tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26374817849698941052024-03-12T17:37:24.118-07:00Durango Nordic Ski ClubSki Team adventures from Southwest ColoradoDurango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-11675248743252148532013-02-15T08:46:00.000-08:002013-02-15T08:46:13.647-08:00<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Durango Nordic eyes Junior Nationals</span></strong><br />
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Halfway through the season, eight Durango Nordic Ski Club members have qualifying positions on the Rocky Mountain Nordic team that will travel to Junior Nationals in Fairbanks, Alaska, next month.
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Skiers earn positions on the team through the best-of-four divisional races. Four races remain for skiers to solidify their position, jump on or fall off the list. <br />
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Ten skiers already proved their mettle through top finishes at Senior Nationals in January and therefore prequalified for the Rocky Mountain Nordic team. An additional 44 skiers will be added to the team, and these are the spots up for grabs. <br />
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Durango’s prequalifiers are Haakon Sigurslid and Cully Brown, although Brown skis for Vail this year.<br />
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Topnotch hopefuls include Rachel Hampton with a first-place finish at Soldier Hollow, Utah, and Charlie Greenberg who has three seconds to his credit. <br />
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Other Durango Nordic qualifiers thus far include Hannah Peterson (bests of second and third), Kaylee Blevins and Amy Katz (both with two sixths), Lily Oswald (10th and 12th) and Avra Saslow (10th and 11th). <br />
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Durango Nordic skiers still fighting for places include Maggie Wigton and Levi Kurlander.<br />
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Nearly anything can happen in the last four races. The next races will be held in Frisco the last weekend of February. Durango Nordic will play host to races March 2-3.<br />
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Younger skiers also battle for position on the season-end achievements list in their respective age classes within the Rocky Mountain region. Topnotch Durango achievers here include J5 Wiley Cora, who has yet to lose a race this season, and Katja Freeburn with three golds in four races in the J3 women’s group. <br />
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Cora flew to two first-place finishes at a meet in Vail last month. On a course designed to challenge the country’s best skiers, Cora dominated the boys J5 division in the freestyle and classic races. <br />
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Among a field of 245 skiers representing teams from Crested Butte, Vail, Aspen, Boulder, Steamboat, Gunnison, Summit County, Sun Valley, Idaho, and the Universities of Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska-Anchorage, Utah, Wyoming, Denver and Montana State, several other Durango skiers also posted impressive results.<br />
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In podium performances, Katja Freeburn won the women’s J3 freestyle race and placed a close second to an inspired Eva Rosenboom-Bol from Boulder in the classic race. Freeburn led for most of that race. <br />
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In the same category, Marit May placed third in the classic race and fourth in the freestyle. Charlie Greenberg placed third in the classic and second in the freestyle against a tough J2 men’s field. Rachel Hampton was third and second, respectively, in the women’s OJ division, finishes that also placed her among the top 23 of some of the best university-level racers in the country. Hannah Peterson finished a strong second in the classic race and fourth in the freestyle. Peterson also competes on the Durango High School cross-country team.<br />
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In other top 10 finishes, Kaylee Blevins and Amy Katz both earned fifths in the J1 women’s category, Blevins in the classic and Katz in the freestyle. Blevins was seventh in the freestyle. Dylan Williamson, in the J3 men’s freestyle, and Cobe Freeburn, in the men’s J4 classic, placed sixth. In their opposite races, Williamson was eighth and Freeburn 11th. <br />
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Three other skiers earned ninth-place finishes: Levi Kurlander in the J1 classic, Lily Oswald in the J1 women’s freestyle and Skyler Sands in the J4 women’s free. Kurlander placed 10th in the freestyle. Carter Killen finished 10th in the J4 boys freestyle while Avra Saslow was 10th in the J2 women’s classic. They were 11th and 15th in the other races.<br />
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Other Durango Nordic skiers included another DHS cross-country runner, Gordon Giannini, who placed 12th and 13th in the J1 freestyle and classic races, respectively. J2 Maggie Wigton was 13th and 17th, and Stan Ott was 26th and 20th in his J3 races. Abe Ott placed 14th in the J1 freestyle.<br />
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Durango Nordic head coach Gary Colliander said even better finishes are likely to come as the season progresses, if history is to repeat. Complete results can be found at fourcornerstiming.com.<br />
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Two weeks later, 27 Durango Nordic skiers were among 600 who competed at <strong>Soldier Hollow</strong>, site of the 2002 Winter Olympics cross-country ski races. Durangoans came away with 28 top-20 finishes and 11 podiums.<br />
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Leading Durango again with victories in the J5 freestyle and classic races was Wiley Cora. Ethan Craig placed second and third in those races. Rachel Hampton claimed the women’s OJ championship in the 10K classic while placing second in the freestyle sprint. Kiri May also claimed titles in her J6 races. <br />
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Katja Freeburn took two seconds in J3 women. And in what may have been the strongest performance of the weekend, Marit May passed 15 skiers on the second lap of the 3K classic to claim third in the same category. It was a photo finish with Freeburn 0.3 seconds back of winning and May 0.7 behind her. May was 12th in the freestyle.<br />
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Charlie Greenburg, who never before made the sprint heats (top 30 in the qualifier) in a big race, walked away with an incredible fourth place in the men’s J2 freestyle sprints out of a field of 91. He got a 13th in the classic. <br />
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Hannah Peterson placed seventh out of 77 J1 women in the classic. She was 13th in the freestyle sprints. Amy Katz placed 14th and Kaylee Blevins was 21st in the classic. <br />
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Dylan Williamson placed ninth in both of his J3 3K races in a field of 58 skiers. Other skiers with top-20 finishes were J5 Ruby May (14th and 10th in the freestyle and classic, respectively), J4 Jordan Taylor (14th and 10th), J3 Camryn Sippy (35th and 14th) and J4 Ceci Compton (18th and 16th). <br />
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Cobe Freeburn and Haakon Sigurslid finished 16th and 18th, respectively, in the J4 and J1 classes of the freestyle. They were ill the second day and did not compete in the classic. Paul Knight was 22nd in the J4 freestyle, and Ellie Smith finished 20th in the J4 girl’s race.<br />
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Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-89160374923035932422012-06-20T11:05:00.001-07:002012-06-20T11:05:18.194-07:00Nordic Backpacking TripOn our first backpacking trip of the summer, 16 of us headed out from the South Mineral Creek trail head and climbed into Ice Lake Basin. On this overnight trip we had a wide range of ages, from 10 year olds to 16 year olds, well, and then us adults along for the ride. <br />
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The view were gorgeous as the lake and sky were both almost the same color. After spending some time taking photos and (for some) swimming, we split up into a few groups. Some headed back down the same trail to camp, so looked for a "short cut", and some went for a ridge run across to Island Lake.<br />
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After we all got back to camp, we hung out and had some lunch as we packed up our stuff. We had an awesome time camping in the basin and it was sad to pack up and start heading out. On the way down, the kiddos booked it out and we were at the cars about an hour later and heading home.Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-27529446275970650392012-05-02T09:17:00.001-07:002012-05-02T09:23:58.771-07:00DWSF Nordic Awards<br />
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Year. Each of the coaches have input for
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<b>MVP: </b>This award goes out to the male and
female who display the greatest success at a local, regional, national, and
international level. This year’s female
winner is Hannah Peterson for her success throughout the year in the RMN JNQ race
series as well as her performance at Junior Nationals. Hannah’s peak came around at the right time
as she won the last JNQ of the season, here at Durango, to secure her spot on
the RMN JN Team. At Junior Nationals
Hannah reach All-American honors in each individual race by placing 9<sup>th</sup>
in the classic sprint, 8<sup>th</sup> in the skate mass start, and 6<sup>th</sup>
in the classic individual start. This year’s
male winner was Cully Brown, who went undefeated in each RMN JNQ that he
entered this winter. Then, after
enduring and operation on his appendix, had two All-American races at Junior
Nationals, placing 3<sup>rd</sup> in the classic sprint and 2<sup>nd</sup> in
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<b>Devo MVP: </b>This is the second year of us having this
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success at the local and regional level.
This year’s female award goes out to Jordan Taylor. This season Jordan placed either 1<sup>st</sup>
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day. This year’s female Sportsmanship
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<b>Most Improved: </b> This award is presented to the male and female
who displayed improvement throughout the ski season. The female award this year is presented to
Maggie Wigton for her continued improvement not just this year, but also over
the past few years. Maggie displayed
continue improvement from the beginning of the season until her best races, the
final RMN CO Cup races in Durango. The
male award is presented to John Rhoades.
John battled a lot of sickness this year, but through focused training
still improved throughout the season, finishing it off with extremely strong races
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<b>Rookie of the
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and female skiers who are in their first year in our club. It is based on their commitment to, and love
of, the sport and how they represent themselves and our team at practice and
events. This year’s female award is
presented to Ruby May. Ruby is always up
beat and cruising around on her skis.
She goes out of her way to talk with all ages of skiers on the team as
well as coaches. She is going to be a
great ambassador of the sport. The male award is presented to Carter
Kileen. Moving here from Wisconsin, this
was the first year the Kileen family is part of our club, and we are lucky to
have them. Carter always brings a smile
to practice and loves to race. We are
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<b>Volunteer of the
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and all other things Nordic. This year’s
female award is presented to Nancy Agro for all of her help with the Coke race
series as well as our JNQ. The male
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The next race was a mass start freestyle event on Wednesday March 7<sup>th</sup>. The first group to race was the J2 Boys where Cull Brown placed 16<sup>th</sup> and Charlie Greenberg placed 34<sup>th</sup>. Shortly following them was the J2 Girls race and Hannah Peterson from Durango had an All American race, placing 8<sup>th</sup>. In the J1 Boys race, Sepp Kuss placed 20<sup>th</sup> and Haakon Sigurslid placed 27<sup>th</sup>. In the J1 Girls race, Rachel Hampton had an All American finish, placing 9<sup>th</sup>. She was followed by teammate Amy Katz in 19<sup>th</sup> and Kaylee Blevins in 53<sup>rd</sup>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The final individual race was an individual start classic race on Friday March 9<sup>th</sup>. The first group to start was the J1 Girls where DNSC athlete Rachel Hampton again had an All American race, finishing 7<sup>th</sup>. She was followed by her teammates Amy Katz in 19<sup>th</sup> and Kaylee Blevins in 38<sup>th</sup>. Next to race were the J2 Girls where Hannah Peterson again had an All American finish placing 6<sup>th</sup>. In the J1 Boys class Haakon Sigurslid placed 19<sup>th</sup> and Sepp Kuss placed 21<sup>st</sup>. In the last race of the day, Cully Brown had another All American race, finishing 2<sup>nd</sup> in his class. He was followed by his teammate Charlie Greenberg in 49<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The 2012 Junior Nationals ended with a team relay on Saturday March 10<sup>th</sup>. Charlie Greenberg was on the 8<sup>th</sup> place J2 boys team and Cully Brown was on the 11<sup>th</sup> place team. In the J2 Girls relay, Hannah Peterson was on the 4<sup>th</sup> place relay team. In the J1 boys race, Haakon Sigurslid was on the 9<sup>th</sup> place team and Sepp Kuss was on the 12<sup>th</sup> place team. In the J1 Girls race, Rachel Hampton was on the gold medal winning 1<sup>st</sup> place team and Amy Katz was on the 10<sup>th</sup> place team. Kaylee Blevins skied up an age group to be on an OJ Girls team that finished 13<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">“This was a great Junior Nationals for both Durango athletes and the Rocky Mountain Division.” Said coach Josh Dalley. “For most of us, we skied our best at Nationals when it really counted. It was nice this year to have Nationals hosted in Utach at higher elevation and a race venue we are used to racing at. I think this contributed a lot to the success of our team and Rocky Mountain’s 2<sup>nd</sup> place overall finish"<o:p></o:p></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-89812879314454722512012-02-28T13:24:00.001-08:002012-02-28T21:15:16.119-08:008 Durango Athletes Skiing at Nationals<div class="MsoNormal">This past weekend the Durango Nordic Ski Club hosted the last two qualifiers in an eight race series to determine who will ski at USSA Junior Nationals next week. The official team naming was done directly following the final race on Saturday. Durango Nordic will send eight athletes to the week long series of races to be held at the Olympic Venue in Midturn, UT. Congratulations to Kaylee Blevins, Cully Brown, Charlie Greenberg, Rachel Hampton, Amy Katz, Sepp Kuss, Hannah Peterson, and Haakon Sigurslid.