The Goal

Our practices are a bit like trying to swim in a 2' pool or like trying run in tall grass. It can be done, but it is neither fun nor effective for developing good technique.

We've been looking on Craig's List and other sources for a suitable used snowmobile without success. Jerry Danner from Danners' has also been looking for something used. We're not finding the type of utility sled we need. They are either new and quite expensive or old and worn-out.

Last Friday I stopped at Danners' to get some numbers on a new Skandic. I was quoted a price of about $6,500 for a new 2010 Skandic Tundra. The variability in price is because there will be different incentives and rebates going on at the time of purchase. This is a good price. I saw another Skandic hold-over for $7,200.

We have around $1,300 dollars right now in the booster fund. We can also bill the school for $800 dollars a season for grooming. The question is how do we come up with the rest of the money. Do we fund raise? Share payments? A combination? We should have a sled when snow flies.

Off Season Fun Photo Request

What's something fun you did in the off season?
Email a photo to Coach Anderson , and we'll post in on our blog.

Coach Sedler jumped out of an airplane.

Coach Anderson headed West on a solo bike tour.

Parent Meeting and Tentative Meet Schedule

We will hold a meeting with all parents and skiers at 5:30 pm on Nov. 4th. Please attend if possible. We anticipate spending about 30 min. Coaches will gladly stick around to work with other questions on an individual basis.

Tentative meet schedule*

Nov. 15th Practice Starts
Dec. 14th Conference Skate Race 6:00pm @ Trollhaugen
Dec. 21st Conference Skate Race 3:45pm @ Battle Creek
Jan. 4th Conference Classic Race 3:45pm @ Battle Creek
Jan. 6th at Lake Elmo Skate Race Tartan and Harding
Jan. 8th Giant's Ridge Invitational All Day @ Biwabik, MN (Varsity only)
Jan. 11th MS race 3:45 pm @ Mahtomedi**
Jan. 13th Conference Classic Race 3:45pm @ Jensen Lake Park Lebanon Hills
Jan. 20th Simley/Sibley Co-hosted Skate Race 3:45 @ Sibley
Jan. 25th Conference Relays 3:45 @ Mahtomedi
Feb. 1st Conference Pursuit Championship All Day @ Battle Creek
Feb. 3rd J.V. Conference Championship 3:45 @ Mahtomedi
Feb. 8th Section 1 Championship All Day at Valleywood Golf Course.
Feb. 17th State Championship @ Giant's Ridge

* This schedule is subject to administrative approval and 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.
** We hope to hold other MS specific races if snow conditions and access to grooming allow.

Greetings Nordic Skiers and Parents!

We are excited that the Nordic Ski season is quickly approaching! If you or your son or daughter is planning to ski this year, here are a few important reminders.

• Practice starts Monday, November 15^th at 2:45 pm.

• Every athlete must have a current physical, signed by your doctor, on file. If you don’t know if your physical is up to date, call the activities office. You will not be allowed to practice without an updated physical.

• It is not too early to start thinking about equipment. There will again be skis and bindings available to new skiers, but you will still need to purchase or borrow boots and poles. The boots need to be compatible with SNS bindings. Returning skiers should already have or strongly consider buying their own equipment. See the post below "Equipment 101" for recommended places to shop for equipment:

We look forward to another great season and please keep checking out the blog.

Coach Sedler (651) 306-7073 sedlerl@mail.invergrove.k12.mn.us

Coach Anderson (651) 306-7226 andersoh@invergrove.k12.mn.us

Equipment 101

What do you need?

1. Boots-Combi compatible with SNS bindings
2. Poles-2 sets: 1 for skate (chin to mouth height), 1 for classic (should fit under arm)
3. Bag for skis—This is required if you are using school skis. We need to keep the equipment we have in good condition.

• Finn Sisu – St. Paul – 651.645.2443

• Gear West – Long Lake – 952.473.0377

• Hoigaards – St. Louis Park – 952.929.1351

• Midwest Mountaineering – Minneapolis – 612.339.3433

• REI – Bloomington

• Joe’s Sporting Goods – St. Paul – 651.488.5511

• Pioneer Midwest Ski Shop – Osseo - 763.420.8981

Check out www.skinnyski.com and click on “gear” or follow the links to the “crowded classifieds” or “fall ski swaps”.


The best option is to get a pair of both skate and classic skis fit to your height and weight.

All Skis should be waxable/No fish scales

Nordic Ski Awards Banquet 2010

Thursday February 18th, 2010
5:30-7:30
Middle School Library

Please bring the following:
Last names: A-H Main dish
I-P Salads
Q-Z Dessert
*Bring your own beverage*
Paper products will be provided.

