Joe Fairbanks Qualifies for State Tourney 3rd Year in a Row!

Results found here

Photo Sets Found Here

Thursday, February 7, 2013    Marshall School senior Joe Fairbanks qualified for his third MSHSL State Tournament with a strong top ten finish in today’s Section Seven Nordic Ski Meet, held at Giants Ridge Nordic Ski Center.   In the first race of the day a 5 kilometer skate race on the Silver Trail, Fairbanks placed 10th.  Later that afternoon Joe moved up one spot to capture ninth place overall in the classical pursuit race held on the Cedar and Gold section course.  His finish placed him in the group of eight individual state meet qualifiers not on the winning team.  Fairbank’s teammate Senior Cody Johnson finished the day 13th in skate and 17th overall.  Johnson was satisfied with his performance in the grueling races having just recovered from a long lingering cold.

In team results the Ely boys captured first place in a hard fought battle with the Duluth East Greyhounds.  The Marshall boys team finished the day in 6th place out of the 11 teams competing in a very tough section.

The MSHSL State Tournament will be held on Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 at Giants Ridge.  Racing begins at 10:00am and will be broadcast live by WELY out of Ely, Minnesota

2013 Cook County Invitational Pursuit Race and LSC Championships

Photoset of the Event (mostly videos of Marshall Skiers)

Results

Date: Friday, February 1, 2013.  Date Changed to Saturday, February 2, 2013
Coaches meeting & bib pickup 9:30 AM at Pincushion warming house
Where: Pincushion Mountain Ski Area on the Gunflint Trail. (Co. Rd. 12 is the Gunflint Trail – go through
“downtown” Grand Marais, turn left onto the Gunflint Trail, go about three miles to the Pincushion scenic
overlook (Pincushion Drive) and turn right. Warming house and primitive toilets on site.
ORDER OF START (Enter as many skiers as you want)
10:30 am start running clock. Racers double start at 30 second intervals with some gaps
between events to prevent unnecessary crowding.

Events
Boy’s Varsity Freestyle 5.3K
Girl’s Varsity Freestyle 5.3K
Boy’s Jr. Varsity Freestyle 5.3K
Girl’s Jr. Varsity freestyle 5.3K
Boy’s Jr High Classic 2.8K
Girl’s Jr High Classic 2.8K
2:00 pm restart running clock
Event
Boy’s Varsity 5.6K Classic Pursuit
2:40 pm(?) restart running clock after last Boy finishes
Event
Girl’s Varsity 5.6K Classic Pursuit
Note: Only pursuit skiers will count towards the varsity team scores. (Unlike past years, there will be no
classic only option for either varsity or JV skiers)

FOOD! THERE WILL BE DELICIOUS HOMEMADE SOUPS, BREAD, BARS AND DRINKS
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!
AWARDS:
Award presentations will be at the Pincushion warming house immediately following the race.
Varsity Pursuit: Medals for top 10
Varsity Pursuit Team plaques: 1-2-3, boys and girls
Jr. Varsity: Medals 1-5, Ribbons 6-10
Jr. High: Medals 1-5, Ribbons 6-10
Coaches Information
Start Lists must be received by 6PM Wednesday, January 30, 2013.
Send to: Steve Deschene timing@boreal.org , or on website www.boreal.org/~durfee.
Phone Dick Swanson at 218-370-1119 (if you have questions, no phone entries please!)

Cost: $5 per skier. Make checks payable to North Superior Ski & Run Club. Please pay when you
receive your bibs.

Race Invite PDF

Duluth East

 Invitational Pursuit Race

Results Here

Videos and a Few Photos

Friday, January 25, 2013.

Snowflake Nordic Center

4348 Rice Lake Road, Duluth, MN  55811

Bib pickup: 10:00 a.m.

Coaches meeting: 10:30 a.m.

ORDER OF START

11:00 am start running clock.  Racers start two every 30 seconds

Boy’s Varsity Freestyle 5K

Girl’s Varsity Freestyle 5K

Boy’s Jr. Varsity Freestyle 5K

Girl’s Jr. Varsity Freestyle 5K

Break

Boy’s Jr. High Freestyle 3K

Girl’s Jr. High Freestyle 3K

At about 2:30 pm restart running clock                              

Boy’s Varsity 5K Classic Pursuit Starts

(About 20 minute gap between last Boy/first Girl)

Girl’s Varsity 5K Classic Pursuit Starts

NOTE: The classic pursuit race will be limited to the top 100 skiers from each of the boys and girls Varsity freestyle race.  Only pursuit skiers will count towards Varsity team scores.

