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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Mora Meet Info: January 7th

DATE:  Tuesday January 7, 2014
LOCATION: Vasaloppet Nordic Ski Center, Mora
               
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: Apollo/Sauk Rapids, Brainerd, Coon Rapids, Cathedral/Sartell, Little Falls, Mora, Tech, St Johns Prep, Willmar
                                               
RACES:        5.5km Classic – Varsity / Junior Varsity - Mass Start
                   3km Skate – Junior High (7th-9th) – Mass Start

SCHEDULE:    2:15 Coaches Meeting
  2:30 Boy’s JV Classic - Mass Start (5.5K)
  2:55 Girl’s JV Classic - Mass Start (5.5K)
  3:15 Girl’s Varsity Classic - Mass Start (5.5K)
                     3:30 Boy’s Varsity Classic - Mass Start (5.5K)
  4:00 Jr High Boy’s 7-9th Skate - Mass Start (3K)
  4:05 Jr High Girl’s 7-9th Skate - Mass Start (3K)
                     4:45 Awards

SCORING:    Varsity/JV – team score will be total points of top 4 finishers (First place = 1 point, second place = 2 points etc.) "lowest score wins” as in cross country running

TIMING:       All races will be timed with skiers wearing bibs. 

AWARDS:    Varsity team Awards (Boys and Girls top team)
                    Varsity/JV individual Top 6 (Boys & Girls)
                    Jr. High individual -Top 6 (Boys & Girls)
                   
PARKING:    Bus parking will be available at the Nordic Center parking lot. (MAP)
*Don’t walk on ski trail.
*Label your skis and equipment

Alexandria Meet Details: January 4th

ALEXANDRIA INVITE 2014

Where: Andes Tower Hills
When: Saturday, January 4th
Who: You!

Varsity: 5K Classic – Wave start. 1 team member per wave. No more than 7 entries per team.

Junior Varsity: 5K Classic – Wave start. Waves will be organized dependent on team entries.

Junior High: 3K Classic – Wave start.

Awards: 1st place varsity finishers get a medal, 2-9 place finishes with a colored ribbon. JV and JH racers finishing in top 10 will get ribbons.  Winning varsity teams will get a special trophy.

Parking: Andes has a large parking lot that should accommodate all busses/spectators.  (MAP)

EVENT
TIME
Bib pick-up
Between arrival and 10:20AM
Coaches Meeting
Shortly after 10AM in chalet.
Boys Varsity
10:30AM
Boys JV
11:00AM
Girls Varsity
11:30AM
Girls JV
12:00PM
Boys Junior High
12:15PM
Girls Junior High
12:35PM
Awards
Approx. 1:20PM


Saturday, December 28, 2013

Brainerd Invitational Results

Results are posted on SkinnySki for yesterday's invitational as well.  They even did a pretty good job of spelling our kids' names correctly this time!  :)

SKINNYSKI RESULTS


Brainerd Dispatch Coverage of Dec. 27 Invitational

Separate articles for the boys and the girls in today's Brainerd Dispatch.  Way to go Flyers!!

Girls Nordic Skiing: Hauer, Flyers dominate the Arb

Boys Nordic Skiing: Flyers flock to win 

Friday, December 27, 2013

Brainerd Invitational Photos

There are photos from all of the different races and hopefully most of the kids but since starts and finishes overlapped, I may have missed some.  Apologies for that...hopefully you'll be able to find your skier in at least one shot.  CLICK HERE for photo album.

Friday, December 20, 2013

Photos from Maplelag (Dec 19/Det Lakes)

There's a GREAT photo album from yesterday's meet on the Maplelag Facebook page.  You should be able to view the album publicly, even if you don't use Facebook.  CLICK HERE for the photo album (varsity and JV).

Brainerd Invitational: December 27th

Start Time:   10:00 a.m.

Location:   Northland Arboretum (MAP)

Format:    Varsity - Continuous Pursuit 
                           3K/3K Mass start
                   JV – 5K skate
                   JH – 3K wave start
Schedule:   9:30 – Coaches meeting
                   10:00 – Varsity Boys
                   11:00 – Varsity Girls
                   12:00 – Junior Varsity Boys
                   12:30 – Junior Varsity Girls
                   1:00 – Junior High Boys
                   1:30 – Junior High Girls
                   2:15 – Awards
***Times may vary depending on entry numbers

Scoring:     Top 4 will score for the team place
Awards:     1st – 10th medals for individual varsity
                   1st – 10th ribbons for JV and JH

Brainerd Dispatch Article

There's a nice article in the Dispatch about yesterday's Detroit Lakes races.  CLICK HERE.

DL Results and Practice Schedule

Race results are up on Skinnyski.com for yesterday's Detroit Lakes 10K Continuous Pursuit.

Kids will be practicing during the break.  Schedule follows:

Saturday the 21st at 1:00 for Varsity, JV, and those who want to be great (including 6th and 7th graders).
Monday the 23rd at 2:00. 
Thursday the 26th at 2:00 (and waxing).  
Race at Brainerd on Friday the 27th 
Monday the 30th at 2:00.  
Skiers are very (very) strongly encouraged  to practice on your own on some of those other days.  

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Apparel Order

The Spectrum clothing order will be ready tomorrow (Thursday).  Andrea will be at school from 5:30 to 6:00 to distribute items to the skiers.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

NEW Nordic Blog and Twitter

Check back here for upcoming meet details and other info.
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