Grand Rapids Invite Information
Posted by Dave Johnson on November 29th 2007 in Team Communication, Races, EventsGrand Rapids Invite
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Skate Race -
Sprint format for Varsity
3k mass start for JV and JH
Race Distance - Varsity - 1k
JV and JH - 3k
Bus Leaves Marshall at 7:30 am
Time Schedule at Meet(tentative):
10:00 coaches meeting
10:30 Boys Varsity Sprint Qualifier (1k - interval start)
11:00 Girls Varsity Sprint Qualifier (1k - interval start)
Top 24 from each division moves on to Sprint rounds - top two from each heat advances to next round
11:30 Boys JV (3k-mass start)
11:45 Girls JV (3k- mass start)
12:00 Boys JH (3k- mass start)
12:15 Girls JH (3k - mass start)
12:30 - 12:50 Boys Varsity first round (4 heats of 6)
1:00 - 1:20 Girls Varsity first round (4 heats of 6)
1:30 - 1:45 Boys Semi Finals (2 heats of 4)
1:50 - 2:05 Girls Semi Finals (2 heats of 4)
2:20 - Boys Final (heat of 4)
2:30 - Girls Final (heat of 4)
Awards: Trophy awarded to 1st place varsity in girls and boys.
Individual awards - Top 8 in Varsity, Top 15 in JV and JH
Concessions will be available
Questions:
(218) 327-0687 or tony.carter@co.itasca.mn.us (work)
(218) 245-1901 or tcct@colerainecable.com
Entry Information for Coaches:
Entry Deadline: Wednesday, December 5, 2007 6PM
Entry Information: www.boreal.org/~durfee email - timing@boreal.org
Entry Fee: $5.00 per skier, $100 team maximum, make checks payable to “ISD #318″
Mail entry to: Wayne Pender, Activities Director,
Grand Rapids High School
800 Conifer Drive, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
November 30th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Am I reading this correctly–the varsity are skiing 1 k and the JH & JV are skiing 3 k? This doesn’t make sense to me. If this is correct, please explain so that I can gain a better understanding of this sport.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Hi Liz:
You did read the invite correctly, varsity is skiing a 1 Kilometer Sprint race and the JR High and JV are skiing a 3 kilometer mass start race. This does seem backwards. Here is the reason why. The Varsity athletes will all ski a 1 kilometer course to try and be in the top 24 finishers. If they are successful they will then move into an elimination round, where they will race head to head against 3-5 other skiers. In that round the top two skiers advance to the next round. This continues until only 4 skiers remain and they race for 1st through 4th place. It is a very exciting event. At the end the top skiers will have skied 4-5 kilometers all at top speed. Thanks for asking the question and you gave me a great idea on what my next post should be about!