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

Send to: Duluth East Nordic Ski Team, Duluth East High School, 301 North 40^th Avenue East, Duluth, MN  55804 or bring to the race.

AWARDS:

Individual awards to the top 10 in the Varsity pursuit, Junior Varsity freestyle and Jr. High freestyle events.

Award presentations will be immediately following race.

Concessions will be available

Coaches Information

Entries must be received by 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 22, 2013.
Send to:  Steve Deschene timing@boreal.org ,

or on website http://www.boreal.org/~durfee/entry_form.htm.

Phone Dave or Bonnie @ 218.724.2775 if you have questions (no phone entries please!)

“THE CLASSIC SORENSON”

(Proctor Invite)

Canceled Due to Icy Conditions

Tuesday, January 15^th, 2013

Proctor/Hermantown Nordic invites you to a classic race at Snowflake Nordic Center.  This will be a fun course that pays tribute to the man that brought Nordic Skiing to Proctor High School back in the late 1900s!

Format:

Racers will start individually every 20 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:  

2:30 p.m.. – Bibs available

3:30 p.m. – Coaches Meeting

4:00 p.m. – Racing Begins

Race Order:

Girls Varsity

Boys Varsity

Girls Junior Varsity

Boys Junior Varsity

Girls Junior High

Boys Junior High

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

PS: Tasty concessions will be available.

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On Tuesday, December 4th 2012, Marshall Nordic Skier, Jake Kmiech received his Eagle Scout recognition at an award ceremony hosted by Troop 43.  Jake joins a select group of individuals who have persevered and completed all the steps to obtain Scouting’s highest honor.  Just 4% of all boys that participate in scouting reach the rank of Eagle Scout.  The Marshall Nordic Ski team and coaches are proud of Jake!

2012 Grand Rapids Invite
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Results found here

Photo Set from the Race

Bus leaves Marshall @ 8:00am

Mt Itasca, Coleraine
Skate Race
Coaches Meeting @ 10:30

Awards:  Awards for the top 10 in Varsity, Jr. Varsity and Jr. High

Time Schedule

11:00 Girls Varsity (5K)
12:00 Boys Varsity (5K)
1:00 Girls JV (5K)
1:45 Boys JV (5K)
2:30 Girls JH (3K)
3:00 Boys JH (3K)

Exact course to be determined on Friday based on amount of snow we are able to make.  Plans are to have at least a 1.6kilometer loop.

Concessions will be available.

Questions?  Contact Tony Carter at  tcctbc@q.com

The 2012-2013 Marshall Nordic T-Shirt is available for order by members of Marshall Nordic, Alumni and Family Members.  Payment must be received before your shirt will be ordered.  Checks for $20 per shirt can be made out to Joe Fairbanks and given to Joe at practice or mailed to him at Joe Fairbanks, Marshall School Nordic Ski Team, 1215 Rice Lake Road, Duluth, MN 55811.  Please use the form below to order the shirt.

The coaching staff of Marshall Nordic are pleased to announce that we have added a team trip to Maplelag for the 2012-2013 schedule.  Maplelag is a destination cross-country ski resort and conference center located in Callaway, Minnesota.  It is famous for excellent grooming, fantastic family style meals, fun trails and a bottomless cookie jar!   Here are the preliminary details…

Dates of trip:  Depart after school on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 and return Saturday, December 22 in the early evening.

Cost:  Approximately $175 to pay for three days skiing, three nights lodging and eight meals.  Proceeds from the Holiday Ski camp will pay  for transportation.

Purpose of trip:  Race in the Detroit Lakes Invite on Thursday, improve ski technique, ski a great ski trail, eat excellent food and have fun as a team.

Sign-up details will be announced at a later date.

All interested Marshall and LCA students grades 7-12 are invited to attend the Marshall Nordic preseason meeting on Monday, November 5, 2012 from 3:15 to 4:00pm in room D110 at Marshall School.  Later that evening at 7:00 pm all parents of winter athletes are requested to attend the winter parent meeting at Marshall.

All athletes please fill out this form