Coach Anderson
Coach Sedler

2010 Section 1 Race Results

Results in PDF form. Also, here's a link to the girls' last year's section meet results for comparison. And, a similar link to the boys' results for last year. Please bear in mind that the snow was slower this year.

I pulled these pictures off of skinny ski. They are available for purchase from the site. Sorry Amanda, They didn't have a picture of you. I didn't forget you. If anyone has a photo of Amanda from the race please send it to me, and I'll add it.

PL TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD
1 Winona/Winona Cotter 380 99 95 94 92 87 82 79 43:24.5 3:34.4
2* Lakeville South 365 100 91 88 86 84 80 64 43:50.2 5:50.7
3* Lakeville North 365 97 93 90 85 83 72 60 44:13.4 4:01.5
4 prior lake 319 96 78 77 68 67 65 48 47:39.7 7:37.9
5 Eagan 309 98 75 73 63 61 59 58 47:44.6 10:21.3
6 Park Cottage Grove 274 89 76 57 52 51 47 50:54.8 10:30.7
7 Northfield 247 70 66 56 55 54 53 49 52:16.5 4:59.0
8 Hastings 188 81 62 45 53:04.3 47:28.4
9 Simley 183 50 46 44 43 42 1:01:57.3 8:47.9
10 Eastview 143 74 69 49:24.2 49:13.1
11 Apple Valley 71 71 49:26.4 49:26.4

PL NAME CLASSIC FREESTYLE PURSUIT SCHOOL______________
01 Jordyn Ross, 12 21:11.00 18:36.11 39:47.2 Lakeville South1
02 Kayla Ewert, 12 21:48.00 19:09.67 40:57.7 Winona/Cotter2
03 Sonja Hedblom, 9 22:18.00 18:46.49 41:04.5 Eagan1
04 Michelle Ferguson, 11 22:01.00 19:56.09 41:57.1 Lakeville North1
05 Grace Chandler, 11 22:37.00 20:00.30 42:37.3 Prior Lake1
06 Erin Keane, 10 24:17.00 19:40.23 43:57.3 Winona/Winona Cotter2
07 Emma Larson, 12 23:40.00 20:30.85 44:10.9 Winona/Winona Cotter2
08 Amanda Wilson, 11 23:54.00 20:19.02 44:13.1 Lakeville North1
09 Claire Guidinger, 12 24:19.00 20:13.06 44:32.1 Winona/Winona Cotter2 10 Albany Zweber-Langer, 12 23:35.00 21:09.22 44:44.3 Lakeville South1
11 Amy Ferguson, 9 23:38.00 21:06.87 44:44.9 Lakeville North1
12 Amanda Synder, 12 24:32.00 20:38.20 45:10.2 Park Cottage Grove1
13 Maggie Singer, 10 23:47.00 21:24.41 45:11.5 Lakeville South
14 Cherrise Wolvington, 10 24:48.00 20:34.92 45:23.0 Winona/Winona Cotter2
15 Meghan Barry, 11 25:10.00 20:27.81 45:37.9 Lakeville South
16 Emma Johnson, 10 24:51.00 21:07.55 45:58.6 Lakeville North
17 Maurita Denley, 11 24:52.00 22:09.54 47:01.6 Lakeville South
18 Jenna Saunders, 11 25:59.00 21:16.57 47:15.6 Lakeville North
