Mt Itasca Meet Photos, Etc

Here's some photos and a link to the Bemidji newspaper's coverage. Thanks Ellie for adding photos of the awards!

Photo Link
Bemidji Pioneer Coverage

Bemidji Invite @ Mt Itasca - TOMORROW

Bemidji Nordic Invite

Location: Mt. Itasca Winter Sports Center; 200 Mt. Itasca Drive, Coleraine
Date: Wednesday, December 19th

The bus will load at 6:15 and leave at 6:30.

Format:

• Varsity – 5.2 KM Skate Race (three loops of approximately 1.7 KM )
• Junior Varsity – 5.2 KM Skate Race (three loops)
• Junior High – 3.4 KM Skate Race (two loops)
• Mass Start for all races

Schedule:

• 9:45           Coaches Meeting 
• 10:00          Girls Varsity Race 
• 10:30          Boys Varsity Race 
• 11:00          Girls JV Race 
• 11:30          Boys JV Race 
• 12:30          Girls JH Race 
• 1:00           Boys JH Race 
• 2:00          Awards Outside by the Parking Lot Building 

Approximate Time Starts dependent on last finisher of each event.  A planned larger gap in time for starting the junior high for time delay allowance.

Scoring: Varsity / Top four times will count for team score (high score wins)

Riverside Meet Photos

I didn't find any results or newspaper coverage of the meet yesterday, but have linked photos below.

Photo Album

Mandatory practice tomorrow at Mt Itasca. Buses leave the high school at 7 am, returning around 3 pm. Pack a lunch.

Next Meet
Date: Thursday, Dec 20 at 11:00 am
Location: Mt Itasca Winter Sports Center, Coleraine
Teams: Hibbing, Mesabi East, Duluth East, Detroit Lakes, Cloquet, Duluth Denfeld, Bemidji, Proctor, Two Harbors, Duluth Marshall, Little Falls, Cook County, Ely, Brainerd, Deer River High School

Updated Meet Info & Apollo Meet Dec 13

Saturday's meet at Montebello Trails, Bemidji is CANCELLED.
We're ADDING a meet on Thursday, Dec 20 (11:00 a.m.) at Mt Itasca in Grand Rapids.

Apollo Meet
Date: Thursday, Dec. 13
Location: Riverside Park - 1800 Kilian Blvd SE, St. Cloud, MN

Departure times: 
MOLS out of class at 11:50, bus leaves 12:05
MS out of class at 12:00, bus leaves 12:15
HS out of class at 12:15, bus leaves 12:30

*Middle Schoolers will be back to school by 5:30, in time for MS Choir Concert

*Athletes need to bring:

• Uniform and warms-up
• Lots of layers and extra pairs of warm clothes--Change of socks and gloves for sure! 
• Winter boot or shoes that are not your ski boots
• Ski gear: Skis, poles, boots
• Healthy Lunch/snack
• Water and/or Gatorade 

Teams (Invited): Apollo/Sauk Rapids, Tech, Sartell/Cathedral, St. John’s Prep, Little Falls, Mora, Willmar, Brainerd, Alexandria

Schedule of Events:

• 2:00 – Coaches meeting in shelter.
• 2:30 – Rookie race, boys and girls combined, mass start, 1 lap in the valley (no hill)
• 2:40 – Jr. High Girls, mass start, 1 loop.
• 2:50 – Jr. High Boys, mass start, 1 loop.
• 3:00 – JV Girls, 2 loops. 
• 3:15 – JV Boys, 2 loop.
• 3:30 – Varsity Girls A Relay, 2 loops.
• 3:31 – Varsity Girls B Relay, 2 loops, bib.
• 4:00 – Varsity Boys A Relay, 2 loops.
• 4:01 – Varsity Boys B Relay, 2 loops, bib.

Scoring/Awards will be inside shelter following the last race.

Points will be based on number of teams participating; e.g., based on an 8 team entry, first place for Varsity A Relays would earn 8 points, second place 7 points, third place 6 points, etc. Same for B Relay teams. Point total for A and B relays (for each boys and girls) will be combined to determine team score/place. (e.g. 2nd  place for the A relay and 4th for the B relay would earn a total of 12 points.) Four skiers per relay team.

• Top 10 finishers in each JV and Jr High race receive a cookie from Great Harvest Bread Co.
• Winning Varsity relay team receives a loaf of Great Harvest bread.

Riverside Park Meet Results & Photos

Boys tied with Brainerd for 2nd, behind Sartell-Cathedral, and girls placed 6th at Riverside Park. Great to finally see skis on snow!

Race Results - will add when available
Meet Photos
Brainerd Dispatch article

Also, Skinnyski published their preseason rankings earlier this week.