Mesabi East Cross Country Skiing Invitational Trip Jan. 10th, 2015

Alumni Amanda Soderstrom from 2012

HS Boys JV Freestyle-Tyler Thomas18:15h-Cale Miller18:10h-Harris Anderson18:02hHS Girls Varsity Freestyle-Samantha Hall20:38h-Lea Stang20:57hHS Girls JV Freestyle-Caroline Pippert22:07h-Annika Iverson21:34h-Amanda Mertens21:59h-Hannah Geise22:02hHS Girls JV Classic-Caroline Pippert-Claire Anderson (MSA)

The Mesabi Invite held at Giant's Ridge in Biwabik, MN is a meet of the highest caliber.  In addition to providing skiers with the opportunity to see and ski with the best in the Upper-Mid-West, athletes can race the Minnesota State High School League Championship course.     

We have extra seats on the bus this year and are encouraging our newer skiers to travel with us, support our team and experience at top meet. 

What to Bring

Please keep an eye on the forecast for Biwabik and dress plan to dress accordingly.  Also bring even warmer clothes as this is Minnesota, and the weather changes.    A pillow and a small blanket help make an early morning departure more comfy.

Before leaving double check that you have properly waxed skis, the correct poles for the discipline you will be skiing and your boots.  All skiers need to have their team uniforms, hats and gloves.

Bring food for the day.  A healthy breakfast, lunch and snacks for the day are important.  Food at Giant's Ridge is expensive and not the best for competing.  Please also make sure you have a water bottle to stay hydrated.  The bus will be stopping for a quick meal on the return trip.  In the past we have stopped in Cloquet where there are several options for skiers.  $10 should be more than enough for this meal.  Pocket money for event t-shirts or other purchases is optional. 

Departure

Please arrive at Middle School @ 4:15am sharp with everything you need.  We will load up and leave at 4:30 am.  Do not be late.  We will be sharing a coach bus with Tartan.  The bus will not wait.  

Meet Schedule

APPROX. START TIME: 

10:00 5K Classic Varsity/JV Boys 

 12:00 5K Classic Varsity/JV Girls 

 1:30 5K Freestyle Varsity/JV Boys 

 3:00 5K Freestyle Varsity/JV Girls

Trail Map Link

Return

We will leave Giant's Ridge following the awards ceremony.  With a stop for dinner, I estimate that we will be back at The Middle School around 9pm.  We will have athletes call or text when get close.

Trivia

The town of Biwabik is named for an iron rich layer of rock found in the Iron Range. Three billion-years-ago, during the lower Proterozoic, a sea deposited this layer of rock.   The word biwabik itself comes from an Ojibwa word meaning “fragment of iron.”

Directions to Giant’s Ridge

Giant’s Ridge’s web site says it takes 3 hours to get there from the Metro. I think it will take more like 4 hours.  Take I35 North- 120 miles; Merge onto MN-33 North via exit number 237 toward Cloquet/Iorn Range- 20 miles; Merge onto US-53 North until you reach Eveleth- 36 miles; Take MN-37 exit into Gilbert- 1 mile; Turn right onto MN-135 through Biwabik- 9 miles, Turn left onto County road 138-3 miles; The Lodge at Giant’s Ridge will be on your left.

Conference Relay/Biathlon/Practice on Rogers Lake 12-11-14 ---- 12-9-14 meet results.

The conference coaches are gathering skiers on Rogers Lake again tomorrow for the best snow around about 3:30pm.  I anticipate returning to Simley about 5pm.  We are looking to create some fun while giving athletes a good workout.

The number one goal of the gathering is to have kids ski while we have a chance.  40+ degree weather with rain will likely put an end to even ice skiing for a while.  A secondary goal is for skiers from different teams to get to know each other in the friendly spirit of good competition.




Please find the meet results below.  As coaches we were pleased with and proud of the skiers fitness, heart and effort while racing.  We are working on technique to become more efficient with our energy.  There is an old saying, "ski fast, not hard."  We've got the hard; we need the fast.

