Varsity Conference Race Results/ JV Conference is Thursday 2-2

Sunny and warm day of skiing today at the Classic Suburban Conference Championships. The temperature was in the mid 40's as Margie crossed the line placing 3rd overall and earning an All Conference award. Way to go! Hard work pays off. Many of our other skiers left it all on the snow in both races today.

Our points results reflects the number of newer skiers we fielded today. However, these skiers should feel proud of their accomplishments. Two 5km races in a day is a lot for any skier. Several coaches from other teams comment positively on the progress our skiers have made.

Here are a few photos.

Clasic Suburban Conference Championship @ Trollhaugen 1-31-12

We will out of school all day for this race. For this reason only varsity skiers will attend. (We will hold a separate JV championship after school on Feb. 2) Students should make sure they visit with their teachers about missed lesson on Monday, if they have not already done so. Coaches will work with the office on attendance details.

Please bring healthy food and a water bottle to stay properly hydrated. Another must is proper clothing for the weather. It is nice to have a second base layer to put on after the first race.

This race is in the pursuit format. That means that each skier will ski both a classic race and a skate race to achieve their best combined time. This format is fun to watch because skiers are sent out on the skate portion according to their times on the classic race. This means the first skier to cross the finish line wins. Skiers are racing head to head instead of against the clock.

Schedule for the day:

Leave school 7:00AM

Coaches' Meeting 9:00AM

Girls' Classical Race 10:00 AM

Boys' Classical Race 11:00 AM

Girls' Pursuit Skate 1:00 PM

Boys' Pursuit Skate 2:00 PM

Awards 3:o0 PM

Boys’ Individual distance shall be a maximum of 5K.

Girls’ Individual distance shall be a maximum of 5K.

Entries limited to 10 persons per school for individual. Scoring for team points determined by the top 5 positions from each team based on the results of the pursuit race. All finishers will be ranked and score points.

ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS:

All Conference selections shall be awarded as follows:

1. Top 10 finishers in the boy’s pursuit race

2. Top 9 finishers in the girl’s pursuit race

3. Honorable Mention shall be granted to boys finishing in the 11th to 20th positions and to girls finishing in the 10th to 19th positions.

4. AFSA/MSA will ski exhibition, but will be recognized.

Meet Tomorrow Jan. 26th at St. Thomas 3:45pm or when everyone arrives

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Short notice, but we're on at St. Thomas tomorrow. We were originally going to be hosting a dual meet with Tartan coming to our campus. The snow, however, didn't cooperate. Instead, with the little on the ground, St. Thomas has invited Tartan and Simley over to do a three lap race around the lake behind the school.

It should be a good day for spectators. You will see your skier multiple times, and the weather will be good.

We will not hold an organized practice on Friday. We wanted to ski at Green Acers, but they will be hosting the Midwest Super Tour. Thus, the course will be closed. I'd encourage families to go watch some of these excellent racers over the weekend. We will also want skiers to get an individual workout in on Friday.

Next Race will be the Conference Championship on 1-31@ Trollhaugen. This is a day time meet so students will miss school. Please start homework ASAP!

Nordic Meet Canceled @ Green Acres Today.

The athletic director in charge of the Nordic skiing for our conference has canceled the meet today because of cold. The chart above shows the Minnesota State High School League guidelines for competing in cold weather. Negative four air temperature is the cut off temp. for all meets. Negative forty is the cut-off for wind chill temp. for all meets.

Safety in the cold is always a concern. Here's a bit of information on frostbite and hypothermia.

The Mayo Cling gives these signs and symptoms of frostbite:

• A slightly painful, prickly or itching sensation
• Red, white, pale or grayish-yellow skin
• Hard or waxy-looking skin
• A cold or burning feeling
• Numbness
• Clumsiness due to joint and muscle stiffness
• Blistering, in severe cases

Frostbite typically affects smaller, more exposed areas of the body, such as your fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin. Because of area numbness, you may not realize you have frostbite until someone else points it out. Let's all keep an eye on each other.

Symptoms of hypothermia:

Shivering is your body's automatic defense against cold temperature — an attempt to warm itself. Constant shivering is a key sign of hypothermia. Signs and symptoms of moderate to severe hypothermia include:

• Shivering
• Clumsiness or lack of coordination
• Slurred speech or mumbling
• Stumbling
• Confusion or difficulty thinking
• Poor decision making, such as trying to remove warm clothes
• Drowsiness or very low energy
• Apathy or lack of concern about one's condition
• Progressive loss of consciousness
• Weak pulse
• Slow, shallow breathing

A person with hypothermia usually isn't aware of his or her condition, because the symptoms often begin gradually and because the confused thinking associated with hypothermia prevents self-awareness.