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tD-I_4kemcjOSjsb421ny4X22bue-oHyGu76LyoASQrNYx40Mqca1XWkm0auwya586p7hLDsh84F6o4p8GJmLNRoA91C_LZGkjSV1VBrZDWC-skdQjiw8f_-nIY0DsAbhFdeSOvRy_CB/s1600/charlie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tD-I_4kemcjOSjsb421ny4X22bue-oHyGu76LyoASQrNYx40Mqca1XWkm0auwya586p7hLDsh84F6o4p8GJmLNRoA91C_LZGkjSV1VBrZDWC-skdQjiw8f_-nIY0DsAbhFdeSOvRy_CB/s320/charlie.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">These skiers were named to the team following races at the Durango Mountain Nordic Center on Friday 2/24 and Saturday 2/25. Friday everyone competed in a Classic technique Sprint Race. The morning started off with a qualifier around the 1.2km course to determine the seeding for the head to head sprint heats later in the day. In total, to make it to the final, the skiers will need to race around the course four times. From Durango, Haakon Sigurslid won the J1 boys race, followed by Sepp Kuss in 10<sup>th</sup> and Levi Kurlander in 12<sup>th</sup>. In the girls J1 field, DNSC was lead by Rachel Hampton in 2<sup>nd</sup>, Amy Katz in 3<sup>rd</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 8<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald in 13<sup>th</sup> and Emma Greenberg in 16<sup>th</sup>. Charlie Greenberg lead the way for the J2 boys in 7<sup>th</sup> place, followed by Abe Ott in 8<sup>th</sup>, John Rhoades in 10<sup>th</sup>, and Gordon Gianniny in 13<sup>th</sup>. In the J2 gils field, Hannah Peterson placed 5<sup>th</sup>. In J3 boys, Dylan Williamson placed 11<sup>th</sup>, followed by Stan Ott in 12<sup>th</sup>, Liam O’Neil in 14<sup>th</sup>, Leo Bruell in 15<sup>th</sup>, and Perrin Kileen in 16<sup>th</sup>. Marit May lead DNSC in the J3 females with a 6<sup>th</sup> place finish. She was followed by teammates Maggie Wigton in 7<sup>th</sup>, Katja Freeburn in 8<sup>th</sup>, Camryn Sippy in 10<sup>th</sup>, and Hannah DeKay in 11<sup>th</sup>. Carter Kileen lead Durango in the J4 boys group with a 7<sup>th</sup> place finish. He was followed by Quinn Luthy in 10<sup>th</sup> and Cobe Freeburn in 11<sup>th</sup>. Wiley Corra won the J5 boys race with his teammates Ethan Craig in 4<sup>th</sup>, Mason James in 5<sup>th</sup>, Jack Tescher in 6<sup>th</sup>, and Wyatt Gober in 8<sup>th</sup>. Jordan Taylor placed 2<sup>nd</sup> in the J5 girls race and Claudia Luthy was 5<sup>th</sup>. Cian O’Neil won the J6 boys race. Durango’s Ruby May won the J6 girls race, followed by her sister in 2<sup>nd</sup>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7mZQsV407jsy-NJtmTep4Pxp9-e4u-TLsAqdRCy1XsoVE3K1NOhFd3tvgN78MnOLpEyCtDIv9yEmVhTpyiUgaiu7J5KI0RC3N9ujvzpKT3GLA4kMBtag27wapCk1c5KdZBUeRzjc6OIL/s1600/marit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7mZQsV407jsy-NJtmTep4Pxp9-e4u-TLsAqdRCy1XsoVE3K1NOhFd3tvgN78MnOLpEyCtDIv9yEmVhTpyiUgaiu7J5KI0RC3N9ujvzpKT3GLA4kMBtag27wapCk1c5KdZBUeRzjc6OIL/s320/marit.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Saturday was the final qualifier for the Junior Nationals. J1 and older skiers race 10km around a grueling course. J2’s race 5km, J3’s and J4’s raced 3km, and the J5’s and J6’s raced 1.2km. Rachel Hampton of DNSC placed 1<sup>st</sup> in the J1 girls group. She was followed by her teammates Amy Katz in 4<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 9<sup>th</sup>, and Lily Oswald in 13<sup>th</sup>. Sepp Kuss lead Durango in the J1 boys race, placing 2<sup>nd</sup>. He was followed by Levi Kurlander in 12<sup>th</sup> and Haakon Sigurslid in 15<sup>th</sup>. In the J2 girls race, Hannah Peterson of Durango finished strong to win her first race of the year. In the J2 boys race, Charlie Greenberg place 7<sup>th</sup> ahead of teammates John Rhoades in 8<sup>th</sup>, Gordon Gianniny in 11<sup>th</sup>, and Abe Ott in 13<sup>th</sup>. In the J3 girls race, Maggie Wigton was 4<sup>th</sup>, Marit May was 6<sup>th</sup>, Katja Freeburn was 8<sup>th</sup>, and Camryn Sippy was 9<sup>th</sup>. Dylan Williamson lead Durango in the J3 boys category with a 10<sup>th</sup> place finish. He was followed by Stan Ott in 14<sup>th</sup>, Perrin Kileen in 15<sup>th</sup>, and Liam O’Neil in 20<sup>th</sup>. Carter Kileen placed 7<sup>th</sup> in the J4 boys race, just ahead of teammates Cobe Freeburn in 10<sup>th</sup> and Quinn Luthy in 14<sup>th</sup>. Jordan Taylor was again 2<sup>nd</sup> in the J5 girls and Claudia Luthy was 6<sup>th</sup>. Wiley Corra edged out the competition to win the J5 boys race. Teammates Ethan Craig was 4<sup>th</sup>, Mason James was 6<sup>th</sup>, Jack Tescher was 7<sup>th</sup>, and Wyatt Gober was 8<sup>th</sup>. Ruby May again won the J6 girls and Cian O’Neil won the J6 boys.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“It is awesome to have the last RMN qualifier on our home course” said Head Coach Josh Dalley. “We get to train on these trails everyday, so racing well on them comes naturally. I’m very proud of how all DNSC athletes preformed this weekend as well as all of our volunteers.” <o:p></o:p></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-33183443086501922532012-02-01T05:55:00.000-08:002012-02-01T05:55:59.981-08:00Olympic Venue Strength - Western Super Qualifier<div class="MsoNormal">The Durango Nordic Ski Club took part in a weekend of racing at Soldier Hollow in Midway, UT, the 2002 Olympic ski trails. The event is named the Western Super Qualifier and it is the largest junior cross country ski race in the nation. Taking place on January 27<sup>th</sup> and 28<sup>th</sup> and drawing in teams from the pacific coast to the Mississippi River, there were over 650 competitors for this past weekend’s races. Durango Nordic Ski Club had 31 racers competing with ages ranging from 6 to 17. “We were very excited to be there racing at Soldier Hollow again this year” said coach Josh Dalley. “It is always the best venue we attend each year, as well as the largest and most competitive fields. This year there is an added bonus to the race, as we will be back here in March for Junior Nationals.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxp4f5RznNQeC7po8-qp_fU3z67MtrmpVGMAUgSMRk9rmlKYUBihN2bZkAyKIr12Li7wVZaix3YWYpm55JKDric0RcCYD9tPuVvZ3m-NV3VmHO1ZyZxUtaemksLTa3phgkFC5nFks2Ogsk/s1600/287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxp4f5RznNQeC7po8-qp_fU3z67MtrmpVGMAUgSMRk9rmlKYUBihN2bZkAyKIr12Li7wVZaix3YWYpm55JKDric0RcCYD9tPuVvZ3m-NV3VmHO1ZyZxUtaemksLTa3phgkFC5nFks2Ogsk/s320/287.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">After hard rain on Thursday afternoon, the all man-made snow race trail were groomed into shape for the classic technique sprints that they would host that day. In sprint racing, the top 30 in each age group move on to the elimination heats where they go head to head in heats of 6 racers. From each heat, the top few skiers will move on to the next round. The boys were the first around the 1.2km course, setting an early pace. From Durango, Haakon Sigursld qualified in 3<sup>rd</sup> in the J1/OJ group, Sepp Kuss placed 45<sup>th</sup>, and Levi Kurlander placed 79<sup>th</sup> in a field of 124 racers. The next group to go was the J2 boys (14-15 year old) and Durango’s Cully Brown set a tough mark to beat, qualifying 1<sup>st</sup>. He was followed by teammates Charlie Greenberg in 28<sup>th</sup>, John Rhoades in 39<sup>th</sup>, Abe Ott in 40<sup>th</sup>, and Gordon Gianniny in 53<sup>rd</sup>. Next the girls were up for qualifying and Rachel Hampton lead the way for Durango Nordic, placing 14<sup>th</sup>. She was followed by Amy Katz in 20<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 35<sup>th</sup>, and Lily Oswald in 40<sup>th</sup>. Hannah Peterson qualified 15<sup>th</sup> in the J2 girls division. After the qualifier, DNSC had 6 skiers that would move on to the heats in the afternoon. Again the boys went first, and Haakon Sigurslid skied strong through the rounds, making at 6<sup>th</sup> place finish overall in the A final. Cully Brown showed his strength and ski handling skills, winning each heat on the way to an A Final victory. Charlie Greenberg was eliminated in his quarter final and would place 29<sup>th</sup> on the day. The girls were up next, but after tough battles to the line, Hampton, Katz, and Peterson would not advance past the quarterfinals.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPKg5HfitHeexRlXsk5NJLLjZOm0pVKcQBq5KInGMhkLbIlW0B7OhoorIlOo95fJinSgdvBFAqJ7ARWfNi1QtQChqx58-lt4kaSjpcVDbqzbCXHlXtMZTIhkFp-SU3-Ss9T6QIPLyZv53/s1600/074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPKg5HfitHeexRlXsk5NJLLjZOm0pVKcQBq5KInGMhkLbIlW0B7OhoorIlOo95fJinSgdvBFAqJ7ARWfNi1QtQChqx58-lt4kaSjpcVDbqzbCXHlXtMZTIhkFp-SU3-Ss9T6QIPLyZv53/s320/074.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Beyond the sprint racing for the older athletes, Friday also saw a lot of great racing by the younger age groups. Starting Durango off with a podium was Ruby May, who placed 3<sup>rd</sup> in the J6 female category. The momentum continued as Wiley Corra took 1<sup>st</sup> in the J5 male category. He was followed by teammates Ethan Craig in 9<sup>th</sup>, Mason James in 10<sup>th</sup>, Quincy Buickerood in 11<sup>th</sup>, and Wyatt Gober in 15<sup>th</sup>. Jordan Taylor brought another podium home to Durango, placing 2<sup>nd</sup> in the J5 female group. Racing in the J4 male category was Cobe Freeburn and Carter Kileen of Durango, who placed 9<sup>th </sup>and 15<sup>th</sup> respectively. Skiing two laps of the sprint loop, leading the way for Durango in the J3 male group was Dylan Williamson in 31<sup>st</sup> place. He was followed by teammates Stanton Ott in 35<sup>th</sup>, Leo Bruell in 41<sup>st</sup>, and Perrin Kileen in 42<sup>nd</sup>. Marit May of Durango placed 12<sup>th</sup> in the J3 female group. She was followed by her teammates Katja Freeburn in 20<sup>th</sup>, Maggie Wigton in 24<sup>th</sup>, and Camryn Sippy in 36<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtoj5fgFnwivz0ZTxUh1zHu02ZZ6WOQHPsH3bqSqEUAzhMyHYBx55x6V5A9HYO8EfUCgO4xfNp2-nMc97oqTRomJoA26JaBlhT1oku1syL7Th2756XD7MHVvBj0wAHS2LbFins7ZLZFf1/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtoj5fgFnwivz0ZTxUh1zHu02ZZ6WOQHPsH3bqSqEUAzhMyHYBx55x6V5A9HYO8EfUCgO4xfNp2-nMc97oqTRomJoA26JaBlhT1oku1syL7Th2756XD7MHVvBj0wAHS2LbFins7ZLZFf1/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">DNSC woke up the next morning to chilling temps and a rock hard race course. This time the technique would be freestyle and younger racers would get to race before the older one who will race a longer distance. Ruby May again started it off right with a 3<sup>rd</sup> place finish in the J6 females. As did Wiley Corra, who again won his race in the J5 males. Corra was followed by teammates Quincy Buickerood in 10<sup>th</sup>, Ethan Craig in 11<sup>th</sup>, Jack Tescher in 13<sup>th</sup>, Mason James in 14<sup>th</sup>, and Wyatt Gober in 17<sup>th</sup>. Jordan Taylor again placed 2<sup>nd</sup> among the J5 females. In the J4 males, Cobe Freeburn lead the way for Durango in 13<sup>th</sup>, followed by Carter Kileen in 16<sup>th</sup>. In the J3 male group, Dylan Williamson placed 25<sup>th</sup>, Perrin Kileen place 34<sup>th</sup>, Leo Bruell placed 40<sup>th</sup>, and Stanton Ott placed 41<sup>st</sup>. In the J3 female group, Katja Freeburn had an outstanding race, placing 8<sup>th</sup>. She was followed by Maggie Wigton in 16<sup>th</sup>, Marit May in 2<sup>nd</sup>, and Camryn Sippy in 29<sup>th</sup>. Next to race were the male J2’s, which turned out to be a tough head to head battle among the top 3 thoughout the 5km course. Coming to the finish line neck and neck, Cully Brown placed 3<sup>rd</sup>. He was followed by Charlie Greenberg in 15<sup>th</sup>, John Rhoades in 35<sup>th</sup>, Abe Ott in 29<sup>th</sup>, and Gordon Gianniny in 46<sup>th</sup>. Hannah Peterson, placing 10<sup>th</sup>, was the next to race in the J2 female group. As the distances increased, the J1/OJ females were next. Rachel Hampton placed 7<sup>th</sup> overall, followed by Amy Katz in 15<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 30<sup>th</sup>, and Lily Oswald in 31<sup>st</sup>. The last race of the day was J1/OJ males, skiing a 15km course with 126 racers. Sepp Kuss had an amazing race, placing 16<sup>th</sup>. He was followed by Haakon Sigurslid in 31<sup>st</sup>, and Levi Kurlander in 86<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIl37UvWwkaS_Y6CQPs1bpXuXi9SEzEv75GRklb9t7gJ-fjQE_bn6lRhTgm-eZxGDIUM5D353LoHGl2WYmrE1hVorkrStjEDa5CzlskQqrq92gvb910CmDwjpY7hRKCxJNHU0-_Liis245/s1600/384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIl37UvWwkaS_Y6CQPs1bpXuXi9SEzEv75GRklb9t7gJ-fjQE_bn6lRhTgm-eZxGDIUM5D353LoHGl2WYmrE1hVorkrStjEDa5CzlskQqrq92gvb910CmDwjpY7hRKCxJNHU0-_Liis245/s320/384.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">“This weekend was a huge success for us as a club.” said Dalley “Not only did we show our strength among the top competitors in the nation, but we also proved that we have serious racers in middle who are moving up in their standings as the season goes on. And we have this amazing group of young superstars who going to be following right in their tracks. Now we are focusing our training and looking toward the Durango JNQ we host and being back here at Soldier Hollow in March for Junior Nationals”<o:p></o:p></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-6697963279839722642012-01-19T18:18:00.000-08:002012-01-19T18:18:50.684-08:00Durango Nordic Preforms in Ski Town USA<div class="MsoNormal">Over January 13th and 14<sup>th</sup> the Durango Nordic Ski Club travelling to Steamboat Springs, CO to race at the CU Invite and Steamboat Junior National Qualifier. The Freestyle race on Friday was held on a grueling 2.5km loop of man-made snow, as was the Classic race on Saturday. “Racing on the cold man-made snow turned out to create very fast conditions” said head coach Josh Dalley “After a large blocks of distance training mixed with intensity over Christmas break, the DNSC athletes were prepared to race last weekend in Steamboat.