Sam H was our fastest girl skiing the course in 20:38  Harris A was our fastest boy with a time of 18:32.  Grant D skied fastest in the Boys JV race with a time of 10:41.  Hannah G and Danielle G were the quickest JV Girls with times of 11:30 and 11:31.

We also want to celebrate the effort and improvement of our other skiers.  The slowest skier in every race works for about twice as much time as the fastest skier in the same race.  These skiers are to be commended too.  We are excited about each Simley skiers performance at this meet.

Varsity Girls

VARSITY
Place	Name	School	Time	Points
1	Cece Boyle	Tartan	16.55	100
2	Peterson, Rachel	Hastings	16.56	99
3	Jamie Herridge	Sibley	17.19	98
4	Heidi Ledermann	Maht	17.31	97
5	Madeline McDermott	Sibley	17.44	96
6	Libby Tuttle	Maht	17.54	95
7	Grace Morse	Maht	18.28	94
8	Peterson, Hannah	Hastings	19.03	93
9	Greta Prokosch	Sibley	19.19	92
10	Elizabeth Whitcomb	Sibley	19.22	91
11	Marcella Manivel	Maht	19.51	90
12	Audrey Scott	Maht	19.52	89
13	Smith, Abberly	Hastings	20.03	88
14	Sydney Roston	Sibley	20.06	87
15	Carolyn Barrera	Tartan	20.08	86
16	Kelsey Halverson	Maht	20.13	85
17	Michelle Friedmann	Sibley	20.26	84
18	Samantha Hall	Simley	20.38	83
19	Clare Grilley	Maht	20.42	82
20	Allie Prokosch	Sibley	20.44	81
21	Shannon Bartels	Maht	20.44	80
22	Jill Olson	Maht	20.46	79
23	Grace Neumiller	Maht	20.5	78
24	Ines Siepmann	MSA	20.56	77
25	Lea Stang	Simley	20.57	76
26	Stumpf, Jaclyn	North	20.58	75
27	Claire Anderson	MSA	21.02	74
28	Emma Boehm	Sibley	21.03	73
29	Emily Beich	Maht	21.03	x
30	Smith, Alissa	Hastings	21.05	72
31	Greta Siekmeier	MSA	21.08	71
32	Edmundson, Alexis	Hastings	21.18	70
33	Peyton Sorensen	Tartan	21.19	69
34	Ellie Haland	MSA	21.19	68
35	Grace Gasterland	Tartan	21.29	67
36	Annika Iverson	Simley	21.34	66
37	Bella Nelson	Sibley	21.59	65
	Amanda Mertens	Simley	21.59	64
39	Nica Malmgren	Sibley	22.01	63
40	Julia Clark	MSA	22.01	62
41	Victoria Brooks	Tartan	22.03	61
42	Caroline Pippert	Simley	22.07	59
43	Lindsay Sandrock	Tartan	22.07	58
44	Lindner, Anna	Hastings	22.18	57
45	Hayley Boyd	Maht	22.2	x
46	Elizabeth Drobinski	Tartan	22.33	56
47	Kayla Krueger	Maht	22.54	55
48	Georgia Meyer	Sibley	23.24	x
49	Amanda Latulippe	Sibley	23.38	x
50	Devin Bauert	Sibley	23.40	x
51	Maggie Bruns	Tartan	23.46	54
52	Emma Jones	MSA	23.56	53
53	Laura Irvine	MSA	24.10	52
54	Human, Julia	Hastings	24.39	51
55	Dana Baehman	Simley	25.24	50
56	Abbie Sonstegard	Tartan	25.42	49
57	Lauren Kroschel	Maht	25.44	x
58	Henderson, Savannah	Hastings	25.51	48
59	Myers, Quinn	Hastings	25.55	47
60	Conway, Kate	North	27.47	46
61	O'Brien, Hannah	North	28.52	45
62	Welshons, Kiera	Hastings	29.19	44