Thursday's Skate Race @ Green Acres

Thursday’s race will start at 3:45pm. Girls Varsity is first, then Boys. JV we will keep Boys first. Any skier that has not skied at Green Acres this year needs at wavier turned in. Please make sure your skier has one filled out and turned in. We will sent them home with the students today.

Wavier Link

Trail Map Link
8989 55th Street North
Lake Elmo, MN 55042
(651) 770-6060


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Jan 10th Pracitice Pictures & Change of Weather for Meet Tomorrow

The pictures show an extraordinary Jan. 10th ski practice. Shorts & t-shirts this time of the season are unheard of. But, change is in the air.

Our next race is Thurs. the 18th at Trollhaugen @ 6pm. The air temp. will be just above 10F and the feel like temp. will be -4 at race time. This is a 50+ degree drop from the time I took these photos. Please double check with your skier to make sure they have proper clothing. Also, hand warmer packets are available for 50 cents. Please bring change or your own warmers if fingers get cold easily.

Boys Varsity - 6 pm (Mass start OR waves of 1 per school every minute) - ~5km

Girls Varsity - 6:30 (Mass start OR waves of 1 per school every minute) - ~5km

Boys JV - 7:00 Mass Start - ~2.5 km

Girls JV - 7:05 Mass Start - ~2.5 km

Performances are faster and skiers are happier with proper gear.

Meet Schedule for the Remainder of the Year. Last Updated 1-10-12

Jan. 12th Conference Classic Race 3:45pm @ Trollhaugen
Jan. 19th Skate Race 3:45 @ Green Acres.
Jan. 24th Conference Relays 3:45 @ Mahtomedi
Jan. 26th Dual Skate Meet with Tartan @ Simley
Jan. 31st Conference Pursuit Championship All Day @ Battle Creek
Feb. 2nd J.V. Conference Championship 3:45 @ Mahtomedi
Feb. 7th Section 1 Championship All Day at Valleywood Golf Course.
Feb. 16th State Championship @ Giant's Ridge

* This schedule is subject to weather and snow conditions. Check back often as each meet approaches for changes. All full conference races will use Trollhaugen in Dresser, WI @ 6pm as a back up venue.

Mesabi East Invitational Pictures & Results

Coaches were once again pleased by the effort and attitude of the students. Way to go skiers.
Here are results.

Classic Suburban Conference Classic Meet @ Trollhaugen 1-4-12 Results

We had a few extra ups and downs at our Trollhaugen race this week. Downs included challenging snow conditions, extra busy coaches hosting and running the meet, little practice with classic technique because of snow conditions, a late start by some of our varsity girls and a stomach bug taking out a few team members and many new skiers. Lot's of learning happened as a result.

But, our focus is on the many ups of the meet; we have a lot of new skiers, many skiers stepped up and made the best of these adversities. We had a number of varsity and jv skiers who should be commended for their efforts and attitudes.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Place	Skier	Team	Time	Pts
1	Tori St. Martin	M	15.56	100
2	Rachel Haas	HS	17.08	99
3	Sarah Nygaard	R	17.43	98
4	Laura Moore	M	17.50	97
5	Clara Boyle	T	17.55	96
6	Margie Freed	S	18.00	94.5
	Alex Benjamin	M	18.00	94.5
8	Greta Siekmeier	MSA	18.13	93
9	Ruth Hesse	HS	18.21	92
10	Brianna McIntyre	M	18.49	91
11	Kirby Steffens	HS	18.57	90
12	Madi Haugen	M	19.00	89
13	Ines Siepmann	MSA	19.09	88
14	Lydia Anderson	T	19.12	87
15	Erica Strom	R	19.14	86
16	Gabrielle Murphy	N	19.25	85
17	Kellin Swanson	R	19.26	84
18	Shaelyn Sorensen	T	19.39	83
19	Michelle Johnson	T	19.59	82
20	Tiffany Edholm	N	20.09	81
21	Elsa Tostrud	HS	20.11	80
22	Charlotte Gill	N	20.15	79
23	Katie Ledermann	M	20.17	78
24	Bri Hanne	M	20.26	76.5
	Hannah Adams	R	20.26	76.5
26	Maddie Ames	MSA	20.31	75
27	Katie Baumann	MSA	20.40	74
28	Erin Haidor	HS	20.51	73
29	Heidi Ledermann	M	21.00	72
30	Allyssa Long	M	21.27	71
31	Allison Barrera	T	21.32	69.5
	Jubilee Prosser	M	21.32	69.5
33	Carrie Colling	N	21.36	68
34	Erin Brault	R	21.39	66.5
	Laurel Youngquist	R	21.39	66.5
36	Hannah Field	M	21.43
37	Leah Mohn	R	21.44	65
38	Andrea Castilla	S	21.48	64
39	Natalie Stoneburner	HS	21.49	63
40	Kallianne Mogler	HS	21.51	62
41	Alexandria Schulz	R	21.59	61
42	Rachel Youngquist	R	22.06	60
43	Ellie Haland	MSA	22.10	59
44	Ellee Thaluber	T	22.47	58
45	Victoria Brooks	T	23.05	57
46	Karna Ringham	M	23.15
47	Maddy Hanson	R	23.22	56
48	Grace Brooks	HS	23.25	55
49	Grace Morse	M	23.26
50	Sophia Pulice	R	23.42
51	Sophie Gotlieb	HS	24.12	54
52	Ali Farraher	M	24.20
53	McKenzie Crumb	M	24.49
54	Anna Buhl	T	25.11	53
55	Abby Sarne	N	25.16	52
56	Madison D.	R	25.30
57	Kendra Youngquist	T	25.32	51
58	Martha Wassweiler	HS	26.04	50
59	Kelsie Ferstl	T	26.10	49
60	Laura Irvine	MSA	26.14	48
61	Julie Kane	HS	26.20
62	Caroline Pippert	S	27.05	47
63	Amanda Soderstrom	S	27.20	46
64	Elizabeth LeMay	MSA	28.06	45
65	Larisa Larson	S	28.10	44
66	Julia Clark	MSA	28.14	43
67	Sam Hall	S	28.15	42
68	Mady David	S	30.34	41
69	Victoria Yapel	T	32.04	40
	Bethany Stiles	T
	Liz Souder	M
	Leah Stang	S
	Allie Gannon	HS
	Hannah Hathaway	AFSA
	J Herridge	HS
	G Gureratine	HS
	Mikayla Schultz	S
	Rachel Rud	S
	Hannah O'Donnell	S