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfgF3NsQ5cOzF3tEIKstur5ICJ-N9n3MJogF2RsHKBe_nY4JQ7HmjYCyVpBNBU53GvnMwgwnqD48tFatkxoJ6roOF1npcMOp0Cz2dwP-7sf3FIfvCwHRl4VV_dkzR2zserO-hL9B1Cn4A/s1600/sepp2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfgF3NsQ5cOzF3tEIKstur5ICJ-N9n3MJogF2RsHKBe_nY4JQ7HmjYCyVpBNBU53GvnMwgwnqD48tFatkxoJ6roOF1npcMOp0Cz2dwP-7sf3FIfvCwHRl4VV_dkzR2zserO-hL9B1Cn4A/s320/sepp2.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">On Friday the J1 boys raced 4 laps for a total of 10km. Leading Durango and the whole J1 field was Haakon Sigurslid. He was followed by Sepp Kuss in 7<sup>th</sup> place. The J1 girls raced 2 laps for total of 5km. Rachel Hampton lead DNSC with a 3<sup>rd</sup> place finish. Hampton was followed by Amy Katz in 11<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 13<sup>th</sup>, and Lily Oswald in 14<sup>th</sup>. Also skiing 2 laps, Cully Brown lead the J2 boys field followed by Durango teammates Charlie Greenberg in 7<sup>th</sup>, and Abe Ott in 18<sup>th</sup>. Skiing the same course, Hannah Peterson of DNSC was 3<sup>rd</sup> in the J2 girls field. Racing 1 lap of the 2.5km course, Stanton Ott placed 21<sup>st</sup> in the J3 boys category. On the same course, Quinn Luthy lead DNSC in 20<sup>th</sup> place in the J4 boys race, closely followed by teammate Corbin Reiter. Racing in the J4 girls race, Carter Reiter skied to a 21<sup>st</sup> place finish. Skiing a 1km loop Claudia Luthy placed 8<sup>th</sup> in the J5 girls race.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Waking up to warmer temperatures on Saturday, DNSC prepared for the Mass start Classic race. “Mass start racing is the most exciting to watch and coach.” said Dalley “The racers always know where they stand in terms of place, but have to plan their strategy to best suit their styles. It’s not a straight forward as an individual start race.” Again racing 10km, Haakon Sigurslid lead DNSC with a 6<sup>th</sup> place J1 boys finish. He was closely followed by Sepp Kuss in 7<sup>th</sup>. In the J1 girls race, Rachel Hampton again lead DNSC, having another 3<sup>rd</sup> place finish. She was followed by Amy Katz in 7<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 12<sup>th</sup>, and Lily Oswald in 13<sup>th</sup>. Again leading the J2 boys, Cully Brown skied away from the field to capture the win. He was followed by Charlie Greenberg in 9<sup>th</sup> and Abe Ott in 15<sup>th</sup>. In the J2 girls race, Hannah Peterson placed 10<sup>th</sup>. Again racing the 2.5km loop, Stanton Ott of Durango placed 17<sup>th</sup>. Corbin Reiter and Quinn Luthy battled it out for DNSC, placing 10<sup>th</sup> and 11<sup>th</sup> respectively in the J4 boys category. Carter Reiter skied strong, placing 15<sup>th</sup> within the J4 girls. Claudia Luthy raced hard to a 6<sup>th</sup> place finish among J5 girls.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I am proud of how all our athletes raced, as well as how they represented our community this past weekend.” Said Dalley “We had very strong results as a team and we continue to pick up momentum as we head into our larger races later this winter.” On January 27<sup>th</sup> and 28<sup>th</sup>, the Durango Nordic Ski Club will travel to Soldier Hollow, UT to race in the Western Region Super Qualifier. Teams west of the Mississippi all travel to Soldier Hollow on that weekend for the largest junior race in the Nataion.<o:p></o:p></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-25275428748158975652012-01-02T16:53:00.000-08:002012-01-02T16:53:23.018-08:00Tad Elliott and USST Funding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CbRoa7wted8/TwJQ8BIL0HI/AAAAAAAAMSM/_pGOfiRr-B0/s1600/tad+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CbRoa7wted8/TwJQ8BIL0HI/AAAAAAAAMSM/_pGOfiRr-B0/s320/tad+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Tad Elliott 30km National Championships Rumford, ME 2011 1</span><sup style="line-height: 115%;">st</sup><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> Place</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Tad Elliott aspires to be in Sochi, Russia as a member of the United States Cross Country Ski Team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Elliott obtained one of his goals this past winter when he was named to the United States Ski Team (USST) as a B Team member.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0V8aC_-IjiI/TwJRHfMXkmI/AAAAAAAAMSY/p73on65ysbU/s1600/tad+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0V8aC_-IjiI/TwJRHfMXkmI/AAAAAAAAMSY/p73on65ysbU/s320/tad+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;">Tad Elliott 30km National Championships Rumford, ME 2011 1</span><sup style="line-height: 14px;">st</sup><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;"> Place</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Elliott is mid-way through what the USST calls its “pipeline” and on the road to a top ten result in the Winter Olympic Games. Unfortunately, this year, that road contains significant potholes and financial barriers. The three men and three women of the USST B team are not receiving any financial help with their travels to World Cup ski races in Europe and are responsible to pay entirely for all their travel expenses. These expenses will amount to $20,000 to $25,000 per skier. It is projected that the financial situation will not change next year, which will be the year prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics. The three men on the USST B Team are all from Colorado. They are Simi Hamilton, 24, from Aspen, Tad Elliott, 23, from Durango, and Noah Hoffman, 22, from Aspen. For a comparison, the Norwegian Nordic Cross Country team receives a $9 million annual budget and the Canadians receive a $3.5 million annual budget. The USST, on the other hand, receives a $750,000 annual budget. The two men and two women of the USST A Team are fully funded. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Even though the USST support is making it possible for Elliott to pursue his Olympic dreams, budget cuts have made it increasingly more common for USST B teamers to turn to domestic club programs for the assistance they need in order to make it to the next level on the USST. Elliott recently joined Team HomeGrown, a Colorado team based out of Vail and directed by Dan Weiland.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">"I am happy to be a part of Team HomeGrown and a part of Ski and Snowboard Club Vail,” said Elliott. “The team is based on homegrown Colorado skiers that have grown up racing in Colorado and are now professional skiers seeking their Olympic dream. It was a dream come true to be named to the US Ski Team, but due to recent budget cuts the B Team now has to fund 100 percent of their travel in Europe. My goal is to make the A Team, where there is 100 percent funding at the world cup level, and represent the US at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia. I have received incredible support from Durango and the Durango community. I grew up skiing for the Durango Nordic Ski Club. </span>One of the highlights of my career to date was the year 2008 when I coached the J5 skiers who are 8 & 9 years old for Durango Nordic Ski Club. I learned a lot and it proved to be a motivation for me to improve my racing. T<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">he Durango Winter Sports Foundation was not formed until after I graduated from high school, but I have still received support from DWSF to chase my Olympic dream. I fully realize how lucky I am to live in such a special place as Durango, Colorado.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">The ski communities from the three towns of Aspen, Durango, and Vail have recently created the Rocky Mountain Nordic Division Angel to raise money to support these Colorado athletes. The RMN Angel has raised 3/4 of their goal, but still needs another $18,000 to meet their financial obligations to four Colorado skiers racing in European competitions.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">The fourth skier is Sylvan Ellefson from Vail. Ellefson also has recorded excellent results so far this winter and has a legitimate opportunity to make the 2014 US Cross Country Olympic Team. Therefore, Colorado could potentially have four members on the USA Olympic Cross Country Ski Team: Elliott, Hamilton, Hoffman, and Ellefson. Elliott, Hamilton, and Hoffman have been training year round under the USST. They were in Park City, Utah and Oregon at a May snow camp and then spent three weeks in New Zealand in July where they were racing and training on snow with Canadian, Russian, and Japanese skiers.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 94.65pt;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Any fundraising for these Colorado skiers can be earmarked for a specific athlete and will go directly to that athlete through the RMN Nordic Angel. One hundred percent of the funds go directly to the athletes. RMN makes certain that any money disbursed is spent directly on reasonable travel expenses for World Cup skiing. There are no administrative expenses associated with the Nordic Angel. The Nordic Angel division of Rocky Mountain Nordic wants to keep expanding their fundraising so that they can eventually help support future RMN skiers who qualify for a Scando Cup Championships or World Junior Championships. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">To help Tad Elliott or one of these other three Colorado skiers make it to Sochi, Russia, please make checks payable to Rocky Mountain Nordic Angel and mail to Rocky Mountain Nordic, 2613 Arroyo Drive, Durango, Colorado 81301. If you want to donate using your credit card, visit <a href="http://www.rmnordic.org/"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">www.rmnordic.org</span></a>, Nordic Angel Program, <a href="http://www.rmnnordic.causevox.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">http://www.rmnnordic.causevox.com/</span></a>. RMN Angel is a nonprofit 501 C 3 company and can send a receipt to the donors upon request. Rocky Mountain Nordic Angel Federal <b>Tax Identification # 74-3145034.</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Tad Elliott’s Results: </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Three time National Champion: 50km March 2010, Grand National Champion March 2010, and 30km January 2011. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Second at the 2010 American Birkenbeiner </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Member of the 2011 US Ski Team World Championship Team that competed in Oslo, Norway</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--> U23 National Mountain Bike championships 2008 and 2010. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">USST results for the men during the first period of World Cup races this winter in Sjusjoen, Norway; Kuusamo, Finland; Seefeld, Austria; and Davos, Switzerland have been encouraging. Elliott scored his first world cup points by placing 27<sup>th</sup> in a 30km race in Davos, Switzerland. He also had a strong skate relay leg in the Sjusjoen, Norway World Cup where he recorded some of the fastest times for his leg. </div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-41680613681405871442011-12-19T21:43:00.000-08:002011-12-19T21:43:54.916-08:00Clear Skies and Cold Temps: Nordic Racing in Crested Butte<div class="MsoNormal">The past weekend the Durango Nordic Ski Club travelled to Crested Butte, who played host to the first Junior National Qualifier in the Rocky Mountain Division. Struggling with a shortage of snow this winter, volunteers around Crested Butte spent days shoveling snow onto the ski trails in order to have a complete 3km race loop. The 14 and older athletes raced two laps for a total of 6km, while ages 10-13 raced one lap on both Saturday and Sunday. Athletes in the ages of 8-9 raced a shortened loop totaling 1km.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY0JOA0JTjg3_Nctf6By9vf7Q_f5GwWfgGARxAceUlsmr1kPA-2Kv-bZjCo_SfyQSGoa2rEH-lblAXP9bcXswUJGuzdXJEw_wrTwdM8mGOBHE5VWISZOX8-U3shQ6RWZmPqJkF_q6rOif/s1600/WileyCorra.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY0JOA0JTjg3_Nctf6By9vf7Q_f5GwWfgGARxAceUlsmr1kPA-2Kv-bZjCo_SfyQSGoa2rEH-lblAXP9bcXswUJGuzdXJEw_wrTwdM8mGOBHE5VWISZOX8-U3shQ6RWZmPqJkF_q6rOif/s320/WileyCorra.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Saturday morning saw clear skis and temps around 0 degrees at the start of the Freestyle technique races. “It was awesome to have a full team travelling to the race in Crested Butte,” said Head Coach Josh Dalley, “we had a total of 26 athletes representing Durango, covering each age group.” Starting with the youngest ages first, on Saturday Dec 17<sup>th</sup> the 1km J5 female class was won by DNSC athlete Jordan Taylor. The J5 male class was won by Wiley Corra, followed by Ivan Sippy in 5<sup>th</sup>. Skiing 3km in the J4 female class, Taya Bruell of Durango placed 11<sup>th</sup>. In the J4 male class Carter Kileen of Durango was 8<sup>th</sup>. DNSC skiers Katja Freeburn placed 8<sup>th</sup>, followed by Camryn Sippy in 10<sup>th</sup> in the J3 female class. Dylan Williamson lead Durango with an 8<sup>th</sup> place finish in the J3 male class. He was followed by teammates Stanton Ott in 13<sup>th</sup>, Perrin Kileen in 15<sup>th</sup>, and Leo Bruell in 20<sup>th</sup>. Skiing two laps for a 6km race, Hannah Peterson of Durango placed 3<sup>rd</sup> in the J2 female class. Cully Brown won the J2 male class followed by teammates Charlie Greenberg in 8<sup>th</sup>, John Rhoades in 10<sup>th</sup>, Gordon Gianniny in 13<sup>th</sup>, and Abe Ott in 15<sup>th</sup>. Rachel Hampton lead the way for DNSC with an 8<sup>th</sup> in the J1 female class, followed by Amy Katz in 9<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald in 13<sup>th</sup>, and Kaylee Blevins in 15<sup>th</sup>. For the men, Haakon Sigurslid lead Durango with a 3<sup>rd</sup> place finish, followed by Sepp Kuss in 7<sup>th</sup>, and Levi Kurlander in 13<sup>th</sup>. DNSC alumni and now Denver University skier Elena Breed placed 3<sup>rd</sup> in the OJ women’s race.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceCmqZZvSEcF_-UCPpX4p523fsY1a3yKxboIdNC6KenOUwgaMmSqv6QmmROOq97bjKMrEzFWnAYREK2K1Rk4MjYmtTYd9wn9PbLXIozSRenYJfQJAQ2dehAeaoXJyNhSzoNKaEHTq0Ov5/s1600/StanOtt.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceCmqZZvSEcF_-UCPpX4p523fsY1a3yKxboIdNC6KenOUwgaMmSqv6QmmROOq97bjKMrEzFWnAYREK2K1Rk4MjYmtTYd9wn9PbLXIozSRenYJfQJAQ2dehAeaoXJyNhSzoNKaEHTq0Ov5/s320/StanOtt.