Marshall Nordic Ski Team Athletes

Junior High Championships

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Results can be found here

Location:

Snowflake Nordic Center
4348 Rice Lake Road
Duluth, MN  55802

Bib Pick-up 2:00 p.m.
Coaches Meeting 2:30 p.m.
Race Start time 3:00 p.m.

Format:

3 km Freestyle race on lighted trails

Order of Start:

7th grade Boys
7th grade Girls
6th grade Boys
6th grade Girls
5th grade Boys
5th grade Girls

Break

9th grade Boys
9th grade Girls
8th grade Boys
8th grade Girls

Awards: Individual – Top 10 ribbons in each grade

Coaches Information

Cost: $5 per skier.  Make checks payable to Duluth East Nordic Ski Team.

Send to: Duluth East Nordic Ski Team, Duluth East High School, 2900 East 4^th Street, Duluth, MN  55812 or bring to the race.

Entries must be received by Saturday, February 5

Enter on web site www.boreal.org/~durfee or sent to: Steve Deschene timing@boreal.org

Questions call Dave or Bonnie at 218-724-2775 (no phone entries please) or e-mail coachdave@dulutheastnordic.org

2011 Cook County Invitational Pursuit Race

Date: Friday, February 4, 2011.

Where: Pincushion Mtn Ski Area On the Gunflint Trail.

Results can be found here

Videos of Marshall skiers can be found here

Race Report from Kris Jarocki:

Coaches meeting & bib pickup 9:30 AM at Pincushion warming house.

ORDER OF START (Enter as many skiers as you want)

10:30 am start running clock. Racers double start at 30 second intervals.

Event

Boy’s Varsity Freestyle 5K

Girl’s Varsity Freestyle 5K

Boy’s Jr High Classic 2.5K

Girl’s Jr High Classic 2.5K

2:00 pm restart running clock (20 minute gap between last Boy/first Girl)

Event

Boy’s Varsity 5K Classic Pursuit Starts

Boy’s Varsity 5K Classic Only (double interval starts)

Girl’s Varsity 5K Classic Pursuit Starts

Girl’s Varsity 5K Classic Only (double interval starts)

NOTE: The Jr. High race is for classical technique only and shall be for up through the 9th grade. Varsity skiers can ski both races (pursuit), or just either one. The classic varsity pursuit skiers will begin in the order of their freestyle finish at the interval they finished behind the leader. Individual classic only skiers will follow behind pursuit skiers. Note, however, that skiers entering only one race will not count for the team score. Only pursuit skiers will count towards team scores,

FOOD! THERE WILL BE HOMEMADE SOUPS, BREAD, BARS AND DRINKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, SO LEAVE THE PB&J SANDWICHES AT HOME!

AWARDS:

Individual top 10 in classic, freestyle, pursuit and Jr. High events. Medals 1-5,Ribbons 6-10 Team plaques 1-2-3.

Award presentations will be at Pincushion warming house immediately following race.

The Grand Marais Municipal Pool (with whirlpool & sauna) will be open from noon to 8PM. A book of 10 tickets can be purchased there…Make a day of it!

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“THE CLASSIC SORENSON”

(Proctor Invite)

Friday, January 14^th, 2011

Proctor/Hermantown Nordic invites you to a classic race on the beautiful Spirit Mtn. trails.  This will be a fun and challenging course that also pays tribute to the man that brought Nordic Skiing to Proctor High School back in the late 1900s!

Format:

Racers will start in pairs every 30 seconds.  Varsity and Junior Varsity will ski 5 Km races and Junior High will ski 3 Km.  All courses will be a single loop and there should be about a 10 minute break between races.

Schedule:

11:30 a.m.. – Bibs available

12:30 p.m. – Coaches Meeting

1:00 p.m. – Racing Begins

Race Order:

Boys Varsity

Girls Varsity

Boys Junior Varsity

Girls Junior Varsity

Boys Junior High

Girls Junior High

Awards: 1^st – 10^th place, Varsity, JV & JH

Coaches Information Read the rest of this entry »

CEC Invitational @ Pine Valley

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Come ski under the lights in an early evening race.

Format:

This will be a skate race. Two skiers will start every 30sec. Varsity and JV will ski two, 2.5k laps while the Jr. High will ski one 2.5k lap.

Schedule:

4:00 pm.  Bibs available for pick-up at the timing shack.

4:30 pm.  Coaches meeting at the timing shack.

5:00 pm.  Boys varsity followed by Girls VR; Boys JV; Girls JV; Girls JH; Boys JH.