JV Girls

JR VARSITY
Place	Name	School	Time
1	Libby Ames	MSA	10.47
2	Isabel Birkeland	Maht	10.52
3	Hannah Latulippe	Sibley	10.59
4	Abbey Halverson	Maht	11.05
5	Laura Skemp	Sibley	11.23
6	Bernard, Cali	Hastings	11.24
7	Kate Poor	MSA	11.25
8	Hannah Giese	Simley	11.30
9	Danielle Gross	Simley	11.31
10	Isabel Pankow	Maht	11.33
11	Lily Engebretson	Maht	11.42
12	Bella Varanasi	Sibley	11.58
13	Katie Binder	Sibley	11.58
14	Natalie Nachtsheim	Sibley	11.58
15	Bess Swiler	Sibley	12.03
16	Eva Henningson	Maht	12.15
17	Annika Snyder	Sibley	12.17
18	Anneka Ecker	Maht	12.36
19	Lexi Waldoch	Maht	12.42
20	Jazmin Corral	Sibley	12.45
21	Mickenna Affolter	Maht	12.45
22	Keila Cortes	Sibley	12.49
23	Sophia Barnard	Sibley	12.50
24	Gina Morken	Simley	12.51
25	Megan Cichy	Sibley	13.05
26	Acadia Hegedus	Maht	13.15
27	Julia Carter	Sibley	13.32
28	Emma Forouhari	Sibley	13.45
29	Carly Gegelman	Sibley	13.51
30	Farmer, Beth	North	14.02
31	Medrano, Ana	North	14.03
32	Karras, Ruby	Hastings	14.15
33	Ericson, Paige	North	14.18
34	Zamacona, Aoife	North	14.20
35	Libby Brodie	Tartan	14.23
36	Gloria Popoca	Simley	14.43
37	Nicole Anaysa	Simley	14.52
38	Sneen, Taylor	Hastings	15.25
39	Isabelle Pippert	Simley	16.33
40	Shannon Koperski	MSA	16.59
41	Cole, Courtney	North	17.05
42	Katie Grong	Tartan	17.33
43	Angela Lopez	Tartan	18.01
44	Sammy Martinez	Sibley	18.18
45	O'Brien, Erin	North	18.23
46	Scull, Lizzie	North	18.42
47	Britta Iverson	Simley	19.09
48	O'Brien, Elise	North	21.07
49	Irin Ukridmanoroat	Simley	21.30
50	X	X	23.20
51	Sahar Khanpour	MSA	23.43
52	Emily Sweeny	Simley	24.53

Girls Team Totals

	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Hastings	99	93	88	72	70	422
Henry Sibley	98	96	92	91	87	464
Mahtomedi	97	95	94	90	89	465
MSA	77	74	71	68	62	352
North	75	46	45			166
Tartan	100	86	69	67	61	383
Simley	83	66	64	59	50	322