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Temps were again near 0 degrees at the start of Sunday’s Classic race. Jordan Taylor again won the J5 female class, as did Wiley Corra in the J5 male class followed by Ivan Sippy in 6<sup>th</sup>. In the female J4 class, Taya Bruell was 12<sup>th</sup>. For the J4 men, Carter Kileen placed 7<sup>th</sup>. In the J3 category, for females Katja Freeburn placed 8<sup>th</sup> and Camryn Sippy placed 9<sup>th</sup>. Dylan Williamson lead the J3 boys in 8<sup>th</sup> place, followed by Stanton Ott in 14<sup>th</sup>, Perrin Kileen in 15<sup>th</sup>, and Leo Bruell in 18<sup>th</sup>. In the 6km classic race, Hannah Peterson placed 5<sup>th</sup> in the J2 female class. Cully Brown of Durango again took the win in the J2 male class, followed by Charlie Greenberg in 8<sup>th</sup>, Gordon Gianniny in 13<sup>th</sup>, John Rhoades in 15<sup>th</sup>, and Abe Ott in 16<sup>th</sup>. In the female J1 class, Rachel Hampton of DNSC placed 4<sup>th</sup>, Amy Katz was 8<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins was 14<sup>th</sup>, and Lily Oswald was 15<sup>th</sup>. For the J1 male class, Haakon Sigurslid was 8<sup>th</sup>, Sepp Kuss was 9<sup>th</sup>, and Levi Kurlander placed 13<sup>th</sup>. DSNC alumni Elena Breed placed 2<sup>nd</sup> in the female OJ class.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“I am very pleased with this weekend’s effort from our team.” said Dalley “with winter break on the way we are excited for quality training in the daylight. We will be ready for more racing at our next qualifier in Steamboat Springs on January 13<sup>th</sup> and 14<sup>th</sup>. In the mean time we will race in the local Coke series hosted at the Nordic Center at Purgatory on January 7<sup>th</sup>.”</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-67275352872163736062011-12-06T14:31:00.001-08:002011-12-06T14:31:25.295-08:00Nordic Racing in Colorado Kicks Off with a Weekend in Steamboat<div class="MsoNormal">This past weekend marked the start of the Cross Country ski racing season with a USSA race hosted by Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. The race was originally to be hosted in Summit Country, but due to a lack of snow, they were forced to change venues to Steamboat. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Durango Nordic Ski Club travelled to Steamboat to participate in these early season ski races, with a focus on getting early season race starts prior to the First Junior National Qualifier race that will be held December 17<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th </sup>in Crested Butte. On Saturday December 3<sup>rd</sup> everyone raced 5 kilometers around a fast course using skate technique. The J2 (14 and 15 years old) category was lead by Durango Nordic skier Cully Brown. Following him in 5<sup>th</sup> place was Durango Nordic skier Charlie Greenberg. For the girls, Hannah Peterson placed 2<sup>nd</sup>. In the J1 (16 and 17) boys category, Haakon Sigurslid of Durango placed 3<sup>rd</sup>, followed by Sepp Kuss in 8<sup>th</sup>. For the J1 girls, Amy Katz placed 7<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins placed 12<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald placed 13<sup>th</sup>, and Emma Greenberg placed 19<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Saturday’s race was around the same course, but using classic technique. All racers again competed in a 5km race besides the J1 boys who raced an extra loop to increase the distance to 10km. Cully Brown of Durango again lead the J2 boys, followed by Charlie Greenberg in 5<sup>th</sup>. Hannah Peterson placed 6<sup>th</sup> in the J2 girls race. In the J1 girls race, Durango was again lead by Amy Katz in 10<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 12<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald in 14<sup>th</sup>, and Emma Greenberg in 19<sup>th</sup>. The Durango Nordic J1 boys got around the 10km course in good fashion, with Haakon Sigurslid again claiming the 3<sup>rd</sup> place position, followed by Sepp Kuss in 9<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">“These preseason races are good for us to participate in as a team,” says head coach Josh Dalley “as they help get us used to the speed of racing as well as a weekend of skiing ‘on snow’. For the past week we have been forced to go back to dryland training, so the cold weather and snow in Steamboat this past weekend was beneficial for our training as well.” Now that the snow is falling in Durango, Dalley is looking forward to kicking off ski training for the whole team. For more results, visit the Durango Nordic Ski Club website at <a href="http://www.durangonordic.org/">www.durangonordic.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-42504529887372902332011-10-03T16:53:00.000-07:002011-10-03T16:53:08.691-07:00September in ReviewThis past September we've been busy here in Durango. We have been training hard, getting in lots of L3 and starting up on our L4 intervals and bounding. As we head further into the fall our ski specific training is going to increase, as is our intensity. Here I wanted to share a video and some pictures of what we have been up to.<br />
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We ended our summer with skiing up Molas Pass, up above 10,000 ft!<br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;">As the leaves start to change, we are also starting up our fall High Country hikes. This past weekend we headed up past Silverton to Ice Lakes. This is one of my favorite hikes ever. Check out these pics of the scenery.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
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</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-31783768771291245592011-09-16T12:01:00.000-07:002011-09-16T12:06:27.918-07:00What have our Athletes been up to: Cully Brown<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Fellow nordic team mate, Cully Brown had an eventful paddling season in both slalom and wildwater this spring and summer. His first major competition was in April at the Western US wildwater team trials where he qualified for the Junior World Championships in Opava, Czech Republic. Then it was off to Wausau, Wisconsin for US Junior Slalom team trials shortly after the Iron horse weekend. At that event he place 6th qualifying him for pre world competition. He had to make a choice, so he decided to focus on wildwater and skip the pre world slalom races. To prepare for Wildwater worlds he trained with and receive coaching from Mike Freeburn and Andy Corra two local paddling legends. Later in June, Cully competed in the Senior national championships, winning the spring race and placing second overall to his national team coach, Doug Ritchy from the Seattle area.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">More DR training throughout July and it was off to Europe. Arriving in Munich, Cully first trained in Ausburg and Paugue before heading to the world championships in Opava. Traveling with team mates and coaches in Europe was a great learning experience for Cully. The US team stay in a 15th century structure that had more recently been converted a dormitory for Czech college students. Sharing the dorm where athletes for all over the world made for a great first international experience. The race courses at worlds were relatively flat, lacking any steep </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">drops or technical paddling which favored the bigger, stronger athletes. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8Vvwok3Z2D29GIVCXk5sCTpVEg8c58Sp_k7XcGM0qCscJt4kHC2WVPw_LA8ZRgXkaxC50LGNiiShOs59D8t5DJJV4MtaTdhMrVcKHDhueW9YB52NzOZlrUURHDRxHTzq5TFuSDvZx3YD/s1600/IMG_5095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8Vvwok3Z2D29GIVCXk5sCTpVEg8c58Sp_k7XcGM0qCscJt4kHC2WVPw_LA8ZRgXkaxC50LGNiiShOs59D8t5DJJV4MtaTdhMrVcKHDhueW9YB52NzOZlrUURHDRxHTzq5TFuSDvZx3YD/s320/IMG_5095.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; line-height: 115%;">Over all Cully's best finish was 40th place, best among the English speaking world but back from the Eastern and Western European men. The week of racing ended with a sweet party for the teams at a super old castle the looked like Hogwart. Awards, movies, food, drink and dancing into the night was served up to the everyones enjoyment. If you get a chance have Cully share some of his experiences and be sure to ask him </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">about his new Czech friend, Zuzu.</span><br />
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</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rachel Hampton comes from one of the most remote and, arguably, most beautiful places in Colorado. Rachel spent a very busy summer running and cross training in preparation for cross country in the fall and Nordic skiing in the winter. According to Rachel, “My mileage was definitely a lot higher than it has been in previous summers, and I added in good strength training too”.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">All of this pre-season training helped Rachel to a first place finish at the Delta Cross Country Invitational at Confluence Park in Delta, Colorado. Rachel ran the five kilometer course in 19:20, a little over a minute ahead of runner-up Natalie Anderson of Hotchkiss.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The ruggedness of Telluride’s terrain and its altitude is a tremendous strength to Rachel and her fellow runners. The remoteness of the location, however, can make it difficult to face some of the competition they will see at state. The lack of big meets means that Rachel and her teammates will need to make every opportunity count. They are looking toward facing Nederland in October. The MileSplit community will get an early preview of this battle at the St. Vrain Invitational on Saturday.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read the Full Article <a href="http://co.milesplit.com/articles/72274-boulder-running-company-colorado-track-xc-athletes-of-the-week">Here</a></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-34405431415150720402011-05-02T20:43:00.000-07:002011-05-02T20:43:45.490-07:00DWSF Awards!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This past week was the DWSF Awards Dinner. Here are the winning Durango Nordic Awards:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MVP<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rachel Hampton:</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Consistent efforts, always bright and positive, even with her two hour commute each way to be a part of the Durango Team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A true role model and all year displayed consistent upward progress in the J1 girls results.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Haakon Samuelson:</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Was consistently a stellar role model for the whole team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He trained consistently all year, and attended almost every race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always high spirited and helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazing results this year, including being the fastest Junior sprinter in Colorado. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">DEVO MVP<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Marit May:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Showed consistent effort, was always a good, positive, mature, focused role model for her teammates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She always showed up ready to go and really pushed herself this season trying her hardest at every drill and technique critique.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dylan Williamson:</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Showed excitement, smiles and team camaraderie consistently. His enthusiasm and care for the Nordic and his teammates shone at practices, races, ALL the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most Improved<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hannah Peterson</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Demonstrated huge improvement from the beginning of last summer, throughout the season, and ended with incredible races at JNs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gunther Ott</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> :<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only improved from increased summer and fall training, but also his perseverance this year and since the year he started Nordic. It really showed this year in his best race results ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rookie of the Year<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amelia Wigton:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> While quiet, showed huge dedication to Nordic in her first year, and became more confident throughout the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her skiing has improved greatly over the year and we hope to see her back next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Leo Bruell:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Always came to practice extremely eager to learn and improve. He got right back up every time he fell and went out 110% whether participating in practice, technique work, races, relays, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sportsmanship/Inspirational<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lily Oswald</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was upbeat all season, every practice, every race, no matter her results. She always smiled and encouraged others and was a light bulb for the whole team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>S</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">he just kept getting better and better with each race, almost making JNs, but still stuck out the rest of the season and all this while also doing a lot with Dance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cully Brown:</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> J</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">ust moved up to J2 level and was still one of the top performers all year in the Rocky Division and at JNs. Always a sportsman, regardless of how things played out in a race, he always finished with a smile and congratulated his competitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He makes the best out of each situation.