Northwest Suburban Conference

Our Individual and the Overall Meet results for today's Northwest Suburban Conference Meet at Theodore Wirth are now posted on the right side of the blog.

The Boy's team led the way with a solid 4th place team finish out of 12 teams, with Josh Thoen's 5th place finish.  The Girl's were short Abby Ellenbecker, but they all had a solid day for themselves and finished in 11th place, led by the ever improving position of the Lilah Gilyard who moved up from 22nd after the skate race to 17th overall!

Congratulations to our All Conference Skiers, Lilah Gilyard for the Girls, Josh Thoen, Noah Christiansen, Jared Heida, and Ricky Petroff for the Boys with Myles Gilyard earning All Conference Honorable Mention!  Great work to all of the skiers for fighting to the finish in both races!  It is not an easy thing to ski two 5K's as hard as you can in one day, especially for many of our skiers who got this experience for the first time, but everyone held their own and we as Coaches felt it was a very positive day.

A reminder that tomorrow is our Picture Day.  I will envelopes at school for those that were not able to get one today, however you can look at what the order form and prices are on the link below.  We will be taking our pictures at Bunker Campground.
Picture Order Form

Thanks to the Boosters/Parents for all of the help and food with keeping the skiers fed and fueled to be able to compete as hard as they did, as well as keep the Coaches fed as well! :)

Thanks,
Denny

Start List

Here is a link to the Start List for tomorrow's NWSC Meet.  This is for the Skate race.  We will not know the Classical start until they have finished their Skate races.
Start List

If you are coming down, please make sure you give yourself plenty of time because parking will be minimal.  Also, if you could carpool, it will help.

Thanks
Denny

JV Conference Results

Our individual and the overall results for yesterday’s JV Conference meet are now posted in the right side of the blog.

Yesterday was a very solid, positive and fun day for the JV skiers! All of them had really good effort and it was easy to tell that we’re all have fun being on skis, and they placed well also!! Jennings Jurmu led the way with a 4th place finish in the Classic race with Flo Julien coming in 9th to lead the team. Jacob Casey continues to improve and had a solid 10th place finish in the Skate race!  On the Girls side, 7th grader Kendall Martinek was the top skater finishing in 47th with Ash Cocchiarella finishing in 20th in the Classic race!

Both teams finished in 7th place out of 12 teams, with the Boys only being a handful points out of 4th.

It was a great day of skiing, let’s keep it moving forward!!
Denny

Week Ahead

Here is some basics for this week:
Monday: JV Conference at Theodore Wirth in Minneapolis, bus will leave at 2:00. Girls will race at 4:00, Boys at 4:30.  The skiers that are skiing are picking if they are going classic or skate.  The Varsity skiers will be going with to get a short workout in on the Conference course to get ready for Wednesday.  When we get home, we may start working on the Varsity skiers ski's at the high school.

Tuesday: Bus to Bunker will leave by 3:25, Skate ski.  Varsity will work on their ski's once we get back from practice at the high school.

Wednesday: NWSC Meet at Theo Wirth, bus leaving at 7:00am.  This is an all day event, with the skiers doing both skate (in the morning) and classic (in the afternoon), with the second race being a pursuit based on how they finished in the morning race.  Those not racing are allowed to come with to help, but please let us know so we can excuse them from school
Girls Skate: 10:00
Boys Skate: 11:00
Girls Classic Pursuit: 2:00
Boys Classic Pursuit: 3:00
Awards: 3:45ish

Thursday is team picture day at Bunker. Bus will leave by 3:20.  We will classic ski after pictures are done.

Friday: Bus to Bunker will leave be 3:25, Skate Ski.

Saturday we will practice, but time and location will still need to be determined.

Lastly, even those that are racing on Monday, there is still practice through the rest of the season, with the Lakeville JV in two weeks and the Pastry Relay's the following Monday.  These are great opportunities for the younger skiers to get more time in on skis and to not have the pressure.

Here is who will be racing on Wednesday and the start order/bib number that they are:

Jared	Heida	127
Josh	Thoen	142
Noah	Christiansen	156
Ricky	Petroff	159
Peyton	Martinek	173
Myles	Gilyard	188
Aaron	Casey	195
Ryan	Powley	208
Michael	Smith	218
Jaxon	Lahner	238
Ava	Kehr	12
Abby	Ellenbecker	18
Lilah	Gilyard	30
Ilsa	Hoaglund	47
Zoe	Hoaglund	59
Akala	Lowe	63
Josie	Ingvaldson	74
Olivia	Nojd	89
Tara	Treml	99
Julia	Dutton	114

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks
Denny

Skate Pursuit Results

Sorry these didn't get up last night, but it took longer to do overall pursuit results than just normal results.  But, all results are now posted on the right side of the blog.  Please note, these are not just the Skate times, but both days and the overall time.  So, it will let us know where everyone finished for the two days, basically where they finished yesterday at the end of the race.

A good two days of skiing though.  A tough classic course on Tuesday in windier conditions to an easier course that was warmer and starting to get softer in spots and icier in other spots, so not always easy to navigate. 

What was seen was just a good fight to the finish for all of our skiers.  There was a lot of moving up and skiers going all the way through the finish.  Abby Ellenbecker had a solid two days and easily taking the Overall win, prepping herself for next weeks Conference meet and letting everyone know that she is one of the favorite.  Lilah Gilyard moved up yesterday and gained a top 10 spot, putting her into a good position for an All Conference finish next week.

The Boys moved up as a team and will have many fighting for All Conference or Honorable Mention spots next week.  With 8 boys finishing in the top 27 bodes well for our depth.  Josh Thoen was the top finisher with a 6th place Overall finish.  Other top 20 spots went to Noah Christiansen, Jared Heida, and Aaron Casey, with Peyton Martinek, Myles Gilyard, Ryan Powley, and Michael Smith all in the top 27.

Thanks,
Denny

Today's Start List

Here is a link to today's Start List.  The Short Course skiers were not included in this.  I am not 100 percent on how they will be started.
Any questions, let me know,
Thanks,
Denny

Today's Results, Tomorrow's Race

Our individual times for today's race are posted on the right side of the blog.  The results from today are only half of the overall race, which will happen tomorrow at Elm Creek, with a Skate technique Pursuit, where skiers will leave in the place they finish today at the time of where they also finished today.  What this means for those not sure how it works, if someone was 1st overall today, they are the first one to leave and the next person will not start until the time they finished behind today.  If someone was 25th today, they will be 25th tomorrow at the start however far behind everyone ahead of them, and then it is the first person to the line that is the overall race winner.  It becomes a fun race to watch knowing that everyone is chasing each other down or trying to hold off those behind them.

I was hoping to have the finish list from today's race so everyone knows what time they start tomorrow, but that has not been posted to us as coaches yet.  If there was someone that did not race today but will be there tomorrow, they will start at the back so they are still a part of the race.

Bus leaves at 2:00 today with the Boys racing at 3:30 and the Girls at 4:00.

Any questions, let me know,
Thanks
Denny