The Nation’s Largest High School Ski Meet, The Mesabi East Invite
Posted by Dave Johnson on December 31st 2007 in Team Communication, Races, Events
On Saturday, January 5, 2008 twenty members of the Marshall Nordic Ski Team will join over a thousand other skiers for the nation’s largest high school nordic ski race, the Mesabi East Invite! The Mesabi East Invite is held on the state meet courses at Giant’s Ridge Ski Area in Biwabik, Minnesota. The schedule of events is as follows:
7:00 am Bus Departs Marshall School
9:00 am Coaches Meeting
10:00 am Varsity Boys followed by JV Boys 5k Classic on the Gold Course
12:00 noon Varsity Girls followed by JV Girls 5k Classic on the Gold Course
1:30 pm Varsity Boys followed by JV Boys 5k Freestyle on the Silver Course
3:00 pm Varsity Girls Followed by JV Girls 5k Freestyle on the Silver Course
5:00 pm stop at grocery store in Biwabik for food for bus trip home
7:00 pm bus arrives back at Marshall
Each school is allowed to enter 6 varsity boys (3 classic and 3 skate), 4 JV boys (2 classic and 2 skate) and 6 varsity girls (3 classic and 3 skate) and 4 JV girls (2 classic and 2 skate). Team score for varsity is based on the places of the team’s top two skiers in classic and in freestyle. The team score for JV is based on the top skate place and top classic place. Boys and girls teams score separately.
T-Shirts are available from the ski shop in the downhill chalet. $15 for short sleeve and $20 for long sleeve.
Parents: This is a great race to attend. It takes about 1 1/2 hours to drive up from Duluth and there is a lot to do at Giants Ridge. Some families come up to downhill ski and be spectators when their child is racing.A full start list can be found later in the week at http://itiming.com/