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Volunteer</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Priscilla Blevins: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">lways willing to help out with whatever the team needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She helped Brent organize the team dinner at the Aspen race, among other things. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bob Oswald: </span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Always willing and asking how he can help, but beyond asking, he was also looking for ways to help. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was really helpful at all the Coke races and a nice team parent rep towards other new parents.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-73445290678898357312011-02-15T12:54:00.001-08:002011-02-15T12:54:01.888-08:009 DNSC Skiers Named to the Junior National Team after Aspen Nordic Festival<div class="MsoNormal">In Sunny and warm conditions, cross country skiers from the Durango Nordic Ski Club raced in the Aspen Nordic Festival, the final Junior National Qualifier of the season. The races were held on Saturday February 12<sup>th</sup> and Sunday February 13<sup>th</sup> in Aspen, CO in conjunction with the Owl Creek Chase, a stop along the SuperTour series. With tough competition from pro skiers, these races were also the last chance for skiers age 14 and older to qualify for Junior Nationals which will be held in Minneapolis, MN from March 6<sup>th</sup> through March 12<sup>th</sup>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny_TvRvM4t0kcObQm9UGSd0ohTlBh0YO5zXoiWe4eSck_0pctGPQ5dX3K15-gBiWg2baNlLb3MbYiYUfJ2Ss-STJgKoqx6DB_EiLCPKKgqUu-W_6Qa4XmXXT4j3qsSFIlWC_JDHD3DK0Z/s1600/Gunther+Ott.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny_TvRvM4t0kcObQm9UGSd0ohTlBh0YO5zXoiWe4eSck_0pctGPQ5dX3K15-gBiWg2baNlLb3MbYiYUfJ2Ss-STJgKoqx6DB_EiLCPKKgqUu-W_6Qa4XmXXT4j3qsSFIlWC_JDHD3DK0Z/s320/Gunther+Ott.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The classic races on Saturday kicked off with the youngest age groups first. Placing 6<sup>th</sup> skiing for Durango in the J5 race was Cobe Freeburn. In the Girls J6 race, ages 6 and 7, was won with Durango skier Ruby May. DNSC had two skiers in the Boys J4 race, Dylan Williamson (3<sup>rd</sup>) and Stan Ott (6<sup>th</sup>). For the Girls J4 race, Marit May was 3<sup>rd</sup>, Camryn Sippy was 5<sup>th</sup>, and Katja Freeburn was 9<sup>th</sup>. Avra Saslow placed 9<sup>th</sup> in the Girls J3 race. Moving on to the older skier who are trying to qualify for Junior Nationals, the Boys J2 (ages 14-15) was won by DNSC athlete Haakon Sigurslid. He was followed by teammates Cully Brown (3<sup>rd</sup>) and Abe Ott (23<sup>rd</sup>). The DNSC girls were lead by Amy Katz in 2<sup>nd</sup> and followed by Lily Oswald (5<sup>th</sup>), Hannah Peterson (7<sup>th</sup>), Kaylee Blevins (12<sup>th</sup>), and Emma Greenberg (18<sup>th</sup>). Gino Pastore lead the J1 boys in their 10km race placing 3<sup>rd</sup>. He was followed by teammates Sepp Kuss (6<sup>th</sup>), Gunter Ott (16<sup>th</sup>) and Ben Capelin (18<sup>th</sup>). Racing against college skiers, Haakon Samuelson placed 7<sup>th</sup> in the OJ field. The Durango J1 girls were lead by Alicia Pastore in 3<sup>rd</sup> place, followed by Rachel Hampton (8<sup>th</sup>), and Hannah Madden (12<sup>th</sup>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryVf4Le8oO6HHJqbW9udz6hYiyTpvya28gpv-7tU7LumUsQmAmQun8Ex6Y8JxRgD0ABftQe_1E1oDp7wwoY0C3INOFRbFhQhgj8Iw7H9yhy1RFH48Benh4yMVfoVupm-VDgZ9h_tnste-/s1600/Alicia+Pastore.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryVf4Le8oO6HHJqbW9udz6hYiyTpvya28gpv-7tU7LumUsQmAmQun8Ex6Y8JxRgD0ABftQe_1E1oDp7wwoY0C3INOFRbFhQhgj8Iw7H9yhy1RFH48Benh4yMVfoVupm-VDgZ9h_tnste-/s320/Alicia+Pastore.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sunday’s races were mass start, meaning everyone in each age group starts at the same time, and freestyle technique. Again, the morning start with the youngest skiers first. In the J5 boys group, Cobe Freeburn moved up to 5<sup>th</sup> place. In the J4 boys, Dylan Williamson placed 6<sup>th</sup>, followed by Stan Ott in 7<sup>th</sup>. For the girls, Katja Freeburn moved up to 3<sup>rd</sup> and was followed by teammates Marit May (4<sup>th</sup>) and Camryn Sippy (12<sup>th</sup>). In the J3 girls race, Avra Saslow moved up to 8<sup>th</sup> over the 3km course. In the deciding race of who will travel to Minneapolis for Junior Nationals, the DNSC J2 girls was again lead by Amy Katz. She was followed by teammates Hannah Peterson (6<sup>th</sup>), Lily Oswald (8<sup>th</sup>), and Kaylee Blevins (10<sup>th</sup>). Cully Brown lead the boys race for DNSC, placing 4<sup>th</sup>. He was followed by Haakon Sigurslid (11<sup>th</sup>) and Abe Ott (22<sup>nd</sup>). In the OJ/J1 girls race, there was a lead pack of 5 most of the race. Alica Pastore lead Durango with a 5<sup>th</sup> place finish, followed by Rachel Hampton (6<sup>th</sup>) and Hannah Madden (9<sup>th</sup>). The OJ/J1 boys skied 3 laps around the 5km course for a 15km race. Stick with the lead pack until just about the end was DNSC skier Sepp Kuss (5<sup>th</sup>). He was followed by Gino Pastore (9<sup>th</sup>), Haakon Samuelson (13<sup>th</sup>), and Gunter Ott (16<sup>th</sup>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVhd8tGTVEvdA_lXnTiZ0FDPdPm3q6NhuvOUbcqpZ9HdfRTYboUbp5Qh2qUXh-j3Na7YfxdoSYAS_xLb2IVY0IISg0zd9umcawBaqHFHlMipEV6otVUPA4aihxv99YxtftCuie0I3GEuD/s1600/Amy+Katz.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVhd8tGTVEvdA_lXnTiZ0FDPdPm3q6NhuvOUbcqpZ9HdfRTYboUbp5Qh2qUXh-j3Na7YfxdoSYAS_xLb2IVY0IISg0zd9umcawBaqHFHlMipEV6otVUPA4aihxv99YxtftCuie0I3GEuD/s320/Amy+Katz.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sunday was also the running of the Owl Creek Chase, a 21km race course from Snow Mass to Aspen. Ben Capelin of DNSC placed 2<sup>nd</sup> in the 19 and under age group. Racing in the Men’s Elite field was DSNC Alum Lars Ellefson (34<sup>th</sup>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4kQr7uTNXXNkwW2UwZnVCauYlFGpGxGqbq-l-ErzUQwYYz-PQEXWtYS5SkT1AJdfpEVwkRPs8OXGIFwacdgZfLfQFaUTusuOo3zqOLNav4pCUhnDThG6PD6OXPEKJD8Xq_3qN4YbQzxL/s1600/Haakon+Sigurslid.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4kQr7uTNXXNkwW2UwZnVCauYlFGpGxGqbq-l-ErzUQwYYz-PQEXWtYS5SkT1AJdfpEVwkRPs8OXGIFwacdgZfLfQFaUTusuOo3zqOLNav4pCUhnDThG6PD6OXPEKJD8Xq_3qN4YbQzxL/s320/Haakon+Sigurslid.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-15202547156917725442011-02-15T12:53:00.000-08:002011-02-15T12:53:37.682-08:009 DNSC Skiers Named to the Junior National Team after Aspen Nordic Festival<div class="MsoNormal">In Sunny and warm conditions, cross country skiers from the Durango Nordic Ski Club raced in the Aspen Nordic Festival, the final Junior National Qualifier of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The races were held on Saturday February 12<sup>th</sup> and Sunday February 13<sup>th</sup> in Aspen, CO in conjunction with the Owl Creek Chase, a stop along the SuperTour series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With tough competition from pro skiers, these races were also the last chance for skiers age 14 and older to qualify for Junior Nationals which will be held in Minneapolis, MN from March 6<sup>th</sup> through March 12<sup>th</sup>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny_TvRvM4t0kcObQm9UGSd0ohTlBh0YO5zXoiWe4eSck_0pctGPQ5dX3K15-gBiWg2baNlLb3MbYiYUfJ2Ss-STJgKoqx6DB_EiLCPKKgqUu-W_6Qa4XmXXT4j3qsSFIlWC_JDHD3DK0Z/s1600/Gunther+Ott.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny_TvRvM4t0kcObQm9UGSd0ohTlBh0YO5zXoiWe4eSck_0pctGPQ5dX3K15-gBiWg2baNlLb3MbYiYUfJ2Ss-STJgKoqx6DB_EiLCPKKgqUu-W_6Qa4XmXXT4j3qsSFIlWC_JDHD3DK0Z/s320/Gunther+Ott.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The classic races on Saturday kicked off with the youngest age groups first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing 6<sup>th</sup> skiing for Durango in the J5 race was Cobe Freeburn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Girls J6 race, ages 6 and 7, was won with Durango skier Ruby May.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DNSC had two skiers in the Boys J4 race, Dylan Williamson (3<sup>rd</sup>) and Stan Ott (6<sup>th</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the Girls J4 race, Marit May was 3<sup>rd</sup>, Camryn Sippy was 5<sup>th</sup>, and Katja Freeburn was 9<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Avra Saslow placed 9<sup>th</sup> in the Girls J3 race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moving on to the older skier who are trying to qualify for Junior Nationals, the Boys J2 (ages 14-15) was won by DNSC athlete Haakon Sigurslid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by teammates Cully Brown (3<sup>rd</sup>) and Abe Ott (23<sup>rd</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The DNSC girls were lead by Amy Katz in 2<sup>nd</sup> and followed by Lily Oswald (5<sup>th</sup>), Hannah Peterson (7<sup>th</sup>), Kaylee Blevins (12<sup>th</sup>), and Emma Greenberg (18<sup>th</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gino Pastore lead the J1 boys in their 10km race placing 3<sup>rd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by teammates Sepp Kuss (6<sup>th</sup>), Gunter Ott (16<sup>th</sup>) and Ben Capelin (18<sup>th</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Racing against college skiers, Haakon Samuelson placed 7<sup>th</sup> in the OJ field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Durango J1 girls were lead by Alicia Pastore in 3<sup>rd</sup> place, followed by Rachel Hampton (8<sup>th</sup>), and Hannah Madden (12<sup>th</sup>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryVf4Le8oO6HHJqbW9udz6hYiyTpvya28gpv-7tU7LumUsQmAmQun8Ex6Y8JxRgD0ABftQe_1E1oDp7wwoY0C3INOFRbFhQhgj8Iw7H9yhy1RFH48Benh4yMVfoVupm-VDgZ9h_tnste-/s1600/Alicia+Pastore.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryVf4Le8oO6HHJqbW9udz6hYiyTpvya28gpv-7tU7LumUsQmAmQun8Ex6Y8JxRgD0ABftQe_1E1oDp7wwoY0C3INOFRbFhQhgj8Iw7H9yhy1RFH48Benh4yMVfoVupm-VDgZ9h_tnste-/s320/Alicia+Pastore.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sunday’s races were mass start, meaning everyone in each age group starts at the same time, and freestyle technique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, the morning start with the youngest skiers first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J5 boys group, Cobe Freeburn moved up to 5<sup>th</sup> place. In the J4 boys, Dylan Williamson placed 6<sup>th</sup>, followed by Stan Ott in 7<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the girls, Katja Freeburn moved up to 3<sup>rd</sup> and was followed by teammates Marit May (4<sup>th</sup>) and Camryn Sippy (12<sup>th</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J3 girls race, Avra Saslow moved up to 8<sup>th</sup> over the 3km course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the deciding race of who will travel to Minneapolis for Junior Nationals, the DNSC J2 girls was again lead by Amy Katz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was followed by teammates Hannah Peterson (6<sup>th</sup>), Lily Oswald (8<sup>th</sup>), and Kaylee Blevins (10<sup>th</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cully Brown lead the boys race for DNSC, placing 4<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by Haakon Sigurslid (11<sup>th</sup>) and Abe Ott (22<sup>nd</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the OJ/J1 girls race, there was a lead pack of 5 most of the race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alica Pastore lead Durango with a 5<sup>th</sup> place finish, followed by Rachel Hampton (6<sup>th</sup>) and Hannah Madden (9<sup>th</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The OJ/J1 boys skied 3 laps around the 5km course for a 15km race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stick with the lead pack until just about the end was DNSC skier Sepp Kuss (5<sup>th</sup>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by Gino Pastore (9<sup>th</sup>), Haakon Samuelson (13<sup>th</sup>), and Gunter Ott (16<sup>th</sup>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVhd8tGTVEvdA_lXnTiZ0FDPdPm3q6NhuvOUbcqpZ9HdfRTYboUbp5Qh2qUXh-j3Na7YfxdoSYAS_xLb2IVY0IISg0zd9umcawBaqHFHlMipEV6otVUPA4aihxv99YxtftCuie0I3GEuD/s1600/Amy+Katz.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVhd8tGTVEvdA_lXnTiZ0FDPdPm3q6NhuvOUbcqpZ9HdfRTYboUbp5Qh2qUXh-j3Na7YfxdoSYAS_xLb2IVY0IISg0zd9umcawBaqHFHlMipEV6otVUPA4aihxv99YxtftCuie0I3GEuD/s320/Amy+Katz.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sunday was also the running of the Owl Creek Chase, a 21km race course from Snow Mass to Aspen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ben Capelin of DNSC placed 2<sup>nd</sup> in the 19 and under age group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Racing in the Men’s Elite field was DSNC Alum Lars Ellefson (34<sup>th</sup>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4kQr7uTNXXNkwW2UwZnVCauYlFGpGxGqbq-l-ErzUQwYYz-PQEXWtYS5SkT1AJdfpEVwkRPs8OXGIFwacdgZfLfQFaUTusuOo3zqOLNav4pCUhnDThG6PD6OXPEKJD8Xq_3qN4YbQzxL/s1600/Haakon+Sigurslid.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4kQr7uTNXXNkwW2UwZnVCauYlFGpGxGqbq-l-ErzUQwYYz-PQEXWtYS5SkT1AJdfpEVwkRPs8OXGIFwacdgZfLfQFaUTusuOo3zqOLNav4pCUhnDThG6PD6OXPEKJD8Xq_3qN4YbQzxL/s320/Haakon+Sigurslid.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-29524111642476738532011-02-03T13:04:00.000-08:002011-02-03T13:04:01.273-08:00Nordic Visits Olympic Venue<div class="MsoNormal">The Durango Nordic Ski Club has just returned from a weekend of racing in the Western Super Qualifier hosted at Soldier Hollow, which was home to the Nordic Races in the 2002 Olympic Games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this year’s event, there were 647 racers, coming from ski clubs located in the regions west of the Mississippi River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This is the best venue a junior skier could ask to race at” said Head Coach Josh Dalley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“As they race around the course, they can imagine being Olympians and skiing the same course back in 2002.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnKZH5SGHB3oDsYWo3xQ4M5VeHIRDKTElbG0iYNQctEp22jDhtXBOFGyDGGXSONU5geRFikekJtGPnpnc2hdyOeL2IP-ldRBO621__JZD5JTqc4fH6zm2cPfRSyw1DUq7N45MfeWcaijv/s1600/Kaylee+Blevins.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnKZH5SGHB3oDsYWo3xQ4M5VeHIRDKTElbG0iYNQctEp22jDhtXBOFGyDGGXSONU5geRFikekJtGPnpnc2hdyOeL2IP-ldRBO621__JZD5JTqc4fH6zm2cPfRSyw1DUq7N45MfeWcaijv/s320/Kaylee+Blevins.