Note: There will be ~15min break (shorter for VR races-longer for JH races) between races to allow time for skiers to complete their first lap before the next race starts. Since this multi-lap format will involve more passing, tracking will be active.

Awards:

In an effort to get everyone home as early as possible. Awards will be given out 10mins after results are final for a given race. Awards will be for the top ten places in each race. Awards will be presented at the Chalet. Results will be posted at the Chalet also.

There will be concessions:

Since the races will take place over the dinner hour, adequate concessions will be provided.

Coaches Information Read the rest of this entry »

MESABI EAST X-C INVITATIONAL

SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2011

Giants Ridge Nordic Ski Center

Bus Leaves Marshall Wax Room at 8:00am

Results can be found at http://www.itiming.com/

Photos from the event

BIB PICK UP:

Saturday, Jan. 8

7:00 am – 8:30 am

In the Giants Ridge Training Center

COACHES MEETING:

10:00 am in the Training Center Meeting Room

APPROX. START TIME:

12:00 Noon  5K Classic Varsity followed by JV Boys

5K Classic Varsity followed by JV Girls

5K Freestyle Varsity followed by JV Boys

5K Freestyle Varsity followed by JV Girls

ENTRIES:

6 Varsity Boys (3 classic and 3 skate)

6 Varsity Girls (3 classic and 3 skate)

4 JV Boys (2 classic and 2 skate)

4 JV Girls (2 classic and 2 skate)

RESULTS:

Results will be posted on itiming.com Read the rest of this entry »

The Marshall Holiday Ski Camp closed today with the traditional Topper Tunnel celebrating the accomplishments of the seventy participants of this year’s camp.  The 8th Annual Marshall Holiday Ski Camp was held at Snowflake Nordic Ski Center from Monday, December 27, 2010 until today, Wednesday, December 29, 2010.  The camp is the fund raiser for the Marshall Nordic Ski Team.  This years proceeds were used to buy benches and waxing equipment for the new wax room.  The weather was perfect for this year’s camp with temperatures in the upper 20’s and over a foot of snow on the ground.   Here is what one parent had to say about this year’s camp:

Megan C. is with the CXC Team in West Yellowstone over the Thanksgiving holidays. She is sending back daily email updates. Here is what Megan has to say!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Today we did a 5 minute run and then 20 minutes of strength, all outside. Ate breakfast and I worked on homework. We then went on a hour and a half skate ski and did technique work such as no pole skiing, working on getting on our edges, V2 and v1. After that we went on an easy 45 minute ski in the blizzard; it was really cool! After lunch we watched ourselves ski from that morning. One of the coaches was filming us, and the main coach, igor, was slowing it down and rewinding, telling everybody what to change and how to do it. It was very helpful, and by watching myself ski, I could really see what I was doing wrong. At 4 we went on an easy 30 minute run then ate dinner. There was a ski expo at one of the hotels with all of the ski Brands there such as Toko, Swix, Salomon, Fischer, ect. They had a bunch of new things like boots, skis and waxes that everybody could look at. Finally, we came back to the hotel and we are about to head to bed!

Monday, November 22, 2010
This morning at 7 we did a 5 minute run outside then strength exercises with an expert. We had breakfast and a break then at 9 applied kick wax. We headed out to the trails and did a 30 minute warm up, then different drills without poles, one pole, double pole technique and just skiing, all on a small hill. We then did a 45 minute ski/cool down. It’s really nasty and blowy so we got the choice to take the afternoon off. I did, and started some homework and waxed skies for tomorrow. I think we are going to go to Harry Potter tonight! Then bed!

Sunday, November 21, 2010
This is Megan. I missed the early morning workout, but my friend said they did a 30 minute run. The mid-morning workout was skate technique on the trails for about an hour and a half, maybe a little more. We went very easy, however the altitude makes it much harder! We had a long break and ate lunch, then did 2 hours of bushwhacking around a river and it was so much fun! A very easy pace, but I was definitely winded! West Yellowstone has about 3 feet if snow and the conditions are great! It’s really very beautiful but a bit cold.

Snow on the ground and cold wind on the face!  Things are looking great for the start of ski season.  Here are some important preseason dates:

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 3:15 in Mr. DJ’s Classroom. Marshall Nordic Preseason Meeting for all interested students.  Please encourage your friends to come and check out what the Nordic Team has to offer.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 6:00 pm in Mr. DJ’s Classroom. Parent Meeting for parents of skiers on the Marshall Nordic Ski Team.  Please encourage your parents to attend to learn the ins and outs of Marshall Nordic

Saturday, November 13, 2010 Ski Swap at Snowflake Nordic Ski Center. 8:00 am numbers handed out.  9:00 am sale starts.

