placing her 7th in DII (though you wouldn't have known that if you were at the awards ceremony, they'll be sending her her medal). Lydia was 28th over all and 10th in DII. Haley, Emma and Hannah were 15th, 16th, and 22nd in DII. Also a huge congratulations to Sophie, Nathalie and Kate who skied in the first state meet of their High School careers. They were 42nd, 44th and 46th in DII. Ladies relay team finished 5th overall, 2nd in the DII and is sitting in 2nd for the DII team score. 

States Team

Boys:                                                         Girls:
Will Earle                                                 Britta Clark
Mac Groves                                              Lydia Allen
Stephen Peters-Collaer                          Emma Ryan
Kelsey McGlashan                                 Haley Olson
Austin Kincaid                                        Hannah Kraus
Yib Lacey                                                Kate Dapalito
Addison Tate                                           Nathalie Ingersol
Adam Peterson                                        Sophie Ryan

TT Results from today and yesterday

Here

BKL Helpers

Hi Everbody,


We've volunteered as a team to help out with the big Bill Koch League Festival happening next weekend up at Rikert. This is a mandatory part of practice the week of break and will also be a lot of fun (maybe I should of put those in the reverse order). Here's what we need.


1) Saturday (Feb 26) and Sunday (Feb 27), Food Tent – need 4 volunteers, 2 each day from 11am-2pm.

   1. (Sat 11-2)

   2. (Sat 11-2)

   3. (Sun 11-2)

   4. (Sun 11-2)

2)  Saturday and Sunday, Bear Den Trail (little kids exploratory trail) – need 10 volunteers to help monitor and extract little kids from the snow.  Saturday, 6 to cover 2 per each per shift 8:30-11am, 11am-1:30pm, and 1:30-4pm. Sunday, 4 vols. To cover 2 per each per shift 8:30-11am and 11am-1:30pm.

  1. (Sat 8:30-11)                                         6. (Sat 1:30-4)

  2. (Sat 8:30-11)                                         6. (Sun 8:30-11)

  3. (Sat 11-1:30)    Zoe Parsons               6. (Sun 8:30-11)

  4. (Sat 11-1:30)    Hannah Kraus           6. (Sat 11-1:30)

  5. (Sat 1:30-4)                                           6. (Sat 11-1:30)

3) Saturday night banquet at MUHS – need 4 volunteers from 4:30-7pm to help with busing, cleaning up, and the silent auction.

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  4.

So looks like we could really use 18 volunteers – though it’s likely that people can cover multiple shifts, etc.

If you don't see a name in a slot, that means we still need help. I'll be sending out an email, please respond to me if with your availability. 

Anders

Emma making a big move up the hill through the stadium. 

Britta on her way to 9th place. 

Kelsey making his way out on the second loop. Kelsey had a really strong skate race. 

 Mac with some forward body lean. Mac was the 16th J2 qualifier. Solid races.

Will looking really strong out of the start. Will skied a really great skate race saying really quick through both laps. He managed to keep it fresh through two races. 

Eastern High School Qualifiers

Sunday was a long day of races at Craftsbury. It was great that people got there Saturday to preview the course and get some pre-race skiing in. Everyone showed up excited and ready to go, racing both a morning classic race and an afternoon skate.

We had some really great skiing yesterday with a decent sized crew. Some exciting results and some really good efforts across the board. Highlights include, Britta finishing 11th overall, Lydia in 18th, Alia finishing 22nd in the classic and 16th in the skate, Haley and Emma both with solid races.
On the guys side, Will had some great races, especially skiing strongly in the second race of the day, Mac finished 16th for the J2's and will be heading off on that trip. Kelsey also had a great skate race, finishing just behind Mac.

Here's a link to the results. http://www.craftsbury.com/skiing/nordic_center/news/2011J2sVTQual_110213.htm you'll be excited to see that two of our skiers made it up in photos on the website. Cool. I'll try to get some posted this evening after practice.

Friday Time Trial Results will be up momentarily. Click Me

Also, I'll be looking forward to hearing how the citizen's race went for those who stuck around. Sounded like the waxing was easy and the event was fun as usual.

MT Top Results

https://spreadsheets2.google.com/ccc?hl=en&key=tOmL6DLlkPS8kVO9aSv19nQ&hl=en#gid=2

Here you go, great work yesterday. It was tough snow, slow conditions, and lots of uphill. It was a great look at the states course and a preview of 3k racing for this weekends Eastern Qualifiers. Its a hard race from start to finish, all out from the moment they say go.