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The first day of racing was Freestyle Sprints, with a qualifier in the morning and head to head heats in the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>18 year older Haakon Samuelson had an outstanding performance in a competitive field, winning all his heats and placing 5<sup>th</sup> in the final.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing 13<sup>th</sup> overall and racing the B final was Gino Pastore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also in the OJ/J1 age group, but missing the rounds were Sepp Kuss (50), Ben Capelin (67), and Gunter Ott (94).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J2 boys field, Cully Brown advance into the heats, placing 16<sup>th</sup> overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following him were Abe Ott (78) and Gordon Gianniny (82).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the OJ/J1 girls race, Alicia Pastore advanced to the B final, placing an overall 8<sup>th </sup>along with Rachel Hampton who placed 12<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also making the rounds from Durango was Hannah Madden (23).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J2 girsl division, 4 out of 5 Durango girls advanced to the rounds, lead by Amy Katz in 14<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other results were Kaylee Blevins (21), Hannah Peterson (27), Lily Oswald (28), and Emma Greenberg (65).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Durango also had a large contingency of young kids, under the age of 14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 13 to 14 year old group (J3), Avra Saslow lead the girls in 16<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was followed by Maggie Wigton (44) and Amelia Wigton (50).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlie Greenberg lead the boys with an outstanding 2<sup>nd</sup> place finish, followed by Jared Webster in 34<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Katja Freeburn lead the DNSC girls in the 11-12 age group (J4) with a 4<sup>th</sup> place finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 11-12 boys, Dylan Williamson was 7<sup>th</sup>, followed by Stan Ott in 16<sup>th</sup>, and Leo Bruell in 27<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Skiing for Durango in the 8 to 9 age group (J5) was Jordan Taylor (9) and Taylor Bruell (11).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cobe Freeburn was 3<sup>rd</sup> in the 8 to 9 year old boys, and Wiley Corra was 1<sup>st</sup> in the 6 to 7 year old group (J6).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBZ9p3wtLj2uNq75Xh6-l6nyFqLDEU19mXcNO5mqgIjDpXMIOme88owT_FfRzbKRlY4C7iB9ZNkejp4ZP0Dd28A4yGmFYbNk1TOVC1wxg1_tqX-gRebO3zhvUeZzVQfNLTqV-LHZjzEb3/s1600/Wiley+Corra.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBZ9p3wtLj2uNq75Xh6-l6nyFqLDEU19mXcNO5mqgIjDpXMIOme88owT_FfRzbKRlY4C7iB9ZNkejp4ZP0Dd28A4yGmFYbNk1TOVC1wxg1_tqX-gRebO3zhvUeZzVQfNLTqV-LHZjzEb3/s320/Wiley+Corra.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The second day of racing consisted of mass start classic races.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is when everyone in each age group starts at the same time, skis their course in the traditional cross country technique, and the first one to cross the line is the winner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These races were in the reverse order of the Sprints, so the younger kids raced first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wiley Corra was in the first race of the day and brought home a win to Durango, skiing away from the rest of his J6 field to win by 18 seconds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J5 girls race, Jordan Taylor was again 9<sup>th</sup>, followed by Taylor Bruell in 11<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J5 Boys, Cobe Freeburn moved up to 1<sup>st</sup> place, outsprinting 2<sup>nd</sup> in the finish straight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J4 girls, Katja Freeburn placed 4<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In J4 boys, Dylan Williamson placed 7<sup>th</sup>, followed by Stan Ott (15) and Leo Bruell (27).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The J3 girls race was competitive with 58 girls racing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Placing in that group were DNSC skiers Avra Saslow (14), Maggie Wigton (43), and Amelia Wigton (54).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlie Greenberg was again 2<sup>nd</sup> in the J3 boys, followed by Jared Webster in 38<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the racing moved to the grueling Olympic 5k course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J2 skiers completed 1 lap while the OJ/J1 Girls did 2 laps and the OJ/J1 boys did 3 laps to complete a 15k.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J2 girls, Kaylee Blevins had a spectacular races, leading the way for DNSC in 13<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was followed by Amy Katz (15), Lily Oswlad (19), Hannah Peterson (32), and Emma Greenberg (62).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The J2 Boys were lead by Cully Brown in 5<sup>th</sup>, followed by Gordon Gianniny in 66<sup>th</sup>, and Abe Ott in 89<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 10k OJ/J1 girls race was a tough one with two laps up the legendary Olympic Hills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alicia Pastore from Durango skied a tactically smart race, placing 4<sup>th</sup> overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was followed by Rachel Hampton in 12<sup>th</sup>, and Hannah Madden in 23<sup>rd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haakon Samuelson lead the 3 lap race for the Durango Boys, placing 20<sup>th</sup> overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by Gino Pastore (26), Sepp Kuss (38), Gunther Ott (70), and Ben Capelin (81).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Team has one more Junior National Qualifier left, which will be held in Aspen, CO on Febuary 12<sup>th</sup> and 13<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-28545119762120674242011-01-24T08:48:00.000-08:002011-01-24T08:48:14.404-08:00Nordic Storm at Snow Mountain Ranch<div class="MsoNormal">The Junior National Qualifiers continued this past weekend as the Durango Nordic Ski Club travelled to Granby, CO to compete in the second weekend of four Junior National Qualifier’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These races where hosted by Boulder Nordic Junior Race Team at Snow Mountain Ranch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“As a team, this was our strongest showing so far this year.” said head coach Josh Dalley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We had 20 skiers racing at the event, with ages ranging from 11 to 18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This weekend also solidified some Durango athletes spots on the Junior National Team, putting 13 DNSC athletes within striking distance of making the team.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gqK8CsuU2wrKjU4RG5HkBEweX1Gnk6x1B_no81B7j5zGJyikvXUXCgCW1yc9YsmM-6zZE_TpOvgUnNjddTn90Nup8WS-ujcHCL81T1zqCHWigb8w9CjkRXAVqYhqI-DqJKtAaiYNPBs1/s1600/Gino+Pastore.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gqK8CsuU2wrKjU4RG5HkBEweX1Gnk6x1B_no81B7j5zGJyikvXUXCgCW1yc9YsmM-6zZE_TpOvgUnNjddTn90Nup8WS-ujcHCL81T1zqCHWigb8w9CjkRXAVqYhqI-DqJKtAaiYNPBs1/s320/Gino+Pastore.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">On Saturday Boulder hosted a five kilometer freestyle technique race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The J1 and OJ classes all raced together (ages 16-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leading the way<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for DNSC was Gino Pastore in 7<sup>th</sup> place, followed by Sepp Kuss in 10<sup>th</sup>, Gunter Ott in 16<sup>th</sup>, Haakon Samuelson in 18<sup>th</sup>, and Ben Capelin in 23<sup>rd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Junior Women’s race was lead by DNSC skier Rachel Hampton in 4<sup>th</sup> and Hannah Madden in 9<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Haakon Sigurslid lead the J2 Men age group (14-15) for Durango with a 3<sup>rd</sup> place finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following Sigurslid were John Rhoades in 18<sup>th</sup> and Abe Ott in 20<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the girls J2 age group, Durango was lead by Amy Katz in 2<sup>nd</sup> place, Hannah Peterson in 6<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald in 9<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 11<sup>th</sup>, and Emma Greenberg in 18<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DNSC had two J3 boys (12-13) compete. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlie Greenberg skied to a eight second victory and Jared Webster placed 12<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J3 Girls race, Durango’s Avra Saslow placed 11<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dylan Williamson placed 5<sup>th</sup> and Stan Ott placed 9<sup>th</sup> in the J4 Male age class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J4 Female class, DNSC skier Marit May rounded out the podium with a 3<sup>rd</sup> place finish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSbet5O222Jhc33ccItePDqL4oQ5zEbuzzq5ldZFdRSC3XB43Nd9WMpuWFvgarRCGO_fTCmRyQFKmgjYVqi5qmyC2cdWXKaqqapA3Ja-4NaZfZHh-mO45lHbZk6CypF39F0xaXSh4bHXr/s1600/Amy+Katz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSbet5O222Jhc33ccItePDqL4oQ5zEbuzzq5ldZFdRSC3XB43Nd9WMpuWFvgarRCGO_fTCmRyQFKmgjYVqi5qmyC2cdWXKaqqapA3Ja-4NaZfZHh-mO45lHbZk6CypF39F0xaXSh4bHXr/s320/Amy+Katz.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The racers went head to head on Sunday in a mass start classic race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The J1 and OJ Girls skied 10 kilometers with Rachel Hampton again leading the way for Durango in 7<sup>th</sup>, followed by Hannah Madden in 13<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The J1 and OJ Boys raced 3 laps for a total of 15 kilometers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gino Pastore moved up a spot to 6<sup>th</sup> place, followed by Sepp Kuss in 10<sup>th</sup>, Gunter Ott in 14<sup>th</sup>, Haakon Samuelson in 16<sup>th</sup>, and Ben Capelin in 23<sup>rd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The J2 Girls stuck to 5 kilometers, with a close race between the top 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amy Katz from Durango was in the final sprint for the finish line and captured 3<sup>rd</sup> place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that age group she was followed by Hannah Peterson in 8<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 10<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald in 11<sup>th</sup>, and Emma Greenberg in 20<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J2 Boys, Haakon Sigurslid lead the race from the beginning, finishing 1<sup>st</sup> with a 15 second gap over the rest of the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by John Rhoades in 18<sup>th</sup> and Abe Ott in 19<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J4 Female class, Avra Saslow placed 8<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlie Greenberg held on to a podium for the second day in a row, placing 3<sup>rd</sup> in the J3 Boys group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by Jared Webster in 19<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marit May also held on to two days on the podium, moving up to 2<sup>nd</sup> place in the J4 Girls race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J4 Boys race, Dylan Williamson proved himself to be a force, placing 3<sup>rd</sup> on the second day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was followed by Stan Ott in 7<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Full results can be found on <a href="http://www.fourcornerstiming.com/">www.fourcornerstiming.com</a> or <a href="http://www.durangonordic.org/">www.durangonordic.org</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3OBeaiiZf674Z_xzJmnfJgz6q5Iii6IqGn39RvQDjglh3iEyG35IvSxisdgsCZ4oXnrwj8EC6P8P9FIf7WsFLUGyDXn3wf09n-K7YYsNsnFPMqQeP78YgtHRsM0dR4E5Idj8HfA7P40K/s1600/Hannah+Peterson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3OBeaiiZf674Z_xzJmnfJgz6q5Iii6IqGn39RvQDjglh3iEyG35IvSxisdgsCZ4oXnrwj8EC6P8P9FIf7WsFLUGyDXn3wf09n-K7YYsNsnFPMqQeP78YgtHRsM0dR4E5Idj8HfA7P40K/s320/Hannah+Peterson.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Next, the Durango Nordic Ski Club athletes will be racing this coming weekend in the Tour de Ski, hosted at Durango Mountain Resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The race courses wind their way around the Hermosa Valley, with challenging climbs and epic views. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fTpYbwPAucuDeeguCOYXydW_k876exy4VHGpM0R5QPpPLspEd6_uNfWlqAiC6jpGiAPyP6htlKDtz1C-xccSf2GOs3HnlDXzokM7e0s8Dvh7tet3yCHDSOF7ebU16DrWG8jYXgJju-aR/s1600/Ben+Capelin.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fTpYbwPAucuDeeguCOYXydW_k876exy4VHGpM0R5QPpPLspEd6_uNfWlqAiC6jpGiAPyP6htlKDtz1C-xccSf2GOs3HnlDXzokM7e0s8Dvh7tet3yCHDSOF7ebU16DrWG8jYXgJju-aR/s320/Ben+Capelin.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-69086703293435003362011-01-04T18:24:00.000-08:002011-01-04T18:24:54.027-08:00Going the Distance<div class="MsoNormal">Distance Races start tomorrow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, it’s finally going to happen and we are ready for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With another good day of training at Great Glen, they kids are ready to go out and rock tomorrow in the distance classic race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone is felling good, upbeat, and…ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is US Nationals and we brought our A game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And us coaches are ready as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did a lot of klister testing today and even race a lap of the race course to check it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did our homework and we’ve determined that tomorrow is going to be a good day for Rocky (esp DNSC).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Conditions update.