Nov.13	Snowflake XC Ski Swap	Snowflake Nordic Center Duluth, MN
	Check in Friday evening 5pm-8pm. Swap is Saturday morning from 9am to 12pm, post-sale pick up is Saturday afternoon, 12pm-2pm. Get your old skis dusted off and turn them into some cold, hard cash. Or pick yourself up a great deal on a pair of skis to help yourself enjoy the season! This amount is used to support area cross-country skiers. The swap is also an excellent time and place to purchase your season pass for Snowflake at the preseason rate.

Monday, November 15, 2010 Nordic Practice 3:20 in the Middle School Commons..after date that we will normally meet  in the Marshall Nordic Team / Wax Room

Duluth East Nordic

2010 West Yellowstone Ski Trip

November 19 to November 27, 2010

West Yellowstone, Montana

Cost $555 ($575 after Oct. 26)

westyellowstone.dulutheastnordic.org

Trip Leaders:

Bonnie Fuller-Kask (218) 724-2775

Dave Kask

Trip Information:

·         This trip has filled up in the past. We will fill the buses on a first paid – first reserved basis.  Your seat will be reserved when we receive your down payment.

·         Leave Woodland Middle School at 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 19

·         Have a bag dinner with you – we will not be stopping for dinner.

·         We will stop for a quick breakfast on Saturday morning

·         Arrive West Yellowstone Saturday afternoon.  We’ll have time to ski.

·         Leave West Yellowstone about 4:00 p.m. on Friday

·         Arrive Duluth about 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 27.

·         $555 Fee includes ($575 after Oct. 26):

o        Transportation

o        Breakfast Saturday morning on the way out

o        6 nights lodging at the Kelly Inn

o        Continental Breakfasts in West Yellowstone

o        3 dinners and Thanksgiving dinner

o        Ski passes for the week

o        Coaching (by collegiate skiers)

·         Skiers should bring additional money for lunches and other dinners

·         There are grocery stores and restaurants within walking distance of the Kelly Inn.

·         Waxing benches, irons and waxing help will be available.

·         Skiers MUST bring the following kick waxes; Red Special, Blue Extra and Green plus a cork!  This is necessary to get out on the ski trails faster.

·         This is not a school-sponsored trip.  Parents will be required to excuse their students from school.  Permission slips, including Emergency information will be required.

·         Please keep the volume of bags to a minimum.  The bus will be full.

·         No coolers, there will not be room on the bus.

To reserve your seat on the bus, get your $275 non-refundable deposit to Bonnie ASAP.  The seats will be filled on a first come first served basis.

Remaining trip fee is due to Bonnie prior to November 12, 2010 (we have to let the checks clear the bank so we can use the money in West Yellowstone).  Please make checks out to DE Nordic Trip Fund.

Note: If signing up after October 26, 2010 the fee increases to $575 because the ski passes go up.

Parents and other interested adults are welcome.

The prices for adults are:

·         $555.00 – Quad occupancy

·         $600.00 – Triple occupancy

·         $690.00 – Double occupancy

·         $960.00 – Single Occupancy

Add $20 if signing up after October 26, 2010.

Go to westyellowstone.dulutheastnordic.org for the sign-up forms, wavers and more information.

Korkki Nordic Ski Center is to many folks the perfect nordic ski center.
The single track classic trail winding through the woods seems to transport skiers back to another place and time.  Adding to the ambiance is the rustic chalet, well stocked woodsheds, and other small buildings that evoke a feeling of coming home.  For many members of the Marshall Nordic Ski Team, Korkki Nordic has also come to symbolize a place to challenge yourself. The trails can be difficult and they demand your best skiing to navigate them safely.  There is another challenge that speaks to the skiers.

This challenge is represented by two small plaques in the chalet, the Errki Harju 100 k Club and the Korkki Nordic 50 Kilometer Club.  To have your name added to either plaque a skier needs to ski 5 or 10 full loops of the Korkki trail, including the big hill (aka..Iso Maki).  To accomplish this in a day is a difficult task in even the best conditions.  Until Thursday, March 4th only 18 skier’s names graced the 100 Kilometer Plaque.

That list of names grew to 21 after three Marshall Nordic skiers completed 100 kilometers of skiing around 6:00 pm on Thursday March 4th 2010.  Starting at 5:15 am using headlamps to guide their way, Sam Johnson, Joe Fairbanks and Cody Johnson began skiing on the expertly groomed trails.  Their first goal Read the rest of this entry »