19 Suzanne Schwab, 11 25:31.00 21:50.09 47:21.1 Winona/Winona Cotter2
20 Sarah Peterson, 10 25:35.00 21:53.35 47:28.4 Hastings
21 Jane Kirby, 11 25:40.00 21:52.26 47:32.3 Lakeville South
22 Cassie Bullard, 11 25:50.00 21:45.32 47:35.4 Winona/Winona Cotter2
23 Alyssa Sodahl, 12 25:13.00 23:37.86 48:50.9 prior lake
24 Haley Sorensen, 10 26:17.00 22:38.48 48:55.5 prior lake
25 Kelly Miles, 12 25:34.00 23:28.28 49:02.3 Park Cottage Grove
26 Laura Bailly, 10 26:23.00 22:48.20 49:11.2 Eagan
27 MacKenzie Burkstrand, 11 27:11.00 22:02.10 49:13.1 Eastview
28 Clare Soderling, 10 26:03.00 23:13.85 49:16.9 Eagan
29 Nicole Naatjes, 11 26:31.00 22:47.19 49:18.2 Lakeville North
30 Zoe Kesserling, 12 26:45.00 22:41.40 49:26.4 Apple Valley
31 Sofie Scheuerman, 9 27:43.00 21:45.32 49:28.4 Northfield
32 Anne Ferguson, 11 26:42.00 22:53.31 49:35.4 Eastview
33 Megan Lundquist, 10 26:57.00 23:18.19 50:15.2 prior lake
34 Alex Fasking, 10 26:58.00 23:18.61 50:16.7 prior lake
35 Kristi Rasmussen, 11 28:05.00 22:39.08 50:44.1 Northfield
36 Annie Kleaver, 12 27:28.00 23:16.55 50:44.6 prior lake
37 Taylor Vonasek, 11 27:18.00 23:57.33 51:15.4 Lakeville South
38 Kendra Estenson, 12 26:35.00 24:50.77 51:25.8 Eagan
39 Alicia Beattie, 12 29:01.00 22:44.09 51:45.1 Hastings
40 Dana Billing, 12 28:17.00 23:55.81 52:12.9 Eagan
41 Sara Nelson, 9 28:15.00 24:13.14 52:28.2 Lakeville North
42 Roxanne Holt, 9 28:32.00 24:09.28 52:41.3 Eagan
43 Michaela Banz, 7 27:26.00 25:24.92 52:51.0 Eagan
44 Alex Newell, 12 28:18.00 25:27.63 53:45.7 Park Cottage Grove
45 Leigh Langehough, 12 29:41.00 24:45.19 54:26.2 Northfield
46 Carly Davidson, 12 29:58.00 24:29.30 54:27.3 Northfield
47 Maria Olson, 9 30:11.00 24:17.65 54:28.7 Northfield
48 Zoe Webb, 9 29:54.00 24:58.91 54:53.0 Northfield
49 Sarah Manship, 11 29:43.00 25:57.84 55:40.9 Park Cottage Grove
50 Annie Lisson, 11 29:07.00 27:03.84 56:10.9 Park Cottage Grove
51 Summer Freed, 9 30:33.00 26:36.83 57:09.9 Simley
52 Anna Courchaine, 11 31:19.00 26:31.48 57:50.5 Northfield
53 Kaija Ornes, 7 32:22.00 25:32.60 57:54.6 prior lake
54 Ali Flipovich, 11 30:42.00 28:02.99 58:45.0 Park Cottage Grove
55 Andrea Castillo, 10 31:23.00 27:26.85 58:49.9 Simley
56 Caitlin Whited, 12 32:58.00 27:01.20 59:59.2 Hastings
57 Shayla Howell, 10 35:27.00 30:24.74 1:05:51.8 Simley
58 Sydney Klimas, 10 35:28.00 30:29.69 1:05:57.7 Simley
59 Hannah O'Donell, 8 36:35.00 31:31.89 1:08:06.9 Simley