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gun show has been happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not the muscle “gun show” or the actual Gun Show that we had at JNs last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean the snow guns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have been out in force and cranking out enough snow to cover a 2.5k loop that will be used for the races tomorrow and most likely the rest of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took some pics today on my phone:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeagbcftlbZ8kh-BifFpu-DJxAA9WrnPLpedKqhLYF9a8L-g5I959c2rhn1Jgjblh9UNfppCi1jg5uYEYI6Z34imXx94-BI7duSUQzMQp2UubM9qVXwCbVHptxnpkiMNFx_1TBK-g8yrr/s1600/IMG00037-20110104-1204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeagbcftlbZ8kh-BifFpu-DJxAA9WrnPLpedKqhLYF9a8L-g5I959c2rhn1Jgjblh9UNfppCi1jg5uYEYI6Z34imXx94-BI7duSUQzMQp2UubM9qVXwCbVHptxnpkiMNFx_1TBK-g8yrr/s320/IMG00037-20110104-1204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">It starts with making snow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V8Dsu8qrDqYtanHSYNoElEdRixkBb21jm99ZcIwh5yPJePCsbwmRabQKbHKBwnSmCYj7jWJt80tEP97OILAI9awSpnBuU87zWFBJgCFI2EMjXU261dazyX73IAyDpHPrVMOch8mmAJ2s/s1600/IMG00036-20110104-1150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V8Dsu8qrDqYtanHSYNoElEdRixkBb21jm99ZcIwh5yPJePCsbwmRabQKbHKBwnSmCYj7jWJt80tEP97OILAI9awSpnBuU87zWFBJgCFI2EMjXU261dazyX73IAyDpHPrVMOch8mmAJ2s/s320/IMG00036-20110104-1150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Then push it around the course</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahUxc7qTEAxh0z-dPcbSfXi7xlwV2rV9U713__vGxepHtb0-y_PPhQVV_7NjXHhtleBG8Fdfbx9okJCO3pE4cPoRiGoKGNLzd4enJlsQHnPjPokebHtd4II9NvpBTOTXDZrz62Ftfe_C_/s1600/IMG00033-20110104-0928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahUxc7qTEAxh0z-dPcbSfXi7xlwV2rV9U713__vGxepHtb0-y_PPhQVV_7NjXHhtleBG8Fdfbx9okJCO3pE4cPoRiGoKGNLzd4enJlsQHnPjPokebHtd4II9NvpBTOTXDZrz62Ftfe_C_/s320/IMG00033-20110104-0928.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And end up with a ski trail.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Also, here are some great shots my mom took during the sprint races.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our kids showed up well and had solid performances in tough conditions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2a4oJGdO_bOnbiSHymCax0cZxW5iRVlNb6_gE3Bzl_vc7LAyWbhUwSzs-Fg7owvO5zS9bkgfp7dLaH42GIjGVTVi6s2PU9mn6I1c6UjK1fEPd-BTuppWFaeTZAD2YknM6YkyVVDVXW9N/s1600/Jan+01+2011+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2a4oJGdO_bOnbiSHymCax0cZxW5iRVlNb6_gE3Bzl_vc7LAyWbhUwSzs-Fg7owvO5zS9bkgfp7dLaH42GIjGVTVi6s2PU9mn6I1c6UjK1fEPd-BTuppWFaeTZAD2YknM6YkyVVDVXW9N/s320/Jan+01+2011+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">More to come after tomorrow’s race.</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-60632158831937399062010-12-30T18:39:00.000-08:002010-12-30T18:39:03.881-08:00Nordic Success in Vail<div class="MsoNormal">This past weekend the Durango Nordic Ski Club, and youth cross country ski club, travelled to Minturn, CO to compete in the first Junior National Qualifier of the winter season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Our Team showed our true colors this weekend, racing with the heart they show every day at practice” said head coach Josh Dalley.</div><div class="MsoNormal">On Saturday Ski and Snowboard Club Vail hosted a kilometer classic technique race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Men’s race was won by DNSC alumni Tad Elliott followed by another alumni Lars Ellefson in 6<sup>th</sup> place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leading the way<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for DNSC in the Junior Men’s race (ages 16-19) was Gino Pastore in 4<sup>th</sup> place, followed by Sepp Kuss in 10<sup>th</sup>, Haakon Samuelson in 13<sup>th</sup>, Gunter Ott in 15<sup>th</sup>, and Ben Capelin in 22<sup>nd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Junior Women’s race was lead by DNSC skier Alicia Pastore in 2<sup>nd</sup> place, followed by Elena Breed (DNSC Alumni) in 6<sup>th</sup>, Rachel Hampton in 10<sup>th</sup>, and Hannah Madden in 15<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J2 Men age group (14-15), the race was won by DNSC member Cully Brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following Brown were Haakon Sigurslid in 3<sup>rd</sup>, Levi Kurlander in 19<sup>th</sup>, John Rhoades in 23<sup>rd</sup>, Gordon Gianniny in 24<sup>th</sup>, and Abe Ott in 26<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the girls J2 age group, Durango was lead by Amy Katz in 5<sup>th</sup> place, Lily Oswald in 8<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins in 9<sup>th</sup>, Hannah Peterson in 14<sup>th</sup>, and Emma Greenberg in 20<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DNSC had two J3 boys, Charlie Greenberg skied to a 2<sup>nd</sup> place finish and Jared Webster placed 17<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stan Ott placed 8<sup>th</sup> in the J4 Male age class.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The excitement continued on Sunday, as the racers went head to head around a 1km loop in an elimination sprint race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The top 3 skiers in each heat moved on to the next round, until the finals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J4 Boys, Stan Ott placed 9<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlie Greenberg sprinted to the line to claim 2<sup>nd</sup> place in the J3 Boys, followed by Jared Webster in 14<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amy Katz skied to 6<sup>th</sup> place finish in the final of J2 girls, followed by Kaylee Blevins in 7<sup>th</sup>, Hannah Peterson in 10<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald in 13<sup>th</sup>, and Emma Greenberg in 19<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the J2 boys, DNSC skiers Cully Brown and Haakon Sigurslid sprinted to the line in the final, respectively placing 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were followed by Levi Kurlander in 22<sup>nd</sup>, John Rhoades in 24<sup>th</sup>, Abe Ott in 27<sup>th</sup>, and Gordon Gianniny in 30<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the women’s race, ages 16 and up, Alicia Pastore lead DNSC in 5<sup>th</sup> place, followed by Rachel Hampton in 6<sup>th</sup>, Hannah Madden in 12<sup>th</sup>, and DNSC Alumni Elena Breed in 13<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Men’s race, ages 16 and older, DNSC Alumni Tad Elliott lead the way in 4<sup>th</sup>, followed closely by Haakon Sameulson in 6<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lars Ellefson, a DNSC Alumni placed 8<sup>th</sup>, Gino Pastore was 13<sup>th</sup>, Sepp Kuss was 15<sup>th</sup>, Ben Capelin placed 26<sup>th</sup>, and Gunter Ott placed 27<sup>th</sup>. </div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Full results can be found on <a href="http://www.fourcornerstiming.com/">www.fourcornerstiming.com</a> or <a href="http://www.durangonordic.org/">www.durangonordic.org</a>.</span>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-19324132776788082010-12-11T18:33:00.001-08:002010-12-11T18:33:37.871-08:00Durango Nordic Skiers Shine<div class="MsoNormal">After subzero temperatures and whipping snow blizzards, the Durango Nordic Ski Team returned home from training and racing in West Yellowstone during Thanksgiving vacation. They appreciated more snow with warmer temperatures for the first week of on snow training at the Durango Nordic Center. Just five days later, the team repacked and traveled to Frisco, for the season’s first NRL (National Ranking List) race. </div><div class="MsoNormal">The Gold Run Nordic Center welcomed a large field of club, collegiate and citizen Nordic racers to marginal snow and 40 degrees. Five and ten kilometer skate technique events began Saturday morning with J2 and older women (ages 14 to 30 ). J1 skiers AliciaRose Pastore placed 4<sup>th</sup> and Hannah Madden followed in 11<sup>th</sup> place. Amy Katz placed 3<sup>rd </sup>in the J2 women’s class, with Hannah Peterson 9<sup>th</sup>, Kaylee Blevins 10<sup>th</sup>, Lily Oswald 13<sup>th</sup> and Emma Greenberg finishing in 17<sup>th</sup> place.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">J1 and older men skied the same course but twice for a 10 kilometer race. J1 skiers Gino Pastore crossed the finish line in 2<sup>nd</sup> place, and Sepp Kuss in 6<sup>th</sup> place. Haakon Samuleson placed 4<sup>th</sup> in the men’s OJ field. Durango Nordic Ski Club alumni Tad Elliott and Lars Ellefson finished 2<sup>nd</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup>, respectively, among senior men. Cully Brown lead DNSC in 2<sup>nd</sup> place followed by teammate Haakon Sigurslid in 4th. J3 skier Charlie Greenberg earned gold for the team winning his 3k skate race.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sunday’s 10K classic technique events started with J1 men. Gino Pastore placed 3<sup>rd</sup> and Sepp Kuss 8<sup>th</sup>. Haakon Samuleson finished 3<sup>rd</sup> in the men’s OJ class. Tad Elliott and Lars Ellefson crossed the finished 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup>, respectively. AliciaRose Pastore placed 6<sup>th</sup> in the J1 women’s field and Hannah Madden 14<sup>th</sup>. J2 boys Cully Brown and Haakon Sigurslid swept the 5k course with Brown 1<sup>st</sup> and Sigurslid 2<sup>nd</sup>. J2 girls Amy Katz finished 6<sup>th</sup>, followed closely by Kaylee Blevins 7<sup>th</sup>. Teammates Hannah Peterson placed 12, Lily Oswald 13th and Emma Greenberg 17<sup>th</sup>. Charlie Greenberg skied the 3K course placing 3<sup>rd</sup> in the J3 boy’s class.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The team’s next race will be this Saturday, December 11<sup>th</sup> at 9:00am at the Durango Nordic Center. The classic technique races will offer 1k, 3k, 5k and 10k distances for all interested skiers. Race entries can be paid at the Nordic Center between 8am and 9am on Saturday<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2637481784969894105" name="_GoBack"></a>. They hope to see lots of locals come race and join the fun.</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-15364687193431389052010-11-24T13:37:00.000-08:002010-11-24T13:37:48.330-08:00Welcome to West SnowystoneNoting like heading into a ski camp worried about the amount of snow, and then in the first few days have 2 or 3 feet of snow dump on the town. It's awesome. And that is exactly the case here in West Yellowstone this year. The first 4 days of our trip have been a white out blizzard here in town, with the strong winds and blowing snow just adding to it. The roads in and out of town are blocked by 8ft snow drifts since Monday and have just opened this afternoon (Wednesday). If this all sounds crazy, it is. But the best news of all of this, the skiing here is amazing! All this snow has packed down on the trails and everything is open, including all the roads :)<br />
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So, for all purposes of a training camp, we couldn't really ask for better conditions. We've been getting in huge hours each day, and the races that were supposed to start today will now start tomorrow. They were postponed due to cold temps and the race timer is one of the many people who have been stuck in Idaho Falls just waiting for the roads to open again. I can't wait for the racing. Our team is ready. Everyone is skiing really well and training serious.<br />
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Here are some pics from this week so far. <br />
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<div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Nordic skiing is easily one of the hardest sports. The mental and physical strength required for the sport is enormous. I learned that shortly after joining the DNSC, even before there was snow on the ground. Coming from an athletic background almost entirely composed of cycling, Nordic skiing seemed very alien to me (I mean, who puts ski boots and roller skis in 80 degree weather?). I wasn't used to the precision or the intensity of the training involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now I couldn't imagine not having different intensity training periods or skill specific workouts. I've found it very easy to apply the concepts I learned from Nordic skiing practices to biking. These concepts included having easy and harder weeks of training, technique specific days, and interval workouts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbn-rMn-JROgvG-OMVSeYW4LJ8_aeqq1c6eFNl4PHmtDsYRE3E1GAIS8ppc8NjRfmL52yJyuySmMhQakIyvyH6lsZvZYG0JaRrk9FFp_iH_RdOB9HOFF-VgDwxKG1hZfTQffyXQZIGcDfC/s1600/181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbn-rMn-JROgvG-OMVSeYW4LJ8_aeqq1c6eFNl4PHmtDsYRE3E1GAIS8ppc8NjRfmL52yJyuySmMhQakIyvyH6lsZvZYG0JaRrk9FFp_iH_RdOB9HOFF-VgDwxKG1hZfTQffyXQZIGcDfC/s320/181.JPG" /></a></div><div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%;"><br />
</div><div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>While all members of the DNSC were very fun people to be around, it was also my first introduction to young athletes who were truly dedicated to their sport. This was exemplified by the seriousness with which they approached their training and the amount of time they devoted to it. I was inspired by their drive to improve, and perhaps more than a little bit humbled when kids 3 or more years younger than I am were beating me. It was hard for me to embrace the sport at first, despite being around people who loved it, and, even now, I very much prefer biking to Nordic. But I have come to appreciate it, if only for the inspiration it gave me to bike at a brand new level.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLchUEbsotWvEMuS6kuLgWZOWglp-sUzEUDMz5qgEy5dGV3i3euEYRG58LOdGVfScqW4r6jEnla9C3X7VQUVZ-i_remOKq65wIAprvrfHeTYw5u32xoaHvfEJ1-LEwPXkwz2ZyNSt2-zs/s1600/howard_bike_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLchUEbsotWvEMuS6kuLgWZOWglp-sUzEUDMz5qgEy5dGV3i3euEYRG58LOdGVfScqW4r6jEnla9C3X7VQUVZ-i_remOKq65wIAprvrfHeTYw5u32xoaHvfEJ1-LEwPXkwz2ZyNSt2-zs/s320/howard_bike_2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%;"><br />
