Hyland 5K Skate

Temps were cold, the wind was blowing pretty good, and the course the most challenging that most had to ski on this year, but both teams had their highest placings on the season, with the Boy's in 2nd out of 6 and the Girl's taking 3rd.  Other teams were missing a few of their skiers, but we have had to deal with that a lot lately as well, and we are starting to come back together and forming into shape to have a good last couple of weeks on the season.

Lilah continues her solid season with her second victory in a row, this time with one of her best skate races in her career.  Aaron had another solid top performance finishing in 2nd, 11 seconds off the leader, and getting back into shape after being out for a week.  And as these two continue to push for top performances every meet, the rest of the team is moving up and this is the biggest reason the team placings are moving up.  The Girl's team is so young and still learning so much in their skiing lives that the possibilities of improvement are always there.  The depth of the Boy's team is also fairly young and inexperienced with four 2nd year skiers fighting for top 6 and top 10 spots on our team.  The hope is that we can bring it all together in the next couple of weeks for the Conference, Section and State meets, as well as a JV meet or two to end the season on positive notes.

Next up is a classic race at Elm Creek on Thursday, Jan 27.

Thanks,
Denny