PL TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD
1 Lakeville North 367 98 96 92 81 77 60 53 36:43.9 5:18.2
2 Eagan 361 99 91 87 84 83 82 80 37:22.6 4:50.9
3 Winona/Winona Cotter 354 97 94 90 73 71 65 58 37:36.1 7:19.3
4 Northfield 322 86 85 76 75 72 70 57 40:09.8 2:35.2
5 prior lake 307 93 79 68 67 61 56 54 40:48.4 5:33.5
6 Lakeville South 282 89 66 64 63 52 51 50 42:37.4 5:53.1
7 Hastings 275 95 78 55 47 44:41.3 20:22.1
8 Simley 188 49 48 46 45 44 54:34.9 10:24.6
9 Apple Valley 174 100 74 37:53.2 34:01.2
10 Rosemount 121 62 59 44:34.4 44:20.2
11 Eastview 88 88 38:20.4 38:20.4
12 Park Cottage Grove 69 69 42:26.2 42:26.2





PL NAME CLASSIC FREESTYLE PURSUIT SCHOOL______________
01 Andy Dodds, 11 17:46.00 16:15.20 34:01.2 Apple Valley1
02 Chris Parr, 11 17:49.00 16:20.37 34:09.4 Eagan1
03 Ben Saxton, 10 18:09.00 16:11.56 34:20.6 Lakeville North2
04 Jon-Michael Brandt, 12 18:31.00 16:02.21 34:33.3 Winona/Winona Cotter1
05 Lewis Kunik, 10 18:44.00 16:41.15 35:25.2 Lakeville North2
06 Wyatt Behrends, 12 18:48.00 16:48.86 35:36.9 Hastings1
07 Sam Miner, 12 19:06.00 17:01.38 36:07.4 Winona/Winona Cotter1
08 Christian Kvalseth, 11 19:58.00 17:21.25 37:19.3 Prior Lake1
09 Danny Hanson, 11 19:48.00 17:43.16 37:31.2 Lakeville North2
10 Nick Mele, 12 20:29.00 17:06.28 37:35.3 Eagan1
11 Eric Engen, 12 20:31.00 17:20.37 37:51.4 Winona/Winona Cotter1
12 Jake Panzer, 11 20:38.00 17:39.74 38:17.8 Lakeville South
13 Adam Tuff, 11 20:31.00 17:49.40 38:20.4 Eastview
14 Nicholas Acton, 9 20:48.00 17:57.27 38:45.3 Eagan
15 Thomas Dunning, 12 21:27.00 17:24.15 38:51.2 Northfield
16 Mark Emmons, 12 20:49.00 18:10.88 38:59.9 Northfield
17 Matt Edmond, 11 20:53.00 18:07.24 39:00.3 Eagan
18 Johan Hedblom, 11 21:29.00 17:57.11 39:26.2 Eagan
19 Eric Bailly, 11 20:48.00 18:42.80 39:30.8 Eagan
20 Alex Cole, 12 21:32.00 18:06.71 39:38.8 Lakeville North2
21 Adam Peters, 10 21:56.00 18:13.82 40:09.9 Eagan
22 justin Schlitz, 12 22:16.00 18:03.42 40:19.5 prior lake
23 Sergey Parasich, 11 22:30.00 18:35.02 41:05.1 Hastings
24 Sam Bach, 11 22:03.00 19:10.65 41:13.7 Lakeville North2
25 Kai Olstad, 11 22:13.00 19:08.66 41:21.7 Northfield
26 Ian O'Neill, 12 21:55.00 19:31.35 41:26.4 Northfield
27 Sean Baddeley, 12 23:14.00 18:31.18 41:45.2 Apple Valley
28 Taylor Polodna, 11 22:46.00 19:06.46 41:52.5 Winona/Winona Cotter
29 Jordan Tyler, 12 21:59.00 19:54.28 41:53.3 Northfield
30 Kobi Dansingburg, 10 22:54.00 19:27.31 42:21.4 Winona/Winona Cotter
31 Will Olstad, 9 22:45.00 19:37.19 42:22.2 Northfield
32 Andrew Lission, 12 21:58.00 20:28.16 42:26.2 Park Cottage Grove
33 Matt Ruehling, 11 22:54.00 19:48.05 42:42.1 prior lake
34 Ben Brockway, 10 22:33.00 20:19.73 42:52.8 prior lake
35 Ben Pieper, 11 23:59.00 19:51.18 43:50.2 Lakeville South
36 Tim Herbert, 12 23:27.00 20:36.85 44:03.9 Winona/Winona Cotter
37 Jeremy Serreyn, 11 23:14.00 20:56.51 44:10.6 Lakeville South
38 Cody Troop, 12 23:29.00 20:41.83 44:10.9 Lakeville South
39 David Bumgarner, 10 23:54.00 20:26.11 44:20.2 Rosemount
40 Stephen Bruha, 10 24:37.00 19:59.68 44:36.7 prior lake
41 Ben Rydberg, 12 24:13.00 20:28.91 44:42.0 Lakeville North2
42 Jeremy Hoffman, 12 23:53.00 20:55.55 44:48.6 Rosemount
43 Aaron Dahl, 10 24:19.00 20:53.20 45:12.2 Winona/Winona Cotter
44 Perry Tetreault, 10 25:06.00 20:23.14 45:29.2 Northfield
45 Conner Edlund, 11 23:47.00 22:12.72 45:59.8 prior lake
46 Sean Eglinton, 11 24:18.00 21:46.23 46:04.3 Hastings
47 Joey Ohman, 12 25:44.00 21:20.84 47:04.9 prior lake
48 Robby Hanson, 8 24:52.00 22:34.05 47:26.1 Lakeville North2
49 Ben Adelmann, 11 26:22.00 21:20.57 47:42.6 Lakeville South
50 Luke McDonald, 11 26:45.00 21:34.28 48:19.3 Lakeville South
51 Lucas Seaberg, 11 26:12.00 22:24.15 48:36.2 Lakeville South
52 Joe Trenzeluk, 10 26:42.00 22:53.03 49:35.1 Simley
53 Tj Farber, 9 27:29.00 23:55.81 51:24.9 Simley
54 Josh Swenson, 10 29:57.00 26:01.89 55:58.9 Hastings
55 Tom Wagner, 11 28:57.00 28:23.05 57:20.1 Simley
56 Kyle Dickison, 10 31:38.00 28:21.56 59:59.6 Simley
57 Connor Phares, 10 30:17.00 29:52.68 1:00:09.7 Simley