</div><div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%;">Howard placed 2nd at US MTB Nationals in the Cross Country (XC) event and was crowned National Champion in the Short Track Cross Country (STXC) event.</div><div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifdv9aauMfoClqcO0BacOfGJTMJyA0NiZnWgDPrwRIWtSFgGKPE5mDwQAU4X2AhWfEbHxFcuaQPACIXIqgh88z2HK8XuXfZldO9FVXUsh1SL0goJ-StQ8D6XnoX1mEEh7finCkqtePCrl/s1600/howard_bike_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifdv9aauMfoClqcO0BacOfGJTMJyA0NiZnWgDPrwRIWtSFgGKPE5mDwQAU4X2AhWfEbHxFcuaQPACIXIqgh88z2HK8XuXfZldO9FVXUsh1SL0goJ-StQ8D6XnoX1mEEh7finCkqtePCrl/s320/howard_bike_3.jpg" /></a></span></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-3215078844947096172010-07-12T11:50:00.000-07:002010-07-12T11:50:55.122-07:00Weekend Adventures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This weekend a few of us on the team took some long adventures up in the mountains. Saturday was a bit more eventful with some thunder storm dodging and bumming rides, but nothing can compare to the beauty of Sunday's Island Lake/Ice Lake loop. A few select pics are listed below and you can see them all in the Photo Gallery on our <a href="http://www.durangonordic.org/">website</a>.</div><br />
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</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzc5X2_WVr1cy8X3LhL52KoshBi_GDb6B9-26sqXerHIdYSOQ_qrsvKdpDNSaJGrr-4qLwkqKLTVk6Sti8xA1QCx3mq6cvYnxHJIJZJxhzFA78Ldir8MNYO0Jag1mGC-HWFr_Sq7YK0rO/s1600/IMG_4576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzc5X2_WVr1cy8X3LhL52KoshBi_GDb6B9-26sqXerHIdYSOQ_qrsvKdpDNSaJGrr-4qLwkqKLTVk6Sti8xA1QCx3mq6cvYnxHJIJZJxhzFA78Ldir8MNYO0Jag1mGC-HWFr_Sq7YK0rO/s320/IMG_4576.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Team 'Sweaty Goosebumps' on our way to Island Lake</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMZgyl12ge8icXws47r3EXJA4ZzgCMoOZhrhk6doQTiGT3gY3YF61YQzMWiRJ88S9tcKFETU3Qj7Fh92iDlA45jz4sCvLjxhFOZdGXqZ9mlnr0Q3U-W-Dah-o_GKfoMwErzdzT-NS9Deg/s1600/IMG_4583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMZgyl12ge8icXws47r3EXJA4ZzgCMoOZhrhk6doQTiGT3gY3YF61YQzMWiRJ88S9tcKFETU3Qj7Fh92iDlA45jz4sCvLjxhFOZdGXqZ9mlnr0Q3U-W-Dah-o_GKfoMwErzdzT-NS9Deg/s320/IMG_4583.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Island Lake. Gorgeous!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2637481784969894105.post-60096769947216651452010-07-07T06:21:00.000-07:002010-07-07T06:21:16.219-07:00REG (part 2)<div class="MsoNormal">We headed out into the Wasatch National Forest for a double pole roller ski on Mirror Lake Scenic Byway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is one of my favorite workouts from Park City as the road has nice pavement and very little traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It slowly climbs at a steady grade out of the town of Kamas and goes deep into the Wasatch towards Mirror Lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along the way there are spectacular views of mountains, wild flower fields, rivers, a 6 mile long underground irrigation tunnel (longest man made water cave, I think), waterfalls, and Mirror Lake (which we didn’t get to see).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the coaches, the emphasis for this workout was on ‘high hands’ and ‘explosive power’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But to get to this point, we were also having the athletes work on their forward swing through of the arms and keeping their hands and hips moving together.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Thursday was the big test of the week, but first, Agony Hill TT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Agony is about 1.2 miles long with 1,200 feet of climbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The start is down in Salt Lake, right behind a medical center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rest of the trail is obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are not going straight uphill, you made a wrong turn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The closest thing that we do (that I can think of) is Telegraph TT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now imagine Telegraph, but replace the field running with more steep uphill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would be about right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are the results:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Boys</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b></b></div><col style="mso-width-alt: 2112; mso-width-source: userset; width: 50pt;" width="66"></col> <col style="mso-width-alt: 3072; mso-width-source: userset; width: 72pt;" width="96"></col> <col style="width: 66pt;" width="88"></col><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 50pt;" width="66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Russell</span></td> <td style="width: 72pt;" width="96"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Kennedy</span></td> <td class="xl65" style="width: 66pt;" width="88"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">15:55</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Will</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Wicherski</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">15:56</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Erik</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Fagerstrom</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">15:57</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Rogan</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Brown</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">16:24</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Conor</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Wallace</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">16:39</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Max</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Christman</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">16:39</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Austin</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Meng</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">16:39</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Mike</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Vigers</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">16:44</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Akeo</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Maifeld-Carucci</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">16:57</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Tanner</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Weigand</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">17:35</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Sean</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Woods</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">17:37</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Ben</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Westesen</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">17:41</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Johnny</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Springer</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">17:42</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Henry</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Austin</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">17:51</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Danny</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Sundali</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">17:54</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Casey</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Smith</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">19:18</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Jack</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Steele</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">19:35</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Alex</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Hamilton</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">19:54</span></td></tr><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Girls</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b></b></div><col style="mso-width-alt: 2112; mso-width-source: userset; width: 50pt;" width="66"></col> <col style="mso-width-alt: 3072; mso-width-source: userset; width: 72pt;" width="96"></col> <col style="width: 66pt;" width="88"></col><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; width: 50pt;" width="66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Annie</span></td> <td style="width: 72pt;" width="96"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Pokorny</span></td> <td class="xl66" style="width: 66pt;" width="88"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">19:34</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Jessica</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Jortberg</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">19:38</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">AliciaRose</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Pastore</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">20:33</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Elena</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Breed</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">21:17</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Stella</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Holt</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">21:21</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Katie</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Gill</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">21:25</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Mikaela</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Frias</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">21:47</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Anne</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Miller</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">22:37</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Haley</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Piske</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">22:50</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Emily</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Williams</span></td> <td class="xl66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">23:09</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Kara</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Baldwin</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">24:12</span></td> </tr><br />
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Emma</span></td> <td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Donohoe</span></td> <td class="xl65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">24:51</span></td></tr><br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Like I said, now comes the true test of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who can make it up the ‘hump’ on the waterslide at Raging Waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Agony Hill Climb TT, we piled into the hot vans for a short trip to the water park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thursday was the hottest day of the week, with temps reaching into the 90’s, so the water park visit could not have come at a better time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right away, anyone who knew anything headed straight for the two big slides in the back, one of which is the ‘hump’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The slide goes down a steep drop and then climbs back up high, over a hump, then down another steep before dumping you out into a pool at high speeds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a true test of your waterslide ability because if you are too scared of the big drop at the beginning, you’ll never make it over the ‘hump’, thus forcing you into the walk of shame (exiting the waterslide half way down and having to walk down the stairs the rest of the way to return your slide mat).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my description doesn’t give you the image yet, I think the slide has less than 50% success rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we stood in lime, the best thing we could do was make bets on who was going over and who wasn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out there is no real science to it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Friday we were let into the USSA Center of Excellence (COE) for the Canadian style strength test. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to not overwhelm the Olympic athletes training in the COE (and the COE staff) the group was broken up by gender.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girls went to the COE in the morning, ripped out a bunch of pull-ups, sit-ups, push-ups, box jumps, and dips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got a chance to chat with John Farra and Simi Hamilton as they were walking around the floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My conclusion of the strength: I think there is a lot of room for improvement, but we are not training world champion sit-up-ers (did I just make up that word??), we are training skiers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far there is no proven research that shows that winning the sit-ups will make you the fastest skier, BUT strength does play a large role in what we do on snow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Saturday was the big Over Distance (OD) workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It started with a 1:20 classic roller ski again in the Wasatch National Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time we climbed up route 65 (east canyon?) to the top of the pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With gorgeous views, we switched from ski boots to running shoes and took off on a long trail run that would eventually take up back down close to Park City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was running at the front of the pack, helping to ensure that no one made a wrong turn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ummm…yeah….I should have had a map.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Myself and 3 other boys ended up running the wrong ridge and heading towards the wrong phone towers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10 miles later we were finally convinced that we made a wrong turn, spotted a golf course, made a pick up phone call, and took a straight line for the parking lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was cool!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Overall, another awesome REG camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hope you all enjoyed the recap.</div>Durango Nordichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653086418147978546noreply@blogger.com0