Looking Ahead: Mora Invite / Jan 5, 2016

Date: January 5, 2016
Location: Vasaloppet Nordic Center (MAP)
                   400 N 9th St, Mora, MN 55051

Race Schedule: ALL RACES FREESTYLE

4:00 Fast Tracker (younger than 7th grade) Race (~1k)
4:15 JH Boys with JH girls starting 5 minutes after (2.5k)
4:45 JV Boys - Mass Start (5k)
5:30 JV Girls - Mass Start (5k)
6:15 Citizen Race**- Mass Start (5k)
6:45 Varsity Boys Wave Start (5k)
7:15 Varsity Girls- Wave Start (5k)

**Citizen Race $10 Payable to: Mora Ski Club

Race Course

Awards:

Cookies will be given to the top 10 finishers in the Varsity, JV, Junior High, Citizen, and Fast-tracker race. An Awards Ceremony will follow the Varsity Girls finish behind the Nordic Center

Spectators:

The Mora Ski Club is hoping with the later race schedule, more spectators will be able to make the trip to watch the skiers.  Because of the fees to rent the light tower, they are going to have donation boxes out for spectators.

Amenities:

The Nordic Center will be reserved for Coaches, Citizen Racers, and Timing.  The garage building (across from the Nordic Center) will be used as a team “camp” area. 

Alexandria Invite - Jan 2, 2016

The bus will leave the high school at 7:30 a.m. this Saturday for Andes Tower Hills.  This will be different than our last trip to Andes because we'll actually be on Nordic trails instead of downhill runs!!  Waxing will be after practice today.

Meet Details:

Varsity: Continuous pursuit – Mass start.  Distance TBD. Aiming for 8-10K. Skiers must change one item at the exchange (poles or skis)

Junior Varsity: 5K Skate – Mass start

Junior High: 3K Skate – Mass 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.

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

Andes also typically has hot concessions (burgers, cocoa, etc.) available.

EVENT	TIME
Coaches Meeting	Shortly after 10am in chalet.
Boys Pursuit	10:30AM
Girls Pursuit	11:15 AM
Boys JV	11:45AM
Girls JV	12:15PM
Boys Junior High	12:45PM
Girls Junior High	1:15PM
Awards	Approx. 2:00PM

Mt Itasca Photos, Results, etc

It was a great day at Mt. Itasca, with 16 teams and the nicest snow we've seen all season!  The girls placed 3rd and the boys placed 7th, with Hunter Zupko taking 1st place out of 100+ varsity boys!!  Big congrats to all of the kids on a great meet.

SkinnySki has their high school rankings updated for the first time since the pre-season.  Hunter is holding the 9th spot (and beat #5 and #10 at Mt Itasca).  Click HERE to see the individual and team rankings.

Brainerd Dispatch's meet coverage

Photo Album I

Photo Album II 

SkinnySki Results (Varsity, JV & JH)

Mt Itasca Meet - Tues, Dec. 22

We'll be going to Mt Itasca in Coleraine next Tuesday and right now are planning on taking everyone (knowing that MOLMS students have a program and there may be a few others who just can't be there).  We will be leaving the High School at 7:30 in the morning and there will be no pick-up at MOL or the Middle School.  Should be back around 5:30 or so.  There will be no rookie race but the Jr. High course will be set up with rookies in mind (no big hills).

In the past, there's been concessions available but no guarantees, so kids should pack plenty to eat and drink.  It takes a little over 2 hours to get there.  HERE is a map link.

Technique:  Freestyle
Distances:   Varsity Boys/Girls , JV Boys/Girls– 5k freestyle
                      JH Boys/Girls – 2.5k freestyle
Schedule:              
10:30 - Coaches meeting
11:00 - Girls Varsity
11:30 - Boys Varsity
12:00 - Girls JV
12:30 - Boys JV
1:00   - Girls JH
1:30   - Boys JH
(These times are estimates and will depend upon the duration of the preceding races.)

Awards will be given to the top 10 in Varsity, JV, and Jr. High

Andes Meet Results and Photos

Still waiting for official race results to be posted on SkinnySki, but Flyer and Brainerd results are in the newspaper.  Great skiing on a tough course!

Brainerd Dispatch Article

Photo Album

Results for JV and Varsity >> HERE

Dec 15 Meet at Andes

The kids schedule for tomorrow is below:

Bus:
Leaves MOL at 9:30/Get out at 9:15
Leaves the Middle School at 9:45/Get out at 9:30
Leaves the High School at 10:00/Get out at 9:45

12:00 - Coaches Meeting
12:30 - Girls Rookie Race (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
12:45 - Boys Rookie Race (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
1:00 - Girls Junior High (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
1:20 - Boys Junior High (ribbons to be handed out at the end)
1:40 - Girls JV - (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
2:05 - Boys JV - (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
2:30 - Girls Varsity (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
3:00 - Boys Varsity (2-3 waves 30 seconds apart)
3:45 (approx.) - Awards

It's about a 90 minute drive to Andes and a map is linked HERE.

Team & Individual Pictures - Dec. 14/16

Ski pictures will be taken next week by Christina Johnson Photography.  The plan is to start with Varsity and JV on Monday and finish the rest of the group Wednesday.  It's probably a good plan for all of the kids to have their entire uniform at school on Monday - just in case.

Order forms were distributed on Friday but if your skier wasn't at practice or the form didn't make it home, you can print one below.  All orders must be paid on picture day.

Click HERE to download an order form.

Cathedral/Sartell Invitational @Powder Ridge

Conditions weren't great at Powder Ridge today, but we're short on options for snow and everyone made the best of it.  Junior High raced first, followed by combined Varsity/JV events and the Rookie Race wrapped it up.  Congrats to the varsity girls on a first place finish and six skiers in the top 15, led by Amelia Kresha. Varsity boys finished fourth, led by Hunter Zupko.  SkinnySki results are a little slim this time, but you can see the varsity points and the top 15 varsity finishers for both boys and girls.

SkinnySki Results

Photo Album

The Brainerd Dispatch article is posted but the results don't match SkinnySki.  I think there were some scoring discrepancies at the meet...we'll go with SkinnySki.  :)

Meets for the Week of Dec. 7

Last Friday your skiers found out that the meet on Thursday was moved to Tuesday and the location was changed to Powder Ridge in Kimball.  There's been another slight change in plans this morning.  We're now planning on taking 50 students down to Powder Ridge tomorrow (instead of the 35 we had originally planned for) and this will include some of the rookies.  This is the capacity of the bus, and since Joe isn't able to go, there will be no minibus.  

Bus Pick-up Schedule:

• MOLMS at 10:00 
• Middle School at 10:15
• High School will leave at 10:30

These are all leaving times so be ready to go. 

Next....our meet scheduled for Bemidji this Saturday has been officially cancelled due to snow conditions.  If anything comes up in its place we will let you know.  

Practice tonight will be running and rollerskiing.  We will be waxing tonight and also will have a meal.  If a skier isn't racing tomorrow they can still work on prepping their skis and learn how it is done (and eat some great food)!