A look at this week 1-20 through 1-23 Metro East Conference Sprints on Friday

Here's the crew who went up to Itasca last weekend.  Some chose to swim at the headwaters.

Tuesday:Fast and Furious skiing  on the pond both skate and classic if possible.

Wednesday:  Short but "sweet" practice done by 3:45. (Anderson and Sedler to teacher conferences.)  High school skiers have the option of not coming to practice to ski on their own.  Make sure you communicate with your parents.

Thursday: Same as Wed.  Again high school skiers may miss practice to ski on their own.  Make sure you communicate with your parents.

Friday: Conference Sprints at Lake Elmo.  We will be dismissed from school at noon.  Talk to your teachers and get school work done early if possible. ( Meet info. below)

  Metro East Conference Sprint Format

Teams: Hastings, Henry Sibley, Mahtomedi, North, Tartan, St. Thomas, Simley, Math and Science

Each team can enter no more than 10 varsity skiers into the time trials.

Technique: Skate

Course: The course will be as close to 1km as possible. Green/Brown (turn at 9 and 8) Start and finish areas will be near each other to ease timing.

JV Course: Green. Turn at 15.

MAP LINK

Time Trials at 1:15 pm:

-Boys will go first. If there are less than 10 boys on a team other teams may fill-in to reduce heat numbers.

-One skier from each school will go every 1 minute. Each team is responsible for timing their own skiers.

-Girls will go at 15 minutes on the clock.

-Coaches must bring times to building for determining top 30 ASAP. Ties for 30 will advance in same heat.

-We have old bibs for 1-30 (boys) and 31-60 (girls)

JV Races at 2:00 pm:

-New clock start.

-Boys JV will ski a 2.5-3km course.

-All skiers who missed the top 30 in the time trials will also ski this race.

-Girls JV will ski a 2.5-3km course. Girls start 5 minutes after the boys.

Heats:

-Skiers will be seeded into heats as follows on this spreadsheet: LINK

1. Boys Quarterfinal Heats - One heat every 5 minutes. Top 2 advance. 3:00pm (possibly sooner?)

2. Girls Quarterfinal Heats - One heat every 5 minutes. Top 2 advance. 3:30pm

3. Boys Semifinal Heats - One heat every 5 minutes. Top 3 advance. 4:00 pm

4. Girls Semifinal Heats - One heat every 5 minutes. Top 3 advance. 4:15 pm

5. Boys Final. 4:30 pm

6. Girls Final. 4:40 pm

5:00 - Awards will be given to the top 6 skiers

Harris heading to dry clothes in the changing tent.