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS
MAHT	HEN SIB	TART	RICH	MSA	NSP	SIM
100	99	96	98	93	85	94.5
97	92	87	86	88	81	64
94.5	90	83	84	75	79	47
91	80	82	76.5	74	68	46
89	73	69.5	66.5	59	52	44
471.5	434	417.5	411	389	365	295.5
1	2	3	4	5	6	7

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Place	Skier	Team	Time	Pts
1	Derek Huntley	N	13.52	100
2	Jake Bauer	R	14.13	99
3	Mitch Corcoran	M	14.27	98
4	Drew Campbell	M	14.44	97
5	Cal Knickerbocker	M	14.49	96
6	Ryan Kirkland	M	15.34	95
7	Billy Jacobson	HS	15.36	94
8	Nelson Solo Moreno	R	15.42	93
9	Peter Irvine	MSA	15.53	92
10	Alex Medved	M	15.58	91
11	Sam Paakkonen	M	16.06	90
12	Ed Lafoy	M	16.07	89
13	Ben Nygaard	R	16.10	88
14	Ethan Bauert	HS	16.21	87
15	Louis Mielke	M	16.23	86
16	Christian Baaco	HS	16.25	85
17	James Jarvis	HS	16.28	84
18	Matt Freeman	M	16.42	82
	Tim Siepmann	MSA	16.42	82
	Phil Evans	ST	16.42	82
21	Jake Beaudet	R	16.44	80
22	Sean Indrelie	M	16.46	79
23	Jack Ryan	ST	16.48	78
24	Sam Schroeder	M	16.51
25	Chris Prokosch	HS	17.07	77
26	Zachery Coughlin	R	17.12	76
27	Nathan Luttenegger	R	17.26	75
28	Han Yong Wunrow	MSA	17.27	74
29	Killian Brachey	ST	17.37	73
30	Austin Zollner	N	17.44	71.5
	Fred Werner	ST	17.44	71.5
32	Davis Grilley	M	17.48
33	Logan Stucker	ST	17.54	70
34	Andrew McIntyre	M	17.55
	Kyle Olson	M	17.55
36	Calvin Bergen	R	18.02	69
37	Jake Sandquist	T	18.18	68
38	Neil Vruno	N	18.21	67
39	Zach Helmerick	T	18.37	66
40	Thomas Ryan Jr	ST	18.38	65
41	Alex Leininger	M	18.43
42	Micheal Gooder	N	18.47	64
43	Garrett Johnson	T	18.48	63
44	Alex B	R	18.49	62
45	Bennet Brackey	ST	18.52	61
46	Max Haland	MSA	18.56	60
47	Matthew Ryan	ST	19.00	58.5
	Matthew Markert	ST	19.00	58.5
49	Lucas B	R	19.10	57
50	Jon Libra	R	19.15	56
51	Jack Sellwood	M	19.20
52	Moses Mugwanja	R	19.28
53	TJ Farber	S	19.38	55
54	Daniel Holod	ST	19.40	54
55	Kyle Dickison	S	20.50	53
56	Graham Earley	ST	20.51
57	Colin Johnson	T	20.55	52
58	Nicholas Pritchard	R	20.56
59	Grant Davis	MSA	20.58	51
60	Will Larsen	HS	21.02	50
61	Gary Wendtlendt	T	21.05	49
62	Reed Kaeppe	ST	21.10
63	Mike Hartz	MSA	21.18	48
64	Ian Nichols	ST	21.28
65	Eric Weisspfennig	HS	21.34	47
66	Matt Schull	HS	21.47	46
67	Connar Phares	S	22.05	45
68	Adam LeMay	MSA	22.11	44
69	Angel Dominquez-Reyes	R	23.02
70	David Wilton	HS	23.46	43
71	Lucas Ferguson	S	23.53	42
72	William poor	MSA	24.56	41
73	Adam Whitcomb	HS	25.40	40
74	Cole Wilson	T	27.02	39
	Eric Slater	HS
	Tom Laszewski	AFSA
	Nick Boyd	M
	Oskar Theriault	HS
	Ben Teachout	AFSA
	Tim Gawerecki	AFSA
	Jay Grazinger	ST

