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:
Presented by Continental Ski and Bike
Sunday, Dec. 23rd 2007
Location: Snowflake Nordic (4348 Rice Lake Road Duluth, Minnesota)
Qualification at 10am
Heats to follow immediately after Qualification
Cash Prizes for the Citizens.*
Great Prizes for the High School Racers.
*Prize money based on participation in each division.
Pre-register at Continental Ski and Bike 1305 E. 1st St.
Or Sunday beginning at 9am at Snowflake Nordic Center.
Cost: $15 Dollars, $10 Dollars for High School Skiers
Contact info: Continental Ski and Bike 218-728-4466
5:00 p.m. Thursday, December 20th at
Snowflake
Duluth Marshall Start List
3:30 Bus Leaves Marshall
4:15 Coaches’ meeting in the Chalet
5:00 Boys’ Varsity
5:30 (approx.) Girls’ Varsity
6:00 (approx.) Boys’ Junior High
6:30 (approx.) Girls’ Junior High
7:15 (approx.) Awards
Marshall skiers who would like to attend, sign up at practice after school on Monday.
Enjoy some footage from Sunday’s SuperTour 15km men’s freestyle race at Bohart Ranch, MT. The race was won by Garrott Kuzzy (CXC) ahead of Zack Simons (Rossignol) and Kuzzy’s teammate Brian Gregg. For a full recap and results, see http://www.fasterskier.com/racing4832.html
Enjoy some footage of the men’s and women’s A- and B-Finals from Saturday’s SuperTour classic sprints hosted by Bozeman, Montanna-based Bridger Ski Foundation and Bohart Ranch. Laura Valaas (APU) claimed victory ahead of US Development Team skier Lindsay Williams, while on the men’s side it was a University of Utah 1-2 with Snorri Einarsson holding off teammate Even Sletten. Sletten broke a pole out of the start but managed to rebound to second place ahead of Rossignol’s Kevin Hochtl. For a full recap and photos see Saturday’s articles from FasterSkier.Com:
Ely Timberwolf Classic Invitational
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007
Hidden Valley Ski Area
JV Girls / Boys – 5.5K classic
JH Girls / Boys – 3.3K classic
Boys’ Varsity - approx. 11:30
Girls’ JV – approx. 12:00
Boys’ JV – approx. 12:30
Girls’ JH –approx. 1:00
Boys’ JH –approx. 1:30
Medals 1-3 for Var/JV, ribbons 4-10; Ribbons 1-10 for JH
On Wednesday, January 23, 2008 the Marshall Ski Trails will be the place to be for all nordic skiing enthusiasts and everyone else interested in exciting racing action. Starting at 4:00 pm and running until 7:00 pm spectators will be treated to fast paced, head to head ski racing on the challenging Marshall Sprints Course. Due to the unique design of the course, spectators will have a great view of all the action from the tiered seating area. Three exciting events will make up the evenings exciting entertainment. The premier event is
Saturday you will board the bus at 7:00 am to travel up the state to participate in your first cross country ski race of the season. If this is your first race you might have so many questions about what to do that you might not even know where to start. If you are more experienced, you might need a refresher to help you be prepared for a day of racing. Here are the top six items to think about to have a great first race of the season.
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Grand 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
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The 2008 Marshall Sprints will be held at the Marshall School in
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2008
Time: 9:00 bib pick up and course inspection
11:00 Sprint Qualifier
12:30 pm 3.5 k race and Jr. High 3k
2:00 pm Single elimination sprint heats top 30 boys and 30 girls