Varsity Boys

Place	Name	School	Time	Points
1	Chris Prokosch	Sibley	14.44	100
2	Caturia, William	Hastings	15.05	99
3	Justin Sanchez	Maht	16.34	98
4	Logan Stucker	STA	16.37	97
5	David Laird	STA	16.49	96
6	Verchota, Bobby	Hastings	17.01	95
7	Eric Burrell	Sibley	17.14	94
8	Tyler Leininger	Maht	17.15	93
9	Adam Whitcomb	Sibley	17.19	92
10	Elliot Campbell	Maht	17.32	91
11	Sam Nofziger	Tartan	17.35	90
12	Tuin, Garrett	Hastings	17.42	89
13	Josh Benedict	STA	17.48	88
14	Carter Hill	Maht	18.07	87
15	Cole Wilson	Tartan	18.11	86
16	Jack Schroeder	Maht	18.14	85
17	Eric Kvasnicka	Maht	18.17	84
18	Caflisch, Trevor	Hastings	18.28	83
19	Harris Anderson	Simley	18.32	82
20	Marko Jurkovich	STA	18.32	81
21	Joe Harrington	STA	18.33	80
22	Brendan Regan	STA	18.35	79
23	Max Haland	MSA	18.37	78
24	Gus Forseth	STA	18.40	77
25	Hunter Johnson	STA	18.43	76
26	Cale Miller	Simley	18.44	75
27	Nicholas Coleman	STA	18.44	74
28	Zach Drayna	Tartan	18.55	73
29	Peterson, Ryan	North	18.59	72
30	Tyler Thomas	Simley	18.59	71
31	Johnson, NIck	Hastings	19.00	70
32	William Poor	MSA	19.07	69
33	Hunter Pogatchnik	Tartan	19.10	68
34	Rabaey, Jacob	Hastings	19.24	67
35	Karsten Francis	Maht	19.38	66
36	Tim D'Agostine	STA	19.38	65
37	Patrick Buethe	STA	19.43
38	Dallas Keate	Maht	19.48	64
39	Ian Pawlenty	Tartan	20.02	63
40	Johnson, Graham	Hastings	20.06	62
41	Andrew Seitz	STA	20.08
42	John Ingebrightsen	STA	20.08
43	Karras, Sawyer	Hastings	20.09	61
44	Austin Koester	Maht	20.14	60
45	Renner Thomas	STA	20.21
46	Evan Smith	Maht	20.40	59
47	Anderson, Dylan	North	20.43	58
48	Olson, Eddy	North	20.45	57
49	Johnson, Clayton	Hastings	20.46	56
50	Zollner, Mason	North	20.57	55
51	Tom Reineck	Maht	20.59
52	Nathan Whitcomb	Sibley	21.08	54
53	Gahnz, Tate	Hastings	22.27	53
54	Jack Osborne	MSA	22.53	52
55	Aric Brodie	MSA	22.57	51
56	Greengo, Seth	Hastings	23.28
57	Walter Minehart	MSA	27.55	50

JV Boys

JR VARSITY
Place	Name	School	Time
1	Owen Tracy	STA	9.10
2	Joey Motzel	STA	9.22
3	Joe Moore	Maht	9.33
4	Dillon O'Leary	Sibley	9.35
5	Alex Heider	Maht	9.55
6	Austin Fall	Tartan	9.58
7	Oliver Griggs	Maht	10.02
8	Zach Zizzo	Maht	10.11
9	Peter Ostertag	STA	10.12
10	Kaleb Rutgers	STA	10.13
11	Aiden McSweeny	STA	10.17
12	Paul Melancon	Maht	10.27
13	Nathan Holle	Tartan	10.30
14	Joe Lemay	STA	10.38
15	Grant Dilla	Simley	10.41
16	Isaiah Pfeffer	Sibley	10.54
17	Matthew Friedmann	Sibley	10.55
18	Ben Church	Sibley	11.06
19	Alex Kisch	Maht	11.06
20	Joey Hughes	STA	11.12
21	Nico Harrington	Sibley	11.30
22	Ian Johnson	STA	11.32
23	Jakob Michel	STA	11.37
24	Cole DeWeese	Maht	11.45
25	Matthew Kinzley	STA	11.49
26	Matt Reineck	Maht	11.59
27	Gregory Schlict	STA	12.26
28	Erik Haider	Sibley	12.28
29	Danny Hoffman	Simley	12.28
30	Cameron Dietrich	Simley	12.39
31	Breister, Jeremy	North	12.58
32	Ericson, Westin	North	13.04
33	Nick Bachman	Sibley	13.19
34	Harshman, Alex	North	13.33
35	Patton, Harry	Hastings	13.45
36	Ben Archambeau	Sibley	13.56
37	Gabe Klein	STA	14.37
38	Alessandro Di Muzio	Sibley	15.02
39	Brett Bistram	Tartan	15.44
40	Andrew Bravo	STA	15.44
41	Alexander Lopez	Tartan	20.33
42	Mike Hawkins	Sibley	20.50

Boys Team Totals

	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Hastings	99	95	89	83	70	436
Henry Sibley	100	94	92	54		340
Mahtomedi	98	93	91	87	85	454
MSA	69	52	51	50		222
North	72	58	57	55		242
St. Thomas	97	96	88	81	80	442
Simley	82	75	71			228
Tartan	90	86	73	68	63	380