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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Regional Junior High Championship Nordic Ski Race

Date Change: Thursday, January 29, 2015
Venue Change: Mt. Ski Gull, Brainerd, MN

Race Format:  Individual races for (non-varsity) boys and girls 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grades in freestyle skiing.  Participants in the Junior High meet can not be on the Section team.

Starting Format:  Girl and boy ski races will be interval starts of 2 skiers per 30 seconds.  At the conclusion of the freestyle race, a freestyle relay race made of 4 skiers of the same team will occur.  Each skier will ski ½ of the 1.5 km loop (placement of 2 skiers at the halfway mark).  (This is a new format trial and may have some changes.)  They will try to have one relay school team, per wave, with the intent of having most skiers participating.  Edible prizes will be awarded to the winning relay team of each relay race.
Distance:  2 laps of 1.5 km for freestyle skiing.

Schedule of Events: 11:30 am   Coaches Meeting
                                        11:45 am   Girls Freestyle Ski
                                       12:45 pm   Boys Freestyle Ski
                                        2:00 pm   Girls Relay & Boys obstacle
                                                               course on skis
                                        2:45 pm   Boys Relay & Girls obstacle
                                                               course on skis
                                        3:30 pm   Skiers can choose one event
                                                                Double Pole Challenge
                                                                Glide Contest
                                                                3-Legged Race on Skis
                                        4:00 pm   Awards

Awards:  Ribbons for places one through eight in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th grades, girls and boys. Edible prizes for relays, obstacle course, double pole, glide and three-legged ski.

Location of Trails: Mt. Ski Gull is located at 9898 County Road 77 Southwest, Nisswa, MN 56468. From Little Falls, take 371 north through Baxter.  Go west by taking a left at Dondelinger’s Car Dealership.

The Mt. Ski Gull building may be used for warming and bathrooms, however skis and waxing equipment should not be brought into the the building.  Concessions will be available. Please encourage polite etiquette with your skiers to enable use the facility in the future.

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