BOYS TEAM RESULTS
MAHT	RICH	HEN SIB	ST THOM	MSA	NSP	TART	SIM
98	99	94	82	92	100	68	55
97	93	87	78	82	71.5	66	53
96	88	85	73	74	67	63	45
95	80	84	71.5	60	64	52	42
91	76	77	70	51		49
477	436	427	374.5	359	302.5	298	195
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

Mesabi East Invitational Info

Mesabi East XC Invitational
Giants Ridge Sat, Jan 7, 2012
Biwabik, MN

Mesabi Invite

The Mesabi Invite at Giant's Ridge is a scheduled meet this year. We will be traveling in style via coach bus shared by Tartan's and North St. Paul's teams. We'll leave on Saturday the 7th from Tartan at 5am. I expect to arrive home quite late after the meet; my best guess is about 10:30 or 11:00pm. We will have skiers call from the bus when we get close to the city. Skiers will need to be picked up at Tartan.

Tartan High
828 Greenway Ave N

Oakdale, MN 55128-6202

(651) 702-8600

This meet is the place to see the best skiers in the Upper-Midwest and to start getting to know the state meet course. The Mesabi Invite is the real deal and fun for skiers of many different ability levels.

Please pack healthy food and snacks for the day. A bit of pocket money would also be helpful. We'll give more exact details about departure times in the near future.

Here's a link to a trail map at Giant's Ridge.

Skiers will include these Spartans.

5km Boys JV Freestyle Division Field 4 (1:30pm)
824 14:47:00 JV 10 Farber, T.J.
853 14:54:00 JV 12 Phares, Connor
889 15:03:00 JV 12 Dickison, Kyle
5km Girls Varsity Freestyle Division Field: 7 (3:00pm)
918 15:10:30 V 8 Schultz, Mikayla
926 15:12:30 V 8 Freed, Margie
984 15:27:00 V 12 Castilla, Andrea
1041 15:41:00 V 8 Stang, Leah
1084 15:52:00 V 8 Larson, Larisa
1085 15:52:00 V 10 O'Donnell, Hannah
1087 15:52:30 V 12 Soderstrom, Amanda
5km Girls JV Freestyle Division Field: 4 (3:00pm)
1098 15:55:30 JV 9 Pippert, Caroline
1169 16:13:00 JV 10 David, Mady
1187 16:17:30 JV 10 Rud, Rachel
1192 16:19:00 JV 9 Hall, Samantha

Classic Meet @ Trollhaugen Jan.3, 2012

The fun continues at Trollhaugen this week. We will leave shortly after school and return home about 9pm. We'll have kids call from the bus as we approach school. Attendance at this meet is important, as we'll be using the classic technique for the first time of the season.

Boys Varsity - 6 pm (Mass start OR waves of 1 per school every minute) - ~5km

Girls Varsity - 6:30 (Mass start OR waves of 1 per school every minute) - ~5km

Boys JV - 7:00 Mass Start - ~2.5 km

Girls JV - 7:05 Mass Start - ~2.5 km

All skiers should have the following:

• warm clothes appropriate for the weather to ski in with additional layers available for watching teammates race.
  
• a healthy pre-race meal and snack after skiing.
• homework for down times
• proper mindset, for varsity skiers this is a full on race go, go, go. JV skiers should ski fast and improve your fitness and skills. New skiers relax there will be skiers from other teams just like you. learn to get up hills, turn and have fun.