Brainerd Invite (Mt Itasca) Coverage

The Brainerd Dispatch coverage of the meet includes a quote from the Brainerd coach describing the snow conditions as "skiing on mashed potatoes".  Despite the squishy snow, we saw some great performances from our skiers, Jr High up to Varsity.

Brainerd Dispatch meet coverage

SkinnySki results

Photos from the meet

Video from Riverside Park - Dec 11, 2014

Michael Carll wore a GoPro on his helmet at the Apollo Invitational.  Click HERE if you'd like to see the varsity race from the skiers' perspective!

Brainerd Invite (@ Mt. Itasca) - Dec 23, 2014

*The bus will be leaving the High School at 6:30 a.m.

Start Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location:   CHANGED TO Mt. Itasca Winter Sports Center

    200 Mt. Itasca Drive Coleraine, MN

Format: Varsity – Continuous Pursuit

2 laps skate + 2 laps classic

Wave start- up to 10 skiers/wave.

Max 10 skiers per school

               Jr.Varsity – 2 laps skate 

2 skiers/15 seconds

               Jr.High – 2 laps skate (shortened laps)

2 skiers/15 seconds

Schedule: 10:00 – Coaches meeting

               10:30 – Varsity Girls continuous pursuit

               11:15 – Varsity Boys continuous pursuit

               12:00 – Junior Varsity Girls freestyle

               12:30 – Junior Varsity Boys freestyle

               1:00 – Junior High Girls freestyle

               1:30 – Junior High Boys freestyle

               2:00 – Awards

*Times may vary depending on entry numbers

Scoring: Top 4 times will score for the team place

Awards: 1st-10th medals for individual varsity

               1st-10th ribbons for JV and JH

Grand Rapids / Mt. Itasca Invite - Results & Photos

The boys took 6th place and the girls took 7th, among the 14 teams at Mt. Itasca on Thursday.  Full results are linked HERE.

The photosets below are compliments of Jay Richards.

Varsity Girls
Varsity Boys

Brainerd Dispatch coverage of Thursday's invitational is HERE.

Grand Rapids Invite - December 18th

This race is different in that it has limited entries so not all skiers will be attending.  High School athletes and a few Middle School athletes have been registered.  Middle School students who are registered were talked with individually, so if your skier is in Middle School and the coaches haven't specifically told them that they are skiing, they won't be going to this race.

The bus will be leaving the High School at 7:30 a.m.

*MAP to Mt. Itasca*

2014 Grand Rapids Invite
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
Mt. Itasca, Coleraine

Technique:  Freestyle

Distances:   Varsity Boys/Girls  -  5.5k
                     JV Boys/Girls  -  5.5k
                      JH Boys/Girls  -  3.2k

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

I don't have any information about whether or not food will be available for purchase at Mt Itasca.