State

Despite the cold weather and a delay in the days events, Aaron and Lilah end the season for the Cardinals on a big positive and moving up from where they started the day.   Aaron was able to have one of his strongest classic races followed up with a day of moving up from 41st to 32nd out of 112 skiers with the 22nd fastest skate on the day for the Boys.  Aaron moved up from an 83rd overall placing last year to being just 20 seconds out of an All State position!!  Lilah started State with a solid 50th place finish in the Classic race, maybe not quite what she would have liked, but she was able to finish off her high school ski career with her best skate race ever, moving from that 50th place up to 43rd out of 111 skiers with the 34th fastest skate race on the day among the Girls, moving up from 75th overall place last year!

It was a great way to warm up the day to have the hard work that both skiers have put in throughout the year come through in their last races!  They both fought to the end and moved up and there is not much more that we as coaches could ask for from either of these two!  It will be fun to see what Aaron will be able to do next year, but it will be a big loss to have Lilah moving on as she graduates.  It is the time to start thinking about what we were able to accomplish this year and start to figure out where we all want to be in one year.  

Thanks for a great end of the season!!
Denny